Showing posts with label Kavutskiy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kavutskiy. Show all posts

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Useful advice, rendered usefully.

Three years ago FIDE Master Kostya Kavutskiy, working for Chess.com, released a YouTube video entitled "Calculate Like a Grandmaster". Despite its brevity (just under six minutes) it was well-received. As well it should have been! I now know what I'm doing wrong in the Half-Classic - I am not getting close enough to the board. I will not strive to emulate Fischer's near perfect form when using the Half-Classic method in the future.

Yesterday, Kavutskiy released a new video entitled "How to Blunder Like a Grandmaster". This one is also short, and is also destined to become a classic of chess instruction.

Don't be fooled by the release date of these videos: they provide extremely useful practical advice for all active tournament players. Don't miss them!