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This is a review of the Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess class from MasterClass!
The MasterClass Instructor – Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov’s goal for this class is to inspire viewers to learn about the game of chess and then love it as much as he does! This class opens with an introduction to what viewers are going to learn in this class, which includes opening tactics, middle game, end game, patterns, and how to use this class as a platform for future exploration and learning. For those who are not familiar with Garry Kasparov, he is known as the greatest chess player of all time.
Garry Kasparov became the under-18 chess champion of the USSR at the age of 12 and the World Junior Champion at 17. He then became the youngest World Chess Champion in history in 1985 at the age of 22. His 1984 World Championship match against Anatoly Karpov was controversially ended after 48 games with no clear victor. Kasparov clinched the rematch in 1985 and secured his place in chess history. He held on to the title of world’s highest-rated player until his retirement from professional chess in 2005. His book Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins details his highly publicized matches against IBM supercomputer Deep Blue and his research on human and machine competition. While his rematch with Deep Blue ended in defeat, Kasparov believes these matches were key to bringing chess into the mainstream.
Garry has created a class that is a combination of important instruction and personal stories. He uses lessons he has learned throughout his career to guide his teachings, so viewers can see how he learned certain techniques, why he feels these techniques are important, and how his experience will help viewers look at their own game.
Chess – Who is it for?
Anyone who likes the game of chess and wants to improve their own game. This class is for anyone who wants to take their chess game to the next level. Garry provides numerous examples and demonstrates how to perform and defend a variety of attacks. The class begins with a few more basic techniques, but then progresses into more complicated attacks to challenge viewers of all experience levels.
MasterClass Garry Kasparov – Main Themes
- Creativity
- Inspiration
- Technique
- Patterns
- Tactics
MasterClass Workbook – Garry Kasparov
The workbook for this class is just as detailed as the video lessons. Each lesson in the workbook contains a review, outline of techniques, a learn more section, and practice. The practice sections provide a great opportunity to apply the techniques learned in each lesson. These include practice positions where boards are set up to challenge viewers to apply the technique on their own. And yes there are answers in the back of the workbook so you can check your work!
MasterClass Chess Key Takeaways
Garry Kasparov has created an inspiring and engaging class that really covers a massive amount of material. He takes the time to go in depth with every technique, providing and walking through multiple examples. This class talks about many techniques including, double attacks, skewers, pins, deflections, interference, overloads, endgames, openings and so much more. Along with many of these techniques, Garry provides many personal lessons from his own games and analyzes a few chess case studies.
If you don’t feel that this game can unleash your creative potential, then you’re already on the losing side.
What I loved most about this class was Garry Kasparov’s ability to present these techniques, but also encourage viewers to continue to explore their own creative game. He talks about how most of the time these patters will always appear slightly different in a game, so being able to recognize the patterns is only the first step. Great players need to learn how to adapt to the slight changes and use them to their advantage.
Final Thoughts on Garry Kasparov’s MasterClass
I was fascinated by this class from the very beginning! The amount of detail and the number of examples is so beneficial to the learning process. If you are looking to take your chess game to the next level, this is the class for you!
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