WEBVTT 00:00.900 --> 00:01.560 Hi there. 00:01.890 --> 00:07.620 In this election, I want to introduce you to the idea of processes and patterns and the middle game. 00:09.090 --> 00:15.660 When I play chess, I follow certain processes which are independent of patterns. 00:15.660 --> 00:21.540 So processes like looking moves ahead is a process of calculation. 00:21.540 --> 00:25.320 And within that, there's visualization and evaluation. 00:26.370 --> 00:31.410 So you have to be able to keep track like back home in Queens, Gometz, Netflix of the pieces around 00:31.410 --> 00:31.890 the board. 00:32.970 --> 00:34.470 And in the final position. 00:34.470 --> 00:39.690 As you calculate, you need to evaluate those not just for how much material you have, but also the 00:39.690 --> 00:43.610 relative king safety, pawn structure and other factors. 00:44.250 --> 00:49.640 So there are processes in the middle game and they are separate two patterns. 00:50.100 --> 00:54.810 The beauty of patterns we can train patterns we can look at the tactical patterns and common ones at 00:54.810 --> 01:01.800 which you will train in this course later include, you know, the pin pattern, the fork pattern, 01:03.510 --> 01:04.830 deflection patterns. 01:05.160 --> 01:07.830 And there's also all sorts of mating patterns. 01:08.130 --> 01:10.610 But those are independent of processes. 01:11.370 --> 01:13.590 So here we can actually use a process. 01:13.590 --> 01:19.320 Even if we didn't know any patterns whatsoever, we could use a process for this position, which is 01:19.320 --> 01:23.250 blank to play and win, and we can look at forcing moves. 01:23.250 --> 01:29.520 That's to me, a very important part of the process to at least be aware of the forcing moves in any 01:29.520 --> 01:30.420 given situation. 01:30.700 --> 01:35.730 It's not all the time you'll be actually playing them, but the awareness is key. 01:36.060 --> 01:38.310 So here there is actually a key forcing move. 01:38.790 --> 01:41.850 I wonder if you can find it if I give you five seconds to pull the video. 01:42.120 --> 01:46.920 So when we talk about forcing moves, we talk about moves that limits the opponent's replies and they 01:46.920 --> 01:48.060 actually make it easier. 01:48.060 --> 01:50.520 It's easy for us to calculate ahead. 01:51.270 --> 01:53.940 So there's a very powerful force move in this position. 01:54.390 --> 01:55.320 So can you spot it? 02:00.150 --> 02:02.330 And would you be able to take it further? 02:03.660 --> 02:11.190 OK, the forcing move is rook a fool, it's limiting the powers replies, because we've kind of we're 02:11.190 --> 02:15.450 hitting the queen or hitting the road so the queen can't really go away without losing the rook. 02:16.590 --> 02:22.140 So the rook takes on a four. 02:23.220 --> 02:28.140 And within the processes that I routinely use, this is a weakness of the last move. 02:28.150 --> 02:29.510 What is the rook neglected? 02:29.520 --> 02:30.630 This is a good question. 02:31.260 --> 02:35.160 If you want to think a chess player, every move has a weakness of the last move. 02:35.550 --> 02:41.460 It has what I call Keiller Common Squares, and you have to look at the effects on the whole board, 02:41.610 --> 02:47.310 not just on the move itself and what it seems to just do by itself. 02:47.310 --> 02:48.510 It's the whole ball of wax. 02:48.930 --> 02:52.740 But this move carries a so-called weakness of the last move. 02:53.070 --> 02:56.850 And we can actually pounce now on when it's neglected. 02:56.850 --> 02:57.930 It's neglected. 02:59.190 --> 03:04.140 B1, C1 Daewon is neglected the whole row and in fact. 03:05.590 --> 03:12.130 If we prioritize forcing Mutare and chacal checks, we see that we have a key check now available, 03:12.130 --> 03:18.640 which we didn't have before, which is queen bee one check and in the game this was based on won't resign. 03:19.030 --> 03:22.750 If 91, then Queen takes the one check. 03:22.750 --> 03:25.090 KAFTA and 93 is checkmate. 03:26.110 --> 03:33.720 So this is a very, very nice, clear cut case where a process enables us to prioritize forcing moves. 03:33.730 --> 03:36.880 And as I say, you need to be aware of that. 03:36.880 --> 03:40.370 Sometimes in certain situations, forcing moves will actually help the opponent. 03:40.630 --> 03:45.790 I say that from the outset, but the awareness of forseen moves like the awareness of threats when the 03:45.790 --> 03:48.650 opponent makes a threat is key to start off with. 03:49.090 --> 03:55.690 Now, what we do with that awareness, it depends is it to our advantage to follow from what we calculated 03:55.690 --> 03:56.330 in our heads. 03:56.710 --> 04:00.780 So this whole thing might have actually been calculated in our heads if we go back here. 04:00.790 --> 04:07.000 So this is a great process, the process of calculation, the process of prioritizing, forcing moves. 04:08.080 --> 04:15.400 And within that process, we look at weaknesses of the loss of killer common squares and the effects 04:15.400 --> 04:16.090 on the whole board. 04:16.090 --> 04:21.670 And these frame I've come up with and share with my personal students and they've helped me tremendously 04:21.670 --> 04:23.560 when tons and tons of games. 04:26.260 --> 04:30.200 So this is for me, you know, my my golden free secrets. 04:30.250 --> 04:30.540 Yeah. 04:31.060 --> 04:35.080 So rookie for is a forcing move. 04:35.380 --> 04:37.050 It creates a weakness of the last move. 04:37.090 --> 04:43.450 And it's important for you to see these opportunities because if you just calculate for the sake of 04:43.450 --> 04:48.220 calculating, you're not really seeing the golden opportunities that become available. 04:48.550 --> 04:55.900 So this is a great example to start off with, just to get the idea that there is a process of calculation. 04:56.170 --> 05:02.140 And even if you didn't know any patterns whatsoever, you could still win games through this process. 05:02.140 --> 05:04.960 There's prioritizing of prioritization, of forcing moves. 05:06.550 --> 05:13.060 And there's a very catchy phrase to help you find those types of moves which severely limit the opponent's 05:13.060 --> 05:20.580 replies, which is basically shackle checks, shackle captures and tackle major frat's like threats 05:20.590 --> 05:25.300 are one and two, because those will usually limit the opponent's replies. 05:27.190 --> 05:34.540 OK, so I hope this is a pretty gentle introduction example to the process, which generally can be 05:34.540 --> 05:37.450 used to win tons of games and the middle game. 05:38.350 --> 05:40.450 OK, thanks very much.