Beautiful video, thank you! Your definitions are precise and helpful. But frankly, I am simultaneously encouraged and frustrated after watching. Encouraged, because I see the power (and beauty!) of dynamic play. But frustrated, because I feel that in a game I'll never be able visualize *how* to exploit the dynamic position. So, a question for you: As a developing player, should I try to create dynamic positions (even if it requires a piece sacrifice) and "trust" that my improved pieces will find a way to win, or should I only make the sacrifice if I can see a concrete winning continuation in advance? I love your stuff; please keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you so much as always for your thoughtful comment. I am energised to produce more after such feedback from my viewers! I would say as improving/budding players, we need to expose ourselves to dynamical play, either by taking sound gambits or pawn structures which warrant dynamic play such as isolated queen's pawn or hanging pawns. You learn dynamics best by playing/carefully studying dynamical master games, even in "guess-the-move" format.
Super happy to hear your kind comment, really motivating! More will follow! And please don't hesitate sharing the channel with your friends so we can reach more people 🙏
There is a very sparce quantity of crisp, concise content on dynamics in chess. Attention-seeking content on traps, high-profile games, tactics, blunders, and drama seems to rule the day.
What a great video ❤ recently I purchased a book by Valerie beim on how to play dynamic chess,so this video comes in handy,soooo clear explanations,can help clearer understanding of something read🎉
Some fascinating examples and beautiful games. Very interesting and illuminating discussion about chess. First class, thanks. You address one's actual experience in a game. Most moves aren't tactical or forcing sequences, so if that's all you have studied you don't know what to do. My favourite examples in your calculation course are example where one is just improving a piece by first making a pawn move. Things like that really help when playing a game, it gives you many more tools then just tactics or forcing moves.
So motivating to hear this, thank you so much! Thanks for mentioning that about the calculation course. That is the major strength of it according to me as well (that tactical and positional puzzles are mixed).
I once lost my queen similarly to what happened at the 25 minute mark. I was offering a queen trade and my queen was defended by my rook which was on the back rank. My opponent sacrificed his rook on my back rank to deflect my rook away from the defense of my queen, and then took my queen. I had never seen that tactical pattern before and was completely shocked back then
At Minute 9: I did find Ra6 but at first I thought that White would surely not take and instead try to get in front of the pawn. But then I realized that you can just push the other pawn, and once it gets to the 7th rank it forces the rook out. I also thought about Rb1+ to get the rook in front of the pawn, but that only works if we can later safely check the White king when the pawn gets to the 7th rank so that we can queen and force the opponent to sac the rook. But White would probably try to hide from potential checks behind their pawns. Finally I thought about just Rb1+ with no intention other than just to be able to play b6 and connect the passers. But it could be more annoying than it would have to be to convert this since you still can't push either of the passers without weakening the other, and the enemy rook attacks from behind. So I did eventually think that Ra6 is best since it puts the rook behind the pawn and White can't take
Love this thought process, thanks for sharing. You are spot on with the other alternatives and their drawbacks. ...Ra6 is positionally desirable (Rooks belong BEHIND the passed pawns).
I was able to get the calculation for the quiet move Qe7 Qxd5+ Qxd5 Bxd5 Rxf8+ Bg8 after ruling out all lines for Rxf8 and d6 because black Q can check on f2 in both lines. it's interesting to me that first I was drawn to the two poor lines before finding the best line by force of logical deduction. I should have saved the work by realizing that down a bishop white needed a crushing move.
Thank you for your kind remark. Surely Karpov's games features dynamics as well, but probably on a lesser extent than of Tal's and Kasparov's games. It is a matter of taste as well. To my mind, Karpov generally preferred to have static advantages rather than dynamic (time-dependent) ones. But if you give him a position that must be played dynamically, he could surely play it that way!
Thank you. So static advantages roughly equal dynamic advantages…that’s a good thought to start with, roughly of course, thanks again. Happy Sunday! And Holidays👍@@Dr.CansClinic
Thank you! Static advantages mean those long-term advantages that are stable, so time is your friend. Think about when you are playing against an isolated queen's pawn. Most endgames will favor you as that isolated pawn will become weak in the endgame. But in the middlegame that pawn increases the opponent's attacking chances as it supports pieces in the center. So we may call that a dynamic advantage. They need to make use of that isolated pawn in the middlegame as it supports piece activity, but with excessive piece trades that advantage evaporates. Does it make sense? :) Karpov loved to play against the isolated queen's pawn by the way. Happy Holidays!@@kathryncollings9421
I don't understand why Nf6 is forcing? I don't understand and therefore I dismiss this move after I reached the conclusion that it didn't do anything. I appreciate that I might be completely blind to the obvious here.
Do you mean Kasparov's game? It is a forcing move technically: checks & captures & threats are regarded as forcing moves in chess, and Nxf6 is a capture.
@@Dr.CansClinic Hi Dr Can, thanks for responding. Yes I was referring to the Kasparov game. I understand that captures are forcing moves, but I think my thought process just broke down at that point. I saw the capture immediately. It was either the first or second move that I looked at, but when I visualized the move in my head, but once I'd made it, I looked at the resulting position and just thought "What has that move actually done for me?" I could see that it had won me a pawn, but I was also trying to look for the threat that it might have carried on top of that i.e. a check, a fork, another capture, removing a defender, opening a line etc, but I just couldn't really see anything obvious, and at that point I dismissed it. But thinking about it now, I'm not even sure why. I think it was because I looked at either recapture available to Black, and thought "Yeah, but neither of those recaptures are truly forced." Anyway, I purchased your course on Chessable a couple of days ago and today will be the first day that I have a proper opportunity to get into it. I'll let you know how it goes.
@@garyinternet5436 Thank you so much for your feedback! Nxf6 indeed opens the e-file as well as exposes the g7-pawn to bishop attack on the long diagonal - thus this move also significantly activates the bishop. But I understand your concern - that Black is not forced to recapture the knight. But then White's attack gains strength. Thank you so much for purchasing the course! Please ask me anything along the way! Always glad to respond!
@@Dr.CansClinic Thank you Dr. Can. That's reassuring. I have two ideas for RUclips videos, and I apologise if you have already covered these things in a video that I have not yet seen. 1. How should I analyse my own chess games? 2. How should I use books that are annotated game collections from Master level players? Essentially what I'm asking is: In your opinion what's the most effective way of doing both of these things?
I genuinely learn from you, rather than just being entertained!
Thanks for all your hard work, Dr Can!
Super happy to hear this! This is exactly WHY I formed this channel.
Great educational video. I think dynamics is one of the most overlooked items in chess training.
Thank you so much Cem!
I like it. The video’s you create. Your dedication shines through.
I am so happy to hear your motivating thoughts 🙏
Beautiful video, thank you! Your definitions are precise and helpful. But frankly, I am simultaneously encouraged and frustrated after watching. Encouraged, because I see the power (and beauty!) of dynamic play. But frustrated, because I feel that in a game I'll never be able visualize *how* to exploit the dynamic position. So, a question for you: As a developing player, should I try to create dynamic positions (even if it requires a piece sacrifice) and "trust" that my improved pieces will find a way to win, or should I only make the sacrifice if I can see a concrete winning continuation in advance? I love your stuff; please keep doing what you're doing!
Thank you so much as always for your thoughtful comment. I am energised to produce more after such feedback from my viewers! I would say as improving/budding players, we need to expose ourselves to dynamical play, either by taking sound gambits or pawn structures which warrant dynamic play such as isolated queen's pawn or hanging pawns. You learn dynamics best by playing/carefully studying dynamical master games, even in "guess-the-move" format.
Your enthusiasm is so contagious Can, happy to see you making such great content and scale your great coaching to many more people :)
Super happy to hear your kind comment, really motivating! More will follow! And please don't hesitate sharing the channel with your friends so we can reach more people 🙏
There is a very sparce quantity of crisp, concise content on dynamics in chess. Attention-seeking content on traps, high-profile games, tactics, blunders, and drama seems to rule the day.
Unfortunately... I plan to create more such videos in the future.
What a great video ❤ recently I purchased a book by Valerie beim on how to play dynamic chess,so this video comes in handy,soooo clear explanations,can help clearer understanding of something read🎉
Wonderful! I heard good things about that book!
you deserve more subs, great analysis, very clean and thoughtful intruction. Hoping your channel grows!
Thank you so much for your encouraging words, energized to produce more content :)
Great video again Can, I really enjoy dynamic tactics! thank you so much!
MY pleasure Pierre!
Some fascinating examples and beautiful games. Very interesting and illuminating discussion about chess. First class, thanks. You address one's actual experience in a game. Most moves aren't tactical or forcing sequences, so if that's all you have studied you don't know what to do.
My favourite examples in your calculation course are example where one is just improving a piece by first making a pawn move. Things like that really help when playing a game, it gives you many more tools then just tactics or forcing moves.
So motivating to hear this, thank you so much!
Thanks for mentioning that about the calculation course. That is the major strength of it according to me as well (that tactical and positional puzzles are mixed).
Surely more videos on dynamics please
Thanks, will do!
I once lost my queen similarly to what happened at the 25 minute mark. I was offering a queen trade and my queen was defended by my rook which was on the back rank. My opponent sacrificed his rook on my back rank to deflect my rook away from the defense of my queen, and then took my queen. I had never seen that tactical pattern before and was completely shocked back then
Thanks for the feedback! That is a beautiful trick indeed!
At Minute 9: I did find Ra6 but at first I thought that White would surely not take and instead try to get in front of the pawn. But then I realized that you can just push the other pawn, and once it gets to the 7th rank it forces the rook out. I also thought about Rb1+ to get the rook in front of the pawn, but that only works if we can later safely check the White king when the pawn gets to the 7th rank so that we can queen and force the opponent to sac the rook. But White would probably try to hide from potential checks behind their pawns. Finally I thought about just Rb1+ with no intention other than just to be able to play b6 and connect the passers. But it could be more annoying than it would have to be to convert this since you still can't push either of the passers without weakening the other, and the enemy rook attacks from behind. So I did eventually think that Ra6 is best since it puts the rook behind the pawn and White can't take
Love this thought process, thanks for sharing. You are spot on with the other alternatives and their drawbacks. ...Ra6 is positionally desirable (Rooks belong BEHIND the passed pawns).
I was able to get the calculation for the quiet move Qe7 Qxd5+ Qxd5 Bxd5 Rxf8+ Bg8 after ruling out all lines for Rxf8 and d6 because black Q can check on f2 in both lines. it's interesting to me that first I was drawn to the two poor lines before finding the best line by force of logical deduction. I should have saved the work by realizing that down a bishop white needed a crushing move.
Thanks! Indeed, it is about that orientation/goal-setting phase that makes calculation much more efficient! Probably worth a separate video!
It makes me wonder seeing Kasparov game, if dynamics can be found in Karpov s games? If it’s there too of if not, what? Great video!👍
Thank you for your kind remark. Surely Karpov's games features dynamics as well, but probably on a lesser extent than of Tal's and Kasparov's games. It is a matter of taste as well. To my mind, Karpov generally preferred to have static advantages rather than dynamic (time-dependent) ones. But if you give him a position that must be played dynamically, he could surely play it that way!
Thank you. So static advantages roughly equal dynamic advantages…that’s a good thought to start with, roughly of course, thanks again. Happy Sunday! And Holidays👍@@Dr.CansClinic
Thank you! Static advantages mean those long-term advantages that are stable, so time is your friend. Think about when you are playing against an isolated queen's pawn. Most endgames will favor you as that isolated pawn will become weak in the endgame. But in the middlegame that pawn increases the opponent's attacking chances as it supports pieces in the center. So we may call that a dynamic advantage. They need to make use of that isolated pawn in the middlegame as it supports piece activity, but with excessive piece trades that advantage evaporates. Does it make sense? :) Karpov loved to play against the isolated queen's pawn by the way. Happy Holidays!@@kathryncollings9421
Yes it does… thank you!@@Dr.CansClinic
Do you have an advice on how people should learn their tactics in a brain-friendly way?
By asking questions and searching for the underlying mechanisms behind tactical patterns. This deeper processing will allow a better transfer.
Crow fetish, hey? You should see a raven! 😲
I am seeing them on a regular basis.
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I don't understand why Nf6 is forcing? I don't understand and therefore I dismiss this move after I reached the conclusion that it didn't do anything. I appreciate that I might be completely blind to the obvious here.
Do you mean Kasparov's game? It is a forcing move technically: checks & captures & threats are regarded as forcing moves in chess, and Nxf6 is a capture.
@@Dr.CansClinic Hi Dr Can, thanks for responding. Yes I was referring to the Kasparov game. I understand that captures are forcing moves, but I think my thought process just broke down at that point. I saw the capture immediately. It was either the first or second move that I looked at, but when I visualized the move in my head, but once I'd made it, I looked at the resulting position and just thought "What has that move actually done for me?"
I could see that it had won me a pawn, but I was also trying to look for the threat that it might have carried on top of that i.e. a check, a fork, another capture, removing a defender, opening a line etc, but I just couldn't really see anything obvious, and at that point I dismissed it. But thinking about it now, I'm not even sure why. I think it was because I looked at either recapture available to Black, and thought "Yeah, but neither of those recaptures are truly forced."
Anyway, I purchased your course on Chessable a couple of days ago and today will be the first day that I have a proper opportunity to get into it. I'll let you know how it goes.
@@garyinternet5436 Thank you so much for your feedback! Nxf6 indeed opens the e-file as well as exposes the g7-pawn to bishop attack on the long diagonal - thus this move also significantly activates the bishop. But I understand your concern - that Black is not forced to recapture the knight. But then White's attack gains strength.
Thank you so much for purchasing the course! Please ask me anything along the way! Always glad to respond!
@@Dr.CansClinic Thank you Dr. Can. That's reassuring.
I have two ideas for RUclips videos, and I apologise if you have already covered these things in a video that I have not yet seen.
1. How should I analyse my own chess games?
2. How should I use books that are annotated game collections from Master level players?
Essentially what I'm asking is: In your opinion what's the most effective way of doing both of these things?