Chess for Beginners (ELO less than 1200): Blitz Game Analysis

[ayayyay]

Thank you Mr Sergei!

[postnubilaphoebus96]

I think, I really should make videos like he does.

With a difference:

I am not slow and have a russian accent.

And my strength is probably 500 points above his strength (he's 1400 or sth. like that).

[111allyj]

@postnubilaphoebus96 yeah but he says stuff slow so you can understand it instead of it being one rap like eminem

[slappfiskene]

ehhh......ahhhh.....zzzzzz



[ollywatkins]

i get ASMR

[IlluminatoSavio]

Wooow. Una partita che "m'aspettavo" da una personalità come quella di Mr Vorojtsov.

advice: follow the entire video

[G4shmaster]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ... His voice! I love this video but for all the wrong reasons! I want to improve my chess game but also hav trouble sleeping sometimes ... This video has answered my prayers! Thank u Sergei u hav a marvellous accent. Much love from the UK

[xodn3300]

probably the worst mistake you made is not moving that e pawn till well into the mid game. well it was blitz so whatever, anyways thanks for sharing!

[lazimofo90]

listen to that sound vorojtsov made at around 1:49 1:50

[icymallard]

i just watched this whole thing and now its 6am... CRAPPP

[aOmmyLuv]

I love your accent man!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KlingonOG]

Hey Vorojtsov, I really enjoy your videos. I have watched them all. The thing that keeps bring me back is your voice. I often play this video in the background because it is the longest. You should read audiobooks. Thankyou for your interesting videos and calming voice.

[G4shmaster]

Very interesting

[Kyotocon1]

Loved it!!..........very interesting game....

[mrcrazydemondave]

You sir, have an epic voice.

[bassieeee7]

at 8:50, instead of offering a queen trade, a much stronger move would be: e3 or even e4..with the decisive threat of Bb5, winning the queen. If black plays Bc6, Ne5 is winning a piece aswell. If he moves the queen, Bb5+ is devastating.

[thezimboman]

I think you had a chance at an advantage early on in several spots.

A) Instead of 7. Nf3, you could have tried 7. e4 to grab hold of the center right away. This move activates your f1 bishop.

B) Instead of 8. Qa4+, another move is more direct... and that is 8. e4! again. If black protects 8... e6, then 9. exd5 - the point is to put a black piece on d5, which may be won by discovered check, i.e. a later Qa4+. Also... after 8... e6 you could try 9. Bb4+, wins a pawn.

C) 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7 10. Ne5 +-

[GoldMask90]

Sir, your video makes me want to cry. you're missing a lot, but i suppose it's okay because you state you're not a very good chess player at the beginning. keep practicing, and you'll get better. good luck

[akdeniz1988]

@GoldMask90

:D

[akdeniz1988]

@GoldMask90

:D lots of chances

[J3ofHearts]

Vorojtsov, if I may say that, what rating (ELO) do you have? FIDE or national, equal to me.

[alinusD]

what language is that? lol

[youngnam]

Thanks for making this video, Serguei! I've been watching your videos for a couple of years now, and they've really resparked my interest in this beautiful game... You make really high quality videos that are very enjoyable and instructive to watch... don't let anyone discourage you :)

Unfortunately, I've found a forced mate that black missed at the end of this game. It took my computer quite a while to calculate all the variations, but 28 ...Nf2+ leads to forced mate in 17 moves!

[lazimofo90]

I would fall asleep if i was to to try to watch this whole video from the beginning to the end.. this is like listening to a lullabye

[clapandtouch]

The "horizontal" is called a rank ;) Brainfart!

Very good video. In my opinion you're way more than a beginner.You have the potential to do much much better. I enjoyed your video and the informational instruction that was in it mostly because you can evade the time limit unlike most YouTubers out there! That really works in your favor when trying to instruct step-by-step analyzing.

[NarutoSSj6]

great game!

[Live2Break]

what is a blitz game?

[ShadowDreadblade]

In the end, well that was a huge blunder for black. Interesting game.

[ShadowDreadblade]

3:15 ...Bb7?! Better is Nf6 to prepare a sicilian dragon against a very vulnerable 0-0-0 since the c rank can be easily controlled by black.

4:31 black should play g6 to prepare his bishop and castling instead of ...d5?! That move also undermines the bishop at b7.

13:07: e5 is a mistake

17:00: Re1 man!

18:25 c4? is a mistake. Bishop b7 was undermined and you turn it to a good one.

The rook sacrifice was a mistake.

23:30: GOOD fork idea.

24:54: Dont exchange pieces when you are material down.

[theoriginalpurpura]

Black couldve stuffed c5 with his Knight at min28 if he wanted to stop your rook movement, idk how itd turn out tho

[nomindchess]

what pgn viewer are you using in this video? I like that "end try out feature" for analysis...

[MrGoodform]

helpful analysis, my young boy is just starting and the slowness of the analysis was just up to his 5 year old speed thanks

[Akiles2307]

stupid game...

[lazimofo90]

Your voice is so boring and nerdy that it is actually soothing me...Its like listening to a waterfall or the birds singing...

[portugesemelon]

i absolutley love your accent

[sun01shine]

I love to play chess,I invented something called the king march .

My daughter said ,It was cheating because she lost .

I call the king march ,one where the to kings face each other and the first king to face off the other wins the game .When there is no other playing parts left on the opposing side .

Also if the opposing side is checkmated on any other parts the can move would checkmate them .

I used to win games not knowing much about chess ,with only a king .thank you for these videos .

[thezimboman]

@sun01shine that's called opposition. good job discovering it!!

[xtcongo]

I feel you shoulda played f3 when you worried about the pawn structure ...but in the middle there was a knight that got inside that would not have been able to had you played f3

[Thymonico]

At 08:50, wouldn't it be better to e4?

Instead of e3, this would, especially in a blitz game, make dxe4 look tempting, and opponent might fall for it. If so, you could pin the queen by Bb5, winning the queen! :D

[Auriouk]

11:50 Ke4 check, loosing your rock. Not the check with the bishop.

[beaver365]

Nice video :)

[bigshot1973]

also, 28.Kd3 was a mistake due to 28...Nf2+ when black has an escape square for his king, 28.Kb3 would be better as Nd2+ isnt on due to Nxd2 etc. and black has no other checks. leaving u free to play the mate unless he does something about it.

[shadowhnters]

@bigshot1973

(I am just a beginner at Chess so please forgive me if I say something wrong).

I think 28.Kb3 with be a bigger mistake because 28...Rc3 would fork King on b3 and Pawn on e3. And after 29.Kb4 , black would probably take the pawn on e3 because a) black has no more checks left and b) the pawn on e3 is sort of defending the d4 square(with knight on f3). By taking the pawn on e3 , Black can probably push his pawn on d5 by defending the d-file with his rooks.

[bigshot1973]

sergay, u ask how to prevent 24.Rc6, one way is 23...Nd2+ 24.Kc2 24...Nc4 25.Bxc4 25...cxd4 after which u defend the pawn with either Queen or bring the rook over from h8 and then push the pawn into the position to open more lines.

[alfpeg]

Dear Mr Vorojtsov, even if you put me to sleep anytime you start talking, there's no doubt you're a very intelligent young man and a very nice chess player. Thanks for your videos.

[kiaz6x]

His videos are good, but he talks soooo slow lol

[bla200389]

@kiaz6x yea totally agree.

[Tryggvessalladsbar]

Thanks for the video

[drumomatic2000]

you are too modest, you are a good chess player!

[Nola213]

Very nice video. Thanks for uploading it Sergei. I'm a beginner too, but I don't play blitz. But I still found this video and game analysis very helpful, thanks again!

[LukePettit]

ive never seen a beginner game start like that

[bluband2]

maybe that's because ur a beginner ;-)

[TomBlurZ]

At about 36 minutes:

29... You commented that Rd2+ was not a good move, but actually it was an excellent move, definitely the best one in the position. After knight takes then Rc2 and there is no way that white can prevent losing the knight, and the mate threat is no longer there now that the knight has moved. It does lose some material but it's better than losing a whole rook to prevent the mate.

[bmg0079]

What about bd3?

[TomBlurZ]

bd3 doesn't do anything. Rxd2+ and black loses the exchange but prevents mate, which is obviously way better than losing a whole rook.

[bluband2]

i don't understand y sergei didn't want to move his pawns on the queenside and was worrying about the pawnstructure. That was the main reason for the bad position he found himself in i think.

[nomindbeats]

instead of queen trade i wonder about e3, threatening to win the queen with Bb5?

[speedproductions797]

wow good job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[DMK000]

Nice checkmate.

[brrrdman85]

Do more analysis of your own games. I really enjoyed this.

[Shadowfax611]

after playing a few matches of chess on my computer i have finally faced the reality that i really suck at chess. so i went back to this video and it did help a little bit. but i made a lot of mistakes like at 3:58. every time i tried to develop some pieces i would lose them in the process.

[warrior4ever1992]

great analysis

[Duphe]

nice game :D

[MD3c0]

i like e4 at 8:54

[barcdl]

good game

[TermLee]

Nice Video very helpful. Deserved a lot more views.

[PabloPena108]

What's interesting about this is that even though there were gross tactical errors the whole game (no offense it's normal for 1200s) the final mating net was really sweet! Most players 400-700 points stronger would not have thought of that in a blitz game. Congrats! And keep practicing! The tactics will get stronger with time.

[PandaAbomination]

-...Black could play 3...Qa5+! Whatever piece you choose to interpose between the queen and king, black will be able to screw up your development and/or delay your regain of the pawn.

-Black could have played ...Qa5+ instead of or before playing ...b6. I think that ...b6 should be avoided in favor of ...b5 if possible, since this would activate the rook without a tempo cost.

-Black was very sluggish in developing his kingside pieces. Since you were better developed to begin, he was worse off.

[PandaAbomination]

-Out of preference, I would have played e4 before Nf3, although your next move after Nf3 should definitely have been e4.

-Instead of wasting time with your queen on the Qside (and opening lines for black, at the cost of 2 pawns), you should have played e4 after black played the terrible move ...d5 (he should have played ...g6). This not only opens the d-file (which you were longing to use :) ) , the bishop can move to b5, and if black plays the losing ...dxe4, then Ne5 wins a piece.

[PandaAbomination]

This video makes for excellent analysis. 5:00 per side does not make for an easy game.

-White should play either 2 d5, for a space advantage, or 2 Nf3 for better development. 2 Bf4 allows for black to either attack the exposed queen (as you noticed), or harass you on the a5-e1 diagonal while you try to pick up the pawn by other means.

-3 Nf3 should guarantee that you regain the pawn, although black will be able to harass you momentarily.

-Instead of immediately retaking the bishop,

[serialnumber1700]

Ok, very new to chess. But just wondering. At 00:54 could he not have moved his bishop from F4 to C7 to cause hassle for the king...???

[LosAztecas]

"Ok, very new to chess. But just wondering. At 00:54 could he not have moved his bishop from F4 to C7 to cause hassle for the king...??? "

Tried replying to this earlier so sorry if this comes out now as a double post.

3. Bc7? - I don't see the idea.

3. ...Qxc7 - Black's Queen wins the bishop.

[0wnageN00BZ]

wouldnt white knight to e5 be better than queen to b5?

[Kujager]

At 11:51, black knight to e4 (check) would be very dangerous. The rook at d1 is already threatened by the rook at a1, and is protected only by the King. The black knight will also threaten a fork on f2 with his knight. King would be forced to e1. Black might then exchange rooks on d1, and can then fork King/rook on f2.

[bean2594]

at 17:31 If black's kingside bishop goes off of it's origional diagonal, white's knight on b5 has a fork on black's bishop on b7

[TKmallet]

i mean 36:00

[TKmallet]

39:00! This is a long vid!

[gregvs3]

Thanks, I'm just starting out taking chess seriously and I always like to see how other people are thinking.

[Shadowfax611]

this video deserves more views. great game.

[chppxbx]

I think you could have probably won the game very early on with 11. e2-e4. I don't see any black moves that could stop f1-b5 soon after. Let me know if you see anything different.

[ataggake]

Indeed. 11e4 +-

With Qb5 White is running away from ghosts, because Black is nowhere near ready to start an attack on the queenside.

[UdabnTheFeared]

Looks good.

[grumblefrogger]

At 29:08, black could prevent your rook from going to c6 by moving knight to c5, where the king would protect it from your rook.

[Dolath]

nice game, hope to see more soon