Ideas, Openings & Improvement

Calculation is the most concrete chess skill, and the most trainable. The complete guide to thinking deeper and calculating faster.

What actually goes through a grandmaster's mind when they look at a chess position? This guide reveals the step-by-step thinking process that titled players use.

Kotov's candidate-moves method is the structured thinking process that separates guessing from calculating. How to apply it to your own games.

Tactics decide the battle; strategy decides the war. How to form a plan, execute it, and know when to change it.

Not "think harder", think differently. A concrete, repeatable thinking process for every move, based on how GMs actually decide.

Carlsen plays moves that other Super GMs don't even consider. What's his thinking process? Pattern recognition, anti-intuition, and a unique willingness to play "ugly."