
And I am convinced, as said in the video course, that chess is all about the ability to think, more than a having a huge amount knowledge. Smith and Chess Strategy for Club Players, Grooten, that also has focus on the thinking process and it's importance. Igor is the founder of the Remote Chess Academy company that has helped thousands of students worldwide to improve their chess results. But they gave me a serious understanding and fundament to continue studying the thinking process in chess. ‘Openings Laboratory 2’, helped me gain easy victories against strong and titled players by using RCA’s novel and pre-game preparations. I think these courses are among the best that I ever saw. I am very proud that I am being tutored by GM Igor Smirnov, through his accredited Indian representative, Mr Manikandaswamy of SMK Chess Academy situated at Vellore. N ow I know how and when to "use" a weakness, how and when to "create" a weakness, how and when to centralize a piece and more. Having read some of the best books on middlegame play, that did not spell out a clear and simple algorithm for middlegame play. I have watched the courses several times and they "spell it out for you". They focus on thinking, planning (based on pawn structures, forcing moves and centralization), analysing, how to find candidate moves and how to select among them. I studied the video courses: "Your Winning Plan" and "Winning the Middlegame".
