Advanced Strategy and Combinations (1 of 2)

Part IV in my lecture series titled: "Moving up to class E: rated 1000-1199, Anyone Can Do It". This time, we go over tactics and mating patterns.

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[nitromefreak1]

At 2:10 you said C4 shouldn't take F7 because the king would take him, but I thought he cant because E5 could take the king therefor being an illegal move

[grobchess]

@nitromefreak1 No, it's not that the king will take, but that he may move to e7. Then, both the bishop on f7 and the knight on e5 will be attacked, not to mention the hanging pawn on g2.

[tatomuck18]

at 4:19 and didnt black just move his pawn to A6 threatening whites pawn?

[grobchess]

@tatomuck18 If black moves his pawn to a6 before playing his pawn to d6, then white will move his knight onto that space. That will force black to play Bxb6, white will take back with the queen and it will be quite difficult to remove it without losing something positionally.

[Tophie1984]

The best move after Qa4 is Kd7. White only wins a pawn after Nxa7+ Kc7 Nb5+ Kb8.

[grobchess]

Well, if all white wants to do is win a pawn, then sure, Nxa7?! is fine. However, why settle for so little when you can play Bd2! or Be3! instead? The bishop will work its way to attack the d6 pawn, and the pressure is too much for black to hold. The monarch has nowhere to run, and we can bring in pieces as we please, with all of those Nxa7 ideas being held in reserve if necessary. It's important not to give up the initiative too soon.

[grobchess]

1-One cannot copyright a chess game nor suggested lines of analysis.2-Yes these are Josh Waitzkin's games (if you didn't notice, I told you his name at the beginning...maybe you're just a bit slow).3-Quit being a troll.If you look at my video collection you'll find that I have plenty of other videos out there.But be careful, in them I talk about a game named chess, which other people play all the time.I'm basically copying hundreds years of strategy in them. Probably not for you.

[Nlrvana99]

I actually beat the fucking computer thanks to you! Arigatou Gozaimasu! ^_^

[51gunner]

How did I get to here from watching Starcraft 2 videos? Oh well, very interesting.

[Tjrock3000]

Thanks

[grobchess]

@GamSterdeath You cannot skip your turn in chess. That is, it's not allowed by the rules.

[canaan1967]

Is it realistic for beginners or anyone to compete against a computer?

[canaan1967]

It really helps if you would say "White" or "black" instead of "he" or "his opponent" .

[canaan1967]

It really helps if you would say "White" or "black" instead of "he" or "his opponent" and only discuss moves when actually moving.

[popshuvitskater]

because it allows the other player to advance on you quicker and set up his offense quickly

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

cos it's stupid.

[PecknarmLondonEnland]

Right, that makes sense. SO the idea is to maximize your vantage points and moving the same piece twice in a row early on in a game is limiting yourself.

[Ruxistico]

I'm sorry about this double post. This one is meant as a reply to PecknarmLondonEnland.

[Ruxistico]

because, as Capablanca said, the opening is about: Rapid and effective deployment of your forces. Think about it this way: You are a general and the enemy is deploying all his forces on the battlefield, taking advantage of the terrain and space. Naturally you would want to deploy your forces at once and reduce your opponents advantage. The more pieces you got placed on good squares on the board, the more squares you control - and the more squares you control the more threats you can generate.

[InnocentMalak20]

Amazing videos........helped me a lot

Thank you for your enormous efforts

[PecknarmLondonEnland]

Why shouldn't you move the same piece twice in an opening?

[damasta00138]

That was in response to jabhatta. For puzzles, check out chess(.)com/forum or chess(.)emrald(.)net

[damasta00138]

Maybe he plans to fianchetto the bishop then castle to move the king away from the action.

[JusBlazeDR]

yah that was good shit, deffintly helped me figure some shit out.

[Tophie1984]

After Qa4 Kd7 Bd2 Qb6 or Be3 Nf5 Black is lost too but he can shuffle around a bit and hope for a mistake of his opponent. The other lines are completly hopeless.

Of course most people, me too, prefer to resign instead to play a move like Kd7.