I do what is called the Kings Gambit where I sacrifice the King for the win. Unfortunately no one ever does the Kings Gambit declined so I have lost every time
@@moistcornbread5332 I'm happy about it. I've been teaching my colleagues chess, after they watched the show. We have 3 boards with games on in the office at any one time now.
@@Gunandrunandgun if you learn theory, you will know what is a mistake and what is not a mistake. After that, it's like solving a damn puzzle. And to spot blunders (not mistakes) always look for checks, captures, attacks. Calculate and analyze the position every move. There could be a tactic for example and not seeing it is also a counter-blunder. Use time generously. You can play in the endgame like a funking robot and not use time much. Take care and play chess
I learned playing chess from my dad since I was 8 years old. We spend idle moments playing this game along with my uncle and my younger brother. My dad passed away 3 years ago. Playing chess is one of the skills I learned from him that I consider valuable, and I will always thank him for that.
Just came here to say that 11 months ago I was a 200 player watching this video wanting to learn chess and now I am 1300 rapid and 1200 blitz. Thank you Levy, I’ve been watching all your videos ever since ❤️
Bahaha we’re the 1900 beginners club in this thread Doesn’t matter though Levi always has good info See and here I am derp ass blastin out a billion puzzles when I should just study 10 quality successes? I’m down lol
En Passant: Chess is a battle simulation. Foot soldiers (Pawns) can charge at the start of the battle whilst they're fresh, hence able to move two squares. The game is a simulation of 'real time', so if a soldier tries to charge past an enemy, the enemy can kill him as he is charging past. So it's as if the turn immediately following happened during the charge. The next move, the charge has already been successfully completed and the soldier is safe.
The change was made in the 15th century to speed up the game. Originally pawns could only move one square at a time. En Passant was the French answer to prevent the new move from getting a pawn out of danger.
My interest in chess was reignited after randomly checking out Twitch and seeing chess stuff. Then I found out about the Queen's Gambit, which I hope to start watching very soon!
i was waiting for this video, to see if there is something that i missing from my understanding, and still waiting for the upcoming videos, great content Levy as always, keep up the great work. the books suggested buy Levy: tactics: 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Franco Masetti (Author), Roberto Messa (Author) End game: 100 Endgames You Must Know : Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded Jesus de la Villa (Author)
the issue, I'm having is that the complexity makes me feel incompetent, I know its a lot of strategy, learning, and planning, but it is VERY overwhelming to beginners
When I was a kid and learned how all the pieces moved and beat my dad once and fell in love with the game. I signed up for the chess club at school and my first day and first game. I got mated in 7 and then crushed the rest of the afternoon. No one offered to teach me openings or tactics and I never came back. 25 years later I am back to redeem my young self and learn how to play. Thank you for these videos!
I have huge anxiety, Starting to play with other people, started off marking huge mistakes, but I'm making fewer mistakes and learning what to do instead of what I did start off, really improved !
@@strahinja95 i'm pretty sure that's never playing chess before to learning how to play chess over time, but you can say what you wanna say, never have i said i get huge anxiety when playing chess, I said i have huge anxiety that anxiety prevented me form playing, it has prevented me form playing anything multiplayer related, however like every thing else, you can overcome anxiety, and also no I do play chess, i really don't know how you got that form reading a comment form youtube, made 9 months ago when i first started
@@ElvenmageEXE I guess I assumed that because I feel like that is the same issue that I have. Multiplayer is tough for me also, but the difference is that since I first played chess, or any game, I didn't want to lose any figure, and wanted the flawless victory in everything, but I was as a beginner as it can get. Guess that's just my case. I played my first game in a long time today, and I noticed the feeling of tryharding at it which I switched to just be playful
@@strahinja95 hey its all cool playing for wins is a good thing and beeing playful nothing wrong I respect that I mostly play for fun now any ways I can no longer play competitively as I'm losing my eye site
Literally never played chess in my life. I watched this video and now I’m on day 2 of playing chess and have already put 6 hours into it. Incredible game, awesome explanation. Can’t wait to teach my kid
It’s because different stages of the game are referred to as the opening, the middle game, and the end game. A checkmate can happen in the middle game, making the game end “in the middle.”
Very helpful! I learned how the pieces moved decades ago as a kid, but I never learned concepts like piece vision, protecting pieces, tactics vs strategies, etc. I taught myself a bit of these through playing, but I have many holes in my understanding.
I'm a complete chess newb, I never really had any interest in anything beyond puzzles. However my nephew recently started playing and even as a beginner was light years better than me. I wanted to be able to give him games lasting longer than 90 seconds so I watched this video twice. Next game we played lasted 10 minutes. A few basics can really make all the difference.
So I just watched the Queen's Gambit like a week ago and, even though I already knew how to play chess because it was taught in my primary school, like I knew how the pieces moved and to order them on the board but that was about it. Ut kind of woke all of those memories and i thought it would be cool to actually learn how to play. I want to get good at it, even if it's just for fun, so one of this new year's resolutions is to get good at chess. Thanks for this video 💖
I started this when I was a child. My uncle who passed away showed me how to play. I was the biggest sore loser ever, never appreciated every loss I had when he beat me. But now I'm back at it again to commemorate his memory. And this is for you tio George. I'm getting better at this game every day just to honor you. Plus the game is very fun! 😂😁
I just started playing Chess on Clubhouse Games on Nintendo Switch and I loved this video to learn the deeper mechanics of chess it helped a lot thank you!
The idea of pieces seeing each other and weighing the trade-offs is fascinating, Funny how these principles appear in other areas of life, like war and economics.
I just won a game by checkmate where I blundered 12 times. I also just had a game with 81% accuracy. An Enigma!! Seriously great YT channel. I'm learning a ton. My endgame and openings are huge weak points and need so much work.
0:00 i was a prodigy in the first few weeks of my first year of college. Don’t really know how it happened. A young men latched on to me and somehow steered me into a chess tournament at his dorm. I had never played the game previously. I’m strategically-minded and just sat down and played the game. Somehow i kept beating opponent after opponent until I found myself playing who turned out to be the champion. I lost, the guy disappeared and so did I. I’ve only played a few times since. I was fortunate to make the find of a lifetime yesterday by purchasing a vintage hand-carved marble chess set with all the pieces, HEAVY board included, at a cool little second-hand store. So here I am re-learning to play. Good video. Another serendipitous find. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. May you win more than you lose, but still lose every now and then to build humility.
I have self learned chess myself already but this tutorial is so clear and well made that Imma stick around to maybe freshen up my mind or gain a new perspective
Welcome to 2022...not a new years resolution but more like a bucket list exercise. WATCH FROM THE BEGINNING EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW!!! Thank you for such a clear explanation, I've downloaded Lichess on my phone and was looking for videos to explain the app and came across this. So clear, informative and although I knew how the pieces moved I never knew about en passe and casteling. I'll be back as I've subbed.
Gracias for the Spanish dub. I can hear you in English and understand almost everything; but hear you in my language is better, because I can learn better. Thank you Mister Gotham 😸
Thanks for this video! This is really easy to understand and analyze. I've been waiting for someone who's patient enough to teach me everything about chess.
I’m a 31 year old beginner and I couldn’t understand I drew with the level 200 bot like 5 times this past weekend until I watched this video and saw the stalemate explanation 😂 thanks for that. Now time to practice some end games
Man this is really great. I've just wanted to stop looking like a fool within the first four moves and I think this going to be a huge help. #roadto500
Amazing video Edit: revisited this video for fun. I was completely brand new to chess when I made this comment, but I’ve made significant improvement since then. Levy is one of the two chess youtubers I consistently watch now. I remember thinking when I first watched this how clear the explanations were as a newbie to chess.
Very good...laid out and executed well, nice tone and demeanor with that hint of necessary authority (you are the teacher of course) Great video to educate and encourage beginners!
Excellent guidance. I just started playing chess yesterday and I am curious to know everything about the game. Just unbelievable peace while playing this😊
best openings - capture the middle --- use as much pawns to get to the center if possible (mainly the ones in front of king and queen) --- knights to the center is better than the sides (captures more of the middle) --- next bishops go to center too --- castle king --- bring the queen up --- connect rooks setups --- london setup 1) rook d4 2) bishop on same level as rook tips : --- not a good idea to use queen early.
I need you to tell you about something on the 2 minute rundown. Make sure you dont force the king TO THE CORNERS. If you do, it will result in stalemate IF you still moved your queen the same way the king did. If the opponent king lands on a corner, bring out your king and move forward until it goes behind the queen’s attacking horizontal/vertical line, then do the “In Your Face” check. Edit: I never mentioned this, but it has to be A BIT NEAR TO THE OPPONENT KING before you do the “In Your Face” thingy.
I started 4 days ago and am good already because my friend has been teaching me and I went looking for a video like this I beat him for the first time today. Thank you for this and I will try and see if I can get your book
I've wanted to play chess for a bit but I know *nothin* about how it works, just that there's a king and queen and some horses lol. But I'm finally gonna learn
I CAN SAY THE SAME HAPPEN TO ME !Believe it or not I’m getting a bit emotional watching this. I was fascinated by chess as a kid, but I was useless at it and got discouraged. My dad tried to teach me, but that mostly involved a lot of yelling, swearing, and tears. This is the first time I’ve seen someone explain the game with such clarity, enthusiasm, patience, and obvious love for the game. At 32, hopefully this is the beginning of a new chess journey for me. Thankyou so much. 6.9K Reply
Believe it or not I’m getting a bit emotional watching this. I was fascinated by chess as a kid, but I was useless at it and got discouraged. My dad tried to teach me, but that mostly involved a lot of yelling, swearing, and tears. This is the first time I’ve seen someone explain the game with such clarity, enthusiasm, patience, and obvious love for the game. At 32, hopefully this is the beginning of a new chess journey for me. Thankyou so much.
@@laffys7384 i beg you pardon ? That person is litteraly trying to learn something they had loved as a child , what's wrong with that ? And btw , they are much older than you, have a little of respect. People who play chess have a KIND of intelligence, it doesn't make them smart af. And even if they want to know how to play to seem smart , they won't even realize that they actually own an intelligence so they're not fake asses or something ,because yeah , chess is a "smart" game if you keep practicing. I don't want to offend you or anything , i feel like you are a good person but what you wrote wasn't really nice or smart of you. Take care and please think before writing or saying anything on social media.
