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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Chess Elevator → Preventing Blunders in Chess → The Foundational Concepts of Positional Play → Fundamental Chess Calculation Skills / My Opponent’s Move → Chess Crime and Punishment → The Art of Series + The Art of Chess: A Practical Workbook → The Value of Pawns

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Many thanks for your interest in my courses! If you are wondering about the ideal learning order, this is the sequence I would currently recommend:

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

2. Piece happiness: improving your pieces by giving them more freedom and purpose, so they can participate meaningfully in the position. Many thanks to my students and the Chessable staff for their kind support along the way! 💙♟️

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The course is built around a simple framework for positional decision-making, with two fundamental skills at its core: 1. Weakness awareness: identifying the real weaknesses in the opponent’s position, creating new targets, and eliminating weaknesses in your own position. 🧵

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The course took around 1.5 years to develop. I tested the ideas and positions extensively with my own students. I created most of the exercises from scratch to remove unnecessary noise and make the lessons as clean as possible. 🧵

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

My new @chessable.com course, The Foundational Concepts of Positional Play, is out now! chessable.com/the-foundati... If positional chess often feels vague or like guesswork, this course gives you a practical framework for knowing what to do when there are no obvious tactics. 🧵

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You are too kind, Benji. I am sorry; I just saw your post 🙏 Please keep up the great work yourself!

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Chessable @chessable.com · 10/02/2026

9) Best Strategy Course: The Art of Chess: A Practical Workbook by CM Can Kabadayi 🏆

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Chessable @chessable.com · 10/02/2026

6) Chessable Course of the Year and Best Tactics & Calculation Course: Preventing Blunders in Chess by CM Can Kabadayi 🏆

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Feeling incredibly grateful to be a 4× winner at the 2025 Chessable Awards 🏆 • Course of the Year – Preventing Blunders in Chess • Best Presenter • Best Strategy Course – The Art of Chess: A Practical Workbook • Best Tactics/Calculation Course – Preventing Blunders in Chess Thank you!! 🥹🙏

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

It is my pleasure. Hope it will help you!

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Michel Hoetmer @michelhoetmer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

@drcanchess.bsky.social very nice video about the Hübner Nimzo Indian with clear explanation of important concepts youtu.be/rEmsO_dNps4?...

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10 Strategic Patterns to Master the Nimzo Indian Defense

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The course also trains you to punish your opponent’s mistakes, helping you fight the passive mindset that holds so many players back. In the videos, I also introduce my CLAMP checklist—a powerful tool from my newest course on blunder-checking. #chessable #chesspunks #chesscom

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

All 10 of my Chessable courses now include video! “My Opponent’s Move” just got a video upgrade. chessable.com/my-opponents... This course helps you raise your chess floor by fixing a critical calculation process: spotting the threats behind your opponent’s last move.

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

It was an honor to host world-renowned cognitive scientist and NM Prof. Chris Chabris @cfchabris.bsky.social to explore what cognitive science teaches us about chess thinking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag8a...

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What Cognitive Science Says About Chess Thinking with Prof. Christopher Chabris

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

That is so nice to hear! ☺️ I poured my heart and soul into the video part for the blunder-check course.

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Thanks for posting this! It reminded me of this video I recorded a while ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9a8...

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Rethinking Human Chess Calculation: Beyond Kotov's Tree

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

We explored strategic decision-making, especially around piece exchanges, inspired by his book Mastering Chess Exchanges (co-authored with Renier Castellanos). www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hXT...

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Mastering Chess Exchanges: GM Jacob Aagaard’s Guide to Better Decisions

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I had the great pleasure of talking to GM Jacob Aagaard. He took a deeply respectable approach as a GM, thinking out loud as I tested him with positions (he tested me, too, with five positions!). A great coach doesn’t just lecture—they solve problems with you. 👇

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Yosha, this is excellent feedback from such a strong player like you! 🙏☺️ Some of my students are seeing all-time rating highs after they diligently studied this course. I am very hopeful!

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I just saw a review of the Blunder-Check course from a neurologist—and at that moment, it felt like a year’s worth of sweat, effort, and love had truly paid off. #chesspunks The sale is ending in two days! www.chessable.com/preventing-b...

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I am super excited about the impact of this course on your chess progress. Thanks for your continued support ❤️ Let's put a CLAMP on those blunders!

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I have already received great feedback from the alpha and beta testers of the course: "I really thought your course was absolutely outstanding and I’m up to my all time high of 1250 chesscom, and over 1600 lichess after studying it.” It probably works!!

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

And no—it’s not about passivity or fear. This course teaches you to verify your ideas with confidence. Some of the most powerful exercises challenge you to play seemingly blunder-looking moves, but calculate just one or two plies deeper to prove they work.

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

What is truly limiting your performance—your ceiling or your floor? Improving your ceiling (strategy, calculation, openings) is great. But if blunders keep ruining your games… then raising your floor should be your top priority. Blunder Check helps you do exactly that.

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

As a cognitive scientist and coach, my mission is to identify the biggest bottlenecks in a player's progress—and give you tools that generalize. Unsafe moves and blunders are arguably the biggest bottleneck.

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

After a full year of designing, testing, and refining, I’m beyond excited to announce the release of my 10th (!) @chessable.com course: Preventing Blunders in Chess: chessable.com/blundercheck Thread 🧵

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

In the latest episode, I sat down with Nate Solon, and we challenged each other by evaluating a series of interesting positions. #chess #chesspunks #evaluation #calculation www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMoK...

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Thank you! :) The idea is to go for a compact but complete d4 d5 course!

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It was a great pleasure to host NM Ben Johnson, the voice behind the legendary Perpetual Chess Podcast! We dived into his journey as a podcaster and lessons from his book Perpetual Chess Improvement. 🎙️♟️ #chess #chesspunks www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBRO...

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Thank you! Slowly working on it, I have 2-3 projects to finish before that though :)

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The blunder-check course starts cooking after one year of hard work. 2 hours of video recorded, around 18 hours to go! #chessable #chess #chesspunks

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It was a pleasure talking to IM Alex Astaneh. Among other things, we discussed his comprehensive course, "The Positional Chess Patterns Manual". He even tested me live on some instructive positions—always love a good strategy session! #chess #chesspunks www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VxF...

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

By the way, I would go for the smothered mate even in a classical game due to aesthetic reasons.

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It would be a shame to lose on time before executing the 5th move though...

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Thank you so much!! She can ask me anything while studying it!

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Hi Joe! I think she should reach 500/600 rapid before tackling this course. At least that was the range I used while preparing this course (I looked at hundreds of games per different rating ranges).

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Reminds of when Magnus said, he does not know the names of things like 'key squares of a passed pawn'. He only sees 'resigns'!

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Example: You have a white knight on h6, but don’t see the opponent’s bishop on d2 attacking it. He is naming the demon… let’s see if it helps conjure it! #chess #chesspunks #chessblunder

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Dr. Can's Chess Clinic @drcanchess.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

A student came up with a brilliant name for a mistake he kept making: The Tennis Fallacy 🎾😂 He said we often see the board like a tennis court—danger coming from the "other side" (4th/5th rank as the net). This makes us miss enemy pieces on our side attacking across the net.

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