Many times, when a top player blunders, it is routinely described by the
esoteric term „chess blindness“. In this series What Grandmasters Don‘t
See, chess trainer and worldclass commentator Maurice Ashley strips away
the myth and for the first time explains why the root of these mistakes is
more often based in the psychology of human learning. In this DVD, the
third volume of the three part series, Ashley completes his idea of
Protected Squares from Volume 1, showing that squares seemingly guarded by
pieces are often the breeding ground of amazing tactical oversights. He
also blends the themes from all three volumes to give a thorough picture
of the key ways that the viewer can exploit the typical mistakes by
players of all levels. In the first half of the DVD, Ashley uses brilliant
games and positions to explain each lesson in his dynamic commentary
style. The second half of the DVD is filled with examples to test the
viewer, with a series of exercises of increasing difficulty. The material
is drawn both from classic and from recent games. Video running time: 3
hours 45 min.
