How to Win the Won Game | Amateurs Mind

[@chessematics]

I'm always correct when I say that this is the most underrated channel on KZbin.

[@lp4969]

I wish you were wrong and Andras had 1 million subs

[@chessematics]

@@lp4969 well then all the players in the world would get the best secret advices. You get it? XD

[@Sprellic]

As a 2000 rated player, I considered myself to be a pretty good chess player. But after watching this video, I feel like a complete beginner again. This video was a much needed wake up call! Thank you!

[@deftrascal1626]

“Pseudo-active” most concise description of my play ever spoken

[@connormonday]

I remember a sportscaster of a football game when a team had a decent lead saying something along the lines of “now is not the time to go conservative, you have to put your foot on their throat and end it.” Maybe that mentality could help amateur chess players too. I find in a lot of games when I’m up material and winning the easiest path to victory isn’t sitting back and being passive it’s using the extra material and trying to create concrete problems even if it requires accurate calculation. Trying to avoid risk at all cost in good positions has cost me many times.

[@dialecticsjunkie7653]

Prime example: England vs Italy 😆

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Yes I call it "Playing the moves that most likely will trigger resignation"

[@mwhite9298]

On other chess KZbin videos, I love it when the KZbinr says to pause the video to find the move, and I find it! Somehow, on Andras's videos, I always find the exact move that he says 2 minutes later is the wrong one.

That video is priceless. Thank you for you generosity !

[@ChessCoachAndras]

I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@darnpeach151]

Love this series! I’m recommending it to all my friends who play chess

[@billtramel5461]

Very insightful lesson! I’m watching and re-watching some of your ‘older’ videos; hopefully I can get some of it to sink in!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Enjoy Bill, I am sure it will help you grow as a player!

[@robertsweeney1162]

I love this series. Not so much when you go over specific ideas, but when you analyse games like this. I get so much learning because I make the same mistakes of your tutees. So a big thanks :)

[@juelzsantana1075]

Man, I am a 750 player, watching this after having lost a game I was doing REALLY good at at first, against a player who even was higher rated than me. I was up a FULL QUEEN and managed to blunder first a full rook and then a backrank checkmate with a bishop and a rook. But most chess players probably have been there at some point, I started playing a few months ago and still did very good for a long time during that game. Your videos help me alot, thanks Andras!!

[@Mozar2020]

Your content is “top notch.” Your videos always make me go “Wow,” this is such “high level” “legendary” stuff. As appreciation for your content, I purchased all your courses on Chessable, and haven’t been disappointed. Love the new thumbnails, they are almost as amazing as your videos. Obsoletely stunning content. Thank you, for all you do!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Appreciate that

[@sakuragi_hanamichi3263]

That's great! Everyone else is like "you are up a pawn then you are completely winning" making every beginner over valuing material. That and also relaxing when up material for the same reason. Converting a win is as hard as getting an advantage.

[@owengaines9349]

Incredibly insightful content for me. I read a post in a forum reply that said "Getting an advantage is much easier than converting an advantage." And each time I get an advantage (especially material), I start to panic internally a bit under the pressure to not blow what I've earned. There were some wonderful nuggets for me, and I'd love to hear more about the idea of not going into an opposite-colored bishop game after getting a material advantage (which I thought was worth a numbered mention at the close of this video.). I've never heard that before, and I'm guessing it's mostly about square control. My kneejerk watching this game was to also play Bf6 and exchange the bishop and knight on g7 under the mantra of winning by attrition once up material. I'm hoping to become a student of yours someday when I'm a better player and have finished your videos and courses on Chessable. Thanks for the wonderful content here.

[@davidelsey660]

Excellent, the sort of key subjects ignored by many coaches. How many games have I lost or drawn that I could have won if I had more of this mind set

[@grantc.7838]

I needed this so much thank you coach andras!

[@quantrilion]

Many times when the opponent doesn't resign in lost positions we go like "why don't you resign dude, just drop it". And then we drop our guard become relaxed and go and lose the game thinking that the famous chess book saying "and now it's just a matter of technique" is something extremely easy to do. Honestly even though I'm frustrated when my opponents don't resign in lost position, deep inside I thank them because they challenge me to prove myself. No game is over until the game is over :)

[@joeperry1188]

Awesome video. My problem is almost always that I lose a winning game.

[@juergenvennemann1101]

very instructive! thank you very much

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Glad you liked it !

[@terrap0b_ps995]

I love your channel and your teaching!

[@g.h.g.1106]

I try to entertain the mindset that if my opponent lets me win the won position I should be grateful for the opportunity to crush him. So either I will have fun destroying him, or if I fail I will have the opportunity to learn more about the subtleties that prevented me from destroying him.

[@PiotrJarzemski]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@asdf14051]

i just played my first tournament this week, and i won 1 out of my 7 games. in 5 of them i had a 5 point advantage at one point or another :')

[@philistineau]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Cheers, appreciate the kind comment!

[@NickVisel]

Extremely helpful video. I had a totally winning endgame recently that I completely lost the thread of in a few moves. It sucked, but I want it to be a lesson not to relax when you're winning. Work twice as hard and get the win that you already worked hard to get.

[@NDakovic]

Oh man g3. Today i started with amateurs mind book, went through the first chapter and basically it points out that you should always first make your enemies knight impotent with moves such as g3 over and over again. It was so easy to spot here because its a one mover. The book also points blockade of knight which could arrive there in2-3moves. Yea it drags on the game, but if your oponent has no more good mpves, hes down to play some bad ones then

[@Arthas30000]

Yes! Chess Chicos and Chicas!!! Love the alliteration 😁 Ty for the vid Andras!!!

[@crazyboysince1998]

I played a guy and I had a queen he had a rook and Knight and no matter what I did I had no moves no checks couldn't push my pawn it was so irritating and computer said I was completely winning when I checked after the game the Eval bar was all the way in my favour I got so mad I messed it up but had no idea what I was meant to do. i find middlegames pretty easy to calculate but endgames I can never seem to win

[@cheesiechess3656]

Very informative! Thanks!

[@torrubirubi]

After white lost his advantage I could not go on watching the video, as it looks too much like on my lost winning games :) Thanks coach, very insightful as usual.

[@jsmith108]

When the black bishop and rook were forked by the white knight initially why did black save the bishop instead of the rook?

[@gregp.4358]

Top psychological lesson!

[@anantkumarification]

Thanks

[@ZiaRaheman-kd7vu]

Kudos to black for playing soo good!!!

[@chessmaxxx]

1:58 a „knightmare“

[@whoisbhauji]

Rd1 is engine top choice though!

[@pierrepaul9502]

Andras have you been secretly spying on my games? Because it feels like this video was made especially for me !

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Yea, apparently I do describe lots of people in my videos, who then feel "seen"!

[@wassimbelguet9027]

bishop g4 is good its used to break up the pawn structure

[@b1rds_arent_real]

Rd3 (the misterious rook lift) probably became a canadidate move for him due to missing Nh5, which denies Rg3 and renders the lift inocous. I don't know what he hoped to achieve with Rg3 anyway though.

[@Harpoika]

It's so hard to change your mindset.

[@promocja1753]

We need more yt content from you. Other contents are Hiki doing some memory tests on stream beating Xqc in it and this is supposed to be also chess skills FacePalm

[@andrewmayo9400]

if you want to link games without giving the players you might put the game into a study and link that instead of the game

[@pedrodaffunchio675]

Yess new videoo

[@darnpeach151]

Can anyone pls tell me where to find the video or section where Andras covered the f3 and nf3 lines (kmoch and three knights)? bcs I feel like I’ve seen the content on it before but I can’t find it… would be much appreciated.

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

? lines for which opening?

[@PianoconGuido]

It´s the video about Nimzo sidelines, know your openings!

[@darnpeach151]

@@unknownalsounknown4238 for the nimzo Indian

[@darnpeach151]

@@PianoconGuido I don’t think it is. In the video “tricky sidelines” Andras covers: 4. Bd2 4. Qb3 4. Bg5 I believe. For some reason, to my recollection, the line he suggests against 4. f3 is ...d5 and against 4. Nf3 is ...c5 but I could be wrong.

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

@@darnpeach151 its called understanding your openings the nimzo indian

[@JerjisChessChannel]

Great video! I also have trouble converting, what was the name of the book you had in the intro? I think it would be a good read for me

[@RaptureReady2025]

I think KZbin videos can be watched again or skipped backwards and forwards to the part where he mentions the book … in the intro … I could be wrong ….? 😂😂😂

[@gernot4490]

White is 1500 rating. not 2100.... holy shit

[@aluminiumknight4038]

today I played 15 minute game (1360) and I got out of the opening an exchange down with white, my opponent put both of his rooks behind pawns with king 🤣 so i had time move my pieces around and make threats and he finally blundered. . e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. a4 Nd4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qc8 11. Kh2 c6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Ne2 Nxf3+ 15. Kg3 Nxg1 16. Qxg1 Nh5+ 17. Kh2 b6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd7 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Rf1 Rgf8 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rf1 Rdf8 27. Qf4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Rf2 Qe7 31. Qc1 Qe5+ 32. Kh1 Qh5 33. Qf1 g5 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qh6 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 b4 38. Rc6 g4 39. hxg4 Rxg4 40. Rc5 a4 41. Rc4 a3 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. Ra4 Rh4+ 44. Kg2 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Rh4 46. Rxa3 Rh2 47. Ra2 h5 48. e5 h4 49. e6 Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. e7+ Ke8 52. c3 Rh1 53. d4 h3 54. Kg3 Rc1 55. Rc7 h2 56. Kxh2 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. c4 Kf7 59. d5 Rd2 60. Kf4 Ke8 61. Ke5 Re2+ 62. Kd6 Re1 63. Rc8+ Kf7 64. Kd7 Rxe7+ 65. Kc6 Re1 66. Rc7+ Ke8 67. d6 Rc1 68. c5 Rd1 69. d7+ Ke7 70. Ra7 Rd2 71. Rc7 Rd1 72. Kb7 Rb1+ 73. Kc8 Rd1 74. c6 Rd2 75. d8=Q+ 1-0 The game is full of mistakes by both sides but I felt like it's a similar theme

[@interestinstoff]

Back to lichess??

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

yep , andras cut off the contract with chess.com because he had a lot of chessable courses in play magnus group which was a competitor to chess.com so it was getting awkward

[@PoshakPathak]

lichess good, green pawn website bad

[@TheBigGuppy]

Is Andras going to continue the Twitch streams? I haven’t seen him lately.

[@TheBigGuppy]

My bad. Coach streamed this morning. Twitch didn’t send me a a notice.

[@vivalakid]

[@aluminiumknight4038]

today I played 15 minute game (1360) and I got out of the opening an exchange down with white, my opponent put both of his rooks behind pawns with king 🤣 so i had time move my pieces around and make threats and he finally blundered. . e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. a4 Nd4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qc8 11. Kh2 c6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Ne2 Nxf3+ 15. Kg3 Nxg1 16. Qxg1 Nh5+ 17. Kh2 b6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd7 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Rf1 Rgf8 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rf1 Rdf8 27. Qf4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Rf2 Qe7 31. Qc1 Qe5+ 32. Kh1 Qh5 33. Qf1 g5 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qh6 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 b4 38. Rc6 g4 39. hxg4 Rxg4 40. Rc5 a4 41. Rc4 a3 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. Ra4 Rh4+ 44. Kg2 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Rh4 46. Rxa3 Rh2 47. Ra2 h5 48. e5 h4 49. e6 Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. e7+ Ke8 52. c3 Rh1 53. d4 h3 54. Kg3 Rc1 55. Rc7 h2 56. Kxh2 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. c4 Kf7 59. d5 Rd2 60. Kf4 Ke8 61. Ke5 Re2+ 62. Kd6 Re1 63. Rc8+ Kf7 64. Kd7 Rxe7+ 65. Kc6 Re1 66. Rc7+ Ke8 67. d6 Rc1 68. c5 Rd1 69. d7+ Ke7 70. Ra7 Rd2 71. Rc7 Rd1 72. Kb7 Rb1+ 73. Kc8 Rd1 74. c6 Rd2 75. d8=Q+ 1-0 The game is full of mistakes by both sides but I felt like it's a similar theme

[@aluminiumknight4038]

today I played 15 minute game (1360) and I got out of the opening an exchange down with white, my opponent put both of his rooks behind pawns with king 🤣 so i had time move my pieces around and make threats and he finally blundered. . e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. a4 Nd4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qc8 11. Kh2 c6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. Ne2 Nxf3+ 15. Kg3 Nxg1 16. Qxg1 Nh5+ 17. Kh2 b6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Nf4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Qd7 22. Rg1 Rad8 23. Qg3 Rg8 24. Rf1 Rgf8 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rf1 Rdf8 27. Qf4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. Bb3 a5 30. Rf2 Qe7 31. Qc1 Qe5+ 32. Kh1 Qh5 33. Qf1 g5 34. Bxf7 Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Qh6 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 b4 38. Rc6 g4 39. hxg4 Rxg4 40. Rc5 a4 41. Rc4 a3 42. bxa3 bxa3 43. Ra4 Rh4+ 44. Kg2 Rg4+ 45. Kf3 Rh4 46. Rxa3 Rh2 47. Ra2 h5 48. e5 h4 49. e6 Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. e7+ Ke8 52. c3 Rh1 53. d4 h3 54. Kg3 Rc1 55. Rc7 h2 56. Kxh2 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. c4 Kf7 59. d5 Rd2 60. Kf4 Ke8 61. Ke5 Re2+ 62. Kd6 Re1 63. Rc8+ Kf7 64. Kd7 Rxe7+ 65. Kc6 Re1 66. Rc7+ Ke8 67. d6 Rc1 68. c5 Rd1 69. d7+ Ke7 70. Ra7 Rd2 71. Rc7 Rd1 72. Kb7 Rb1+ 73. Kc8 Rd1 74. c6 Rd2 75. d8=Q+ 1-0 The game is full of mistakes by both sides but I felt like it's a similar theme