How to Study Chess on Your Own - Book Review

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Are you an aspiring chess player looking to enhance your skills without a coach? In this video, we delve into the world of self-guided chess improvement with a detailed review of 'How to Study Chess on Your Own' by Davorin Kuljasevic. 📘♟️
🎓 Join us as we explore key insights, practical tips, and valuable strategies provided by the author, who serves as your virtual chess coach. From opening principles to endgame mastery, this book covers it all, making it an indispensable resource for any chess enthusiast seeking to excel independently. 🤔💡
🔗 In this video, we discuss the significance of chess education, the role of a chess coach on the internet, and the effectiveness of studying chess solo. Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting your chess journey, you'll find valuable nuggets of wisdom to elevate your game. 🚀🔥

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@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

I don’t have the main book and I find the exercise books super easy to engage with !

@Chessdrummer83 5 месяцев назад

Get this man to 100k subs already!! Quality content as per usual Andras

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

I wish!

@JoseDownUnder 3 месяца назад

Great Review Andras ! , this channel definitely deserves more subs ✌

@2Oldcoots 7 дней назад

A quite rare "Inspirational Book Set Review". Thank You coach.

@antaniserse 5 месяцев назад

Definitely going to check these up... this style of exercise reminds me of one of my favorite books, an old one that was written in italian by Pietro Ponzetto and then published in English by Ponzetto & Bellin: "Test Your Positional Play"

@retour.allahmaison9068 5 месяцев назад

Happy new year coach ❤ 2024 : fun, pleasure, elo+ 🎉🎉🎉

@richardwatson7480 5 месяцев назад

Such a great video! Thank you for this. As always I love your enthusiasm. Keep up the good work. 👍

@adrianross7615 5 месяцев назад

I love these examples sounds like an amazing book!

@iskyline1299 5 месяцев назад

Andras thank you so much for all the educational chess content on your channel! I learned so much, and there are so many videos to catch up on! Things you talk on this channel i never seen discussed in detail on any other channel before. I'll be recomending it for sure. Thank you

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

Thanks mate, glad you like the content! Enjoy!

@TikariChess 5 месяцев назад

Wasn’t even aware there was a volume 2 of the workbook. Good stuff!

@OctavianIV 5 месяцев назад

Great video. The point about requiring a concrete evaluation is super important, not least because this is exactly what we need to do in real games, whatever else we happen to ask ourselves along the way. There's also value in combining specific questions (about material balance etc.) with concrete evaluations. To take an extreme example, White might be a rook up but still losing because Black has an unanswerable mate threat.

@2Oldcoots 7 дней назад

Thanks!

@mhiperboreo 5 месяцев назад

Great channel!!!

@ShibumiSan 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the recommendation. It sounded like my sort of book so I ordered a copy (the 1800-2100 version). I’ve just started but it seems just the book (and level) that I need to help me edge up to 1900

@ThoughtProcessChess 5 месяцев назад

Great

@eschiedler 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the find of a terrific chess learning book!

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tedesposito3238 5 месяцев назад

Nice! Glad you reviewed these workbooks. I absolutely LOVED the Hidden Tactics exercises. Just wanted to mention, for anyone looking for more of these, one (surprising?) good thing about aimchess is that it has this sort of puzzle (called "Intuition Trainer"), easier than the ones in the 15-1800 book here. Romain Edouard's calculation books have these exercises too, probably a similar level. Finally, there is a fantastic Chessable course by Dejan Bojkov with these, somewhat harder than the ones here.

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing!

@robwilliams3592 5 месяцев назад

Looks very worthwhile and promising... Working through the Book Winning Chess Tactics by Seirawan, it is a little bit lighter but a good basic review to fill in any gaps or things you may not have thought about... It has helped improve awareness of things to look for... The two books you mention are next on my list... Thanks

@ryanward72 5 месяцев назад

I'm not at the right level for these books yet, but definitely plan to get them when (hopefully!) I reach the appropriate level. Heard nothing but good things about them.

@trent797 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review!

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

My pleasure!

@blundergoat 5 месяцев назад

1500+ level books are way out of my league with no chance of getting that high. But still interesting to see how super strong 1500+ players would train 🤩 Reminds me of the aimchess intuition trainer (find the mistake from either side over a few moves) and blunder preventer (choose the best between two moves)

@babybee3925 5 месяцев назад

Most 1500s won’t see even half the solutions in the exercises shown.

@blundergoat 5 месяцев назад

@@babybee3925 🤯

@BMWE-hm7uz 5 месяцев назад

I don't know you're rating, but let's assume it's 1000. At some point you were 500 and thought 1000 was god level. And eventually you got there and realised there is a lot more you don't know, than you even knew existed at 500. The higher rated you get, the more you have to undo your thought processes, and re learn chess again but from a totally, totally different perspective. It's the exact same when you get to 1800 as well having to relearn neural connections and pattern recognition

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

Most of it is very well within your skillset! ANd thanks for the superthanks!

@that_matt 5 месяцев назад

Is there a different resource along these lines you can suggest for closer to beginner level? This style of visualization exercise sounds excellent

@thenapoleonlover113 5 месяцев назад

you Sir just sold me a new book

@MarpleExpress 5 месяцев назад

Looks great. My question is what about how to study chess on your own for rating levels 1200 to 1500? I seem to have bought a lot of great books on recommendations that just seem to be above my level at the moment.

@joeperry1188 5 месяцев назад

Can you use the exercise books without buying the original how to study chess on your own? I've been struggling to find a new book. I read best lessons of a chess coach, and immediately jumped 300 points to 1500, and my rating has been stagnant since. I read logical chess and im currently reading John Nunn's understanding chess move by move. Books where every move is annotated, i find very difficult to penetrate. Especially when there are lots of variations on every move. What i liked about best lessons of a chess coach is how it explains the plan and focuses on key positions, encouraging you to evaluate candidate moves. In the context of a opening/middlegame plan

@joeperry1188 5 месяцев назад

This week I'm starting a new thing with understanding chess move by move where I'm finding the game PGN and analysing in a lichess study myself BEFORE I read the chapter, so that I can see what I think each player is playing for and then I can have a bit more context for the variations I read in the book. However, I think the book might just be a touch more advanced than would be ideal for my rating. I'd be interested in anyone's points of view if they've read the John Nunn book Also Andras - excellent recommendations and excellent content as always!

@authentichealth1065 5 месяцев назад

Thanks Andras. Looks like something I could learn alot from.

@chikengamer4409 5 месяцев назад

hi andras i was wondering if you've read :"The Complete Manual of Positional Chess: The Russian Chess School 2.0" and was wondering whether you would recommend it. Thanks

@lindell7318 5 месяцев назад

I would do anything to see another 'The Coach Reacts'

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

Send me a video where you recorded yourself!

@nishusaif6085 5 месяцев назад

@achessjourney402 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review, Andras. Do you think the e-book is as good as the paperback? I kinda prefer e-books now because of sace issues.

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

I don’t see how it would be any less effective

@antaniserse 5 месяцев назад

Personally I would say it's the exact same experience, and as much as I love paper book, is some cases the e-book version of tactical/calculation books may be even better, if it's in an "interactive" format like forwardchess or similar, where you can hide/show the solutions at will I don't know if these specific books are also available in those formats, btw, just making a general observation

@rainerausdemspring3584 5 месяцев назад

This is extremely confusing: What you call the first book is Volume 2 and the second book is Volume 1. Please clarify. According to the description at Amazon Volume2 is easier, indeed. And both are companions to "How to Study Chess on Your Own: Creating a Plan that Works and Sticking to it!"

@ChessCoachAndras 5 месяцев назад

I went with logic here, meaning first 1500-1800 and then 1800-2100. I don't see the confusion though. Obviously you pick the one that matches your current rating, right? (I have no idea why the author wrote the 1800-2100 first)

@seezychess 5 месяцев назад

Hi do you do private chess lessons?

@judsongordy8872 5 месяцев назад

Would you recommend buying the green main book along with the workbooks?

@tedesposito3238 5 месяцев назад

I did the first workbook without reading the "main" book. My feeling is just get the workbook if you're at that level and interested. It'll keep you busy for a while, and it gives enough instruction about how to approach the exercises.

@judsongordy8872 5 месяцев назад

Thanks!@@tedesposito3238

@mohammedalfatih2759 5 месяцев назад

Now I am confused at which book to start with and which book is best for me. I have like 16 books in my recommendations and don't know which book to start with.

@KeepChessSimple 5 месяцев назад

Lol that is what a lot of chess players do. No discipline to finish a book because it is very hard, thinking other books might be better and buy those. The best solution is stop buying books and work through them. The best one is the one you finish!

@jimmccann3856 5 месяцев назад

1500-1800?!? But there is nothing in these books about the fundamental vulnerability of players at this level: Lack of Completeness at Ply 1 and Ply 2. ie the player to move only considers a subset of his promising options, missing a good one ENTIRELY. Or conversely, making his move but missing a riposte ENTIRELY. I play 1800-2100 LiChess opponents daily, and these vulnerabilities still decide most games. How can club players reasonably progress to visualization & calculation issues at ply 3,4,5 and beyond if they still have Ply1/2 holes in their buckets?

@danielmattson8511 5 месяцев назад

I bought this and immediately sent it back. Ridiculously complex. The best training is the one you do, while remaining successful in your job and family lives :)

@pushingyourownagenda9889 5 месяцев назад

Looks like somebody s lazy

@adrianross7615 5 месяцев назад

@@pushingyourownagenda9889 Nah man chess books come in all levels and it’s important to know what is right for you

@TheChessNeck 5 месяцев назад

A book on how to improve I don't rhink should be that simple exactly lol

@BMWE-hm7uz 5 месяцев назад

Chess is complex. What did you expect from it? It gets "easier" when you understand the concepts, positional understanding, endgames etc as you can do what is referred to as block calculation where you calculate to and through similar tabia positions, particularly endgames. But you're not going to solve these puzzles if you don't know these sort of things. The ...Qd6 or ...Bd6 move for example, isn't so hard when you know just by looking at it that black will have little counter play and is playing for a draw or a loss with the Knight on c6, the bad Bishop and weak d pawn, with other factors too. IF he opts to offer the queen trade. THEN you can calculate to prove it. If you don't know what to calculate, it's nigh on impossible to work books like this out.

@minophilic6577 5 месяцев назад

If ur a bit new to chess then ofc they could be. It also depends on ur lvl. Well do whatever suits you.

@Willyzekid-yn3cf 5 месяцев назад

Great suggestion. I bought them both. And they turned as good as i expected. I feel this channel will prove costly. 😮 Question on visualization for the coach - how do you evaluate material balance efficiently? I retain material gain / lost in my head on every move. While this works naturally for short lines, I find this inefficient for longer line with unbalanced exchange (rook vs pawn/minor piece). Should one force himself to count material left in the resulting position vs counting on every move?