I will definitely post more calculation videos like this, but my calculation course on Chessable contains around 330 similar puzzles! And it is on sale right now ☺️

It is so motivating to hear, thank you ❤️

Thank you so much for your kind feedback! I really liked how he made a live video about it, laying down his thoughts on the go.

Thank you!

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Thank you so much for your kind feedback.

@@Dr.CansClinic I dont care if your najdorf takes another year i'll wait,just don't make it drawish lol

It will probably take a year :) We will go for strategic imbalances rather than tactical chaos!@@user-gg6df4xr3i

Much appreciated! 🙏 Hope you found it useful.

My pleasure! 🙏

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏

You're welcome! 🙏

Congrats, and thanks for the feedback + your rating! Absolutely, once you see a forced mate, you don't need to find anything else.

That's strong af. 👏. Is that 1800 fide?

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Thank you so much for your kind feedback as always! ☺️ Yes, I think you are right. The similarity mostly resides in the conceptual level and the general approach to ideas/hypothesis and falsification. This taking a step back and seeking for counterevidence from the world before playing our "good-looking" moves. This resembles the hypothesis testing and Popper's ideas on the scientific method. Always happy to discuss further! Thanks.

Thank you so much for your kind feedback! Really motivating!

Thank you! Cheers!

...Re7 is stylish indeed! Especially if you figure out its strength over ...Re8!

Thank you and hello to the fellow scientist! ☺️

Thanks for the feedback! I went through a similar process when I first saw this position actually. As long as you make sure ...Bb7 is winning, you don't need to find ...Re5 or ...Re7 in a practical game I would say, with clock ticking down.

Beautiful! The road to the title passes through such rich exercises.

Thank you so much for reminding me of those two important lines I should have covered, this position is too rich! 1...Re4 also works as after 2. axb5 we have ...Re5! anyways, and Black wins as the queen covers a8. 1...Re5 2. axb5 Bb7 should have been mentioned indeed!

@@Dr.CansClinic hehe, I should've calculated Re4 axb5 at least one ply deeper. I just had the conclusion first (it doesn't work), and didn't bother to falsify (like a scientist, which you always recommend.) :P Need to re-watch all your videos on calculation, and do some exercises.

Love the feedback, please do not hesitate asking questions along the way!@@BrennenChua

Thanks for the feedback, that happens to all of us. The brain likes to conserve energy.

After another minute or so, I saw Re2 fails to QxR and then Re1. Which made me aware of the back rank issue. That lead me to reject Re8 because of Re1 followed by Qe2. I only looked at Re6 for a split second and rejected it because it blocked the bishop. No calculation. Then I saw 1...Bb7 2.fxe3 Qh1+ 3 Kf2 Qxh2+ 4 Ke1 Qxc2. Winning material, but still could be messed up. So look for more forcing moves. At this point, it had been about 5-6 minutes and I was considering Re7 and Re5 as the likely correct first moves. I started looking at for ways white could threaten my back rank after Re7. I became fascinated with 1....Re7 2. axb5. It took me a while to recognize that my queen was protecting a8, so Ra8 mate is not really there. But it would still be better if my queen didn't have to take on a8, so I decided that 2...Bb7 3. Ra8+ Bxa8 still allows me to force mate. For some reason I never came back to consider 2. Re1 after 1...Re7. I just assumed things would work out because white isn't mating me next move. So that is a hole in my calculation. I would say I spent 10-15 minutes before I decided Re7 and Re5 were the correct first moves. The position was way more complex than I thought at first. Thanks for the lesson! 🙏👍

@@jasonparker6138 Thank you so much for this excellent feedback! Good that you looked further even after seeing you could win the queen in that 1...Bb7 line! It is a sort of money-in-the-pocket scenario, and if you cannot find something stronger, you can always go ahead and enter that line.

@@Dr.CansClinic That's a great way to think about it. Thank you. Btw, in case it is useful to you, my chesscom rapid rating is ~1600. Lichess rapid is ~1900. Don't have a fide rating.

Thanks for the feedback and your kind thoughts ☺️🙏 1...Bb7 is also winning, so congrats in seeing the entire line!

As long as you see one clean winning line, you don't need to search for more in a practical game. So don't be too harsh on yourself! ☺️

Great! Do you think once you see ...Bb7, should you still search more to find the stronger ...Re5?

Thank you so much, and congratulations as you found the ...Re5 line extremely quickly! I would say go for harder puzzles, perhaps "Perfect Your Chess" from Volotikin and Grabinsky. But you should also try to identify your blindspots when it comes to calculation. Is it about poor goal-setting, not generating several candidate moves, or missing the opponent's resources?

@@Dr.CansClinic You mentioned very accurately, when it comes to identifying about the opponent's resources in a complex position, i 60% of time fail to comprehend.

Then you should check my most recent course on Chessable: www.chessable.com/my-opponents-move-identifying-threats-mistakes-and-misconceptions/course/163950/

You are ready for Kotov's Think Like a Grandmaster and Keres' Art of the Middle Game.

I had the same thought process and ended up with the same faulty analysis. Even though he said to take several minutes considering the position, I underestimated the complexity. 😅

About the same here, except I didn't even consider 1 ... Re2. Why would I? I want to check mate, not win a stupid queen! Only if I found no immediate mate, would I go back and look for alternates. I immediately saw that it didn't work when suggested in the video, but even if you miss 3 Re1, why would you allow 3 ab? Yes, it is winning for Black, but you have already recognized potenial back rank problems and some work has still to be done to win. So my advice would be to only look for a potential immediate check mate before you consider other alternatives. If you find one, you don't have to waste your time looking at other candidate moves. I also made a mistake so don't worry. :)

I hear. you. ...Re2 was also my candidate when I first saw the position. I guess the orientation phase and the awareness of the backrank issue may help you smell the countertactic for White after 1...Re2.

What was your solution?

Ah, thank you so much for mentioning it, I should have covered that line...

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what about axb5?

...Re4 axb5 and then what? Your rook is blocking your queen's access to a8.

It came from an analysis of a position (a student game).

Hope you will like it and find it useful 🙏