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IM Alex Astaneh - The Ultimate Guide to Positional Chess Mastery

Podcast: The Chess Cognition Podcast · Can Kabadayi

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

Alex's Chessable courses: https://www.chessable.com/author/Astaneh/ Alex's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@alexastaneh 00:00 Intro 02:19 Why He Created "The Positional Chess Patterns Manual" 15:03 The Difference Between Positional Chess and Strategic Play 27:17 Power Outpost 46:06 The Course Creation Process 54:43 Carlsen's Blitz Games (Color Complex) 01:15:40 How to Build Up the Knowledge (Weak Square) 01:24:01 Pseudo Outpost 01:25:42 How to Teach Beginners 01:37:32 Power Outpost and Pseudo Outpost Combo 01:46:45 Pseudo Outpost in the Classical Structure 01:52:29 Exchange Sacrifice 01:53:54 Schematic Thinking 02:02:44 Outro & Future Plans In this...