๐ช๐ก๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌโฃโฃโฃโฃNow that I have your attention, I'm going to stop making excuses and instead actually write an article.โฃโฃโฃโฃNamely, on how the key to jumping 200 rating points is to ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.โฃโฃโฃโฃThat'...
You've read all the books, studied all the courses, had a bunch of coaching, played a bunch of games...โฃโฃโฃโฃSo ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ?โฃโฃโฃโฃWhatever reasons you thought of - that's what you're going to have to ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ of, in order to progress.โฃโฃ โฃ...
Hey guys,Lately I have noticed my old bad habit of 'perfectionism' starting to creep back in. What was once 'exceptional' to me, now seems average at best, or even mediocre.If it wasn't for my students telling me how much they loved the sessions...
๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ - ๐๐ข๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โฃโฃHow do you deal with unusual early moves by the opponent? โฃโฃDo you get ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, wondering 'why didn't I look at this recently?' โฃโฃDo you get ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, believing 'I'm gonna crush this guy in 20 moves?...
What is one reason children typically learn faster than adults?โฃโฃThe 'scientific' reason is that kids are ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ than adults, due to adults having a more developed prefrontal cortex, see everything as it is.โฃโฃHowever, there's...
One common weakness I have observed among players rated below 2200, is that they ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด.โฃ You're leaving a lot of points on the table by not seeing the best plans for both sides.The video below explains more,...
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ '๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค' ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ I have something shocking to share with you guys. Believe it or not, my thoughts around chess were once as 'messed up' as yours. I, too, ...
ATTENTION: 1800+ Rated Chess Playersโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐-๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.โฃโฃโฃ Have you been wanting to become a chess master?โฃโฃโฃ Watch the 1-minute video linked below (Chess.com won't let me embed 'Shorts' properly): โฃโฃโฃhttps://...
Hello chess friends!Got a new video for you on how to easily improve your chess openings! With the approach I share with you in this video, you don't just remember the important moves (ignoring the 99% of non-essential moves covered in chess ...
For this post, I've put together some of the main things that hold people back from becoming a chess master, and shared what you can do to overcome these things. After all, the thinking you have now got you to your current level, b...
Back in the old days, when scouring the net for private chess coaches, we'd look at things like...โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณโฃโฃโฃ- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณโฃโฃโฃ- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณโฃโฃโฃ- Their Chess Titleโฃโฃโฃ- Mayyyybe Their Student Results?โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃSeriously though...
How Do You Build Your Winning Team?Let's ask a better question...What if you already had your winning team for chess mastery built for you?The video below explains more: If you still believe you can get to the chess master title on your ow...
๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ... In this post, we're going to discover the ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ! You see, most people have it the ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ... They spend oceans of time ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด...
Let's be real here...99% of the videos you're watching on Youtube right now are NOT helping you.Why is that?Is that the fault of the videos? The content creators?Not necessarily... The video below explains why. In the video linked above,...
If your chess rating is over 2000, you've probably asked yourself questions like...โฃโฃWhat is the best way to ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ in improving my chess?โฃโฃWhat will give me the ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ for my money? โฃโฃI've always wanted to become a ches...
Would you like to learn all the important lessons from Rounds 7 and 8 of the Tata Steel tournament?If so, then my video coverage of the event, with my daily recaps, are perfect for you Here is my recap of Round 7, starting with the coverage of Dub...
Perhaps the most common opening struggle for chess players is: 'What do I play against 1.d4?'Even a lot of advanced players struggle to settle on a long-term defence to 1.d4 that they are happy with. That's why I recorded a video detailing the p...
What exactly are 'hidden gems' in chess?One example would be a drawn chess game with many valuable lessons, that most people missed because they thought 'Oh, it's just a boring draw' without looking deeper at the game.Another example is a great po...
Have you been following the 2022 Tata Steel supertournament, with Carlsen, Caruana and Giri among others?Whether you're still catching up to the previous rounds, or want to learn everything you can from the games, my two video recaps of the first ...
Would you like to learn how Grandmasters were able to win in less than 25 moves at the 2021 World Blitz Championship?I find these 'miniature' games to be quite useful to learn from, as we can quickly pick up some ideas and immediately see how to p...
What were the behind-the-scenes actions I took to have a breakthrough performance of over 2400 (half a point short of my first International Master norm) in the 2008 Australian Championship - my first ever 'open' Championship event? Learn from...
Yesterday I was reading an old junior chess magazine from 2007, which talked about my great focus and determination with regard to my chess. Sounds great, right? That's how it appeared on the outside, but it wasn't always this way...(se...
Do you struggle against any of these openings? - French Defence (1...e6); - Caro-Kann (1...c6); - Pirc/Modern (1...d6/1...g6); - Scandinavian (1...d5) If you said 'Yes' to any of these, then my new video 'Learn 1.e4 - Sidelines' is f...
TL;DR - I have a new mission for 2022! Find out what it is (and how you can be a part of it) in this short 2-minute video: I'm Grandmaster/Certified High Performance Coach Max Illingworth, and my mission for 2022 is to help over 500 chess exp...
Let me ask you a question... Would you like to know how to Win The Solid Way Against 1.e4, 1.d4 And Everything Else... (Even if all you have is an online rating and 1 hour a day for chess?) Then my latest Youtube video, shown below, is 100% ...
