Building Habits FULL VERSION Part 22 (1330-1380 ELO)

[@RealHarry18]

Timestamps for my reference but awesome if it's helpful to others: Game 1 - Sicilian Defense Rook Placement Quiz 1 - 2:34 When you don't want to trade and play a retreating move - 5:12 Instructive Middle-game Moment - 5:07 Game 2 - Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Game 3 - Caro Kann Defense Game 4 - London Opening Rook Placement Quiz 2 - 23:53 Game 7 - Queen’s Pawn c4 Opening What to play against c4 in this opening - 48:59 Why you don't want to play b6 in this position - 51:21 Game 8 - Sicilian Defense Simple strategy in an opposite bishop endgame - 1:04:15 Note: If I didn't mention an opening, it means it's a regular e4.e5 opening I'll be updating this if I notice additional teaching points in future watch throughs

[@hopefulbloom]

TIMESTAMPS: *(**0:45**) - GAME 1 [WHITE, SICILLIAN DEFENSE]* - REMEMBER how to respond to e6, e5. Play d4 anyways. Don’t fish for those center pawns if you haven’t castled yet. - (2:33) Where should you place your rooks in similar positions? -- NOTICE the isolated pawn, so adding pressure on to that file would be very beneficial. - (8:08) INSIGHT: Always take free pieces rather than trading lower value pieces for more valuable pieces. *(**9:30**) - GAME 2 [BLACK, BLACKMAR-DIEMER GAMBIT]* - Accepting the Gambit. - (11:14) INSIGHT: If you need to defend a piece, see if you can develop another at the same time. - (11:38) INSIGHT: When you’re accepting Gambits, you’re always ahead in material. So it’s a good idea to trade. You don’t HAVE to trade, but you should be happy to trade equal pieeces. - (13:28) WHAT NEXT?: Knight moves to the center are usually good moves to play in the Middlegame when you don’t know what moves to play. - (15:36) INSIGHT: When you’re up a piece, trading queens can be SO valuable. *(**16:18**) - GAME 3 [WHITE, CARO-KANN DEFENSE]* - (16:28) REMEMBER / THEORY: How do you respond to d4, d3, c4? - (20:08) MIDDLEGAME PLANS: Push center pawns when your opponent doesn’t have pawns that can match it. If your pieces are well-developed, it’d be good for you to open up the position. - (20:52) PAUSE. White to Play and Win Material!! *(**22:04**) - GAME 4 [BLACK, LONDON SYSTEM]* - (22:15) REMEMBER: How do you respond to dxc5? -- The point of playing c5 is to capture back with your bishop. So play e6! - (23:53) INSIGHT: Where do you want your rooks here? -- You should think about what you and your opponent are going to do. If you or the opponent’s going to push pawns in the center, which files open up? - (28:30) WHAT NEXT? If you don’t know what to do, you CAN trade all the rooks. *(**31:05**) - GAME 5 [BLACK, GIUCO PIANO: PIANISSIMO]* - Generally helpful gameplay, nothing specifically instructive. - (41:23) ANALYSIS. *(**42:11**) - GAME 6 [WHITE, THREE KNIGHTS]* - Generally helpful gameplay, nothing specifically instructive. *(**48:46**) - GAME 7 [BLACK, QUEEN’s PAWN: SYMMETRICAL, 3.c4]* - (50:09) TRANSITIONS: Bringing the bishop move out, eventhough you placed it on e7 isn’t a waste of time. But you further develop the piece. - (55:49) How do you maneuver your rooks on the last two ranks to promote a passed pawn with your own rook blocking it? *(**56:23**) - GAME 8 [WHITE, SICILLIAN DEFENSE]* - (1:04:20) ENDGAME TECHNIQUE: In Opposite-Colour Bishop Endgames, put everything on the opposite square, and you want to use your King a ton. *(**1:07:07**) - GAME 9 [BLACK, 4 KNIGHTS: ITALIAN]* - (1:10:20) PAUSE. How can black continue developing/improving their position? -- NOTICE possible checks, captures, attacks with your move. - (1:16:05) ANALYSIS. Solid loss, interesting resource.

[@mikeock2087]

53:39 I'm excited for when this series reaches 1600+, the amount of knowledge I have been accumulating from this series so far is astonishing, especially gaining confidence in the early game. Also activating the King when in doubt was a very useful advice and has gotten me some wins already. Great series!

[@SHallett22]

Continuing to love this series. An idea would be to index the episodes somehow, so, eg, I could find that one where you destroyed the Caro Kann, or where you showed how to combat the Vienna.

[@chumdm3]

A single video that compiles the analysis of all the different openings setups would be mega!

[@mattschmidt6662]

Yea I’d really like to go back and find that Vienna strategy

[@rondid]

@@mattschmidt6662 Vid num 14, Game 3, Vienna gambit KO in 9 moves.

[@Oppenheimerfan4269]

@@rondid real one

[@michael8815]

18:44 i felt that mouseslip in my soul

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

Deep

[@Meurkl]

Been absolutely loving this series and the full versions are just hour long treasures. Keep 'em coming!

[@Buzzbox3rd]

This is a fanTASTIC series. Well done Aman for taking the time making these.

[@zackperdue]

Happy to see the next episode!

[@ForNoOne1]

Love this series. I could watch Aman coach chess habits all day.

[@jeephiker2995]

Lotta good games in this lesson. Several "gotcha" combinations. Will be long time before I could play this level, but fun to watch. Thanks Aman. I think you're a great teacher.

[@elitacilan891]

I started watching from my rating, level 3 rules. Last 7 days I played 37 games 27w/9l/1d. Thanks Aman you’re great. Especially I do excellent against sicilian now that I know c3 and now I know where to place my rooks, these have helped me tremendously

[@alexwiththeglasses]

Really appreciate the explanations, especially ones in areas where I don’t really understand, like the placement of the rooks that I usually don’t see quite right 26:14ff 🙏

[@ElectricLadyland87]

Just found this channel of an r/chess post and its one of the best treasure troves I've found on YT for improving chess. Can't beleive there are only 20k subs... it's gonna be much higher soon I hope! Question: as a 1400 or so player, would you recommend starting from the beginning (400) ?

[@benjaminanderson6856]

I went from 800-1400 after watching all your videos, thankyou so much my family have played for years and after 2 months I beat them all :)

[@lucasoneill2643]

Such a wham series. Loving it still.

[@theatrefreak2010]

Thank you for all these, they are very appreciated.

[@teefaka]

This one and Naroditsky's speedrun are the best

[@Ryukuss]

i agree

[@amazinginsight-z5p]

" In case you're new here..." Hey Man, so where you bin' ? If you want to get ahead , stick around; aint that the tooth.

[@JakobS92]

love this series

[@cjmingo934]

Bruh... LOL. "out of respect for my opponent I'm going to see if he meant B4. NOPE!" Love this series Aman

[@ajarnray4115]

This is awesome I'm following the rules and playing a lot more chess thanks to this series.

[@ahmet18605]

I've hit 1400 and still improving , Thank you Aman.

[@imbanana]

Aman you're my favorite chess person, love your videos

[@andrewsullivan5105]

Love this series Aman - keep it up!

[@chumdm3]

Lotta good info in this one. Deserves more views!

[@igpetrov5303]

Thank you Aman for being a fan of me.

[@denizyldz5362]

19:51 does anyone else see the Qe6 idea? That looked really great to me

[@hopefulbloom]

It would work but you’d only be up 2 points of material

[@henseleien]

I was stuck at 900, and all of a sudden, people start blundering their queens. Habits work!

[@menpower1]

RIP ermika. We have all been there, done that, and smashed something afterwards

[@45whity]

12:05 wasn't it better to take with the knight instead of pawn since this pawn is a passed pawn, and also considering advice "always take with a piece first"?

[@felipe-n9t]

19:49, doesn't Qxe6 win material? (The line I'm thinking of is: Qxe6, fxe6, Nxe6+, Kg8, Nxc7, random move [probably Nd7] and finally Nxa8.)

[@user-qd9im8xs6y]

What is the White opening called in Game 7?

[@vash64z]

Thank you for this great content!

[@glendamoura1850]

let's go, algorithm!

[@takidabossen]

I feel like it is hard to know when to trade or not. Because earlier it was always trade.

[@self-righteousideologue9398]

Game 4 is how you should blunder a checkmate

[@astonlanw]

At 13:21 does a rook sac not win for opponent ?

[@jollygreengiantism]

Can anyone tell me what the intro music is when he is explaining the building habits bit

[@jollygreengiantism]

A gold star and straight to the top of the class if anyone can do so....

[@eocaesar8270]

Keep it cominnnng :))))

[@45whity]

22:49 Doesn't Qa5 wins this pawn with a check?

[@Mr4512hkj]

Idk if you ever found out why, but ultimately it’s impossible for white to hold that pawn. It’s better to win it another way rather than have a misplaced queen and lose tempi.

[@vosluc7991]

Fuck yeah Aman, ditch that McDonalds

[@thevanquisher5971]

56:35

[@thetransferaccount4586]

watched

[@МихаилЧон]

"don't hang free pieces + take free pieces" wow, if only I've heard this brilliant advice earlier

[@mikeock2087]

Let's goooooo

[@KancerKowboy]

What is a Giga Chad?

[@gustavodesmoura]

Up

[@wasimfarooqsial]

BLUNDER BLUNDER BLUNDER BLUNDER BLUNDER

[@amazinginsight-z5p]

Are you talking to me, hey are you talking' to be bud, cause I'm the only one here. Well I don't see no ones else. (Well maybe a few thousand others wondering, "Could I do that, like win with ease ?" Sure thing Man !

[@thebullybuffalo]

Just hit 1300 in bullet. Lesss go