Some have wondered why black resigned at the end of the video. Here is the explanation: In the final position, white is up in material (white has a queen for a rook and 3 pawns) and has a great positional advantage. On the one hand black’s bishop on c8 is pinned and therefore the rook on a8 is very passive. On the other hand, white has the strong bishop pair with a lot of attacking prospects. Eventually, white will win more material e.g. the rook on a8 if black plays Bd7 or the rook on f7 if white plays Be8. Black has no active counter play against white's threads and black probably realized after the move Bb5 that there is no chance for him and resigned the game. After white's last move 23.Bb5, he is threatening to play 24.Be8 in the next move. A possible sequence which shows that white is dominating is the following: 23.Bb5 a5 24.Ra1 Bd7 25.Qxa8 Bxb5 26.Rxa5 (this is the best move sequence according to Stockfish). Feel free to analyze the position with the help of a computer to evaluate black’s options.
If black tries to save the f7 rook, without moving pieces I see 23.Bb5 g6 (trying to give the rook an escape square) 24.Be8 Rg7 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Bxg6#. Did I get it? It's mate, right?
Yeah, the only move that really makes sense b6 Be8! Bb7 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qc7+ followed by Qxb7 and white is pretty much just up a full queen and the situation is hopeless.
I think if the camera stayed focused on the board after stating the moves, rather than pulling back to show you, it would help. The change of frame effectively wipes the projected (on the board) position from my mind’s eye. The viewer just needs your voice, so the board should be constant for the duration of the exercise.
Thanks for your advice! For the next videos on visualization we will try out your proposal and show only the chess board. We guess that you’re right that it is for some people more difficult to hold the position in the mind’s eye or to stay focused if we switch between the perspectives.
Hey I use engine fist 5 move from engine then play random move . Then engine move Then exchange al major piece . Drag opponent to endgame hahahahaha he will lose on time or loss with pawn. I use smartphone for cheat u can also try some much of fun. And never get ban.
A tip: Let the viewer have a little bit more time to visualize the position. That extra second helps alot (otherwise it feels like this is just for visualization in blitz). But great video otherwise!
Hi Albin, thanks for your feedback and your proposal. We have a new video on visualization, where we increased the time duration between each move so that it’s easier to follow. Please let us know if that helps you. Hope you like it! Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/1VhH8mZJWbI/v-deo.html
Chessfactor, as you recommended to me, I wrote down the moves and the stood over the board and replayed them by just looking at the board. That helped me a lot.
Also, it's easy enough to look up the game on chessgames.com or in a ChessBase games database, then pause the video, and look at the moves just recited. Great video!!
Once in Korea, I played a good friend in chess. Once I established a mastery of chess, I turned my back on the board in order how many moves I could track of. Over a month i was able to beat this guy because I was able to visualize better than he was. I felt smarter too.
Bro i wish u 1M subscribers, getting this kind of content free for learning chess is awesome, I searched for courses but all of them are paid, that's why you are now my teacher 😆
Just saw this on Lichess - this is a great method to use as 'deliberate practice'. I agree with some others that you could have perhaps allowed more time before announcing the next plays in each 3-turn-each sequence - but I just paused the video whilst I focused on memorising each move. I know this is an older video and you probably have a lot more now - but I think it would be good to talk about how to keep the other pieces which haven't recently been active in memory too (but I supposed that will come with time). I didn't mind you cutting away from the board to focus the video on you giving your explanations - as I felt that this was a good part of the practice of holding the board in memory. But you could maybe leave a little window in the corner that retains the chess board on screen for those that may find it useful. Liked and subscribed. Good content and very helpful.
i like that exercises it's a good one. A few comments: 1. the oral moves goes too fast 2. we could use an extra 2 seconds after the moves to pause and finish the visualization 3. maybe it could be better to write the move on the screen, rather that spelling them; I'm not English native and it took me a second to figure you were talking about "pawn" Then again, good exercise, I really enjoy.
Thanks for your feedback. Basically we increased the time duration between each move starting from the third video of the series. Hopefully that extra seconds make it easier for you to follow the moves. We will also consider your proposal to show the moves digitally on the screen for upcoming videos. Stay tuned!
Thanks for your comment! Nothing against a million subscribers. Feel free to share the video with others so that we reach that goal faster 😉. Anyway, hope you enjoy our content.
Great experience doing exactly what you prescribed. This game was comparatively easy but with more practice with this method visualisation should improve. Truly like your teaching style Alex! Thank you
The question in chess visualisation of a move is how do you make the home piece dissapear when its still there and how to apparate it to the destination as the home piece pulls it back.
Hi Mark, thanks for your feedback. Maybe it helps if you pause the video more often or you can also decrease the playback speed of the video. Don`t worry that you cannot follow the moves for now. This is normal but with regular training, you will definitely stepwise improve your visualization skills. Regular training is the key. We have uploaded a new video for visualization.
Hi Emre, thanks for your comment. Many struggle at the beginning, that's normal and don't worry about that. With regular training, you will definitely stepwise improve your visualization skills. Regular training is the key.
Great idea for an exercise. It was a confusing that you started with 3 moves each and then went on to 3.5 (i.e ended after white's move) and then again. It was difficult to remember that the first move in a set of 3 (.5) was white but the next time the first was black etc. For example the third set ended with a white's castle. It should end with a black's move. Also the speed at which you announced the moves was light speed. For people like me who can actually benefit from this exercise it has to be slower.
Thank you so much for this video and all of your great videos. When you say three moves and ask, "Can you visualize that position in your mind?" my answer is "no." I don't have the ability to see any images in my mind. I can't even visualize an object like an apple. When I try to "visualize" in chess, I must look at the board, and memorize which squares contain which pieces as I think ahead (and the memorization is not easy and is too slow for the fast pace of this video). Looking at the board shows me the relationships between the squares. I can't even see an empty board in my head. It baffles me when I watch strong players analyze by looking off into space. My question is: can I ever get to be a strong chess player? I feel like I've been at a rating plateau (probably around 1800 FIDE) for many years, and visualization is holding me back.
I liked it a lot.. nicely presented... Good work. I subscribed your channel just yesterday. I got your first video on Kings Gambit via recommendation... Good channel... Keep it up
We are glad to hear that you enjoyed the exercise. We have uploaded the next video of the series and more videos will follow soon. Here is the link to the second video of the series: ua-cam.com/video/u0fQF8Ula5Q/v-deo.html
Wow thanks for sharing, this is really helpful. I’ve noticed that I don’t really know the square names too well. For example, when I calculate in games I think knight goes there bishop takes there etc and I have the pieces placed relatively in my mind, but I can’t calculate using the square names. Hopefully that will improve with practice.
Hi Peter, glad to hear that the video helps you. Of course if you practice on a regular basis, you will improve your visualization and calculation skills. Feel free to work through our visualization series.
Thank you very much for your video. If it was your team involved also, then thank you to all. Now I know it's possible for a mortal to memorise full games (this thought had never occurred before).
Glad we could show you how visualization works and that you can really use it in the game. Visualizing a full game is of course not that easy and not all players reach this level even with hard training.
It wasn't until much later in my chess development that I realized that one must not just look at the board, but look at the "future board", and that all values become relative as you move the pieces in your mind. What seems absurd on the board NOW, in 3 moves makes a lot more sense. I call it "look-ahead", and instead of focusing on the static position, you must focus on the dynamics and what things look like 2 or more moves from now.
Just getting back into chess after a 30 year break. I’m a bit slow with algebraic moves, I was brought up on the old descriptive system, so by the time I’ve deciphered the moves you’ve moved on. More practice required to get faster…
i made it 6 moves. I actually got a headache cause i just finished other vision drills on my board. Its the weirdest thing. I can actually feel may brain get "sore" and "get stronger" as I continue practicing. The mental board is my head is getting clearer as well. Initially I would imagine a board but it felt like a thin layer of smoke covered all the tiles and i was only able to remember games if i knew the lines already (but even still i couldnt keep track of their individual squares, only there general location on the board). Im having a ton of fun developing this "third eye"
What you write in your comment is great news and we are happy to hear that through continuous training you can feel your brain getting stronger. Keep up training your mind’s eye and you will see that you soon are able to visualize more and more moves as well as a bigger area of the board. Stay tuned!
In the final position, white is up in material (white has a queen for a rook and 3 pawns) and has a great positional advantage. On the one hand black’s bishop on c8 is pinned and therefore the rook on a8 is very passive. On the other hand, white has the strong bishop pair with a lot of attacking prospects. Eventually, white will win more material e.g. the rook on a8 if black plays Bd7 or the rook on f7 if white plays Be8. Black has no active counter play against white's threads and black probably realized after the move Bb5 that there is no chance for him and resigned the game. After white's last move 23.Bb5, he is threatening to play 24.Be8 in the next move. A possible sequence which shows that white is dominating is the following: 23.Bb5 a5 24.Ra1 Bd7 25.Qxa8 Bxb5 26.Rxa5 (this is the best move sequence according to Stockfish). Feel free to analyze the position with the help of a computer to evaluate black’s options.
Hey Alex, you are such a good teacher, the way you talk and explain is brilliant ....thank you ... well I think, it will take time to be able to have all the positions in mind :-) ....but I keep going. .
I've been playing chess since grade school. Even though I participated in the National Games in the Philippines without improving my visualization skills it can't take me to the next level. This helps me a lot. Thanks!
I generally play blitz, but I know it's wrong because it makes me lazy when I play a longer time format game and don't make moves to force my opponent to think long and deeply. That's why I've been thinking that I have to start to practice on calculation. Fortunately, I found you guys. Thank you for these awesome contents :))
Thanks! Great to have you in our community and we are glad that you like the content. Hope that the series motivates you to improve your visualization and calculation skills. If you are looking for some other topics, please let us know.
I ended up booting up a lichess analysis board to check out a few variations, and I was super surprised to see that after 15. Bd3 black has the tactical shot ... Qxc2!! exploiting the forkable King and Queen for white and leading to a small advantage - getting four pawns for the knight. If white trades knights first then he either dislodges the knight from d4, or he has the in-between move Bb5+ preventing the tactic and having a seriously winning advantage. Looks like both players had missed this over the board. Thanks for the video and the series. Interesting game.
Very good video. Well explained, to the point, using a very good example and very concise. Subscribed. Hopefully there will be more of those videos coming.
Thanks for subscribing to our channel! Great to see that you like the video. We hope that you like the other videos of the series as well. It is definitely worth taking a look at them as we also cover other aspects of visualization like solving of puzzles in our mind’s eye. Let us know what you think about the other videos. We are planning to continue the series in the near future where we also try to include the topic of calculation. Stay tuned!
Great video and love your website! This drill is great, but 3 moves was too hard for me to visualize. The speed they were read were also too fast. Could you consider making a movie/assignments on visualisation for lower rated players (1 to 2 moves?) Most beginners don't even consider the opponents respond before throwing out a move. This could get them on the correct path...
To be fair I'm not even here for chess but just overall to see some visualization/memorization techniques and how they are used here. They have so many uses, and i just got the idea to search them today to better visualize structural formulas of organic molecules for my high school, though i still have massive improvements to do. Old reply i know
Great video! Quick question: Is it better to try to visualize the moves without looking at the board or is it ok to look at the board while visualizing?
Very good lesson. Visualization is one of the most challenging things in chess. Your method is ok and I will try it, especially when there are variations to be followed in a book. One of the boring things, when we read a chess book, is going through the variations. If we skip them the analysis of the game is somehow flawed.
3:05 I heard: "Pawn to b4" and wondered why Karpov would play the Polish... b4, b5, Nc3? Nice line, never seen a Queen's Pawn opening transpose into the French Winawer
Tried this halfway through but i think i need a prequel. The moves go too fast and i have to spend time looking for the square before i can even visualise the piece going there.
That went so fast my inner troll fell silent and resigned. I'll try this taking baby steps:. Read 3 moves ea. side, then check my visualization by setting up the position, working through games that way. But I can't argue whether this method helps or not, so good fishing!
Thanks for your feedback. Starting from the third video of the series, we increased the time duration between each move so that it’s easier for you to follow. Maybe it also helps when you reduce the playback speed to 0.5 or to pause the video.
I Have very bad coordinate reads, but i Assume its a part of visualization. This lead me to an idea that i Think you should do! Its coordinate exercises for players.
I enjoy the extra layer of difficulty when asking us to memorize moves and then showing an advertisement. From a loyal watcher of many of your videos I would only suggest you move the commercial to the beginning in cases like this.
Thanks for your comment! We placed the commercial ad at the end of the video so that the commercial sequence is not disturbing the visualization training. Hope that's fine and take care!
I loved your video. I was able to view the the sequence of moves in my head but not the whole board. Only those sections I was able to imagine which were played. I don't understand why the player resigned. It was not game over yet nor a checkmate threat in near moves which were unable to defend. I only saw that blacks rook was in trouble. But certainly white had a much greater advantage.
Visualizing the move sequence in your mind is a first achievement. Don`t worry that you cannot visualize the whole board for now. This is normal but with regular training, you will definitely stepwise improve visualizing the whole board. In the final position, white is up in material (queen for a rook and 3 pawns) and has a great positional advantage. On the one hand black’s bishop on c8 is pinned and therefore the rook on a8 is very passive. On the other hand, white has the strong bishop pair with a lot of attacking prospects. Eventually, white will win more material e.g. the rook on a8 if black plays Bd7 or the rook on f7 if white plays Be8. Black has no active counter play against white’s threads and black probably realized after the move Bb5 that there is no chance for him and resigned the game. Feel free to analyze the position with the help of a computer to evaluate black’s options. The pgn of the game is available in the video description. Stay tuned!
I saw your website it is too good at low cost than other chess website but one request please make video with the board like as in the youtube in website course also.
Could you please makea a video on how to memorize the notations? And in which you could cover all best ways of memorizing the name of squares. As a newbie i have realized that one cannot excell in chess without doing that.. Although am trying my own ways to memorize it but now i am really getting frustrated. So as IM you may have better suggestions for me. Please make a separate video..
Thanks for asking. Basically, there is no need to create a separate video for this as we can give you some basic tips that you can try out. One possibility is that you just write down on a piece of paper some random coordinates like e4, c6, h7 and so on. In the next step you can consider whether the fields, that you have noted down, are dark or light. Write down your results on the paper next to the coordinates that you have chosen. Once you are done with your list, you can check your selection with a chess board. Another option to train the coordinates is that you also write down some random positions of chess pieces, placed on an empty board, on a piece of paper like Ne4, Qd1, Bc4…In the next step you can think of the square or squares the pieces can move to. Write down your results on a piece of paper and check them afterwards with a chess board. I hope that those proposals help you in a way for your coordinate visualization. Let me know how it worked out.
What improved my visualization was to just solve puzzle without pieces on the board and visualizing them on the squares. This drastically improved my visualization skills
Terrific video Alex! Thank You!! *Please, may I ask that you repeat the verbal set/series of moves once? It would help me just to hear each one twice to make sure I've "got it". :)
Great to hear that you like the visualization videos. We will try to consider your proposal of saying the moves twice for future recordings. Stay tuned!
Some have wondered why black resigned at the end of the video. Here is the explanation:
In the final position, white is up in material (white has a queen for a rook and 3 pawns) and has a great positional advantage. On the one hand black’s bishop on c8 is pinned and therefore the rook on a8 is very passive. On the other hand, white has the strong bishop pair with a lot of attacking prospects. Eventually, white will win more material e.g. the rook on a8 if black plays Bd7 or the rook on f7 if white plays Be8. Black has no active counter play against white's threads and black probably realized after the move Bb5 that there is no chance for him and resigned the game. After white's last move 23.Bb5, he is threatening to play 24.Be8 in the next move. A possible sequence which shows that white is dominating is the following: 23.Bb5 a5 24.Ra1 Bd7 25.Qxa8 Bxb5 26.Rxa5 (this is the best move sequence according to Stockfish). Feel free to analyze the position with the help of a computer to evaluate black’s options.
...said Agamator...
If black tries to save the f7 rook, without moving pieces I see 23.Bb5 g6 (trying to give the rook an escape square) 24.Be8 Rg7 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Bxg6#. Did I get it? It's mate, right?
Yeah, the only move that really makes sense b6 Be8! Bb7 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Qc7+ followed by Qxb7 and white is pretty much just up a full queen and the situation is hopeless.
I think if the camera stayed focused on the board after stating the moves, rather than pulling back to show you, it would help. The change of frame effectively wipes the projected (on the board) position from my mind’s eye. The viewer just needs your voice, so the board should be constant for the duration of the exercise.
Thanks for your advice! For the next videos on visualization we will try out your proposal and show only the chess board. We guess that you’re right that it is for some people more difficult to hold the position in the mind’s eye or to stay focused if we switch between the perspectives.
Of course some of us enjoyed looking at your face!! 👍🏼
Hey I use engine fist 5 move from engine then play random move . Then engine move
Then exchange al major piece .
Drag opponent to endgame hahahahaha he will lose on time or loss with pawn.
I use smartphone for cheat u can also try some much of fun.
And never get ban.
A tip: Let the viewer have a little bit more time to visualize the position. That extra second helps alot (otherwise it feels like this is just for visualization in blitz).
But great video otherwise!
Hi Albin, thanks for your feedback and your proposal. We have a new video on visualization, where we increased the time duration between each move so that it’s easier to follow. Please let us know if that helps you. Hope you like it! Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/1VhH8mZJWbI/v-deo.html
Chessfactor, as you recommended to me, I wrote down the moves and the stood over the board and replayed them by just looking at the board. That helped me a lot.
You can pause the video
@@jorgbringas true like we all did :0
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Also, it's easy enough to look up the game on chessgames.com or in a ChessBase games database, then pause the video, and look at the moves just recited. Great video!!
Once in Korea, I played a good friend in chess. Once I established a mastery of chess, I turned my back on the board in order how many moves I could track of. Over a month i was able to beat this guy because I was able to visualize better than he was. I felt smarter too.
That's nice!
Bro i wish u 1M subscribers, getting this kind of content free for learning chess is awesome, I searched for courses but all of them are paid, that's why you are now my teacher 😆
I cannot even imagine playing a game blindfolded calling out E4, D3, G3..& Win the Game. That’s an INSANE Level of Expertise.
Not something I planned of to include in my practice but surely helped me in my tournament. Thanks brother!!
Glad it helped! Basically the power of visualization is often underestimated by chess players.
Just saw this on Lichess - this is a great method to use as 'deliberate practice'. I agree with some others that you could have perhaps allowed more time before announcing the next plays in each 3-turn-each sequence - but I just paused the video whilst I focused on memorising each move. I know this is an older video and you probably have a lot more now - but I think it would be good to talk about how to keep the other pieces which haven't recently been active in memory too (but I supposed that will come with time).
I didn't mind you cutting away from the board to focus the video on you giving your explanations - as I felt that this was a good part of the practice of holding the board in memory. But you could maybe leave a little window in the corner that retains the chess board on screen for those that may find it useful.
Liked and subscribed. Good content and very helpful.
i like that exercises it's a good one.
A few comments:
1. the oral moves goes too fast
2. we could use an extra 2 seconds after the moves to pause and finish the visualization
3. maybe it could be better to write the move on the screen, rather that spelling them; I'm not English native and it took me a second to figure you were talking about "pawn"
Then again, good exercise, I really enjoy.
Thanks for your feedback. Basically we increased the time duration between each move starting from the third video of the series. Hopefully that extra seconds make it easier for you to follow the moves. We will also consider your proposal to show the moves digitally on the screen for upcoming videos. Stay tuned!
Wow this channel is most informative helping a beginner to level up his skills..deserve a million subscriber
Thanks for your comment! Nothing against a million subscribers. Feel free to share the video with others so that we reach that goal faster 😉. Anyway, hope you enjoy our content.
I liked this kind of training specially in the end where you can play all the game from the beginning in you're head, the satisfaction is here.
Great experience doing exactly what you prescribed. This game was comparatively easy but with more practice with this method visualisation should improve. Truly like your teaching style Alex! Thank you
The question in chess visualisation of a move is how do you make the home piece dissapear when its still there and how to apparate it to the destination as the home piece pulls it back.
Did u ever find the answer to this question? I’m curious myself
I just found this channel and it's so useful!! I can't believe the videos are so helpful and yet free :P
Thank you so much!
Glad to hear that. Bear in mind that we also have a FREE website where you can find more instructive content! Check it out at www.chessfactor.com
Really good lesson, thank you 🙏🏻 . This is a great way to train your visual working memory (a cognitive ability).
Really appreciate how he explained it so clearly.
Happy to hear that you liked Alex's explanations.
Great suggestion from Alex. Start small. Start by picturing 3 moves, then 4,..., and then the whole game!
Thanks a lot! You are really helping players to improve in chess! I've been playing for many years and this is my first time to see this!
We are happy to hear that you liked the video. Stay tuned!
I can’t follow along as quickly as you say the moves. I have some work to do...
Hi Mark, thanks for your feedback. Maybe it helps if you pause the video more often or you can also decrease the playback speed of the video. Don`t worry that you cannot follow the moves for now. This is normal but with regular training, you will definitely stepwise improve your visualization skills. Regular training is the key. We have uploaded a new video for visualization.
@gamerboy101 when you are just starting out, you can just learning tactics and openings. Visualization comes in handy starting from intermediate.
I agree. He's reading them so fast!
Thanks Alex, instructive video indeed. 3 moves is little too much for me but i'll start with 2 OTB
Hi Emre, thanks for your comment. Many struggle at the beginning, that's normal and don't worry about that. With regular training, you will definitely stepwise improve your visualization skills. Regular training is the key.
My fide rating is 1856 thanks a lot for this video I am 14 this video helped me !!
We are happy to hear that you liked the video and that it helped you. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series as well.
Yeah no one wants to know your rating nor your age
That's nice!
Bruh I'm 22 and only 850🤣 I just started a year ago but still
@@killmeslowlyOfficial the kid has 1856 fide wich is 2000+ online
Great idea for an exercise. It was a confusing that you started with 3 moves each and then went on to 3.5 (i.e ended after white's move) and then again. It was difficult to remember that the first move in a set of 3 (.5) was white but the next time the first was black etc. For example the third set ended with a white's castle. It should end with a black's move. Also the speed at which you announced the moves was light speed. For people like me who can actually benefit from this exercise it has to be slower.
Sir wow, my mind is blown with joy with this concept. I can’t wait to start now🙏🏾
Thank you so much for this video and all of your great videos. When you say three moves and ask, "Can you visualize that position in your mind?" my answer is "no." I don't have the ability to see any images in my mind. I can't even visualize an object like an apple. When I try to "visualize" in chess, I must look at the board, and memorize which squares contain which pieces as I think ahead (and the memorization is not easy and is too slow for the fast pace of this video). Looking at the board shows me the relationships between the squares. I can't even see an empty board in my head. It baffles me when I watch strong players analyze by looking off into space. My question is: can I ever get to be a strong chess player? I feel like I've been at a rating plateau (probably around 1800 FIDE) for many years, and visualization is holding me back.
I liked it a lot.. nicely presented... Good work. I subscribed your channel just yesterday. I got your first video on Kings Gambit via recommendation... Good channel... Keep it up
Thanks for subscribing and welcome on board!
A one video, in chess faculty on whole you tube, which deserves real attention.
This was a great exercise!
We are glad to hear that you enjoyed the exercise. We have uploaded the next video of the series and more videos will follow soon. Here is the link to the second video of the series: ua-cam.com/video/u0fQF8Ula5Q/v-deo.html
Wow thanks for sharing, this is really helpful. I’ve noticed that I don’t really know the square names too well. For example, when I calculate in games I think knight goes there bishop takes there etc and I have the pieces placed relatively in my mind, but I can’t calculate using the square names. Hopefully that will improve with practice.
Hi Peter, glad to hear that the video helps you. Of course if you practice on a regular basis, you will improve your visualization and calculation skills. Feel free to work through our visualization series.
Thank you very much for your video. If it was your team involved also, then thank you to all.
Now I know it's possible for a mortal to memorise full games (this thought had never occurred before).
Glad we could show you how visualization works and that you can really use it in the game. Visualizing a full game is of course not that easy and not all players reach this level even with hard training.
It help me so much thank you
You're welcome. Now you should move on with the following videos of the series to strengthen your visualization abilities.
It wasn't until much later in my chess development that I realized that one must not just look at the board, but look at the "future board", and that all values become relative as you move the pieces in your mind. What seems absurd on the board NOW, in 3 moves makes a lot more sense. I call it "look-ahead", and instead of focusing on the static position, you must focus on the dynamics and what things look like 2 or more moves from now.
Very good vid earned my like
Thanks!
For extreme beginners I would suggest slowing the video by 0.25x
Either that or just pause the video.
Awesome and unique video!
Just getting back into chess after a 30 year break. I’m a bit slow with algebraic moves, I was brought up on the old descriptive system, so by the time I’ve deciphered the moves you’ve moved on. More practice required to get faster…
i made it 6 moves. I actually got a headache cause i just finished other vision drills on my board. Its the weirdest thing. I can actually feel may brain get "sore" and "get stronger" as I continue practicing. The mental board is my head is getting clearer as well. Initially I would imagine a board but it felt like a thin layer of smoke covered all the tiles and i was only able to remember games if i knew the lines already (but even still i couldnt keep track of their individual squares, only there general location on the board). Im having a ton of fun developing this "third eye"
What you write in your comment is great news and we are happy to hear that through continuous training you can feel your brain getting stronger. Keep up training your mind’s eye and you will see that you soon are able to visualize more and more moves as well as a bigger area of the board. Stay tuned!
Why did they resign?
In the final position, white is up in material (white has a queen for a rook and 3 pawns) and has a great positional advantage. On the one hand black’s bishop on c8 is pinned and therefore the rook on a8 is very passive. On the other hand, white has the strong bishop pair with a lot of attacking prospects. Eventually, white will win more material e.g. the rook on a8 if black plays Bd7 or the rook on f7 if white plays Be8. Black has no active counter play against white's threads and black probably realized after the move Bb5 that there is no chance for him and resigned the game. After white's last move 23.Bb5, he is threatening to play 24.Be8 in the next move. A possible sequence which shows that white is dominating is the following: 23.Bb5 a5 24.Ra1 Bd7 25.Qxa8 Bxb5 26.Rxa5 (this is the best move sequence according to Stockfish). Feel free to analyze the position with the help of a computer to evaluate black’s options.
I love this tutorial, I am subscribing to your channel
Thanks for subscribing!
LOVE THIS EXERCISE
Happy to hear that! Hope you will enjoy the rest of the series as well.
This is a great chess channel! so glad I found it
Thank you very much! Hope you like the series.
Chessfactor love how you use a real board! That’s exactly what I was missing
3 moves. So print out coordinates of games then highlight 3 move clusters. Read, cover, put them on the board, check.
Great video!
I hope this helps me. I cant even visualize an untouched, complete board
We recommend to work through the series! That will definitely improve your visualization. let us know how it paid off.
@@Chessfactor thanks I'll let you know
You most probably have Aphantasia.. there's nothing wrong,our brains just work differently
Hey, any updates?
Great video, thanks. Very helpful!
You are welcome!
Hey Alex, you are such a good teacher, the way you talk and explain is brilliant ....thank you ... well I think, it will take time to be able to have all the positions in mind :-) ....but I keep going.
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Great presentation Alex! Enjoyed your perspective and method.
Happy to hear that!
I've been playing chess since grade school. Even though I participated in the National Games in the Philippines without improving my visualization skills it can't take me to the next level. This helps me a lot. Thanks!
I love this technique
Thanks a lot
This video is very useful
Thanks!
Great, looking forward to the next videos. Thanks for your investment.
You're welcome! Hope you'll like the visualization series. Let us know how it paid off!
I generally play blitz, but I know it's wrong because it makes me lazy when I play a longer time format game and don't make moves to force my opponent to think long and deeply. That's why I've been thinking that I have to start to practice on calculation. Fortunately, I found you guys. Thank you for these awesome contents :))
Thanks! Great to have you in our community and we are glad that you like the content. Hope that the series motivates you to improve your visualization and calculation skills. If you are looking for some other topics, please let us know.
I ended up booting up a lichess analysis board to check out a few variations, and I was super surprised to see that after 15. Bd3 black has the tactical shot ... Qxc2!! exploiting the forkable King and Queen for white and leading to a small advantage - getting four pawns for the knight. If white trades knights first then he either dislodges the knight from d4, or he has the in-between move Bb5+ preventing the tactic and having a seriously winning advantage.
Looks like both players had missed this over the board.
Thanks for the video and the series. Interesting game.
Thank you very much Sir.
Glad to hear that you liked the video!
Suggestion: after you say the 4 moves jump directly to the position (video editing or something). Very good video.
Very good video. Well explained, to the point, using a very good example and very concise. Subscribed. Hopefully there will be more of those videos coming.
Thanks for subscribing to our channel! Great to see that you like the video. We hope that you like the other videos of the series as well. It is definitely worth taking a look at them as we also cover other aspects of visualization like solving of puzzles in our mind’s eye. Let us know what you think about the other videos. We are planning to continue the series in the near future where we also try to include the topic of calculation. Stay tuned!
What a fantastic exercise.
Hi Saleem, thank you very much. We are glad to hear that you liked the exercise.
It was difficult to focus but i really enjoyed it...
😀😀😀 Awesome
love this
If you like this, then there are more videos in the playlist waiting for you to be watched 😉
Great video and love your website! This drill is great, but 3 moves was too hard for me to visualize. The speed they were read were also too fast. Could you consider making a movie/assignments on visualisation for lower rated players (1 to 2 moves?) Most beginners don't even consider the opponents respond before throwing out a move. This could get them on the correct path...
To be fair I'm not even here for chess but just overall to see some visualization/memorization techniques and how they are used here. They have so many uses, and i just got the idea to search them today to better visualize structural formulas of organic molecules for my high school, though i still have massive improvements to do. Old reply i know
Great video! Quick question: Is it better to try to visualize the moves without looking at the board or is it ok to look at the board while visualizing?
I would say that visualizing with the board is fine, I have no choice but to use the board because of my aphantasia ( can't make pictures in my mind)
@Redstone Active how can you tell if you have aphantasia cus I feel like when I close my eyes I can't actually see or envision anything
@@redstoneactive6589 after reading your comment I doubt that I also have aphantasia
Very good lesson. Visualization is one of the most challenging things in chess. Your method is ok and I will try it, especially when there are variations to be followed in a book. One of the boring things, when we read a chess book, is going through the variations. If we skip them the analysis of the game is somehow flawed.
thank you so much for your tips
Excellent video!!!
3:05 I heard: "Pawn to b4" and wondered why Karpov would play the Polish... b4, b5, Nc3? Nice line, never seen a Queen's Pawn opening transpose into the French Winawer
Tried this halfway through but i think i need a prequel. The moves go too fast and i have to spend time looking for the square before i can even visualise the piece going there.
I love this video,i was found it something similar,i would like to be better in visualization.
We are happy to hear that you liked the video. To improve your visualization skills, we recommend to watch the complete series.
i imagine target squares lighting up orange when i wanna look for blockades, blunders, etc.
Thank you so much for this
You are welcome! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series as well.
Great vidéo thank you!
It’s to fast for me. I’m a new player trying to remember the squares and by the time I have 1 square you’re on the 6th move
6:30
At this time, according to chess.com, white was +3.08 rating up than black. Agreed that Queen takes C3 was a blunder 👍👍.
This technique is amazing to increase memory and chess knowledge thank you 🙏💕
Great to hear that you liked the video. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series as well.
Yoooo don't go that fast man, I had to watch at 0.25x :(
What about imagining the board on the ceiling? Does that help?
Just don't do drugs or take any pills. Rest all is fine 😂.
Great video.It helped me so much.Subscribed the channel. Thank you for uploading
Great to hear that the video helped you and thanks for subscribing! Hope you like the rest of the series as well.
That went so fast my inner troll fell silent and resigned.
I'll try this taking baby steps:. Read 3 moves ea. side, then
check my visualization by setting up the position, working through games that way. But I can't argue whether this method helps or not, so good fishing!
I love you guy’s videos
that's very true Albin Sandin
Thanks for your feedback. Starting from the third video of the series, we increased the time duration between each move so that it’s easier for you to follow. Maybe it also helps when you reduce the playback speed to 0.5 or to pause the video.
Buen método para práctica de Visualización,ojalá continúe con más vídeos gracias dé Cd Juárez Chihuahua México
I Have very bad coordinate reads, but i Assume its a part of visualization. This lead me to an idea that i Think you should do! Its coordinate exercises for players.
This a great exercise thanks!
Glad you like it!
Thanks for the video. It is pretty good.
Glad to hear that!
I enjoy the extra layer of difficulty when asking us to memorize moves and then showing an advertisement. From a loyal watcher of many of your videos I would only suggest you move the commercial to the beginning in cases like this.
Thanks for your comment! We placed the commercial ad at the end of the video so that the commercial sequence is not disturbing the visualization training. Hope that's fine and take care!
I am able to visualize but not more than than 3 moves (including my opponents moves) I hope this improves my visualization
Excellent Thanks
Thanks a lot for your contribution.
For some reason being able to play blind fold chess before even getting reasonably good at regular seems appealing.
I did considered myself an ok chess player but I couldn't even understand why black was hopeless at the end
Keep on watching our videos and at some point, you will definitely get better at chess 😉
@@Chessfactor Thanks for the responce!
I loved your video. I was able to view the the sequence of moves in my head but not the whole board. Only those sections I was able to imagine which were played. I don't understand why the player resigned. It was not game over yet nor a checkmate threat in near moves which were unable to defend. I only saw that blacks rook was in trouble. But certainly white had a much greater advantage.
Visualizing the move sequence in your mind is a first achievement. Don`t worry that you cannot visualize the whole board for now. This is normal but with regular training, you will definitely stepwise improve visualizing the whole board. In the final position, white is up in material (queen for a rook and 3 pawns) and has a great positional advantage. On the one hand black’s bishop on c8 is pinned and therefore the rook on a8 is very passive. On the other hand, white has the strong bishop pair with a lot of attacking prospects. Eventually, white will win more material e.g. the rook on a8 if black plays Bd7 or the rook on f7 if white plays Be8. Black has no active counter play against white’s threads and black probably realized after the move Bb5 that there is no chance for him and resigned the game. Feel free to analyze the position with the help of a computer to evaluate black’s options. The pgn of the game is available in the video description. Stay tuned!
Thank u sir, I will practice this at my home.
Good luck with your exercises. Don't miss to watch the other videos of the visualization series.
my answer for Question at 5:02 is NO. you said last move was …Qa5 but your position has put in extra move O-O.
I saw your website it is too good at low cost than other chess website but one request please make video with the board like as in the youtube in website course also.
Thanks for your feedback. Basically some courses already have the 3D board and more courses are likely to come.
Could you please makea a video on how to memorize the notations? And in which you could cover all best ways of memorizing the name of squares. As a newbie i have realized that one cannot excell in chess without doing that.. Although am trying my own ways to memorize it but now i am really getting frustrated. So as IM you may have better suggestions for me. Please make a separate video..
Thanks for asking. Basically, there is no need to create a separate video for this as we can give you some basic tips that you can try out. One possibility is that you just write down on a piece of paper some random coordinates like e4, c6, h7 and so on. In the next step you can consider whether the fields, that you have noted down, are dark or light. Write down your results on the paper next to the coordinates that you have chosen. Once you are done with your list, you can check your selection with a chess board.
Another option to train the coordinates is that you also write down some random positions of chess pieces, placed on an empty board, on a piece of paper like Ne4, Qd1, Bc4…In the next step you can think of the square or squares the pieces can move to. Write down your results on a piece of paper and check them afterwards with a chess board. I hope that those proposals help you in a way for your coordinate visualization. Let me know how it worked out.
@@Chessfactor that seems interesting though.. Will definitely try out this..
What improved my visualization was to just solve puzzle without pieces on the board and visualizing them on the squares. This drastically improved my visualization skills
This is indeed a very effective method to train and improve at visualization.
Terrific video Alex! Thank You!! *Please, may I ask that you repeat the verbal set/series of moves once? It would help me just to hear each one twice to make sure I've "got it". :)
Great to hear that you like the visualization videos. We will try to consider your proposal of saying the moves twice for future recordings. Stay tuned!
Siempre estuve buscando esa técnica de visualizar todo el conjunto. Muchas gracias.
Luckily, you found us 😉
Thank you!
Thanks! If you liked the video, we can recommend the next video of the series that we uploaded today.
Buenísimo. Gracias.
De nada.
this was amazing man !!
Great to hear that! Hope you like the other videos of the series as well.
Very good video, amazing