Chess is all about pattern recognition. In this video you’ll learn how to study chess middlegame patterns effectively.
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There are two important parts of chess study; building a library of patterns you know, and being able to calculate precisely. This video is on the first part: learning middlegame patterns. The easiest way to do that, in short, is to analyze a lot of games and learn the things you previously hadn’t known. You can also use chess books to get easy access to patterns and hand-picked positions that illustrate them.
0:00 Introduction
00:31 An example of how to learn a chess pattern
01:45 Tomic – Novosel 2021
04:52 Chess books for learning patterns
05:24 GM Flores Rios on teaching patterns
08:47 Nepomniachtchi – Pons 2008
10:51 Jobava – Holden 2008
12:20 Zadravec – Tonkovic 2023
14:32 Noctie – a great tool for learning patterns
16:50 The Woodpecker Method and other resources
23:41 Solitaire Chess
24:55 Simple patterns
26:14 GM Jacob Aagaard and his 3 questions
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