Another absolute gem from SL chess development! As an intermediate player I know this stuff already but if I were requested to coach it to someone I would be at a loss. On the other hand the methodological approach which you employed in this video offers the perfect to explanation for a coach to a student. This is what I summarized and understood from the video, tell me if I missed or misunderstood something: 1. Find between 5-7 candidate moves. A candidate move is a move that helps you carry out your plan. Basically, it is neither a mistake nor a blunder but a move that makes sense in your position. 2. Delete any moves that do not follow a particular plan or which follow a bad plan. In this regard it is also important not to robotically follow the ABC's of chess but develop pieces in accordance to the plan of the opening or position that you are responding to. 3. Calculate. In this regard what are the immediate threats we are responding to. When calculating , don't simply do a move and hope and pray that our opponent wont see it. Lastly, try to select a move which has the most utility in that it responds to curbing multiple threats our opponent has. Threats are essentially: Can his pieces reach mine? I'm sure in certain cases you can not only respond to a threat but simultaneously make a counter- attack? 4. Decide to make a move. 5. Make the move! One thing I noticed which I hope you don't mind me mentioning, hope you don't as he's a twitch streamer and not a UA-camr, is how well this video compliments Johnathan Corbblah's four rules in the calculating section of the video (Like salt and pepper). These are: CCCTTT C- Checks C- Captures C- Checkmates T- Tactics (Pins, forks, skewers, discoveries, overloads, batteries, removing the guard, and attraction e.g. see a check and how you can make the check better...) T- Tempo T- Threats
5 step process to find the best move: 1. find 5 - 7 candidate moves in any give position 2. remove 2 of 5 candidate moves that you think it is dont do anything or not according to the plan 3. calculate, it is not the way to calculate random possibilities that makes you don't think the move of the opponent's threats move ( is you see one bad variation of a candidate move, move on to the next candidate, don't hope your oppone dont know it choose the one candidate move that opponent moves can both counter it but your one candidate move can effectivelly ecounter 4. make a decision
I’m on the brink of 2000 and my calculation was something that significantly held me back from the 2000 level so your consise explanation was incredibly efficient I thank you so much and bless ur future games🙏🏽
Wow, I'm glad this helped you out even though your much higher rated than what this video was targeted to! Bless your future games and don't forget to update me on how you progress!
Very well conceived. A 10-minute explanation with a lot of useful information. This 5 step plan is very useful and should enable one to broaden their horizons about how to look for the best move in a position. I applaud your effort here!
I’m rated as an IM but the only thing holding me back from GM was my calculations. I could do it pretty well but your explanation was so helpful. All my coaches explained it in such a complicated way with checklists and so much stuff that I realize now doesn’t matter. Thanks, man. Even as a NM, you’re helping so many reach their potential and become GMs and IMs. Will never forget this video ❤️
Playing e4 against the engine says white lost his advantage from +1.32 to +0.22 as black can continue on to play h5. Playing Ng3 was actually the better move as it anticipates h5 and just overall seems more dynamic. Of course, I'm not saying that the process is flawed, but we aren't engines and we try our best to calculate as best as we can anyway. However, black will be able to break up the center, but white compensates an eventual weaker kingside for that like you mentioned.
Thank you for your comment! You're absolutely correct in this scenario ^_^. Ng3 is better due to stopping h5 ideas but the concept in the video still stands. If one believes that h5 is more threatening than a move like d5, than Ng3 could be found to be the best move in the eyes of a human and should be played instead. This video is targeted generally to beginner/intermediates and is just one I made to help them shape their thinking as I find too many people thinking with the wrong mentality. :) Thanks again for the comment.
I was gonna go with ng3 because e4 push weakens the d4 square that's really strong for black, and also blocks in the light squared bishop and makes it pretty passive. That said, I'm 1400 so the probably a whole lot more to it. As was started, perhaps the d5 or f5 push from black is worse for white.
I recently discovered your videos and love your work ! However at 2:30, I'm not sure Qf3 is a good move is it ? Due to black playing Qc7 (supporting its c pawn): Black can play c4, we need to take with bxc4 or retreat the bishop. If we take with bxc4 then black captures back with dxc4 and opens a discovered attack + threatens the bishop If we retreat the bishop then it's a fork. Only move after Qf3 to limit damage is to exchange the e5 knight and diffuse the attack, but we eventually allow the queen to enter our queen side with at least a pawn. I noticed that move in your Colle Zukertort video (great video by the way). Is there anything I missed ? Thanks :)
You did a good job on this video, it made the subject of finding good moves and planning much more understandable. If you can, please make some more videos about planning in a chess game. You're a good teacher and it would really be helpful. Keep up the good work. Ray
Wonderful video, Sean. Do you have any book recommendations on how to organize my calculation in order to find the best candidate moves? I know Kotov wrote some, but from what I've heard, they're pretty difficult for begginers.
Thanks a lot Coach. It is very helpful. May I ask, how to calculate opponent's next move based on his ratingcorrectly? I have tried to calculate, but his move sometimes is not the same.
One really shouldn't be calculating based on opponent's rating. Try to calculate the best move and as you get better, you will start being able to see the mistakes and predict when they will come in your own games. BUT first, you must be able to spot those mistakes yourself
@@SLChessDevelopment thanks for reply. I think fkrat of all, we should have same perspective of what the calculation is. What i understand so far, calculation is the skill of predicting our moves and opponent moves many moves ahead if we make a move. Eg : if we plqy 1. Bd3 then 1....Ng5 2. c3 Qd8 3. d4 Nf8 etc such long notatiob is called calculation, the analysis of a given move. ( text move ) is that right ? Then low rating players can only predict one or two moves ahead, to make it worse, they dont include opponent moves. High ratibg players can calculate by combination, that means they think is not a single move, such as if 1. Nf3 then black pins the knight by 1. .... Bg4, it is only one single move. The question is how to become a player with good calxulation skill who can predict both moves many moves ahead ? Thanks a lot for the time Coach.
@@SLChessDevelopment The coordinates of the board, It helped me memorize the board a lot easier and memorize what attacks what a lot easier when you are moving it around
I’m not sure if this’ll help me much but I do hope I get better because I have trouble figuring out what the best move is. When people play Queen’s Gambit, Sicilian, or other openings, I’m completely lost. At first I’ll know what to do but once my opponent makes a random move, I end up getting lost because I don’t know what the best move is.
This was very helpful to me, I am a 1700 on lichess and I have only been useing common sense and useing the thinking process of checks, captures, attacks, and applieing that to my oppents moves to find out what there plan is and useing that thinking process to find my best moves however, now I know why I am getting inaccuracies for some devolving moves. This is very helpful and thank you for making this video I am going to applie this to my orinal though process to improve my play. Thank you.
Study the endgame. It will be much more efficient and best use of your time. Don't listen to people who tell you to do only tactics. Yeah tactics are certainly important and certainly have to be second or third in priority. The first should be the endgames. Chess is 99% analysis and calculation and endgames is the best way to do. And this is not even something I discovered. It's been this way since ages until 1950. It's only that once chess become commercialised that openings and tactics were given more priority. Also learning endgames isn't just about memorising how to win from a certain position. It's about developing skills. Winning from the position is a added bonus.
@@SLChessDevelopment you know what’s actually really funny, so I’m playing a bot rn which is rated like 2450 just for fun and I just drew with him, we were literally equal in material. I think it had to do with me watching this video.
I realised i was focusing too much on what my pieces are doing and not looking at my opponents pieces when im making a plan. The positions change each turn so the fist thing i ask myself every move, is what is my opponent is doing. Im a beginner and my goal now is 1000.
Thank you for the content, actually kind of helping, but I have some questions, how do we manage the calculation wisely and precisely? sometimes we can't see the best move like blind or something, and also to know what's the opponents planing for?
No one expects you to find the best move in every given position, especially if you are just starting out. What people can expect of you though is to analyze your games after you play them and figure out where your blind spots are after the fact. That way you can make sure you don't miss the same ideas in the future!
@@SLChessDevelopment Appreciate the answers, but is there a special training method so that we quickly master the game easily? so as not to be blundered each time we make a move? Thank you..
@@hudaman9451 like most things, it takes time and practice. The more you rush the more you’ll get frustrated and not do well. Take each mistake as a lesson and you’ll see improvement in no time
@@SLChessDevelopment :) I'll do it... Btw I learned chess about couple months ago and I love this game a lot.. I try to improve my chess skills at home need some tips and guidance, it's nice that I find some content like this, that's helping me, thank you
No. Remember, you don’t move pieces just to do a tactic. You move pieces to follow your strategy. Qa4 moves your queen to the wrong side of the board. You want to focus your pieces to the side you are attacking, especially at the intermediate levels.
At 3:53, would pawn to f3 be a possible move? It would give us the chance to activate our rook. Or is it just a matter of there being better moves on the board?
10:50 what about Bxc6 then e4. White's light squared bishop is not that good and exchanging it with the knight which might potentially land on D4 in the future looks good. Any titled players please help me clear this confusion.🥺
The evalution is 1.07 with the initial position (Stockfish 16, depth 35). - Without white's light squared bishop the evalution is -4.13 and without black's knight it is 5.52. So, in this position the bishop is worth 1.07 + 4.13 = 5.2 and the knight 5.52 - 1.07 = 4.45. Thus, bishop is knight + 0.75. - Another way of looking at it is that if we remove both pieces from the position, the evaluation is 0.4, so the bishop's value is knight + (1.07 - 0.4) = knight + 0.67. Seems like the bishop is not that bad after all. I guess it's on a good diagonal and there isn't a weak color complex (4 pawns on dark squares and 4 pawns on white squares). As far as I know, a weak color complex occurs when a player's pawns are all located on squares of the same color and the opponent's bishop is also of that color. Black's knight is more passive and both players' pawns restrict its advancement towards the white camp. If you play out the moves you suggested, the engine recommends h5 for black. Now, if white takes the h5 pawn, white will end up with doubled pawns in front of the king. White's h5 pawn will be unprotected and the h3 pawn is the target of black's queen-bishop battery, so white will have to focus on saving those pawns or just lose them altogether. And if white doesn't take black's h5 pawn, white will still lose the pawns. However, if white plays the best move, Ng3 instead of Bxc6, black's h5 move will be discarded according to the computer (it becomes something like the eighth suggestion). I'm just a beginner so take it with a grain of salt though
Dear brother, Pls can you make a video that is explaining this topic: 1. How to activate your pieces in the Correct square and 2. How to coordinate your pieces properly, to attack your opponent. Thanks Your boy here, Boy
Ng3 is by far the stronger move of these candidates. White struggles for equality after e4?, since he can't accomplish his main pawn break on f4. Speaking of which, the immediate f4 would be the first candidate move I'd look at, and it is very strong. Stockfish 16 slightly prefers Ng3 at depth 40, but f4 is only a hair behind. F4 is also easy to calculate OTB, since it forces a response, so that's my pick for the aggressive option.
I don't understand. You said black had 3 threats (d5, f5 and h5), but then after you looked at the move pawn to e4, you started talking about how it addresses both of black's threats (d5 and f5) but you completely ignored the third threat (h5). Why?
That’s a great question! I suppose I completely forgot about that threat :P the reason I didn’t address it is because it’s a much lesser threat than the other two in terms of counterplay. If you really wanted to, pushing the pawn would be perfectly fine and black will still have huge problems with the double pawns. Hopefullt that clears things up. Have a great day!!
I didn't like e4 8:58 as then the opponent could strike with h5, what would you have done then or is that something your not concerned about in the position?
I prefer f4 over e4 (which weakens d4 and creates an outpost for their knight.) F4 is backed up by Rook, Knight and Bishop, as well. Good steps. I combined 4&5 when I wrote them down.
For those who are beginning to understand the basics of the games and are trying to get to the next level! It's different for everyone so it's hard to pinpoint exact elo levels
P.s Also I really liked how you pointed out looking past the ABC's of chess once we get to a certain level of play. I'm guilty of being too rigid with that myself 🙄
I dont know if i should feel guilty watching this when i just hit 2200 rapid (lichess) today... i still dont know how to play properly, but that has been the case with many of my opponents as well Awesome vid anyway, thanks
@@jeremythomas4744 If you haven't already, study the endgame. It's the most efficient use of your time. Now I don't know if you know but learning the endgame is not just about memorising how to win from a position. It's about developing skills. Mainly analysis and calculation which are the main skills in chess at any level. The reason endgames help do this is because there are less pieces making the goals clear. Like for example if it's a king and pawn vs King endgame, it's clear for both sides that the pawn needs to promote and the other side needs to stop it from promoting. Once the goals are clear people can focus on developing more important skills. The problem with starting with openings and middlegame is that there are many pieces making it very unclear what to do. Obviously an experienced player will make reasonable moves which might turn out to be the best but it's a consequence of good analysis and accurate calculation. Without analysis he can't find the right candidate moves and without calculation he won't know if it's indeed playable. But for anyone else doing it is useless. Most grandmasters study the endgame before going into a tournament to refresh their calculation and analysis.
@@SLChessDevelopment @SL Chess Development Oh okay cause my idea was nc3 idea of not allowing d5 and hoping to d5. in then we also ideas of e4 killing the dark squared bishop.But also if nc3 mby he jus has f5 im not sure. Im 1600 so im not very strong but am kean to become better
Hey everyone, tell me in the comments below if this video helped you become a better chess player!!!
Also, if anyone can tell me how many times I actually say the word "position" in this video, that would be amazing X_x....
@@SLChessDevelopment I counted 13 times!
@@burpie3258 oh no, someone actually did it :P
Another absolute gem from SL chess development! As an intermediate player I know this stuff already but if I were requested to coach it to someone I would be at a loss. On the other hand the methodological approach which you employed in this video offers the perfect to explanation for a coach to a student.
This is what I summarized and understood from the video, tell me if I missed or misunderstood something:
1. Find between 5-7 candidate moves. A candidate move is a move that helps you carry out your plan. Basically, it is neither a mistake nor a blunder but a move that makes sense in your position.
2. Delete any moves that do not follow a particular plan or which follow a bad plan. In this regard it is also important not to robotically follow the ABC's of chess but develop pieces in accordance to the plan of the opening or position that you are responding to.
3. Calculate. In this regard what are the immediate threats we are responding to. When calculating , don't simply do a move and hope and pray that our opponent wont see it. Lastly, try to select a move which has the most utility in that it responds to curbing multiple threats our opponent has. Threats are essentially: Can his pieces reach mine?
I'm sure in certain cases you can not only respond to a threat but simultaneously make a counter- attack?
4. Decide to make a move.
5. Make the move!
One thing I noticed which I hope you don't mind me mentioning, hope you don't as he's a twitch streamer and not a UA-camr, is how well this video compliments Johnathan Corbblah's four rules in the calculating section of the video (Like salt and pepper).
These are: CCCTTT
C- Checks
C- Captures
C- Checkmates
T- Tactics
(Pins, forks, skewers, discoveries, overloads, batteries, removing the guard, and attraction e.g. see a check and how you can make the check better...)
T- Tempo
T- Threats
@@SLChessDevelopment people are very very bored these days!!!
5 step process to find the best move:
1. find 5 - 7 candidate moves in any give position
2. remove 2 of 5 candidate moves that you think it is dont do anything or not according to the plan
3. calculate, it is not the way to calculate random possibilities that makes you don't think the move of the opponent's threats move ( is you see one bad variation of a candidate move, move on to the next candidate, don't hope your oppone dont know it
choose the one candidate move that opponent moves can both counter it but your one candidate move can effectivelly ecounter
4. make a decision
I’m on the brink of 2000 and my calculation was something that significantly held me back from the 2000 level so your consise explanation was incredibly efficient I thank you so much and bless ur future games🙏🏽
Wow, I'm glad this helped you out even though your much higher rated than what this video was targeted to!
Bless your future games and don't forget to update me on how you progress!
what is your rating now?
That is soo good. Finally someone who breaks down the thought process. Not just showing random games, flexibel his calculation skills.
haha thanks
Thought he was a chess bum but he’s a master
Hahahaha
I'm a chess bum
Very Good tutorial i finally went to 2250 now
I was 2078 and calculations held me thanks ❤
Very well conceived. A 10-minute explanation with a lot of useful information. This 5 step plan is very useful and should enable one to broaden their horizons about how to look for the best move in a position. I applaud your effort here!
Thanks!
4:41 thank you so much man I need that advice. Great and helpful video🙌🏽
you're welcome!
You sir are very goated with the sauce, thank you
Thanks sir
Thank you very much SL chess development and I have an international chess tournament today so it helps me so much. Thank you so much again
NO problem!
yea i think it does help, gives another look at how i should calculate.
:)
Great video
I’m rated as an IM but the only thing holding me back from GM was my calculations. I could do it pretty well but your explanation was so helpful. All my coaches explained it in such a complicated way with checklists and so much stuff that I realize now doesn’t matter. Thanks, man. Even as a NM, you’re helping so many reach their potential and become GMs and IMs. Will never forget this video ❤️
Hahaha, I don't know how my videos would be helping out at your level but I'm thankful for such a great comment!
Is IM international master and GM grandmaster?
@@BloonPlays Yep, and NM is national master in case you’re wondering 😉
@@BloonPlays Yes
When you guess it correctly be like:
5th step sounds incredibly difficult but with practice hopefully i can do it effortlessly
LOOOL
Playing e4 against the engine says white lost his advantage from +1.32 to +0.22 as black can continue on to play h5. Playing Ng3 was actually the better move as it anticipates h5 and just overall seems more dynamic. Of course, I'm not saying that the process is flawed, but we aren't engines and we try our best to calculate as best as we can anyway. However, black will be able to break up the center, but white compensates an eventual weaker kingside for that like you mentioned.
Thank you for your comment! You're absolutely correct in this scenario ^_^. Ng3 is better due to stopping h5 ideas but the concept in the video still stands. If one believes that h5 is more threatening than a move like d5, than Ng3 could be found to be the best move in the eyes of a human and should be played instead. This video is targeted generally to beginner/intermediates and is just one I made to help them shape their thinking as I find too many people thinking with the wrong mentality. :) Thanks again for the comment.
@@SLChessDevelopment Perhaps a video for each skill level might've been better because I do agree with your points. I'm ajl721 on chess.com BTW.
I was gonna go with ng3 because e4 push weakens the d4 square that's really strong for black, and also blocks in the light squared bishop and makes it pretty passive. That said, I'm 1400 so the probably a whole lot more to it. As was started, perhaps the d5 or f5 push from black is worse for white.
I recently discovered your videos and love your work !
However at 2:30, I'm not sure Qf3 is a good move is it ? Due to black playing Qc7 (supporting its c pawn):
Black can play c4, we need to take with bxc4 or retreat the bishop.
If we take with bxc4 then black captures back with dxc4 and opens a discovered attack + threatens the bishop
If we retreat the bishop then it's a fork.
Only move after Qf3 to limit damage is to exchange the e5 knight and diffuse the attack, but we eventually allow the queen to enter our queen side with at least a pawn.
I noticed that move in your Colle Zukertort video (great video by the way). Is there anything I missed ?
Thanks :)
You did a good job on this video, it made the subject of finding good moves and planning much more understandable. If you can, please make some more videos about planning in a chess game. You're a good teacher and it would really be helpful. Keep up the good work. Ray
Ray thank you so much! If you have any questions, make sure to ask!
Perhaps off-topic but I adore the cartoon song in your intro
Hahah
Wonderful video, Sean. Do you have any book recommendations on how to organize my calculation in order to find the best candidate moves? I know Kotov wrote some, but from what I've heard, they're pretty difficult for begginers.
You are right bro. Thank.
My game improved a lot and even beat the computer. 😂😂😂
5-7 candidate moves seems a lot.
If you have a plan, usually 2 or 3 seems enough.
Depends on how confident you are in your moves! For beginners, I often recommend more as some candidate moves might often just be huge blunders!
This is great! I already self taught myself the basics of this technique, bit this deepened it further.
Same, good video
Very helpful! Thank you - much appreciated.
:)
You should put your elo in the description as well!
I watch chess videos for years now and never got recommended this channel till today but this is a great video
Dont wait for recommendations. Search and scroll through the video lists on the sidebar or your main youtube page
Well explained thank you so much
You are welcome!
This is helpful because i always make inaccuracy moves Thank you🎉🎉❤
Thanks a lot Coach. It is very helpful. May I ask, how to calculate opponent's next move based on his ratingcorrectly? I have tried to calculate, but his move sometimes is not the same.
One really shouldn't be calculating based on opponent's rating. Try to calculate the best move and as you get better, you will start being able to see the mistakes and predict when they will come in your own games. BUT first, you must be able to spot those mistakes yourself
@@SLChessDevelopment thanks for reply. I think fkrat of all, we should have same perspective of what the calculation is. What i understand so far, calculation is the skill of predicting our moves and opponent moves many moves ahead if we make a move. Eg : if we plqy 1. Bd3 then 1....Ng5 2. c3 Qd8 3. d4 Nf8 etc such long notatiob is called calculation, the analysis of a given move. ( text move ) is that right ?
Then low rating players can only predict one or two moves ahead, to make it worse, they dont include opponent moves. High ratibg players can calculate by combination, that means they think is not a single move, such as if 1. Nf3 then black pins the knight by 1. .... Bg4, it is only one single move.
The question is how to become a player with good calxulation skill who can predict both moves many moves ahead ? Thanks a lot for the time Coach.
Thanks for nice video.
thanks!
Informative content. Thanks
this is an underrated channel.
Thanks
We can make our tactics strong by solving them online , but how to make strong the strategies and plans in chess ? Btw Thanks for video
Thanks a lot. Amazing vedio
Thank u
This helped greatly thank you so very much 👍
You are welcome!
@@SLChessDevelopment I have given it a go and I’ve got a 15 game win streak 🤩
@@memessavelifes4561 NICE!
Also gotta recommend memorizing the squares makes calculating a lot easier
What do you mean memorizing the squares ?
@@SLChessDevelopment The coordinates of the board, It helped me memorize the board a lot easier and memorize what attacks what a lot easier when you are moving it around
@@Nick2014B ah, I see!
Yeah, by then, you'll be able to do that thing GMs love to do; looking into the sky and somehow evaluate 35 moves ahead.
@@mikejameson7678 Hahaha
I’m not sure if this’ll help me much but I do hope I get better because I have trouble figuring out what the best move is. When people play Queen’s Gambit, Sicilian, or other openings, I’m completely lost. At first I’ll know what to do but once my opponent makes a random move, I end up getting lost because I don’t know what the best move is.
Thank u!😊
You’re welcome!!
This was very helpful to me, I am a 1700 on lichess and I have only been useing common sense and useing the thinking process of checks, captures, attacks, and applieing that to my oppents moves to find out what there plan is and useing that thinking process to find my best moves however, now I know why I am getting inaccuracies for some devolving moves. This is very helpful and thank you for making this video I am going to applie this to my orinal though process to improve my play. Thank you.
Study the endgame. It will be much more efficient and best use of your time. Don't listen to people who tell you to do only tactics. Yeah tactics are certainly important and certainly have to be second or third in priority. The first should be the endgames. Chess is 99% analysis and calculation and endgames is the best way to do. And this is not even something I discovered. It's been this way since ages until 1950. It's only that once chess become commercialised that openings and tactics were given more priority. Also learning endgames isn't just about memorising how to win from a certain position. It's about developing skills. Winning from the position is a added bonus.
@@achyuththouta6957 Yes that is very true 😃👍
Actually a really well done video, this will definitely help me!
I’m glad
@@SLChessDevelopment you know what’s actually really funny, so I’m playing a bot rn which is rated like 2450 just for fun and I just drew with him, we were literally equal in material. I think it had to do with me watching this video.
@@supspud9567 you give me too much credit haha! It was all you :) and the video helped a little
@@SLChessDevelopment haha
Wow this was very concise and helpful, thank you
You''re welcome!
EXCELLENT VIDEO
Thanksss
Do you think you could do a video on how to analyze your own games properly?
I realised i was focusing too much on what my pieces are doing and not looking at my opponents pieces when im making a plan. The positions change each turn so the fist thing i ask myself every move, is what is my opponent is doing. Im a beginner and my goal now is 1000.
I hope you reach there
Why wasn't f4 a candidate worth considering? It strengthens a king side attack and can put pressure on his bishop.
This is awesome
Thank you! Wonderful video
Anytime
Good video, who is the highest rated chess player you have played?
I’ve played many Gms in real matches. Haven’t won a single one haha
@@SLChessDevelopment lol
@@ΓεωργιοςΚΛΑΝΟΒΑΣΙΛΟΚΑΝΕΛΟΠΟΥΛΙ haha
Just ask Hans, it’s simple!
Step 1: Lose all self-respect & integrity.
Step 2: Buy remotely operated pulsating device
Step 3: Lube anus. Insert device nice n’ deep like
Step 4: Channel inner wisdom from Cockfish
LOL
I loved this!
Loved to hear this!
Amazing video
It helped me a lot
You're welcome!
Thank you for the content, actually kind of helping, but I have some questions, how do we manage the calculation wisely and precisely? sometimes we can't see the best move like blind or something, and also to know what's the opponents planing for?
No one expects you to find the best move in every given position, especially if you are just starting out. What people can expect of you though is to analyze your games after you play them and figure out where your blind spots are after the fact. That way you can make sure you don't miss the same ideas in the future!
@@SLChessDevelopment Appreciate the answers, but is there a special training method so that we quickly master the game easily? so as not to be blundered each time we make a move? Thank you..
@@hudaman9451 like most things, it takes time and practice. The more you rush the more you’ll get frustrated and not do well. Take each mistake as a lesson and you’ll see improvement in no time
@@SLChessDevelopment :) I'll do it... Btw I learned chess about couple months ago and I love this game a lot.. I try to improve my chess skills at home need some tips and guidance, it's nice that I find some content like this, that's helping me, thank you
@@hudaman9451 Anytime!
At 3:32, would Qa4 be a good move, for it pins the knight to the queen? And if b5, then Qxb5?
No. Remember, you don’t move pieces just to do a tactic. You move pieces to follow your strategy. Qa4 moves your queen to the wrong side of the board.
You want to focus your pieces to the side you are attacking, especially at the intermediate levels.
An excellent video! Thanks!
You're Welcome!
Explain candidates move please make a one video on candidates move
At 3:53, would pawn to f3 be a possible move? It would give us the chance to activate our rook. Or is it just a matter of there being better moves on the board?
F3 kind of doesn’t do anything in the position as it blocks your bishop and doesn’t really activate your rook
@@SLChessDevelopment what about bh6
thx a lot!!!
You're welcome!
Great tips bro
At 9:26, is Bxc6 followed by e4 a good sequence?
Thank you so much man
Of course! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask!
thank you bro
10:50 what about Bxc6 then e4. White's light squared bishop is not that good and exchanging it with the knight which might potentially land on D4 in the future looks good. Any titled players please help me clear this confusion.🥺
The evalution is 1.07 with the initial position (Stockfish 16, depth 35).
- Without white's light squared bishop the evalution is -4.13 and without black's knight it is 5.52. So, in this position the bishop is worth 1.07 + 4.13 = 5.2 and the knight 5.52 - 1.07 = 4.45. Thus, bishop is knight + 0.75.
- Another way of looking at it is that if we remove both pieces from the position, the evaluation is 0.4, so the bishop's value is knight + (1.07 - 0.4) = knight + 0.67.
Seems like the bishop is not that bad after all. I guess it's on a good diagonal and there isn't a weak color complex (4 pawns on dark squares and 4 pawns on white squares). As far as I know, a weak color complex occurs when a player's pawns are all located on squares of the same color and the opponent's bishop is also of that color. Black's knight is more passive and both players' pawns restrict its advancement towards the white camp.
If you play out the moves you suggested, the engine recommends h5 for black. Now, if white takes the h5 pawn, white will end up with doubled pawns in front of the king. White's h5 pawn will be unprotected and the h3 pawn is the target of black's queen-bishop battery, so white will have to focus on saving those pawns or just lose them altogether.
And if white doesn't take black's h5 pawn, white will still lose the pawns. However, if white plays the best move, Ng3 instead of Bxc6, black's h5 move will be discarded according to the computer (it becomes something like the eighth suggestion).
I'm just a beginner so take it with a grain of salt though
Dear brother,
Pls can you make a video that is explaining this topic:
1. How to activate your pieces in the Correct square
and 2. How to coordinate your pieces properly, to attack your opponent.
Thanks
Your boy here,
Boy
1. Candidate moves
2. Delete candidate move
3. Calculate
4. Decision make
and 5. Make the move
Answer to #1 is finding candidates and choosing the right move. If you do #1 correctly, then it answers your #2
What about Bxc6 then e4? You get rid of your bad bishop this way.
3:16 I think the best move is Queen a4
Thanks bro
You’re welcome
3:42 what about f4?
thank you!
Two things are lacking: blunder/error check and studying or reviewing the position during our opponent's thinking time
Ng3 is by far the stronger move of these candidates. White struggles for equality after e4?, since he can't accomplish his main pawn break on f4. Speaking of which, the immediate f4 would be the first candidate move I'd look at, and it is very strong. Stockfish 16 slightly prefers Ng3 at depth 40, but f4 is only a hair behind. F4 is also easy to calculate OTB, since it forces a response, so that's my pick for the aggressive option.
That said, this is still a useful video, since it gets people thinking about plans, even if I disagree with your assessment of the position.
1. 5-7 candidate move
Ur so good I wanna be as good as u POGGERS
Thanks haha
If only Chess was that simple m8.
7:00 pawn d4 then if he acept the pawn take the pawn then move the knight ,fork
There is no effective fork. He has defenders (knight and black bishop)
3:37 g2 to 4e
Bishop e4?
I don't understand. You said black had 3 threats (d5, f5 and h5), but then after you looked at the move pawn to e4, you started talking about how it addresses both of black's threats (d5 and f5) but you completely ignored the third threat (h5). Why?
That’s a great question! I suppose I completely forgot about that threat :P the reason I didn’t address it is because it’s a much lesser threat than the other two in terms of counterplay. If you really wanted to, pushing the pawn would be perfectly fine and black will still have huge problems with the double pawns. Hopefullt that clears things up. Have a great day!!
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@@matthewyu4379 don’t like the sound of that :(
@@matthewyu4379 are you doing better?
hello Mr sean
nooo
All this for one move?
That's how you gotta do it
I didn't like e4 8:58 as then the opponent could strike with h5, what would you have done then or is that something your not concerned about in the position?
H5 is met with knight takes h5
@@djenzo240gamer6 knight takes h5? what knight
I prefer f4 over e4 (which weakens d4 and creates an outpost for their knight.) F4 is backed up by Rook, Knight and Bishop, as well. Good steps. I combined 4&5 when I wrote them down.
G4?
the volume could be better.. And also a little slower for non native english speakers....
krishradio1 will try to do so in the future!
if you go to settings you can set the speed to x.75 or x.5 to slow it down
Why would you go knight g3 it would block the rook in the future
The knight could attack or defend on g3
Yes and in the position f4 was possible
Definitely
I think that you only made sense to yourself. Nothing was learned
:(
ive heard of 3 candidate moves never 5- jeez
@SL Chess Development What elo audience would you consider this video targeted towards?
For those who are beginning to understand the basics of the games and are trying to get to the next level! It's different for everyone so it's hard to pinpoint exact elo levels
P.s Also I really liked how you pointed out looking past the ABC's of chess once we get to a certain level of play. I'm guilty of being too rigid with that myself 🙄
@@calebvidrine5407 :) Once you learn how to break the rules, that is when you truly ascend
I dont know if i should feel guilty watching this when i just hit 2200 rapid (lichess) today... i still dont know how to play properly, but that has been the case with many of my opponents as well
Awesome vid anyway, thanks
Why should you feel guilty?
I dont know, i just feel like i couldve played the game better. Anyway it isnt too late to learn
@@jeremythomas4744 If you haven't already, study the endgame. It's the most efficient use of your time. Now I don't know if you know but learning the endgame is not just about memorising how to win from a position. It's about developing skills. Mainly analysis and calculation which are the main skills in chess at any level. The reason endgames help do this is because there are less pieces making the goals clear. Like for example if it's a king and pawn vs King endgame, it's clear for both sides that the pawn needs to promote and the other side needs to stop it from promoting. Once the goals are clear people can focus on developing more important skills. The problem with starting with openings and middlegame is that there are many pieces making it very unclear what to do. Obviously an experienced player will make reasonable moves which might turn out to be the best but it's a consequence of good analysis and accurate calculation. Without analysis he can't find the right candidate moves and without calculation he won't know if it's indeed playable. But for anyone else doing it is useless. Most grandmasters study the endgame before going into a tournament to refresh their calculation and analysis.
I thought mabey Nc3?
Though Nc3 is an okay developing move, g4 is a much more essential move in the moment due to the reasons mentioned in the video
@@SLChessDevelopment @SL Chess Development Oh okay cause my idea was nc3 idea of not allowing d5 and hoping to d5. in then we also ideas of e4 killing the dark squared bishop.But also if nc3 mby he jus has f5 im not sure. Im 1600 so im not very strong but am kean to become better
kinda clickbait to put magnus in the thumbnail
lol
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Where are you bro? We need more lessons.
It's been busy, I hope to get back soon!
I hate chesss...
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4 and 5 step are useless advice.