Stop Making the Same Chess Mistakes
Dear Chess Friends!
Have you ever played a move that felt completely natural…
and only realized later that it was a serious mistake?
Improving players often don’t lose because they don’t know ideas.
They lose because they apply the right ideas at the wrong time — automatically, without checking the details of the position.
In my new workshop, “Typical Mistakes of Improving Players”, we will explore recurring, pattern-based errors — and how to eliminate them from your game.
📅 Date: 03/22
⏰ Time: 11 a.m. EDT, 3 p.m. UK time, 4 p.m. CET
In this session, you'll learn:
- Why automatic recaptures often ruin good positions
- How unnecessary pawn moves create long-term weaknesses
- What “fear of ghosts” is — and how it makes players passive
- How to stop ignoring your opponent’s ideas
- Why familiar tactical patterns still require concrete calculation
- How opening rules can become dangerous stereotypes
- When strategic principles like “exchange pieces” or “push the pawn” fail
- How psychological habits lead to blunders in winning positions
We will break down practical examples of:
- Developing a piece and missing a simple tactic
- Castling automatically into an attack
- Chasing a knight and weakening key squares
- Forcing a textbook sacrifice that doesn’t work
- Promoting a pawn too early instead of gaining opposition
Why should you attend?
If you feel that you “know a lot but still blunder”…
If your games are decided by recurring types of mistakes…
If you want to think more independently, accurately, and confidently…
This workshop will give you a clear, practical framework to break harmful habits and make stronger decisions.
Register now and receive the Zoom-link before the event! Your participation is absolutely free, you just need to register here: https://chesslance.com/masterclass/
See you at the workshop,
FM Viktor Neustroev
