{"id":12412,"date":"2024-06-08T12:16:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T12:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/?post_type=product&#038;p=12412"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:28:49","slug":"improve-your-decision-making-with-gm-davorin-kuljasevic","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.365chess.com\/view\/shop\/improve-your-decision-making-with-gm-davorin-kuljasevic\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Your Decision Making with GM Davorin Kuljasevic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding: 56.66% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Improve Your Decision Making\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/849539940?h=6cf413d0d5&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAll that matters on the chessboard is good moves\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Bobby Fischer.<\/p>\n<p>Well, yeah. We can all agree with that. But how do you find good moves?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s great pressure on a chess player. The clock\u2019s ticking, people are counting on you. You look at the board, your pieces, the enemy forces\u2026 and you have to come up with something.<\/p>\n<h3>What now?<\/h3>\n<p>One mistake could lose you the game on the spot. Or have you struggling to defend a passive position for the next 50 moves.<\/p>\n<p>Success or failure, death, or glory\u2026 it all rests on the decision you make now. Better make it a good one.<\/p>\n<h3>Exactly What You\u2019re Getting<\/h3>\n<p>Croatian coach GM Davorin Kuljasevic (2591 Elo) has just completed Improve Your Decision Making \u2013 a 10-hour course laser-focused on the crucial topic of decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing on years of experience coaching club players rated between 1600 and 2200, Davorin has identified the 9 types of decisions that players have to make in real games.<\/p>\n<p>He explains the errors in thinking that lead to mistakes at these critical junctures\u2026 and gives you easy-to-follow processes for getting them right.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/59a83cd1-1135-4382-a8bd-a8e6c7c90fb8.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1690809365&amp;Signature=53d2d917c68878556a73cd3867d2e31442ddb400\" width=\"424\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What does the course cover?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Complex Center.<\/strong>\u00a0Should you close the center, initiate a pawn exchange, or wait for your opponent to take? Recapture with a pawn or piece? Many players underestimate the long-lasting impact of these early decisions. Davorin shows you how to come out on top in the central battle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keeping the Advantage:<\/strong>\u00a0Your initiative can slip away with one inaccurate move. If you\u2019ve sacrificed material or made positional concessions, that can be fatal. This course shows you how to find hyper-accurate moves when attacking so you get the win your play deserves.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Opening.<\/strong>\u00a0Most openings can be navigated well even if you find yourself in unfamiliar territory. GM Kuljasevic shows you how to avoid automatic moves like Nf3 and Bc4 and find the strategically strongest plan \u2013 making the rest of the game much easier for you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Endgame.<\/strong>\u00a0Endgames have all the tactics and strategies that middlegames do, but slip-up here and there\u2019s no coming back. You need to learn when to apply general principles and when to break the rules if you want to be successful. Davorin covers the endgame technique in chapters 19 and 20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Imagine the difference it would make to your game if every time you were faced with a piece trade, every time you had to decide whether to attack, every time you had to make a strategic decision\u2026 you got it right.<\/p>\n<p>This is a unique training program that teaches you how to play better chess by making better decisions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/videoapi-muybridge.vimeocdn.com\/animated-thumbnails\/image\/a1a41d71-b1ac-4033-b714-e3e9bbedb413.gif?ClientID=vimeo-core-prod&amp;Date=1690810352&amp;Signature=3b6e72f39b6aa815aeea88d41cecf00920720056\" width=\"414\" height=\"243\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>GM Davorin Kuljasevic (FIDE 2591)<\/h3>\n<p>GM Davorin Kuljasevic is a Croatian GM, who graduated from Texas Tech University and played in USCL 2007 and 2008 for Dallas Destiny, becoming US champion both years. He is an experienced coach and a winner of many tournaments: Castelfranco Veneto 2014, Split Open 2013, Mitropa Cup 2013 with the team of Croatia, Lubbock Spice Cup Spring 2011, Rijeka Open 2011, etc.<\/p>\n<h3>Outline:<\/h3>\n<p>Ch\u0430pter 1 &#8211; Introduction and Piece Exchanges<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 2 &#8211; Piece Exchanges II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 3 &#8211; Piece Exchanges III<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 4 &#8211; Avoiding Simplification I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 5 &#8211; Avoiding Simplification II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 6 &#8211; Strategic Pawn Structure Decisions I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 7 &#8211; Strategic Pawn Structure Decisions II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 8 &#8211; Strategic Center Decision I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 9 &#8211; Strategic Center Decision II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 10 &#8211; Positional Transformations I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 11 &#8211; Positional Transformations II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 12 &#8211; Piece Deployment I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 13 &#8211; Piece Deployment II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 14 &#8211; Awareness of Opponent\u2019s Resources I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 15 &#8211; Awareness of Opponent\u2019s Resources II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 16 &#8211; Awareness of Opponent\u2019s Resources III<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 17 &#8211; Critical Moment I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 18 &#8211; Critical Moment II<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 19 &#8211; Endgame Technique I<br \/>\nCh\u0430pter 20 &#8211; Endgame Technique II<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Croatian coach GM Davorin Kuljasevic has just completed Improve Your Decision Making &#8211; a 10 hour course laser-focused on the crucial topic of decision-making. 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