Finally! Someone explains the principles of the middle game and it's none other than Hanging Pawns. As you are my main source of chess instruction ,do you have a video yet explaining what it means to "play into" a specific endgame? You're the best Stjepan, keep up the great work and good luck on your tournaments!
@@HangingPawns A lot of chess tournament commentary I've seen, they always mention that if the player makes a certain set of moves, they'll be "playing into" a certain endgame. I can only assume they mean by the type of minor pieces they'll have on the board after some major trades happen. Or maybe a combination of pawn structure and minor pieces?
I only discovered this channel fairly recently, but it has quickly become one of my three favorite chess channels on UA-cam. IMHO, Stjepan does a better job of teaching how to be a better player than Levy Rozman, than Igor Smirinov, Ben Feingold, the St. Louis Chess Club, .... There are many popular YT channels that I haven't spent time with yet, including such top players as those run by Magnus and Hikaru, so I can't say that this one is the absolute best out there. The other two favorites of mine are Eric Rosen, which is more about analyzing games than about structured lessons, and Irina Krush, who posts less frequently but focuses each video on one specific subject. There are some others I have just begun watching that show some promise, but while I have wearied of the likes of Levy and Igor, I expect to be watching Stjepan for a long time to come.
Your channel is really informative. No "Win in 7 moves with this trap" nonsense.Thank you and I hope you get more likes and subscribers. I love your openings playlists. Keep it up.
16:49 its so refreshing to see a player as good as Stjepan hanging back-rank mate in a practice simulation 😅. Just like the Botez gambit, it’s so good to see that even really good players occasionally miss those really obvious and incredibly annoying mistakes that get the best of all of us every now and then.
In your case the question should be, "Can my opponent see what I want to do?" In this case, he saw your intent to castle short. That is something I learned from Gary Kasparov.
I know it's a little weird, but I miss your intro. As far as the content of the video, this is great. Thank you. Some of it was reinforcing a few things that I already knew and others provided me new angles on some things to think about.
at 15:44 against noctie, you mentioned you didn't understand Qf5, and you recaptured the queen exchange with exf5, well after Qf5 Qf5 - Ne7 forks the king and queen on f5 and you don't have to damage your pawn structure like that, the knight on f5 adds pressure to the d6 pawn and black has more questions to answer.. i just noticed this, I don't know if it makes sense
Finally! Someone explains the principles of the middle game and it's none other than Hanging Pawns. As you are my main source of chess instruction ,do you have a video yet explaining what it means to "play into" a specific endgame?
You're the best Stjepan, keep up the great work and good luck on your tournaments!
Thank you! I don't have a video on that. What do you mean?
@@HangingPawns A lot of chess tournament commentary I've seen, they always mention that if the player makes a certain set of moves, they'll be "playing into" a certain endgame. I can only assume they mean by the type of minor pieces they'll have on the board after some major trades happen. Or maybe a combination of pawn structure and minor pieces?
@@jmskiller11he has an endgame series in his channel
I only discovered this channel fairly recently, but it has quickly become one of my three favorite chess channels on UA-cam. IMHO, Stjepan does a better job of teaching how to be a better player than Levy Rozman, than Igor Smirinov, Ben Feingold, the St. Louis Chess Club, .... There are many popular YT channels that I haven't spent time with yet, including such top players as those run by Magnus and Hikaru, so I can't say that this one is the absolute best out there.
The other two favorites of mine are Eric Rosen, which is more about analyzing games than about structured lessons, and Irina Krush, who posts less frequently but focuses each video on one specific subject. There are some others I have just begun watching that show some promise, but while I have wearied of the likes of Levy and Igor, I expect to be watching Stjepan for a long time to come.
Your channel is really informative. No "Win in 7 moves with this trap" nonsense.Thank you and I hope you get more likes and subscribers. I love your openings playlists. Keep it up.
16:49 its so refreshing to see a player as good as Stjepan hanging back-rank mate in a practice simulation 😅. Just like the Botez gambit, it’s so good to see that even really good players occasionally miss those really obvious and incredibly annoying mistakes that get the best of all of us every now and then.
In your case the question should be, "Can my opponent see what I want to do?" In this case, he saw your intent to castle short. That is something I learned from Gary Kasparov.
Thanks for another really helpful lesson!
Glad you liked it!
Thanks! A complete video on each of the 12 principles would be amazing 😊
im going to need to watch this a few more times before it penetrates my smooth brain. Love the vid thanks brotha
I will rewatch this several times. Thank you for such an instructive video!
7:40 had Ne6 still attacking the g7 weakness but also attacking the rook and exposing an attack on the doubled pawns through your bishop
I know it's a little weird, but I miss your intro.
As far as the content of the video, this is great. Thank you. Some of it was reinforcing a few things that I already knew and others provided me new angles on some things to think about.
Thumbnails are super cool
Ah yes, the three questions from Aagard's Positional Play. He struck gold with that one, helped me a lot.
Yeah. I'll make a separate video just on the three questions. They really can help you understand any position.
Brilliant video! Love the calm explanations! Highly instructive 💪🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
16:48 "oof, oh jesus!"
Been there man. Been there 😅
This video was quite good. These are things I need to pay alot more attention to... Did you read a book about this for inspiration?
Great video. Very instructive. Thank you.
This is a terrific video!
So instructive ❤
Thank you!
at 15:44 against noctie, you mentioned you didn't understand Qf5, and you recaptured the queen exchange with exf5, well after Qf5 Qf5 - Ne7 forks the king and queen on f5 and you don't have to damage your pawn structure like that, the knight on f5 adds pressure to the d6 pawn and black has more questions to answer.. i just noticed this, I don't know if it makes sense
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great video
In the first noctie game what was the winning move after Ne7? Was it Ne6 forking the rook and the weak g7 pawn?
Great content you should be having much more subscriber
Thank you!
Thanks
7:42 missed Ne6
I was thinking that too but the move that was missed by professor was bishop on black takes the pawn tempo the rook **** then take knight
@@jackcityy718 ?? can you give proper notation and in what position? isn't Ne6 simply winning?
21:00 thats not a Sicilian dragon
I'd report Noctie, I suspect engine use