Description
How to Avoid Mistakes
and Boost Your Winning Rate (Download)
by Vishnu Prasanna
Doesn’t every chess game get decided by mistakes? Absolutely. But most players never truly comprehend that they are making the same kind of mistakes over and over again. The first task is to identify these mistakes and label them. Then the next time you sit at the chessboard, you are aware and able to avoid them.
- GM Vishnu Prasanna is one of the most respected chess trainers in India. He is the coach of the current Indian no.1 player D. Gukesh – his main coach for his journey from 2200 to 2750 Elo. Vishnu has used his immense experience to touch upon the topic of mistakes in chess. -
Vishnu groups mistakes into the following categories:
1. Unforced Errors2. Tactical & Positional mistakes
3. Psychological mistakes
4. Calculation & Assessment mistakes
5. Good positional moves that are mistakes
With more than 20 examples, you get a firm understanding of each type of mistake. IM Sagar Shah asks pertinent questions, and has also made cards, shown throughout the videos, that ensure you can firmly grasp the nature of the mistakes. Vishnu discusses how to fix these mistakes, and how his students - Gukesh, Leon Mendonca, Surya Ganguly and himself! - all very strong grandmasters, managed to fix the mistakes that they were making - leading to serious improvement in their play. To conclude, there are test positions to reinforce your understanding of the subject. If you study this course carefully, it will help you to become a stronger and more aware chess player, and will surely lead to a rise in your level of play.
- Video running time: 4 h 26 min
- Extra: Extra chapter with exercises
System requirements:
Minimum: Pentium III 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 8.1, DirectX9 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM drive, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10 or 11 , DirectX10 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11, DVDROM drive and internet connection for program activation.
Contents
Introduction
Videos 1-10
Introduction with GM Vishnu's shocking blunder
Setting a deadly trap
When Magnus wasn't as strong as he is today!
Gukesh was just 11 years old
Bolt from the blue
Calculating deep against the World Champion
Magnus Carlsen's positional acumen
When you will to win makes you go wrong
Queen + Knight is a deadly combo and Fabi knows it
Make sure you calculate accurately against Kramnik
Videos 11-20
Outdefending the minister of Defence
Difference between Evaluation and Calculation
How can this natural move be a mistake? Part 1
How can this natural move be a mistake? Part 2
When Magnus' will to win was misguided
Tal's 2+2 = 5
They call MVL the Lyonbeast for a reason
Calculate, Calculate, Calculate
Trying to checkmate a FIDE World Champion's king
Surya Ganguly's imagination
Videos 21-26
The creativity of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Viktor Korchnoi was known for his calculation
Surya Ganguly's transformation
Vishnu Prasanna's transformation
Leon Mendonca's transformation
Gukesh's transformation
Exercises
Exercises
Exercise 01
Exercise 02
Exercise 03
Exercise 04
Exercise 05
Conclusion