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In GM Grandelius's Mind
Course
12 episodes
(3 hours 52 min)
(3 hours 52 min)
Creators
GM Nils Grandelius
GM Nils Grandelius commentates on his best games!
From a promising junior to breaking into the world's top 50, GM Grandelius's journey offers invaluable insights to any chess player aspiring to turn professional.
With victories in the Abu Dhabi Masters 2015 and the prestigious Reykjavik Open 2023, GM Nils Grandelius has stacked up lots of experience in playing strong open tournaments.
See moreAs he climbed the rating ladder, he competed against the world's best in some of the toughest round-robin events and also was a second to GM Magnus Carlsen during the 2018 World Chess Championship.
In this course, GM Grandelius walks you through his journey, sharing not only his strategies and decision-making processes but also the mindset and practical tips that have guided him against opponents of different levels.
So, in addition to learning about pawn structures, openings, middlegames, and endgames, you’ll also get practical advice on how to approach lower-rated opponents who play for a draw, how to adjust your game based on specific time controls, and more!
Ready to dive in? Let’s go!
What you'll learn
- How to play against lower-rated opponents who opt for drawish openings?
- Strategies for navigating complicated and dynamic positions.
- A common inaccuracy lower-rated players make against stronger opponents.
- The small adjustments you can make when playing a tournament with 90+30 classical time control.
- The psychological battle when a stronger player faces a lower-rated opponent.
- Attacking ideas and typical sacrifices in an isolated Queen’s pawn structure.
- The one factor to consider in attacking positions before calculating concrete variations.
- How to punish the opponent when they break the opening principles?
- Advice on how young players should focus on long-term growth over short-term results and much more.
Course Content
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12
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20
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3 hours 52 min
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Students give this course an average of 5 out of 5 stars.
Yash
Instructive games and thought processes behind moves and ideas from GM Grandelius were easy to digest for U2000 FIDE.
Bernd Windhofer
I loved this course! Very informative and enjoyable, full of takeaways for me. Always a pleasure to spend time with GM Grandelius!
ChessMood
Great!
Vikram Medelin
Wow, great games analyses, insight, opening, psychology. Nils convicted me that with flexible 1.Nf3 could also lead to very attacking games :) Thank you!
ChessMood
Thanks for your kind words!
Ashok ng
Peter M.
Truly excellent! Great variety of games, and lots of insightful comments about the approach, mindset, and strategy. A few things are sticking with me such as "exchange on your own terms". I also like the calm approach against weaker players, often approaching things slowly and having faith in eventually outplaying the opponent. Nils helps us appreciate the subleties and nuances of many positions in a very rational way.
ChessMood
Thank you :-)
Paulius the Witcher
Which season of chesmood-flix tv series In GM Mind is it now? :) Enjoyed all the games, I like GM Grandelius attacking style which can happen even from calm openings like Reti. If I have to chose which games I learned most that would be:
Game 4 - very nice technique how to fight for a win when opp tries to exchange everything.
Game 8 - the pattern which I didnt see or remember in IQP attack - Bxh6, followed by Rxe6 decided the game wow
Game
Game 10 - nice GM play followed by nice sac, attack, but important to calculate deeply the defensive resources.
Looking for the next tv series of 'In GM Mind' :)
ChessMood
Thanks Witcher :-)
Balanandan Ayyappan
Good course
ChessMood
Thanks!
GM Nils Grandelius
GM Nils Grandelius is a chess Grandmaster from Sweden.
Known for his dynamic playing style, he has won prestigious tournaments such as the Abu Dhabi Masters 2015 and the Reykjavik Open 2023.
During the 2018 World Chess Championship, he was one of the seconds in GM Magnus Carlsen’s team.
GM Nils Grandelius is a chess Grandmaster from Sweden.
Known for his dynamic playing style, he has won prestigious tournaments such as the Abu Dhabi Masters 2015 and the Reykjavik Open 2023.
During the 2018 World Chess Championship, he was one of the seconds in GM Magnus Carlsen’s team.
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