Literally one of the best chess tutorials I have watched. One of Levy's greatest strengths as a chess teacher is he has a good understanding of how lower rated Chess players think and move. Instead of a video full of "Here's what you do", there's a lot of "Here's how I think you would do it, and I understand why you do it, but here's a better way".
He’s great at showing the next proximal step in a learning sequence, and taking steps backwards when incorrect moves are played to more deeply understand and explain a position.
@@kupillas-1638 I just have 750 elo and we almost never outright blunder pieces in one move, and usually don't fall for forks or skewers when we have enough time. Of course, I still sometimes blunder a pawn or fall to revealed attacks and the like (or not see the opponent doing so) but it definitely seems there was some rating deflation.
@@danielcreatd872 trust me when i say go look at game review after playing and you Will see why. I feel like i didn't make any mistake and my opponent is just good but the game review says otherwise that the opponent makes blunders too and even when i win i still make blunders and mistakes 😅
Yep. I just recently get back to chess, I'm 500. Just checked my profile apparently three years ago I was 1200. Two years ago drop to 600, and now 500.
In which time control though? 2000 in rapid is really easy, just use your time wisely and think about how every move your opponent makes changes their control of both the dark and light squares so that you can counter their expansion and overwhelm them with your own while watching out for tactics. If your opponent is lower rated than you, try squeezing them in a positional grind and slowly win. If they're higher, open the position to allow for dynamic positions and counterplay. Build a solid 2-3 repertoires for both white and black that you can use when you have longer matches with the same opponent, like best of 3 or best of 5. Do these things to get from 1600-2000. Up to 1600, you gotta just grind the patterns of the game into your head with puzzles and tactics and respond not incorrectly in high tension situations.
@@Sanjay-xl7fp agree, tho it's sponsored, Levy has to live from something too, people can't work entirely for free, but nonetheless that's a great deal for us and he's absolutely putting in the work! I envy him because he works with what he loves, and I still can't figure out how to do that 😭
@@asharpbflat7179 Don't focus on what you love. Focus on what you're good at, then find a way to make money from it. As long as it's something that continually challenges you and isn't boringly tedious, you will learn to like it with time.
love it when you include what the players are doing well too! one thing a great teacher or coach or mentor or anyone does, it praising when their students get it right. that's so important, and you do it right away in the first game, i haven't even got through the whole video. it's easy to just focus on what goes wrong.
This guy has got to be the best chess coach there is... I went from 739 to 846 without losing a single game😳🥺. Currently on my way to 900 elo. Thanks so much Levi.✨
"We're here to learn!" Excellent tutorial! Stripped down focus on key fundamentals. We all benefit from the reminders demonstrated by the example games. Thanks for a great teaching episode!!
Levy, just in general, thank you for your content. You are never patronising and are extremely empathetic, allowing anyone from from 400 to 2000 to follow you. I'm a 1400 but still learnt from this video (about which pawn to promote), thank you.
I literally fought nearly every day from 2021 October to be a 1000. I watched your videos, trained, practiced against bots, watched pro matches. Now I am 1100 and you make a video to help me achieve a 1000... My luck😂😂😂
The "checks-captures-attacks" checklist really is such simple but massive game changer in how you see the board. I remember i went up like 400 points from ~800 to 1250 last year hearing that advice from one of your videos, and solving puzzles became way easier.
Hello Levy, you might not see this but after months of binge watching your videos I've achieved the rating of 1000. (I've been stuck at the 1160s but regardless) I just wanted to say thank you for putting out the content that you do regardless if haters rag on you for being click baity or unserious. To me and plenty of other people you've been an excellent resource, dear entertainer, and someone I now regularly enjoy watching even if I am not constantly studying chess because I enjoy your videos for you. I hope you continue to find joy and fulfillment in making content and that your wife and dog are well. P.S. When I have the funds I'd like to purchase one of your courses to help advance my chess. Maybe I'd like to become a titled player later in life but who knows how life will go but you've definitely inspired me to want persue this silly game.
Thanks Levy for makings this video. Was hanging around 820. Since watching this and following the checklist you have given I have won 10 out of 12 and now its at 900. Thanks again.
I can't say enough how much this video has helped. When I make it to 1000 it will be because you explained everything so beautifully. I've just played 2 games that were around 90% accurate and it's because of the 5 steps you outlined in this video.
Would love a video like this on 2,000 (if you hadn't already planned on it), I've been stuck at 1900 I know a lot of your audience isn't 2000 level but if I can gain something from watching this video they can definitely have something to gain by watching that video thanks for all the great content :) much love
If I could stop blundering, I'd totally be 1000. If I had a dollar for every game where I clearly was going to win and then just did something that someone with an extra chromosome would do, I would be a millionaire
*Waiting for next video to reach 1500 ELO. BTW, this is really helpful for those who are struggling to reach 1000 from 800 or 900 ELO.* I am really struggling to reach 1500. I can defeat high 1300s, but I lose to high 1400s and low 1500s. Really waiting eagerly for the next rating checkpoint (probably 1500 if you see this). Edit: There are really good stuffs for intermediate/advance players too in this video! I am gonna watch the full video. Love you Levy ❤❤.
Make sure your openings aren’t blunders, and get pieces active. Master advanced tactics: fork, pin, skewer, deflection, danger levels. Know the basic endgames and how to actively use your king and rook. Learn checkmating patterns and short term sacrifices to get that advantage.
I started playing I think 4 or 5 days ago now when I found a Ludwig short with you in it, I'm up to 240 elo and my biggest issue right now is just random queen attacks, you seriously help world's with building confidence and helping me recognize better lines to play. Chess is truly epic I'm glad I found this community
@@madhououinkyoma Unfortunately I've started university and I don't have a lot of time to play as consistently as I used to, so not really but it's not due to the video
Love the way gotham explains everything so quickly yet thoroughly and also because you got to think quickly yet thoroughly in game. Anyone picking up the game should be watching this
Thank you so much levy I was stuck at 1300 but now I am 1000! But all seriousness this is amazing! I am better than I ever was! I took a break for a year and came back to play I lost obviously but it was fun.
Can't thank you enough for the amazing content. New to Chess and recently broke into the 500's from watching and studying your videos. Keep up the great work because I am always studying and digesting.
Haven’t finished the video and needed to comment I love it. More of this please. You could probably just do a pure series on 500 to 1000, all the skills carry beyond that rating and I think most of us restarting/starting are in that range.
Hey Levy, I don’t know if you’re ever gonna read this but I would love to see more content about Ding Liren as he works up to getting into the candidates. I loved that first video
LEVY! I been playing my father at chess my whole life, apart from him blundering a mate when I was 13 I had never beaten him.. after watching some of your videos I've won the last 3 games. Most helpfull was the idea of danger levels. Ty for the content
This was exactly the video I needed. I have a decent early game but I break down mid game. I truly appreciate how you, not only spoke about the check-list, but also broke down how in each situation the check list can be applied.
15:15 with hope chess and having good openings is EXACTLY how I play. “Well they’re low elo what’s the chance they won’t see what I’m doing” and it honestly only works 2/10 times
I literally reached exactly 1000 Elo just yesterday, that’s pretty funny timing. But thank you so much for your free coaching, it’s genuinely so so helpful and I’m so glad there’s someone like you in the chess RU-vid scene :)
I'm at 500 so far and my biggest challenge is hitting that play online opponent button. I've mastered hitting the play computer button pretty well so far though.
Evaluate your losses. Chances are, it’s because you blundered. When you stop hanging pieces, you’ll skyrocket in rating. My brother went from 600 to 1,000 in about a month just doing his best to avoid blunders.
When I first started playing chess after not playing chess since I was 12 (Now im 29) I was at 600 elo And I just got beat to death playing games over and over and looking at stuff like this and practicing I'm now at 875 after 1 year. Being 875 suuuuucks at 29 But it is a 1 year accomplishment and I've played a few 1300 games. Sometimes this year I'm gonna buy these courses and eventually try for a solid rating.
My rapid rating is 1400. My blitz rating is 700... I for the life of me can't seem to get my blitz rating up! Not sure what it is about this elo that traps you into it
2 things. The pool of players who play blitz is a lot smaller than rapid, 10 mil vs 27 mil. This means that average Blitz player is likely a bit more of an enthusiast/chess-fanatic than the average Rapid player. Since the rating system is based on a bell curve, 700 blitz is gonna represent a more skilled player than 700 rapid. Personally I find the difference to be 150 eloish but maybe it varies. The other reason is the time controls obviously, Both 3 and 5 minutes are blitz so just play 5 if you werent already
I have been playing for around two months, and I have never resigned or abandoned a game (Except when I genuinely had something urgent come up). Trust me when I say this, upto 60% of my losing endgames just result in a stalemate as low ELO genuinely struggle in the endgame. Even I have completely thrown an extremely dominant position by just not knowing how to give a check.
Heres what helped me go from 0-1100 in a month, a big thing is to learn fundamentals and ignore any openings and quick checkmate strategies to start, its like learning algebra before calculus. I still dont know any popular openings, i just develop all of my pieces using this thought process Thought Process 1. Opponents Plan why did they make that move? what are they threatening? 2. General Startegic Candidate Moves(go through rules) 4 Rules RULE 1: CENTRALIZATION (move your pieces as forward as possible and toward the center) RULE 2: IMPROVE YOUR LEAST ACTIVE PIECE (find your least active piece and move it forward and toward the center) RULE 3: ATTACK! (always look for attacking moves that make your opponent do something concrete, look for weak pawns and weak squares) RULE 4: CHASE BACK OR TRADE PIECES OPPONENTS PIECES ON YOUR SIDE OF THE BOARD 3. Calculation(which move is best) 4. Blundercheck(make sure you dont blunder)
The best advice that helped me was the one regarding the time. I usually play 15|10 minutes, I always finished the game with around 13-14 minutes left, as you get 10 secs after every move. Since I stay and think more the moves, I own most of my opponents that play the game as a blitz. Most of the time i get around 80% accuracy and sometimes if I am lucky even 90%.
RIGHT! This looks like the kind of games I would see at 100 elo, at 600 Elo, I almost always play against somehow who, when anaylizing the game specifically, plays at a level of 900+.
"Just use the checklist". Exactly. For surprisingly many people it seems to be impossible. Simple things tend to be most difficult, because people don`t pay much attention to them.
I’ve been playing and maintaining level 950 for some time, dipping in and out of 1000. My strategy has been playing in the evening when not so good of players are playing. Lol. This video with its common sense approach to chess had definitely helped me step up my game. For the past two weeks now I have been maintaining a solid 1100. Thanks for the help!
Watxhing stuff like this helps me realize that Im not supposed to be so low, because I see stuff like Be2. I just become struggle with seeing each square thats guarded. The last six games that Ive lost were giveaways. It also sucks that Im better on a physical board than a virtual one.
Great advice, especially playing out games completely when low elo. At this level so many people dont even know how to checkmate with two rooks. Theres so much inconsistency with skill online due to how Cc lets you just start with 400/800 elo. Some people start a new account and manage to get 1000elo by just starting as 800(picking intermediate) and getting lucky winning with early queen/bishop attacks. They dont even always need to be successful as some just resign if you manage to get a rook/queen or something early.
New to chess. Copied the checklist to have beside my computer. Thanks. Changed the video speed to 0.25. now I have a chance to follow what you say and follow the moves. 🤯
I started in October and made it through 1000 a month ago. Hit a bit of a plateau again and need to focus on the checklist and improving counting to move on it. Think a couple of hundred is possible but it feels harder now, you get a lot fewer stupid early queen attacks once you go past 1000.
It's so frustrating playing at this level. People are constantly resigning so I never get to practice end games and rarely get the chance to win by checkmate
Great video!! Been playing cheese from for a month or 2. I’ve tried before but cold never figure out concepts. I love how you break things down. I definitely need to slow down a little and work on my endgame. I was doing great with this Check, capture, attack. I had a pretty good lead all game. But move 15 I was mate in 8 moves. By move 18 it was +9 for the other guy!!
