5:50 you should have just blocked the queen with your queen - or maybe knight but I prefer queen as it's more forcing. At that point you're up one bishop so having trades is good for you and increases your relative advantage.
19:23 the easiest way is to simplify the game by forcing a queen trade Qe5+.Then save your bishop and you go to endgame the opponent having no pieces and you having a bishop and a rook. Now you got a fork because the opponent just kept on blundering.
@@jeffreyburrows9157 Thank you for all the tips/tricks/improvement points. The pawn I never saw, haha. Other points I did come across while editing, thanks for reminding me. :DD
@@yorrinvdg At your rating, the most important thing is to find solid moves and not letting your pieces hanging - and also not blundering stuff for free. When thinking about a move, just remember to make a quick blunder check if there's something you leaving unprotected, is there something that can attack you immediately - or if there's a discover attack. So, don't ignore the bishop that have been sitting in fianchetto last 10 moves at the opposite side of the board. If you're ahead in points, feel free to go for even trades. That way you don't only increase your relative advantage but also minimize the risk for blunders. No need for fancy and complicated tactics - just wait for the opponent making a mistake or a blunder which happens almost in every game at 300-800 elo.
@@jeffreyburrows9157 Thanks for the advice, I will take this with me the next time I am playing. I've prerecorded some videos, so don't get mad at me if you see me make some mistakes you cleared up, hahah.
Great vid . I think u should try spicing things up with a more aggressive opening. No problems with the good ol’ London system, but it can get stale and is much more positional. I recommend the Jobava London or maybe the scotch gambit. You can shred your way up the ladder easily, just learn some basic ideas and some common mistakes that black can make. Most importantly, have fun!
Thanks for the reply! It is funny you mention it, I’ve been watching videos from the NM Alex Banzea about the Jabava london and I am trying it out since a couple of days. The Scotch Gambit sounds new to me, I will check it out. 😄
Agree. London system usually leads to rather positional game which can be hard to play when you're a beginner. Also trying out different openings help to understand them better when your opponent is playing them. I am not sure if that's a goal on sub 600 elo though. Maybe later when you have got familiar with basic principles. Opening itself isn't usually the deciding factor how your game ends up - as long as you don't play silly stuff like the bongcloud. The upside of the London is that you can pretty much play it brain dead never caring too much how the opponent responds - except Qb6 stuff taking advantage of the queen side bishop developed early. I was a fan of e4 openings and played Scotch and Vienna quite a lot. Nowadays I have enjoyed playing Jobava having some quite sharp games. The opponent most likely thinks that "ah, just another London player" but then chaos erupts if he doesn't know how to prevent some bishop & knight tricks.
Just discovered your channel and I really enjoy the chill vibe of your content! I'm also on the road to 1500 ELO and on the same level so its really entertaining to watch :) Keep it up!
Thanks for watching! :D
never resign
Sometimes we've got to resign to keep our sanity, haha.
5:50 you should have just blocked the queen with your queen - or maybe knight but I prefer queen as it's more forcing. At that point you're up one bishop so having trades is good for you and increases your relative advantage.
9:16 you left your pawn on d4 undefended.
19:23 the easiest way is to simplify the game by forcing a queen trade Qe5+.Then save your bishop and you go to endgame the opponent having no pieces and you having a bishop and a rook. Now you got a fork because the opponent just kept on blundering.
@@jeffreyburrows9157 Thank you for all the tips/tricks/improvement points. The pawn I never saw, haha. Other points I did come across while editing, thanks for reminding me. :DD
@@yorrinvdg
At your rating, the most important thing is to find solid moves and not letting your pieces hanging - and also not blundering stuff for free. When thinking about a move, just remember to make a quick blunder check if there's something you leaving unprotected, is there something that can attack you immediately - or if there's a discover attack. So, don't ignore the bishop that have been sitting in fianchetto last 10 moves at the opposite side of the board.
If you're ahead in points, feel free to go for even trades. That way you don't only increase your relative advantage but also minimize the risk for blunders.
No need for fancy and complicated tactics - just wait for the opponent making a mistake or a blunder which happens almost in every game at 300-800 elo.
@@jeffreyburrows9157 Thanks for the advice, I will take this with me the next time I am playing. I've prerecorded some videos, so don't get mad at me if you see me make some mistakes you cleared up, hahah.
Great vid . I think u should try spicing things up with a more aggressive opening. No problems with the good ol’ London system, but it can get stale and is much more positional. I recommend the Jobava London or maybe the scotch gambit. You can shred your way up the ladder easily, just learn some basic ideas and some common mistakes that black can make. Most importantly, have fun!
Thanks for the reply! It is funny you mention it, I’ve been watching videos from the NM Alex Banzea about the Jabava london and I am trying it out since a couple of days. The Scotch Gambit sounds new to me, I will check it out. 😄
Agree. London system usually leads to rather positional game which can be hard to play when you're a beginner. Also trying out different openings help to understand them better when your opponent is playing them. I am not sure if that's a goal on sub 600 elo though. Maybe later when you have got familiar with basic principles. Opening itself isn't usually the deciding factor how your game ends up - as long as you don't play silly stuff like the bongcloud.
The upside of the London is that you can pretty much play it brain dead never caring too much how the opponent responds - except Qb6 stuff taking advantage of the queen side bishop developed early. I was a fan of e4 openings and played Scotch and Vienna quite a lot. Nowadays I have enjoyed playing Jobava having some quite sharp games. The opponent most likely thinks that "ah, just another London player" but then chaos erupts if he doesn't know how to prevent some bishop & knight tricks.
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Give me one day and I got it xD
Just discovered your channel and I really enjoy the chill vibe of your content! I'm also on the road to 1500 ELO and on the same level so its really entertaining to watch :) Keep it up!
Thanks man, I appreciate it! Hopefully we’ll meet at the 1500 level in the future 😮💨