Another great tutorial. Thank you! I recognised myself in your description of amateurs who decide to play a certain opening and proceed regardless of the opponent's response.
Your videos just keep getting better and better. Last week after watching your last video I played an opponent who played a3 in the opening. Just using the basic principles you keep repeating over and over such as attacking the centre, I did exactly that. I ended up taking a massive presence in the center and winning the game. This video was a real eye opener. I do tend to play memorized opening positions even when my opponent goes out of book, which usually ends up with me losing. Thank you again for the great video!
This series is excellent. So interesting to see all the things I do as an amateur, please continue creating these. Thanks so much for all your help to improve!
Hello. There are few players who watch more chess on UA-cam than I. I have been thinking of playing D4 after 2000 rapid games of E4 as white. And I stumbled across your video. Amazingly instructive. You have a new fan.
Great as always! ChessCoach Andras, John Bartholomew and chessexplained. The holy trinity of online chess teaching! There are plenty of good chess players, but good teachers are few and far between!
Very relatable video, would totally defend a pawn with f6, and panic after white starts to attack, usually players like white in this game have 15 minutes after 20 moves in 10+5 game and I have like 3 min to defend in that position with queen sac after exf6
At 11:15 you are talking about how weak players react to non existing threats. What's your recommendation how to learn not to do so? Lot of tactical traning/puzzles?
Yes, thats part of it. Also you need to be able to assess your position accurately. If you think you stand way better, normally there is a tactical refutation against threats that should not work. (I.e. in the game above). Also if you are way ahead in development or in material, normally you should be the one dictating the course of the game, which also is an indicator of the fact that your opponent's threats are not "real".
I don't know the rating of the black player of the first game, but if there where a huge rating difference, I can understand the draw. Black might be happy with a draw and White perhaps doesn't want to risk losing and so it might haven been a tactical draw offer. Otherwise I don't understand why. Objectively it might be equal, but from a practical standpoint I like Black's chances despite being a pawn down.
Sir im 1900 in tactics in chess.com and l like positional play my blitz and classical rating is 1650 do i change my style to dynamic or be a positional player
Wow, you should be better, if your tactics are that good, (better than mine) your rating should be way higher than 1650, no offence but maybe your not as good at possitional play as you think, i only say this because with tactics like that you should be much better ! you shouldnt change your game at all , just study more masters games and you will just learn possitional play then youl naturally incorporate it into your game, but then im only about 1900 fide so i could be wrong.
yeah it's hard to switch from "remembering the opening" mode to "okay we're playing chess" mode, especially if you're not quite sure if you're remembering your prep right. cost me a game otb once... being careful to calculate and blundercheck now
After 30 minutes of awesome, you dropped the single biggest light blub moment of my 10 plus year amateur chess career. Thank you!
You are most welcome!
Andras you're honestly the best chess UA-camr... If only I wasn't a poor college student, I would love to support you. For now take all my likes!
Thanks, appreciate it mate. If you want to help the channel, post this video on reddit in the chess section. That will do:)
easily the best channel for anyone rated 1600-2000 thanks coach !
Another great tutorial. Thank you! I recognised myself in your description of amateurs who decide to play a certain opening and proceed regardless of the opponent's response.
Your videos just keep getting better and better. Last week after watching your last video I played an opponent who played a3 in the opening. Just using the basic principles you keep repeating over and over such as attacking the centre, I did exactly that. I ended up taking a massive presence in the center and winning the game.
This video was a real eye opener. I do tend to play memorized opening positions even when my opponent goes out of book, which usually ends up with me losing. Thank you again for the great video!
Watching this right now. Great content I am learning a lot.
Glad you like the content! :)
So practical and pozitive criticism!
This series is excellent. So interesting to see all the things I do as an amateur, please continue creating these. Thanks so much for all your help to improve!
Hello. There are few players who watch more chess on UA-cam than I. I have been thinking of playing D4 after 2000 rapid games of E4 as white. And I stumbled across your video. Amazingly instructive. You have a new fan.
Love these videos. Thanks!
This series has been a real gem so far. Great work.
Thanks Andras. This video series is amazing.
I love this series
greatest teacher I have ever found. Thank you!
Thanks MAn, welcome onboard!
Fantastic as always, thanks
Amazing job as always! I love how passionate you are. Keep it up! :D
Great as always!
ChessCoach Andras, John Bartholomew and chessexplained. The holy trinity of online chess teaching!
There are plenty of good chess players, but good teachers are few and far between!
Great series!
Thanks!
Great work man!
You should remind people to like your videos, the more likes the more youtube will suggest them to people. I believe
Very relatable video, would totally defend a pawn with f6, and panic after white starts to attack, usually players like white in this game have 15 minutes after 20 moves in 10+5 game and I have like 3 min to defend in that position with queen sac after exf6
At 11:15 you are talking about how weak players react to non existing threats. What's your recommendation how to learn not to do so? Lot of tactical traning/puzzles?
Yes, thats part of it. Also you need to be able to assess your position accurately. If you think you stand way better, normally there is a tactical refutation against threats that should not work. (I.e. in the game above). Also if you are way ahead in development or in material, normally you should be the one dictating the course of the game, which also is an indicator of the fact that your opponent's threats are not "real".
I don't know the rating of the black player of the first game, but if there where a huge rating difference, I can understand the draw. Black might be happy with a draw and White perhaps doesn't want to risk losing and so it might haven been a tactical draw offer. Otherwise I don't understand why. Objectively it might be equal, but from a practical standpoint I like Black's chances despite being a pawn down.
Sir im 1900 in tactics in chess.com and l like positional play my blitz and classical rating is 1650 do i change my style to dynamic or be a positional player
Wow, you should be better, if your tactics are that good, (better than mine) your rating should be way higher than 1650, no offence but maybe your not as good at possitional play as you think, i only say this because with tactics like that you should be much better ! you shouldnt change your game at all , just study more masters games and you will just learn possitional play then youl naturally incorporate it into your game, but then im only about 1900 fide so i could be wrong.
yeah it's hard to switch from "remembering the opening" mode to "okay we're playing chess" mode, especially if you're not quite sure if you're remembering your prep right. cost me a game otb once... being careful to calculate and blundercheck now
Bravo!!
I thought you were going to end that bread comment with ~MAN CAN NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE !!!
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Awesome!
White in this game was tactically sound. That's why he damaged his own pawn structure to create madness in the position. Things I do at 1200 level :)
You can create tactical complications whilst playing positionally sound pawn structures
how the hell do players allegedly this good come up with these moves? I'm only 1200 on lichess and I see this as horrid
Because on these levels such mistakes occurs a bit less frequently than on lower levels...