Description
Time Management in Chess (Download)
by Regina Pokorna
We've all encountered the challenges of time pressure in our chess endeavors. As the clock ticks down, panic sets in, leading us to make decisions we wouldn't otherwise choose with ample time. Whether transitioning from a winning to a losing position, all our hard work becomes futile due to inefficient time management. What's even more disheartening is the repetitive nature of this mistake, as we find ourselves making the same error repeatedly.
Time trouble is one of the most common chess player bad habits. One can’t really avoid spending time on complicated positions, but they are not the only issue. There are other factors, like insufficient opening preparation, perfectionism, missing self-confidence, etc. In this video course, I’d like to assist you with handling time management during your game. How to avoid it, and how to react when you’ve no other choice. I’ve organized this course into 2 parts. In the first part I focus on the methods and techniques that will help you to avoid time trouble, such as: strict opening repertoire, using chess intuition wisely, identifying critical moments, deciding between several possible moves, prophylactic thinking and how to avoid perfectionism in chess. In the second part, the focus lies on the moments in time trouble. How players of different strength and experience solve their problems at the board, but also why many of them (incl. strong grandmasters) failed. I cover topics like: looking for chances in a worse position and finding the best ways out of it; how and why to keep emotions under the control; complicated and complex positions; why to be cautious with the changes in a pawn structure in time trouble; and when and if to convert positions into (pawn) endgames.
- Video running time: 7 h 20 minutes
- Interactive training including video feedback
- Extra: Best practice PDF
Contents
- Introduction
- PDF - Introduction
- PDF - Factors
- Shengelia vs Sebenik, 2019
- Intuition
- What is chess intuition?
- Introduction
- Smyslov vs Panov
- Mikhalchishin vs Chernin
- Theissl-Pokorna vs Zhukova
- Theissl-Pokorna va Reizniece
- Aronian vs Anand
- Alekhine - Junge
- Exercise 1: Aronin vs Kholmov
- Exercise 2: Theissl-Pokorna vs Janetschek
- Exercise 3: Krivec vs Theissl-Pokorna
- Exercise 4: Keres vs Smyslov
- Critical moments
- Identifying time-critical moments during the game
- Introduction
- Alekhine vs Rubinstein
- Karpov vs Korchnoi
- Theissl-Pokorna vs Maric
- Benjamin vs Gulko
- Fischer vs Spassky
- Exercise 1: Carlsen vs Nakamura
- Exercise 2: Maroczy vs Rubinstein
- Exercise 3: Motylev vs Polgar
- Candidate moves
- How to decide between several (candidate) moves?
- Introduction
- Ehlvest vs Georgiev
- Speelman vs Kasparov
- Van Wely vs Piket
- Yildiz vs Pokorna
- Exercise 1: Karjakin vs Kramnik
- Exercise 2: McShane vs Carlsen
- Exercise 3: Korchnoi vs Karpov
- Exercise 4: Toshkov vs Russek Libni
- Prophylactic thinking
- Prophylactic Thinking
- Introduction
- Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch
- Rubinstein vs Salwe
- Carlsen vs Nakamura
- Gulko vs Panno
- Ivanovic vs Sveshnikov
- Exercise 1: Carlsen vs Anand
- Exercise 2: Lukin vs Yuneev
- Exercise 3: Sax vs Partos
- Exercise 4: Manik vs Motuz
- Exercise 5: Smyslov vs Panov
- Exercise 6: Reshevsky vs Kavalek
- Perfectionism
- Perfectionism in Chess
- Introduction
- Study Nalbandyan
- Keres vs Filip
- Freiman vs Kan
- Pokorna vs Igla
- Alekhine vs Saemisch
- Exercise 1: Study
- Exercise 2: Kholmov vs Jakobsen
- Exercise 3: Pokorna vs Seps
- Exercise 4: Schiffers vs Steinitz
- Inferior position
- Looking for chances in an inferior position
- Introduction
- Galliamova vs Korchnoi
- Spassky vs Fischer
- Motuz vs Pile
- Theissl-Pokorna vs Schwabeneder
- Hagarova vs Seleljo
- Exercise 1: Hou Yifan vs Muzychuk
- Exercise 2: Filip vs Darga
- Exercise 3: Chekhover Study
- Exercise 4: Polugaevsky vs Zakharov
- Exercise 5: Gulko vs Vaganian
- Exercise 6: Reshevsky vs Lombardy
- Changes in the pawn structure
- Avoid unnecessary changes in pawn structure
- Intro
- Aronian vs Grischuk
- Pokorna vs Meier
- Fine vs Najdorf
- Larsen vs Portisch
- Exercise 1: Nepomniachtchi vs Dreev
- Exercise 2: Vitiugov vs Volokitin
- Exercise 3: Heredia Serrano vs Theissl-Pokorna
- Converting into (pawn) endgames
- Decisions to convert positions into (pawn) endgames
- Introduction
- Evans vs Reshevsky
- Sax vs Szell
- Smyslov vs Tal
- Atalik vs Motuz
- Exercise 1: Ponomariov vs Kramnik
- Exercise 2: Navara vs Tkachiev
- Exercise 3: Smyslov vs Reshevsky
- Exercise 4: Matisons vs Alekhine
- Complicated positions
- Complicated and complex positions
- Introduction
- Polugaevsky vs Averbakh
- Hagarova - Vavruska
- Schleining vs Theissl-Pokorna
- Sadilek vs Shengelia
- Navara vs Kulaots
- Nikolova vs Theissl-Pokorna
- Exercise 1: Kramnik vs Aronian
- Exercise 2: Indjic vs Shengelia
- Exercise 3: Udovcic vs Bilek
- Emotions
- Keeping emotions under control and Objectivity
- Introduction
- Fischer vs Larsen
- Najdorf vs Tal
- Shengelia vs Miton
- Shengelia vs Sutovsky
- Reizniece vs Theissl-Pokorna
- Hagarova vs Bauma
- Theissl-Pokorna vs Vega Gutierrez
- Exercise 1: Ftacnik vs Shengelia
- Exercise 2: Shengelia vs Gazik
- Exercise 3: Sasikiran vs Bartel
- Exercise 4: Bisguier vs Stein
- Best Practice
- Bonus clips
- Explanation
- Openings
- Best practice 1
- Best practice 2