Venkatachalam Saravanan thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. I suggest to start a series on this channel every week commenting about a book, on its content and why, when, where you bought it.
Hi Saravanan, the explanations of the book by you provides a good insight into how to go into chess literature. I feel you could have saved more time had you first kept the books ready and then given the interview instead of searching for the books in your shelf during interview camera time. Regards, Prakash.
Venkatachalam Saravanan oh absolutely! We loved not only the book recommendations but also the little anecdotes and even the trick about hiding your better books ;-)
This is not a complete summary of every book mentioned, but most of the main ones he went into detail about or took out of his shelf. Winning Chess Middlegames- Ivan Sokolov test and improve your chess - lev alburt road to chess improvement- alex yermolinsky (how to analyze your games) The Soviet Chess School by Alexander Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich (book he had growing up because not much were available) kasparov- test of time/ kasparov on kasparov (recommends latter between the two ) move first, think later (talks about the idea of really absorbing a lot of games to get better) pal benko my life, games and compositions Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 - David Bronstein (talks highly of because of the great insight it offers) 200 Open Games - David Bronstein san luis 2005- alik ershon igar nar (this book is second best to Zurich) chess is my life - anatoly karpov (karpov plays chess like symphony /spends spider webs for his opponents to get trapped in) tal's 100 best game and life and games of mikhail tal (says Tal is the best human to play chess and that these are some of the best books) JH Doner The King Chess Pieces (best chess books when it comes to stories) From London to Elista - Evgeny Bareev & llya levitov (Kramnik Games) Python Strategy - Tigran Petrosian (wishes Petrosian wrote his own best game collection as we would have a whole other understanding of chess today) The Joys of Chess- Christian Hesse (great book to keep you inspired and in love with the game) The Chess mind- Gerald Abrahams the stress of chess- walter brown (great games if you like Kasparov) professoion: chessplayer grandmaster at work by Vladimir Tukmakov understanding chess by william lombardy creative chess -amatzia avni Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces (He talks about going in these books/ games in order to get a good understanding of fischer) how fischer plays chess- levy, my 60 memorable games, than complete games, Bobby Fischer(complete games)- mueller Fischer World Champion: The Acclaimed Classic About the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match pawn structure chess - soltis (likes this better than Chess Structures and says he has some problems with that book but doesn't go into it.) Chess for Zebras and Seven Deadly Chess Sins - Johnathan Rowson. Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy- John watson Endgame books mentioned (for beginners) Practical Chess Endings- Paul Keres 100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player -Jesus De la Villa more advanced mastering endgame vol 1 and 2, endgame strategy - Mikhail Shereshevsky He has pretty much everything from Mark Dvoretsky and talks extremely high of him. Saying the analytical manual from his is the most difficult tactic book around. He also has the Grandmaster preparation series by Jacob Aagaard
goutham p wow, what a summary! Wish I had read this comment before, I painstakingly would pause, jot down names and get back to watching.. Thank you for the share :)
OMG... This is One Of The Best Videos 'Ive Ever Watched!.... Thank you... What a rich and delightful conversation on chess and chess books. Thank you. Love this two guys... The transcript to this two videos Should be a book... Enjoyed it so much...
If you have watched this video till the end, (even more than once) you know this is the most important chess video on youtube. Grateful for Chessbase India and IM Saravanan for sharing this gem
Tals 100 Best games Life and games of Mikhail Tal kasparov- test of time/ kasparov on kasparov (recommends latter between the two ) move first, think later (talks about the idea of really absorbing a lot of games to get better) The King chess pieces, J H Donner From London to Elista - Evgeny Bareev & llya levitov (Kramnik Games) Python Strategy Tigran Petrosian Nigel short games DVD Anands My career GrandMaster preparation series by Jacob Aagaard Vanher Haiden solving DVD The Joys of Chess Christian Hesse The chess Mind Jerald Abraham Chess for Zebras and Seven Deadly Chess Sins - Johnathan Rowson The Soviet Chess School by Alexander Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich Endgame books mentioned (for beginners) Practical Chess Endings- Paul Keres 100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player -Jesus De la Villa more advanced, mastering endgame vol 1 and 2, endgame strategy - Mikhail Shereshevsky Endgame strategy Mikhail sherevsky Mastering the endgame 1 & 2 Mikhail sherevsky soviet chess conveyor Mikhail sherevsky (beginner) For friemnds & colleagus Mark Dvoretsky The creative genius Mkihaiil Chigorin capablanca Manual of chess Emanual Lasker Grandmaster Chess Strategy Jurgen Kaufeld & Guido Kern : What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces the stress of chess- walter brown (great games if you like Kasparov) profession: chessplayer grandmaster at work by Vladimir Tukmakov understanding chess by william lombardy Timmers TItans book of year award 2017 creative chess -amatzia avni sychology of chess -amatzia avni (He talks about going in these books/ games in order to get a good understanding of fischer) how fischer plays chess- levy, my 60 memorable games, than complete games, Bobby Fischer(complete games)- mueller Fischer World Champion: The Acclaimed Classic About the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match - Timman & Newway He has pretty much everything from Mark Dvoretsky and talks extremely high of him. Saying the analytical manual from his is the most difficult tactic book around - school of chess, practical chess pawn structure chess - soltis (likes this better than Chess Structures and says he has some problems with that book but doesn't go into it.) . test and improve your chess - lev alburt Winning Chess Middlegames - Alexander Babuleh getting good at 1 pawn structure & using this method to master in other openings (surya ganguly) Winning Chess Middlegames - Ivan Sokolov positional strategy on nimzo indian pawn srtucture - Ivan Sokolov Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy- John watson chess strategy in action - John watson road to chess improvement- alex yermolinsky (how to analyze your games) Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 - David Bronstein (talks highly of because of the great insight it offers) 200 Open Games - David Bronstein pal benko my life, games and compositions san luis 2005- alik ershon igar nar (this book is second best to Zurich) chess is my life - anatoly karpov (karpov plays chess like symphony /spends spider webs for his opponents to get trapped in)
This is such an interesting interview. IM Saravanan is an engaging personality. I have watched the entire clip several times. I find the comments about improving by playing game collections vs targeted training to be enlightening.
Wow!!! I'm a chess book collector as well and I sometimes wonder if I went too far. I have 200+ chess books. I'm particularly fond of game collection books either about individual players or events such as tournaments or world championship matches. Cheers!
I think this is the best book list I've ever seen. Mainly it's how personal it is. Great books, but really appreciate his intimate knowledge and sharing his personal experience.
This person is cool ..good to listen to him ..I was thinking of watching a cool movie but this man turn my attention ..and i was listening to him until end .. Nice Thoughts .. !
Great interview with a chess scholar who has a lot of interesting things to say, really enjoyed it and a couple of books that I hadn't considered before!
I really enjoyed this, thanks so much. We as chess players are continually bombarded with media, for this and that. It is now clear from this, that there is no 'magic bullet' for success, or no one book that will make you great, it is the whole journey through many great chess books, and the work you put in. Above all your love for the game that is most important. Thanks to Saravanan for sharing his thoughts.
Truly Sravnan is our Encyclopedia in chess World. One question How he categorised chess books in bookshelf, because, he was retrieving the books was amazing. Finally Sagar many thanks, introducing Indian Chess Gems to the ordinary chess fans like me. Thanks again
Absolutely incredible book collection and passion for chess! I know many of these books and didn't see one bad recommendation. This is man that has spent decades reading through countless books and is an absolute authority on the matter. Thank you for this video! Cheers!
Amazing that he has collected such diverse fascinating chess books and brilliant that he has read almost all of them!👌You have surely piqued my interest in Chess.
That ‘Soviet Chess School’ he shows is actually a redacted and updated version of the original ‘Soviet Chess School’ which was 3 times the size of this later book that he has. There is also another book called ‘Soviet School of Chess’ by Robert G Wade published in UK.
I. Bent Larsen is very good and original. II. Kotov is very inspiring. III. Fischers book on checkmating! IV. Lasker is deep V. Capablanca is Capablanca VI. Kasparov's books is a must. VII. Samurai chess of Gelb is needed in order to be complete
Everyone's aproach towards chess should change after watching this interview... Enjoy playing and studying chess rather than trying to focus on goals to go up the rating ladder
wow i havent enjoyed a youtube video in general as much as this in a seriouisly long time! thank you so much for visiting this very interesting man and asking him questions on our behalf!
Thanks for this video. It is very insightful. Makes perfect sense to feed your brain good chess and it absorbs it. His remarks about Gregory Kaidanov were interesting. I've seen Kaidanov play and he really rattled a lot of players when they realized they had drawn him in an upcoming round. His chess shows a deep, beautiful understanding of the game.
Wow! First time seeing this. This was an amazing video, Sagar and Amruta! Will look for more of Mr. Saravanan's videos. Brings back memories of my childhood self reading books about Karpov's games. Whetted my appetite for reading chess books again. :)
What a great mind! I have neglected books on a given player's career which I'm now very interested in fixing. Also the point of _having a drive_ being a result of _developing or nurturing that drive_ is such an undervalued insight when focusing on a goal. Thank you IM Saravanan and ChessBase India.
One of best video of this channel. and huge respect for this guy. i request u to upload his knowledgeable content every week if possible. im his fan now
Very good and deep interview. This IM unlike most chess players is very good in talking ! I can hear him talk all day ! Tell us the name of the Indian grandmaster who used Great Predecessors !
I like this guy and his views of chess! Great video! Did he really read them all? Hats off! I mean it takes time to work through a chess book in my experience and requires a lot of energy. I have a half-decent library of chess books myself. Honestly, I'd be lying if I said I have read them all from cover to cover.
Wow! As someone already pointed out, the comment about games collections being better than targeted learning was quite enlightening. I'll try it out and see the outcome. Thanks.
Nice video...but I think ending was not so good it was confusing as the motif was to get people know about good books and all ...if there would be list at the end of the video like for ending this books and for best games this...now you can make article of that and write it there
I was just about to watch the second part of this session and I am not sure if IM Saravanan talks about it in that but I really wonder his opinions on Geller's "Application of Chess Theory" which I stole from my former trainer and devoured it at the time. Another one is Korchnoi's My Best Games Collection with two volumes, one for White and one for Black.
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Sagar - thanks for doing this. Enjoyed talking to you so much, and it is nice that majority of those see this enjoy it!
Venkatachalam Saravanan thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. I suggest to start a series on this channel every week commenting about a book, on its content and why, when, where you bought it.
thank you sir for your precious time
Hi Saravanan, the explanations of the book by you provides a good insight into how to go into chess literature. I feel you could have saved more time had you first kept the books ready and then given the interview instead of searching for the books in your shelf during interview camera time. Regards, Prakash.
Venkatachalam Saravanan oh absolutely! We loved not only the book recommendations but also the little anecdotes and even the trick about hiding your better books ;-)
Venkatachalam Saravanan Manny thanks for showing your collections and your speaking was so pleasent. Your love for chess is beautiful.
This is not a complete summary of every book mentioned, but most of the main ones he went into detail about or took out of his shelf.
Winning Chess Middlegames- Ivan Sokolov
test and improve your chess - lev alburt
road to chess improvement- alex yermolinsky (how to analyze your games)
The Soviet Chess School by Alexander Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich (book he had growing up because not much were available)
kasparov- test of time/ kasparov on kasparov (recommends latter between the two )
move first, think later (talks about the idea of really absorbing a lot of games to get better)
pal benko my life, games and compositions
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 - David Bronstein (talks highly of because of the great insight it offers) 200 Open Games - David Bronstein
san luis 2005- alik ershon igar nar (this book is second best to Zurich)
chess is my life - anatoly karpov (karpov plays chess like symphony /spends spider webs for his opponents to get trapped in)
tal's 100 best game and life and games of mikhail tal (says Tal is the best human to play chess and that these are some of the best books)
JH Doner The King Chess Pieces (best chess books when it comes to stories)
From London to Elista - Evgeny Bareev & llya levitov (Kramnik Games)
Python Strategy - Tigran Petrosian (wishes Petrosian wrote his own best game collection as we would have a whole other understanding of chess today)
The Joys of Chess- Christian Hesse (great book to keep you inspired and in love with the game)
The Chess mind- Gerald Abrahams
the stress of chess- walter brown (great games if you like Kasparov)
professoion: chessplayer grandmaster at work by Vladimir Tukmakov
understanding chess by william lombardy
creative chess -amatzia avni
Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces
(He talks about going in these books/ games in order to get a good understanding of fischer) how fischer plays chess- levy, my 60 memorable games, than complete games, Bobby Fischer(complete games)- mueller Fischer World Champion: The Acclaimed Classic About the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match
pawn structure chess - soltis (likes this better than Chess Structures and says he has some problems with that book but doesn't go into it.) Chess for Zebras and Seven Deadly Chess Sins - Johnathan Rowson.
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy- John watson
Endgame books mentioned (for beginners) Practical Chess Endings- Paul Keres
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player -Jesus De la Villa
more advanced
mastering endgame vol 1 and 2, endgame strategy - Mikhail Shereshevsky
He has pretty much everything from Mark Dvoretsky and talks extremely high of him. Saying the analytical manual from his is the most difficult tactic book around.
He also has the Grandmaster preparation series by Jacob Aagaard
goutham p wow, what a summary! Wish I had read this comment before, I painstakingly would pause, jot down names and get back to watching.. Thank you for the share :)
Thanks a lot for the list!.
Thank you so much for the list!
Thanks
Also I think Lasker's Manual of Chess was mentioned, am I right?
The first TH-cam video I’ve watched for half hour straight. Wow!! What a man!!!
Me too! An amazing video!!
Me too😁
Me too!
OMG... This is One Of The Best Videos 'Ive Ever Watched!.... Thank you... What a rich and delightful conversation on chess and chess books. Thank you. Love this two guys... The transcript to this two videos Should be a book... Enjoyed it so much...
If you have watched this video till the end, (even more than once) you know this is the most important chess video on youtube. Grateful for Chessbase India and IM Saravanan for sharing this gem
Saravanan voice is perfect for narrating documentaries and explanations in general
Yes yes yes yesssssssss
Bro I just thought about that and saw your comment 😂
Tals 100 Best games
Life and games of Mikhail Tal
kasparov- test of time/ kasparov on kasparov (recommends latter between the two )
move first, think later (talks about the idea of really absorbing a lot of games to get better)
The King chess pieces, J H Donner
From London to Elista - Evgeny Bareev & llya levitov (Kramnik Games)
Python Strategy Tigran Petrosian
Nigel short games DVD
Anands My career
GrandMaster preparation series by Jacob Aagaard
Vanher Haiden solving DVD
The Joys of Chess Christian Hesse
The chess Mind Jerald Abraham
Chess for Zebras and Seven Deadly Chess Sins - Johnathan Rowson
The Soviet Chess School by Alexander Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich
Endgame books mentioned (for beginners) Practical Chess Endings- Paul Keres
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player -Jesus De la Villa
more advanced, mastering endgame vol 1 and 2, endgame strategy - Mikhail Shereshevsky
Endgame strategy Mikhail sherevsky
Mastering the endgame 1 & 2 Mikhail sherevsky
soviet chess conveyor Mikhail sherevsky (beginner)
For friemnds & colleagus Mark Dvoretsky
The creative genius Mkihaiil Chigorin
capablanca
Manual of chess Emanual Lasker
Grandmaster Chess Strategy Jurgen Kaufeld & Guido Kern : What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces
the stress of chess- walter brown (great games if you like Kasparov)
profession: chessplayer grandmaster at work by Vladimir Tukmakov
understanding chess by william lombardy
Timmers TItans book of year award 2017
creative chess -amatzia avni
sychology of chess -amatzia avni
(He talks about going in these books/ games in order to get a good understanding of fischer) how fischer plays chess- levy, my 60 memorable games, than complete games, Bobby Fischer(complete games)- mueller Fischer World Champion: The Acclaimed Classic About the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match - Timman & Newway
He has pretty much everything from Mark Dvoretsky and talks extremely high of him. Saying the analytical manual from his is the most difficult tactic book around - school of chess, practical chess
pawn structure chess - soltis (likes this better than Chess Structures and says he has some problems with that book but doesn't go into it.) .
test and improve your chess - lev alburt
Winning Chess Middlegames - Alexander Babuleh getting good at 1 pawn structure & using this method to master in other openings (surya ganguly)
Winning Chess Middlegames - Ivan Sokolov
positional strategy on nimzo indian pawn srtucture - Ivan Sokolov
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy- John watson
chess strategy in action - John watson
road to chess improvement- alex yermolinsky (how to analyze your games)
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 - David Bronstein (talks highly of because of the great insight it offers) 200 Open Games - David Bronstein
pal benko my life, games and compositions
san luis 2005- alik ershon igar nar (this book is second best to Zurich)
chess is my life - anatoly karpov (karpov plays chess like symphony /spends spider webs for his opponents to get trapped in)
Thanks for doing the Lord's work, God bless you.
Seconded.
This is such an interesting interview. IM Saravanan is an engaging personality. I have watched the entire clip several times. I find the comments about improving by playing game collections vs targeted training to be enlightening.
Every book he pulls out “this is my favourite book”
xDDD
Mine too!
I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this. It’s therapeutic in a sense.
5th time as of today for me!
@@TheBergmanMethod Just found this video 1st time for me!
His enthusiasm is intoxicating.
It really is. I've watched this video 3 times haha
Watching this after he comes on live with chess base India
I have about -1100 books and over 100 dvd’s on chess; and, I agree with his basic underlying philosophy. Nice interview. Mick
whats ur rating
Wow!!! I'm a chess book collector as well and I sometimes wonder if I went too far. I have 200+ chess books. I'm particularly fond of game collection books either about individual players or events such as tournaments or world championship matches. Cheers!
I think this is the best book list I've ever seen. Mainly it's how personal it is. Great books, but really appreciate his intimate knowledge and sharing his personal experience.
This person is cool ..good to listen to him ..I was thinking of watching a cool movie but this man turn my attention ..and i was listening to him until end .. Nice Thoughts .. !
Siva Kumar true. From his talking you can say he is a very pleasent gentle man.
I enjoyed every minute of the interview! i hope he makes his own channel and do book reviews of old (classics) and new books.
Yesss...
Great interview with a chess scholar who has a lot of interesting things to say, really enjoyed it and a couple of books that I hadn't considered before!
Wow! Watched the video straight through. His enthusiasm held my attention from the beginning.
one of the best I have ever watched on TH-cam!!
Thanks Sagar!
This was really beautiful interview :') Thank you Saravanan Sir for expressing your feelings and ChessBase India for producing this
what a fantastic video. awesome IM. inspirational, educational, motivational. Tough to excel at all three. he makes me want to be a better player.
I didnt expect to watch this whole thing but you can really feel his passion for the game which makes it super interesting!
This interview by IM.. Saravanan is amazing. I love the way this guy goes about his business... Fantastic!
Wow, thanks so much for taking the time to do this Sagar and for sharing it with all of us. Very enlightening!
Came here to watch it after watching Anish’s comment this as his favourite video.
I really enjoyed this, thanks so much. We as chess players are continually bombarded with media, for this and that. It is now clear from this, that there is no 'magic bullet' for success, or no one book that will make you great, it is the whole journey through many great chess books, and the work you put in. Above all your love for the game that is most important. Thanks to Saravanan for sharing his thoughts.
This is wonderful! Great conversation.
Excellent work! One of, if not the best Chessbase India videos I have viewed. Thank You.
Truly Sravnan is our Encyclopedia in chess World.
One question How he categorised chess books in bookshelf, because, he was retrieving the books was amazing.
Finally Sagar many thanks, introducing Indian Chess Gems to the ordinary chess fans like me.
Thanks again
Absolutely incredible book collection and passion for chess! I know many of these books and didn't see one bad recommendation. This is man that has spent decades reading through countless books and is an absolute authority on the matter. Thank you for this video! Cheers!
What a great video. What a generous and gentlemanly, class act for sharing his time and bringing us into the discussion.
This was fantastic. Many thanks to you and Mr. Saravanan for taking the time to do it.
Not to forget the other part of the equation: Chessbase India which has made this interview possible. So please keep on the good work.
Amazing that he has collected such diverse fascinating chess books and brilliant that he has read almost all of them!👌You have surely piqued my interest in Chess.
Cr3
That ‘Soviet Chess School’ he shows is actually a redacted and updated version of the original ‘Soviet Chess School’ which was 3 times the size of this later book that he has. There is also another book called ‘Soviet School of Chess’ by Robert G Wade published in UK.
Really feels Great to have such a Book Knowledge and Library ...I really became eager to come and meet you !! Thanks for sharing !!
Would love this to be a series.
Congratulations! a great interview on the secrets of learning to play good chess from IM Saravanan chess learning system or method!
I. Bent Larsen is very good and original.
II. Kotov is very inspiring.
III. Fischers book on checkmating!
IV. Lasker is deep
V. Capablanca is Capablanca
VI. Kasparov's books is a must.
VII. Samurai chess of Gelb is needed in order to be complete
Amazing interview! I wonder why I couldn’t find it before, but glad that I finally did
One of the best and most useful video by chessbase india
Everyone's aproach towards chess should change after watching this interview... Enjoy playing and studying chess rather than trying to focus on goals to go up the rating ladder
remember people...kasparov....had 25 top RUSSIAN GM;s.....analyzing for him...when his talent was recognized...FISCHER..did it all by himself.
wow i havent enjoyed a youtube video in general as much as this in a seriouisly long time! thank you so much for visiting this very interesting man and asking him questions on our behalf!
Thanks for this video. It is very insightful. Makes perfect sense to feed your brain good chess and it absorbs it. His remarks about Gregory Kaidanov were interesting. I've seen Kaidanov play and he really rattled a lot of players when they realized they had drawn him in an upcoming round. His chess shows a deep, beautiful understanding of the game.
Great video. Very inspirational and informative. Not just for chess players, but for lovers of books in general.
I purchased a book after watching this video. Thank you!!!
I have pdf copies, if you require.
Wow! First time seeing this. This was an amazing video, Sagar and Amruta! Will look for more of Mr. Saravanan's videos. Brings back memories of my childhood self reading books about Karpov's games. Whetted my appetite for reading chess books again. :)
What a great mind! I have neglected books on a given player's career which I'm now very interested in fixing. Also the point of _having a drive_ being a result of _developing or nurturing that drive_ is such an undervalued insight when focusing on a goal.
Thank you IM Saravanan and ChessBase India.
Thanks for doing this. I really hooked to the process.
Wonderful and insightful comments and interview. Please have more of this in the future.
his enthusiasm is contagious, i think i will keep reading my modest book collection
One of best video of this channel. and huge respect for this guy. i request u to upload his knowledgeable content every week if possible. im his fan now
This is very inspiring. Thank you so much!
This is the first time I'm hearing Saravanan.
He has a very nice, deep, resonant voice and nice way of speaking.
As a Jamaican, it was hard for me not to see the USAIN BOLT book on Mr Saravanan's shelf
@1:02:26 It is there
🤣🤣😂
Shashi Tharoor of Indian Chess!
Lol, Mr saravanan isn't a pseudo intellectual like tharoor.
Very charming and even somewhat rewarding interview. My thanks.
Great video, in the digital age, books are still my favourite recourse. Thanks
Very interesting to hear about all these great books. Good strategy to hide the best books in the back :)
If I'm not wrong 1994 National A was at Hyderabad Boat Club. I happened to be present for few rounds. Mr. Nasruddin Ghalib was the chief arbiter.
Thank you so much. Such a wonderful and rich discussion on fantastic chess books. A true joy to watch.
I can provide you pdf copies of those books
Seen the complete video today, probably this is the best video from the great Sagar Sir
As far as love of chess and its history, this guy is a super gm, thoroughly enjoyed this little window in his mind
Fantastic!! Makes me want to study right now.
Very good and deep interview. This IM unlike most chess players is very good in talking ! I can hear him talk all day ! Tell us the name of the Indian grandmaster who used Great Predecessors !
GM Shashikiran!!
Excellent video which helps us understand the road to chess mastery. Any one can travel this road depedning one one's passion and time.
This was very inspiring! Thank you!
Books are good if a coach isn't available. It will let you play at a decent level good enough for a coach to notice. Something is better than nothing.
Excellent book collection and some deep knowledge in content of the books...
Thank you!
Really enjoyed the video, and picked up on a lot of great book recommendations
I read Jeremy Silman's "Reassess Your Chess" and my rating went up from 1100 (I'd been around that rating for 10 years) to 1460 in two years.
I started in August 2018
I am now 1509 how much do you think ,it will improve my game
@@kavyanshagrawal5279 Self studying the games of Capablanca helped me a lot.
Fascinating! Thank you very much sirs.
Highly enjoyable to listen to. Highly knowledgable person. Could listen to more from him.
Saravanan, tell us about the book you had on the Sicilian Pelican variation...and the exploits you had playing this variation..🙂
I like this guy and his views of chess! Great video!
Did he really read them all? Hats off!
I mean it takes time to work through a chess book in my experience and requires a lot of energy. I have a half-decent library of chess books myself. Honestly, I'd be lying if I said I have read them all from cover to cover.
Wow! As someone already pointed out, the comment about games collections being better than targeted learning was quite enlightening. I'll try it out and see the outcome. Thanks.
😍what an collection. Thank you Sagar shah , chess base , IM saravanan
Awesome video , this encourages me to buy books , I will surely take it as my reference
Very honest man !
Excellent suggestions about how to improve your game with great books!!!!!
Sagar ji, this is your best video
36:23 There's a kid!
Well spotted - it was my curious son! :-)
Lucky him with so many chess books at home!
Scary
Great video guys, keep it up !
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
So enthusiastic about chess that he didn't even spare the 'Harry vs Ron' game from "Philosopher's Stone".
Very nice explanation given by IM, really like the collection.
Im a book collector. Mostly because the books ive borrowed off of people were crap and never got finished, and so never returned.
this videos deserve more likes and views.
Such passion..
Nice video...but I think ending was not so good it was confusing as the motif was to get people know about good books and all ...if there would be list at the end of the video like for ending this books and for best games this...now you can make article of that and write it there
simply amazing ..Thanks sagar and sarvana..
Amazing video, thank you!
It was much more difficult to become a good chess player back then.
Thank you for this amazing video!
Really nice collection of books
Very interesting. Thanks for making video.
Enjoyed the helpful and profound views..
I was just about to watch the second part of this session and I am not sure if IM Saravanan talks about it in that but I really wonder his opinions on Geller's "Application of Chess Theory" which I stole from my former trainer and devoured it at the time. Another one is Korchnoi's My Best Games Collection with two volumes, one for White and one for Black.