Guys, looking forward to your comments! I'm sure that the advice of my guest will be useful to you - if it was, please write in the comments what was most valuable for you!
Bravo! This is hands down the most impactful chess content I’ve ever consumed. IM Andras Toth’s advice isn’t just good-it’s revolutionary. From dismantling toxic rating goals to exposing why bullet chess is a progress-killer, every segment felt like a lightning bolt of clarity. The engine misuse breakdown? Mind-blowing. The training methodology? Pure gold. Greg, your podcasting prowess shines here, weaving in your own insights as a Candidate Master elevates this to masterpiece status. I’ve wasted years on generic ‘study tactics’ advice, but this episode is a paradigm shift. That line about ‘chess as art, not math’ alone rewired my brain. And the blitz game finale? Chef’s kiss. To anyone serious about improvement: drop everything and watch this. Subscribed and eternally grateful.
Oh man, the point about the engine was good. I used to mentally fight the engine all the time. Once I told myself that mistakes are teaching me something, a lot changed. I begun actually thinking through why the engine is suggesting something different.
Definitely need a part two. I have mixed feelings about my OTB rating because I often feel fraudulently high for my level of incompetence (1350 USCF) but my club's pretty underrated at the national level. I hope more regions eventually get a marathon style one game per week tournament as I've found it to be by far the best way to play lots of classical and having it be much more enjoyable than weekend tournaments
It's crazy how relevant this is to me. My uncle was chess savant, blind chess, ref. ,cand. yada yada. My both parents were linguist plus mom mathematician ,father philosophy professor/book publisher. In our house poets and writers would play chess a lot. (One of them drew with Kasparov in simultaneous match) I have learned chess when I was 4. Didn't play a lot. Left city and was able to win locally in Copenhagen for fun or a beer. I never took it seriously until now since I became around 47. And of course it was easier/known and loved territory to get back. It's so interesting podcast. Thanks! (Oh yeah I play guitar too, am well read, and it just wouldn't help my rating. But what a fun do I have! ))
@ Rapid around 12 hundred, daily around 15. I've never read uncle's books. He taught me some fundamentals, rook and pawn endings & 3 vs 3 but I wanted to "play". Today my age is pressing
I’m now 57 years , in my twenty’s I grow in chess , I had 2265 elo , then came the computers, and my rating dropped, now I’m in the 2100 or so , in my jonger jears I climbed very vast in elo . What I dit was just replaying games from the great players , like Capablanca, Fischer , steinits , aljechin , lasker , and so on . Its strange, I never dit tactics, just replay the games over and over again . But I’m ferry tactical player , engines weakens the players .
Interesting the Mozart’s analogy. As I see it, maths in a higher level can be this way. The perfection of the proofs of certain theorems is close to artistic expressions of other nature.
The part of adressing the faulty thought process instead of the mistake... i reflected on mine, noticed that in SO MANY mistakes, it is lack of calculation, avoiding effort and 'relying on instinct', which translates more into mental laziness. Which i do in puzzles as well, so i recognize a pattern tactic in a game, but didnt dare to play it in my last one, because i couldn't actually calculate it. So.. calculating puzzles it is... and guess what, first puzzle rush, i broke my personal record 😮
O Captain, My Captain! Andras is the mr Keating of chess 😉🙏 Who wouldn’t want you as a teacher. For you I would gladly put in the hours to not let you down during the next lesson 😅
‘The real craft comes out when it becomes art’… I fully agree, but in this sence too much calculation is killing the art…. What about intuition? And yess perhaps you loose some… but if Morphy would had done better calculation, the piece of art of his game wouldn’t have existed. In the romantic era of chess a lot of attacks were probably unsound with todays calculation. I mean Maverick was Top Guns best pilot, and he flew unpredictable, uncalculated 😉 😅As a former mathematics teacher I know that mathematics and art are more similar then you would expect, especially at higher levels. Mathematicians and physicists would most of the time argue about the beauty of an equation, and that if the equation was’t beautiful it probably wouldn’t be correct….. yess, calculation skills are needed in chess…. But overdoing it and not relying on intuition and feeling… that sounds more like maths and less like good literature 😉, and for sure kills some enjoyment and beauty of the game in my honoust opinion.
Guys, looking forward to your comments! I'm sure that the advice of my guest will be useful to you - if it was, please write in the comments what was most valuable for you!
I love this guy I follow 4 years this channel lots of education things
Barely 10 mins into this and i already found my problem!
I wish I never set goals for ratings just play chess and enjoy it
Bravo! This is hands down the most impactful chess content I’ve ever consumed. IM Andras Toth’s advice isn’t just good-it’s revolutionary. From dismantling toxic rating goals to exposing why bullet chess is a progress-killer, every segment felt like a lightning bolt of clarity. The engine misuse breakdown? Mind-blowing. The training methodology? Pure gold. Greg, your podcasting prowess shines here, weaving in your own insights as a Candidate Master elevates this to masterpiece status.
I’ve wasted years on generic ‘study tactics’ advice, but this episode is a paradigm shift. That line about ‘chess as art, not math’ alone rewired my brain. And the blitz game finale? Chef’s kiss. To anyone serious about improvement: drop everything and watch this. Subscribed and eternally grateful.
Thank you for your kind words!
Part 2 is definetly a must 😊 following Andras for years now and he's had more influence on my chess than enyone else :)
So, what's your rating?
@English-2day about 1850 by now, starting Out in the 1400s :)
Oh man, the point about the engine was good. I used to mentally fight the engine all the time. Once I told myself that mistakes are teaching me something, a lot changed. I begun actually thinking through why the engine is suggesting something different.
Nice one, gotta love Toth! His Chessable courses have been on my wishlist for a good amount of time.
I greatly recommend his Chess Principles Reloaded : Center course. It’s a great course and it makes you hungry to play more fighting chess.
Loved this episode. I already watched Andras before every now and then and I love his videos.
Would love to see a Part 2. I just played my first OTB tournament in my 40s. Love the advice about chess books and the tournament bye.
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Wow so happy to see this one! Go Andras!!
Wow, I'm looking forward to listening to this!
Amazing insights
Appreciate it
Part 2 would be awesome to have
Gukesh was prevented doing that, but he was making use of the engine through his coaches!!
So he almost save time and got the work ready!
andras is the GOAT of chess teaching,i bought most of his course and it inspired me sooooooooo much !!!
Great discussion, thank you both!
Definitely need a part two. I have mixed feelings about my OTB rating because I often feel fraudulently high for my level of incompetence (1350 USCF) but my club's pretty underrated at the national level.
I hope more regions eventually get a marathon style one game per week tournament as I've found it to be by far the best way to play lots of classical and having it be much more enjoyable than weekend tournaments
Andras, this felt like a direct response to my perpetual chess podcast episode last week. Really appreciate your advice as always.
Toth is just one of the best people to listen to on chess!!!
Wonderful interview. Andras is the most underrated chess youtuber. I have learnt a bunch from his videos.
It's crazy how relevant this is to me. My uncle was chess savant, blind chess, ref. ,cand. yada yada. My both parents were linguist plus mom mathematician ,father philosophy professor/book publisher. In our house poets and writers would play chess a lot. (One of them drew with Kasparov in simultaneous match) I have learned chess when I was 4. Didn't play a lot. Left city and was able to win locally in Copenhagen for fun or a beer. I never took it seriously until now since I became around 47. And of course it was easier/known and loved territory to get back.
It's so interesting podcast. Thanks!
(Oh yeah I play guitar too, am well read, and it just wouldn't help my rating. But what a fun do I have! ))
whats your current rating?
@ Rapid around 12 hundred, daily around 15. I've never read uncle's books. He taught me some fundamentals, rook and pawn endings & 3 vs 3 but I wanted to "play". Today my age is pressing
Best guest so far ❤
@Andras is my #2 Chess coach, after Dayna. I love that he talks about the joy of learning over outcomes. ❤
Andras is one of the Best.
I am a fan of Andras!
I’m now 57 years , in my twenty’s I grow in chess , I had 2265 elo , then came the computers, and my rating dropped, now I’m in the 2100 or so , in my jonger jears I climbed very vast in elo .
What I dit was just replaying games from the great players , like Capablanca, Fischer , steinits , aljechin , lasker , and so on .
Its strange, I never dit tactics, just replay the games over and over again .
But I’m ferry tactical player , engines weakens the players .
Henry Pillsbury also said he never read books only looked at games.. it's cool you improves that way
Andras is a great Coach. Well done
I really like him. I hope this podcast could grant a godd boost ti his channed.
great video with a great coach
Great content! Subscribed
Interesting the Mozart’s analogy. As I see it, maths in a higher level can be this way. The perfection of the proofs of certain theorems is close to artistic expressions of other nature.
Part 2 would be nice
coach is a damn genius
Yes he is to me tactics are more important than openings even do opening is important
The part of adressing the faulty thought process instead of the mistake... i reflected on mine, noticed that in SO MANY mistakes, it is lack of calculation, avoiding effort and 'relying on instinct', which translates more into mental laziness. Which i do in puzzles as well, so i recognize a pattern tactic in a game, but didnt dare to play it in my last one, because i couldn't actually calculate it. So.. calculating puzzles it is... and guess what, first puzzle rush, i broke my personal record 😮
Proceeds with the video after the puzzle and gets called out at 34:39 😂
Lag measures vs Lead Measures. ELO is a lag measure.
His accent is absolutely fascinating. Did he learn English from an Aussie, by chance?
Sir Andras is an EXCELLENT teacher! A bit dogmatic though, but also very funny, which levels out the dogmatism.
Chess used to be easier. I was rated 1950 in bullet pre-covid and now I’m 1400. People are so good now.
O Captain, My Captain! Andras is the mr Keating of chess 😉🙏 Who wouldn’t want you as a teacher. For you I would gladly put in the hours to not let you down during the next lesson 😅
‘The real craft comes out when it becomes art’… I fully agree, but in this sence too much calculation is killing the art…. What about intuition? And yess perhaps you loose some… but if Morphy would had done better calculation, the piece of art of his game wouldn’t have existed. In the romantic era of chess a lot of attacks were probably unsound with todays calculation. I mean Maverick was Top Guns best pilot, and he flew unpredictable, uncalculated 😉 😅As a former mathematics teacher I know that mathematics and art are more similar then you would expect, especially at higher levels. Mathematicians and physicists would most of the time argue about the beauty of an equation, and that if the equation was’t beautiful it probably wouldn’t be correct….. yess, calculation skills are needed in chess…. But overdoing it and not relying on intuition and feeling… that sounds more like maths and less like good literature 😉, and for sure kills some enjoyment and beauty of the game in my honoust opinion.
Грег, твой английский заметно лучше со временем! Круто!
Thanks!
Stiil far From kramnik
He is the best-kept secret in the world (for some reason). Invite him thrice!
what a hell is flash card? i dont think korchnoi never ever make this. he also probably also ignored what this is..
@@immanitodeplomo google “spaced repetition”. Btw it’s a scientifically proven method to memorise anything faster and more effectively
@@MustreaderChess thanks! so we can supose ultrabullet have not suport from science in order to get this same result.
@ Unfortunately!
invite Ben Finegold
I saw only a preview, and it seems like Andras Toth is yelling "Stop doing this podcast." I was scared.
@@hermannsorgel LOL
Hello chicos and chicas
My man really said some beautiful words about the relation of literature/art and chess. (around 55:00)