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Contents 1
Introduction
"The Biggest Mistakes”.
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Lesson 1.1
“How to play the game (strategy)”.
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Lesson 1.2
"How to play the game (tactics)”.
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“How to prepare for the tournament”.
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5 Lesson 3
“How to prepare for the game”.
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6 Lesson 4
“How to Learn Chess”.
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7 THE PRATICAL PART Task 1
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Task 2
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Task 3
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Task 4
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Task 5
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Task 6
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Task 7
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Task 8
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Task 9
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Task 10
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Task 11
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THE GRANDMASTER’S SECRETS by GM Igor Smirnov Introduction “The Biggest Mistakes” Hi everybody! I am Igor Smirnov, International Grandmaster and chess coach. I've decided to develop a chess course called “The Grandmaster’s Secrets”. During this introduction video I am going to tell you some general information about the course and why I decided to make it. During my chess career as a player and as a coach, I have seen that most players have the same problems and make the same mistakes. Though students use a lot of chess books, programs, and other tutorial materials, they don’t seem to make a great impact on individual skill. I want tell you why this happens so I decided to make the really helpful teaching course, which will keep the players from making these typical mistakes and will give a concrete guide for development. So let’s start with the biggest mistakes and biggest problems which most beginners make. It is very important to realize them early so that you won't continue make them during your chess development. It will help you to save years of training and help you to reach your goal quickly rather that waste your time on the futile efforts. The biggest problem chessplayers have, in my opinion, is the accumulation of pointless knowledge which doesn’t help them to play better. What am I talking about? I know a lot of players who spend a lot of time on chess. They study it for five and even eight hours a day! They buy all the new chess books and programs, spending quite a lot of money, but they still have no international titles or any other serious results. Why does this happen? Because knowledge is not the only thing necessary to be a strong player, it is only a part. The second part, which is even more important, is your thinking process. There is a big difference between knowing something and being able to apply it in practice. If you want to use really your knowledge during the game, you need to have a clear system of thinking. That’s why you should focus mostly on the system of thinking, not on getting the new knowledge. Let me relate a story to you. When I was a 13 year-old boy, I played training games with an adult professional chess coach. During our communication and training, I realized that he knew much more information about chess than I did. He knew nearly all the opening variations, a lot of endgame positions, many strategical and tactical
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ideas. He was much more knowledgeable about chess. However, even though he had this knowledge, I was able to win nearly all the games we played. It was a huge surprise for me. Why was he still not a Grandmaster or at least an International Master? I did become an International Master. Ever since that time I began to think about why this happens and now I know the answer. A chess player needs to know how to apply knowledge in practice and this is much more important than the getting of new "pointless" knowledge. Magnus Carlsen started to win a lot of games against Strong grandmasters at age 15! Do you think he knew