Calculation Step by Step: A Grandmaster’s Training Guide Vol. 1 - Foundations by Surya Ganguly
Calculation Step by Step: A Grandmaster’s Training Guide Vol. 1 - Foundations by Surya Ganguly
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Calculation Step by Step: A Grandmaster’s Training Guide Vol. 1 - Foundations by Surya Ganguly
If one skill decides more games, it’s calculation. Openings fade, plans change - but seeing clearly, comparing lines, and choosing with confidence wins points. In this course GM Ganguly turns calculation into a trainable skill with a structured path for any level. You won’t just solve tactics; you’ll learn how to think: where to start, which branches to explore, when to stop, and how to keep a crystal-clear mental board under pressure.
Free video sample: Introduction
Free video sample: Forcing moves
What’s different: idea-first training (by thinking tools, not random puzzles); tournament mindset (treat every task like a real game); scalable practice (10 minutes or a full session); practical methods (visualization, blind training, decision routines); honest coaching (no miracles - just habits that raise your ceiling).
Volume 1 - Foundations: define forcing moves properly; master short calculation (where most blunders happen); train visualization; use elimination (incl. Ganguly’s “floating moves”); compare final positions and link patterns. Guided work with pause points, model examples, and actionable takeaways.
Who is it for?
• Club players who want a clear, progressive path to better calculation.
• Ambitious improvers who prefer methods over miracles.
• Tournament players who need game-realistic training to cut blunders and convert advantages.
Ready to make better decisions at the board - consistently?
Train the skill that never goes out of style.
- Fritztrainer App for Windows and Mac
- Available as download or on DVD
- Video course with a running time of approx. 4-8 hrs.
- Repertoire database: save and integrate Fritztrainer games into your own repertoire (in WebApp Opening or in ChessBase)
- Interactive exercises with video feedback: the authors present exercises and key positions, the user has to enter the solution. With video feedback (also on mistakes) and further explanations.
- Sample games as a ChessBase database.
- New: many Fritztrainer now also available as stream in the ChessBase video portal!
- Videos can run in the Fritztrainer app or in the ChessBase program with board graphics, notation and a large function bar
- Analysis engine can be switched on at any time
- Video pause for manual navigation and analysis in game notation
- Input of your own variations, engine analysis, with storage in the game
- Learn variations: view specific lines in the ChessBase WebApp Opening with autoplay, memorize variations and practise transformation (initial position - final position).
- Active opening training: selected opening positions are transferred to the ChessBase WebApp Fritz-online. In a match against Fritz you test your new knowledge and actively play the new opening.
- The database with all games and analyses can be opened directly.
- Games can be easily added to the opening reference.
- Direct evaluation with game reference, games can be replayed on the analysis board
- Your own variations are saved and can be added to the own repertoire
- Replay training
- LiveBook active
- All engines installed in ChessBase can be started for the analysis
- Assisted Analysis
- Print notation and diagrams (for worksheets)
Sample video
Contents
- Introduction
- Forcing Moves
- Example 1: Fernandez Garcia - Marino Bravo
- Example 2: Panchanathan - Ganguly
- Example 3: Babula - Anand
- Example 4: Ganguly - Carmaciu
- Example 5: Position 1
- Example 6: Delchev - Polster
- Short Calculation
- Example 1: Position 1
- Example 2: Position 2
- Example 3: Position 3
- Example 4: Bura - Paric
- Example 5: Bagirov - Kholmov
- Example 6: Agdestein - Vaganian
- Example 7: Wei Yi - Ding Liren
- Example 8: Krasenkow problem
- Example 9: Anand - Deep
- Visualization
- Example 1: Grigoriev
- Example 2: King & Pawn endgame
- Elimination
- Example 1: King & Pawn endgame
- Example 2: King & Pawn endgame
- Example 3: Sokolov - Short
- Example 4: Korchnoi - Gipslis
- Example 5: Position 1
- Comparison
- Example 1: Position 1
- Example 2: Position 2
- Example 3 & 4: Krasenkow - Nakamura & Mareco - Ganguly
- Outro
- Extra Exercises
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