Learn to make better decision by using ‘secret’ grandmaster concept. The course is structured in the following way:
1) Introduction
The nine subject are introduced:
How to think like a grandmaster
Attacking Chess
Prophylactic thinking
Manouvering
Dynamic chess
Opening principles
Endings
Tactics
The mental game of chess
2) More about the course
Who is teaching?
Who is this course for?
Requirements
After taking this course you will…
The structure
How to use this course
3) Think like a grandmaster
Using a complete grandmaster game (Sune Berg Hansen – Mads Andersen from Elsinore in 2013) you will learn the following:
Always to have an idea
What is important?
Thinking in Scenarios
Improve the scope of your pieces
The role of pawnstructures
4) Attacking chess
Using the game Jonas Bjerre – Zlatko Illincic from Budapest 2019 you will improve your understanding of the role that:
Speed
Mobilization
Space
Plays when it is time to attack.
5) Prophylactic thinking
An almost unknown grandmaster concept. The example is Sune Berg Hansen – Jesper Hall from Germany 1999. You will learn how to prevent your opponent’s ideas before they get them! Prophylactic thinking is a powerful ‘Ninja-tool’ that will separate you from your competitors in the local chess club – guaranteed!
6) Manouevering
Find good squares for the pieces. Learn to recognize a good square. Deploy your forces efficiently. Learn to talk to your pieces and get the to work together. This video is based on the game Sune Berg Hansen – Joerg Hickl played in Germany in 2019.
7) Dynamic chess
What is dynamic chess?
How to become more dynamic
Activity vs material
Based on the game Filip Boe Olsen – Sune Berg Hansen from 2019.
8) Endings
Mostly and introduction to the right approach
Theoretical (technical) endings
Strategic endings (with the game Lasker – Capablanca)
How to study the endgame
9) Opening principles
The aim of the opening
Some principles
How to build an opening repertoire
Based on a walkthrough of the Ruy Lopez and the Nimsoindian
10) Tactics
Why is it important?
Typical tactics
How to become better at tactics
11) The mental game of chess
An approach to get the most out of your abilities in chess!
