Kasparov's Style and How life imitates chess

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This is a video promoting the RCA chess course "Mastering the Middlegame in Kasparov’s Style" by IM Asaf Givon. Garry Kasparov is one of the best players in the world, or probably the best. He dominated in chess for many years, as world chess champion and in the top tournaments. It is important for every chess player to learn from the games of such an elite player to take their chess skill to next level.

In this course, we tried to analyze Kasparov's middlegame techniques (including positional pawn sacrifices, prophylaxis, etc.) and explain them with simple words to ambitious chess players, so anyone can incorporate those ideas in his/her own games. More specifically you’ll learn how to fight for the initiative, what the exchange sacrifice is and when to make it, how to sacrifice your pawns successfully and many more.

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Lessons 9
Video 3:7 Hours

Garry Kasparov 'How life imitates chess'

To help Roger's excellent chess site I thought readers would be interested in a short review of Garry Kasparov's latest book. I bought it at Newcastle airport on my way to Dresden to watch the European chess championships.

The book is original, describing the qualities required to be successful playing the world's most beautiful boardgame. Whereas most chess books give loads of advice about tactics or strategies or individual openings, Garry concentrates on the thinking skills and how to approach the game and when you read the words of the world champion you feel reassured that, now retired, he tells us the secrets of playing great chess. Of course many of the things he says have been said before but I've never seen so many in the same place before. He writes with energy and purpose, trying to combine chess insights with tips for success in the world beyond chess, this makes the book also like a life improvement book. Although I am less sure of Garry's credentials in this area I felt this made the book less intense, it wasn't just chess as good thinking can make you a success everywhere. He also expressed opinions about politics and the difficulties he feels Russia currently faces.

Garry's brave and daring, he pushes back the boundaries. He tells us how he loved the hard work to make him the best. 'Everything we have considered has pointed towards the making of better decisions' page154. The decisions yours but I will definitely lending this one to my best friends.