What I like about so many of your videos is that they are not necessarily about learning some new information that requires long study (although this is obviously of value too), but more about thinking in a way that maximizes _whatever_ _skill_ _we_ _may_ _already_ have - how to make sure we are playing to the best of our current potential ability. There is not enough instruction out there that emphasizes this aspect of chess skill. Very well done!

Not enough can be said about this topic, tunnel vision, especially with cognitive science behind it, because you need to concentrate and focus to play better chess but the wrong type of concentration creates blind spots. Excellent video.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your feedback!

For beginners the tunnel is inevitable but you are able to remove that veil from the mind which will surely lead us to the light and therefore, I wish and hope, out of the tunnel. Thank you.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Great points, thank you for your feedback!

More great examples. Thank you, Can! I walked right into that rook on the 7th rank pattern without seeing the alternative. I even looked at it for a minute wondering if there could be any drawback to it (not for a moment considering that it's drawback was that it wasn't the best move!) I'm really trying to search broad - looking for 2 or 3 candidate moves in any given position, but once my brain has caught onto an idea like that rook, it's difficult to override it. Your cognitive science-based approach might just be the key to unlocking such bad habits and looking with fresh eyes! Thanks again, great content!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your honest feedback! I am very glad that you found it useful. We will never reach perfection, but we can reduce these types of mistakes by asking the right questions and by being aware of the existence of this bias. More to follow!

Great video! Our problem is that we're all playing 10-min games or quicker. We can't find our opponent's plans every move, we can't break out of our tunnel vision, we can't play chess properly if we don't give ourselves time to do it. Blitz reinforcers all of our bad habits.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

You are right! You have to engage in deliberation, especially when those skills have not been yet automatized.

This is great...after the first example it was easier to see the rest of them, so it's a great reminder to stop and rethink.

@Dr.CansClinic

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your feedback 🙏

Excellent examples and explanations. Well done.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

So true. It's so hard to get rid of that tunnel vision; I hope this video will help me being better at avoiding it! Thanks!

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Wishing you all the best!

"Good calculation doesn’t look like a way through a tunnel and isn’t meant to get you as far as possible in one direction. It resembles more a path through an unknown forest; you have to consider all the detours and paths you encounter, one step at a time.” - Jan Markos.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Yes I love that quote from that beautiful book, Under the Surface.

Spot on! This is actually my biggest problem in my games.

1:39 -- 1 minute 39 seconds in, I'm blown away! I was so confident and cock sure of Rook to D7, I literally had tunnel vision and did not see Rook to H1 which is WAY BETTER!

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your honest feedback! Awareness is the first step for the cure :)

great topic, many beginners struggle with this. The puzzle at 8:20 has an additional lesson. What move should white make? Think about it... Because black has an additional threat! as far as i can see there is only one good reply! A simple passive way to defend against the threat to the rook is Re1 getting it out of the line of fire, but this is a blunder! Why? Bxf2 nolonger works due to Kxf2, right? No! Because black ALSO threatens the knight! With b5! The knight has no safe squares! cxb5 doesn't help due to ... cxb5. The bishop is positioned to dominate the knight. So the only move to defend against the threat to both the rook and the knight is Rd2! Now if ... Bxf2, then Rxf2! And if b5, then Nb2 and the knight is defended by the rook.

@Dr.CansClinic

5 ай бұрын

That is so beautiful, thank you for noticing this additional threat and finding a good multi-purpose solution!

The weakness of last move is key. I particularly like last example, where the weakness is that a new plan has become available. Works great in bullet if you can change plan faster than the opponent can realize you're suddenly doing something new.

Great video. Rd7 was indeed what I would play 😢 in the first example.

@Dr.CansClinic

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your feedback!

These were very great examples and I didn’t see them. Thanks!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful, thanks for your feedback!

Please do more videos like this one, thanks

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Excellent examples and explanations of a key topic. Well done Dr.Can. More of this type of lessons would be great.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Russell! Similar content will surely follow!

Dr Can I am so sorry I have not seen you earlier because you are the first chess coach who understands what my problem has been for 6 years. My name is Pam and im 66 years old and I am absolutely addicted to the game. I may be a nobody but I want so very badly to get better and I think I just found the man who can do just that for me. I'm going to subscribe to you because that's what my heart is telling me to do right now. Thank you so much Dr. Can

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Hello Pam! Thank you soo much for this amazingly kind words and for subscribing! So motivating! I am really doing it to help improve people's game, including my own students! So hearing these kind of comments give me immense joy. Please do not hesitate asking ANY questions along the way, I am always happy to respond here. All the best!

@pamelahuett5215

7 ай бұрын

@Dr.CansClinic Your a good man Dr. Can. Thank you. 😊

thank you for this beautiful instructive lesson

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

You are welcome! I am so glad that you liked it.

Good training !!

@davidmchugh7264

Ай бұрын

I like the example with the rook on the 7th rank... I missed it ....😂

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

I know! Many do 😊 We are humans after all.

5:01 me realizing I accidentally put the white king at g1 thinking " wait if we win black plays Nf3+, we take and black takes our rook" 😂😂😂

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Einstellung Effect! Established patterns (the king usually being on g1) got in the way 😊

Yeah my plan is attached to my ego. Part of letting myself understand my opponents intentions is in accepting my own fallibility. When I let myself get excited about my plan that’s when I tunnel

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

A poetic way to put it! Thanks for this!

Excellent examples. I find myself getting tunnel vision like this all too much!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Awareness is the first step for the cure. Now we made it concrete, and you know which crucial questions may get you out of the tunnel :)

Thank you

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

I think you have touched a sore spot for many of us. I not only get tunnel vision, I also get pit vision under time pressure and fall into a big black hole of blunderness! Great video Herr Doktor!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Good! This means you proceeded from unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence. Many people never make this transition. The next step will be conscious competence :) My upcoming Chessable course will specifically train for this ability of noticing changes as a result of your opponent's last move, hence fighting against the tunnel vision.

Great video 👍. I would just add that longer time controls help in tackling this issue.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Great point! Thanks!

amazing examples here

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

A1 as always

@Dr.CansClinic

Күн бұрын

❤

This is really good content.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

I am very happy to hear it, please do not hesitate to share it with your friends :)

excelente! creo que este video es una de las pepitas de oro de tu canal

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Gracias!

Your diagnosis is extremely accurate, thank you for your time. I will make sure I remedy to the disease by following your prescriptions. Thank you for taking care of our chess health. I’ve lost I gazillion games because of tunnel vision. I’ll make sure I get rid of the disease. Thanks very much

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I hope the prescription will heal your game.

Doing the Chess Steps 1 mix workbook is helping me when finding a good move to look for a better move. Still so much work to do of course. Great video, thank you!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

That is a good series, thanks for the kind feedback!

very interesting, I will make a Lichess Study out of this stuff. Always when i go in the brain of my opponent, i play better chess. Your advice reminds me at behavioral finance. I like your picture of a dialog with my chess-partner

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Hope the lesson will help your chess! The opponent has a fundamental role indeed!

Loved the video!! Do you have a checklist to go through during actual tournament matches to keep in mind?

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your motivating feedback! I am now working on a blunder-check course actually, and there I will talk about those checklist questions in much more depth! 😊

the second video that i see in the channel welcome to me in you community hehe 😄 and waitng for the rest i will watch the older ones too

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for joining! You are welcome to our small community :) Please do not hesitate asking any questions!

@mizioblack1103

7 ай бұрын

​@@Dr.CansClinic thank you so much i will :) because i miss a lot of your old videos so will watch it and comment :) thanx again for all

As a beginner I just realized today that this is my primary problem. I get so fixated on my plan that I tend to completely ignore my opponents moves, I mean I see them but I disregard them.

@Dr.CansClinic

2 ай бұрын

I am glad this video made you aware of this issue - that is the first step for the cure! Thanks for the feedback.

I need help on middle game thinking. Do you have a video on this or will you make one. Your videos are very instructive! Thanks

@Dr.CansClinic

6 ай бұрын

Sure, please check out this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/a3d6z5qkcdzOgso.html Almost all my Chessable courses are on the middlegame as well!

Brilliant video! Thank God for Dr Can. He's helping me so much. Not just my chess. The way he relates chess to life is so interesting and helpful. I'm a CBT therapist and am fascinated by the psychological aspects of chess. Keep the videos coming Dr Can! ❤

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

I am so humbled to hear this, thank you so much! I will surely keep them coming after such motivating words!

@Daniel-G-P

7 ай бұрын

@@Dr.CansClinic 😀

Excellent video (as always!); perfect examples. Echoing what others have said here, your concept of tunnel vision (and cognitive biases generally) speaks sharply to the biggest weaknesses I have in my game. During this Thanksgiving holiday season, let me say sincerely that one of the things I am thankful for this year is Dr. Can and his KZread channel!!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Wow, I am speechless. Thank you so much for your extremely encouraging words! I am also very thankful to my supporters, who give me fuel to keep on producing more content here on YT. It will be a long road, but it is an exciting journey with lovely followers like you. Happy thanksgiving!

@ibiwisi

7 ай бұрын

@@Dr.CansClinic You? Speechless?! That's hard to believe! [just kidding; just kidding!] Thank you for your kind response.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Well, I got sick and lost my voice for around 2 weeks... So I am literally speechless haha. Hope it will come back so I can make more videos...@@ibiwisi

@ibiwisi

7 ай бұрын

@@Dr.CansClinic I hope you get better very soon, Dr. Can!

Inflexibility is an issue for me. I come up with a plan, such as attack on the queenside, but they already have a kingside attack in motion. I take my pieces to the queenside and find I then lack defenders on my kingside. Very frustrating!

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

I hear you. It again connects to understanding what the opponent intends to do and an accurate sense of danger. Studying model games in that pawn structure might also help as you then see how masters are handling those positions, which side of the board they are playing, etc.

@newstatejim

7 ай бұрын

@@Dr.CansClinic I have been reflecting on this. I think the problem is that I equate having to defend with losing. I also feel that I don't know properly how to calculate defensive moves, and getting it wrong seems to have greater risk, so I revert to trying to counter attack as I'm more used to planning and calculating attacking moves (do we ever see defensive tactics puzzles anywhere?!) I think this is holding me back from progressing from the 1200-1300 level. I am going to get your calculation chessable course as I noted it has a chapter on defending 👍

It's always best to ask when you see a good move, "Is there something better?"

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Yes, but we have to make sure we don't lose on time while asking :)

Thank you so much I finally stopped blundering😊😊😊

@Dr.CansClinic

2 ай бұрын

Great job! Now please teach me how to completely stop blundering :)

Tunnel vision cost me a game in a tournament just last week. I had a mate in 2. The opponent retreated a queen, and I did not evaluate that he now also now had a threat. A mate in 1. I could have stopped him easily and then continued my devastating attack. What is the threat of the opponent's last move has to be the most important question every move. Thanks Can for an excellent presentation.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this painful but instructive story Dan! I am actually about to publish a Chessable course on that fundamental question! It is coming in February!

You work so hard but get little views?! Do not stop making videos please! your videos are excellent!

@Dr.CansClinic

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your motivating comment. Really helps keep me going! ❤️

I keep telling myself to look before I play... and then I dont look... a short circuit in the brain, which I hope is now solved permanently

@Dr.CansClinic

6 ай бұрын

Indeed, it is easier said than done on every single move in the heat of the battle.

13:44 14:15 14:50 15:14

Well, I really liked this video and I´m seeing you for the first time, but I have one remark. Please give the best moves and their intentions aswell as just saying "He missed bx + idk what square it was and blundered the rook, maybe say, "The Best move would be N Idk the square protecting the rook while offering himself to the bishop, if that even would be a good move. Thanks tho!

@Dr.CansClinic

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. But as you watch more of my videos, you will see how much I stress the "WHY" question behind the moves. So you will get ample epistemic feedback from my videos.

In minute 3.20 If black.... c5 , it pin the queen how you answer it😊

@Dr.CansClinic

Ай бұрын

Possibly no answer :)

Stumbled across it because I always make a blender

@Dr.CansClinic

6 ай бұрын

I hope my videos will help reduce those! 🙏

Do you know how the game of chess got its name? (All of the really good four letter words were already taken!) A far better name would have been "Multiple Implications" 14 powerful pieces confined to 64 squares is like too many scorpions in a bottle.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

"Multiple Implications"! I like it - although not great for marketing the game. Yes, it takes years to start taming those scorpions...

One of the best videos for chess improvement I ever saw.

@Dr.CansClinic

7 ай бұрын

I am so happy to hear it. Please feel free to share it with your chess friends so we can reach more people and make them better chess players!

i've been trying to learn chess recently , but by this video i understand all the fundamentamentals guide you to the wrong moves. fuck this game, i have better stuff to do with my life

@Dr.CansClinic

2 ай бұрын

This video does not negate the importance of fundamentals. I think it just shows the depth and complexity of the game. Otherwise it would be too boring...

Avoiding tunnel vision is easier said than done.....IF we could avoid all tunnel vision errors, we would be world leading super grandmasters......entering the world of chess gods....lol.

@Dr.CansClinic

13 күн бұрын

I thought it was clear in the video that such cognitive biases cannot be fully eradicated. Now I changed the video title too to stop any such confusion.