Chess Position Practice #2: Candidate Moves

This video series will focus on analyzing chess positions, and generating candidate move orders from the position without moving the pieces or using computer analysis. The goal is to improve the ability to generate lines and variations mentally during a game, and to try to come up with a move that either maintains equality on the board, or paves the way for a slight positional edge.

I recommend pausing the video at the appropriate time and generating your own candidate moves. If this is something new you are working on improving, it's recommended that you write down your lines and over time you will be able to do this all in your head during a match. (more)

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• chess
• position
• practice
• candidate
• moves
• lesson
• jrobi
• jrobichess
• tactical
• positional
• analysis
• strategy
• game

[lupe12345]

which software u use to draw the arrows and make the videos in general?

[jrobichess]

I have a list up on my site - thanks for checking out the vid!

[pinkyfrogs23]

These candidate moves actually help my chess!

[jrobichess]

Same here pinkyfrogs23 - I am looking forward to continuing this series for quite some time.  Thanks for checking out the vid!

[jbragadeesh]

chess learning cant get any cooler than this..

[jrobichess]

Thanks jbragadeesh - I appreciate the comment!

[1kingconan]

Good videos,and I request more!. I'd like to see at least one video that shows how checkmate was made. I am learning the openings but get into trouble once the match progresses, will you adress the middlegame later on? what would also be good to see is a couple more of blacks moves to counter white and maybe for those outhere that are starting out just one great video of the strategies, and normal rules for chess,you know pawn formation,controlling the middle... it would get many views. ty bye

[BlackYoshi2]

My teacher told me that

"Chess is a game of sophistication. It takes 10 minutes to learn, and a lifetime to master"

I think wehat he said was true.

[RookieN08]

i want more of this. Which website can i go for this?

[sgb1223]

Why not simply Nxe4 when the bishop comes down for the pin? you get a pawn advantage, and you can then push the f7 pawn to get control of the file

[IBOUGHTYAMOM]

@jrobichess how come you didnt even consider rook f6?

[xIGotSoulx]

Why not a6 with the idea of eventually pushing b5 to undermine white's center a bit?

[xHaloFan4Lifex]

What about this? (I'll call Nc3 move #1, but it wasn't.) 1. Nc3 O-O 2.Bg5 Ne8 3. Qg4 f5 4. exf5 exf5.

I think that would be a pretty good line...

[Svecify]

The first two moves you talked about, were the same as mine. :p

[StefanCroft]

@chucknorris2O1O 1...Nxd5? 2. Bxe7 Qxe7 (Nxe7 3. Qxd7) 3. Nxd5



[GLowMat]

@mattfca I also thought about it, but white just gets a dangerous attack on the queenside (just put the position in the engine, it scores +0.75). White can try to counterplay on the kingside, but still, white has better chances. P.S. Just do Rd8

[GLowMat]

6:30 Your e5 pawn is being attacked, so you have to do f6, and after black moves his queen away, black then takes on e6 (or you take d5, doesn`t matter), and the white knight goes to d5, after which it is very strong, and if black tries to exchange the knights, white can take back with the pawn or the rook (if it was on d1), and have a very good position (walk with the pawn if pawn takes, or make an Alechine cannon, after which white has an even better position).

[bhikkhu]

I chose 0-0 for the first move. My second and third choices were Rd8 and a5. Rd8 to get the rook on the semi open file with the queen. a5 as a preventive move to keep white's knight on c3 from coming down and causing trouble.

All my choices come from my thinking that thinking that black still has a few things to take care of before the middlegame, and castling would be the most important.