Making the right decisions in chess - Fundamentals by Elisabeth Pähtz

The theme of “decision-making” is an essential part of every chess game. At every moment of the game, you must make a decision that is not only tactical; as psychology, structural preferences, positional basics and good variation calculation are all part of the process of making the right decision.

On my video course I shed light on various fundamentals in chess, and help to master the right decisions in all types of positions. In a total of 6 chapters, we look at the following aspects: the right decision based on tactical factors, decisions in exchanges and moves, complex and psychological decisions in longer games and in defence. With this, I hope to give the viewer an overall impression of the different phases and areas during a game of chess - with the result of making every player a master in decision-making.

• Video running time: 4 hours 30 minutes (English)
• With interactive training including video feedback
• Training with ChessBase apps – Play key positions against Fritz on various levels

Sample video

1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1 - Tactics
3. Video 1
4. Video 2
5. Video 3
6. Video 4
7. Video 5
8. Video 6
9. Video 7
10. Chapter 2 - Pattern recogniton
11. Video 1
12. Video 2
13. Video 3
14. Video 4
15. Video 5
16. Video 6
17. Chapter 3 - The right exchange
18. Video 1
19. Video 2
20. Video 3
21. Video 4
22. Video 5
23. Chapter 4 - Intuition
24. Video 1
25. Video 2
26. Video 3
27. Video 4
28. Chapter 5 - Defending
29. Video 1
30. Video 2
31. Video 3
32. Video 4
33. Video 5
34. Chapter 6 - Practical games
35. Video 1
36. Video 2
37. Video 3a
38. Video 3b
39. Exercises
40. Exercise 1
41. Exercise 2
42. Exercise 3
43. Exercise 4
44. Exercise 5
45. Exercise 6
46. Exercise 7
47. Exercise 8
48. Exercise 9
49. Exercise 10
50. Practice positions
51. Position 1
52. Position 2
53. Position 3
54. Position 4
55. Position 5
56. Position 6
57. Position 7
58. Position 8
59. Position 9
60. Position 10
61. Position 11

System requirements: Minimum: PC, 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 8.1, DirectX11 graphic card with 256 MB RAM, Windows Media Player 9 and internet connection for program activation. Recommended: PC Intel Core i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 10, DirectX11 graphic card (or compatible) with 512 MB RAM or better, 100% DirectX10 compatible sound card, Windows Media Player 11 and internet connection for program activation.