I studied the video courses: "Your Winning Plan" and "Winning the Middlegame". They focus on thinking, planning (based on pawn structures, forcing moves and centralization), analysing, how to find candidate moves and how to select among them. I have watched the courses several times and they "spell it out for you". Having read some of the best books on middlegame play, that did not spell out a clear and simple algorithm for middlegame play. Now I know how and when to "use" a weakness, how and when to "create" a weakness, how and when to centralize a piece and more. I think these courses are among the best that I ever saw. I don't say they are the holy grail. But they gave me a serious understanding and fundament to continue studying the thinking process in chess. Now I am reading Pump Up Your Rating, A. Smith and Chess Strategy for Club Players, Grooten, that also has focus on the thinking process and it's importance. And I am convinced, as said in the video course, that chess is all about the ability to think, more than a having a huge amount knowledge. So one should practice with the ability to think and analyse in the same way you practice with tactics
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