Chess Calculation Secrets: Outcalculate Your Opponents

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00:00 Introduction/Experts do not necessarily calculate deeper than amateurs
01:57 3 Golden Steps When Calculating in Chess
02:58 The First Position/Calculating 2 Short Lines Accurately
07:20 The Second Position/Calculating 3 Short Lines Accurately
09:34 The Third Position/Generating Several Candidate Moves
11:36 Homework Position

Layman thinks that their ability to calculate very deep lines separates a chess grandmaster. This is in fact not supported by scientific evidence. What chess masters are great at is spotting strong candidate moves effortlessly - using their pattern recognition - and the ability to calculate short lines accurately. Most calculation mistakes happen on the very first move in chess.

This video shows the fundamental thought processes in chess calculation by giving instructive positions that demand accurate calculation of short lines, which are 3-ply deep. But most importantly, we need to generate several candidate moves on the very first move, actively search for the best reply by the opponent, and set our goal properly from the initial position. All these concepts are covered in much greater depth in my recent Chessable course Fundamental Chess Calculation Skills: