Thanks baddogno. I deliberately used the real board. I actually feel quite strongly about this: We play chess on a real board so we should study the game on a real board. Too many people who study chess on a computer screen actually make blunders when they play on a real board. Ive given at least 4 juniors that advice when they ask me "how do I stop making blunders?". All four took my advice and 3 of them stopped blundering very quickly and while the other still made some blunders, they were far less frequent.
I am seconding that. I was used to play on my computer on chess.com. Then one day I've made the walk to a nearby chess club. And I was stunned on how much blunders I made only by playing on a "physical" chess board. At that time it was a revelation and some toughs lead me to conclude exactly what Grant Szuveges is considering here! :-) Pieces are larger and the perspective view makes it harder to see the whole big picture. But I didn't find a simple way to fix that since most of time I am playing on the internet anyway... Hopefully Grant's videos would help! :-) Great material by the way!
Regards
Yves
Keen to hear from people why they are interested in the opening videos primarily.
Chessplayers always love to spout on authoritatively about Kalashnikovs or whathaveyou. They've been doing that since time began.