I learned - developing early is important - don't lose time - don't attack just for attack (don't overcomplicate) - check, capture, attack - if a pin happens, that piece is useless as a defender. - two bishops is good - bishops blocked are just pawns - to see the board also in white or black diagonals, not only in columns and rows. Thanks Anna.
some additions - if ur up a material, try to exchange as much pieces as possible - dont do unnecessary threats because it will help your opponent gain a tempo
@@talphazero1036 If the main goal is chess improvement, then the smart move is to go to the resources that help you (whether that's AC, Naroditsky, or whomever else). Being cute doesn't hurt, but there's no shortage of cute females on the internet (or even in real life - shocker!).
@@talphazero1036 To be fair, it isn't just that she's cute, she's really good at getting complex ideas across very quickly and cleanly. You could watch another player try to do this same thing for hours and not even get a good feeling for the board. And she has a great happy attitude. You leave happier than you arrived. That's a rare talent.
I love watching Gotham and agadmator, but I find that Anna has a better grasp on the rating level of her viewership. The advice hits a nice sweetspot between "knowing some basic opening and the basics of chess" and the intermediate "coming up with plans, and knowing the ideas in a position".
@@ocramyt2535 i mean im 1200 and found it. i'm pretty sure she saw it too she just didn't play it bc she's trying to play solidly and be more educational for us instead of basically winning the game right away at the start
I think the move at around 4 minutes was Qe2, defending e5 and c4. Also, the biggest tip for calculating is "Always calculate every check, capture, and attack"
Thank you so much for this extremely helpful advice. The approach of thinking about check-capture-attack for each move is a revelation to me, although it seems obvious and basic. Your discussion of the opponent’s white squares becoming weak was also a revelation. I believe master level players view positions on the board at a high strategic level that I will probably never attain, but it is good to have masters such as you still showing us these tactical basics.
Thank you Anna for the educational content, it is very helpful for me. :) I really need to start to use the Checks, Captures, Attacks-analysis more often during my games so I can hopefully attack in smarter ways that way.
i dont do progress since 5 years. Im still 2250 rated and my highest rating was 2370. I did a half year no game because im frustrated and i often think why im not higher rated because i do so much right, but in the reality i miss in blitz games so much that i dont want to play anymore. When i watch a game i see so much more and i literally only watch chess videos insteed of playing. I like your happiness and hope i can feel the same when im gone play again.
@@abisaid i play since im 5 years old and played in school also. 98% of all chess player only want to have fun, but when u stuck and u put much time in it and u see no progress its the worst thing u can ever have.
This was really nice watch. One other video pushed me thinking more of my attack options, but imho u gave better explanation and the counting tip just pushed it over the line. Definitely going to try to implement these to my game.
I think it's helpful to watch these videos while following along with computer analysis to see if your own move ideas are decent alternatives. Also reveals some things, such as 3:13, where Anna could have won a bishop with f6.
These are easily the best kinds of videos for learning. It covers all aspects of the game and highlights the typical weaknesses (and strengths) at a given rating level.
this is the best chess content , i would love to see more of this which is very rare the only one that i think of that really does that is naroditsky but i have already watched all of his speedruns , i do really hope you continue with this sort of content
After watching this video, I finally beat the 1400 David-BOT lol. It was helpful hearing your thought process while in-game. I no longer feel stuck wondering what moves I should play next.
The analyzing checks, captures and attacks priorities is useful for me. A problem I have is analyzing a bunch of lines and consuming a lot of time and energy. I need ways of discarding candidate moves earlier without going 5 moves deep into the line. Also, hearing you say something like "I'm going over here because I don't really know where his Queen is going to go", and then saying you're going to fork a rook and being surprised by it being Mate amazes me. I thought a player rated that high would have all of that precisely calculated and not go happy-go-lucky. Maybe, it's because who you're playing and being distracted by teaching, and it would be different in a meaningful match.
I love these videos! Your enthusiasm for chess is infectious! One of the best ways to learn how to play chess that I've ever seen! One suggestion - One should also calculate checks, captures and attacks that are available to one's opponent! I have lost many a game by focusing so much on my own plan that I failed to evaluate that of my opponent. You actually do this in your video but it is not stated that that is what you are doing. Great job!
This was extremely instructive. I have played for decades without a structured approach and therefore my play was erractic. I study tactics and a few openings every day but now have more confidence in my rapid games which is a huge plus for me. I play at an 1800 level but now think I can go even higher with this thought process. If you are ever in beverly hills, CA area let us know so we can come and watch you play. Well done Anna!
Dear Anna, Greetings from Zimbabwe! You are such a breath of fresh air. You are young, clean, fresh, well mannered - not to mention highly intelligent, and certainly easy on the eyes! Thank you so much for this Chess lesson - highly instructive. Love and blessing David x
After Bg5, Qc7, Qe2 holds (for the moment) for White, because while defending the e5 pawn, if ... Nxc4, Qxc4, Black's N:c6 is pinned against the Q:c7, defending the e5 pawn tactically. Still better for Black: the two B's are strong, in this open position.
i really don’t play chess but my ranking is around 400 my main issue watching you play is that i don’t value all of my pieces i do “an eye for an eye” all the time and sacrifice lots for kills
16:40 "I could also go Bishop C6 and attack the Rook" I think that would be the best move, because the Rook does not have many places to go. If Ra7 then Nb5 and the Rook is trapped. If Rb8 or Rc8 then Nxd5. The Black Knight cannot take on d5, because it is Mate in 2.
gothamchess says to attack an equal or greater value when having your pieces attacked. i guess you should always check for safety regarding these danger levels attack. in your first game, it proved important to see this safety because it lost the player their pawn.
After Black plays e6, there is the option of Nxd7 Qxd7+ Qxd7+ Kxd7 Nb6+ as Anna says, but what about just playing Nb6 immediately? The white knight is en prise but cannot be captured because of Qxb6 Qxd7#, and meanwhile the black rook and knight are both attacked. Ra7 is the best attempt at defending, but White still wins the exchange on d7 then picks up the a6 pawn as well. Result extra material, and two connected passed pawns.
Yes, you could win the rook via N fork. And if B tries to avoid that by e6xN, B plays Nf6 double check and wins the BB and is up a minor piece, which is better than winning the exchange, in general. Of course, it may be the BB is corralled enough away from the action that the rook fork may win faster. I like your analysis. I put the things in this order yesterday: Checks, Captures, Combinations (Attacks), Counterattacks (I like to think of this sometimes in a strategical way, not only tactical).
17:28 you could have captured the knight with knight d7, if he captures with his queen, u capture with yours and if he captures your queen with his king you have a beautiful fork with knight to b6. If you start by capturing his knight with your knight and he decides to capture your knight with his pawn on d5 you can move your knight on d7 to another square and create a discovery attack. Tell me if you agree or if I'm missing something, nice video btw :) LMAO I paused the video to look at the position and wrote this entire text just to realize that you explained my idea just 10 seconds later. Well, at least i know that I'm not wrong now hahaha.
3:42 Is pawn f6 also a good move? You attack his bishop, if he moves back you can do pawn g5 which attacks the bishop again and he has to move again or when he takes the f6 pawn with his pawn on e5 you retake with one of your other pawns, again attacking the bishop. Then you can capture his bishop on c4 with knight.
What I did wrong was in the 9th Grade. I was in Chess Club, moved my pawn, my opponent chuckled and said "Oh, the Polish Opening." I flipped the board and didn't play again. I wish I had ignored him and continued. Ever since, I have enjoyed reading chess books, and replaying past matches. But haven't played. BTW, that was also the last time I flipped a board game board.
In the first game, grabbing the pawn on C2 nearly trapped the queen after Rac1 - there was just a single square of safety on f5. If white would've been able to somehow push g4 and then 'blunder' the c2 pawn like that, it'd have been an amazing trap.
6:50, why u didn't do f6? If his horsy go away, u get a free bishop, if he doesnt go with the knight, u gat a free knight, if he do Nxc6, u take Bxf4, and he must save his horsy, and u do Bxh2+ //oh, he has a good move Rxe6+
Yeees! Tnx. More of these please. Best learning point here for me today was setting in system the follow up on "Check, Capture and Attack". I am so happy when I can capture so I forget to calculate all three of them deeper than just a quick capture. Takker og "bukker" fra Norge :-)
Hey Anna. That is very interesting. Can you teach more about the strategies regarding light and dark squares? how they work or dont work together with the bishops, pawns etc. that would be great.
Opponent: Wow they're thinking so much I must have them stumped
Anna: Explaining why the opponent is losing
🤣 So true, at least it would have been the case if i was that opponent.
😂 Great point!
hahahaha, yep, that's exactly what i would've been thinking as the opponent
I real life lol'd at this! It's probably spot on.
More like: oh I blundered
Anna: jk I won accidentally lol
I learned
- developing early is important
- don't lose time
- don't attack just for attack (don't overcomplicate)
- check, capture, attack
- if a pin happens, that piece is useless as a defender.
- two bishops is good
- bishops blocked are just pawns
- to see the board also in white or black diagonals, not only in columns and rows.
Thanks Anna.
"don't attack just for attack (don't overcomplicate)"
That won't stop me, cuz I can't read :)
some additions
- if ur up a material, try to exchange as much pieces as possible
- dont do unnecessary threats because it will help your opponent gain a tempo
I could watch 20 of these. It feels like an extremely quick, effective way to learn
Watch Naroditsky's, there's loads
@@NotQuiteFirst But Naroditsky isn't cute female chess player
@@talphazero1036 LOL!!
@@talphazero1036 If the main goal is chess improvement, then the smart move is to go to the resources that help you (whether that's AC, Naroditsky, or whomever else). Being cute doesn't hurt, but there's no shortage of cute females on the internet (or even in real life - shocker!).
@@talphazero1036 To be fair, it isn't just that she's cute, she's really good at getting complex ideas across very quickly and cleanly. You could watch another player try to do this same thing for hours and not even get a good feeling for the board. And she has a great happy attitude. You leave happier than you arrived. That's a rare talent.
I love watching Gotham and agadmator, but I find that Anna has a better grasp on the rating level of her viewership. The advice hits a nice sweetspot between "knowing some basic opening and the basics of chess" and the intermediate "coming up with plans, and knowing the ideas in a position".
I love it when youtubers talk through their moves and their opponents moves in chess. It's so helpful in learning.
“if my opponent doesn’t checkmate me then i’ll probably win the game”
wise words
A two knight checkmate is pretty sick
I agree! I mistakenly did that with one knight. Check out the video on my channel hehe
Move should be named "Two Dog Knight".
The hardest
LOVE this mode. Please make more of these
3:51 you could do move f6 (exf6 ; gxf6), then both two bishops would be under attack.
came to the comments for this too lol
opponent can take f6 pawn again and hit your rook
Probably a bit to hard of a tactic for a 2100 :')
@@ocramyt2535 yeah thats a gm level tactic xd
@@ocramyt2535 i mean im 1200 and found it. i'm pretty sure she saw it too she just didn't play it bc she's trying to play solidly and be more educational for us instead of basically winning the game right away at the start
Phenomenal content as always, Anna. You should do more videos like this! Very informative and it’s intriguing to see how a 2100 player thinks!
One of the most useful chess learning videos I've seen.
I think the move at around 4 minutes was Qe2, defending e5 and c4. Also, the biggest tip for calculating is "Always calculate every check, capture, and attack"
that will not work, knight take bishop at c4 queen take knight and pown is not protected
@@danielpirciu5408 it is the move, you can´t take that pawn without loosing queen
@@mravenec64 I can see now. Tnx
Thank you so much for this extremely helpful advice. The approach of thinking about check-capture-attack for each move is a revelation to me, although it seems obvious and basic. Your discussion of the opponent’s white squares becoming weak was also a revelation. I believe master level players view positions on the board at a high strategic level that I will probably never attain, but it is good to have masters such as you still showing us these tactical basics.
Thank you Anna for the educational content, it is very helpful for me. :) I really need to start to use the Checks, Captures, Attacks-analysis more often during my games so I can hopefully attack in smarter ways that way.
Amazing video. I really learned a lot from your play by play commentary and explanations for fixing mistakes people made. Thanks so much Anna ❤
i dont do progress since 5 years. Im still 2250 rated and my highest rating was 2370. I did a half year no game because im frustrated and i often think why im not higher rated because i do so much right, but in the reality i miss in blitz games so much that i dont want to play anymore.
When i watch a game i see so much more and i literally only watch chess videos insteed of playing.
I like your happiness and hope i can feel the same when im gone play again.
With half of your score I would believe me magnus, life and its things. I hope you can achieve what you want, good luck
@@abisaid i play since im 5 years old and played in school also.
98% of all chess player only want to have fun, but when u stuck and u put much time in it and u see no progress its the worst thing u can ever have.
@@marcelmattern7722 I'm the 98% 👍🙂
Extremely helpful. The commentary was great. Nice to hear the thought process. More of this please. Great job.
This was really nice watch. One other video pushed me thinking more of my attack options, but imho u gave better explanation and the counting tip just pushed it over the line. Definitely going to try to implement these to my game.
I think it's helpful to watch these videos while following along with computer analysis to see if your own move ideas are decent alternatives. Also reveals some things, such as 3:13, where Anna could have won a bishop with f6.
Haha I spotted that instantly, when i saw her going for the pawn i was confused if I am missing something lol
These are easily the best kinds of videos for learning. It covers all aspects of the game and highlights the typical weaknesses (and strengths) at a given rating level.
Great format! And super useful too, thanks :)
Would be funny if you randomly faced a GM who was doing a similar video.
Hikaru doing a bongcloud speedrun
I found this format very helpful. Thanks for the great content.
2100: oh, that's also a checkmate
me: somehow felt better about myself
Hoping for more content like this! Thanks for the instructive games.
Check capture attack
You're an excellent teacher. Please keep this up. Will watch.
Very helpful video, Anna. Please do more of these in the future!
Very educational yet light, suits me perfect. And yes, I need to implement Chess - Capture - Attack.
Your commentary of the games is instructive and insightful to what your frame of mind is at during the moves
I’d love to see more of these types of videos. Awesome. Thanks so much
this is the best chess content , i would love to see more of this which is very rare the only one that i think of that really does that is naroditsky but i have already watched all of his speedruns , i do really hope you continue with this sort of content
Love speedruns! My fav chess vids. Thanks! You did a great job and very helpful.
After watching this video, I finally beat the 1400 David-BOT lol. It was helpful hearing your thought process while in-game. I no longer feel stuck wondering what moves I should play next.
Would be awesome to see more of these videos!
The analyzing checks, captures and attacks priorities is useful for me. A problem I have is analyzing a bunch of lines and consuming a lot of time and energy. I need ways of discarding candidate moves earlier without going 5 moves deep into the line.
Also, hearing you say something like "I'm going over here because I don't really know where his Queen is going to go", and then saying you're going to fork a rook and being surprised by it being Mate amazes me. I thought a player rated that high would have all of that precisely calculated and not go happy-go-lucky. Maybe, it's because who you're playing and being distracted by teaching, and it would be different in a meaningful match.
I have watched tons of chess tutorials but Anna’s videos have by far, improved my understanding the most. Cheers Anna.
I love these videos! Your enthusiasm for chess is infectious! One of the best ways to learn how to play chess that I've ever seen! One suggestion - One should also calculate checks, captures and attacks that are available to one's opponent! I have lost many a game by focusing so much on my own plan that I failed to evaluate that of my opponent. You actually do this in your video but it is not stated that that is what you are doing. Great job!
At 8:48 u easily could have taken knight and then taken bishop. Not sure wat ur looking at.
4:32 Qe2. That 1st player does exactly what I do in games when I'm not focused.
I've been wanting content like this, I feel like you do a very good job explaining your thought process both during and after thr games
Usual youtubers: Add weird stuff in thumbnails
Anna: Remove stuff
These opponents are way better than me, but I am still learning so much by Anna's gentle suggestions.
This was extremely instructive. I have played for decades without a structured approach and therefore my play was erractic. I study tactics and a few openings every day but now have more confidence in my rapid games which is a huge plus for me. I play at an 1800 level but now think I can go even higher with this thought process. If you are ever in beverly hills, CA area let us know so we can come and watch you play. Well done Anna!
this thumbnail changed my life
More of these please! Super informative while still being very entertaining 👍
Great idea Anna. Lot’s of fun. Thank you.
Biggest tip: always calculate every single check capture and attack thanks Anna❤️
Hi Florence, In a speed game; is it whoever still has time on the clock=Wins?
@@robertakerman3570 yep... if you run out of time, you lose
@@tjr_music Thanx, sometimes it's such a blur, yet they've got the moves.
The thing about checks captures and attacks was a good reminder thanks 😊
Your bad mode became the best move from winning a rook to winning a king.
Dear Anna,
Greetings from Zimbabwe!
You are such a breath of fresh air.
You are young, clean, fresh, well mannered -
not to mention highly intelligent, and certainly
easy on the eyes! Thank you so much for
this Chess lesson - highly instructive.
Love and blessing David x
Loved the tip “checks, captures, attacks”. I always wondered if chess players calculated moves in a particular order, and it turns out they do.
After Bg5, Qc7, Qe2 holds (for the moment) for White, because while defending the e5 pawn, if ... Nxc4, Qxc4, Black's N:c6 is pinned against the Q:c7, defending the e5 pawn tactically. Still better for Black: the two B's are strong, in this open position.
13:56 Always check for checks, captures and attacks.
Thank you for this video Anna. I like this concept, and please do more whenever you can.
i really don’t play chess but my ranking is around 400
my main issue watching you play is that i don’t value all of my pieces
i do “an eye for an eye” all the time and sacrifice lots for kills
16:40 "I could also go Bishop C6 and attack the Rook"
I think that would be the best move, because the Rook does not have many places to go. If Ra7 then Nb5 and the Rook is trapped. If Rb8 or Rc8 then Nxd5. The Black Knight cannot take on d5, because it is Mate in 2.
gothamchess says to attack an equal or greater value when having your pieces attacked. i guess you should always check for safety regarding these danger levels attack. in your first game, it proved important to see this safety because it lost the player their pawn.
This is the best chess basics video I have ever seen. Thanks Anna for the always beautiful smile and the chess education!
These kinds of videos are perfect, great work! Tyty
Awesome format!! Thanks!
Så bra förklarat och kul att titta på dina youtubeklipp. Gör gärna mer såna här :) Tack Anna
After Black plays e6, there is the option of Nxd7 Qxd7+ Qxd7+ Kxd7 Nb6+ as Anna says, but what about just playing Nb6 immediately? The white knight is en prise but cannot be captured because of Qxb6 Qxd7#, and meanwhile the black rook and knight are both attacked. Ra7 is the best attempt at defending, but White still wins the exchange on d7 then picks up the a6 pawn as well. Result extra material, and two connected passed pawns.
Great idea I hope super gms would do this
MORE OF THIS PLEASE
The move to protect the e pawn is Qe2.. Since if you take the bishop on c4 when the Queen recaptures it x-rays the black Queen on c7...
Yes, you could win the rook via N fork. And if B tries to avoid that by e6xN, B plays Nf6 double check and wins the BB and is up a minor piece, which is better than winning the exchange, in general. Of course, it may be the BB is corralled enough away from the action that the rook fork may win faster. I like your analysis. I put the things in this order yesterday: Checks, Captures, Combinations (Attacks), Counterattacks (I like to think of this sometimes in a strategical way, not only tactical).
17:28 you could have captured the knight with knight d7, if he captures with his queen, u capture with yours and if he captures your queen with his king you have a beautiful fork with knight to b6. If you start by capturing his knight with your knight and he decides to capture your knight with his pawn on d5 you can move your knight on d7 to another square and create a discovery attack.
Tell me if you agree or if I'm missing something, nice video btw :)
LMAO I paused the video to look at the position and wrote this entire text just to realize that you explained my idea just 10 seconds later. Well, at least i know that I'm not wrong now hahaha.
More of these! I like your explanations, they're easier to follow than other similar videos on UA-cam
MORE OF THESE PLEASE MY QUEEN
Excellent format. Thank you.
These explanations are great! Thanks a lot Anna!
Check, capture, attack. Love it
Good video Anna love supporting your Channel. But this was an extra good one do more of these 🤣 from an old person that pick up chess late in life 👍
So helpful! Love this type of video.
Thanks! I really enjoy this type of content to see why players should play certain moves. Keep it up.
that was the most sickening checkmate i've seen. two knights is mentalll
I will start using this
Check , Capture , Attack.
I love this so much. Please do more of this in the future
I just started getting back into chess and I think I learned a lot. I had never heard the “Check, capture, attack” process before this!
3:42 Is pawn f6 also a good move?
You attack his bishop, if he moves back you can do pawn g5 which attacks the bishop again and he has to move again or when he takes the f6 pawn with his pawn on e5 you retake with one of your other pawns, again attacking the bishop.
Then you can capture his bishop on c4 with knight.
Please make more of these
I know why I Lose. It’s because I’m not very good.
Awesome. Very helpful
I believe this is the best format for teaching chess! Ty Anna!
What I did wrong was in the 9th Grade. I was in Chess Club, moved my pawn, my opponent chuckled and said "Oh, the Polish Opening." I flipped the board and didn't play again. I wish I had ignored him and continued. Ever since, I have enjoyed reading chess books, and replaying past matches. But haven't played. BTW, that was also the last time I flipped a board game board.
In 3:33 B-g5 in a mistake. The black should response by f6 and white looses a piece.
"Free stuff is very affordable"
Love that
really like these kinds of videos. Just shows the massive difference in skill level
Really good content, I hope it comes a series too!
Thank you for your time.
She is a great communicator.
In the first game, grabbing the pawn on C2 nearly trapped the queen after Rac1 - there was just a single square of safety on f5. If white would've been able to somehow push g4 and then 'blunder' the c2 pawn like that, it'd have been an amazing trap.
6:50, why u didn't do f6? If his horsy go away, u get a free bishop, if he doesnt go with the knight, u gat a free knight, if he do Nxc6, u take Bxf4, and he must save his horsy, and u do Bxh2+
//oh, he has a good move Rxe6+
That was a beautiful checkmate in game 2
Yeees! Tnx. More of these please. Best learning point here for me today was setting in system the follow up on "Check, Capture and Attack". I am so happy when I can capture so I forget to calculate all three of them deeper than just a quick capture. Takker og "bukker" fra Norge :-)
Thank you Anna - great video!
This was so helpful, thank you soo much and would love to see more :)
3:50 Instead of 1.----Q-c7 I like P-f7 were two peices are under attack instead of a peice and a pawn.
Hey Anna. That is very interesting. Can you teach more about the strategies regarding light and dark squares? how they work or dont work together with the bishops, pawns etc. that would be great.
3:30 f6 would just win a minor piece as opponent can't save both bishops.