I think you're 100% right Jesse! When I lose, I just want to win the next game, I can barely look at my loss. When I win, I think I'm great and am so uncritical of my play. I just won! Great game! End of story, haha!
I try to analyze and annotate my games. I just feel like my analysis and annotations aren't good. I wish there were more videos on how to write good annotations, that actually mean something, and advice on how to do better analysis - for us beginners and intermediates. At my level, I just feel like I don't know what I'm doing with analysis or annotations. I think your advice here and in other videos is great. I'm an intermediate, I'm the advisor of my college chess club (of 75 members) and am doing the best I can to promote the game, support my students, and teach our beginners. I just wish I were better. I'm the only option for our students because no other staff have stepped up to lead the club. I don't have a coach because I can't afford it. And, I LOVE what you guys are doing with the Dojo and I'd love to join if I could afford it for the sake of leading my students. I'm not a boomer, but I'm close at 50; I have kids, a full-time and part-time job, and can't do long games because of family obligations. I want to do better at chess and I'm trying to devote time everyday to my study and development. Anyway, I appreciate what you are doing, especially for us older chess lovers. Jesse, I love your instruction and I can relate to what you teach. Thank you for all you do; I just wish I could do more.
It's pretty nuts that these kids are staying as engaged as they are, doing this over zoom. Like I mean GM Kraai's delivery is super calming and easier to calc through. But like these lessons are definitely covering some of the most extended mentally draining parts of the endgame... and they're not short.
While I may not be implementing this atm, I need notation skills to be stronger first, I couldnt agree more. Was great fun thinking about this game, this video overall has really changed my thoughts about how I should analyze what few games I can push myself into lol. Call me a boomer at heart because theres much to be said for unplugging for a while, I love me a notebook. Thinking out loud and vocalizing has really helped me too, but Im naturally talkative so I think Ive always done it. I think Im just getting slightly better at visualizing.
be lue 7:00 PM (0 minutes ago) to RU-vid Just found your website. You should maybe promote it in more of your videos or maybe it's new. I'm going to sign up for the monthly. I like how Solid you teach and the slow aspect of chess. Blitz ruins my chess and takes forever to get it back so I'm trying to learn the right way. I know that it consists of deep analysis. Thanks again. This is Real Chess and it's very hard to find in today's age and on the fast pace internet and apps we stay absorbed in.
I spar with my coach especially in winning positions with a lot of dynamics I have lost. Then we analyze and if he beat me we play again with improvement. One of my main chess goals is to have strong technique in winning positions. It’s much more devastating to lose winning positions than to be outplayed from start to finish.
@@BeFourCM one thing I am realizing training with my coach is often there are risk less winning plans in certain position. I can’t find these with computer alone but I also use computer
Technique and dynamics are contrary things in chess. Technique allows you to convert small advantages in a calm and "clean" way whereas a dynamical position calls for talent for calculation.
@@zwebzz9685 They are often easier to find than it is to understand the best engine move. Often the engine sacrifizes material when more careful moves are almost as good. When you see a comp move and don't understand it just look for another line that makes sense to you.
@@paulgoogol2652 positions with many dynamics can still be completely winning for one player. That player must demonstrate strong technique to preserve their advantage and eliminate opponents counterplay. Technique is about converting winning advantages.
Interestingly, about 11 minutes in, after 9...Ba3 hitting the Q on c1 and apparently trapping it, W isn't 'toast'! Stockfish 14 gives 10 Bc4 with wondrous complications. However, this illustrates the main point that you should avoid your impressions being shaped too soon by quickly running your game through the computer. Who would learn the ability to find 10 Bc4 at the board? You learn more the slow way that Jesse advocates.
@@L30B055 Position 1 is a London: it can be reached via 1 d4 d5 Bf4 c6 Nf3 Bf5 e3 e6 5 Be2 Qb6 6 Nbd2 (There are high level games with 6 Qc1) Qb2 (Risky) 7 Rb1 (7 e4 is also interesting) Qa2 8 Rb7 Bc2 9 Qc1 Ba3! (which appears to win outright) 10 Bc4!! (Computers find what humans miss) dc4 11 Nc4 Bd3!? 12 Nfd2, with ongoing complications. Jesse is right that passively letting your engine find strong moves is unlikely to help you progress, but computers, like books, are research tools to be used wisely. If you do not have Stockfish, it can be downloaded for free, and, if you download Tarrasch too (also for free), you'll be able to find relevant games and save your Stockfish analysis of them.
@42:05 paused. black has a weak king and weakness on c6. His queen is stranded from defense on the queen side. E5 and g5 are tender and white has tactical energy with this dark square complex e5-f6-g5. Whites dark square bishop is his best piece with constant tactical tension of taking the knight defending c6 and also will be a main participant in any lethal king attack. White has tactical candidate moves of Ne5, Ng5, e5, h5, Bxe7. White would like to move their bRc1 and find a path for his queen to the kingside to participate in the attack. Nf1-Ng3 to support h5 looks useful. I am not particularly concerned about dxe because it removes by d3 pawn and now my queen eyes g6. Blacks main problem is Qa6. It’s useful that it eyes d3 and that is path back into defense but unlikely will leave d3 undefended. Rh8 also needs to be developed and pieces need to remain near kingside to defend. Whites bishop can’t be tolerated on d6 and must be resolved. Both black knights are useful defenders but Nd7 is more important as if defends weak squares e5-f6. I think any path of queen to kingside will involve Nd2 moving so queen can maintain defense of d3. I would play Nf1 preparing Qe2 Ng3 or Ne3-Ng4
Sound advice, that you've given before and that bears repetition. It is hard to make into a habit, but I believe it will pay off. I am only an enthusiast / patzer. You're OK Boomer. I appreciate your sage GM advice.
KGB mantra is a bit confusing to me. In some game vs viewer I saw you say just protect the pawn do what kgb would want, old Jesse would go on adventure here. But in this game it seems like you take the practical stance and kgb wanted to go on the adventure with g4-g5. Does kgb prefer “simple chess” or critical forcing variations that offer both sides chances?
Jesse I can barely read my own writing. Is the paper notebook really essential? I've just been putting the game, variations and comments into a Lichess study. But I don't think I've ever spent more than 90 minutes on a game, and sometimes less than an hour. And then yes I check the computer and it tells me I'm a total clown. I don't know how to make myself go deeper.
To go deeper, an easy way is to find someone to analyze with after your initial hour or so of manual analysis. It can be really helpful to bounce your ideas off someone else, as then they will generate a response and you will have your counter-ideas (just like a game).
