May 03 2018, 22:18

I listened to all 30 episodes, about 15 hours. It’s just freaking amazing how useful and interesting this video course is. If you love chess, this is exactly what you need.

I was curious, how could you possibly make a masterclass without even mentioning what level of knowledge is expected from the listener. Will they be explaining how a bishop moves or will Kasparov be analyzing champions’ games?

Neither of those. The course is about the philosophy of chess, about tactics and strategy, about how to think, how to understand chess, and everything else is available in huge amounts on YouTube.

Kasparov has excellent English, he is very passionate and enthusiastic about his topic. The course itself is shot and produced very professionally. There is very little interaction, basically, it’s just a series of videos, about 30 pieces, roughly half an hour each with some exceptions either way.

I now think very differently about my fellow countryman. After all, he once dipped into politics for some reason, and almost ruined everything)

Overall, the project masterclass.com is incredibly interesting. There are several other very tempting courses there, only they’re not cheap 😦

https://www.masterclass.com/classes/garry-kasparov-teaches-chess