Building Habits FULL VERSION Part 20 (1250-1300 ELO)

[@gabo3color]

Timestamps & general notes 15:57 - (theory) dealing with sacrifices 42:28 - (quiz) take a sac piece or not quiz 51:20 - answer to the quiz 58:00 - (quiz) knight move to the edge of the board 1:05:48 - (theory) a london theme (b3 = weak dark squares) 1:19:20 - (quiz) Rook move 1:24:00 - (quiz) Tactic 1:13:39 - (theory) queen’s gambit 1:31:20 - (quiz) endgame with 2 knights 1:38:08 - (quiz) take free pawn but double your pawns on the castled king? 1:42:56 - (informal quiz) - What bishop move would you do here? (he doesn’t ask, pause the video) 1:43:44 - (informal quiz) - how would you attack Na7? 1:44:36 - (informal quiz) - what pawn should you take? 2:02:48 - (informal quiz) - what move should the opponent have played? + what move should you play? General notes - when you’re up material (e.g., two pawns up), don’t focus on getting more pawns -- but instead focus on trading - if opponent starts playing crazy moves early on, play in a conservative way - when you are controlling the center with your two pawns (e.g., e4 and d4), the rooks almost always will go behind them - try to get to endgames, and just bring your king to the middle

[@RealHarry18]

Awesome work man. Love the addition of general notes.

[@rkevinhunt8134]

1:12:48 for Queen's Gambit response

[@LTC122003]

It would be nice if you were pined at the top ^^

[@RealHarry18]

Timestamps for re-watch purposes (mostly for me, hopefully it helps others too) How to deal with dangerous sacrifice tactics 1 - 14:49 Game 3 - Jobava London Opening Aman Tactics Quiz - 32:51 Example of 2R>Q - 42:09 How to deal with dangerous sacrifice tactics 2 - 50:56 Game 7 - Queen’s Gambit Game 8 - London Opening Instructive Moment London Opening - 1:05:57 How to Respond to Queen’s Gambit - 1:12:46 Game 9 - London Opening Aman Tactic Quiz - 1:23:44 Game 13 - French Defense Note: If I haven't specifically mentioned an opening for a game, it means that the game has a regular e4.e5 opening.

[@ltcmdrdata25]

Just hit 1305 using the habits, started at 500 7 months ago, loving the series

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

You should check out Daniel Naroditsky. He has a good series too

[@ltcmdrdata25]

@@self-righteousideologue9398 I've watched a few episodes of his as well, it's quite good as well although Chessbrah probably has the best

[@danicajohnson2664]

Good shit

[@takidabossen]

Damn im only 900

[@walterjames8230]

did you analyze your games ?

[@jeephiker2995]

Found this series of full length lessons about a year ago. I watch them over and over. Teacher knows how to teach. And the entertainment element is great. Watching intermediate level chess games with understandable analysis is very helpful and somehow satisfying. This series really should get some kind of chess instruction award. Thank you teacher!

[@wescimmarrusti5437]

Aman is the man. It's honestly incredible how well he personifies the thoughts/moves of the elo level that he's playing at.

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Makes my day to see these full versions coming out on a regular basis. The memorization at this level is already a bit much for me but really enjoy the series, especially the clear explanations.

[@chickenbrothers7440]

Same here. I end up watching some of the vids multiple times and do a lot of rewinding

[@alexwiththeglasses]

@@chickenbrothers7440 I’m toying with the idea of documenting each defensive sequence that this approach is saying to memorize, just to look at all together. I don’t only mean the responses to specific openings, but also the must-know counters that appear even before level 3. That way I can look at the Building Habits series from a more bird’s eye view.

[@chickenbrothers7440]

@@alexwiththeglasses Same here lol - if you do, I’d love to see you post at least time stamps to refer to.m

[@ahmet18605]

i just write them on my notebook to use them if i see it again. With this tactic i can memorize it with time.

[@burchds84]

The definition of "interesting." "It's an interesting move. When I say interesting I mean terrible. That's usually the word I use when I'm trying to be polite, because I'm Canadian." -Aman Hambleton

[@yoniziv]

I hope this never ends... at least until ELO 2000... this is the best thing in chess world, insightful, funny and I just love it! Thanks Aman and the great Chessbrah team

[@RaptureReady2025]

Building Habits is my favourite Chessbrah series!! Aman is the GOAT!! Thanks! 💪🏼✊👏👏👏

[@KancerKowboy]

This is by far my favorite series for learning chess

[@wkgates]

Best way to learn is by making and learning from mistakes. This is a great series, hope to see more.

[@notyourdad]

I learned that lesson from Game 6 the hard way yesterday...

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

For game 6, at this time stamp 46:54 - You can do Bishop to F7 check. King takes, then knight to G5 check which is protected by bishop. King moves then queen takes G4. Now your queen is near the open H file and you can protect against mate. If the opponent doesn't take the bishop on F7 you still move knight to G5 followed by queen takes G4. You'll be up material in the end. The knight to G5 blocks black queen from reaching the H file.

[@TheKempaz]

Thank you Aman! This is great series. I want more educational videos from Aman.

[@shrijithnair9672]

Really amazing lessons!! Thanks Aman. It will help everyone learn and improve the game.

[@milehighslacker4196]

1:59:05 the move 16.Bd3, is this the first time in the series where the Bishop was attacked and it moved to the d-file instead of the b-file?!? Aman must have really wanted to keep that Bishop! Thanks so much for this series, I have enjoyed every bit.

[@mrhed0nist]

This is nice openings being suggested by Aman in these vids. All to often beginners are shown stodgy one trick pony opening systems like the London or Stonewall which hold back the players development in the long run. I feel learning basic opening principles is far more useful than memorising a line to play without understanding it.

[@brandonovich6063]

What's wrong with the London? How does it hold back development?

[@mrhed0nist]

@@brandonovich6063 A master plays the London to avoid opening theory. A beginner plays the London to avoid thinking for themselves for as long as possible.

[@brandonovich6063]

@@mrhed0nist London is pretty easy to punish if people are just doing the moves with no reaction. I'd say it would work as quite a learning experience for anyone willing to learn. As a beginner, they wont know what opening they should play, the London seems like an easy starter to have an early goal in every game.

[@pkermen]

the series has been very helpful to me regarding the decisionmaking, started in january and currently 1200 blitz. as white i play d4 openings because im the most familiar with them as of right now, but nearly always play 1... e5 as black. still, 99% of my games are either looking for or setting up tactics to cheese people.

[@FirstLast-gm9nu]

@@brandonovich6063 Tldr; open positions make you fight your opponents and learn from it, while systems involve too much pussyfooting around. open positions generally involve each player throwing their pieces at their opponents near the center until something in the position collapses. Because each players plan is fairly transparent to the other, how your execution failed often clearly outlines weaknesses in your play and allows for straightforward improvement. In contrast, with systems why plans and counterplay succeed or fail often depends on nuances of the position that aren't transparent to beginners. Learning these themes teaches one skills thatre less generally applicable than learning open combative chess as a novice. On the other hand, I'm 1200 so treat my words as toilet paper.

[@Truffle_Pup]

59:14 The Scarborough Fair joke cracked me up, but only because I love The Mighty Boosh.

[@j3553pinkman]

I must say I am thrilled with my progress after viewing your videos. I am definitely seeing the board differently and crossed over 1300 for the first time ever. The improvement makes viewing the videos so rewarding and most importantly, FUN!

[@NavidSensei]

the slow realization starting at 48:18 is some oscars level acting Aman.

[@JurrevdBerg]

Thanks for the serie. I was getting stuck for quite a few months now between a certain rating. These full versions of the habits series where exactly what i needed to crick my knowlege up again. And for that i personaly own you stroopwafels if ur in the Netherlands again.

[@paulallen9590]

I love this series Thanks Aman and the Chessbrah team.

[@RevCar01]

Keep these coming Aman. Much appreciated.

[@amazinginsight-z5p]

I got stuck in the 1100's on 5 mins, but now have cracked 1260+ on 10 min games. Now need to get into those elusive 1300's. Hoping this is the way forward. Bring it on Aman, make it look easy man.

[@cristiantudorescu9153]

Best content on youtube. Thanks a lot! 🎖

[@TheCha0sL0rdNurgle]

This series is criminally underwatched

[@rulamagic]

What's wrong with castling at 11:13 or where has Aman explained this before? Also, notes to self: 38:00 how to nip your bishop getting trapped in the bud. 1:54:50 Pawn vs bishop threat habit.

[@davidgardzella1797]

Great viddy, nice to have something prepped to play against the French

[@arijeetbanerji1025]

Game 6 was a sick fishing pole trap 🤣

[@thevanquisher5971]

1:46:03

[@rondid]

I'll make it simple: there's 2 ways of playing chess: Follow Aman's advices and win or don't listen to him and go greedy pawn or whatever and lose.

[@AC-sk7uv]

41:20 Aman : "How many of you could resist giving this check....and then realize it's not so great." Me: saying over and over "give that check!!!"

[@franciscobeaulieu1831]

Final boss was a great battle, props to him

[@CheerfulSlimCan]

In game 3, I don't understand why we have to play a6 instead of c5. After c5, if they play Nb5, we have Qa5+ leading to a comfortable position for black after their knight goes back.

[@dumu4700]

I’m new here. As a 1300, a lot of what he plays is an obvious inaccuracy/ mistake that I would not be making as a 1300. Is he trying to play as that elo? I was about to say this guy is missing obvious mistakes, but then I see videos of him winning against 1900’s?? Am I missing something???

[@私-r9p]

Dude, he's a GM, of course, he wins against 1900s (and even against 2700s). You're definitely missing something.

[@MechaShiva1986]

Awesome man, thank you for uploading more of these I love them.

[@jamestickle3070]

When I loose games and analyze, most of the time I rushed into an attack before completing development. Or I got forked, usually by a knight.

[@yashshah4494]

Loving this , on top of that !

[@KidScipio]

at 1:11 you are open to center fork - is that ok ? (Nxe4, Nxe4, e5)

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

56:29. This is how I see the take-down attack going. 1.----N×g4, 2.P×g4 B×g4, 3.K-g2 P-f5, 4.Q-d3 P×P, 5.N×P B×N+, 6.K move B×N.

[@jimmymac5601]

Thanks for the great series

[@qqqmyes4509]

Game 6 was ELECTRIC

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

46:54 - I would do Bishop to F7 check. King takes, then knight to G5 check which is protected by bishop. King moves then queen takes G4. Now your queen is near the open H file and you can protect against mate. If the opponent doesn't take the bishop on F7 you still move knight to G5 followed by queen takes G4. You'll be up material in the end

[@pairot01]

No sacrifices

[@elmad2153]

45:50 XD honestly i'd just take it because if he wins i'd just be glad to bow to the Chad

[@joelskimber]

Best one yet

[@aprofromuk]

nice series, 1 ques, in the 1st game why not knight takes d4 over bishop takes, d4 ?

[@drkshr4803]

In that situation IF knight takes knight on D4, black can capture with the pawn on E5, which then forks whites bishop and knight. Which is why taking with bishop is best as it avoids that situation.

[@sossBoomer]

49:30 Homie had the Chessmaster 9000 GM edition pfp

[@JakobS92]

love this series

[@mikeock2087]

YEAH BABYY Let's goooo

[@igpetrov5303]

Why am I 1600 daily, 1300 rapid, have beaten many players who are in the 1700-1900 range on rapid, can solve 2000 rated tactics puzzles but barely stay above 850 on blitz.. I dont know what to do

[@drkshr4803]

You do better when given more time to solve tactics. So consider puzzle rush and do the five minute time control?

[@pairot01]

It's perfectly normal, everyone does better when given more time

[@juhonieminen4219]

@@pairot01 Some people have higher blitz or bullet rating than rapid or daily. They might play rapid too fast and use no time to calculate. Maybe fast and aggressive moves with opening tricks.

[@84y87]

@@pairot01 If “everyone” does better then that shouldn’t have such a drastic elo change from rapid to blitz, since elo is a relative method of judging chess level.

[@slvfelix]

Queen's gambit theory in 1:13:18

[@T0D4S]

Also GMs do 4.6 of accuracy. Note it 📝

[@izaaks8732]

Does he ever tell us what to do against queens gambit?

[@xiyalocan8535]

4.6!? I can't 😂😂

[@eocaesar8270]

sooo awesome

[@angel_machariel]

19:31 I just keep noticing these unhandy moves from Aman. I know he's trying to promote a behavior of pushing the h-pawn or the a-pawn or both. But it's simply incorrect here. ...c5 is a perfect move as Na5? isn't even possible due to the well-known ...Qa5!

[@burchds84]

28:10 c5 seems fine here ????

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

Game two, game two. Perhaps black needed not to take the bishop.

[@rifleshooter64]

nice

[@tacticalchunder1207]

It really baffles me how people like that chlaser dude get to that kind of rating playing that way.

[@joegreenwood86]

Just won 8 games in a row after watching this video. Maybe it's coincidence but I felt a lot calmer than I usually do playing blitz. Maybe it's the Canadian chilled as fk vibe

[@kylebaird8813]

4.6brah

[@kapils4113]

37:20

[@gustavodesmoura]

Up

[@sebbyh9764]

Fucking H4 Jesus Christ mate

[@bamf75]

Yo Mama London

[@mohammadomar8828]

Is he losing on purpose???

[@shrijithnair9672]

Yes. He is following the Rules he set so that we can learn the habits of playing good chess. He can of course beat the 1200's blindfolded.

[@drkshr4803]

Him losing is the best part of this series. Oddly. When he loses, we learn why and review. Versus other grandmasters flexing their advantage and just smothering opponents. As the series progresses VBKN learns about different openings and strats at different ELO's.

[@arnaut108]

I think its the whole point of this series. He plays what he thinks a 1300 should play following his rules. This proves us its possible for everyone of us to pull it off too. He is not playing like a GM making ultragigamega fantastic moves we wont be able to see on our own instead he follows a set of rules which will improve our play even if we lose some games.

[@bigolboomerbelly4348]

Yes. The goal here is not how to win as GM but how to win at lower elo. In one of the games Aman got a London. Not only that but it happened to be a variation that he specializes in. He played bxf6 which specifically goes against his own theory.

[@AC-sk7uv]

No, it's pretty common for GMs to lose to 1300s multiple times in one session. lmao.

[@JerkyJones100]

lol 4.6 accuracy