Wow, it was amazing. Finally, someone who actually gives good/direct advice, instead of just yapping commonsense. I didn't even notice how 20 minutes had passed. Amazing video, I would definitely enjoy a series dedicated to each of those points.
thankyou, glad you enjoyed! might add that to my list of video ideas, could make some shorter, ~10 minute videos explaining certain concepts that don't get talked about enough.
This made me feel like I was learning beginner principles again but this time it was advanced principles 😄 Love this type of chess content; lots of depth packed in of really valuable information.
This one may be the single best video for anyone bellow 1800, there are so many things here that took me forever to learn and integrate in my games, I will be recommending it to most chess beginners I know, thanks
thankyou bro i appreciate it. i wouldn't have been able to make this video had i not spent 2 years training to become a better Chess player myself. these are tips you learn through trial and error - not something you'll read in many books.
found out today that my old chess mentor passed away. he really changed how i view the game. im sure a lot of you masters with youtube channels view it as a way to make money with chess, but you guys really do help bring the love of the game to lots of people like anthony did. glad you guys do what you do. the game will outlive us all, we are but passing players
so sorry to hear that bro, he'd be proud knowing you've kept playing without him here. i don't make much from these videos, i mainly make them for the love of Chess and to help other people have the enjoyment i had getting to 2200 Elo. good luck with your Chess bro ❤️
people definitely don't realise when they cross the line of "my opponent will never mess this position up". usually you're taught to just never resign and wait for your opponent to mess up, but unless you do something to provoke a mistake - they're going to absolutely crush you. nice comeback rate btw, definitely higher than mine hahaha
thankyou bro I appreciate it - I'm currently recording an instructive speedrun series from 800 - 2000 Elo which I'll be putting on RUclips, hopefully that can help you out also!
i would go as far as to say the Alien Gambit is impossible to defend for low rated players - if white knows what they're doing. its absolutely venomous.
Thank you! I'm new to this channel. Just one question: How do you apply all of that in actual chess games? Because I sometimes learn something in chess and I don't see it in live games.
generally you should learn to take the advice literally until you know better. for example, every time your rook should go to an open file, its a move you should consider. every time you can double your opponents pawns, it should be a move you should consider. you need to then calculate the pros and cons of your actions, and look at it from your opponents perspective. does the move you're trying to play fall into one of their principles? have they watched this video, and will think the move you made principally benefits them? by continuing to do this, eventually it will become natural to you, and you won't think too hard about these decisions as it'll be instinctual. Chess is a big game of memorising whats good and bad to the finest of margins. just ask yourself the question, principally speaking, is my move good or bad? think back to any principles you've learnt, or any advice you've been given to direct your calculation. chances are, you'll remember some important information about the position you're playing, and be able to apply it to your situation.
i think playing with increment is absolutely fine, but i think anything less than 3+1 blitz is pointless, you simply won't learn anything but bad habits (flagging instead of calculating, trappy openings and lines, etc).
nice vid, I enjoyed it a lot. also do you have any opening suggestions for white, because the queens gambit doesn’t work if they don’t go d5 and I don’t really like the london
thanks man i appreciate it. the Scotch Game is super fun to play, you can also play into the Scotch Gambit at times. if you're fairly high rated and wanted to stick with d4, you could also consider the Catalan, or Barcza System which are a little more advanced.
i definitely plan to make a video regarding endgames soon. keep an eye on my community tab on RUclips, i'll be posting a poll regarding which video idea i should prioritise to post, you can vote for whichever you'd like to see first
@@shiva-ji-777 oof, Englund Gambit is quite a poor choice - too many people know about the Englund Gambit nowadays so they will defend it very easily - and the Hartlaub-Charlick and Soller variations are pretty lackluster too. i would definitely recommend dropping it. out of curiosity, what's your win percentage with white & black? do you find you win more with white? i would assume based off your openings you probably don't enjoy playing with the black pieces as much - might be the reason you're struggling with openings.
i can definitely add that to my list of video ideas. currently i'm working on a full endgame video which should be about 30 minutes long, hopefully i can work on a tactics video soon 💯
appreciate it bro, hope you'll enjoy the content i'm working on right now :) you'll definitely be able to beat your friend in good time, it might seem difficult now, but every time you make a leap in your rating you'll look back on where you came from and realise how easy it is. good luck bro 🔥
hahahah no worries bro. i used to be a monkey trying to get through the jungle as well, i try to make videos i would've appreciated when i started playing Chess myself 🤝
hahaha i'm a big believer in versing higher rated players will make you a better Chess player - if you're losing Elo "unfairly" you lose opportunities to verse these higher rated players. so techhhnicalllyyy it should make you a better Chess player 🤣🤣
Not mouseslipping is a skill. A small part of chess is mechanical accuracy, if your opponent slips up there, that's just a part of the game, they were not careful / not accurate enough with their mouse movements.
@@hayhorca915 generally I would agree with this, but some people play on a trackpad, play with a subpar or broken mouse, or have laggy computers/laptops/phones which is also not their fault at all. sadly thats just life though and you can't expect people to be generous to you all the time.
grandmasters play a4 and h4 to take space on either side of the board. often it'll be to participate in the attack on an enemy king (protecting a piece, undermining the king's pawn structure, etc). it can also be used in a minority attack, which was mentioned in the video or to generally take space in the opponents half of the board. if a grandmaster plays a4, the other grandmaster plays a5 because it is usually the simplest way to deal with the threat and stop it from happening (as the a pawns would be frozen). as for your first question, if you could tell me a bit more about your chess maybe i could help you out. for example, what your Elo is, the openings you play, how much time you can play Chess for per day, how long you've been playing, or any other information you think is relevant.
check out chessbook.com, its free for the first 100 move variations and can help you memorise an opening repertoire. super clean GUI and the Pro version is only $5 per month or something close to it. other than that, definitely look at speedruns for your specific opening, for example if you want to learn the Caro-Kann, search on RUclips "Caro-Kann Speedrun" and you'll find a bunch of titled players explaining how to play your opening. they usually play against a variety of ratings so you can understand the middlegame ideas, and general opening theory against players of your rating.
I am 2000 my goal is 2200 what do u think I should do I play the London and Sicilian dragon my tactics are good but I'm not that great with positional positions please answer thank u
i made a video explaining the London System for advanced players the other week, you can go check that out. as for the Sicilian i'm certainly the wrong person to ask - i haven't the slightest clue about Sicilian theory. i've found the best way to improve at positional positions is by training endgames though, usually positional games revolve around the understanding of pawns and pawn structure, and how pieces can navigate between said pawns. training endgames indirectly trains positional Chess. it also can help you to learn when to trade off into certain advantageous endgames. these should be from studies though, for example, there's not a major point in you learning a common endgame from the Ruy Lopez, you should try and find endgame studies deriving from your openings if possible - usually they'll boast similar pawn structures.
@@jacksarkisian thank u for the help I watched your videos and it was really helpful and now I'm 100 rating points better I'm a 2100 now And btw I'm only 12 so I think this rating is really good but after all thank u
thank you bro, in a lot of cases a locked center favours the attacking side - however as Chess is so infinite there are obviously a lot of exceptions to this rule
if you have good resources to learn, a lot of free time, good access to coaching and generally have the money to get help when you get stuck - you could go for either of these. if you don't have all of those things, i would advise against learning the Ruy Lopez. it has such little room for error, and can be an absolute pain to learn properly. the Catalan on the other hand is still quite tricky, but from what i've heard is much more manageable, you might also want to look at the Barcza System? it allows transpositioning into the Catalan, and various other openings. if you're looking for something much simpler though, i might suggest the Queen's Gambit. it boasts a similar pawn structure to the Catalan and has some nasty ideas (although some people say it gets boring). let me know what you end up going with!
I know that the Ruy Lopez is the best opening for white, but I don’t get to play it much when I play e4 because it ends up transposing into another opening that I know nothing about. I’m able to play a Catalan almost every time with d4. Thanks for your response! 😊
thankyou! i'm planning on making several shorter videos explaining some of these concepts in-depth - hopefully a more detailed video individualizing some of these will be useful for people such as yourself :)
there's a few things you should do before you play an OTB tournament - eat well (healthy) before you play, there's nothing worse than feeling sick at the board because of what you've eaten + the stress of playing OTB - if you know your round 1 pairing, ask around to see what opening they play so you know what's coming. if not, you can try and use ChessBase to see if they've played a game on a DGT board before. other than this, at amateur tournaments there's not much you can do in the way of preparing. you have very little if any information on your opponent, just make sure you're going to be comfortable when you're there so you can play your best chess
Wow, it was amazing. Finally, someone who actually gives good/direct advice, instead of just yapping commonsense. I didn't even notice how 20 minutes had passed. Amazing video, I would definitely enjoy a series dedicated to each of those points.
thankyou, glad you enjoyed! might add that to my list of video ideas, could make some shorter, ~10 minute videos explaining certain concepts that don't get talked about enough.
Please do, loved this one!@@jacksarkisian
This made me feel like I was learning beginner principles again but this time it was advanced principles 😄
Love this type of chess content; lots of depth packed in of really valuable information.
haha that was the idea, trying to make content based on my own experiences and not what the rest of the internet tells you to do. glad you enjoyed
This one may be the single best video for anyone bellow 1800, there are so many things here that took me forever to learn and integrate in my games, I will be recommending it to most chess beginners I know, thanks
thankyou bro i appreciate it. i wouldn't have been able to make this video had i not spent 2 years training to become a better Chess player myself. these are tips you learn through trial and error - not something you'll read in many books.
Danya often asks the Sam Shanklin question “What if I play it anyway?” I think that is the quote you were referring to.
yep! think i heard it first from Sam Shankland, didn’t even put 2 and 2 together that it’s also why Danya says it hahaha
20 minutes of Quality content
thankyou bro, more to come - lots of videos planned soon 🤝
Bro woke up and gave 20 month's knowledge in 20 min. Really appreciate it !!
Thank you really you explained things that i often forgot exist this video really recalled my chess carrer learnings❤
Yeah, honestly same...
happy for you bro, get that Elo up 💪
@@jacksarkisian I got it up, it works a lot, thanks!!
Finally someone who doesn't give tips like "try to checkmate your opponent"
haha wayyyy too many videos like that on the internet already, thought i'd make one with some more obscure advice so its more worth the watch 🤝
love how you explained some of the principles
glad you enjoyed bro thankyou
found out today that my old chess mentor passed away. he really changed how i view the game. im sure a lot of you masters with youtube channels view it as a way to make money with chess, but you guys really do help bring the love of the game to lots of people like anthony did. glad you guys do what you do. the game will outlive us all, we are but passing players
so sorry to hear that bro, he'd be proud knowing you've kept playing without him here. i don't make much from these videos, i mainly make them for the love of Chess and to help other people have the enjoyment i had getting to 2200 Elo.
good luck with your Chess bro ❤️
@@jacksarkisian thanks, likewise.
I completely agree with 1. as a 1900~. I have a 30% comeback rate from -4 positions due to it.
people definitely don't realise when they cross the line of "my opponent will never mess this position up". usually you're taught to just never resign and wait for your opponent to mess up, but unless you do something to provoke a mistake - they're going to absolutely crush you.
nice comeback rate btw, definitely higher than mine hahaha
Well, you earned my subscription, that's for sure! Incredibly helpful! I'll have to rewatch this occasionally to keep these ideas in my head
thankyou bro I appreciate it - I'm currently recording an instructive speedrun series from 800 - 2000 Elo which I'll be putting on RUclips, hopefully that can help you out also!
Gotta keep coming back to this
Love your videos, ive been playing for about a year and a half and im 1250, i have improved a lot from watching so i just wanted to thank you!
thankyou bro i appreciate it, congrats on 1250! 1500 next 🔥
thankyou bro, congrats on 1250! 1500 next 🔥🔥
Your 2200 series is great man. I have seen both of the videos and has many things to gain for them.
thankyou man i appreciate it - more to come 🔥
@@jacksarkisian I am looking forward to it 💯
34th rule is my favourite
we rly found the infinite pawns glitch 😭😭
@@jacksarkisian i dont think you are on the same page lmao
Search up "Queen rule 34" for more excellent chess tips😊😊
@@jacksarkisian absolutely
best video so far on how to improve at chess
I believe #46 is a quote from Sam Shankland. Great video concept and well executed, thank you for the tips!
yep thats who it was from! glad you enjoyed the video bro
Tip 51: Alien gambit and fried liver attack are restrictive/dangerous openings for black to defend especially at low/mid rating
i would go as far as to say the Alien Gambit is impossible to defend for low rated players - if white knows what they're doing. its absolutely venomous.
Actually a brilliant video, watched the whole way through, maybe this will help me get past 1800 haha
thankyou king 👑
The best i have seen on the topic, this is that video
thankyou bro i appreciate it
Amazing content!
If I could only remember some of them during the game...
it'll come with time bro, if you lost enough times to the same principle you will eventually remember it 100% of the time 🔥
Thank you! I'm new to this channel.
Just one question: How do you apply all of that in actual chess games? Because I sometimes learn something in chess and I don't see it in live games.
generally you should learn to take the advice literally until you know better. for example, every time your rook should go to an open file, its a move you should consider. every time you can double your opponents pawns, it should be a move you should consider.
you need to then calculate the pros and cons of your actions, and look at it from your opponents perspective. does the move you're trying to play fall into one of their principles? have they watched this video, and will think the move you made principally benefits them?
by continuing to do this, eventually it will become natural to you, and you won't think too hard about these decisions as it'll be instinctual. Chess is a big game of memorising whats good and bad to the finest of margins.
just ask yourself the question, principally speaking, is my move good or bad? think back to any principles you've learnt, or any advice you've been given to direct your calculation. chances are, you'll remember some important information about the position you're playing, and be able to apply it to your situation.
Another great video, you deserve more attention!
Read the 34th tip with captions lmao😂
hahahah tiktok does this to EVERY one of my videos too 😭😭
Excellent, original list. Definitely not the same old, same old we're used to seeing.
Hi! I would be interested to know what you think about playing with an increment or not in 10 minute chess?
i think playing with increment is absolutely fine, but i think anything less than 3+1 blitz is pointless, you simply won't learn anything but bad habits (flagging instead of calculating, trappy openings and lines, etc).
the previous vid was very useful and i went from 1600 to 1929 elo in 2 week
future Grandmaster 🔥🔥
@@jacksarkisian thanks this is what happens when you get great advice
nice vid, I enjoyed it a lot.
also do you have any opening suggestions for white, because the queens gambit doesn’t work if they don’t go d5 and I don’t really like the london
thanks man i appreciate it. the Scotch Game is super fun to play, you can also play into the Scotch Gambit at times. if you're fairly high rated and wanted to stick with d4, you could also consider the Catalan, or Barcza System which are a little more advanced.
Could you do an endgame course? I feel we all need it, but it is hard to get the appropiate material
i definitely plan to make a video regarding endgames soon. keep an eye on my community tab on RUclips, i'll be posting a poll regarding which video idea i should prioritise to post, you can vote for whichever you'd like to see first
Watching your how to reach 2200 elo video increased my elo by 100 points in a week!!
lets gooooo, congrats bro - whats your Elo now?
@@jacksarkisian It is 1151
I'm a 1200 elo player and my endgame skills are the best but my chess openings are...💀
what openings do you play? 🤔
@@jacksarkisian thanks for replying! I play the Italian Game, Englund Gambit, Queen's Gambit. I also play e4 e5, Nf3 Nc6 , Bc5 Nf6(with black).
@@shiva-ji-777 oof, Englund Gambit is quite a poor choice - too many people know about the Englund Gambit nowadays so they will defend it very easily - and the Hartlaub-Charlick and Soller variations are pretty lackluster too. i would definitely recommend dropping it.
out of curiosity, what's your win percentage with white & black? do you find you win more with white? i would assume based off your openings you probably don't enjoy playing with the black pieces as much - might be the reason you're struggling with openings.
@@jacksarkisian I play better with black in blitz and bullet but I play better with white in rapid games.
Win Persentage:-
Bullet-80.0%
Rapid-88.50%
Blutz-80.0%
Can you do likea video when you teach people how to find tactics? I find very hard to see tactics .
i can definitely add that to my list of video ideas. currently i'm working on a full endgame video which should be about 30 minutes long, hopefully i can work on a tactics video soon 💯
Thank you brother for this video
no worries bro ❤️
getting 50 Chess Tips: 😐
getting a Chess player's tip 50 times: 🗿
bro? 💀💀
@@jacksarkisian Like what does he mean by that 🤨
Bro what?
W video this shit is fire 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️
glad u enjoyed bro 🔥🔥
An Australian accent mixed with the word pawn creates for a fun auto caption
this is stellar advice.....
Tip 46 is the Shankland question: "What happens if I do it anyway?"
yep! it was Shankland, someone else mentioned Danya also uses the term a lot, which is probably why its so reinforced into my memory
@jacksarkisian I know it from buying courses 🤣
Thanks a lot bro, new to your channel but aint gonna leave 😊, im only 780 elo, but i wanna defeat my 1450 elo friend so ye
appreciate it bro, hope you'll enjoy the content i'm working on right now :)
you'll definitely be able to beat your friend in good time, it might seem difficult now, but every time you make a leap in your rating you'll look back on where you came from and realise how easy it is. good luck bro 🔥
@@jacksarkisian thanks 🔥🙏
GREAT JOB ! A LOT OF THANKs !
no problem bro 🤝
Why is this actually good advise
glad you think so man ❤️
Amazing video tks
Thanks for navigating us monkeys through the jungle
hahahah no worries bro. i used to be a monkey trying to get through the jungle as well, i try to make videos i would've appreciated when i started playing Chess myself 🤝
lol I like that tip 36 is literally just Be Evil like just straight up act like a scooby doo villain it WILL make u a better chess player
hahaha i'm a big believer in versing higher rated players will make you a better Chess player - if you're losing Elo "unfairly" you lose opportunities to verse these higher rated players. so techhhnicalllyyy it should make you a better Chess player 🤣🤣
Not mouseslipping is a skill. A small part of chess is mechanical accuracy, if your opponent slips up there, that's just a part of the game, they were not careful / not accurate enough with their mouse movements.
@@hayhorca915 generally I would agree with this, but some people play on a trackpad, play with a subpar or broken mouse, or have laggy computers/laptops/phones which is also not their fault at all. sadly thats just life though and you can't expect people to be generous to you all the time.
How do I improve and I still don’t understand why grandmasters play a4
grandmasters play a4 and h4 to take space on either side of the board. often it'll be to participate in the attack on an enemy king (protecting a piece, undermining the king's pawn structure, etc). it can also be used in a minority attack, which was mentioned in the video or to generally take space in the opponents half of the board. if a grandmaster plays a4, the other grandmaster plays a5 because it is usually the simplest way to deal with the threat and stop it from happening (as the a pawns would be frozen).
as for your first question, if you could tell me a bit more about your chess maybe i could help you out. for example, what your Elo is, the openings you play, how much time you can play Chess for per day, how long you've been playing, or any other information you think is relevant.
Tip 1: I afford my opponent every opportunity to blunder.
The subtitles 😂
automated captions always do my accent so dirty 😂😂😂
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how can i rembember difrent openings and make less blunders
check out chessbook.com, its free for the first 100 move variations and can help you memorise an opening repertoire. super clean GUI and the Pro version is only $5 per month or something close to it.
other than that, definitely look at speedruns for your specific opening, for example if you want to learn the Caro-Kann, search on RUclips "Caro-Kann Speedrun" and you'll find a bunch of titled players explaining how to play your opening. they usually play against a variety of ratings so you can understand the middlegame ideas, and general opening theory against players of your rating.
I am 2000 my goal is 2200 what do u think I should do I play the London and Sicilian dragon my tactics are good but I'm not that great with positional positions please answer thank u
i made a video explaining the London System for advanced players the other week, you can go check that out. as for the Sicilian i'm certainly the wrong person to ask - i haven't the slightest clue about Sicilian theory.
i've found the best way to improve at positional positions is by training endgames though, usually positional games revolve around the understanding of pawns and pawn structure, and how pieces can navigate between said pawns. training endgames indirectly trains positional Chess. it also can help you to learn when to trade off into certain advantageous endgames.
these should be from studies though, for example, there's not a major point in you learning a common endgame from the Ruy Lopez, you should try and find endgame studies deriving from your openings if possible - usually they'll boast similar pawn structures.
@@jacksarkisian thank u for the help I watched your videos and it was really helpful and now I'm 100 rating points better I'm a 2100 now
And btw I'm only 12 so I think this rating is really good but after all thank u
W video
thankyou g 🤝
This is a great video. A locked center favors the attacking side, right?
thank you bro, in a lot of cases a locked center favours the attacking side - however as Chess is so infinite there are obviously a lot of exceptions to this rule
goat video
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Hello I haven't watched the video now but Im sure ud be so good at making conspiracy theory ur appearance would be perfect for it
my newest conspiracy: the hate for the London System was invented by Magnus Carlsen to stop his opponents from beating him with it 🤷🤷
instruction unclear... I feel like I can beat magnus after this video
bro said this & then tilted 200 Elo 😭😭
Now I'm 1600 elo 😊
W mans congrats bro ❤️
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thanku g
Catalan or Ruy Lopez at 1700? I blunder a lot. Please explain
if you have good resources to learn, a lot of free time, good access to coaching and generally have the money to get help when you get stuck - you could go for either of these.
if you don't have all of those things, i would advise against learning the Ruy Lopez. it has such little room for error, and can be an absolute pain to learn properly.
the Catalan on the other hand is still quite tricky, but from what i've heard is much more manageable, you might also want to look at the Barcza System? it allows transpositioning into the Catalan, and various other openings.
if you're looking for something much simpler though, i might suggest the Queen's Gambit. it boasts a similar pawn structure to the Catalan and has some nasty ideas (although some people say it gets boring).
let me know what you end up going with!
I know that the Ruy Lopez is the best opening for white, but I don’t get to play it much when I play e4 because it ends up transposing into another opening that I know nothing about. I’m able to play a Catalan almost every time with d4. Thanks for your response! 😊
Sir good video perhaps break the video into more than one part and slow down. Thank you
thankyou! i'm planning on making several shorter videos explaining some of these concepts in-depth - hopefully a more detailed video individualizing some of these will be useful for people such as yourself :)
@@jacksarkisian Thanks
Nice!!!
thankyou g ❤️
“Hope chess”. I like this term. You should copyright it if you live in the USA.
Hope chess existed before he was born
sadly i think i'm a bit late on that term hahahah, glad you liked it though
nice vid woul be bettter if u made it in 5 videos with real life examples for noob players :)
should i make a simpler, more basic version of this video? 🤔
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Play 1.e4
have u ever fought a obvious cheater?
plenty of times, in fact, i just versed one in this game! brother absolutely crushed me 😭😭www.chess.com/game/live/110308333437
@@jacksarkisian damn bro i just got one of them in my 300 games he went 98%
@@jacksarkisian holy shit black was moving at 0.2 a second LMAOOO
@@jacksarkisian i reported him in his profile for u hopefully he gets banned
@@yeah6698 haha yeah he'll be banned, Chess.com prioritizes streamer reports so we can create content more efficiently. thankyou though 🙌
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better luck next time broski 😭😭
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his comment was the first on my dashboard 😭
Hi I am Going for A Fide rated tournament for first time what Should I Prepare??
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Please Reply Jack
there's a few things you should do before you play an OTB tournament
- eat well (healthy) before you play, there's nothing worse than feeling sick at the board because of what you've eaten + the stress of playing OTB
- if you know your round 1 pairing, ask around to see what opening they play so you know what's coming. if not, you can try and use ChessBase to see if they've played a game on a DGT board before.
other than this, at amateur tournaments there's not much you can do in the way of preparing. you have very little if any information on your opponent, just make sure you're going to be comfortable when you're there so you can play your best chess
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