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What is GM Iossif Dorfman and GM Jan Gustafsson The Method in Chess for Cheap?

Videos:

1. Intro
   Grandmasters Iossif Dorfman and Jan Gustafsson introduce their new video series on Iossif’s Method in Chess.
2. Part 1: The elements
   Iossif explains the four key elements that form the backbone of his method:
   1. King safety
   2. Material distribution
   3. Who benefits from an exchange of queens
   4. Pawn structure
3. Part 2: King safety
   We tackle the main element, the safety of the kings, using a couple of examples.
4. Part 3: Material correlation I
   We start getting into different material balances, covering the topic of two bishops and a knight vs. two knights and one bishop.
5. Part 4: Material correlation II
   Iossif Dorfman continues to explain how to handle the material imbalance of 2 bishops + 1 knight vs. 1 bishop and 2 knights.
6. Part 5: Outposts
   We continue our coverage by looking at outposts and why they are such a crucial element in many positions.
7. Part 6: The static balance
   We establish and learn how to apply the concept of static balance.
8. Part 7: Playing according to the balance
   We look at a few examples of how to apply this balance in practice.
9. Part 8: Which pawn structure to play for?
   We get practice at identifying critical positions and the type of structure we should aim for.
10. Part 9: Static vs. dynamic play
    We study some examples where Black tries to equalize statically early on and how to use dynamic play to regain a static advantage.

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