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0:00Most people make chess way more complex
0:02than it needs to be. Today, I'm going to
0:04show you all the core fundamental things
0:07that you need to get better at chess.
0:09Nothing that you need to memorize, just
0:11pure understanding. And these are not
0:14the other stuff that you already tried
0:15and it's not working. Most of these
0:18stuff you've never seen before. So, if
0:20you watch the full video and apply what
0:23I teach, you will get better. So, our
0:26opponent is at the 500 level. Usually at
0:29this level, you need to focus on two
0:31things. Let's just play E5 here first to
0:34start. We're going to be developing our
0:35pieces normally, and we're going to be
0:37following the opening principles. We're
0:39not going to be trying to attack too
0:40quickly. He develops his knight to
0:42attack my pawn. I'll develop my knight
0:44just to guard it. And then he's playing
0:46the two knights game. So, it looks like
0:48he understands that development is
0:50important. at the 500, 600, 400 level,
0:53focus on hanging pieces and counting and
0:56then you'll get to a thousand very, very
0:58easily. But let me just continue with my
1:00development. We're playing the four
1:01knights game here and let's see how well
1:04he knows how to develop his pieces. So
1:06he develops his bishop to C4. A lot of
1:09players make this mistake. It's actually
1:11a blunder because it allows knight takes
1:14E4 which equalize the game. And because
1:17I'm black, black should not be equal
1:18here. But he allows it with knight takes
1:21e4. And it doesn't mean I'm winning, by
1:24the way, which is why I say it's equal.
1:26Once he takes, I hit him with this fork.
1:29And then he has to either give me his
1:31bishop or give me his knight. But the
1:33reason why I managed to equalize the
1:35game is because I'm going to be the only
1:38one with a pawn in the center of the
1:40board. He pulls the bishop back. Let's
1:43just take. And then once his bishop
1:45takes, we're just going to develop like
1:47everything is normal. He has two pieces
1:48developed. I have two pieces developed.
1:50His king is castled and I'm just going
1:53to develop my bishop to G4. Cuz what I'm
1:55doing now is I'm pinning his knight to
1:58his queen. Like if you're able to pin
2:00someone's knight to their queen, it's
2:01usually very very dangerous because once
2:04you start applying pressure to that pin
2:06knight, then it gets super annoying. For
2:09example, let's see. My opponent just
2:12played the move pawn to D3. Very
2:14interesting move. I'm now just going to
2:16castle my king. Now all my pieces are
2:18developed and my king is castled. He
2:21plays H3, which is chasing away my
2:24bishop. So, let's just move. Let's just
2:26pull back the bishop. Maintaining the
2:28pin on the knight. Usually, when you're
2:30pinning a knight or you're putting
2:31pressure on a knight and someone chases
2:33it away, you don't have to take the
2:34knight. Maintain the pressure. Keep the
2:36tension or let them overexert their
2:39position like this. And now we pull back
2:41because you should not be pushing pawns
2:44on the side that your king is on in
2:46chess. So because he's pushing pawns on
2:48the side that his king is on, he's going
2:49to get mated pretty soon or he's going
2:51to have so much issues defending his
2:54king. So he took with the bishop. And
2:57the principled thing to do here is to
2:59take towards the center of the board.
3:01But because my opponent has been
3:04breaking principles, exposing his king
3:06like this, I'm also going to be breaking
3:07some principles. So, I'm going to be
3:09taking away from the center of the
3:11board. What this does though, it opens
3:14up the file for my rook. And then he
3:16plays D4, which is a complete mistake
3:19because he thinks he has enough
3:21defenders on D4. I have two attackers.
3:23He has two defenders. But my queen is
3:26actually a hidden defender. So, here's
3:27how I'm going to punish this move.
3:29First, I'm just going to take the pawn
3:31like everything is normal because it
3:34allows my bishop to pawn towards his
3:35king. But now once he takes with the
3:37knight and these are the types of
3:39mistake that 500 rated player sees. So
3:41don't bully him. Now I'm actually going
3:43to take with my knight because he thinks
3:46it's just a trade and his queen is going
3:48to take but then his queen becomes an
3:50unprotected piece. And whenever there's
3:52unprotected piece in a position that's
3:54when tactics comes in a position. So
3:56let's just take the knight on d4 again.
3:58Now his queen is actually not able to
4:00take. He's probably going to do it
4:01because he's 5 in. But once he takes,
4:03we're going to hit him with what is
4:05called a discovered attack. A discovered
4:08attack is when your piece x-rays the
4:10opponent's piece, seeing through your
4:12piece, but you need to move your piece
4:14out the way so that way you can take his
4:17piece. So, he now has to react to my
4:20bishop move and then I'll grab the
4:21queen. Just like that, I'm winning the
4:23game. Andy resigned. What have we
4:26learned? Do not push pawns on the side
4:29that your king is on. We're going to be
4:30doing the same thing but with someone at
4:33the 600 level. Stick around. Now we're
4:35playing someone at the 600 level. We're
4:38going to be doing the same idea. Moving
4:39the pawn in the center of the board. And
4:42then he plays E5. So let's simp play
4:44develop our knight. Apply some pressure
4:46to the pawn. He develops his knight to
4:48defend it. And we're going to be playing
4:50the Italian game. So he's playing the
4:53two knights defense. And anything below
4:56a th00and I usually recommend that you
4:58try out the fried liver attack. But I
5:00want you to keep in mind that the fried
5:02liver attack is not a principled
5:05opening. Why? Because we're moving the
5:08same pieces more than once in the
5:10opening stage of the game. Now my
5:11opponent here, he's going for the
5:13Traxxler counterattack, which is a nice
5:16way to prevent the fried liver attack.
5:19So, I'm going to check to see if my
5:22opponent knows what he's doing. Now,
5:24he's only 600. So, we're not sure, but I
5:27want to show you guys the concept. So,
5:29let's flip the board. Now, in this
5:31position, fried liver players becomes
5:33greedy and they think they're winning
5:36material once they fork on F7, you know,
5:39cuz that's the whole point. But, I want
5:41you to notice how I'm just already
5:43moving the knight so many times. Now,
5:45this bishop sacrifice is a very, very
5:48nice idea, but I want you guys to keep
5:50in mind if you're going to be playing
5:51the Traxxla counterattack, you need to
5:53be prepared if they play king to F1. And
5:55if they do play king to F1, then you
5:58need to move your queen to E7 and then
6:00play E5. But for the video, I'm going to
6:02take on F2 just to see if my opponent
6:05knows what he's doing. So, he decided to
6:08take with the knight. Pretty playable
6:10move. And my king is now in check. So
6:12keep in mind, I'm still forking his
6:14queen and his rook, but my king is in
6:16check. So I have to move my king out of
6:18check. Now in these types of positions,
6:21the normal move that you'll see is just
6:23the opponent pulling back their king,
6:24thinking, "Okay, I'm still forking the
6:26queen and the rook. So let me just move
6:28the king out the way so that way he
6:30still gets far." But that's where queen
6:34to H4 check comes in because he's
6:38getting the queen out with tempo. And I
6:40want you to keep in mind that if I move
6:42my king to F1, queen to F2 is a
6:44checkmate. If I move the pawn to G3,
6:46blocking the check, there's actually
6:48knight takes G3 because if the rook
6:50takes, queen takes rook and black is
6:52going to win the queen. Now, if the king
6:55moves to E2 in this position, that will
6:58also lead to a forced checkmate. So
7:00basically, once it gets to this
7:02position, black is completely winning.
7:04Now, let me just show you guys what
7:06happens if king E2. If king e2, queen f2
7:09check, king has to go to d3, then knight
7:11b4 check. King has to take on e4. Then
7:14queen f4 is a checkmate. With that being
7:16said, let's play the more aggressive
7:18pawn to g3 and see if the opponent knows
7:20what they're doing. So he sacrificed his
7:23knight. And in this position again, if I
7:26just take the rook, he's going to take
7:27my rook with check. I'm going to lose
7:28the game. So usually in this position,
7:31white players, they take back on G3. But
7:34this is just losing at this point
7:36because for one, so he takes the rook,
7:40checking my king. And this is where I'm
7:42just going to lose my queen because if I
7:44move the king to F2, the queen takes my
7:46queen and I'm losing. But if I move the
7:49king to E2, there's a very nice removing
7:51the guard tactic where he plays knight
7:54to D4 check first. Then after I move my
7:58king, then he takes the queen and that's
8:00a free queen and then black just wins
8:02the game. But will he find it? Let's
8:05see. Let's play king to E2. Knight to
8:08D4. He knows what he's doing. He checks
8:10my king. The king now has to move. And
8:12then he'll take the queen. And now black
8:14is winning the game. No resigned. What
8:18have we learned? The fry liver attack is
8:19a premature attack. The Traxxler
8:21counterattack is one way to defeat the
8:24fry liver attack. We're going to be
8:25playing some good chess now against
8:27someone at the 700 level. So stick
8:29around for this. Peace. Our opponent is
8:31now 700. You know the drill. Let's see
8:34what he's coming with. Ricardo is from
8:36Portugal and he started with knight f3.
8:39It is a development move. Unorthodox,
8:42but he's developing. Let's just play d5
8:44here. Let's assume that we don't know
8:46what opening he's playing. When you're
8:48faced with someone who is playing an
8:50opening that you're not sure what's
8:51happening, just develop the pieces.
8:53Don't try to remember what your prep
8:55was. Just develop the pieces. Pawn to
8:57D5. Let's just develop the knight.
8:59That's what one out of four pieces
9:01developed. And then he plays G3. Now
9:03what he's playing is this is probably
9:05the Kings Indian attack, the R probably
9:08even the English. But again, let's just
9:10keep developing. Now I'll play knight
9:12C6. Now we have two out of four pieces
9:15developed. Okay, if bishop, let's keep
9:19going. Now I'm going to play bishop to
9:20G4. Now we have three out of four pieces
9:23developed. That's all we're doing.
9:25Develop the pieces, castle the king,
9:27then we start the attack. So he castled.
9:30Let's play queen to D7 here. It's a nice
9:32move. I could have also moved this pawn
9:35in order to develop my bishop, but I
9:37don't want him to play H3. So I'm
9:39actually guarding the H3 square twice.
9:42So that's nice. And then I can also
9:44decide to just castle on the queen side
9:46and just
9:47m Why did he still play H3? Is it You
9:51have to look on the opponent's move,
9:53man. Ricardo. Ricardo, man. Well, that's
9:55just a free pawn. I'm attacking the
9:57square twice and he's only guarding the
9:59square once. This is called a battery by
10:01the way. Maybe he missed that the queen
10:03was behind the bishop. You shouldn't be
10:05missing batteries at almost 800 Ricardo.
10:08Come on, bro. And then he took. This is
10:11bad by the way. This is bad. Like now my
10:14queen is able to come in. I'm ahead by a
10:16pawn by the way. So even if I don't get
10:18to checkmate him, I'm ahead by a pawn.
10:21So he plays knight to G5. He's chasing
10:23out my queen. That's the normal thing to
10:25do. Let's just go back. But it doesn't
10:27change the fact that I'm ahead by a
10:28pawn. Then he plays E4. So he's trying
10:32to open the center a bit. But look at
10:34what's happening now. I'm attacking E4
10:36how many times? Twice. He's guarding E4
10:38how many times? Twice. So what are we
10:41going to do? We're going to remove one
10:44of the main defenders of E4. This is
10:46called removing the guard. Very nice
10:48tactic. And once his knight moves, I
10:51have two options. Take. And then I'm
10:53just ahead by what? Two pawns. trade the
10:55queens off the board. And for the
10:56persons out there who don't want to
10:58trade, even if you're ahead by a pawn or
11:01two pawns, like why don't you want to
11:02trade queens? I heard person saying they
11:04don't want to trade their queens off the
11:06board. Well, he took on D5. This is
11:08interesting. What Ricardo is seeing is
11:12he takes my knight, I take his knight.
11:14Okay, let's keep playing. But when I
11:17take his
11:18knight, it opens up this file pointing
11:21towards his king. So Ricardo doesn't
11:23know that he's about to get mated. Once
11:25there's a rook pointing towards a king
11:27like that, it's over. It's GG's. So if
11:30he tries to take my knight, he's in
11:32trouble. So I'm just ahead by a piece.
11:35Okay. He plays queen to F3. You see, he
11:38finally sees what's happening. But it's
11:40too late, bro. You're still going to get
11:41mate. Cuz what I'm going to do here is
11:43remember guys, to find the best moves in
11:45chess, look for moves on the opponent's
11:47half of the board. I'm going to play the
11:48move knight to D4 hits the queen.
11:51threatens C2 to win a rook and I'm
11:54trying to get my queen to H3.
11:55Multi-purpose moves. And for the three
11:58persons in the comment who is going to
11:59say, "You're breaking principles. Why
12:01you moving the knight more than once?
12:03Your king is not even castling." He did
12:05it first. So, he basically permits me to
12:07do it. Guy gave me a pawn on H3. So, he
12:11pulls his queen back to G2 cuz he
12:13doesn't want my queen to get here. But I
12:16already warned you, he suffocates his
12:18own king into a semisothered checkmate.
12:22His king is not able to move here. So,
12:24we hit
12:25him with knight to E2. We're going to be
12:28doing the same thing though against
12:29someone at the 800 level, you know.
12:32Let's let's keep going. Let's keep
12:34going. Now, our opponent is 800. Let's
12:37just play E4 here. He plays E5, develop
12:40the knight, hit the pawn, he guards it
12:43with the knight, and now we're playing
12:45the Italian game. Let's see what we're
12:47going to be facing here. Okay, I think
12:50we play enough um fried liver attack for
12:52you guys. Just get the idea that the
12:54fried liver attack is not a principled
12:56line. So, we're just going to be playing
12:58D3 for this one. And this is the correct
13:00way to play. If you're below a th00and,
13:02the fry liver attack is fine, but it's
13:04not a principled way to play. So, bishop
13:07C5 here. We're just going to castle the
13:09king and we're just going to be
13:11continuing with our development. So,
13:13pawn to D6 was played. This is very
13:16theoretical how black is playing. The
13:19highle way to play this is we usually
13:21play C3 followed by D4. But because
13:24we're still at the 800 level, let's not,
13:26you know, do too much. So, I'm going to
13:28play H3 here. Especially since he plays
13:30D6. This is how I'd recommend my lower
13:33level students to do it, which is
13:34develop the bishop and pin the knight.
13:36So if you're playing with white, just
13:38play H3 and prevent the pin right here.
13:41Queen to E7. It's a queen move. I can't
13:44necessarily attack the queen right now.
13:46Again, C3 followed by D4 is good, but it
13:49it weakens the E4 pawn. So you have to
13:51really know how to protect the E4 pawn
13:54if you want to play like this. So I'm
13:55going to just develop normally. I'm just
13:57going to develop my knight here. We're
13:59just following it the normal develop
14:01principled way. Bishop to E6. Okay, he's
14:04developing. He's not castling so early.
14:07So that's interesting. Now, usually it's
14:10not advised to take the bishop. You
14:11know, you want to remember that to take
14:13is a mistake and you only want to trade
14:15when it improves your position. So I'm
14:18going to pull the bishop back here. And
14:19then if the bishop takes, it helps my
14:21rook to get the open file. So I prefer
14:23that trade. And then he plays A5, which
14:26is also a very nice idea. Like if you're
14:29playing with the black pieces, this is a
14:31good way to play it. except you can also
14:33play H6 and then castle your king on the
14:35king side. Like just picture this with
14:38the black position. That's a very nice
14:40way to play. But let me just continue
14:41with my development. Let's see if he
14:43really knows what he's doing or he's
14:44just bluffing. Like I'm just developing
14:46my pieces as well. This is fine. And
14:48then he took and then I'm going to take.
14:50I actually covered a line like this in
14:53this series that you're watching. So,
14:55usually if they castle on the king side,
14:57there's a very nice plan that I use
14:59where I say you go queen E1, queen G3,
15:02and attack the king with knight H4,
15:04knight F5. That's a very, very nice
15:06idea. So, like maybe just click that
15:08little part of the video and just use it
15:10whenever you get a double pawn in the
15:12center. Remember, the rook gets the
15:13file, the queen maneuver to G3, the
15:16knight goes to H4 and F5. Nice little
15:18plan. And then longterm, we still want
15:20to play moves like D4. Okay, he plays
15:22knight B4. The guy's not trying to get
15:24castled because he's not yet castled.
15:26We're not really sure where we're going
15:27to be attacking him. So, let's just aim
15:29towards the center of the board. So,
15:31another important thing that we want to
15:33keep in mind is how important pawn
15:36breaks are, you know. So, for example,
15:38we're going to play the move pawn to D4
15:40here because it helps us to open lines
15:42for our pieces. But the queen E1, queen
15:44G3 idea, nice. So, if takes takes, we
15:47have two very strong pawns in the
15:48center. So the rook gets to file and
15:50then he plays pawn to C5. Okay. Well,
15:54first of all, I could push away the
15:56bishop, but then that would block out my
15:57bishop and that would make me have a bad
16:00bishop. I could just take stakes. Okay,
16:02this C5 move was decent. Okay, so
16:05because the knight is in our half of the
16:06board, let's just get the knight out of
16:08our half of the board first. Let's just
16:09deal with that first because it's
16:11annoying. Now, if the knight goes back
16:13here on to D5 would just be a nice fork
16:15and we're winning. If it goes back to
16:17the edge of the board, that's actually a
16:18bit better. He could try to take on B3
16:21as an in between move. Let's
16:24see. Ah, Dante, man. Dante, bro, he was
16:30doing so well. I mean, he wasn't
16:33castling his king and this knight B4
16:37move was questionable. So, okay, let's
16:40let's play on the game first. Let's play
16:43D5. That's just that far. Dante just
16:46blundered a for after doing so well. Now
16:48Dante is someone who he plays the
16:51opening well or he's just not losing out
16:53of the opening but right as soon as he
16:55hits the middle game he just blunders
16:57and that's what we've been dealing with
16:58like so like that's what we're trying to
17:01prevent just not blundering all the
17:03students who joins the academy we're
17:04just trying to help them to not blunder.
17:07Dante, bro, what the Dante? See, you're
17:11telling me you just got fartked. I'm
17:14hitting the knight and the bishop. This
17:16knight on F6 has nothing to do with
17:19what's happening here. So, he decided to
17:22give me another piece. Like, look at
17:25this. I'm not doing anything. Like, the
17:28guy just gave me a knight and he still
17:30fartked. So, what is he going to do here
17:32now? I'm going to be ahead by two piece.
17:34What did I do? Nothing. just develop and
17:37don't blunder while doing it. Ah, see,
17:40now he wants to to attack my bishop when
17:42he sees that he's losing his. So,
17:44obviously, we're not going to be taking
17:46the bishop or the knight here because
17:48he's going to take our bishop. And we're
17:49not trying to trade cuz he's forked. So,
17:51let's pull our bishop back to A2. He's
17:54still forked. If he moves the bishop, he
17:55grabbed the knight. If he moves the
17:57knight, we grab the
17:59bishop. Now, he's trying. Now he's
18:01really trying. He counterattacks my
18:04knight. And he's like, "If you take my
18:05bishop, I'm taking your knight. If you
18:07take my knight, I'm taking your knight."
18:09Okay. So, what if I go here? Just attack
18:12the bishop. He moves the bishop. We grab
18:13the knight. Go here. Maybe he attacks my
18:16knight. But then I just grab the bishop.
18:17So, let's just go here. He's still fart.
18:20We're not in any rush. Okay. So, he
18:22plays E4 attacking my knight. But I'll
18:25just take his bishop. No, that's bad.
18:28Yes, I'll take the bishop because if he
18:30takes my knight, I'll take his knight
18:32and I'll still be ahead by two pieces
18:35because my bishop on A2 protects my
18:38knight on E6. He took my knight. Let's
18:41take his knight. Now his king is not
18:44able to get castled. Like Dante did
18:46everything well except the main thing
18:48which is get the king to safety. Okay,
18:51so he moves the queen. What was it
18:53doing? Preventing this far, protecting
18:55this pawn. Don't be like Dante from the
18:59United Kingdom. He plays the opening
19:01decent though. But looks like he just
19:03hands someone the mouse because I could
19:05take this pawn. I could fork him. I
19:08could take this pawn and threaten a
19:09checkmate. All right, let's take this
19:11pawn. We're going. It's always best to
19:13go for mate. Let's take the pawn. Queen
19:15D7 is going to be a mate. I don't know
19:16why he puts his queen here, though. But
19:18let's
19:20see. So, he pulls back the queen to H6.
19:23Didn't try to prevent the fork. didn't
19:25try to defend the pawn. Didn't try to
19:27defend the
19:29mate. And that's a checkmate. What have
19:31we
19:32learned? Don't be like Dante. Ensure
19:35that you castle your king after your
19:37development. But let's do the same thing
19:39against someone at the 900 level. And
19:41let's see what we'll find. Now, our
19:43opponent is 900. I want to show you guys
19:45how to beat players at 900 and the
19:47mistakes that they make. Let's just play
19:50E4 here to start. And then he plays E5.
19:53I'll develop my knight to attack this
19:56pawn. He plays knight C6 to guard it.
19:58And we're going to be playing the
20:00Italian game. This is how I recommend
20:02that it's played below anything below
20:051500. And now he's playing the two
20:06knights defense. Now, my take on playing
20:08the two knights defense below a,000 is
20:10if you know how to defeat the fried
20:12liver attack, then play the two knights
20:13defense. If not, then do not play the
20:15two knights defense. But I recommend
20:17that you play the two knights defense,
20:19which means all you need to do is just
20:20watch one of my videos of me defeating
20:22the fried liver attack. But this is the
20:24fried liver attack that I'm playing. And
20:26if someone does not know how to play
20:28against this line, then they will be in
20:30trouble. Now, I want to let you guys
20:32know that the fried liver attack is not
20:33a principled opening because as you can
20:36see, I just move my knight to F3 and
20:38then I move the same piece to G5, which
20:41is moving the same piece more than once
20:42in the opening stage of the game. So you
20:44could say I'm going for a premature
20:46attack, but if you're below a th00and,
20:48knock yourself out. So he plays D5. This
20:50is the correct response to this move.
20:52Let's just take on D5. That's how it's
20:55done. And the incorrect move would be to
20:57play knight takes D5. The correct move
21:00would be to play knight D4. And I'm
21:02happy that he's playing knight D4 here.
21:04So maybe I could just give you guys a
21:07quick lesson on how to defeat the fried
21:09liver attack. What do you say? So, so
21:10let me give you guys a lesson on how to
21:12defeat the fifer attack because it looks
21:14like he knows what he's doing. So, as
21:16black, let me flip it. So, as black, you
21:18should play knight to d4. And the
21:21correct move as white in this position
21:23is actually pawn c3, just chasing away
21:25the knight. But a lot of greedy players
21:27with the white pieces, they usually play
21:28a move like pawn to d6 in this position.
21:32And what it does, it opens the attack
21:35pointing towards your f7 pawn. But as
21:37you can see, this guy, he knows what
21:39he's doing. It looks like he's he has
21:41learned some stuff from me. Because what
21:43persons usually do when they see this is
21:45they're like, "Okay, that's a fork." And
21:47you should actually allow them to go for
21:50this fork. Because once they play the
21:52move knight takes F7, forking the queen
21:55and the rook, now you hit them with
21:57queen C6. This guy knows exactly what's
21:59coming and it's going to be a beautiful
22:01smothered mate. Now look at this. The
22:03queen is attacking the unprotected pawn
22:05on C4, but it's also attacking the
22:07unprotected pawn on G2. And this is why
22:09I say the fried liver attack is not a
22:11principled line because white is moving
22:13the same piece so many times. One knight
22:15move, two knight move, three knight
22:16move, four knight moves, and then black
22:18is using the time to develop his pieces.
22:21So being the greedy player who I am, I'm
22:24going to grab the rook on H8 thinking
22:25that, oh, I'm ahead by a rook. The fry
22:27liver attack worked and I'm going to win
22:29the game. But no, if you notice my
22:31opponent, he didn't even take the bishop
22:33on C4. He decided to take the pawn on
22:36G2. And this is where white players
22:39usually see that they're losing because
22:41there's actually nothing that white can
22:42do to save the rook here. Like if he
22:44leaves the rook there, then black is
22:46going to just take the rook. The only
22:47safe square for the rook is F1. But once
22:50the rook goes to F1, then there's a
22:53beautiful smother mate that's going to
22:55be coming up here. Yes, he played the
22:57move queen to E4. It checks my king. But
23:00let's say I block with the queen. Then
23:04the knight is just going to take the
23:05queen and then black is just going to
23:07win the game. I'm going to lose 16
23:09rating points for this. But after the
23:11bishop blocks, there's a beautiful
23:13smother mate and my opponent will find
23:15it. Let's see. And that's a checkmate
23:19and I lost 16 points. Now I'm going to
23:21show you guys how to do stuff like these
23:24but at the 1,000 level. So stick around
23:27and I'll see you in that one. Okay, our
23:29opponent is
23:311,99. We're going to be doing the same
23:33treatment. He started off as D4. I'm
23:36sure a lot of you guys have issues
23:38playing against D4. So, I'm just going
23:40to play D5. And it's still going to be
23:42regular simple chess. He's playing a
23:44Queen's Gambit. And I'm actually going
23:46to play the Queen's Gambit declined. So,
23:48that way you see just a simple approach,
23:51nothing too fancy. I want you to also
23:53keep in mind that I am blocking in my
23:56light squareed bishop. You have to have
23:58certain level of understanding in order
24:00to like block in one of your bishops.
24:01But it is there. And the plan is to
24:04activate the bishop on another time. I'm
24:06just going to play knight to f6 here.
24:07We're going with the same game plan.
24:09We're going to be developing four of our
24:11pieces. We're going to be getting our
24:12king castled. And that's where we're
24:14going to be starting our attack. He
24:15plays knight to c3. I'm now going to hit
24:17him with bishop e7. Now we have two
24:19pieces developed. And I'm about to
24:21castle my king. He also developed his
24:22bishop. I'll simply castle my king. It's
24:25nothing fancy happening right here.
24:27We're both just trying to get out of the
24:29opening as quickly as possible. And
24:31notice how he got his bishop out before
24:33he plays E3. So that way he does not
24:35have a bad piece. But now I'm going to
24:37play C6. This is a very famous pawn
24:40triangle as you may see. I'm just trying
24:42to really consolidate in the center of
24:44the board, especially because I'm
24:46playing with the black pieces. When
24:47you're playing with the black pieces,
24:49first you need to ensure that you draw
24:51the game and then after you draw the
24:53game, you go for a win. So, I'm
24:54basically playing to equalize first.
24:56Now, he developed his bishop to D3, and
24:59I want to show you guys a very nice idea
25:02on how to deal with these types of bad
25:04bishops. Now, here's how it works.
25:06Because he developed his bishop to D3,
25:08I'm actually going to take on C4. And
25:11why I'm going to take on C4 is because
25:13I'm forcing his bishop to move more than
25:16once in the opening stage of the game.
25:17So, you could say I'm gaining tempo
25:19because you don't want to be moving the
25:21same pieces more than once in the
25:23opening. So, now once he takes with the
25:25bishop, I'm going to play the move B5.
25:27I'm still forcing him to move the same
25:29pieces more than once, but I'm actually
25:32just trying to get my bishop active. So,
25:34if you notice, he pulls his bishop back
25:35and all I'm going to do here is play the
25:37move bishop to B7 and I develop my
25:39bishop. But you're probably saying that
25:41doesn't mean the bishop is active. It is
25:42blocked behind the pawn. And you are
25:44correct. The bishop is not activated if
25:46it is behind the pawn. So my plan in the
25:49future is to play C5 and activate this
25:52bishop. For now, let me just develop my
25:54knight. And the other thing is if I play
25:56C5, I'm going to lose my B pawn. There's
25:58two ways to deal with this. One, you
26:00could play A6, then play C5, and you're
26:02fine. Or you could actually play B4,
26:05chase away the knight, so that way your
26:07B5 pawn is no longer hanging, then play
26:10C5, and you're doing fine. Let's see
26:12what he does. So he plays the move queen
26:15to D3. He's developing. He's connecting
26:18his rooks and everything. And I'm
26:20actually going to play the A6 approach
26:23in this position because if B4, the
26:24knight could go here and it gets tricky.
26:26Now my next move is to play pawn to C5.
26:29And then every single minor piece is
26:33going to be doing something. But
26:34remember, it doesn't necessarily mean
26:36you've accomplished everything when all
26:37your minor pieces are in the game. You
26:39also need to get your major pieces in
26:40the game. Now he plays bishop to C2.
26:42This is called a battery, by the way,
26:44because the bishop and the queen is
26:45lining up on the same diagonal, pointing
26:48towards H7. I'm not in any real danger
26:50as yet, but I'm sure one of his plans is
26:53how can I remove this knight, but I
26:56don't care about that just now. So, I'm
26:57going to play the move pawn to C5,
26:59finally activating my last piece. And
27:02then, black is just doing fine here.
27:04Okay, so he decided to move his queen
27:06back to E2. And he just didn't want me
27:09to take his knight on F3. I want you
27:11guys to also notice how my bishop all of
27:13a sudden it's like one of my best
27:14pieces. So here I'm thinking of do I
27:17just take this pawn seeing that if his
27:19knight takes pawn E5 is just winning a
27:21piece. You have to be tactical sharp or
27:23if he takes with the pawn he has an
27:25isolated pawn which is also a strategic
27:27weakness. So let's just take on D4 here.
27:31Now if he takes with the knight pawn to
27:32E5 is just going to be a fork and then
27:34I'm just going to win the game. If he
27:36takes with his pawn, then D4 is
27:38isolated. And then the whole idea is to
27:40attack the weak D4 pawn. So now his pawn
27:42on D4 is isolated. When you're playing
27:44against an isolated pawn, there's a few
27:46things that you want to do. You want to
27:48exchange the minor pieces so that way
27:50there's no complications on the board so
27:52it's easier for you to get to the
27:53isolated pawn. And ideally, you want to
27:56get into an endame where it is a queen
27:58and a rook versus a queen and a rook.
28:00Like that would be the best. But we're
28:02not going to be rushing anything. We
28:03already created the weakness. Let's just
28:05bring more pieces in the game. Rooks
28:07needs open file. Once you develop your
28:09minor pieces, you need to get your major
28:10pieces in the game. Now, he puts his
28:13bishop on D3, which was not a blunder,
28:16but it did not really do much. I'm sure
28:19a lot of persons are usually in some
28:20chess situations where their position is
28:22not losing or winning, but they just
28:24genuinely don't know what to do and
28:27they're in the middle game. And I'm
28:28about to help you guys on that. Whenever
28:29you're in these types of situation, you
28:31just want to ask yourself, what piece do
28:33I have that is not doing anything? and
28:34how can I give it some work to do. For
28:36example, his bishop was already
28:38chilling, you know, like he needs to get
28:39his rook in the game and that's he's not
28:41doing that. Now, I know that my F rook
28:43is not in the game and I need to get my
28:45F rook in the game. But a move like rook
28:47to E8 doesn't really change much. So, I
28:49need to move other pieces in order to
28:51get this rook in the game. So, for
28:52example, one thing I may do is move my
28:54queen to B6 so that way my rook goes to
28:56D8. Another thing I'm thinking of is
28:58moving my knight to B6. So that way I
29:00could centralize my knight because in
29:02chess it's better to always focus on the
29:04pieces that you have not yet moved. I'm
29:07going to move my queen. See that I
29:09haven't moved my queen. And it also
29:11helps my rooks to be connected. If you
29:13want to know if you had a successful
29:14opening, this is what your background
29:17should look like. Only two rooks and a
29:18king, nothing else. And the good thing
29:20is I'm also attacking his isolated pawn.
29:23So I'm thinking of moves like removing
29:26the guard. He takes grab the isolated
29:28pawn and I'm already a hit by a pawn. So
29:31he plays bishop to E5, spotting that
29:33idea. Now what he is doing, he's giving
29:36me the option of getting the bishop
29:38here. At what cost though? If I grab the
29:41bishop, his pawn takes and his pawn is
29:43no longer isolated. There's also another
29:45saying in chess to take is a mistake and
29:47you should only trade when it improves
29:49the activity of your pieces. So let's
29:51not take just yet. and let's use the
29:53time to just bring the final piece in
29:56the game. Now, if you look on my
29:57position, every single piece has a job.
30:01You have to remember that you're the
30:03general of your army and you need to
30:05ensure that all your pieces is doing
30:08something. What he needs to focus are
30:09his rooks. The rooks aren't doing
30:11anything. Okay, he just wanted to give
30:14up the bishop for the knight. Like,
30:15guys, come on, man. I I'm not saying
30:18bishops are just dead better than
30:20knights, but Maurice Ashley calls it the
30:23grandmaster trade. It basically means
30:25whenever you see someone give up their
30:27bishop for a knight, they have a very
30:29nice reason why they think the knight is
30:32superior or they're giving up the
30:33bishop. So, all I'm going to do now is
30:36just take the bishop. And now he's in
30:38trouble again because I'm still
30:40threatening to just get rid of the
30:41knight and win the free pawn. And I also
30:43have the bishop here, which is an
30:45advantage. All my pieces are active.
30:47Rooks are on open file and he just
30:49doesn't care about his rook. This is not
30:51a good general. And then he plays D5.
30:54Yeah, he he knew the pawn was just going
30:56to die. So, he just moved it forward cuz
30:59I was about to do the Grandmaster trick.
31:01I was about to give up my bishop for a
31:03knight. But this does not really help
31:05him a lot though cuz there's a lot that
31:07I could do. How do I take this pawn? I'm
31:10just going to take it with the knight
31:11obviously cuz if I take with the pawn
31:13that's an isolated pawn. If I take out
31:14the bishop, I'm giving up my bishop. So,
31:16let's just grab the free pawn. We're
31:17already ahead by a pawn. And you could
31:20say I'm winning the
31:23game. He sacrificed his bishop, guys.
31:26This is crazy. This does not work, by
31:29the way. But, I mean, he's trying. Like,
31:32I'm not sure why he sacrificed his
31:33bishop, though. Like, what did he see?
31:35That's just a free bishop. Like if the
31:38center is this open and you can't easily
31:41see yourself putting more pieces on the
31:44opponent's half of the board after the
31:46sacrifice, then it's very likely the
31:48sacrifice doesn't work. I'm just going
31:49to take that bishop. That's a free
31:51bishop. Oh, he's trying the Greek gift
31:54sacrifice where he sacked the bishop,
31:56but then and then he checks with the
31:58knight and then after the king move, the
32:00queen comes in. But this is not a Greek
32:02gift. This is just a gift cuz that's
32:05just a free knight. That's crazy. I want
32:07you guys to notice something. These guys
32:10are not extremely weak. I mean, he's a
32:12thousand. But if you can just develop
32:15your pieces, put your pieces on good
32:17squares. Just wait. You know, they will
32:20play moves like this, it's like charity
32:22business. Now, he's attacking my bishop
32:24and my king at the same time. But this
32:26is an easy solve. I'm just going to
32:27block with the bishop, and I'm doing
32:28fine. Yes, he could take a free pawn,
32:31but I just want two pieces without even
32:34trying to attack him.
32:36Okay, so he plays knight to E4. He's
32:39trying to bring some pieces in the
32:41attack. And just by the look of this, he
32:44wants to check here and then my bishop
32:45won't be able to take and then if I pull
32:47my king back, then his queen comes in
32:49with check. So I need to apply some
32:51level of prophylaxis here. And
32:53prophylaxis basically mean seeing the
32:55opponent's threats and just trying to
32:57prevent them before it happens. So
32:59knowing that he wants to play the move
33:00knight to G5, I'm just going to move my
33:02king back to G8. So that way if he still
33:05plays knight to G5, my bishop is not
33:07pinned and I can always just get rid of
33:09the knight because I'm ahead in
33:10material. If you're ahead in material,
33:12then trade pieces off the board, maybe
33:15he doesn't know that he could actually
33:18use his rooks. Like when you play chess,
33:20you can actually use all your pieces and
33:22you should use all your pieces. And if
33:24you're playing chess and you're only
33:26attacking with some of your pieces, it's
33:28called a pre at your attack. He is now
33:30using his rook. That's nice, but it's
33:32too late. Now he got his rook in the
33:34game. Now I'm going to start my attack.
33:36Now I'm going to play the move knight to
33:38f4. My knight is attacking his queen. So
33:40he has to move the queen. My bishop is
33:42also applying some pressure to his
33:43knight. His back rank is weak. What my
33:45opponent just did is called a premature
33:47attack. And I want to leave you guys
33:48with something. By the way, there's a
33:50book called The Art of War by Sunsu. has
33:52nothing to do with chess, but there's a
33:54quote in the book that says, "The
33:55general who is unable to control his
33:57impatience will launch his men into
34:01battle like swarming ants." This will
34:03result in the town not taken and
34:07onethird of his men slain. He's
34:09basically saying, "If you don't know
34:11what to do, that's not the time to make
34:13like a big decision and said, "Oh, let's
34:15attack." And by the way, my opponent
34:18also moved this queen away and blunder a
34:20fork because now I'm going to play the
34:22move pawn to F5, hitting the queen,
34:24hitting the knight, and now it's just
34:27GG's. Okay, so he checks with the
34:30knight. That was a bit creative. It
34:32doesn't work though because all I need
34:33to do is move my king. I mean, I'm not
34:35able to take due to the pin, but once I
34:38move my king, he's still in the same
34:40conundrum. I'm attacking his knight and
34:42I'm attacking his queen. He will lose
34:44material. He moves the queen, but he
34:47only has like 02 seconds on the clock.
34:50So, let's just take on F2 and he ran out
34:55of time. Now, I'm going to be showing
34:56you guys just how to apply these same
34:58principles, but when you're playing
35:00against someone at,00 stick around. Our
35:03opponent is now, 100. Same treatment.
35:06Let's just play pawn E5. You guys have
35:08seen this so many times, so you should
35:10at least get used to what's happening
35:12here. Develop the knight, guard the
35:14pawn. But this person is actually
35:16playing the Roy Lopez or the Spanish
35:18game. The main theoretical move here is
35:20to play A6 because the Grand Masters
35:22know that bishops are better than
35:23knights. I like to play bishop to C5
35:26here or any move that just develops the
35:28pieces to be honest. For example, I'm
35:31just going to play knight to F6, castle
35:33my king. What is this guy doing? Why did
35:36he play knight takes E5 in this
35:40position? This is either a trap or I'm
35:42going crazy. Let's see what's happening.
35:45If I take on E5, he plays D4. And this
35:50seems like something. Okay, he may be on
35:53to something. If I take his knight, he's
35:55going to play D4 and fork me my back.
35:57But I'm just going to play queen to G5
35:59here. It hits the unprotected knight and
36:01it also attacks his pawn on G2. So, it's
36:03not like I'm losing a pawn or something.
36:06I'm getting back my pawn. Plus, I'm
36:07forcing him to be moving the same pieces
36:09more than once. He's thinking. He
36:11doesn't know what hit him.
36:13What? He plays queen G4. Well, maybe he
36:17thinks I'm going to take his queen and
36:19then his knight is going to take my
36:21queen. But dude just straight up hung a
36:24knight. Let's just take the knight.
36:26That's crazy. Just like that, we're
36:28ahead by a knight and we're winning the
36:30game. So now he took my knight. Well,
36:33maybe he thinks he's going to win my
36:36bishop or something cuz all of these are
36:37bad moves. He blundered a knight. Now
36:39he's giving up his bishop for a knight.
36:41I'm actually going to take with the D
36:42pawn. So that way once I take, I'm
36:45automatically attacking his queen. And
36:48then he moves his queen out the way. So
36:49not only am I ahead by a piece, I'm also
36:52ahead in development. I'm just going to
36:54develop my knight, applying some
36:55pressure to this pawn. And then he plays
36:58pawn to D3, which is defending the pawn.
37:01But now I'm able to develop my bishop
37:02and attack this queen at the same time.
37:05So, I'm ahead by a piece and I'm just
37:07going to trade the pieces off the board
37:09and just win a comfortable game. Okay,
37:12so he plays queen to F4. I mean, I want
37:16to trade, so let's just take the queen
37:18and once his bishop takes, I'll simply
37:21castle my king B. Now, this will go into
37:24the endame, but I just really hope that
37:27you guys know what my strategy will be
37:29from here. I'm going to be attacking the
37:31pawns and I'm going to be trying to
37:32trade off as much pieces as I possibly
37:35can. So, because all my pieces are
37:37already doing something, I'm going to
37:38play the move pawn to H5 here. It starts
37:41some attack on his king. The endame is
37:44not somewhere where you try to attack
37:46someone's king, but because I have a lot
37:48of minor pieces on the board, I'm just
37:50going to be pushing my H pawn up the
37:52board because this helps with forcing
37:54the opponent to push pawns on the side
37:56that their king is on. So now that he
37:58plays H3, I'm just going to pull back my
38:00bishop. My rook is not the worst placed
38:03piece here. So he's attacking my bishop,
38:07but I intend to trade pieces off the
38:09board. So not sure what he's doing, but
38:11I don't want him to take my bishop,
38:13though. And I'd prefer to trade the
38:14bishop. So I'm going to pull my bishop
38:16back to E7. pulling the bishop back to
38:18B6 would have also been fine. But I'm
38:21planning on playing G5 just to attack
38:23his bishop soon my rook on the open
38:25file. Put it on the same line as his
38:27king and just keep attacking the pawns.
38:29Want you guys to keep in mind it's
38:30usually best to attack the pawns around
38:33the opponent's king. That's where your
38:35attack is going to come from. So he
38:37plays B3 and I'm going to play pawn to
38:40G5 here. This is a pawn sacrifice which
38:43I'm not advising him to take. So he
38:45didn't take it. But my whole idea is to
38:48open the G file for my rook. So that's
38:50what I'm doing. If he had captured with
38:51his bishop, I just attacked the bishop,
38:53but he didn't capture with the bishop.
38:55So I'm going to play G4. Pawn break.
38:57This is called a pawn break. If you want
38:59to open lines for your major pieces or
39:01even your minor pieces, think about pawn
39:03trades. If you're in the middle game and
39:05you're not sure what the plan is, think
39:07about pawn breaks. Trading the pawns in
39:09the center of the board. It will open
39:11lines for your pieces. So he finally
39:15decided to take. Now I have two options.
39:18Do I push H3 so that way I really open
39:21up stuff or do I just take first? Let's
39:23just take hitting the bishop and I can
39:25always play H3 after. And then he took
39:28on A7. But this is a mistake because now
39:32he's going to be down by a piece. This
39:34is actually a well-known trap. Whenever
39:36a bishop takes on A7 like this, always
39:38think about playing a move like B6
39:40because now his bishop is just trapped.
39:42And I'm just going to attack the bishop
39:44with my king and then just take the
39:46bishop. So I'm assuming he's going to
39:48try to sacrifice one of his pieces and
39:51that's just going to be more pieces for
39:52me. So he sacrificed the knight. Let's
39:55just take him ahead. He took a pawn and
39:58I'm just going to move my rook over on
40:00this open file on the same line as his
40:03king. And I'm ahead by two pieces. So,
40:05there's a checkmate coming up soon or a
40:07resignation. But let let's see what's
40:09happening. He plays A4. He's pushing his
40:11pass pawns, which means I have 1 2 3
40:14four moves to cook something. I'm going
40:16to play H3 here. Again, it's another
40:18pawn break. The purpose of H3 is to open
40:21the H file for my H rook. My G rook has
40:24a file. I need my H rook on a file.
40:27Okay, so he took with the
40:29pawn. Ah, that's bad though. How do I
40:32mate this guy? Do I have a discovered
40:35attack? Seeing that my rook is on the
40:36same line as this king, for example,
40:38knight E3 check. And well, that at least
40:41wins a rook. Oh, it's mate. What am I
40:43doing? Knight E3 check. The king has to
40:46go to H2 or H1. And then my rook is
40:48going to take on H3. And that's going to
40:50be a checkmate. So, let's go. Knight E3
40:52check. This is what happens when you
40:54understand how to use your pawns. Pawn
40:57break. Pawns are the soul of the game.
40:59Understand the pawns because that's just
41:02a checkmate. Now we're going to be doing
41:04the same thing against someone at the
41:061200 level. Stick around. Peace. Our
41:09opponent is now 1,200 playing with the
41:11black pieces. And we're just going to
41:13play E5 here. Just the normal stuff. He
41:16attacks my pawn. We develop. We guard
41:18it. He's playing the Italian game. And
41:21I'm going to be playing the two knights
41:23defense. I do recommend the two knights
41:25defense, but you must know how to beat
41:27the fried liver attack. Knight C3 is the
41:29mistake that I've been seeing so much
41:32today. But he played pawn to D3, which
41:34is the current move. So I'll just
41:36continue with my development. Now I have
41:38three pieces developed. All I need to do
41:40is castle my king, develop my bishop,
41:42and my development will be complete. My
41:44opponent castled their king. I'm going
41:46to play D6 here. It allows me to develop
41:48my bishop to G4 and pin their knight to
41:51their queen and just be annoying and
41:53cause chaos. Okay, now he plays bishop
41:55to G5. It's funny though because bishop
41:57to G5 is not as threatening if my king
42:00is not yet castled. I can actually get
42:02away with just playing pawn to H6,
42:04forcing his bishop to move away. And
42:06obviously if he gives up his bishop for
42:08a knight, I'll be so happy with that.
42:10Why is everyone give Stop giving up your
42:13bishop for a knight? Who is this guy?
42:15Corner is from Greece. Don't be like
42:17corner from Greece. Let's just take like
42:20it shouldn't be this easy giving black
42:22an advantage. Bishops are better than
42:24knights, guys. Come on. So he played
42:26knight to D2. Now he's playing
42:28defensive. Now, I'll just develop my
42:30bishop, which immediately pins his
42:32knight to his queen. And then I'm just
42:34going to castle my king and start an
42:36attack on him. So, here he plays pawn to
42:38C3. Not too bad. I want to start an
42:41attack on his king. So, I'm going to be
42:44castling on the queen side, which is
42:46slightly risky because he's able to
42:49start a pawn storm on my king, but
42:51there's no attack there. He moves his
42:54queen to A4. It doesn't attack anything
42:56right now. And he's moving his queen
42:58away from his king side. So, I'm not
43:01bothered by that. So, I'm gonna start my
43:04attack on him. I'm going to move my
43:05knight to E7. And this is called a
43:08maneuver, where we're trying to maneuver
43:10our pieces to the opponent's side of the
43:12board. If you want to learn more about
43:14chess, read the book, The Art of War by
43:16Sunsu. It's not a chess book, but it
43:18will help your chess. Now, he plays
43:21bishop back to E3. What is this guy
43:24doing? It's it's actually crazy. If you
43:26could just get to move 15 or 20 without
43:29blundering, you'll be surprised how
43:32persons just throw pieces at you, like
43:35gifting you pieces. Because what he did,
43:37he he just blocked out his queen from
43:39ever going back. Can't I just play
43:41bishop back to D7 here? Oh. Oh, I can't
43:44because if I play bishop back to D7, his
43:46queen goes to C4. That's the only score
43:48for the queen, though. And then if I
43:50play B5, he plays queen takes F7 and his
43:52queen is not trapped. So, he got away
43:54there. He got away there. So, let's
43:56continue with our attack. Let's play
43:57knight to G6. I'm just bringing as much
44:00pieces as possible, as close as possible
44:03to his king side to start my attack. He
44:06doesn't know what he's doing. So, now he
44:08plays D4. Interesting move. He has one,
44:12two, three attackers. I have one, two,
44:14three defenders, which means I'm not
44:16going to be winning any material. So,
44:18let's just pull back the bishop. No need
44:20to take this pawn as yet. If he takes,
44:23then I take and my rook gets the open
44:25file. Why? Because to take is a mistake
44:28and we only trade if it improves our
44:30position, not the opponent. Knight to C4
44:33was a mistake. That was a mistake. This
44:35is called the drawback principle, by the
44:37way. So, he moves the knight to C4 to
44:40attack my bishop. But he didn't ask
44:42himself, "What is my knight doing on
44:44D2?" The knight was guarding his knight.
44:48Now, I have two pieces attacking his
44:51knight. He only has one piece guarding
44:54it, which means once I grab this knight,
44:56not only am I going to win a pawn, but
44:59this guy is going to be getting
45:01checkmated. So, he took my bishop with
45:04check. And if I take with the pawn and
45:06this queen check and I go here, he
45:08checks again. That's too much drama. So,
45:11let's just take with the C pawn. But
45:14then if I take with the C pawn, he
45:15checks here. King has to move. And then
45:17in some universe, he takes here. Not
45:19afraid of that, though. Let's just take
45:21the knight. Oo, he checks my king. Okay.
45:24Okay. Let's just move the king out the
45:26way. The thing is, if he takes this
45:28pawn, I'm just going to be ahead by a
45:29piece. So, is he trying to just play
45:32down by a piece here? Okay. He decided
45:35that he wants to play down a piece. He
45:37doesn't want to expose his king, but I'm
45:39going all in on this attack. Like, he
45:42thinks I'm going to be pulling back my
45:43bishop, but no. We're going to be now
45:45using a tactic called attraction. How
45:48does it work? I'm going to be
45:50sacrificing my bishop to open his king
45:53knowing that his king is not able to
45:55take my bishop because if he tries to
45:57take his king I lower his king on the G2
45:59square and then I hit well he did take
46:02the bishop. So knight to F4 checks the
46:05king and hits the queen at the same time
46:08and that's just me winning a queen
46:11tactics. He moves his queen out the way.
46:13Let's just grab the queen. And this
46:16should just be checkmate in a few moves
46:18or he's going to resign. He took with
46:21the pawn. And here's how he's going to
46:23get checkmated. I'm not going to just
46:25take back the pawn. We're going for the
46:26king. So, I'm going to check on F3. King
46:28has to move to G1. And then knight to
46:30F4. And there's literally nothing he
46:32could do to prevent queen to G2. Like, I
46:35could literally just premove something
46:37like this. But just to show you guys, he
46:39moves the king, knight to F4. There's
46:41nothing he could do to prevent queen to
46:43G2. And my opponent resigns. Now, I want
46:46to show you guys how to do the same
46:48thing at the 1300 level. Stick around.
46:50Our opponent is
46:521300. So, he plays D4. And I'm just
46:56going to keep it simple. Let's just play
46:57D5 here. Develop our pieces normally and
47:00punish him for his mistakes in the
47:02middle game. He plays C6. And we're
47:04going to be playing the Queen's Gambit
47:06Declined. Usually, nothing fancy happens
47:08in the opening. He develops his knight.
47:11I'm also going to be developing my
47:12knight. Just development move here. And
47:14then he develops his bishop. Now I'm
47:15going to play the move bishop to E7.
47:17Just unpinning my knight. Preparing to
47:19castle a king. He plays E3. Okay, let's
47:22castle the king. He's developing his
47:23pieces normally. This is some good chess
47:25here, guys. And then he develops his
47:27bishop to D3. Now I'm going to play the
47:30move C6 here. And the regular persons
47:33may be saying, why am I blocking in my
47:34bishop? This is a bad bishop. And you
47:36are correct. But I have a cool little
47:40idea to help this C8 bishop and I'm
47:42going to show you guys how. So he
47:43develops his knight. All his minor
47:45pieces are developed. That's good. So
47:47let me get all my minor pieces out. And
47:49now I just need to solve the issue of
47:51this bad C8 bishop. So he castles his
47:54king. And here's how I'm going to do it.
47:56The first thing I'm going to do is I'm
47:57going to take on C4. So take is a
48:00mistake, right? But the reason why I'm
48:02doing this is I'm forcing his bishop to
48:04move again. And I'm gaining temper on
48:06his bishop. Watch this. Once his bishop
48:08takes, I play the move B5, forcing his
48:11bishop to move again. Then once he moves
48:13the bishop, I play the move bishop to
48:15B7. And you may be saying that doesn't
48:18help the bishop. It's still not doing
48:20anything. But all I need to do is move
48:21this pawn out the way. And just like
48:23that, my bishop is going to be a good
48:25bishop on this
48:27diagonal. Knight E5. He's moving the
48:30knight here, which means if I take and
48:32the pawn takes, he's trying to trade the
48:34queens off the board. The thing is
48:36though, I don't have to react to this
48:38immediately. So, I'm going to continue
48:40with my plan. But if I play C5, I'm
48:43going to lose my pawn on B5. So, I have
48:46to play a proylactic A6. Then, I'm going
48:49to play C5. Then, he pulls his knight
48:52back to E2. I'm not 100% sure what this
48:56does, so let's continue with our plan.
48:58Pawn to C5. Do I have any bad pieces?
49:02All my pieces are on good squares. So,
49:03step one is out the way. All pieces are
49:05developed. King is castled. What's step
49:07two? Get major pieces in the game. How
49:09do we get our major pieces in the game?
49:11Pawn breaks like this one. So, he took
49:14on D7. How do we recapture? With the
49:17queen or with the knight? Let's just
49:19take with the knight. Eliminate this
49:21bishop. It's the only piece on our half
49:23of the board. So once we get rid of that
49:25piece on our half of the board like
49:26this, then black has already equalized
49:29and I have no issues whatsoever. He took
49:32on C5. Okay, now I just need to take
49:34back and I'm fine. Do I get anything
49:36from this? Threaten the mate. If he
49:38plays knight to F4, then I take. Okay,
49:41let's start by playing queen to G5. It
49:43threatens a checkmate on G2. So he has
49:46to react to that, which is why he's not
49:48able to take my knight. This is called
49:49danger levels. So he puts his knight
49:52here to guard the mate. Let's just take
49:54back our pawn attacking the bishop. And
49:56then look on this. My plan from here is
49:58to get my rooks in the game. The D file
50:00is open. The C file is open. So that's
50:03where I'm going to be putting my rook.
50:04He pulls his bishop back to C2. Rooks
50:07needs files. So let me play rook to D8.
50:10Putting my rook on this open file. And
50:12I'm gaining a tempo on his
50:15queen. Queen to H5. So basically, he's
50:19trying to go into an end game because he
50:22thinks he has more chance to draw in the
50:24endame. I used to think like this when
50:26I'm playing against strong persons as
50:27well, but that's a losing strategy. I'm
50:30going to go into the end game with him
50:31for one, and I want to teach you guys
50:33how to play the end game as well. So,
50:34now that we're in the endame, everything
50:36changes. What you want to be doing is
50:38attacking weak pawns, pushing your pass
50:40pawns, and activating your king. Another
50:43very important factor that you need to
50:44know about the end game is rooks belong
50:47on the seventh. I call this the seventh.
50:49It's the second. This is where the seven
50:51is. But when I was younger, my coach
50:53used to say rooks on the seven is in
50:55heaven. So remember that and put your
50:57rooks on the seventh. His knight is on
50:58the edge of the board not doing
51:00anything. His bishop is unprotected and
51:01I'm attacking it. If he moves the
51:03bishop, I'm already ahead by a pawn. So
51:05how does he solve this? Okay, so he
51:07decided to defend the bishop. And that's
51:10not a bad move because it comes with a
51:12threat. If I'm not careful, he's going
51:14to take on H7 and capture my unprotected
51:18knight. So, what I'm going to do is I'm
51:19going to play the move bishop to E4,
51:21getting rid of the bishops off the
51:23board. But after the trade happens, his
51:26B pawn is going to be under attack. And
51:27remember what we said about the endame,
51:29you must attack pawns. He took on E4.
51:32Let's just take back. Now, he has to
51:35defend his B2 pawn. And just for a tip,
51:38guys, like if you have to play passive
51:41defensive moves, then it's usually best
51:43to lose a pawn in the end game. F3 is a
51:46nice idea. He wants to play rook to F2.
51:49But I'm just going to pull my knight
51:50back to F6. I'm allowing him to double
51:53up my pawns because I want to quickly
51:55solve any back rank issues that I may
51:58have. So, let's just take the knight.
52:00And then once he plays rook to F2, I'll
52:02play rook to D8. So, if he takes my
52:04rook, I'm just going to take and he will
52:06lose a pawn. And I'm threatening to take
52:08his rook, then get my rook to D2, and
52:10I'll win a pawn. This guy's played well,
52:12though. But let's see how well he'll
52:14play. Ah, he played king to F1. That was
52:18his first mistake. The better move in
52:20this position would have been to play
52:22rook to F1. But now that he plays king
52:24to F1, all I need to do is take the
52:26rook, force the king on the F2 square,
52:29then hit him with rook to D2 check. He
52:31has to move his king. I'll grab the B2
52:33pawn and I'll be attacking his A2 pawn.
52:35Just like that, we're winning the game.
52:37He moves his king. Let's grab the pawn.
52:39It's not finished as yet, though. He
52:42played a passive move like rook to A1.
52:44Again, do not play these types of
52:46passive moves. It's best to lose a pawn
52:48than put your rook in jail. Now, it's
52:51just game over. How I'm going to win
52:52this game is I'm going to advance my
52:54pawn majority. I have two pawns. The
52:56opponent only has one. But remember that
52:59thing we spoke about, activating the
53:00king. We must activate our king. So, let
53:02me start by playing king to f8. Just
53:05getting my king in the game. Then he
53:07plays f4. I think he's trying to get his
53:09king in the game as well, but let's keep
53:11going. King to e must get the king in
53:13the game. And then he's playing some
53:15weird looking pawn moves. Now, I don't
53:17know what he's trying to do. I'm going
53:18to hit him with F5. F5 prevents E4 and
53:21it prevents G4. And then we're going to
53:23be continuing. Okay. So, he puts his
53:25king here. The thing is with the end
53:26game is you have to be very patient. For
53:29example, I'm also going to play H5 just
53:32so that he's not able to play G4. Now,
53:35once he plays G3, now I'm going to start
53:37pushing my pawn majority. Let's start by
53:39playing B4. And the reason why I'm
53:41pushing the B pawn before the A pawn is
53:43because I'm pushing what is called a
53:45candidate pawn. Moving the pawn without
53:47a counterpart. Okay, so he plays E4
53:49here. If he takes, I take. And that's
53:52something. If I take, that's a very
53:54active king. But I think I'm forced to
53:57take. Or I could push. If I push and he
54:01takes, then I take and I'm ahead by
54:03another pawn. And that's a very strong
54:04pawn. But if I push and he takes and I
54:06takes and Okay, that doesn't work. Let's
54:08just take. So he took with the king.
54:10Let's just play A5. Advancing our pawn
54:13majority. This is a very passive rook.
54:15Now he plays F5. This doesn't seem to do
54:18much. I don't necessarily need to react
54:20to it. So I'm just going to continue to
54:22push my pawn majority. Once you have
54:24more pawns than the opponent on one
54:26side, it's usually advised to advance
54:28them up the board. Easy way to create a
54:30pass pawn. He took my pawn. Let's just
54:33take back. Everything is fine here.
54:35We're going to be winning with this pawn
54:37majority. Okay, now he's pulling back
54:39his king. And I need to teach you guys
54:41about another thing in the end game,
54:42which is called the principle of two
54:44weaknesses. The fact that his rook is
54:46tied down to his pawn and I have this
54:48pawn majority. That's one weakness that
54:50he has. Now that he's running over
54:52there, I'm not going to try to run over
54:54here. I'm going to run over here to
54:56apply pressure to these pawns. And I
54:58could possibly win the game with these
55:00pawns. So now he plays king here
55:02attacking my pawn, but it's guarded. So
55:04let's play here attacking the G3 pawn.
55:08Then he plays A3. That's very
55:11interesting because if I push, he
55:13attacks my pawn. But I think there's
55:15something that he missed because I'm
55:17able to actually push and then he got
55:20he's playing passive. I thought he would
55:21have attacked here. He's playing a bit
55:23too passive because this pawn is very
55:25easy to win. And I'm not going to allow
55:27him to win this pawn. So, I'm going to
55:29put my rook right here. It has two/3s. I
55:32could go here and pick up this pawn, but
55:34I'm actually protecting this pawn first.
55:37So, let's give a check here just to
55:39ensure that he's not able to take this
55:40pawn. And then we're going to continue
55:42with our idea. Now that he puts his king
55:44here, I should be able to check. His
55:46king has to move and then grab this
55:49pawn. Obviously,
55:51Why did he trade? Okay, this is just
55:53winning. Once I take, I'll promote and
55:55I'll win the game. And my opponent
55:58resigns. Now, I'm going to show you guys
55:59how to do the same thing, but at the 400
56:02level. Stick around. Our opponent is
56:051400. We're going to be doing the same
56:06thing. Principal chess, tactical chess.
56:09He start off by playing D4. And I'm
56:12going to be playing knight to F6 here. I
56:14mean, we're 1400. We should already
56:16understand some ideas. He plays C4. And
56:19I'm going to try the Kings Indian
56:21defense. Let's see how well he knows his
56:24stuff. He plays knight to C3. Okay, this
56:27is all theory. I'm going to go bishop to
56:29G7. It's another way of developing my
56:32pieces, but I'm still developing my
56:33pieces. So, that's what's important. He
56:36developed his knight, and now I'm going
56:38to castle my king. So, I managed to
56:40develop two of my minor pieces, castle
56:42my king. Now, all I need to do is get
56:45these other two minor pieces in the
56:46game, and then I'll be fine. So, he
56:48develops his bishop. I'm going to play
56:50the move D6 here. And what it does, it
56:53saves a square for my knight and it also
56:56allows my bishop to get developed. But
56:58then he plays H3, which means he's
57:00preventing my bishop from going to the
57:02G4 square. Now, if you're not very
57:05tactical and willing to put some work in
57:07your openings, then I don't recommend
57:09playing the Kings in the end because it
57:10is a lot of work and it's very tactical.
57:12Plus, you have to go against a lot of
57:14principles. For example, developing the
57:16bishop to a square like F5 here isn't
57:18really good because it's very easy to
57:20get chased out. So, I'm just going to
57:22use the time to play knight to D7. You
57:24may say I'm blocking out my bishop,
57:26which I am blocking out my bishop, but
57:28eventually my bishop will join the game.
57:30For example, I'm going to play the move
57:32pawn to B6 here. And now I'm going to
57:34fancet my light squared bishop as well.
57:38He developed his bishop. I'll fancet my
57:40light squared bishop. and then now all
57:42my minor pieces are developed, but
57:45that's not where chess ends. And you
57:47should not be watching this video
57:48looking confused and everything. If you
57:51are confused, it goes to show that
57:53you're relying too much on your memory
57:55and not your understanding. Once you
57:57understand that you need to develop the
57:59pieces, it doesn't really matter where
58:01you put them. So, he plays D5 and it
58:04looks like he's trying to get some space
58:06for his pieces. I mean, the guy's 1400.
58:08I'm going to play H6. I'm not expecting
58:10him to give up his bishop for a knight
58:12at 1,400, but let's see what he does
58:15because persons have been playing a lot
58:17of weird moves. He pulls back the
58:18bishop. Very good. Now, remember what I
58:20said. After you develop your minor
58:22pieces, you need to develop your major
58:24pieces. Your major pieces will join the
58:27game with the use of what is called a
58:29pawn break. Pawn break is where you use
58:32your pawn to attack the opponent's pawn.
58:35For example, if he takes my pawn and I
58:37take back, it opens up the file for the
58:38rook. If he does nothing, I take his
58:40pawn and it will open the E file for the
58:43rook. So, he plays E4 to support his
58:46pawn. That's a decent move. Let's just
58:49take here with the old idea of I need to
58:52put my rook on an open file. He took out
58:56the pawn. That's a decent move. Now, I'm
58:58going to simply play the move rook to
58:59E8, putting my rook on the open file.
59:01Now, I have two pieces attacking his
59:03pawn, and he only has one piece
59:05defending it. So, he has to be a bit
59:07careful here. So, he did add another
59:09defender to the pawn. And what I'm
59:12trying to do here is just to keep
59:14targeting this E4 pawn. Now, hopefully
59:16you guys notice that my knight is
59:18pinned. So, I can't just go ahead and
59:20take. So, I'm going to play the move
59:21pawn to G5 here, which is forcing his
59:24bishop away. Now, I have two attackers,
59:26but he also has two defenders. So, I'm
59:28going to hit him with the move knight to
59:30C5. Now, I have one, two, three
59:33attackers on his E4 pawn. He only has
59:35two defenders on his E4 pawn. So, he has
59:38to find a good defensive move here. See
59:41what he
59:43plays. Bishop to B5. That's interesting.
59:47He did not try to defend the pawn, but
59:49he counterattacks my rook. Is there
59:52tactics? Can I get tactics here? If I
59:54take his pawn and he takes my rook, I
59:57have nothing. Was that a good move? Or
59:59maybe I just need to play rook to E7. I
1:00:01mean, he's in the same issue. He still
1:00:03needs to guard his pawn. He decided to
1:00:05castle on the queen side, which is weird
1:00:07because that's just a free pawn. He
1:00:09could have used his knight to guard it.
1:00:11So, I have one, two, three attackers. He
1:00:13has won two defenders. Let's just grab
1:00:15the pawn. Now, we're ahead by a pawn.
1:00:17So, he got his rook to attack my knight,
1:00:21but I'm just going to be exposing his
1:00:23king. Like, I can always take his bishop
1:00:25cuz bishops are better than knights. But
1:00:27I'm actually going to take his knight
1:00:28because if I take his knight, he has to
1:00:30take with the pawn. And the pawns around
1:00:33this king is going to be separated. And
1:00:36I'm also going to be able to win this
1:00:38pawn on D5. So taking his knight was
1:00:40actually a removing the guard tactic as
1:00:42well because now I have two attackers on
1:00:44his D5 pawn. And he only has his rook.
1:00:48So he decided to take with the pawn. And
1:00:51I'm now thinking, do I just take the
1:00:53pawn right now or do I trade the rooks
1:00:56then take the pawn? Okay, so the pawn is
1:00:58free. Let's just trade the rooks off the
1:01:00board first and then once he takes back
1:01:03now, I'll take the pawn on D5. I'm
1:01:05already ahead by two pawns. And I have
1:01:07two pieces attacking his pawn on C3. And
1:01:10he only has one. So he has to be careful
1:01:12there as well. Oh shoot, I bl I blunder.
1:01:16Didn't I just blunder? Wait, why didn't
1:01:18he play rook to E8?
1:01:22This is called the drawback principle,
1:01:24guys. Look, I should have took with the
1:01:25pawn, but taking with the knight left
1:01:28the E8 square unprotected. So, he could
1:01:30have played rook to E8 check. Now, it
1:01:32doesn't mean that I'd lose the game cuz
1:01:34I would lose my queen and I'm already
1:01:36ahead by two points. So, I'd still be
1:01:38ahead by a point. But, he just
1:01:40completely missed it, which is crazy.
1:01:42Now, I'm just going to put my knight
1:01:43back on F6 and just cover the E8 square.
1:01:47And now I'm just ahead by two clean
1:01:49pawns. So he puts his queen on A2 and it
1:01:53looks like he's trying to attack along
1:01:54this file. Now the only issue that I
1:01:56have is I need to get my rook in the
1:01:58game. So I'm going to find a very
1:02:01creative way to get my rook in the game.
1:02:03I'm going to start by playing knight to
1:02:04E4 here though because it attacks his
1:02:06bishop. I don't want him to be attacking
1:02:08along this file and it comes with some
1:02:10knight C3 I guess. So he moves his queen
1:02:14to C2. He has two attackers on my
1:02:16knight. I only have one defender, so I
1:02:18need to be careful. But I'm going to
1:02:20play the move pawn to A6. So if he tries
1:02:24to take my knight twice, his bishop is
1:02:26going to be left hanging. So I'll be
1:02:28fine. And now he pulls his bishop back
1:02:29to A4. And I'm about to play a very
1:02:32interesting move. Pawn to B5. He's
1:02:34covering the B5 square two times. So why
1:02:36am I playing B5? The idea is to open
1:02:39lines for my pieces. Well, he didn't
1:02:41take the free pawn. He pulls his bishop
1:02:43back. But I still want to open some
1:02:45lines for my rook. So I'm going to take
1:02:48on C4 in this position. Still attacking
1:02:50his bishop, which means he's not he's
1:02:52still not able to take my knight. So he
1:02:53took with the queen, which is
1:02:55interesting because now he still has two
1:02:57pieces on my knight and he's attacking
1:02:59F7. But I'm just going to play pawn to
1:03:01D5 here. I guard my knight. Offense is
1:03:04the best defense. I attack his queen. He
1:03:06has to move his queen out the way. So
1:03:08black is doing fine. So he moves his
1:03:10queen to B4 and I like the idea of
1:03:16bishop to C3. That would be a nice fork.
1:03:18But then his queen takes my bishop and
1:03:20then I take his rook and then his knight
1:03:22takes and that does not seem too
1:03:24beneficial for me. So what I'm going to
1:03:26do instead is first move my bishop out
1:03:28the way with the same idea of playing
1:03:31bishop to C3. And I also want to get my
1:03:33rook on the B file. Now he decides to
1:03:36play knight to D4. That's a defense.
1:03:39That's a defense. But for one, I'm ahead
1:03:41in material. Two, this is not a good
1:03:43bishop because my pawn is on a light
1:03:45square. So, I'm going to play the move
1:03:47queen to F6. It immediately attack his
1:03:50knight and the queen guards the bishop.
1:03:52It also comes with ideas of playing
1:03:54queen to B2, which could lead to some
1:03:57serious checkmating threats. Let's see
1:04:00what he does. Okay, now he plays pawn to
1:04:02F3, but this is just someone who is
1:04:04asking to lose. I guess he just gave up.
1:04:07This is called a drawback. Remember the
1:04:08same way how I just blundered. This is
1:04:10how most of my students blunder. This is
1:04:13how most people who join our academy
1:04:15comes in and this is all we fix where
1:04:17they move a piece but it leaves
1:04:19something else unprotected. So what is
1:04:22my knight doing? Nothing important.
1:04:24Let's just take the free bishop. This is
1:04:26just completely winning and his knight
1:04:27is still under attack. Okay. Now he
1:04:30plays rook to E7. I'm not able to take
1:04:33the rook cuz the queen guards it. But as
1:04:34I say, he's just playing bad moves all
1:04:36of a sudden. I have two pieces attacking
1:04:38his knight. He only has one piece
1:04:40guarding it. So now I'm just going to
1:04:42take on D4. And now I'm just completely
1:04:44winning. So he took my queen. Let's just
1:04:47take back. And once you're ahead by this
1:04:50amount of material, you're going to win
1:04:51the game. The goal is to start trading.
1:04:53We know the drill. He took with his
1:04:55rook. Now I'm just going to move my
1:04:57bishop out the way. Seeing that he's
1:04:59attacking it. And my next move is to
1:05:01finally get this rook in the game. Maybe
1:05:04put it on this open file or this open
1:05:06file. Well, my opponent resigns. Now,
1:05:08I'm going to be showing you the same
1:05:10thing, but at the 1500 level. Stick
1:05:12around. Now, we're going to be doing the
1:05:13same thing against someone at the 1500
1:05:16level. Let's start by playing E4. And
1:05:19then he's playing the Scandinavian
1:05:20defense. Here, we usually just take with
1:05:22the whole idea of pulling out his queen,
1:05:24but he plays the move knight to F6. So,
1:05:27that way he's able to capture with the
1:05:29knight. So, that's not a bad way to
1:05:30play. Now, whenever people develop like
1:05:33this, I like to play bishop to B5 check
1:05:35because it's actually a very tricky
1:05:37line. And if they don't know what
1:05:38they're doing, I could just be playing
1:05:40with an extra pawn. So, he blocks with
1:05:42the pawn, but now I'm going to take.
1:05:45He's going to take back. I'm going to be
1:05:47down on time, but I'm going to be ahead
1:05:49in material. Why do I say that? From a
1:05:52time perspective, he's going to be able
1:05:54to develop his bishop easily. Now, I
1:05:56have to move my bishop more than once.
1:05:58So, you could say he has the slightest
1:06:00lead in development, but I have an extra
1:06:02pawn, which means if I'm able to develop
1:06:05my pieces easily and he doesn't do
1:06:07anything, I'm just going to be better.
1:06:09Now, he plays E5, putting his pawn in
1:06:11the center of the board. From here, I'll
1:06:13just play knight to F3, developing my
1:06:15knight, applying some pressure to that
1:06:17weak, unprotected pawn. But then, he
1:06:20plays bishop to G4, which clearly shows
1:06:22that he does not know what he's doing.
1:06:24Or maybe he's not tactically aware.
1:06:26There's a tactic here. Pause the video.
1:06:27try to find it. But what I'm going to do
1:06:29here, I'm going to play the move bishop
1:06:32takes F7. I'm already ahead by a pawn
1:06:34and I'm about to win another pawn. The
1:06:36whole idea is once I take on F7, if he
1:06:40decides to take with his king, I'm going
1:06:42to hit him with knight takes E5,
1:06:44checking the king and hitting the
1:06:46bishop, which means I regain my piece
1:06:49plus two extra pawns. So now I'm just
1:06:52going to be playing with three extra
1:06:53pawns coming out of the opening. He
1:06:56moves his queen. Let's just take back
1:06:58our piece. Know I'm ahead by three
1:07:00pawns. And when you're ahead in
1:07:02material, it means you need to start
1:07:03trading pieces off the board. So, I'm
1:07:06going to go for every trade I get. So,
1:07:10he took on G4. I'm not just going to
1:07:13take with the queen. I'm also
1:07:14threatening checkmate. He saw it though.
1:07:17So, he checked. Hm. This is now tricky.
1:07:19So, I could block the check with my
1:07:20queen. Trade the queens off the board
1:07:22and I'm winning. But there's something
1:07:24else that I could do. Seems
1:07:27counterintuitive, but I'm actually going
1:07:28to move my king to D1 because I'm still
1:07:32threatening a checkmate on C4, which
1:07:34well, it's not a checkmate. He's able to
1:07:36block with his queen. But my whole idea
1:07:38doing this was to move my rook to D1,
1:07:42gaining some tempo on his queen. And
1:07:44then now once he puts his queen on F6,
1:07:46I'm trying to make queen to C4 work, but
1:07:50he's just going to block with his queen.
1:07:51But then he puts his queen on F6
1:07:53blundering a is this guy really 1500?
1:07:56That's just a knight, bro. That's crazy.
1:07:58Is he
1:08:001500? He is 1500. That's crazy. Okay, so
1:08:05he plays H6 here and we're ahead by two
1:08:08pieces. Now I definitely want to just
1:08:10trade the pieces off the board. So I'm
1:08:12going to play the move queen to E6
1:08:14check. Just forcing the queens off the
1:08:16board. He has to take my queen or move
1:08:18his king. Either way, we trade the
1:08:20queens and we're winning. So, let's just
1:08:22take. Now, he protects his pawn. I'm
1:08:24severely behind in development, but I
1:08:27have six points that he does not have.
1:08:28So, let's just get our pieces out. I'll
1:08:30develop my knight, develop my bishop,
1:08:32get my other rook in the game, and then
1:08:34we're just going to win. He develops his
1:08:37bishop and he is also attacking my pawn.
1:08:40But I what I'm going to do here is I'm
1:08:42going to play the move knight to E4,
1:08:45which protects my pawn and counterattack
1:08:48his bishop. He pulls his bishop back.
1:08:51Now I'm able to play the move pawn to D3
1:08:53because I want to ensure that I get my
1:08:55bishop out, get my recult. That's the
1:08:57only way you'll be able to see that I'm
1:09:00actually ahead in material. He moves his
1:09:02king to H7 here. And the natural move
1:09:04for me in this position is to play
1:09:06bishop to E3 and just start trading
1:09:08pieces off the board. So let's go for
1:09:09that. Let's go. Bishop E3. Trade off the
1:09:12bishops. Get my rook in the game and
1:09:14just win. So, he's trying not to trade.
1:09:17At least we could say he understands
1:09:19something about chess. The only piece
1:09:22that is not doing anything is now my
1:09:24rook. And the E file is the only file
1:09:26for my rook. So, I'm going to move my
1:09:27king to D2. So, that way I'm able to get
1:09:29my rook in the game. And now all my
1:09:31pieces will be doing something. He plays
1:09:34rook to D1, which is bad by the way
1:09:37because he's basically offering the
1:09:39trade while he's down in material. So,
1:09:42let's just take the rook. And once he
1:09:44takes back with his rook, now I have two
1:09:46pieces attacking this pawn. So, we're
1:09:49just going to continue trading. Let's
1:09:50take the free pawn. And my opponent
1:09:53resigns. There you have it. What have we
1:09:55learned? You have to be tactically sharp
1:09:57when you reach a certain

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