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3 Tips to Avoid Blunders in Chess

Remote Chess Academy via YouTube

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Learn how to dramatically improve your chess performance by mastering the art of avoiding blunders in this 12-minute video lesson from GM Igor Smirnov of Remote Chess Academy. Discover why most chess players get stuck despite practicing tactics, and how a simple adjustment to your thinking system can help you consistently find the best moves. The video presents three little-known but highly effective methods to reduce blunders that can be applied to any position regardless of your skill level. Through multiple practical examples, GM Smirnov demonstrates each technique, including a special thinking approach that separates the top 5% of chess players from everyone else. The lesson concludes with a puzzle to test your new knowledge. Perfect for chess players of all levels who want to eliminate costly mistakes from their games and accelerate their progress toward higher ratings.

Syllabus

00:00 3 Tips to Avoid Blunders in Chess
00:14 Example-1
01:19 Tip-1
03:08 Example-2
04:36 Example-3
05:23 Tip-2
06:02 Example-4
07:12 Example-5
08:51 Tip-3
10:18 Think better than 95% of chess players
11:31 Puzzle of the Day

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