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Time Management in Chess
Regina Theissl-Pokorna
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.
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
4
Shengelia vs Sebenik, 2019
6
What is chess intuition?
9
Mikhalchishin vs Chernin
10
Theissl-Pokorna vs Zhukova
11
Theissl-Pokorna va Reizniece
14
Exercise 1: Aronin vs Kholmov
15
Exercise 2: Theissl-Pokorna vs Janetschek
16
Exercise 3: Krivec vs Theissl-Pokorna
17
Exercise 4: Keres vs Smyslov
19
Identifying time-critical moments during the game
21
Alekhine vs Rubinstein
23
Theissl-Pokorna vs Maric
26
Exercise 1: Carlsen vs Nakamura
27
Exercise 2: Maroczy vs Rubinstein
28
Exercise 3: Motylev vs Polgar
30
How to decide between several (candidate) moves?
36
Exercise 1: Karjakin vs Kramnik
37
Exercise 2: McShane vs Carlsen
38
Exercise 3: Korchnoi vs Karpov
39
Exercise 4: Toshkov vs Russek Libni
43
Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch
47
Ivanovic vs Sveshnikov
48
Exercise 1: Carlsen vs Anand
49
Exercise 2: Lukin vs Yuneev
50
Exercise 3: Sax vs Partos
51
Exercise 4: Manik vs Motuz
52
Exercise 5: Smyslov vs Panov
53
Exercise 6: Reshevsky vs Kavalek
55
Perfectionism in Chess
63
Exercise 2: Kholmov vs Jakobsen
64
Exercise 3: Pokorna vs Seps
65
Exercise 4: Schiffers vs Steinitz
67
Looking for chances in an inferior position
69
Galliamova vs Korchnoi
72
Theissl-Pokorna vs Schwabeneder
74
Exercise 1: Hou Yifan vs Muzychuk
75
Exercise 2: Filip vs Darga
76
Exercise 3: Chekhover Study
77
Exercise 4: Polugaevsky vs Zakharov
78
Exercise 5: Gulko vs Vaganian
79
Exercise 6: Reshevsky vs Lombardy
80
Changes in the pawn structure
81
Avoid unnecessary changes in pawn structure
87
Exercise 1: Nepomniachtchi vs Dreev
88
Exercise 2: Vitiugov vs Volokitin
89
Exercise 3: Heredia Serrano vs Theissl-Pokorna
90
Converting into (pawn) endgames
91
Decisions to convert positions into (pawn) endgames
97
Exercise 1: Ponomariov vs Kramnik
98
Exercise 2: Navara vs Tkachiev
99
Exercise 3: Smyslov vs Reshevsky
100
Exercise 4: Matisons vs Alekhine
101
Complicated positions
102
Complicated and complex positions
104
Polugaevsky vs Averbakh
106
Schleining vs Theissl-Pokorna
109
Nikolova vs Theissl-Pokorna
110
Exercise 1: Kramnik vs Aronian
111
Exercise 2: Indjic vs Shengelia
112
Exercise 3: Udovcic vs Bilek
114
Keeping emotions under control and Objectivity
119
Shengelia vs Sutovsky
120
Reizniece vs Theissl-Pokorna
122
Theissl-Pokorna vs Vega Gutierrez
123
Exercise 1: Ftacnik vs Shengelia
124
Exercise 2: Shengelia vs Gazik
125
Exercise 3: Sasikiran vs Bartel
126
Exercise 4: Bisguier vs Stein
