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10 Chess Principles That Actually Matter Loek van Wely
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Active or Passive?
3 Time Management
3.1 Van Wely - Carlsen
3.2 Vidit - Van Foreest
3.3 Van Wely - Klein
4 You have to Calculate!
5 Don't Bluff the Donkey
5.1 L'Ami - Van Wely
5.2 Van Wely - Svidler
5.3 Ivanchuk - Van Wely
6 Stay Objective
6.1 Sokolov - Van Wely
6.2 Mamedyarov - Sokolov
7 Sometimes being overly objective can cost you.
8 Systematic Thinking
9 Don't try to force the win at all costs.
10 Endgame Knowledge
10.1 Carlsen - Aronian
10.2 Caruana - Carlsen
10.3 Polzin - Van Wely
11 Do or Die! Go Active
11.1 Hou - Van Wely
11.2 Morozevich - Van Wely
Contents

10 Chess Principles That Actually Matter

Endgame Knowledge

Endgame technique is knowledge plus patience, and neither works without the other.

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Contents
1 Introduction
2 Active or Passive?
3 Time Management
3.1 Van Wely - Carlsen
3.2 Vidit - Van Foreest
3.3 Van Wely - Klein
4 You have to Calculate!
5 Don't Bluff the Donkey
5.1 L'Ami - Van Wely
5.2 Van Wely - Svidler
5.3 Ivanchuk - Van Wely
6 Stay Objective
6.1 Sokolov - Van Wely
6.2 Mamedyarov - Sokolov
7 Sometimes being overly objective can cost you.
8 Systematic Thinking
9 Don't try to force the win at all costs.
10 Endgame Knowledge
10.1 Carlsen - Aronian
10.2 Caruana - Carlsen
10.3 Polzin - Van Wely
11 Do or Die! Go Active
11.1 Hou - Van Wely
11.2 Morozevich - Van Wely
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