How Masters Think: The Entire Game
This is a quick guide to a video series:
In this series, Pink Hamster aka David Petty brings everything together. If you've gone through the entire catalogue How Masters Think: The Opening, and How Masters Think: The Middlegame, then it is time to bring the two together!
After you get done, you can then focus on some endgames to make sure you finish off the game strong.
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Here are links to the videos in this series:
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 1: using a live game, PinkHamster plays the crazy Traxler Gambit and shows how active pieces can form a quick counterattack, even after getting forked on f7 early in the game.
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 2: continuing the match from video 1, David shows common tactics when you are castled and your opponent isn't! He also shows how to invade when your opponent has a crippled pawn structure.
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 3: by showing three games in one episode, this is chock-full of chess goodness. A reminder of stopping the four-move mate, and also why trading down into a simpler position is how masters win after getting ahead!
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 4: you'll see a King's Gambit and learn about opposite-side castling positions. A hint: pawn storms are the name of the game!
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 5: in the midst of a long struggle, you'll learn about the Open Sicilian, which is ripe with ideas. The big strategic elements are the outpost on d5 and the pinned knight. This one is long and is only decided in the endgame!
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 6: this wild game sees PinkHamster win a queen, lose it back, recover from being down a piece, and finally use his king and pawn endgame knowledge to squeek out a win. If you like roller coasters, you'll love watching this live game.
How Masters Think: The Entire Game 7: a classic "I've castled and you haven't" position - David opens the center quickly and, unsurprisingly wins material and gives mate right out of the opening.
This series is ongoing, and we will continue to add more videos to it! Any chesskid should feel free to challenge one of our teachers if they want to have a game of theirs featured in a video. 