How to Improve Chess Visualization?
You know I’m teaching chess and it’s very often when during the lesson I calculate the line or a combination together with my student, and I can visualize the board and pieces’ moves, but my student can’t.
For example, it always happened with my student John, who was about 1500 on Chess.com. He told: “Hey Victor, I just can’t picture the position in my mind, there are too many moves.” And then we started the line again and again and after a few more attempts he could see the final position. Unfortunately, John’s progress was too slow and then when I realized that visualization is his main problem, I created a special exercise for him. And it worked, after a few weeks he became much better and now is able to visualize the position after 8-10 moves properly.
Now what about you? Do you struggle with your chess visualization? Would you like to improve it and learn the exercise that helped John to fix this problem? Go further and watch this video - “The Ultimate Guide to Improve Your Chess Visualization”.
- Solve a puzzle, but don’t make the moves on the board
It shouldn’t take long to solve the puzzle. Only 5 minutes in average,
- Try to picture the position on the empty board and solve the same puzzle
If you forgot some pieces locations, erase the board, look at the original position and start this stage again
- Cover your eyes with something & picture the position and the solution in your mind:
Pronounce where each piece is located and then tell the solution!
You should solve about 10 puzzles per day and every next day you should choose slightly more complicated puzzles with more pieces on the board. In 2-3 weeks you can get much better.
If you have your own tips and exercises that helped you to improve your ability to visualize the position, please, share them into the comment section below this video! I would appreciate it.
Best Regards,
FM Victor Neustroev
