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Mastering Calculation - Think Clearly, Calculate Precisely, Improve Consistently

Calculation is at the heart of practical chess. Every chess concept builds on proper calculation technique therefore, all chess players should continuosly train the fundamental techniques, concepts and patterns this course will present. The goal isn't only to teach you to calculate, but to give you the tools and insights to keep improving long after the final lesson.

Free sample video: Introduction

Free sample video: Quiet Moves

 The Techniques you will learn in this course:

Brute Force Thinking: Learn the disciplined habit of always starting your analysis with the most forcing moves, examining every check and capture to its conclusion before considering anything quieter.
Candidate Moves: Discover how to widen your search beyond the obvious, because the hardest part of finding the winning move is often simply considering it in the first place.
Tactical Pattern Recognition: Build the foundation of tactical vision by absorbing the recurring patterns that let strong players spot combinations almost instantly.
Quiet Moves: Train your eye to find the moves that are neither checks nor captures yet carry a deadly threat.
Advanced Tactical Themes: Master the sophisticated ideas that hide inside combinations, including the Zwischenzug, interference, and blocking theme.
Visualization: Develop the ability to hold a position clearly in your mind's eye and see it accurately several moves deep.
Evaluation: Build a framework for knowing when to stop calculating and weigh a position on its merits.
Finding Difficult Moves: Train yourself to find the counterintuitive shots that most players dismiss out of hand.
Mental Agility: Cultivate the flexibility to stay open to unexpected resources rather than locking onto your first idea.
Reciprocal Thinking: Learn the logical art of understanding why an idea fails and then changing the position to make it work.
Spotting Your Opponent's Resources: Tackle one of the hardest skills of all: looking for your opponent's chances as hard as you look for your own.

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This is what is delivered:
  • Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
  • Available as download or on DVD
  • Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
  • Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
  • Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
  • Sample games as a ChessBase database.
  • New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!
That's what the FritzTrainer App can do for you:
  • Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
  • Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
  • Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
  • Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
  • Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
  • Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.
Even more possibilities: Start FritzTrainer in the ChessBase program!
  • The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
  • Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
  • Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
  • Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
  • Replay training
  • LiveBook active
  • All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
  • Assisted Analysis
  • Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)

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Contenido

  • Introduction
  • Brute Force Thinking Intro
  • Brute Force Thinking Puzzles Part 1
  • Brute Force Thinking Puzzles Part 2
  • Candidate Moves
  • Pattern Recognition Intro
  • Pattern Recognition Puzzles 1
  • Pattern Recognition Puzzles 2
  • Pattern Recognition Puzzles 3
  • Quiet Moves Puzzles 1
  • Quiet Move Puzzles 2
  • Quiet Moves Puzzles 3
  • Advanced Tactical Themes Puzzles Part 1
  • Advanced Tactical Themes Puzzles Part 2
  • Advanced Tactical Themes Puzzles Part 3
  • Advanced Tactical Themes Puzzles Part 4
  • Advanced Tactical Themes Puzzles Part 5
  • Advanced Tactical Themes Puzzles Part 6
  • Visualization Puzzles Part 1
  • Visualization Puzzles Part 2
  • Visualization Puzzles Part 3
  • Evaluation
  • Difficult Moves Puzzles Part 1
  • Difficult Moves Puzzles Part 2
  • Mental Agility 1
  • Mental Agility 2
  • Reciprocal Thinking Puzzles Part 1
  • Reciprocal Thinking Puzzles Part 2
  • Reciprocal Thinking Puzzles Part 3
  • Spotting your Opponent's Ressources
  • Outro
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