What you should not do in a game

I do not see any lectures on the internet that are that clear as the lectures of Igor Smirnov. Most important he teaches strategy and I do not see that any other grandmaster teaches that well. Here he teaches you mistakes that are commonly done.

1) you should not spend so much time on tactical puzzles (it should be only a secondary part of your studies), instead you should invest your time into critical thinking, since chess is still a thinking game

So Smirnov interesstingly enough teaches you Thinking

2) Analysis of GM games is a mistake is insufficient, however, what do you get out, when somebody analyses a game?

3) Obscure theories, instead of focusing on 1000 rules you should focus on less rules. Less are better, because you can make better desicions.



 Unfortunetly Smirnovs books are really expensive, since I think these are probably the best lessons we can learn.