ONE Lesson For Chess Beginners / Intermediates

[@vincentfeller5994]

This has been one of the hardest principles of chess for me to master. Patient play without just pointlessly shuffling pieces across the board. Sometimes it feels like there's nothing left to develop and you just end up in these deadlocked positions where nobody wants to give up space.

[@TheHipHopVlog]

Yo, just want to tell you that I came across a few of your videos. Your advice got me from 1400 elo to 1700 elo. Seriously, it's crazy how sometimes small adjustments in your game can make all the difference. Appreciate you so much.

[@wgb3203]

I think it's important to not confound playing forcing moves with putting sound pressure on your opponent. Often times the two go hand in hand, but as you point out, other times patience is required. Good video!

[@armoda1057]

Great video man. A similar idea I heard GM Finegold say when asked about his style: “I play simple moves and try not to blunder or get in time trouble”.

[@Knights_reverie]

I remember as well memorizing all the traps and tricks in my openings..when i started playing last year

[@williamblake7386]

Before making a move think about possible answers from the opponent. Spend more time if the answer is not obvious.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Enjoyed the instruction and passing on of information for sure always need to try to get a bit better in the game

[@southernrun9048]

Excellent explanation of some solid play ideas and examples.

[@rickdynes]

Wow.. just Deeply insightful!!

[@Trelmayas21]

I was stuck at 1200 for awhile until I stopped being a tactical goblin who just threw his pieces forward attacking the king, and learned how to play positional moves and wait for tactical opportunities. At 1500 I still need to reign in my lizard brain that wants to trade my bishop for 2 pawns.

[@andrewferguson6901]

Trade bishop for 2 pawns but only if it's good. And you're good

[@michaelmassaro4375]

That’s funny two pawns for a Bishop I was just thinking that same idea a couple days ago I was thinking it might help improve the positional aspect of the game but passed on actually doing it ‘Naw not my Bishop ‘🤩

[@Kyle-ys3cv]

I like the more general discussion…tactics, etc. are largely predicated on applying the more general principles well.

[@LightSquares]

Thanks for the feedback! I’m trying to figure out what type of chess channel this wants to be when it grows up 😆.

[@carlhayes5363]

I'd listen to you read a phone book. Thanks a ton for the insight. As a beginner it's cool to see it from the perspective of an intermediate player rather than the GMs and IMs I typically default to.

[@LightSquares]

This gives me a lot of confidence going forward. Thank you 🙏.

[@walterbrownstone8017]

You are so right. I attack before I get my pieces of the back rank. And I'm attacked before I develop I forget to develop and go into attack mode! And then I lose. I like to giraffe myself on what move number I blunder. I'm happy with 20+ but...

[@full_afterburner]

Patience is good life advice!

[@andreaskoster2180]

Hi Sundib, the video helps me a lot. 🙏🏻It's probably because of the constant tactical training (also useful) that I always think I have to find a way to overrun my opponent. Thank you very much, have a nice weekend🕊️

[@Shaun_GTI]

Great video idea! I think blitz teaches the opposite of this and worth mentioning that might not be the way to go when trying to grasp this concept. BTW lighting much better in this video!

[@diersbeats9354]

Strenji enough I've been watching beginner chess videos for ten years now

[@LightSquares]

I gotta grow my channel, content suggestions most welcome.

[@diersbeats9354]

@@LightSquares maybe try collabing with other content creators Like me personally I would love a video of you with Levy

[@LightSquares]

You and me both 😆. However there is nothing in it for him, we have to work with creators with similar number of subs.

[@chrislevy42069]

I definitely need help in trying to get an advantage from equal positions, where there is no clear attacking plan. I got to 1700 playing bush gass gambit and aggressive attacking lines, and have very high win rates with them, but I have super low win rates when the opponent plays something solid like the Philidor, or d4 Nf3 with white, I just cant find any good aggressive lines against that. I have so little experience playing with any fienchetto in my game that I lose to 1200s when trying to play the Hippo (unrated games), guess i need to just watch more of your videos!

[@ARTByJAMESPATRICK]

Great video 👏🏽

[@DhrjMakj]

Yep, 1. b3 is the best