Lessons With Grandmaster - 3 May 2026

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.

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?"

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: Lessons with Grandmaster - 3

Go through your last three losses. Don’t look for where you hung a piece. Instead, find the moment your opponent started a plan that you ignored.

How does this tone feel for your project? If you’re looking for something more (like specific variations) or more promotional (like a blurb for a book or course), let me know and I can tweak it! Make small, quiet moves (like h3 or Kh1)

Learning how to dominate on one color of squares when the opponent has traded off their corresponding bishop.

How to "saturate" the board with problems until the opponent eventually cracks. In Part 3, we shift our focus to the "why

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