This was very helpful Jesse. I am a CM who l made it to 2K ELO without beating a single Expert OTB. My tactical awareness and an opening repertoire supporting tactical positions were all I needed to beat Class A players consistently and get the CM title. In order to reach the NM level I need to improve my positional awareness. Every trainer can seem like a genius when they already know the answer to the position. So-called "positional chess" that GMs can't replicate over the board is useless to me. I love Aagaard's books, but in many cases, I couldn't derive any positional principles from his analysis - even the ones the examples were supposed to elucidate. Now I know why and I know how to test it, and not just in the case of Aagaard. Tiviakov & Gokbut's "Rock Solid Chess" contrasts with Aagaard's methodology. In his book, Tiviakov often analyzes a number of his own OTB games (where obviously, he didn't have access to a computer to know the answer to the position) and compares them to how an engine would have played. He discusses the differences and whether we (he) could learn something from the engine's way of playing or not. This kind of analysis is transparent and has been very useful to me. Now I can appreciate both works for what they offer, given the distinctions you raise in this video.
Nice to see you again Jesse! I really loved our blitz game in Fresno...you were so kind to say I positionally had a draw (but lost on time). You are a great TH-cam speaker, very soothing voice, I love hearing your GM perspective on the positions!
My old coach gave me a lot of Agaard problems that were not quite this strange but still made your head hurt a little, and he still does on the occasion, and although you won’t see results right away, if you really studio this stuff you’ll start to see improvement. Chess is often so complicated though with all of its aspects that sometimes it’s hard to track your progress. But rating and tournaments results do show.
Yes rank top problem books of all time. I actually like Alburts pocket books of chess. In modern times people will talk about chess antenna, forcing moves, Perfect your Chess, the best move, reinfeld 1001s, not sure what people will think of the GM Ram book, are study books included 2,545 endgame studies, secrets of chess tactics, complete chess workout, chess tactics for advanced players averbakh. How about the best single volume practical opening book of all time...Dynamic Engilsh by Kosten, best 1400-1600 book of all time, Best Lessons of a Chess Coach- Weeramantry.
Aagaard is reliant on the computer? But two of three examples, Jesse says the comp says otherwise. Which is it? Or was that just a generalization of JA's work in general?
The book was realeased in 2013 or something. Engines back then were still a lot weaker and sometimes they were wrong in calculating very complex positions.
@@innovationentropy4668 Aagards audience is not GMs. You are not a psychologist. 10 year old analysis and in fact any chess analysis is not scriptural, but needsscrutiny. Anyone who call themselves a chump sincerely is humble to that degree. You are not a GM. You hold 10 year old chess analysis sacrosanct. You are not part of audience you believe Aagaard is trying to reach. You have no humility if you belive you have access to another man's motivations and can diagnose it as a mental issue instead of reasoning to a conclusion.. You give unsolicited negative advice to someone that is trying to help us get better. This is why you are who you are.
Just as an FYI to the video editor. Probably you spent a bit too long trying to trim down Jesse's mannerisms and make the video super clean. I don't think a long form explanation video like this needs edits every 5-10 seconds to smooth everything over. A short and snappy video on the other hand might definitely require such editing.
I have the Aagaard books but I feel his compositions are too computer-based. I want to learn from themes and concepts that have high instructive value and I think that is not driven by a computer. That is a human touch and why I prefer "Imagination in Chess" by Paata Gaprindashvili. Those problems are classified as either a problem where you merely calculate and find the solution or where there is a barrier to solving it "reciprocal thinking" is what Paata calls it and it's basically finding a tactic you want to do but can't and removing the obstruction so that you can. Outside of that there is Hellsten's Strategy book and beyond that I can't really think of any other instructive material that any human would *need* for the middle game.
@RaniaIsAwesome That same thought has crossed my mind too. I'm like uhhh this guy is 2600, I can't play anything like him, what value is it to show some secret thing he missed. There's like 200 people on the planet that even have a chance at finding it... I think time could be better spent elsewhere.
This was very helpful Jesse. I am a CM who l made it to 2K ELO without beating a single Expert OTB. My tactical awareness and an opening repertoire supporting tactical positions were all I needed to beat Class A players consistently and get the CM title. In order to reach the NM level I need to improve my positional awareness. Every trainer can seem like a genius when they already know the answer to the position. So-called "positional chess" that GMs can't replicate over the board is useless to me. I love Aagaard's books, but in many cases, I couldn't derive any positional principles from his analysis - even the ones the examples were supposed to elucidate. Now I know why and I know how to test it, and not just in the case of Aagaard. Tiviakov & Gokbut's "Rock Solid Chess" contrasts with Aagaard's methodology. In his book, Tiviakov often analyzes a number of his own OTB games (where obviously, he didn't have access to a computer to know the answer to the position) and compares them to how an engine would have played. He discusses the differences and whether we (he) could learn something from the engine's way of playing or not. This kind of analysis is transparent and has been very useful to me. Now I can appreciate both works for what they offer, given the distinctions you raise in this video.
Nice to see you again Jesse! I really loved our blitz game in Fresno...you were so kind to say I positionally had a draw (but lost on time). You are a great TH-cam speaker, very soothing voice, I love hearing your GM perspective on the positions!
Always appreciate your honesty and expert opinions.
Love the book reviews
Instructive and informative review - Excellent. I have some of Aagard's books but not this one. Thank you.
My old coach gave me a lot of Agaard problems that were not quite this strange but still made your head hurt a little, and he still does on the occasion, and although you won’t see results right away, if you really studio this stuff you’ll start to see improvement. Chess is often so complicated though with all of its aspects that sometimes it’s hard to track your progress. But rating and tournaments results do show.
Yes rank top problem books of all time. I actually like Alburts pocket books of chess. In modern times people will talk about chess antenna, forcing moves, Perfect your Chess, the best move, reinfeld 1001s, not sure what people will think of the GM Ram book, are study books included 2,545 endgame studies, secrets of chess tactics, complete chess workout, chess tactics for advanced players averbakh. How about the best single volume practical opening book of all time...Dynamic Engilsh by Kosten, best 1400-1600 book of all time, Best Lessons of a Chess Coach- Weeramantry.
Love you Jesse, come visit your fans in the UK !
excellent video
People are complaining about the editing and i get it if you watch the video. But if you are listening as I was, it was super clean
I think is more noticeable when you have Jesse face full screen. But when he is sharing his presence with the board, the cuts are ok
Yeah it seems edited for optimal Audio which made me wonder if it mightn’t be due to an automated editing tool of some kind. 🧐
Thank you
Btw, the book club is not coming back? I enjoyed Under the Surface journey
Aagaard is reliant on the computer? But two of three examples, Jesse says the comp says otherwise. Which is it? Or was that just a generalization of JA's work in general?
The book was realeased in 2013 or something. Engines back then were still a lot weaker and sometimes they were wrong in calculating very complex positions.
@@innovationentropy4668 Aagards audience is not GMs. You are not a psychologist. 10 year old analysis and in fact any chess analysis is not scriptural, but needsscrutiny. Anyone who call themselves a chump sincerely is humble to that degree. You are not a GM. You hold 10 year old chess analysis sacrosanct. You are not part of audience you believe Aagaard is trying to reach. You have no humility if you belive you have access to another man's motivations and can diagnose it as a mental issue instead of reasoning to a conclusion.. You give unsolicited negative advice to someone that is trying to help us get better. This is why you are who you are.
The editing is so weird,looks like jesse is seizing
Be nice to Jesse - he did his best 👍🏽👏🙏
Just as an FYI to the video editor. Probably you spent a bit too long trying to trim down Jesse's mannerisms and make the video super clean. I don't think a long form explanation video like this needs edits every 5-10 seconds to smooth everything over. A short and snappy video on the other hand might definitely require such editing.
Idk I thought it was pretty cleanly done. The video seemed to flow
Was the editing done via AI tool by chance? Just curious… 👍
I have the Aagaard books but I feel his compositions are too computer-based. I want to learn from themes and concepts that have high instructive value and I think that is not driven by a computer. That is a human touch and why I prefer "Imagination in Chess" by Paata Gaprindashvili. Those problems are classified as either a problem where you merely calculate and find the solution or where there is a barrier to solving it "reciprocal thinking" is what Paata calls it and it's basically finding a tactic you want to do but can't and removing the obstruction so that you can. Outside of that there is Hellsten's Strategy book and beyond that I can't really think of any other instructive material that any human would *need* for the middle game.
@RaniaIsAwesome That same thought has crossed my mind too. I'm like uhhh this guy is 2600, I can't play anything like him, what value is it to show some secret thing he missed. There's like 200 people on the planet that even have a chance at finding it... I think time could be better spent elsewhere.
You're lucky to have all those books. You must have spent a lot of money. I wish I had money 😔
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American Botvinnik School of Chess
Prefered the non-edited style.
Chump GM ... hmmm.
Yeah I wanna be a Chump GM. Still left at my 2160 level 🥲🥲