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How to Calculate Variations | Chess Middlegames

♘ Follow me on lichess (write, ask, challenge): https://lichess.org/@/hpy 😎 Become a Patron (extra daily content):   / hangingpawns   🎥 Twitch:   / hangingpawnstv   💲 Support the channel: https://www.paypal.me/HangingPawns 👕 Chess merch!: https://teespring.com/stores/hanging-... The first example position is the game Boleslavsky vs Flohr, 1950, used as an example in Alexander Kotov's "Kako razmišlja velemajstor", Zagreb 1989 p. 25-29. I have used it as an example because I am trying to utilize Kotov's idea of "pure calculation" and, disciplined candidate move choosing, which he teaches through the book. Disclaimer: I believe such technique can never be perfectly applied, and that it is somewhat utopian. Why I still try to do it is because coming closer to that "perfection" makes you a better player. Calculation is one of the most important traits of a successful chess player. Most of the time, if you calculate deeper than your opponent, you will win! I have attempted to break down the process of calculating variations during a real chess game into 5 steps. Following them will not make you a grandmaster, but it will improve your calculation, your visualization, your ability to correctly choose candidate moves, and your speed. It will also make you less prone to making one-move blunders or missing a move which could have won the game. In chess, practice is everything, and training will make you stronger. It’s as simple as that. Nowhere is that as important as when it comes to bare calculation. Calculating every day will make you calculate better, same as making pancakes every day would make you great at making pancakes! Most lower-rated players have the same issue; they either waste time thinking about the position without doing any real calculation, or they calculate in a disorderly fashion, which ultimately leads to mistakes. Here is the process of choosing candidate moves, assessing the position and calculating it broken down into steps: 1. Choose candidate moves – look at checks, captures and forcing moves first. Always consider your own and your opponent’s weaknesses (watch this video on How to think in Chess for help:    • How to Think in Chess | Chess Meditat...  ). 2. Consider your clock time – how much time do you have to calculate? If it’s a critical position you may decide to take a long time because it’s a win or loss move. In any case, divide the time you plan to spend to each candidate move accordingly. This way you will restrain yourself from wasting too much time. 3. Divide the candidate moves into forcing and non-forcing moves – calculate the forcing moves first. They are easier to calculate because they don’t branch out as much! When you check, your opponent doesn’t have 20 options. 4. Calculate the first candidate – visualize the “variation tree”. Imagine the position, come to a conclusion and don’t look back! Do this for every candidate move and come to a conclusion – is the move good or bad? Once you have done so, reject the bad moves and proceed to step 5. 5. Final check and decision – briefly check all the candidate moves you calculated and came to a conclusion that they work. Choose one! This part is intuition. You may be wrong (and, trust me, you often will be), but wasting any more precious clock time won’t help one bit! #chess