Many thanks for this, Josh - it is super-useful! I just worked through your Chessable course and found many "Ahaaaa!" moments that are worth their weight in gold. Cheers.
great video, thank you. giving yourself positional weaknesses is the easiest way to give your opponent tactics (even if it's not immediate), which you highlighted well.
Game play on its own won't make your play highly accurate. You need more training than game play. Like around 2:1 (or even 3:1) all the way up through becoming a true Intermediate. It's usually right before breaking through to Advanced that you will (should) experience a no blunder game. As for locking down a perfect game, that might not happen until you're a strong Advanced. And it will likely come from extensively studying and playing hundreds of games with one particular open. One where you learn a particular (say 15 move) checkmate line. One that you get a few dozen times and screw it up each time...first on move 10. Then later move 12. And finally you learn (and deeply know) all the moves...and you stumble upon an opponent that obliges. There you go. SF will rate it at 100%. But it's still but a gimmicky kind of perfect game. One achieved by rote memorization. Next up will be when you can score 100% in a 50 move game where you leave your book opening very early on. Where you have to rely on nothing but well-honed chess playing skills. That's probably not going to happen until reaching an expert level. Then you'll be clamoring for scoring a perfect game against a titled player. But the only way to do any of that is by knowing well all 65/70+ tactics motifs. All the dozens of mating patterns. All the many dozens of endgames. And all the intricacies of the one or two openings you will employ each for white and black. Then you have to forge all that into becoming battle hardened. Learning how to be resilient in a hard fought game. It all takes time. And practice. Not just any practice. Actually that's fine for learning ALL (not a few...ALL) extant tactic motifs and mating patterns. But then learning how to practice well. Studying your games to find out where you're weak and doing the right kind of practice to shore that part of your game up. But that's it. That's all that's necessary to get a perfect game. Yet, that's not a perfect 'perfect' game. Carlsen can't play a perfect game against any of the top engines. And he never will. All we can do is play human chess. And every last bit of that (GMs included) is all 'meh' when considered by engines. Instead of 'perfect,' it's probably better to just be content with 'well.' Or 'decent.' And try to sustain enjoyment in the pursuit of those (reasonable) standards.
@@skycaptain95 Years ago I took some lessons from a Russian master when I lived on the East Coast. He said to play one white opening and one black opening for a year and learn them well and then the next year pick a different opening.
Those are great tips indeed. As you say, it's easier said than done. But the sooner I start thinking this way, the sooner I'll be able to make good judgments.
Many thanks GM sir ,your free video coaching is beneficial on social media to poor chess players specially from Asian countries, I like your instructive , intelligent learning videos thanks 🎉🎉❤❤
Many thanks for this, Josh - it is super-useful! I just worked through your Chessable course and found many "Ahaaaa!" moments that are worth their weight in gold. Cheers.
Helpful as usual Sir. Please, keep it up.
great video, thank you. giving yourself positional weaknesses is the easiest way to give your opponent tactics (even if it's not immediate), which you highlighted well.
This was honestly amazing
Nice, many thanks.
I try every day for four years to avoid blunders but no luck it seems impossible to play even one perfect game.
Game play on its own won't make your play highly accurate. You need more training than game play. Like around 2:1 (or even 3:1) all the way up through becoming a true Intermediate. It's usually right before breaking through to Advanced that you will (should) experience a no blunder game. As for locking down a perfect game, that might not happen until you're a strong Advanced. And it will likely come from extensively studying and playing hundreds of games with one particular open. One where you learn a particular (say 15 move) checkmate line. One that you get a few dozen times and screw it up each time...first on move 10. Then later move 12. And finally you learn (and deeply know) all the moves...and you stumble upon an opponent that obliges. There you go. SF will rate it at 100%. But it's still but a gimmicky kind of perfect game. One achieved by rote memorization. Next up will be when you can score 100% in a 50 move game where you leave your book opening very early on. Where you have to rely on nothing but well-honed chess playing skills. That's probably not going to happen until reaching an expert level. Then you'll be clamoring for scoring a perfect game against a titled player. But the only way to do any of that is by knowing well all 65/70+ tactics motifs. All the dozens of mating patterns. All the many dozens of endgames. And all the intricacies of the one or two openings you will employ each for white and black. Then you have to forge all that into becoming battle hardened. Learning how to be resilient in a hard fought game. It all takes time. And practice. Not just any practice. Actually that's fine for learning ALL (not a few...ALL) extant tactic motifs and mating patterns. But then learning how to practice well. Studying your games to find out where you're weak and doing the right kind of practice to shore that part of your game up. But that's it. That's all that's necessary to get a perfect game. Yet, that's not a perfect 'perfect' game. Carlsen can't play a perfect game against any of the top engines. And he never will. All we can do is play human chess. And every last bit of that (GMs included) is all 'meh' when considered by engines. Instead of 'perfect,' it's probably better to just be content with 'well.' Or 'decent.' And try to sustain enjoyment in the pursuit of those (reasonable) standards.
@@jaybingham3711 thank you for your comment. I never train but will study an opening and see if it makes a difference
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Years ago I took some lessons from a Russian master when I lived on the East Coast.
He said to play one white opening and one black opening for a year and learn them well and then the next year pick a different opening.
This is so good I tried to like it three times. Or maybe my memory is just gone.
Thanks for these instructive videos!
Those are great tips indeed. As you say, it's easier said than done. But the sooner I start thinking this way, the sooner I'll be able to make good judgments.
Many thanks GM sir ,your free video coaching is beneficial on social media to poor chess players specially from Asian countries, I like your instructive , intelligent learning videos thanks 🎉🎉❤❤
youre the top g of chess brother
I love your Limitless Chess course "Combat the Catalan". Are you going to post associated PGN files on the site?
I'm glad you like it! I would contact them through the website, they should be posted by now.
@@joshfriedel They don't respond to my emails.
I mentioned this to one of the owners, hopefully it gets resolved soon!@@calvinhori8615