How to Choose Candidate Moves | Chess Middlegames

[@louziffer]

I remember being a new player as a kid, and wishing I had a resource exactly like this. Much respect for how you're helping people learn this wonderful game!

[@HangingPawns]

Thank you Louie:) It means a lot to hear comments like this one!

[@darshan_k_05]

This was the one the GOATed intro yeah we miss that.

[@allancao6158]

Thank you so much for all of these middle game videos! I was able to draw a losing position by playing the middle game well!

[@psychojustin3064]

I never know this kind of things before .... It helps a lot .... Thanks bro ...

[@isabelagusmao6504]

Awesome! I'm a 900 player, more or less, and I've been struggling to improve my middle game. This is very helpful, thank you

[@HangingPawns]

I'm glad it helps:) Thank you Isabela!

[@yarodirect]

What's your rating now?

[@kristianqiaofahlen4799]

Best chess channel

[@HangingPawns]

Thanks very much for thinking and saying that, Kristian!:)

[@mahri9022]

At 19:26 why not b5 to completely stop the knight from ever going there my only guess is that it would ruin your pawn structure

[@redwanurrahaman8644]

Opponent will just push the pawn

[@ElKogito]

5:48 I would consider Qh7. Looks like winning a pawn but in the other hamd black might get not pleasant conter play. Actually after thinking i wouldnt play it. However it was worth to consider this move.

[@HangingPawns]

Yeah, Qh7 was the key idea in the game. It did work and was played in the end. It just had to be played at the correct moment.

[@ElKogito]

Of course i wrote a comment before 8:55

[@udaytejsingh3998]

@hangingpawnsyoutube why not b5 at 19:34 ? It stops Nc4, prepares to fianchetto the bishop and prepare to move the a8 rook!

[@albertomarques7563]

Went up from 900 to 1100 in a month with your help. We're all gonna make it, Stjepan!(You as a GM and me to 1500)

[@ЧачкаПипсов-в1е]

why only 1500? And btw what's your rating now?

[@animezoneamv9116]

A guy who watches this channel must become a 1900 in a year. I hope you are sir. I am 2030+ BTW.

[@itsmealvin3473]

Great content

[@bhartiprasad2903]

Amazing lesson sir

[@enriquesocrates6822]

Your lessons help me to improve my chess by understand it in a simple way. Thank you very much!

[@HangingPawns]

No problem! I'm happy to hear they help you improve and that you find them easy to understand.

[@mrchristian8782]

thank you for the effort!

[@shreyash3146]

I have learned how to find it yippppppppppppppppppppe all bcoz of u sir

[@tanarani]

Awesome explaination very thought provoking. 😊🙏

[@lionsskyblue442]

useful info, thanks

[@MSChess-g3c]

Another great video. Thanks for the effort!

[@HangingPawns]

No problem, Markus. Glad you like it!

[@mauriceboyle6923]

Another gem. Thank you.

[@HangingPawns]

No problem Maurice:) Thank you!

[@antivenom6336]

Awesome content 💯

[@joancrabb623]

This is really good.

[@hfshan]

Do SWOT(Strength Weekness Opportunities & Threats) Analysis when opponent moves & do pre SWOT Analysis os your move you are gotta play.

[@doge0fwaRR]

Another excellent video! You've leveled up my chess tremendously, thanks a million. I'll be sure to throw some $ in your Patreon one of these days.

[@HangingPawns]

Thanks Connor! Glad the videos help. If you want come to the Thursday and Friday streams. Friday 8PM Cro is an interactive middlegame lesson, and Thu 2PM is endgames. May be useful!

[@doge0fwaRR]

@@HangingPawns I'll do that, thanks for the heads up.

[@animezoneamv9116]

@@doge0fwaRR Hello sir. Can you tell me when he streams now?

[@mariyan5433]

I have't play for more then 15 years I wish to thank you for all the videos. I have never imagine someone will give me free lessons.I love this game when I was kid but never have opportunity to study it more deeply. Wish you all the best and happines. It is funny sometimes I forged that my pawns can protect me :) and didnt count them as "Candidate" .

[@eliastta437]

17:33 why does capturing h2 pawn lose if the queen is backing the bishop up?

[@Skrixm]

g3 and white has trapped the bishop

[@naveediqbal9450]

Thats a very interesting video on finding candidate moves. Bundle of Thanks.

[@HangingPawns]

No problem Naveed:) Thank you for watching!

[@generaltheory560]

In which condison should I use candidate move

[@risvymahi3118]

Awesome video....and very clear ...thnx for this valuable asset ❤️❤️

[@arielcurra7647]

Very good

[@Lauchi12YT]

The Position at 18:32 is actually winning for black, i copied the position and after Qxd4 black is completely winning... I dont know why your engine says something else

[@islamhussein8486]

Thank you for this important topic Really this channel is provided valuable videos in which can improve our skill in chess

[@HangingPawns]

Happy to hear you think so Islam:)

[@afghanbadboy1234]

probably the best video on youtube for calculation.. especially for noobies like me!

[@HangingPawns]

Thank you:)

[@jvmclementenolastname8321]

I think Bxe7 is the top move, because it removes the Knight on e7 which can jump to f5, at the same time repelling the attack from the c4 knight to the bishop on a3. And after Bxe7 and Kxe7, now you can play Qh7 and Rg3, and play a comfortable position as white here.

[@Ray-ku1sj]

You did a good job on this video, keep up the good work. Ray

[@shibomguitar]

useful trick

[@hellachan8080]

Check, defence, capture, threat, bad-pieces, weakness

[@bennymohr257]

Rg3 is a candidate as well in the first example

[@HangingPawns]

That is true. It was a forcing move. It's not good though because of Nf5. Thanks for the input!

[@moviwill]

how about the move b5 in the 2nd position?

[@nm7358]

Pushing b5 needlessly weakens Black's c6 pawn (and his pawn structure) while leaving a gaping hole through c5 and b6. Plus, it turns c6 into a target for White to put pressure on. If White follows with 2. a4, Black pawn structure on the Queen side is now under attack: 2. ... bxa4 Rxa4 activates White's rook on the Queen side and removes Black's influence over c4; 2... b4? wastes a move and defeats the whole point of playing b5, since Nc4 now becomes available again. So only 2... a6 would be playable as a defending move, then 3. axb5 and the now weak c6 pawn is a target with White now a pawn up (you can't retake with... axb5, which immediately loses the hanging Black Rook). Only the Queen may be used to defend, but now Black is under pressure to defend, White has seized the initiative, and Black's is distracted away from the main point of his opening : pushing e5 or c5.

[@poorvaldhotre]

Your thought process of discarding "before" going into "calculation" (eg: the tactic you explained at the 9 minute mark (kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6Ooopuejr6CqLM) is what I think of as "calculation". Am I missing something or am I just weak?

[@luisp.3788]

As far as I know, calculation is the entire process of looking ahead.

[@shashanktiwari1513]

Amazing

[@hellachan8080]

12:00

[@MrNiice80]

Kc4 could be met with bxh2

[@siangyewteoh7075]

13.00 d5 is not a candidate move due to exd5 and forcing your queen

[@direk7719]

Not really because the e PAWN was the one to support the move nf5 if black ever played Qh7 hencenow their is nothing to stop Qh7

[@fatihbatal]

I pay my chess club hurdreds of dollars but they dont teach me as much as you do.. you are free and I can go asleep like babies while watching your videos at nights.

[@HangingPawns]

Sorry to hear that Fatih. I hope your investment pays off someday:) Anyway, I'm thrilled to hear that you found my video this useful! Happy to help!

[@lucastan5707]

Hi Stjepan, in your middlegame strategy/plan video, you mentioned the importance of having a plan. So should we be including a sixth question here: can I carry out my plan? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you and keep grinding

[@gabrielvilchesalves6406]

In the first position, are Rg3 or Qh7 forcing moves, for threatening the pawn on g7? Edit: you just point the attack on g7 and the defense with ... Nf5 at 9:23. They are both bad ideas. :) Thanks for all the videos! Such amaze, Mr Hpy!

[@LaVieDeReine86]

Can you please do a video on ZWISCHENZÜGE? Both spotting and avoiding them. I am intermediate and sometimes in a seemingly strong position, I get bloodthirsty and fall prey to Zwischenzüge. It makes me second guess in situations where I really do have a winning position, and I sometimes draw winning games to avoid imaginary threats. Vielen Dank!!! I watched the Jennifer Shahade video and it's 50 minutes of her being condescending to her class and poorly explaining the mechanics of intermezzo and also boring as hell. Your approach is fun and infinitely more instructive.

[@HangingPawns]

I will make one next week! I am preparing it already:) In between moves are extremely important in middlegame play. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@LaVieDeReine86]

@@HangingPawns hvala puno:)))

[@henryalexander7325]

Ehh I'll figure out how to do candidate moves when I'm playing in the Candidates

[@pesimusdux]

Još malo pa će Hrvati postati najveća šahovska nacija na svijetu 😀 Svaka čast

[@peercyjoshua]

About the second position. I think black has to play e5 now. But I lack the tactical ability to foresee all the different threats that come after white plays Ne4. I mean there is white ideas like Bxh6, NxF6 followed by Bxh6, Nxf6 followed by Bh7 and on top of all that there is Nxd6 and if exd there is more coming after 0-0. Like I said, I think over the board I would think "okay I don't know what is going to happen, but I know that I need to play e5 now." If I lose oh well but I am not for one minute letting those positions I imagine after Nc4 arrives on the board.

[@MojoJeo9247]

Really is it for real free?for me it is better than chess course

[@peercyjoshua]

So, I saw the Nxc4 and the Qh7 plan, but was contemplating between the Nxc4 plan or pledging never to play Nxc4 (because then the rook will be weak) and starting with g4 with the idea that there is no Nf5 making Qh7 a more serious option. Would this be better or am I weakening my position too much and just begging for something crazy like f5 to appear on the board?

[@ajrowe5845]

Don't have to calculate Qh7 because you calculated 6 moves ahead and found you can get your queen trapped. So as long as you can calculate 6 or so moves ahead you don't have to calculate it. 🤣

[@Wafflebro]

really puts into perspective how not great my calculations are lol

[@justacat3819]

I think capturing the knight first on c4 then go to queen h7 is the best move of all

[@albertomarques7563]

Pretty badass cause if he dare to move his knight, bishop takes rook. In the scenario he uses his rook to guard the pawn, our rook to the close by pawn.

[@kurortayan]

Алға ДВК

[@club6525]

I currently ranked about 2300. I eventually hope to reach 3200 someday

[@prajwalaughade1210]

Nice video but it's too long kipe it up sir 🤗

[@muneerghure2933]

My god the bass in the intro is too hard

[@KienNguyen-ep3rz]

First

[@HangingPawns]

Thanks Kien!:)

[@blacklivesmatter6098]

How did you arrive at these questions? It seems so random to me. Working through it may take 5 minutes per move on its own, and you want to make your moves within 5 minutes. It is also too many questions to realistically remember. Your method has no application. You'll have plenty of positions with 4+ checks, 4+ captures, and 5-10 forcing moves and the method you propose breaks down because there is no logical ordering to it. You should probably rethink it all.

[@HangingPawns]

I know it can be time consuming to go over all of the questions on every move. But, as you mentioned, critical positions will have tons of checks, captures and forcing moves, and I find this method to be helpful in a sense that you miss far less then usual. This is only my thinking and I didn't say that it's optimal, but I use it and it has helped me improve and miss less good moves and blunder less often.

[@udaytejsingh3998]

How was this random? It was very logical.

[@blacklivesmatter6098]

@@udaytejsingh3998 It is random because it is not arrived at logically through any verifiable process. It is just some random ideas he has hashed together. He is 1900, not a titled player, so I don't know why he has such high confidence about some ideas he made up that didn't even make him good yet. If his thought process was better, of course he'd be 2200 already.

[@udaytejsingh3998]

@@blacklivesmatter6098 what is your rating to judge this? These are the factors that a master evaluates. I have spoken to several GMs about games, including those in which I've beaten them by using this very thought process. Unless you are a titled player or have a FIDE rating higher than this, you can be sure nobody else will give a rat's fart about your opinion. His playing strength would be much higher as he would improved during the lockdown. How come someone so smart as yourself didn't guess this? Also, 1900 is by no means a bad rating. I am sure he (or even I, for that matter) will blow you away at thw board.

[@princeyadavchess9756]

Speak only necessary to speak about subject

[@princeyadavchess9756]

Why you speak too much, it is irritating Speak what is necessary things to speak

[@sherllymentalism4756]

Take your own advice.

[@udaytejsingh3998]

@@sherllymentalism4756 well said

[@amelynreyes8141]

How to find a that makes a lil bit of sense for 1599 rating players in Lichess like me. 1. Before everything, think about this after every move of your opponent. What is he threatening? or What is your opponent doing? What is my opponent doing bro 2. Two Candidate moves for me yes bro 3. Delete candidate moves? Skip that today because I have only 2 candidate moves right now bro 4. Strum your Ukulele 85x 5. Calculate bro 6. Decision make 7. Solve the rubik's cube and 8. Make the move bro There you have it folks, thank you FLEA_Bass_ukulele25 is my account in Lichess