17 Chess Principles You Must Learn

Timestamps:
0:00 - Principle 1 - Usually don’t trade your bishops for knights without a good reason
0:34 - Principle 2 - Don’t trade pieces when you’re opponent is cramped
1:19 - Principle 3 - Always pay attention to pieces on the same diagonals and files
1:56 - Principle 4 - Against early queen attacks, gain time by attacking the queen with your pieces
3:23 - Principle 5 - When following opening principles, you'll be ready for surprise moves!
3:50 - Principle 6 - Remember that isolated pawns are good targets!
4:18 - Principle 7 - Here’s a trick to trap bishops!
5:39 - Principle 8 - Don’t play h3/h6 or a3/a6 too early without a good reason
6:51 - Principle 9 - Time management tip
7:31 - Principle 10 - When in a bad spot, look for “out of the box” solutions to save the game!
8:52 - Principle 11 - When playing f5, Lee an eye on the diagonal to your king!
10:23 - Principle 12 - Here’s a special pin idea to take 2 pieces out of the game at the same time!
11:30 - Principle 13 - Sometimes not taking an attacking pawn can protect your own king
11:57 - Principle 14 - One straight square away from a knight and it can Not check you the next move.
12:40 - Principle 15 - When defending, look for ways to force trades and simplify the position.
13:41 - Principle 16 - Sometimes, Discovered Checks are better than regular checks
15:05 - Principle 17 - In time trouble, find an easy, forcing trade if possible
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  • @milesgreenwood5036
    @milesgreenwood50367 ай бұрын

    LOVE THE NO INTRO, straight into the content

  • @serenalaurence1492

    @serenalaurence1492

    7 ай бұрын

    I miss the Chess Vibes jingle intro 😢

  • @gernotg8480

    @gernotg8480

    7 ай бұрын

    Ok the jingle is maybe too much. Bit the short intros are cool. I miss them.

  • @JustAnotherCommenter

    @JustAnotherCommenter

    7 ай бұрын

    I love the if-you-had-a-chance-to-look-at-that intros but that's mostly puzzle videos

  • @gernotg8480

    @gernotg8480

    7 ай бұрын

    @@JustAnotherCommenter he also did intros with couple of sentenses from the video followed by the logo. Short but still an intro. I like these the most

  • @hackstargaming1253

    @hackstargaming1253

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@serenalaurence1492yup 😢❤

  • @MrBabadis
    @MrBabadis7 ай бұрын

    By watching your videos and listening to your thoughts on ideas, strategies etc. I’ve improved so much that I’m now almost at 1900 elo, from ~1200 on rapid 6 months ago. You’re a really good teacher and I wanna thank you on that that. For any ”beginners” to under 1800 elo, my advice is to always take your time when you’re not sure what to do and also when you blunder, never give up. Ps and learn the halloween gambit I’m still winning with it at 1800😂👍

  • @asdfghyter
    @asdfghyter7 ай бұрын

    12:38 in addition to no knight checks from one square away, you’re also safe two diagonal squares away. in general you can only be checked by knights on the same color square as your king

  • @CharlesStearman

    @CharlesStearman

    7 ай бұрын

    It actually takes a knight a minimum of 3 moves to check a king that is two squares diagonally away.

  • @asdfghyter

    @asdfghyter

    7 ай бұрын

    @@CharlesStearman oh, that makes sense because of the same-color-square rule!

  • @trickishxsham

    @trickishxsham

    Ай бұрын

    Shouldn't say in general when it can be completely the opposite you will just confuse people and probably give them unnecessary losses... ex. 3 out of 4 of the black squares each have 2 possible check moves for a white king if moved there but 3 out of 4 white squares are safe from further checks (however!!) that is from only one perspective of a L attack from a different angle it again can become the opposite... apart from what the other guy said in reply to you yes that is true and its the only safe move you should make without worry but any other move out of a knight check should be made with caution. The uploader really made a mess out of his explanation here too tbh ..."ahem excuse me". Just throw a knight and a king in the middle of a board and you'll see what I say is true.

  • @asdfghyter

    @asdfghyter

    Ай бұрын

    @@trickishxsham huh? |x|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|x| when a knight is on one of the x:s (that is, exactly two squares away diagonally from the target square), it takes three moves to move to the other x is what I'm saying. i have no clue what you're trying to say. *edit:* just realized that you were talking about the color thing. it is indeed also a completely general rule. a knight changes color each move, which means that it will always take at least 2 moves for a knight to move to another square of the same color and equivalently, it takes 2 moves to attack a square of the opposite color that is not currently attacked

  • @Truffle_Pup
    @Truffle_Pup7 ай бұрын

    These concise lesson recaps are great Nelson 👍

  • @HarleyMaebry
    @HarleyMaebry7 ай бұрын

    12:32 "Orthogonal" is the adjective that you're looking for. "One orthogonal square away." Orthogonal is the counterpart to Diagonal.

  • @palpsextreme208
    @palpsextreme2087 ай бұрын

    If these are good, just imagine how good it'll be for more videos with Bobby Fisherman and friends

  • @ThinkerT
    @ThinkerT6 ай бұрын

    A good expansion of Principle 14 would be that you can never be checked by a knight in 1 move if your king is on the opposite color square of the knight, since a knight must always move to an opposite color square. So if the knight is on white and the king is on green, any move by the knight must be to a green square, which then could only be attacking white squares.

  • @zzzaphod8507
    @zzzaphod85077 ай бұрын

    Usually I skip watching videos with "You Must" in the title but I made an exception here--helpful content, thanks

  • @DroCaMk3
    @DroCaMk37 ай бұрын

    Incredibly helpful stuff, thanks a lot!

  • @zenfire2003
    @zenfire20036 ай бұрын

    Another informative video. Very humble too. I learn on your channel. Thank you for your help.

  • @Righteousjules
    @Righteousjules7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for that tip about lining up the king straight in front of the knight in time trouble to avoid next move checks. I think it’s super useful.

  • @kevinb.
    @kevinb.7 ай бұрын

    Hello, could you maybe do a video on the polish defense? I saw you play it it in your last video and there's no good videos on it because it's so unknown. I find your explanations to be the easiest to understand so I would appreciate it. Thank you for your videos, I enjoy them!

  • @virno69420

    @virno69420

    7 ай бұрын

    What's the polish defense? I've played the polish opening (1. b4) a bunch. It's like the grob but not bad

  • @dahoop5933
    @dahoop59337 ай бұрын

    Brilliant lesson idea, unusual but effective.

  • @marcoporta6319
    @marcoporta63195 ай бұрын

    Thank so much master!

  • @Thatguyjo3773
    @Thatguyjo37736 ай бұрын

    That keep your opponent cramped principle will really help my game. Thanks Nelson

  • @MindsetByDave
    @MindsetByDave6 ай бұрын

    I was today years old when I learned the “one straight square away from the Knight” rule! Thank you so much. 🙌

  • @vermeirenniels3464
    @vermeirenniels34644 ай бұрын

    How you only have 500k subscribers is beyond me. Your content is so much more interesting than Levy's

  • @carltonbirds
    @carltonbirds7 ай бұрын

    Very lovely and accommodating

  • @bysebastiaan3106
    @bysebastiaan31067 ай бұрын

    Great video again!

  • @ArxxWyvnClaw
    @ArxxWyvnClaw7 ай бұрын

    13:44 'Sometimes, Discovered Checks are better than regular checks' i was under the impression that Discovered Checks are ALWAYS better than regular checks

  • @jaivanttitus

    @jaivanttitus

    7 ай бұрын

    They are :)

  • @ThinkerT

    @ThinkerT

    6 ай бұрын

    Not if the regular check forces your opponent into a skewer, forced sacrifice or forced mate.

  • @NJDJ1986
    @NJDJ19867 ай бұрын

    Principle 14 - yes , always remind to stand one square next to the Knight , not diagonally or you'll get checked!

  • @Chris-xy8lu
    @Chris-xy8lu6 ай бұрын

    I agree on trading for no reason but 2 knights is a lot of squares to calculate. I’ll usually get rid of 1 at some point. Depending on the game(color bishop)

  • @the_flaming_tree_troll9380
    @the_flaming_tree_troll93807 ай бұрын

    "Straight on" is "Orthogonal"

  • @atharvnigam8107
    @atharvnigam81077 ай бұрын

    thanks alot you made me 1300 elo from 1000

  • @stan7763
    @stan77635 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @sonic_boom141
    @sonic_boom1417 ай бұрын

    Please post a video on the chess adventures

  • @geddylee501
    @geddylee5017 ай бұрын

    Nice 😊

  • @kirayoshikage8904
    @kirayoshikage89047 ай бұрын

    Do a Levy's Chessbook Review I think Id be Fun!

  • @RJSRdg
    @RJSRdg7 ай бұрын

    Seeing Peter Patzer in several of these examples - when do we get the next installment of Chess Adventures?

  • @scalpingtradingtamil
    @scalpingtradingtamil7 ай бұрын

    After I watched all of your videos and try in game opponents report me as hacker 😂😂

  • @nielsz7892
    @nielsz78924 ай бұрын

    Do you have any videos for 1500 rated players to improve ?

  • @thebcwonder4850
    @thebcwonder48507 ай бұрын

    What about g4/g5/b4/b5 to attack a bishop?

  • @zartan917
    @zartan9177 ай бұрын

    one straight square away knight nice tip!

  • @reubenmanzo2054
    @reubenmanzo20547 ай бұрын

    In principle 10, the d4 pawn is what's under attack, so Nb5?

  • @MajorAddiction

    @MajorAddiction

    6 ай бұрын

    I saw that too but then a6 just kicks your knight out

  • @yyyy-uv3po
    @yyyy-uv3po7 ай бұрын

    Good idea to make a recap of your rank-climbing series and capitalize on it. 👍 Though the title is a bit bombastic and click-baity ;-)

  • @sauravgarg2822
    @sauravgarg28227 ай бұрын

    Why did the queen move to f6 at 1:50

  • @Aaron_Frederick_41002

    @Aaron_Frederick_41002

    7 ай бұрын

    @sauravgarg2822 Black moved their Queen to f6 to defend the knight on f4, which was under attack from Whites’s Queen on d2.

  • @gernotg8480
    @gernotg84807 ай бұрын

    No intro??? Huh

  • @anthonyrooksac
    @anthonyrooksac7 ай бұрын

    These principles are not useful. Here are my suggested chess principles: 1. Don't play unfamiliar openings unless you are grandmaster. Play all games with 1-2 openings is great. It can help you avoid blunder in openings and save your time. 2. Always look for attacking move rather than defensive move. It can help you gain advantage and give pressure to opponent so that the opponent may blunder. 3. Make use of a or h file attack when the opponent has castle king. It is hard to defend if rook and queen both lies on a or h file to attack castle king. 4. Don't trade or give up center pawns unless there are good reason. With center pawns, the opponent will have difficulties in making strong attack. 5. Knight is more dangerous than bishop in endgame. Usually you don't have too much time in endgame but Knight can fork pieces easily. You should try to use bishop to trade knight in bishop vs knight endgame to make sure you get at least a draw. 6. When the opponent has not developed all minor pieces and castled king, you should rush for attack castled king by pawn storm or 1 major and 1 minor piece. It will help you gain advantage and put the opponent in defensive position. 7. Don't castle king unless there are good reasons because you wasted a move for possible development of other pieces or making attack. 8. King should be active most time. Don't be afraid of keeping the king at center. Once you have survived, the king will help you to win the endgame.

  • @yyyy-uv3po

    @yyyy-uv3po

    7 ай бұрын

    He's making a follow-up on his rank-climbing series... There will be plenty of advice, and I'm sure yours will be displayed eventually.

  • @poppanaattori89

    @poppanaattori89

    6 ай бұрын

    The amount of arrogance is so high that I first thought this is trolling but there's so few pieces of blatantly wrong advice that I wonder... No good player would agree with 5 though. 1 stunts growth as a chess player the longer you adhere to it. 3 seems very situational, so does 6. 8 is either badly worded or false. King shouldn't be active in the early or middle game.

  • @xequemente
    @xequemente7 ай бұрын

    Theres no music :(

  • @rosiefay7283

    @rosiefay7283

    7 ай бұрын

    There's no music :) That's a good thing! Thanks, Nelson. We come here for your wise words about chess, not for music.

  • @al87221

    @al87221

    7 ай бұрын

    There’s on the outro