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Chess Improvement Secrets for the Busy Player
GM Simon Williams
The GingerGM Method
Want to realize your chess potential but don’t have much time to study? “GingerGM” Simon
Williams has you covered.
In this comprehensive 15 hour course, Simon reveals the training secrets and shortcuts that helped
him become a GM with a fraction of the time and effort it takes most people.
You’ll learn how to get an opening repertoire that fits your style and become an expert in it, not by
memorizing a ton of theory, but by absorbing the key patterns.
Learn when and how to launch an attack from the GM who models his game on Mikhail Tal’s! And
piece it together with a positional understanding that allows you to get those great positions in the
first place.
Add rarely discussed tips on rapid, accurate calculation, player psychology and killer endgame
instinct and you’re ready to become one of the most feared competitors around – even if you only
have 1 hour/week to study.
Summary:
Chapter 1: Building a solid foundation
Chapter 2: Secrets of the opening as White
Chapter 3: Secrets of the opening as Black
Chapter 4: From the opening into the middlegame
Chapter 5: Finding the correct middlegame plan
Chapter 6: When and how to launch an attack
Chapter 7: When to trade pieces
Chapter 8: How to improve your positional play
Chapter 9: Maneuvering to win
Chapter 10: How to improve your tactical play
Chapter 11: Efficient calculation technique
Chapter 12: Know your enemy
Chapter 13: Defensive play – building a sense of danger
Chapter 14: Improving your endgame instinct
Chapter 15: Essential endgames
Chapter 16: Have fun!
Chapter 17: Next steps: improvement tips
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Chapter 1: Building a Solid Foundation
1. Identify your strengths and play according to them. If you are good at
tactical games, play tactical openings, keeping a lot of tension and not
limiting piece exchanges. If you perform well in the endgame, then play
openings which leads to lots of exchanges.
2. Incorporate patterns into your knowledge, especially patterns that you can
apply immediately (like in openings you play).
3. A typical attacking pattern in the Dutch Defense is to play …Qe8-h5, …f4,
…Bh3 and …Ng4, with dangerous threats against the White king (like
…Rxf3, and the queen can enter via h2).
4. This same pattern can be used in other openings, like against the Sicilian
with White. Knowing this pattern suggests an opening repertoire you can
use with both colors – all based on the same ideas.
5. Don’t copy the openings played by the professionals. Instead, play openings
you feel comfortable with, with patterns that point to your strengths.
6. Look for your weaknesses and eliminate them.
7. Look for your opponent’s ideas and prevent them.
Chapter 2: Secrets of the Opening as White
1. With the White pieces, study only one opening so you can master every
aspect of this opening quicker. Typical patterns in the opening, middlegame
and endgame must be incorporated!
2. The opening you choose should reflect your personality.
3. It is a good idea to play openings that are easy to understand, without too
much theory.
4. Don’t play tricky openings that don’t have a solid foundation. They will give
you a few easy points, but they won’t help you to improve in the long term.
5. If you’re an aggressive player, Simon suggests playing 1.e4, with the
following variations in mind: the Grand Prix against the Sicilian and the Four
Knights or the Scotch against 1…e5.
6. If you’re a positional player, then the English Opening is a great choice.
Simon is a big fan of the Botvinnik set-up (with e4). Other good options are
the Reti or 1.d4 (especially with the idea of playing the London with 2.Bf4.
7. Start playing secondary lines helps give you a feeling for positions that, later
on, can be developed into more principled lines.
Chapter 3: Secrets of the Opening as Black
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1. As Black, you should only study two openings, one against 1.e4 and another
against 1.d4.
2. If you’re a positional player, you should play symmetrical, closed positions.
With this idea on mind, 1.e4 e5 is a good variation, but with a lot of theory
to learn. So, playing the Caro-Kann is a better option. Against 1.d4, then the
Stonewall or the Queen’s Gambit are great choices.
3. If you are a tactical player, then look for open positions. If you have time to
study, then the Sicilian against 1.e4 is a good option. Against 1.d4, then the
King’s Indian Defense is a good way to get an asymmetrical position with
attacking chances.
4. Also, there are options that can be played against both pawn advances
(1.e4 and 1.d4). Defenses like the Black Lion (1…d6, followed by 2…e5) or
the Modern (1…g6) are great ideas to shorten the study time.
Chapter 4: From the Opening into the Middlegame
1. You must look at games played in your openings. If you are following a
tournament online, search for these games!
2. To get these games, search for the highest rated player that regularly plays
your pet opening, and look at his games. He is probably an expert in the
line, and all his moves should be typical. Even the games he lost can be
instructive, showing how not to play and revealing the strongest plans of
your opponent.
3. From this research, you can find lots of middlegame patterns you can play in
your own games.
4. Simon shows a typical attacking device with Qc2, h4 and Ng5 in the Queen’s
Gambit that he leaned from a Spielmann vs. Timman game, and how he
used this same pattern to win tons of games.
Chapter 5: Finding the Correct Middlegame Plan
1. Having the right opening (see previous chapters) will help you to create
good plans.
2. A bad plan is better than no plan.
3. To create a plan, first look at your pawn structure. That’s the skeleton of the
position. Only then evaluate your pieces.
4. Always improve your position AND prevent your opponent’s idea (stop and
push).
5. If you get surprised in the opening, then probably you are out of ideas (of
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known opening patterns) and so it’s time to create a plan. Compare the
lines you know with the position on the board, and consider the differences.
6. Consider your opponent’s good pieces and how/whether to exchange them.
7. Look for pawn breaks to activate your pieces.
8. Improve your pieces by attacking your opponent’s weaknesses (which
should be found when analyzing the pawn structure).
Chapter 6: When and How to Launch an Attack
1. You need more attackers than there are defenders to create a powerful
attack.
2. Timing is important when planning your attack.
3. A good foundation is an essential part of creating a strong attack.
4. When building an attack, focus on your opponent’s weaknesses (their king
can be a weakness too!).
5. If you don’t have a winning continuation, bring more pieces to the attack.
6. If you are positionally doomed, complicate the game, attack and put
pressure on, so your opponent doesn’t get a chance to take advantage of
your weaknesses.
Chapter 7: When to Trade Pieces
1. Find out which are the key defenders of your opponent’s position, and trade
them. His position will instantly collapse!
2. Always consider WHY you are trading pieces. There must be always a reason
for your moves!
3. Trades sometimes change the pawn structure, so it’s very important to
evaluate if the new pawn formation is good or bad for you.
4. When your opponent has no space to operate, don’t exchange pieces, as his
pieces will be interfering with one other.
Chapter 8: How to Improve your Positional Play
1. Two important questions to ask yourself to help understand a position:
“What does the position demand from me? What is the priority?” That
second question is very important, as often there is no time to make a big
long-term plan.
2. Sometimes you shouldn’t search for the ‘best’ moves, but the moves that
don’t weaken the position. If you don’t weaken it, then you can’t be worse.
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3. Every time your opponent weakens something (a square, a pawn, a file), just
take advantage of this.
4. When you have identified the weakness, attack it with all your pieces.
5. The pieces defending the weakness will be passive, allowing you to create a
new weakness on the other side of the board (the passive pieces can’t
defend another problem!)
Chapter 9: Maneuvering to Win
1. When you have control of the position, with no weaknesses, maneuver your
pieces to improve them. It doesn’t matter if you take your time, as your
opponent won’t have counterplay.
2. If you have control, then don’t take any risks. Play calmly and improve your
pieces slowly.
3. Find your worst piece and search for a good square for it.
4. Always take care of your opponent’s plan!
Chapter 10: How to Improve your Tactical Play
1. To improve on tactics, practice with tactical puzzles from apps, courses or
books. Don’t move the pieces when trying to solve them.
2. Every time you see a tactic in a game, try to understand the tactic and why
it worked, so you can reproduce it in your own games.
3. Tactics, like everything else, are all about patterns. If you know the patterns,
then it’s easier to find a winning combination.
4. Don’t attack from nowhere, attack from principles.
5. In crazy, tactical positions, with lots of open lines and attack, don’t look for
positional considerations. The only way to crush your opponent is by tactics.
Calculate!
6. The rook-swing is a typical attacking pattern: moving the rook in front of
your pawns by the third rank.
Chapter 11: Efficient Calculation Technique
1. Analyze one variation at a time. Be organized while calculating.
2. Calculate with an idea in mind. In Karpov’s game, his idea was to eliminate
the Nf6 that defended the critical h7 pawn.
3. If you discover a winning combination, check it before playing it. If it wins,
then simply win.
4. When you get an idea, but it doesn’t work, simply eliminate it, forget about
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