strategy · recognise → explain → apply

Planning: evidence before ambition

Turn a position assessment into candidates and testable next steps.

Explanation styleChoose any style. Age is not playing strength; no birth date is needed.

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Anatoly Karpov – Garry Kasparov

World Championship, game 17 · 1990.12.05 · 1-0

22... Qb7 · White to move

Jump to move

What to notice at 22... Qb7

Choose a plan for the central majority, then follow d5 and Rc6 to see a concrete link between structure and piece activity.

A legally replayed historical example, not a claim that every move is best. A game’s result does not prove every defensive position was lost or drawn.

Game source ↗

Your thinking first

Name the signal, choose a plan, and test the opponent’s most challenging response.

What do you notice?What is your plan, and why?How could the opponent resist?

Recall and explain

1. What makes a plan concrete?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

2. When should a plan be revised?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

3. Is matching the historical move the only sign of understanding?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Notice, choose, test, update.

Teach this to a friend in one minute. Then return to a different example and look for the same signal without being told its name.

Reflect and revisit

This is your self-assessment, not an engine grade or a promise of mastery.

Connect the ideas

Sources and further reading

Original LumaChess teaching and game analysis. Topic references are credited below; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.

strategy · recognise → explain → apply

Planning: evidence before ambition

Turn a position assessment into candidates and testable next steps.

Explanation styleChoose any style. Age is not playing strength; no birth date is needed.

Loading progress…

Notes and replay positions are saved. Practice games are temporary; export their PGN to keep them.

Choose an example

Anatoly Karpov – Garry Kasparov

World Championship, game 17 · 1990.12.05 · 1-0

22... Qb7 · White to move

Jump to move

What to notice at 22... Qb7

Choose a plan for the central majority, then follow d5 and Rc6 to see a concrete link between structure and piece activity.

A legally replayed historical example, not a claim that every move is best. A game’s result does not prove every defensive position was lost or drawn.

Game source ↗

Your thinking first

Name the signal, choose a plan, and test the opponent’s most challenging response.

What do you notice?What is your plan, and why?How could the opponent resist?

Recall and explain

1. What makes a plan concrete?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

2. When should a plan be revised?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

3. Is matching the historical move the only sign of understanding?

Explain it in your own words before revealing.

Make it memorable

Notice, choose, test, update.

Teach this to a friend in one minute. Then return to a different example and look for the same signal without being told its name.

Reflect and revisit

This is your self-assessment, not an engine grade or a promise of mastery.

Connect the ideas

Sources and further reading

Original LumaChess teaching and game analysis. Topic references are credited below; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.