Under 800 Rated? Watch This. 

Video recap basically goes: "So, when you are playing agains a 500 rated player player it's very important to... wait, I checkmated him. Let's try again. As I was saying, when you... wait, I checkmated him again"

I like how she reinforced the chess lesson by finding two different players to make the same exact moves back to back.

If you are under 800, you can surpass it by playing safe, fundamental moves. 1. Develop all your pieces before trying to attack (unless there's a tactic that will immediately win material). 2. Keep your pieces protected. Unsafe pieces become targets. Every move should aim to make progress whilst keeping your pieces safe. 3. Always check for threats, particularly with the opponent's queen. Your eyes should be trained for B+Q and N+Q checkmates. 4. Don't trade active pieces for inactive pieces, and do trade inactive pieces for active pieces. 5. Keep training tactics through puzzles. Puzzles are the way chess players maintain and improve their vision.

I've seen many chess videos but 15:13 is my favorite moment in all of them 😂

Thanks for the great video! You make this look so effortless, in part because you're so incredibly quick to assess the board, whereas as a

Yes please do more videos with different ratings groups. I found this SO instructive!

More videos like this! Very helpful to see you playing the game and commenting on your thought process and what the other person is doing.

As a beginner chess player this is a very helpful video! Thanks for uploading!

Not relatable. I am Cagnus

I learned quite a bit from this. What I run into the most is instead of holding tension on the board the opponents are always trigger happy about trading pieces and it leaves us both with very few pieces to work with. That being said, seeing how you pin pieces giving yourself time to develop faster than the opponent was a huge help.

Such a informative and helpful video, you should do a lot more of these videos. Maybe even a survey of what your viewers ratings are mostly . Then do more videos at the more common ratings.

This style of live feedback vids are some of the most helpful for me, very relatable. Looking forward to the next ones of 900+ where you might have a bit more chance to teach =)

Great video, really useful. I love the idea of the other player racking their brain trying to figure out the best move while Anna is just sat there making a RU-vid video making it look effortless 😅

You are a really great instructor - good directions and swift explanations as you roll in and push forward, keeping it simple 👍🏼

I love all of these beginner videos! Really helpful lessons in each one

So much fun to hear you explain your reasoning in real-time! Thank you!

Lol, that checkmate. I just had a 1000 player walk into that the other day. As a sub-1000 player myself, the best lesson I’ve had so far was one from Robert Ramirez on board vision. It’s a simple exercise but it has helped me so much. All of Anna’s tips in this video are also fantastic, not that a great player like her needs any validation from a scrub like me.

Thank you so much Anna, this is perfect for me, you're a brilliant teacher!

That was super helpful Anna, really! Please continue to share videos where you tell us what you think for each move 🙏👍

You've done amazing videos lately. Thank you so much!

that was hilarious!! one of your funniest moments :D keep on being awesome

Amazing video 😍 helpfull and nicely done. Perfect! I can't wai to see the next video 😇

Gracias por las claves! Me sirven mucho tus videos para mejorar mi juego 😊

you are so well spoken and such a good teacher. Just love the way you can vocalize your thoughts as you consider each move.

this is amazing. do more of this please!

I really like your teaching method! Clean and concise, without snobbery, it is refreshing.

While listening to you talk, i was imagining all the deep conversations you must have had with your mum when you were little. Your fundamental understanding really helps you make decisions on the fly. Awesome video. Thanks a lot.

Thank you for teaching! i really wanna get better and love watching you play.

Yes please! To your question at the end of if we would like more like these, yes please. It's really great to watch you talk through these games. I'd kind of like to see you intentionally do some questionable or random type moves to force more "normal" games at lower levels.

Please do make more of these videos. I can never break out of the 1000 rating group

this video was actually so helpful thanks for the help!

Thank you so much for this, your content is always great but these educational ones are my favorite.

Your commentary is FANTASTIC! You are a natural teacher.

This video was extremely insightful. Nobody teaches the way you just showed moves. I just started playing chess with a super low rating around 400 and would definitely wanted to progress. Please keep this kind of tutorials coming👍🏼🙏🏽

Great video. I like your rules. I’ve used the “own the center” strategy and it worked great. This video is golden for beginners.

Thank you; I'm a complete rookie but v interested in chess. This is a very informative and fun video. Really appreciated :)

I'm really happy you're focusing on making helpful videos. :) Thank you so much for making me a stronger player!

I just saw you for the first time. My Mom and I play chess together. Thank you. Very informative and witty. "Happy good moves!"

LOL the exact same game. Insane. This was super helpful. Please make more of this!!

Your videos are very helpful. Thank you for making them!

thank you anna! i found this extremely helpful and will try to apply what i learned in this video to my games 👍

I'm very thankful for your videos and I'm actually playing way better. Thanks so much, please keep your humor and light heartedness. All the best to you.

I think you should do the same thing with other rating groups :D This was a really clever and effective way to teach the elementary principles at heuristic level with a live example, rule of thumb in a practical demonstration that touches the main bases just to get the very basic framework in place, perfect for people who know the moves and 'get' chess and whom you artfully spared any mention of chess openings at outset. It want to see what comes next as we go higher to 1200, 1600 and beyond ._.

This was such a great help Anna! Thank u so much! I hope u make more like this 🙏

I completely agree with all of these statements. Also, I feel like the Queen's Gambit is the best opening at around this level, because you can play it without knowing _any_ theory. Great job!

great video anna! very helpful to me as a beginner!

Nice video! It would be nice to see a series w a progression towards 1500. Fwiw, I see that bishop and rook checkmate once every couple weeks even in 1200+ games.

Great teaching skills, thank you

You're an incredible teacher! I watch tons of videos from big channels like gotham chess and you really do a better job of just keeping it simple and intuitive for lower less elo rating and not getting to into super complicated stuff

Another fantastic vid - thanks Anna!

I'm so glad I found you because you're such a good chess communicator for someone at my level. Congrats on your achievements in the Rilton Cup! I like chess, but I don't love playing online. I usually watch chess content here on YT and I love solving mate in N like problems against a bot I'm running on my computer. I'm currently thinking I should start playing for real but stockfish, which never makes human like mistakes, is just too hard for me and I may have to simply bite the bullet and start playing online. My finances are trash so I would love a solution where I can pay a one off fee and then play online for a while rather than using something like a subscription.

Always great videos Anna!!

This was very helpful. My teens and I have started playing a lot of chess recently, and I quite enjoy it. However, I've never taken the time to study or research strategies whatsoever. I just wing it, and we've certainly learned by trial and error. This video gives me a framework for establishing a solid opening strategy.

this is such a good video . i'm 800 and got up to 1067, but this video is so helpful to see everything so clearly, thanks Anna

Helpful and entertaining, thanks! How you stare at the camera while the 2nd checkmate, so Funny!!

Really appreciate your videos. Easy to follow and very helpful 👌 🙏

Im 805 I don't need this 💪

🤣 That was so funny. Anna's reaction is the best!

Hey Anna, I love your videos. I am about 800 right now. so I love the lower elo vids. You're a great teacher and explain things so well. I have also loved and benefitted so much from vids with your parents. So fun and I feel like I'm learning in a warm family environment. Love their different playing styles: attacking vs positional. Yours seems like a great hybrid :) Thanks so much for all your vids and all your work ! :)

I instantly got better and started winning games after this video. Definitely subscribing for more analysis training.

Instantly gave it a try, but noone gave me a chance to go for the bishop-rook mate ^^" But, after hearing it now so many times, it finally clicked, that just bringing out your pieces in a solid way is like 80% of the game at this rating. They will blunder eventually :D

Yoooo the detailed thought process at every step is awesome

Thanks Anna, those insights will be very helpful and your enthusiasm made it fun.

Another great video, Anna!

Anna has the sweetest soul of all the chess content creators

YOURE SO GOOD AT CHESS ITS INSANSE. I loved watching you play please keep the content coming!!

thank's Ana, good video!, it was very enlightening

So helpful! More beginner content please!!!

Awesome video for beginners. Very cool presentation of your great tips and tactics. Can’t wait for the next level 🤗

Love this content. So helpful

Extremely helpful. It has been a while since I have played. I liked and employed you lesson on protecting your pieces and gaining the center board position. It works! I win. Thx. Will continue to follow and learn,

Damn this scene is so dope !

I can confirm that move works every time against 500 and below players. I’ve lost about 10xs in a row now to it. 👍

This is awesome thank you. I’m learning so much haha

You’re awesome! Love your attitude, your smile and your skills! Keep on doin!

I watched this (at 650), and I'm currently on a 10 game win-streak. THANK YOU

I don't even know chess. I just simply watch it because of you!

More of these please! Very instructive!

This was so helpful and hilarious too! Your mic volume is a little low, though. I have to put it on max volume, then the ads come up way too loud all of a sudden in the middle of the video

in the wise words of levy: STOP PLAYING THE RUY LOPEZ! who do you think you are? Magnus Carlson?

An angel teaches chess

This was very useful...please do more of these!!!

Was very helpful !

This was really helpful. I'm horrible at this game. Always have been. My brain can't even see half a move ahead. But by copying your opening I can now beat some entry-level AI, which is nothing short of a miracle.

You can’t really blame them from abandoning the game when they’re such a low lvl and they’re going up against you.

this was SOOOO helpful! thank you!

Thanks! Very helpful! I appreciate the realistic “dummy” format :D

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Amazing tips, thank you!

This was a good tutorial. I see you have similar others and I will check them. I'd like to see 1000 and then above, just to understand the difference btwn the levels. Thank you : )

I havent played chess in 20 years since i was 15 years old. And this short video helped me allot as i started thinking different.

Love how the commentary is fun and at the same time has something to add, even if a lull in opponent play speed :D So helpful!!

Pretty instructive! Amazing vid!

Thanks you Anna, I was needing this!

This is good stuff! Can you do some more beginner-instructions?

This video is so helpful thankyou!

Great video. I improved a lot. Would you make a video on sicilian opening?

Good teaching again. Thanks ! Yes do more.

Started playing chess today after seeing a video of you and your parents. 40 years ago when I was a little kid the game was explained to me, but didn't play it much back then. Probably about 10 times. I played 4 games against the computer and won 3 and played 1 draw. First won at level 250 rating, second won at 400 rating, third draw at 550 and fourth won at 1000. :-) Very curious now at which level my limit (barrier) is. Last game was the most fun. In the beginning I kinda messed up, but eventually I found a way to turn the game around. I lost the queen very fast, but so did the computer. It wasn´t against the clock. I am sure that would have been way more difficult. Took my time with each move. It's fun to see the difference in playing of your parents. Your dad plays also more noisy on the board. Your mom is more gentle with the placing the pieces and with hitting the clock. Your dad wins alot of time reaching for the clock. His arm movement is fast while your mom moves her arm in a relaxed movement.

Thank you Anna, I am learning a lot from you, cheers 🙂🙏