Always scan the board for vulnerabilities, watch out for pins, look for forks and pins yourself, and try to push pawns to promote, pushing pawns always puts pressure on your opponent and forces them to focus on blocking the pawn.
0:43 Break open the Centah 1:39 Pawn Storm hiz az 2:55 Trade Up: your weak piece for his strong piece 3:45 Create a Battery 🔋 on open and 1/2 open files 4:47 Create a Diagonal Battery 🔋 6:04 Rook Lift 7:14 Knight Outpost 8:20 Weakness stack attack 9:20 Prophylaxis: Eliminate weaknesses before opponent can attack 10:50 Crystalize enemy piece
I think that’s because he was an average player who became an excellent player by virtue of his diligent study and efforts to understand the nuances of the game. He motivates me to improve!
Man I am in love with this video. I’ve been playing chess since I was 10, I’m 25 now. I’m fallling back in love with the game again. I’ve came to a stalemate and an awkward stage at this point because I never developed my game after the opening. And it was super frustrating because I wanted to get better and better develop my game. I finally stopped being stubborn and ended up going to UA-cam and man am I in awe. Much love from Chicago my man
1 break open the centre 2 attack opponent's king with a pawns 3 trade your weak pieces for opponent's stronger ones 4 create a battery on a half-open or open file 5 create a battery on a long diagonal 6 rook lift 7 relocate a knight for an outpost 8 locate opponent's weaknesses 9 eliminate weaknesses before get attacked 10 make opponent's pieces innefective
One thing I'd like to add about pawn storms is that there often isn't enough time to storm with multiple pawns, often it's better to just storm the h or the g pawn alone and sacing it for open files / diagonals
Just discovered your videos and appreciate the attention to detail and thought you put into each. For example, you adjust the videos to incorporate various opening lines to accommodate different playing styles or analyze hundreds of intermediate-level games then provide thereby providing an analysis that's substantiated and credible.
Really an amazing video! There are more videos on how to make a plan but no single one except this one clearly structures a number of plans to consider. You did an amazing job structuring that!
That was a great lesson. Even though I knew about most of these strategies, I still feel I learned something from this video. And now I have a handy checklist to decide what plan to go ahead with in a game. Thanks a lot.
Nelson, one of your best. I have a chess coach, and he’s great. And this is what such chess coaches do but you’re not charging us all 40 or more usd per hour. Well done and thanks!
Most of the chess videos I have watched were game analysis. Very few chess videos discuss games plans. I can say that this video will be helpful to many who are trying to improve their Chess skills. Thanks for the video.
This was an excellent video! I would love to see more about these early middle game (right after the opening) plans and how to execute them. (Like show more examples of these plans in action, in scenarios when they work, and show when they don't work/are not applicable). Thank you very much, NM Nelson!
Honestly NM Lopez is a fantastic instructor. His videos need to be considered standards for chess education. Clear, concise, and easily digestible education to even the worst patzers like myself. Thank you for the rating points Nelson!
a great book on this is 'how to reassess your chess' which teaches you to identify the in the position and make them work for you. you have a bishop and they have a knight? exchange pawns to open up the position. they have attacking chances but you have better pawn structure? try to exchange off pieces, play defensively, and make it to the endgame. etc
Thanks! Hopefully we could have some sort of remake from older videos, since most of new subscribers would hardly click on some 1-2 years old uploads. Keep up the good work!
This guy is great! He tells you the principle or the concept, gives an example and moves on. I've filled an entire page with notes derived from his videos. Maybe other learners are different, but I don't get that much out of Rosen's or Levi's commentary of the games they present. Hanging Pawns is good too but sometimes too lengthy for me.
One of the most helpful exercises that I've seen in 20 years. I am probably rated around 2,000 but found this tremendous to bring those thoughts into the front of my mind as I play
@@rohanpatel3476 2000 isn't a master just an expert. Lowest master level is 2200 at that point you can get the National Master Title or Candidate Master Title depending on where you live.
Thanks man. I’m very happy to have stumbled upon your channel. Your lessons are so accessible and easy to understand for lower ranked players (like myself!) and yet the info is expert level. Thanks heaps.
I have a bad habit of just playing what feels right without coming up with a plan first - or worse, making up a plan for the purpose of justifying the move I want to do. That's backwards; make the plan, then decide on the move. Something that's helped me with my chess is to play correspondence games (or whatever they're called when there's no turn time limit, or the time limit is days instead of minutes) and make a word document keeping track of the moves. After every move my opponent makes, I write down why I think they made that move, what I notice about the position, and why I'm choosing the move I'm choosing. It takes time, but it forces me to stop just playing arbitrary "this feels right" kinds of moves. Great video as always! (And thanks for reading my long-winded tangents.)
@@ChessVibesOfficial dosent chess come down to caus and effect? And since eatch piece has a limited range of moves, there is no need knowing every possible combination of moves that will never be played during a set, since other pieces ol the bord is taking up space, and futher a piece realy has 3 options of play :attack, hold or defend. One could argu that beeing taken is a fourth. Is it not then better to play the what if game and play fast games to cycle trough more scenarios? After all if you play the same opening options are reduced as game goes on.
You ry have a way of getting to the core of what lower rated playsrs need to know . This was incredibly helpful. I have watched umteen number of chess channels aimed at sub 1600 elo players and have rary come across a channel like yours that explains thigs in a simple straight forward way and offers the info we actually want and need to know. I think a lot of channels dont realise some info needs bt explained and made aware without making the assumption that the info is a given and that we already know such things. Keep it up you should have a great following in no time. Also you should get patreon or something. I am sure a lot of people appreciate what you are doing and would slip you a few bucks here n there for your efforts.
Thanks a lot Darryl for the kind words. I did add PayPal link in the description of the videos and I have channel memberships as another option to support, but will look into Patreon also. Appreciate the feedback!
Found this really useful. The tips "break open the centre" and "eliminate dangers" are incredibly useful. The trade off thing is also good. For filling the "what the hell do I do now?....its a good thing for us average players to focus on. The "battery" thing is what Napoleon would have called "concentrated force at the decisive point. On a 12 game winning streak online. Partly with the help of this channel. Was a TERRIBLE player for a long time.
@@devanarayanababu1996 thanks. I find I CAN beat higher rated players on a regular basis. Still make rookie mistakes. But. I immediately see them lol. Working to eliminate them.
Excellent explanation about these plans. What I particularly liked about it is that you didn't bog the viewer down with too many details. I'm sure your intent was for this to be a quick, cursory overview of potential plans and that's exactly what you did. You kept with the script. Oftentimes, the master gets too specific when he is really just trying to make a general point. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for the lecture master Nelson. I particularly apply all these things almost in every game i play but still have difficulties on defending.
Very good. Instructive and step by step. I have been watching many videos of other well known chess UA-camrs, but your videos give the foundation that they lack in their videos. Thank you
Dude you are amazing. Before watching your videos, at a position like the one at 12:30, as black, at best I would’ve noticed the unprotected c4 pawn but apart from that I would have had very little idea to progress beyond looking for blunders etc. Now, thanks to you I learnt to also look for the backward pawn at b2, I learnt not to just look at the pieces but at the squares as well, I learnt about outposts and am considering maybe b3 square could be a good outpost for my knight perhaps protected by a bishop at e6 square. Maybe none of these ideas would actually do any good, but even then at least I learnt the look at such possibilities in the middlegame where before I would have no idea what to do. Can’t thank you enough man, you and your content is amazing!!!
Hey if you are reading this, there is a mistake at 8:18 if you move the horse to a5 the bishop at g5 will take the pawn and gets a better position make it much more aggressive
Wow ¡ Finally, some powerful and practical advice for the middle game, which is usually covered with a lot of mystery by chess coaches. Many thanks, Nelson ¡¡
What you showcased in 10 is also a common plan in the Bogo-Indian Defense, something I may try at some point. The idea behind one of the common lines is play a5, exchange your dark square bishop for the knight and put all your pawns on dark squares (usually you play d6, e5 and b6 in that too). It kinda leads to some sort of a positional center game. However, it is kinda out of my comfort zone for the time being. Nevertheless, I do think it's a good plan.
Nelson, You are so good at teaching that I share your Ch. more often and with a larger group of people than any other Chess Creator. This includes Members of my Chess Club as well, "Coos Bay, Oregon Chess Club". Thanks for such outstanding style man. Blessings your way with a huge thumbs up every single night! SHARED & SHARED AGAIN.
I really like when you tell us to pause the video and try and figure out the best move That really exercises the brain n helps us improve in our game Thank you for that! 🙂
This is the area of my game I think is the weakest. Of course at my level all areas are weak. But if I had to pick one where I truly felt overwhelmed it's the middlegame. And this video has given me some clarity on how to proceed. Every video I watch of yours, doesn't solve my particular problem, but it most definitely give me a solid direction plan of what to do moving forward. Once again keep up the amazing work!!!
8:00 why instead of hopping the knight around we don't trade off black's knight, if they capture by the queen, play a prfilactic a3 and hop our knight on the outpost. And if they capture by their other knight, then we think about the route for our f3 knight to the outpost?
2:18, i have a question at this time stamp, black is not forced to recapture with the h pawn as he can capture with an f pawn, so if he does capture with the f pawn, how will you break through and attack the king especially when so many pieces can come into the rescue?
Btw the battery on the open file (in my opinion) is a bit better than the diagonal, because you can pile on more pressure on a target, but for a diagonal, it can only have 2 pieces (Q+B), and is generally harder to attack the target with other pieces as the target is often far away from the battery.
@@ChessVibesOfficial i am watching your all videos ..they are simple and useful.. and your voice is very clear... keep your work on youtube never give up...good luck❤️👊
at 11:11 I've seen this knight-bishop trade in English opening often, but I don't know why they take with the D-pawn instead of with the B-pawn - that contradicts one of the main principles to take with pawn toward the center. But when shown in a video like this usually the subject is different and so I've never heard why it's accepted. Does anyone know?
i think few more could be added-- 1) Provoke ur opponent by placing ur piece- preferably a minor piece in opponent's territory, 2) Maximise ur activity by inducing mobility, flexibility (to ur Queen along 3rd/6th rank with no pawns on that rank), better piece co-ordination among ur piece (by maintaining connectivity between them from defensive perspective & aiming for common target for attacking purpose), penetration (by inducing ur attacking piece in opponent's territory), multiple Roles (capture with attack, develpement with capture, capture with check etc), multiple targets, 3) restrict opponent's activity (either controlling a square with ur pawn/piece or by inducing tactics).
I'm finding myself watching more and more of your content, it is awesome! Really helping elevate me from beginner ranks, easy to understand and on the money - please keep it up! Do you offer coaching?
So I'm nowhere even close to being good at chess yet, but I already know my middle game is where I suffer most. I especially tend to fall victim to the last one mentioned ( where I have ineffective pieces like the bishop that can't move to a lot of squares ) . Hopefully I've learned something and this helps me develop a bit better strategy here. BTW, I'm now subscribed to your videos. Very informative.
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I sure am :)
Definitely not anymore!
My elo has become lesser!
Thank you so much!!
2:30 That's actually not yet mate.
@@UhmActually. Congrats! :D
“ Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine “ Rudolf Spielmann
Right on 👍
"I forget everything when I start playing"- Me
@@santanu7849 gotta relax
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@@Tasklizando He is known to, yes.
"The opening Is over, what do i do now?"
I usually just lose
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Always scan the board for vulnerabilities, watch out for pins, look for forks and pins yourself, and try to push pawns to promote, pushing pawns always puts pressure on your opponent and forces them to focus on blocking the pawn.
0:43 Break open the Centah
1:39 Pawn Storm hiz az
2:55 Trade Up: your weak piece for his strong piece
3:45 Create a Battery 🔋 on open and 1/2 open files
4:47 Create a Diagonal Battery 🔋
6:04 Rook Lift
7:14 Knight Outpost
8:20 Weakness stack attack
9:20 Prophylaxis: Eliminate weaknesses before opponent can attack
10:50 Crystalize enemy piece
Pawn storm "hizaz" 😂👏🏻
...his az...pffft
I like that he knows how the average player thinks and explains chess concepts so we get the point rather than trying to memorize them
TOTALLY!!! He's so great at that!
I think that’s because he was an average player who became an excellent player by virtue of his diligent study and efforts to understand the nuances of the game. He motivates me to improve!
Huh?🥹
Man I am in love with this video. I’ve been playing chess since I was 10, I’m 25 now. I’m fallling back in love with the game again. I’ve came to a stalemate and an awkward stage at this point because I never developed my game after the opening. And it was super frustrating because I wanted to get better and better develop my game. I finally stopped being stubborn and ended up going to UA-cam and man am I in awe. Much love from Chicago my man
Thanks man, glad you found the channel!
Updates?
@@mikkey246 he’s probably still trash
As a beginner, I find your explanations easy to follow.
Nelson Lopez is hands down the best online instructor I've seen. Clear explanations, interesting and just plain helpful. Thanks Nelson!
1 break open the centre
2 attack opponent's king with a pawns
3 trade your weak pieces for opponent's stronger ones
4 create a battery on a half-open or open file
5 create a battery on a long diagonal
6 rook lift
7 relocate a knight for an outpost
8 locate opponent's weaknesses
9 eliminate weaknesses before get attacked
10 make opponent's pieces innefective
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Thanks for saving our time 😇
AGAIN!!! :)
Thanks
Thanks
Nelson: 10 plans for the middlegame
Me: run after his queen
Opponent: checkmate
Lol that's another option I guess =P
Quality content as always
Thanks, Rajesh!
One thing I'd like to add about pawn storms is that there often isn't enough time to storm with multiple pawns, often it's better to just storm the h or the g pawn alone and sacing it for open files / diagonals
Just discovered your videos and appreciate the attention to detail and thought you put into each. For example, you adjust the videos to incorporate various opening lines to accommodate different playing styles or analyze hundreds of intermediate-level games then provide thereby providing an analysis that's substantiated and credible.
Really an amazing video! There are more videos on how to make a plan but no single one except this one clearly structures a number of plans to consider. You did an amazing job structuring that!
That was a great lesson. Even though I knew about most of these strategies, I still feel I learned something from this video. And now I have a handy checklist to decide what plan to go ahead with in a game. Thanks a lot.
No problem!
This is like the most instructive channel for intermediate chess players.. it has all I have been missing all along.. thank you Nelson
Absolutely the best videos. Concise with no rambling. Glad I found these. Thanks for posting!!
Agreed!
Nelson, one of your best. I have a chess coach, and he’s great. And this is what such chess coaches do but you’re not charging us all 40 or more usd per hour. Well done and thanks!
Man I hope you get more popular. Your videos have helped me a lot.
I appreciate that! Glad you're learning!
Thanks
Thank you!
Most of the chess videos I have watched were game analysis. Very few chess videos discuss games plans. I can say that this video will be helpful to many who are trying to improve their Chess skills. Thanks for the video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was an excellent video!
I would love to see more about these early middle game (right after the opening) plans and how to execute them. (Like show more examples of these plans in action, in scenarios when they work, and show when they don't work/are not applicable).
Thank you very much, NM Nelson!
Honestly NM Lopez is a fantastic instructor. His videos need to be considered standards for chess education. Clear, concise, and easily digestible education to even the worst patzers like myself. Thank you for the rating points Nelson!
a great book on this is 'how to reassess your chess' which teaches you to identify the in the position and make them work for you. you have a bishop and they have a knight? exchange pawns to open up the position. they have attacking chances but you have better pawn structure? try to exchange off pieces, play defensively, and make it to the endgame. etc
A great teacher right here! So easy to understand, short, and to the point.
Really, the best channel for learning chess. streight to the point. Clear. Perfect
Thanks! Hopefully we could have some sort of remake from older videos, since most of new subscribers would hardly click on some 1-2 years old uploads. Keep up the good work!
Great idea 💡
Absolutely the best concise videos. Straight to the point with no ra mbl
this was one of the best short courses i've ever seen bravo!
I found this really helpful, as i often make blunders and don't know what to do in the middle-game, giving me a disadvantage in the end-game.
This guy is great! He tells you the principle or the concept, gives an example and moves on. I've filled an entire page with notes derived from his videos. Maybe other learners are different, but I don't get that much out of Rosen's or Levi's commentary of the games they present. Hanging Pawns is good too but sometimes too lengthy for me.
Thanks, David!
One of the most helpful exercises that I've seen in 20 years. I am probably rated around 2,000 but found this tremendous to bring those thoughts into the front of my mind as I play
You are a master?
@@rohanpatel3476 2000 isn't a master just an expert. Lowest master level is 2200 at that point you can get the National Master Title or Candidate Master Title depending on where you live.
"probably"?
Thanks man. I’m very happy to have stumbled upon your channel. Your lessons are so accessible and easy to understand for lower ranked players (like myself!) and yet the info is expert level. Thanks heaps.
Welcome, John!
I have a bad habit of just playing what feels right without coming up with a plan first - or worse, making up a plan for the purpose of justifying the move I want to do. That's backwards; make the plan, then decide on the move.
Something that's helped me with my chess is to play correspondence games (or whatever they're called when there's no turn time limit, or the time limit is days instead of minutes) and make a word document keeping track of the moves. After every move my opponent makes, I write down why I think they made that move, what I notice about the position, and why I'm choosing the move I'm choosing. It takes time, but it forces me to stop just playing arbitrary "this feels right" kinds of moves.
Great video as always! (And thanks for reading my long-winded tangents.)
Thanks! Keep that up and I imagine you will continue to improve, I've never used Word like that but that's a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
@@ChessVibesOfficial dosent chess come down to caus and effect? And since eatch piece has a limited range of moves, there is no need knowing every possible combination of moves that will never be played during a set, since other pieces ol the bord is taking up space, and futher a piece realy has 3 options of play :attack, hold or defend. One could argu that beeing taken is a fourth. Is it not then better to play the what if game and play fast games to cycle trough more scenarios? After all if you play the same opening options are reduced as game goes on.
You ry have a way of getting to the core of what lower rated playsrs need to know
. This was incredibly helpful. I have watched umteen number of chess channels aimed at sub 1600 elo players and have rary come across a channel like yours that explains thigs in a simple straight forward way and offers the info we actually want and need to know. I think a lot of channels dont realise some info needs bt explained and made aware without making the assumption that the info is a given and that we already know such things.
Keep it up you should have a great following in no time.
Also you should get patreon or something. I am sure a lot of people appreciate what you are doing and would slip you a few bucks here n there for your efforts.
Thanks a lot Darryl for the kind words. I did add PayPal link in the description of the videos and I have channel memberships as another option to support, but will look into Patreon also. Appreciate the feedback!
Found this really useful. The tips "break open the centre" and "eliminate dangers" are incredibly useful.
The trade off thing is also good. For filling the "what the hell do I do now?....its a good thing for us average players to focus on.
The "battery" thing is what Napoleon would have called "concentrated force at the decisive point.
On a 12 game winning streak online. Partly with the help of this channel. Was a TERRIBLE player for a long time.
good for you ❤️
@@devanarayanababu1996 thanks. I find I CAN beat higher rated players on a regular basis. Still make rookie mistakes. But. I immediately see them lol. Working to eliminate them.
Possibly your most helpful video great stuff. Don’t run out of things to think of in the middlegame like I used to
Excellent explanation about these plans. What I particularly liked about it is that you didn't bog the viewer down with too many details. I'm sure your intent was for this to be a quick, cursory overview of potential plans and that's exactly what you did. You kept with the script. Oftentimes, the master gets too specific when he is really just trying to make a general point. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, David👍
Perfectly presented valuable information, as usual.
Thanks Yurik!
@@ChessVibesOfficial yurik!?
Thank you so much for the lecture master Nelson.
I particularly apply all these things almost in every game i play but still have difficulties on defending.
Excellent strategies for the middle game. Very helpful. Many thanks.
Very good. Instructive and step by step. I have been watching many videos of other well known chess UA-camrs, but your videos give the foundation that they lack in their videos. Thank you
Thanks for the kind words!
You teaching style matches my learning style, very easy to follow thank you. New follower here
it's Just amazing 😊 And thumbnail is also pretty beautiful , thanks...this gonna help ALOT
Really appreciate it!
Dude you are amazing. Before watching your videos, at a position like the one at 12:30, as black, at best I would’ve noticed the unprotected c4 pawn but apart from that I would have had very little idea to progress beyond looking for blunders etc.
Now, thanks to you I learnt to also look for the backward pawn at b2, I learnt not to just look at the pieces but at the squares as well, I learnt about outposts and am considering maybe b3 square could be a good outpost for my knight perhaps protected by a bishop at e6 square.
Maybe none of these ideas would actually do any good, but even then at least I learnt the look at such possibilities in the middlegame where before I would have no idea what to do.
Can’t thank you enough man, you and your content is amazing!!!
Important, informational and impressive video. Thank you sir...
Thanks Amit, glad you liked it!
Wow, so much helpful information in a short video. Thank you for your clear and concise explanations.
Thanks, Ellen. Glad it was helpful!
How are these videos only getting 1k views? These videos have been a game changer for me.
I'm still relatively unknown I guess? 🤷♂️ Thanks, glad they're helping!
rooting for you, NM Nelson. every nugget of information is so so so useful.
I appreciate that, Clyde!
Am actually trying to imitate your way of teaching whenever I teach chess to my students. So calm but so smooth and substantial. Salute.
Brilliant video! This is such a fantastic channel, so pleased I found it.
Hey if you are reading this, there is a mistake at 8:18 if you move the horse to a5 the bishop at g5 will take the pawn and gets a better position make it much more aggressive
This is pure gold for a beginner like me. Thank you!
Genuinely my favourite channel to come to watch great exposition. Love it mate, keep it up!
Wow ¡ Finally, some powerful and practical advice for the middle game, which is usually covered with a lot of mystery by chess coaches. Many thanks, Nelson ¡¡
Great tips thanks Nelson!
You bet!
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
cooollll. this is the vid i needed to watch. now i know what to do instead of beat around the bush after the opening. nice work! thankss
What you showcased in 10 is also a common plan in the Bogo-Indian Defense, something I may try at some point. The idea behind one of the common lines is play a5, exchange your dark square bishop for the knight and put all your pawns on dark squares (usually you play d6, e5 and b6 in that too). It kinda leads to some sort of a positional center game. However, it is kinda out of my comfort zone for the time being. Nevertheless, I do think it's a good plan.
Nelson, You are so good at teaching that I share your Ch. more often and with a larger group of people than any other Chess Creator. This includes Members of my Chess Club as well, "Coos Bay, Oregon Chess Club". Thanks for such outstanding style man. Blessings your way with a huge thumbs up every single night! SHARED & SHARED AGAIN.
I really like when you tell us to pause the video and try and figure out the best move
That really exercises the brain n helps us improve in our game
Thank you for that! 🙂
Subscribed and hit that notification bell! Looking forward to watching your videos. Thank you!
Number 10 was an eye opener. I love it.
Very good video. Especially those advanced positional ideas were helpful!
Glad to hear!
Love the way you explain these things
Getting more serious about chess and I've been looking for a video like this for weeks. Thank you!
This is the area of my game I think is the weakest. Of course at my level all areas are weak. But if I had to pick one where I truly felt overwhelmed it's the middlegame. And this video has given me some clarity on how to proceed. Every video I watch of yours, doesn't solve my particular problem, but it most definitely give me a solid direction plan of what to do moving forward. Once again keep up the amazing work!!!
This is one of the best chess videos I have ever seen. Fantastic ideas. Soooooo helpful. You are such a good teacher.
I'm finally getting back into chess again, this really helped dust off some of the mental cobwebs.
Super useful teachings. Thanks Nelson. :)
Of course!
Great video... it really helped with the middlegame and the outcome of my game was very satisfying.
Some very helpful ideas, many thanks!!
No problem!
I really like how you demonstrated these plans using common beginner openings like the London. Great video!
8:00 why instead of hopping the knight around we don't trade off black's knight, if they capture by the queen, play a prfilactic a3 and hop our knight on the outpost. And if they capture by their other knight, then we think about the route for our f3 knight to the outpost?
Thank you for the video. You are the best instructor on the internet.
2:18, i have a question at this time stamp, black is not forced to recapture with the h pawn as he can capture with an f pawn, so if he does capture with the f pawn, how will you break through and attack the king especially when so many pieces can come into the rescue?
Great video! Very helpful plans for the middlegame.
Btw the battery on the open file (in my opinion) is a bit better than the diagonal, because you can pile on more pressure on a target, but for a diagonal, it can only have 2 pieces (Q+B), and is generally harder to attack the target with other pieces as the target is often far away from the battery.
Thank you sir for this nice lesson !
I really like all the strategies !!
Nice lesson - thanks - much appreciated!
“Yeah, we got a pawn, it’s good, but it’s not as good as checkmate.”
Word. And another great video, thanks!
Woah!!! This is what I needed, after developing I just didn't have any principles like these to take the initiative
thank you so much :D
Wow what a nice guide.... learned lots of things...thanks❤️
Glad it was helpful!
@@ChessVibesOfficial i am watching your all videos ..they are simple and useful.. and your voice is very clear... keep your work on youtube never give up...good luck❤️👊
Excellent video with great strategies for the middlegame. Thanks for uploading.
Glad you enjoyed it!
THANK YOU!!! Your channel has been so helpful.
at 11:11 I've seen this knight-bishop trade in English opening often, but I don't know why they take with the D-pawn instead of with the B-pawn - that contradicts one of the main principles to take with pawn toward the center.
But when shown in a video like this usually the subject is different and so I've never heard why it's accepted.
Does anyone know?
Maybe to open up the queen? It is odd though
Useful video for beginners to intermediate chess players. Thanks...
Thank you. Very useful video for the players which are beginners and middle rank chess players.
Nice. Ideas to. Elevate. Chess Beginners to. Intermediate. Level! Some. Fundamental. Middlegame. Strategy is to. create Pawnstorm, Find. Weak pawns, Re-routing pieces for. Effectivitty , Find. Weak Diagonals. etc! Great. Info! 👍
Very instructive ideas.
Very useful ideas...little and basic plans is the key 👏👏
Man, that was so clear and to the point, thank you so much! :)
Glad it helped!
i think few more could be added-- 1) Provoke ur opponent by placing ur piece- preferably a minor piece in opponent's territory, 2) Maximise ur activity by inducing mobility, flexibility (to ur Queen along 3rd/6th rank with no pawns on that rank), better piece co-ordination among ur piece (by maintaining connectivity between them from defensive perspective & aiming for common target for attacking purpose), penetration (by inducing ur attacking piece in opponent's territory), multiple Roles (capture with attack, develpement with capture, capture with check etc), multiple targets, 3) restrict opponent's activity (either controlling a square with ur pawn/piece or by inducing tactics).
Can you make a video about weak square?
I have seen many videos but having a hard time learning it
Will add it to list of potential upcoming videos! Thanks for suggestion 👍
@@ChessVibesOfficial Will be waiting❤
@@ChessVibesOfficial the inverse square law for chess..?
I'm finding myself watching more and more of your content, it is awesome! Really helping elevate me from beginner ranks, easy to understand and on the money - please keep it up!
Do you offer coaching?
Excellent content and ideas...thank you very much!!!
You're very welcome!
Just discovered your channel. It is great! Thank you.
Wow... this was the most useful video i have ever seen in my life
Best chess content , so relatable and non arrogant. There's many a GM could use a lesson from you in social skills👍
So I'm nowhere even close to being good at chess yet, but I already know my middle game is where I suffer most. I especially tend to fall victim to the last one mentioned ( where I have ineffective pieces like the bishop that can't move to a lot of squares ) . Hopefully I've learned something and this helps me develop a bit better strategy here. BTW, I'm now subscribed to your videos. Very informative.
Welcome, best of luck!