00:00My teaching style will be quite similar to my playing style.
00:20It's dynamic, direct, you may call it aggressive.
00:26Diaz doesn't survive on the chess boards and there is no place in my teaching either.
00:56This masterclass is for anyone who likes game of chess, wants to improve his or her own chess game.
01:07It's a masterclass, which means we have to discuss different elements of the game of chess.
01:14We'll talk about the openings, maybe not as much as many of you expect.
01:19We'll talk about middle game, strategies, end games, tactics, the way to recognize chess patterns,
01:28the way to apply the knowledge that you will be learning through this masterclass.
01:32No matter how much knowledge you can draw from this masterclass, there's so much more to learn.
01:39And you will have to use it as a platform for future learning.
01:44You have to appreciate that chess is an immensely rich game.
01:48And you can always keep finding new ideas that will make you happy.
01:53Nothing could make people happier than, from my perspective of course,
01:58as to find new ideas and just to make yourself more engaged in this endless process of exploration.
02:09And of course, all these lessons are based on my personal experience, personal stories.
02:16I'm making a very important part of this masterclass because I want you to understand how I, Gary Kasparov,
02:26learned this thing, why I believe it's important and how this experience could help you
02:34to look at certain positions, at certain patterns, at certain techniques from my own eyes.
02:42There are many personal details, of course, stories about my matches and the way I prepared for them.
02:48And I believe that creates the right mixture that will help you to navigate throughout this very complex process.
02:57While people talk all the time about one person being more talented, but another one being a hard worker.
03:06Hard work is a talent.
03:09Because hard work means that you keep going, you keep fighting.
03:13You know how not to quit under pressure.
03:17Even if you fail, you don't succeed, but you keep going, you keep pushing.
03:22And only the combination of natural talent, natural ability to play chess or play music,
03:35combined with the talent to work hard, that creates winning combination.
03:40I will believe that this masterclass was a success.
03:45If I can inspire you to learn not just about the game of chess, but about other things.
03:54If you feel enriched and encouraged and inspired.
04:01And I hope that with this class, I will inspire you to love the game of chess as much as I do.
04:09Well, almost as much as I do.
04:11I'm Gary Kasparov.
04:15And this is my masterclass.
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