Introduction to Chess Calculation - CM Azel Chua

Tactics course by CM Azel Chua
Includes video and PGN

Language: English
Lectures: 7
Total Running Time: 8 hours 20 minutes

From the course:

From “desperately fumbling for moves” to…

Confidently Calculating Along the Right Track

Struggling to find your way in a crowded chess board? Calculations spiraling out of control, because there are too many “checks, captures, and threats” to watch out for?

If this scenario hits home, then you’ll love this Introduction To Chess Calculation.

It teaches you how to find the right move by scanning the board for clues, and connecting the dots.

Instead of wearing yourself out, examining every possible continuation…

Author Candidate Master Azel Chua teaches you simple and efficient calculation techniques. So that you’d know when and where to look for opportunities… and precisely how to capitalize on those opportunities.

This way of calculating is simple, efficient — and best of all, learnable.

In fact, Chua has taught the art of calculation to thousands of other Chessablers.

Chua's courses teach the same methods he used to overcome a slump, gain over 500 rating points, and reach his peak form. All explained in a direct, didactic style that lives up to his 560 star-studded ratings.

"This Feels Like Learning The Actual "Secrets" To Real Chess Improvement

I have rocketed up in my puzzle ratings on Lichess and Chess.com. And I have won far too many games, entirely based on the “Burger Method”… This has given me insane confidence in what calculation is, and what to do regardless of the position."

   — YearoftheDragons


Introduction To Chess Calculation revisits the lessons and techniques which made Chua a lauded Chessable author. But this time, focusing on the basics to…

Build Your Calculation Technique from the Ground Up

Let’s tour you around the course:

In the first chapter, Chua teaches you how to identify targets — stuff you can potentially win by force.

Over 40 MoveTrainer exercises and informational files sharpen your awareness for pins, x-rays, unprotected pieces, and other targets. Plus, you’ll also be shown:

🧠 Why the “checks, captures, threats” rule can improve your puzzle-solving scores… while your actual results stagnate!

🧠 How to be efficient in carrying out a maneuver — leaving the opponent no time to react.

🧠 How to verbalize puzzle solutions like a strong chess player. So you can repeat their thought process in real games.

After honing your eye for targets, Chua lays down specific ways to exploit those targets. You’ll discover how to:

🧠 Attract enemy pieces to a double-attack, ensuring you win one of them.

🧠 Turn a “dying” knight or bishop to a desperado. So that it deals maximum damage before it’s captured.

🧠 Cut off defenders and pick off the buddies they leave behind.

🧠 Measure the “forking range” to stay out of nasty knight forks.

And many more.

At this point in the course, your foundation for effective and efficient calculation has been set. You can now identify targets and exploit them.

So in the next 3 chapters, Chua gives you a “speed multiplier.”

You’ll be given patterns, whose familiar features lead you to the best move with minimal thinking.

Patterns for checkmating the king. Patterns for winning material in the opening — plus, 2 ways to strengthen your ability to recognize them.

And finally, Chua serves up 50 puzzles. So you can practice your newfound calculation technique and truly own it.

We’re confident that Introduction To Chess Calculation can add a strong sense of direction to your game… and help you find winning tactics and combinations you used to miss.