In chess, performance is usually explained through knowledge: opening preparation, calculation and positional judgment. In 2017, three experiences led GM Vishnu Prasanna to question how complete that picture is. A tournament in Wijk aan Zee, a story about a basketball coach, and the start of his work with Gukesh each pointed to something he couldn't yet name. In this essay, he reflects on what he has learned since.

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna is a prolific trainer. He has trained World's second youngest GM in history, Gukesh D and also worked with GM Adhiban B, he is also training with GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly. He launched his new official couple of months. The website has all the information about Vishnu and it is rich with features. One of the feature of the site is blog where Vishnu himself discusses various themes about chess. In his fourth blog post, he does a scientific inquiry on Combinations using illustrative examples of Steinitz's game. Combinations are very important either to win or defend yourself from impending doom. How and when to spot one? How to improve combinational vision? Vishnu tells it all.

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna is a prolific trainer. He has trained World's second youngest GM in history GM Gukesh D and also worked with GM Adhiban B, he is also training with GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly. He launched his new official website on 1st May 2020. The website has all the information about Vishnu and it is rich with features. One of the feature of the site is blog where Vishnu himself discusses various themes about chess. In his third blog post, he talks about theories. We all know that we must learn theories in chess to improve the understanding of the game. However he also mentions the fact that there is no single theory for every position in chess. Photo: Unknown

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna is a prolific trainer. He has trained World's second youngest GM in history GM Gukesh D and also worked with GM Adhiban B, he is also training with GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly. He launched his new official website on 1st May 2020. The website has all the information about Vishnu and it is rich with features. One of the feature of the site is blog where Vishnu himself discusses various themes about chess. In his second blog post, he talked about King Walk, a topic which we are quite familiar about. He discusses some of the lesser known games with his annotations on the theme. Read the article to find out which four games he chose. Photo: Clipart and Shahid Ahmed

India's 33rd GM Vishnu Prasanna launched his website on 1st May 2020. The site is rich of various content, one of the main features of the site is 'blog' where Vishnu himself explains various chess themes with illustrative games and diagrams. Vishnu is an accomplished player and a prolific trainer. He has trained second youngest GM in the world D Gukesh, he is training with GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and he has also worked with GM Adhiban Baskaran as a second for his debut in Wijk aan Zee. In his first blog post, Vishnu talks about Harmony in Chess by showing an example of Steinitz's game with beautiful explanation on using imagination to understand harmony and more. Photo: Austrian National Library and Shahid Ahmed