Logical Chess Thinking with IM Erik Kislik: Recent Episodes
Erik Kislik
This podcast is about everything related to chess, chess thinking, chess psychology, and how to approach everything in the game optimally for the best results in the shortest amount of time possible.
In this episode I describe everything I did during the tournaments where I had my best performances. I tried to control for every single thing that I could and optimize it, and research the best that I could, to have as much possible knowledge about my opponent, their openings, and how I was going to try to play against them. Confidence is key too, and discussed a lot in his podcast.
In this episode, I delve into the piece values in chess, why they matter, and how to make use of the best available information. Piece values are very relevant to judging sacrifices and material imbalances in just about every game you will play. If you spend a lot of time thinking about this topic and how you can apply my ideas on it to your own play, you can only benefit and greatly deepen your appreciation of the value of the pieces.
In this episode I break down why we need to understand static and dynamic advantages and what our goals are depending on the given type of advantage, quality of advantage, and type of counterplay if one side is worse.
This episode discusses the most common types of problems that practical players have when they are trying to understand positions and look for tactics. At the core of it, the main problem is that we lack clarity and most of us have not applied enough logic to the idea of tactical breakdowns. When we put in the time and really try to dig deep and understand these things clearly and by listing all of the finite possibilities, we have a much better grasp of our possibilities and our limits.
In order to approach chess as effectively as possible, we need a good mindset, good sources, and good working routines. In this podcast, I discuss how to be motivated, move in the right direction, and focus on the right things.