5 MUST-KNOW Chess Tips For Every Beginner

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Lindayays
    @Lindayays Год назад +601

    me: watches chess videos
    me: I got this
    also me: forgets everything when playing chess

    • @jtidema
      @jtidema Год назад +9

      Yeah, always

    • @WalterLiddy
      @WalterLiddy Год назад +7

      The problem for me is, I never get a chance to even try what I've learned. I'm playing against a computer designed to be for beginners to learn against. It invariably places me in a position where all I can do is try to prevent the loss of pieces. There's usually no opportunity to make any kind of plan and often I find my pieces trapped and unable to even move. I open in what seems to be a typical way, and by the time I start trying to develop the knights/bishops I'm already blocked in and being attacked.

    • @Pinklegs
      @Pinklegs Год назад +7

      @@WalterLiddy play some humans online free

    • @mennasdrawings429
      @mennasdrawings429 11 месяцев назад +2

      Write these rules down and just play as much as you can

    • @tazman8487
      @tazman8487 11 месяцев назад

      I had this problem also as I didn't feel I was good enough yet to play real people so practiced a couple of openings against the computer. What happens with the lower rated bots is that they just restrict the thinking time or search depth but when doing book openings the computer does not need to think or search deep as it already know's the best move. It's not until deep in the middle game where it will make a mistake because it only looked 1 or 2 moves ahead instead of 4 or 5 etc. So i would recommend learning one opening with white and one opening with black, practice against the computer and use hints until you memorise the opening and then start playing real people. You will win more vs people than you will against the computer.. @@WalterLiddy

  • @krss6256
    @krss6256 Год назад +239

    Maybe we could get a video just on tactics? Even more complicated tactics and how to spot them in the middle of the game.
    Great video btw!

    • @Pinklegs
      @Pinklegs Год назад +2

      Middle game tactics not only strategy. Best way to improve tactics? Thanks

    • @Mr12Relic
      @Mr12Relic Год назад +1

      I'm a 900 with 2400 in puzzles. Do thousands of puzzles. It especially helps in Bullet because positions are insane. One just did an early bishop check, I blocked with a pawn, they backed up to the edge, I put my bishop between the king and pawn, they moved something on the other end of the board, I pushed the blocking pawn for "free", they took it and lost the bishop they forgot about.

    • @chessforfun_
      @chessforfun_ Год назад

      Yes can you please do something for people around 1700-2000?

    • @Pinklegs
      @Pinklegs Год назад +1

      I’m 1600 and will crush a 1750 then later will lose to 1490. Up and down. So frustrating!

    • @chessforfun_
      @chessforfun_ Год назад +1

      @@Pinklegs that's normal. I am 1800 and have a score of 23-28 against a 2000 but I can also loose against someone with 1300 if I get unlucky.

  • @zatho5421
    @zatho5421 Год назад +907

    I have to disagree. Playing Chess is easy. It becomes difficult if you try to win your games

    • @toyo1732
      @toyo1732 Год назад +10

      That why most of people play with bots

    • @duhusker4383
      @duhusker4383 Год назад +20

      No it's not. What you're saying is that knowing how to move chess pieces is easy which is something completely different.

    • @kproblem
      @kproblem Год назад +3

      @powdergateNope, it was really easy to learn the rules, only en Passant and Castle were the moves which I learned later!

    • @Omsip123
      @Omsip123 Год назад +1

      ​@benediktduckers I think you missed the joke 😂

    • @spodule6000
      @spodule6000 Год назад +14

      If you're not trying to win, you're not playing chess.

  • @Mack777
    @Mack777 Год назад +88

    Thank you, Anna. With these tips I went from 40% accuracy to 45%

  • @FredrikAndersson597
    @FredrikAndersson597 Год назад +39

    The old Swedish warrior king Karl XII during the early 18th century was fond of chess. He was known to take part in the fighting himself and was often at the head of his troops on the battlefield. He played a lot of chess with his generals in the field camps. His tactics in chess were always to get the king out to be in the forefront and lead the attacks. The generals, who did everything they could to lose the games so that Karl would not be upset, had great difficulty in dealing with king Karl´s tactics...

    • @miguelhernandez8577
      @miguelhernandez8577 Год назад +1

      no way

    • @gm2407
      @gm2407 Год назад +1

      Is there a source for that or the games he played?
      I mean he is a very successful commander who pushed his luck a bit to far.

    • @FredrikAndersson597
      @FredrikAndersson597 Год назад +7

      @@gm2407 The information about Charles XII playing chess is taken from the book Carolus Rex : hans liv i sanning återberättat. Or, Carolus Rex : his life in truth retold - my translation into English - written by Ernst Brunner.
      The book is written as an autobiography via all historical facts and all the letters that the king and his generals and other men signed during his time in power.
      There is a fairly detailed description of how the king often used to play chess with his generals in the field camps and what the king's chess strategy looked like. It was clear that he considered the king to lead his men on the chessboard - as he often did himself on the battlefield. And it was clear that the generals did their best to lose the matches so that the king wouldn't get angry and upset - and then you never know what could happen...

    • @gm2407
      @gm2407 Год назад

      @@FredrikAndersson597 Thank you.

    • @s1dew1nd3r4
      @s1dew1nd3r4 11 месяцев назад

      what an idiot lol@@FredrikAndersson597

  • @silvancorallo3872
    @silvancorallo3872 Год назад +92

    I love the fact that you teach beginners instead of beating them very quickly

    • @dtkincaid
      @dtkincaid Год назад +13

      Right! Too many chess streamers ridicule and demean beginners endlessly. I'm sure it drives a lot of views but It really has turned me off from most of them. I appreciate your positive teaching style, Anna!

    • @elizabethpetrie3066
      @elizabethpetrie3066 Год назад +2

      Chess is not easy! Thanks Anna love ur tactics!

    • @pantelissouvatzidis7367
      @pantelissouvatzidis7367 Год назад +2

      I love it to!!!

    • @usuariocelular8065
      @usuariocelular8065 Год назад +3

      If beginners wants to get better. They need a book. Not videos from youtube.

    • @elizabethpetrie3066
      @elizabethpetrie3066 Год назад

      @@usuariocelular8065 both & someone to play with!

  • @JonPaulDiefenbach
    @JonPaulDiefenbach Год назад +20

    Excellent video! These are some fantastic tips!
    My biggest weakness is definitely figuring out what my opponent is up to. I'll have some great plan and not realize what they are doing. Then by the time I figure it out, I'm so committed to my plan and want to see it through that I do it anyway, even if it won't work anymore because I missed my opponents plan.
    I would love a whole video on how to see the board from your opponent's perspective and how to know what they're planning.

  • @ДаниилМонахов-р8ч
    @ДаниилМонахов-р8ч 9 месяцев назад +1

    14:18 With no "really beautiful tactic" you just can take the queen with all the same lines, right?
    R:c4 Rd1+ etc. or having extra queen if black does not take.

  • @WayOfHaQodesh
    @WayOfHaQodesh Год назад +10

    Tusen takk Anna! Would love to see a video with many more chess fundamentals or principles. Much appreciated. Really learn so much from your videos.

  • @h4ck3rk4t
    @h4ck3rk4t Год назад +20

    You’re such a great and kind teacher Anna, I hope you do many more of these 🙏🏻

    • @ckobo84
      @ckobo84 Год назад

      The first thing she should teach is sportsmanship. If you are losing and don't want to play anymore "Resign". Don't make your opponent wait for minutes on end for your clock to run out because you're a poor sport little baby.

  • @brentwood7660
    @brentwood7660 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks! That was really confirming of things (I felt I was doing wrong) with some helpful insight on how to improve upon it.

  • @AlanCanon2222
    @AlanCanon2222 Год назад +4

    This is perfect for me. I know how to play the game, and as a computer scientist, I know something of the history of the development of chess algorithms. But I have never been more than a casual player just for fun. I will tell the story of playing with a Portuguese speaking commercial fisherman in Provincetown, Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod. (I am a Kentuckian). He would not allow me to make a bad move, at every turn, showing me the error of my bad move and suggesting a better one, giving me little tidbits of theory along the way. We played one game for over an hour like that, until the bar closed down, and we moved to speed chess, whereupon he wiped me out in four or five moves. It was the opposite of the chess "hustlers" I see on Anna Cramling's channel, no shit talking, just pure chess (with a language barrier, at that). He was a complete stranger to me, and I have never forgotten his patience and kindness in taking me on as his student, even for one game. It made me want to get a job on one of the fishing boats, and my girlfriend said, "You would die."

  • @dr.nebulanovae8398
    @dr.nebulanovae8398 10 месяцев назад +1

    The amount of pride I felt in finding that winning queen move near the end and being a low ELO. I feel like watching chess content creators and masters such as yourself has really helped me.

  • @edwinsas2615
    @edwinsas2615 Год назад +36

    Hello Anna, thank you for your amazing video's. Great tips in this one. I learned the basics of chess as a kid about 30 years ago from my granddad. Just started playing again this year after finding your youtube channel. Have to get a lot better and video's like this will help with that. So again Thank you very much!! oh and The Cow opening work great for me :)

    • @R.Akerman-oz1tf
      @R.Akerman-oz1tf Год назад

      In Anna's last example; I wonder if the Queen faded to the back-rack could have helped in some way?🧭

    • @risingmojofilter
      @risingmojofilter Год назад +1

      If Qd8, it is mate in one after Rxf8, if I remember correctly. One of the ideas of the diversion was to enable to back-rank mate with the rook. If the queen hides behind the bishop, it cannot help defend the king and it is mate.

    • @R.Akerman-oz1tf
      @R.Akerman-oz1tf Год назад +1

      Well said! Hopefully I was asleep when that was explained. TYSM @@risingmojofilter

  • @kd6tas
    @kd6tas Год назад +2

    Anna makes the best beginner tips videos (in my opinion).
    I'm still using the one where she said just make sure all of your pieces are protected and wait for your opponent to make a mistake. In my opinion, blunders and hanging pieces are the biggest problems in the beginning. In other words, in a lot of beginner games players end up beating themselves. Teaching a strategy whereby beginners give fewer games to their opponents is good.

  • @jojojet1256
    @jojojet1256 11 месяцев назад +2

    As a beginner i didn't understand the purpose of openings but as I progressed into 800 elo i realized how important it is to learn openings and move pieces with a plan thanks to you it's much easier to understand chess now 😊

  • @WestAdamm
    @WestAdamm Год назад +127

    Towards the ending of the video. If your opponent took your rook you’ll be on check, you’ll take back with your king and you’ll lose a queen. That strategy could be countered because it’s risky. Anyways chess has been helpful to me. When going through a bad phase playing chess and learning about the financial market helped me keep a positive mindset. Who trades the financial market?

    • @RichardWest-
      @RichardWest- Год назад

      Wow, you’re right. She could have lost her queen. I trade the financial market. Which aspect of the financial market were you referring to?

    • @WestAdamm
      @WestAdamm Год назад

      You also saw it lol. I was referring tot the stock market but willing to try other aspects of the financial market. How do you trade?

    • @RichardWest-
      @RichardWest- Год назад

      I trade based on the season of the market. It gives me a direction on implementing the right strategies for long or short term. I also trade based on the volatility of the market. Although it wasn’t easy till I came across a mentor who helped to keep me in the market loop. My mentor is Bernard Paul.

    • @WestAdamm
      @WestAdamm Год назад

      @@RichardWest- interesting. This would definitely help to act like a guide when implementing your strategies. Your mentor is doing a good job.

    • @StefanClyde
      @StefanClyde Год назад

      Paul is also my mentor. I’ve observed Paul’s commitment to continuous learning, staying informed to market news has been a helpful factor which he shared with me in his firm and i really appreciate.

  • @BrooklynDaveChess
    @BrooklynDaveChess Год назад +11

    Great video, Anna! I find it hard convincing beginning players that CASTLING is often the most aggressive move.

  • @wouterspelt
    @wouterspelt 11 месяцев назад +3

    Hi Anna,
    I like your videos! You're fun to watch and listen to with a complex game like chess.
    But one question here: Don't you just lose your own queen at 16:50?
    If black plays rook f8 to f1+, you're forced to act on that and then black can take your queen, isn't it? Or am I missing something?

    • @ilyasemenov6641
      @ilyasemenov6641 6 месяцев назад +2

      If black takes the rook on f1 with the rook from a1, and queen takes queen, then that rook checkmates on f8 the same way.

    • @wouterspelt
      @wouterspelt 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@ilyasemenov6641 Thanks, that was what I was missing!

  • @gerokron3412
    @gerokron3412 Год назад +8

    A helpfull video also from the perspective of an experienced player who likes to teach it to beginners! Thx Anna, happy christmas to you!

  • @alexaneals8194
    @alexaneals8194 Год назад

    One thing I found that helps, is taking a look at the games, I played and seeing what the losing side could have done differently to have either draw the game or win it. So, if I lost the game that I would analyze why I lost and what I could have done differently. If I won the game, I look at how I could played the opponent position to have won the game. Especially, if an opponent resigns, then I try to see if I could change the outcome by not resigning. I am only 100 or 200 elo player so take this with a grain salt. But, it has improved my game a little bit.

  • @jamesduggan7200
    @jamesduggan7200 Год назад +2

    Thanks Anna. As usual I enjoyed hearing your ideas. The only thing I might add is that even beginners possess the kernels of fundamental understanding. For example, a weak player might explain a bad move with the logic that a winning position a pawn up would be too difficult to win. Instead of chastising that player build on that reality because many of us lack the skill to win a pawn up ending against a stronger opponent, so unless you can get a second pawn that pawn up winning position is at best only a draw.

  • @CsJunkBag44
    @CsJunkBag44 10 месяцев назад +1

    Want to thank you for helping me improve my game! I have been stuck around 200-250 for months, having difficulty raising my level. I’ve been learning from your videos and have increased to mid 300s in less than a week! Thank you and keep up the good work!

    • @Mageimin
      @Mageimin 5 месяцев назад

      What the hell lol

  • @lapredo3
    @lapredo3 Год назад +1

    Anna
    It’s nice you have no problem revealing your chess secrets to beginners.
    Great advice for those chess players who refuse to learn about chess openings, middle and end game strategies and tactics.

  • @Jess-xw4or
    @Jess-xw4or Год назад +2

    Big beginner here!!! Been so in love with your videos. Just played my 2nd chess game ever with a friend and your videos have helped me lots! I’d love to see more ways to train my brain to see tactics.

  • @sidtp7307
    @sidtp7307 Год назад +2

    Thanks Anna. New to chess and I find your videos very instructive. Plus you’re adorable 🥰

  • @jockez3581
    @jockez3581 Год назад +4

    I always enjoy your instructive videos. You are one of the best at doing these.

  • @magicmonk
    @magicmonk Год назад +3

    Such an awesome video. Not just applicable to chess but also to life. Thank you!

  • @nordictrekker914
    @nordictrekker914 Год назад +2

    Well chess for me is like watching paint dry. I haven't played in more than 20 years, and will probably never play again. However, watching this and several other chess channels are incredible entertaining. I especially enjoy the banter during friendly games. Keep it up!

  • @slamrock17
    @slamrock17 Год назад +4

    Best chess content on youtube. Thanks anna. Im almost 600 now in 10min games.

  • @godcomplexlynx
    @godcomplexlynx 11 месяцев назад +2

    13:34 knight to f7

  • @Abdallah_Ismail
    @Abdallah_Ismail 4 дня назад

    18:12 That bye caught me off guard xD my heart skipped a beat!!

  • @MichaelClerk-xd6ft
    @MichaelClerk-xd6ft Год назад +1

    Fantastic video! From your heart, clearly to me at least. Thanks so much.

  • @QuarkMonk07
    @QuarkMonk07 Год назад +2

    This was a very helpful video. Thank you for the educational content!

  • @svennagel4530
    @svennagel4530 Год назад

    Danke!

  • @VonAllenSports
    @VonAllenSports Год назад +4

    I used the cow opening and have already won 4 times with it! People have no idea what the hell I'm doing, LOL.

  • @tedquaker954
    @tedquaker954 Год назад

    Love your enthusiasm and that giggle of yours!! Awesome. Merry Christmas.

  • @jolantissier
    @jolantissier Год назад +1

    Thanks for the tips! Videos explaining the openings could be nice and interesting, following this video

  • @Vulcanerd
    @Vulcanerd 11 месяцев назад

    I am a complete and utter novice that used to play chess ages ago (and never really got good), but at 16:58 when you're discussing how moving your queen to g5 creates an opening, couldn't black have simply taken their rook from f8 to f1, putting you in check forcing you to take their rook with your king (or maneuver the king from g1 to g2) or with your rook from a1 to f8? At which point, they have free reign to take your queen by going e7 to g5 (which also threatens your e5 pawn)?
    Like I said, I'm a total noob so if Anna or someone could walk me through that, it'd be greatly appreciated, thank you.

    • @jonathanwong7017
      @jonathanwong7017 3 месяца назад

      No, because if the black rook on f8 takes the white rook on f1, the white rook on a1 can then take back the black rook on f1, and then black is in the same dangerous situation because now the white rook again threatens the back rank checkmate on f8, so the black queen on e7 cannot capture the white queen on g5. And at the same time, the black queen cannot stay on e7 to defend f8 because the white queen on g5 would be able to take the black queen in the next turn for free, so then it just goes back to what Anna demonstrated for black in Nf6, which sacrifice the knight instead of the queen for black, who then still inevitably has the losing position.

  • @patriciamarias4990
    @patriciamarias4990 11 месяцев назад

    Wow, I am not a pro and have not lost a game to normal people lol, but I am glad I can say I do more than 85% of the things Anna explains we should do, and it does spark an interest into playing chess since I haven't in years. Really love how you take your time to try and make the game fun and I must say I really enjoy watching your outlook and charisma and rooting for you

  • @brucecrane9605
    @brucecrane9605 Год назад

    Enjoyed the video. I don't play but love to watch. It helps so much to better understand what the players are thinking and planning. Love to see more on" inside the game". Chess Princess

  • @JV-uf2mv
    @JV-uf2mv 11 месяцев назад

    Tried the cow and won the fastest game I ever attempted. Thanks for making learning easy to follow. Love all your videos, also your parents are awesome!

  • @RachelledelaRosa
    @RachelledelaRosa 7 месяцев назад

    Your beginner videos are the absolute best Anna! Thank you for making these. Would love a playlist with more.

  • @IanPritchard
    @IanPritchard Год назад +2

    Just what I needed at this point in my game development. Thanks Anna.

  • @garynovak7977
    @garynovak7977 Год назад

    Beautiful video and very helpful. I love it when you (or Pia) explain the process.

  • @douglasburnside
    @douglasburnside Год назад

    I am a total amateur, but I have two rules I always follow after an opponent's move:
    1) Ask the question seriously: _What does he threaten?_
    2) Are his King and Queen on the same color? If so, _Where are my knights?_

  • @Mr12Relic
    @Mr12Relic Год назад

    I'm a 900 with 2400 in puzzles. It helps to treat each move like a puzzle because you evaluate potential finds.

  • @Kenjitsuka
    @Kenjitsuka Год назад +2

    Love beginners/educational content, please keep it up! :)

  • @davidanderson9103
    @davidanderson9103 11 месяцев назад

    YES to having a plan. One of the frustrations I have with chess puzzles is that the "Plan" portion is missing. I understand they are designed to train you to identify the best move from the position, but I constantly find myself wishing I knew the plan that had resulted in the position.

  • @Bummer873
    @Bummer873 Год назад

    If by tactics you mean perception and analysis...yes. You have to see that move, and figure out that you can capitalize on it for the win. I don't know if that's an innate or acquired skill yet.

  • @michaelgrizzanti1988
    @michaelgrizzanti1988 Год назад

    I must say Anna you have a very beautiful way of talking so informative and easy to follow … thank you for the tips 🙏

  • @mikearance
    @mikearance Год назад +1

    Awesome video! Thank you! Yes, please more educational videos. Believer.

  • @doug3691
    @doug3691 Год назад

    Thank you, Anna, for another lovely video. In particular, "checking to see if you have time for your beautiful plan" is something that should definitely help my game. Happy Holidays!

  • @psikachu
    @psikachu Год назад +1

    Tons of great, actionable advice! Thank you so much!

  • @spacejunkisforever6311
    @spacejunkisforever6311 11 месяцев назад

    AWESOME video. I’m 1200, not a total beginner, but all 5 points you make here I need to remind myself of constantly. I’m playing games now that aren’t usually decided by basic blunders- so what I realize is that I need to study number 5 much more. Tactics! I hate puzzles though!

  • @thierrydanis395
    @thierrydanis395 Год назад

    my tip would be to play when your brain is awake. if you have an online game scheduled at 11 am, so not set your alarm clock at ten forty but at least 1 hour before so you have time for your morning routine. and in the other direction, avoid scheduling games very late at night. when your brain is tired, it is that time you forget the basics, you forget to sit in your opponent's seat before making the decision on a move for instance. i can't count how many time i said to myself "one more online game then i'll go to bed" and i ended up losing that way too late at night game. (side note, great make up in this video!)

  • @ATG19534
    @ATG19534 Год назад

    When teaching not to move a piece twice in the opening, the focus is often on the second time a piece is moved. Moving a piece a second time is almost always better than losing it.
    The focus for this tip should be on choosing a first move so that it won’t need to move a second time.

  • @johns6795
    @johns6795 Год назад +1

    very good tips. maybe play a game or two against opponents the tips are aimed at. like beginners in this one and intermediate in the next. selecting quick games to keep the video under 30:00 minutes OR just as is next one tips for intermediate

  • @peterjansen4826
    @peterjansen4826 Год назад

    I was playing against a 10 years old kid whom I taught chess, I gave chess as a birthday present 5 years earlier. The kid learned how to defend properly so I couldn't get through without exchanging the same piece a few times.

  • @fp387
    @fp387 5 месяцев назад

    Keep teaching Anna! You’re helping me! ❤

  • @bradmonkiewicz8375
    @bradmonkiewicz8375 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much Anna. I'm new to chess and have been not knowing where to start. I've ordered a book on openings

  • @LITANDLEGIT2024
    @LITANDLEGIT2024 Год назад

    love all your videos...and your energy blows me away....thankyou for brightening my days.....and helping my game out

  • @jorgec7087
    @jorgec7087 Год назад

    Wow Anna, he sabido de ti gracias a la entrevista con Jordi Wild… definitivamente te aconsejo que dediques más vídeos a enseñar tácticas de ajedrez, tú capacidad de comunicación y tu carácter extrovertido puede acercar el ajedrez a mucha gente, particularmente a los jóvenes. Me encantaría, ya en lo personal, que dedicaras un vídeo a diversas aperturas y las mejores respuestas a las mismas. Gracias por existir! Un abrazo desde Almería

  • @UltraMaXAtAXX
    @UltraMaXAtAXX Год назад

    I've been at a 650 plateau for months now. John Curtis is the only titled player I play now (when he streams, and he makes it instructive too). Hopefully this will help me finally get to 700.

  • @chaseorosco9017
    @chaseorosco9017 11 месяцев назад

    In my experience sometimes beginners are actually harder to play, because they don’t understand the rules and sometimes actually accidentally become rather unpredictable. I have found sometimes a new player has inadvertently created a real problem for me to solve.
    Fortunately while they’re accidentally good at this, they’re not very good at coordinating an attack.

  • @Pat19997
    @Pat19997 2 месяца назад

    Too much thinking to get better. If I thought of a plan more than 2 moves ahead and had to keep track of the possibilities of my opponents plan, we’d be in a 12 hr game
    I also think there are a few set moves to win the game easily, such as 4 move, 5 move , 6 move checkmates. I also think when an opponent does something illogical it messes up the plan of the other competitor. I don’t know just my thoughts as a beginner.

  • @arosalesmusic
    @arosalesmusic 11 месяцев назад

    I´ve always had a knack for chess, I do not study it, do not study famous players, hardly ever play, but when I do, I seem to do very well with even with people who actually study the game. I just play according to what the other person does, I never have a plan. I tend to draw more than win. I guess I play not to lose. But I get a kick out of these other people who consider themselves good at it and can´t beat me, and I don´t really care.

  • @lar208
    @lar208 11 месяцев назад

    Väldigt bra tips Anna! Mvh: Lasse

  • @ic4miles
    @ic4miles 7 месяцев назад +1

    love the educational vids

  • @johnvelas70
    @johnvelas70 11 месяцев назад

    I learned about 4 months ago.
    I have 2 standard openings. If by some miracle, my opponent isn't paying attention, or letting me learn more as I go, I can take pieces by having the Q&K surrounded at all times by at least 1 Kt, & 1B.
    Any thoughts?

  • @delturge
    @delturge Год назад

    Thank you, Coach C. Good chat. Seriously. Just what I needed to hear.

  • @paulpavli7206
    @paulpavli7206 Год назад

    brilliant educational video anna, thanks so much

  • @jamesmiddleton1226
    @jamesmiddleton1226 Год назад

    On a different note, I don’t think having a plan is exactly important. Back in 1997 I played years of 1 minute chess. Which sometimes went into 40-70+ moves per game. I think more having a reactionary view on things, tactics are key. Especially when sacrificing. I like your videos, keep it up =)

  • @richardthorne2804
    @richardthorne2804 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent tips. Thanks so much

  • @CodeGr88n
    @CodeGr88n Год назад +1

    This was very informative, consice, having example games to show us and explain the moves and concepts... great video. thank you💚💚💚💚

  • @cduemig1
    @cduemig1 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks partially to you at 39 I attended my first chess tournament. Brought the kids then realized they had an adults entry as well. Unrated estimated 700 I got a draw with a 1080, and won against another unrated player and got my butt handed to me by a 9 year old 1150 player. Another one next month!

  • @moisesjimenezblazquez584
    @moisesjimenezblazquez584 Год назад +1

    Hola Anna, podrías hacer un vídeo parecido a este en español?. Un saludo

  • @keystonefury3155
    @keystonefury3155 6 месяцев назад

    Great video Anna, you say learn opening’s and end games is there somewhere where we can learn this from other then RUclips?

  • @johnthetoolmanchess8932
    @johnthetoolmanchess8932 11 месяцев назад

    But very good tips you explaining in the video what beginners do with mistakes, but sometimes in positions it’s so complicated you don’t know what to do or what to trade or what pieces to exchange it’s really complicated

  • @cloudysunset2102
    @cloudysunset2102 Год назад

    Anna, may I suggest a vid on basic chess for those that are elderly? I am in my mid-70's and don't have enough life time to learn complex openings. Otherwise this vid well done, I learned a lot that was fuzzy before but after your explanations it is much clearer. thanks.

  • @vrod2144
    @vrod2144 Год назад +1

    this channel is such a discovery ❤

  • @franciscogimenez2133
    @franciscogimenez2133 Год назад +1

    Excellent interview you had in the wildproject whith giorgio,excelente entrevista en de wildproject que hiciste,pon algun short de esta en tu canal Anna,y Felices Fiestas

  • @danjobin2608
    @danjobin2608 Год назад

    Yeah! Just the lesson/reminder that I needed! Thanks!

  • @SeldimSeen1
    @SeldimSeen1 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for this instruction.

  • @elizabeth4689
    @elizabeth4689 Год назад

    I started playing this month, started at 300 now im 500 just watching videos on RUclips, these really help!

  • @nedheadwyoming
    @nedheadwyoming Год назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @alexanderkhainson2665
    @alexanderkhainson2665 Год назад

    16:47 What if black rook takes f1? Then black should be winning the queen... Am I missing anything?

    • @vikkiy8077
      @vikkiy8077 11 месяцев назад

      I thought the same

    • @jonathanwong7017
      @jonathanwong7017 3 месяца назад

      No, because if the black rook takes the white rook on f1, the white rook on a1 can then take back the black rook on f1, and then black is in the same dangerous situation because now the white rook again threatens the back rank checkmate on f8. And the black queen cannot stay on e7 to defend f8 because the white queen on g5 would be able to take the black queen in the next turn for free, so then it just goes back to what Anna demonstrated for black in Nf6, which sacrifice the knight instead of the queen for black, who then still inevitably has the losing position.

  • @barneyrubble5801
    @barneyrubble5801 Год назад

    Q: How to learn the game w quality information without hiring a coach? I don't have GM parents ... but I do have a computer that says "always do this" followed by "never do that". Ahhhhhhh! I'm subscribed and find you both entertaining and informative, albeit lightyears ahead of me. Thanks!

  • @jamesbell7696
    @jamesbell7696 Год назад

    This is super helpful. Thanks!

  • @harveyjohnny1967
    @harveyjohnny1967 Месяц назад

    Love your videos thanks Anna!

  • @AbhishekS-cv3cr
    @AbhishekS-cv3cr Год назад

    Very insightful!

  • @takoinche
    @takoinche 11 месяцев назад

    Anna: first of all, control the center.
    Also Anna: cow opening! ❤

  • @Mo-jj1kl
    @Mo-jj1kl Год назад

    I like this kind of video. Especially how you show multiple examples for each point.

  • @the_luggage
    @the_luggage 10 месяцев назад

    Total beginner here, what's the best way to learn openings? Thanks!

  • @saralundqvist5757
    @saralundqvist5757 9 месяцев назад

    Tack för en bra video! Denna kommer jag se om igen med ett anteckningsblock i handen. Börjar äntligen förstå mer och mer hur en (hittills) obesegrad vän tänker när han spelar schack, hehe

  • @pantelissouvatzidis7367
    @pantelissouvatzidis7367 Год назад

    This is in my opinion the most educative for beginners like my video you have ever made.

  • @RuthHorseLady
    @RuthHorseLady 11 месяцев назад +1

    I love your videos. Before starting to watch these, I "knew how to play chess" (like: I know how to move the pieces) but I never really got the idea of how you actually "play" to get somewhere. Read a lot of empty advice like "you have to develop your pieces". But without any further explanations that doesn't mean very much. You really help me making sense out of this game. Thank you!

  • @louisgauthier1889
    @louisgauthier1889 Год назад

    Great advice. Thank you!

  • @zXSleeZy
    @zXSleeZy 9 месяцев назад

    That last move was a bit tricky, you said solve it in one move for a win. I was looking so hard, and was immedietly drawn to using the queen, but thought no they will take my queen, or if using the rook it'll just get taken. Never occured to me to sacrifice the queen for the win, but then it's not in 1 move, not realy. Or well maybe i interpret it to literally. I thought about checkmate. Great tips though.

  • @froodtube
    @froodtube 8 дней назад

    12:45 "But then I saw once he moves his bishop back, I can move my rook making it an active piece!" As Stockfish immediately throws up the (?!) 🤣😂