Hi Peter

It's interesting to me that you have posted these videos today when I have always considered the intuitive side of chess to be one of the most interesting aspects. In fact, while searching for food for thought, I came across this at lunchtime today:

GM Maurice Ashley states,
"There comes a point in chess where the truth is more important than the principle. I think a lot of players are guided by principle… two bishops are good; rook on an open file; doubled pawns are bad; don't leave your king in the center. I think that a big difference between Grandmasters and lower-rated players is that those principles are only guidelines… they're not the truth. They may help you GET to the truth, but a lot of times they may stand in your way of understanding the truth. Grandmasters are much more comfortable with exceptions to the rule and able to FIND more exceptions to the rule. So that with a Grandmaster, it won't seem shocking because he breaks a principle… but the Grandmaster isn't sweating the principle. They're sweating to finding what the best continuation is… the most accurate one".

Ashley thinks that once a player reaches a certain level, that they consider the pieces, though figurines on the board, as "forces of energy that are to be employed in an efficient manner".

Anyway, the metaphysics of chess has always been very interesting to me!

Thanks for posting your vids. I look forward to watching them and Welcome to the community!

PS: Here is the link to the article I was reading today:

http://www.thechessdrum.net/65thSquare/65_janfeb03.html

Thank you very much!
Yes, the metaphysics of chess are definitely very interesting...a puzzle for all chessplayers to try to comprehend...