Lessons With Grandmaster - 3 May 2026

Staying objective when you have a "slightly" better position.

Chess is a battle of nerves. In this lesson, we discuss the transition from the middlegame to the endgame. Many players relax once the queens are off the board—that is exactly when a Grandmaster strikes. We will cover:

Make small, quiet moves (like h3 or Kh1) that take the sting out of a future counter-attack. Limit the mobility of the opponent’s best-placed piece. Lessons with Grandmaster - 3

How to create and occupy outposts that paralyze the enemy position. 3. Psychology and the "Second Wind"

In our previous sessions, we focused on the "how"—the mechanics of tactical combinations and the geometry of the endgame. In Part 3, we shift our focus to the "why." To play like a Grandmaster, you must stop asking, "What do I want to do?" and start asking, "What is my opponent trying to achieve?" Staying objective when you have a "slightly" better position

A weakness isn’t always a hanging pawn. Sometimes it’s a square that could become weak ten moves from now. We’ll dive into:

The hallmark of a master is —the art of preventing your opponent's ideas before they even manifest. We will analyze classic games from Tigran Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov to understand how to: Identify the opponent's most "active" idea. Many players relax once the queens are off

Taking your chess game to the next level requires more than just memorizing openings; it requires a shift in how you "see" the board.