He can assume that his listeners will be familiar. There is a video search option on the control panel at the top. All you have to do is search "uncastled king" and it will return both videos. The introductory material isn't meaningless because 9 out of 10 people will have watched the first video before the second, he wouldn't leave something like that out.

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for the fantastic video!

With regard what viewers would like to see, I agree with some of the other members who have posted in that strategy is something a lot of us amateur players struggle with.

I personally think some videos on specific openings would be great, where you gave advice on common traps, attacking plans, strategies and endgame positions that arise from specific openings. Although I'm not sure if you would be able to fit all of that into a 40 minute video.

Once again thanks for all of your videos, they are always very helpful and of the highest quality.

George

imagrandmaster - My point is you shouldn't have to. This video stands on its own quite nicely. However I understand why he did it because I'm a retired lecturer and the first thing you do with a class is give a summary of the last lesson, then you summarize of the lecture you're about to give and so on. It's a tried and tested technique in the classroom but this isn't a classroom.

You may find this game in pgn format of interest. It is between Marian Bojchev and Valeri Lilov, both Masters, and was published as part of an article on chess.com. Just copy and paste it into any text editor, e.g. Notepad, and save it as a .pgn file. In the article, which deals with preparation, Lilov attributes the opening idea involving a positional piece sacrifice to Tal (who else?). Annotations are by Lilov.

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[Event "National Team Championship BU14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lilov, Valeri"]
[Black "Bojchev, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "Valeri Lilov"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.08.14"]
[EventType "team-game"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 { This is the initial
position of the Scheveningen variation in the Sicilian. } 6. g4 { After this
move arises the main position of the Keres variation in the Scheveningen. Very
interesting line after which begins very complex and double ednged play for
both sides. } 6... a6 { One of the main continuations here. Other alternatives are 6..
.h6 and 6...Nc6. } 7. g5 Nfd7 8. Be3 b5 9. f4 $5 { Here it is the idea of
Mikhail Tal. White offers a piece sacrifice (the knight on c3) in order to
open files for black's kingside position and the center. } 9... Bb7 { Another
possibility is 9...b4, but after 10.Nce2 white receives very strong pressure
over black's central squares. Instead of 9...Bb7, interesting alternative for
black is 9...Nb6. } 10. f5 b4 { Black is forced to go into the main lines and
accept the piece sacrifice. Since after 10...e5 white has the strong tactical
shot of 11.Ne6! } 11. fxe6 bxc3 { Now everything is forced and the events on the
board are going very fast. } 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Bc4+ Ke8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Ne6 { Critical Position. Now black has a problem. Where to retreat the black's queen,
on d7 or e7 ? It's very important decision actually. The reader may be
surprised, but it's nearly decisive where the queen shall go. The one move is
right and gives to black some chances of succesful defence, the another is
wrong and leads to an immediate lost. You can ask now, why is this so
important where the wueen will be placed, it seems to be one and same. But it
is no so simple. Only the verry concentrated and dedicated chesc player can
understand the delicate nuance of the position and eventually to choose the
correct line here. Only four moves after now the secret will be revealed and
it will become clear why the retreat of the queen was so important. } 15... Qe7 $2 { Black choosed the wrong way. 15...Qd7 was the strong move here, keeping for
black certain chances of succesful defence. } 16. Bd5 Nbc6 { 16...Bxd5 is not a
good option, because white will connect his queen into the attack with 17.Qxd5,
and also 16...cxb2 will help white's rook to join the party - 17.Rb1. } 17. Bb6 $1 { This move prevents black from playing Nd8, with the idea to exchange the
powerful knight on e6. } 17... Rc8 18. bxc3 { Now let's do an evaluation of the
concrete position. White has a piece down, but he has a verry strong pressure
under black's whole camp. The bishops on b6 and d5, and especially the knight
on e6 are holding all of black's pieces from moving, and there is nothing
black can do about it. So it's more than obvious that white already has a big
advantage here. } 18... g6 { Black is trying to open square for his bishop to go on g7.
But this move creates one very bad weakness, which white exploits in the best
way possible. Anyway, 18...h6 doesn't make black's positions easier, because
white can play 19.g6! } 19. Rf6 $1 { That move was probably the most difficult
to find in the whole game, but I can say it was a real pleasure for me when I
saw this and the following varitiations in my calculations during the game.
The main idea of the move is to use the temporary weakness black has created
with the 18...g6 move and create decisive threats over black's king position.
Now everything is forced. } 19... Nd7 { 19...Bg7 instead doesn't help black much,
because white can make an exchange combination with 20.Nxg7 and then take the
pawn on d6 with the rook, leaving black in a desperate position. } 20. Bd4 $1 { The main concept of the white's whole idea with 19.Rf6. Now black cannot take
the rook on f6 because the bishop will come with a great force. } 20... Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rg8 { There is nothing better for black here. The rook cannot be
taken - 22...Nxf6 23.gxf6 Qf7 24.Re1! and white is predominating. Also 22...
Bg7 is not a good idea, because after 23.Nxg7 Qxg7 24.Re6 white is winning in
a couple of moves. } 23. Qa4 Bg7 24. Raf1 $1 Bxf6 { Nothing else can be done.
Black decides to give up the queen in order to decrease the strength of
white's initiative. But this is not enough to save the game. } 25. gxf6 Qf7 { If
25...Rc4, follows 26.f7+ Qxf7 27.Qxc4! } 26. Ng5 Qxd5 27. Re1+ Kd8 28. Ne6+ { It's all clear now. Black is practically lost. } 28... Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rf8 30. Rxd6 Rf7 31. Qxa6 Rxc3 32. Qa8+ Kc7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 { If 33...Rxd7 follows 34.Qa5+ } 34. Qd5+ Ke8 35. Qe5+
1-0

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Wish they had a game display on this site. I just copied the text above into a .pgn file and Babas opened it with no problem so it should work in any .pgn viewer.

A suggestion for a further topic, which I would certainly find beneficial: Preparation - exactly how to prepare for an important game or match. I haven't a clue as to what to do since most of my games have been casual but I'm thinking of playing seriously and would really appreciate some pointers.

I loved your hallucination-variation with that ghost bishop on b2
It was cute and very congenial. Thx for that.

Sure, you're welcome. We aim to please.