6 Steps To Make A Plan In ANY SITUATION - Chess Strategy, Tips and Tricks - Chess Plans and Ideas
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The best plan is clearly in the thumbnail. I might begin to utilize those center-pawn attacking ideas
Thats exactly why i clicked even though i know it was a clickbait
When your King kicks ass!
People who don’t know how to mobilize the king play the entire game down a piece.
That plan looks like it only works if your opponents doesn’t have five turns while you’re trying to execute that plan.
😂😂😂
I don’t know how genius you have to be to come up with that thumbnail plan.
King activity is very important
You know what.. I just started drawing random arrows moving the king around and then noticed it was a question mark 😂
It's at least a 4000+ elo tactic
@Kneem : I feel personally attacked by this comment. LMAO
@@ChessVibesOfficial im pretty sure he meant the king movimg to take the pawns
Hey Nelson, just wanted to thank you for the awesome channel. What I love about your channel is, unlike some channels (I won't mention any names), yours is drama free. No hot sisters (although that would be a bonus), no extraneous girlfriends, no cheating scandals, no fighting with other TH-cam chess personalities, no clickbait thumbnails or titles. In other words, no bullshit. You are the real deal. Thanks, bro!
Hey thanks for noticing 👍
Doesn’t mention names but still indirectly shits on we know who these others are 😂
@@ChessVibesOfficial I second that. The lack of bs makes your channel both enjoyable and instructive.
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As a lower rated player I will concur that sometimes if you think you have a plan it can cause you to get tunnel vision and you hang something. I do find as I'm playing more and more that I'm starting to spot things a couple moves ahead.
It's usually just little things but I was pretty proud of myself today when I realized I could trade some Knights and end up in a position where I was able to fork his Queen and Bishop with my pawn.
I'm also noticing things like pins and avoiding putting myself into them. A lot of it just comes with practice and playing lots of games and making sure to go back and analyze your games.
Good work! Feels good and you should be proud!
Any free time I get: How do I get better at chess?
1. Play as much chess as I can
2.. Study.
I feel like this is an aspect people gloss over, openings and endgames seem so cut and dry, but middle games are a lot more complex. Thanks for the great video!
I agree. I feel that chess happens in the middle game. That's where the dogma and studied tricks ends.I'm around 1900 and I've never studied an opening in my life...
to be honest i find endgames the best part because even a mistake can cause you the game
Love this comment Seth. Couldn’t agree more!!
@@Viva_la_natura not you again
Middle game is the cool kid, but the real deal is the endgame. I'm terrible at it
As someone who has been hovering around 1250 for the past year, this was very helpful. I've found that I often win games because of my opponents making mistakes instead of me making better plans. I'll follow these instructions and see if they help
Couldn't have put better words for my situation
I'm stuck at 1250-1290
I peaked 1410 but I stopped playing for a year and I'm stuck in 1200s
yo man how u doing now
It’s extremely exciting that Master Nelson is going back to tournaments. He can document his journey into becoming an IM while Levy is documenting his journey to become a GM. It’s a great time to be a chess player right now!
Had me literally laughing out when you recommended checkers and tic tac toe to the people who couldn’t handle the complexity of chess. Chess is a game of extreme complexity and calculations and that’s what makes it so special. The fact that strong bullet players can still beat maximum strength engines just shows how special it is and how high the ceiling really is. You a boss Nelson.
Amen!
Chess masters only win about 50% of their games, though. Marion Tinsley's winning percentage at checkers was over 99.9%.
Very helpful, even for a low rated player. The idea that some situations require a short term plan and some require a long term plan was eye opening.
This is a great video to avoid blunders and to understand the position. I have heard of checks, captures, and attacks but this is so much more detailed. Thanks for the great content.
Your point about 1200s not making plans is spot on. I was 1200 when I started playing chess this year and I made the exact mistake you mention, getting caught up in cool plans that didn't work, because I blundered 1-2 move mistakes. You're much better off focusing only on the 1-2 moves ahead and general heuristics at this level. Now as a 1600 I'm beginning to have games where long-term planning actually decides match outcomes, especially in closed positions.
I just started chess 2 weeks ago.
I found a set that someone gave me and thought now's the time to learn. Your channel is a great help. Thank you!
Super helpful video! Thanks so much! I'm super excited to hear about the tournaments. :D
Great video as a starting point for how to come up with a plan! Well covered and presented! I particularly like the priority list - very good idea!
I like how you kept the concepts short in your list. That makes them easy to remember and apply in order.
Super helpful. Thanks for the video!
Love this content, thanks for making this!
very good tips, i think i do these things at my best by intuition but really helped to see them articulated with such clarity!!
I'm glad you linked this video from a recent one. It was very informative!
Excellent ideas! I became a fan of you cause your different aproach to teach chess. Thank you for all!
Fabulous lesson. Thank you.
Words can’t express how much I love this video!!! Thank you!!
This video was exactly what i needed today, cheers!
Super video. A follow up where you apply this method in several positions would be helpful. Many thanks for the excellent video.
This is the kind of instruction i needed. Thanks! 🙂
Thanks for this Nelson ..I think if you went through a game or two of yours using this method and explaining it as you played would help
Man i love what you do, keep up!
very helpful thanks
This is a very helpful lesson. Thank you 🙏
This is a great video thank you. I'm 1200 and I get so caught up trying to practice the lower priorities that I lose games on king safety and awkward queens. I need to get king and queen safety back into habit, and also check for followup tactics before celebrating my brainy plans. Also weak squares is something new and exciting to think about.
Great vid! While I'm only rated at around 600, this does give me some ideas about how to evaluate a position and avoid making mistakes
Thanks for sharing your great video which I know will help me.
great video!
Thanks very much with the lessons I was tired with the books!!
It's my first OTB tournament after a week, Your videos are very helpful.
fantastic videoo!!
Hello Nelson, this is a very good video, i very much appreciate your posts👍
May I make a request regarding your next video, can you show some opening and mainline theory of the English?
Thank you for your time.
I needed this
Thx for Vid it helped me
I watched your immortal game at agadmator's channel, you are a genius man. thank you for these videos, they help a lot
hi! thanks for the list. It's intresting :)
Good luck for the tournament!!
5:00 well,looking at the situation,after I watched whole video I came up with conclusion of -
Q-e1(check) then k-e5 to take either enemy knight or bishop.although my knight will also be taken out but taking enemy units makes the situation kinda easy for me to think ahead.
Good and nice video
Another instant classic! Ty Nelson
Goodluck on your tournament bro
You're totally right. Back when I was under 1200 the most common blunder for me was that I didn't see the opportunity to capture the opponent's queen, because I was so caught up in plans :)))
thanks Nelson I hope u get to 100k soon♥
Great video🔥
Thanks! 😃
This is invaluable!
Awesome video, like my 4th or 5th time watching, definitely helps!
Woo hoo, just had one of my best games, 1 innaccuracy, 1 brilliant, 3 great move 53 move, 22 best move game with pawn promotion, my best end game with 87.3 accuracy againt a 200 point higher rank, sweet!
Hi Nelson!
I would love to watch a tutorial about the Evans Gambit!
Very useful video THANKS for sharing
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@@ChessVibesOfficial you already had the whole thing 😂 could you make something like this about the Scotch Opening? Please! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Very true! At U1200 or sometimes above 1200 it's better to be familiar with the position and just move in response to your opponent's move than spending time on calculating plans.. Just make small trades than searching for a possible great move that is most probably a bad move..
Thanks!
Thanks a lot, Frank!
Very good video
I’ve been watching allot of Tic Tac Toe tutorials and quite frankly, they are really confusing. This tutorial seemed clear and concise. I may have to switch and start playing chess.
😂
Nice video
Good day! At time stamp 17:18 there is also a tactics for white after the knight fork Na5..white will reply Qb5 check....
Wow, Nelson.
Thanks, young man. You can only get out what you put in.
This channel is great.
WAITING FOR THIS ONE
My advice to anyone (not just 1200s) is this great way of practicing and I will elaborate:
To get your mind out of plans so that you can then make up the plans as you go, is to chalenge Stockfish (or any computer) into a match where the computer has some disadvantage... For example the computer might be missing a whole Queen right from the start... These are called "odds" games, cuz the computer is basically giving the human Queen odds in this example...
Why is this a good training method? It is because now that the computer has no Queen (or Rook or Knight or whatever you want the disadvantage to be for the computer) the player knows that he *CAN* win. So its only a mater of finding out how...
But before playing against any human or any computer withought odds, you can't know if you can win or not... But with odds games you at least know that you can win, this is a huge driving factor for your brain to start calculating and coming up with plans that just have to be accurate because if they are not then you will end up losing pieces and if you do so, then the computer will beat you 10 times out of 10.
So understanding your advantage and then keeping it are 2 very importand aspects of the game and these don't go into any particular pre made plan... Just a correct assessment of "hey I'm up a Queen so if I exchange all the pieces I will win" doesn't really require a plan, just a correct way of looking at the game to make the plan.
Also losing to a computer that is down a Queen will make someone understand that "I need to stop the bullshit right now" and we all do bullshit stuf in chess and our opponents don't punish us so we keep on doing them, but the computer will punish you for every single mistake you make so thats a great way of learning to stop doing them. Cuz really if you want to reach 1200 or higher (and I mean Fide not lichess and chess.com) you should be able to beat the computer up a Queen even in classical games (where the computer might have more time to think potentially).
So everyone can do this, just download any chess engine on your phone, take the Queen away from the computer and see how easily you can beat it if you can! And see how many things you will learn just by doing that alone. That will train your mind into thinking correctly right from the start.
Kind of like how it's easier to find tactics in puzzles than it is in an actual game because in the puzzle you know it's there to find!
Beating the computer down a queen is stupid because very easy, the computer should have a rook or two piece down to have some difficulties
@@ephemeritescience5306 ?
Good comment. I've been playing against the 1600 guy at the chess site. And I've been learning a lot from it. And then reading what defense this is etc. Only problem is they kind of repeat the same stuff over and over, but I found that to help with understanding how to plan for that approach. At first, I would use the hints for the openings and see what they usually recommend. Your comment about being punished for mistakes is to close to home. I'll get sloppy and realize I did something I KNEW not to do and how do I make sure I see it next time? Especially in the late game where you can end up forked or losing such important pieces for lazy "get-out-of-the-way" moves.
@@itsyourenotyour9101 noth8ng worse than losing end game because of a lazy fork or pin!
I've been searching for a video on how to make a plan, and now this guy just tells me I can't. Let's see the results
Good tips! Thanks -- so many games I'll be ahead then I blunder them away -- ha -- not used to 5min yet at all -- time runs out one me ha :D
I used to be a twelve hundred, by playing kind on instincts and good sense only. But was stucked in that range. Decided to try and break this barrier by doing something I've never done in my long chess life: to study a little bit. A month later I was struggling to get out of the low nine hundreds. Trying to improve I started to make ridiculous blunders all around and loose game after game. I'm glad I didn't give up. Now I haven't still reganined my prior rating. But slowly I perceive my game is becoming more solid. Not so wild, without some of the prior occasional beautifull winnings. But I guess in the long run I might finally brake trough.
I really enjoyed that video, but a felt like it could be better if you could show us, at least in the end of the video, what would you do in that specifc position. Through out the video I had some ideias, but a still don't know if they were the best. It would be good to have my ideias confimed or refuted in the end of the video.
Thought your advice made more sense because you always hear - ANY PLAN IS BETTER THAN NO PLAN yet I agree at the lower levels it’s not as important despite what they tell you. Maybe the best advice is have a plan but make sure you check it first. I DL planning confuses me
Btw ‘the journey’ type of vids are great because you lock people in they can’t wait to find out how you have gone and how you analyse your own games post game. Great idea
i feel like he is the first person on youtube and not just regarding chess who literally mentions in the intro what kind of people this video targets and not having poor under 1200 rated players like me watch until the end and gather likes. I respect you even more now
Is this a good general procedure to follow in slow (classical) games? Or are there more steps involved?
15:20 I've had success with multiple plans. This kind of disorients opponents as they aren't sure which threat to focus on
I’m a senior right now and today is my first tournament against another school and I want to thank you for helping me. This is also my first tournament and my first year playing chess so I’m nervous.
Just do the best you can!
@@ChessVibesOfficial thank you!
Thumbnail was solid. That's the plan I go for every time I play against the vienna.
😂
I think Qb3 is still the best move because if Na5, Qb5+ and fork the knight. If Nc6, Bd5 and it's defended by the queen and sets a double attack on c6
Nelson,
If Queen b3 leads to Knight a5, white can turn the tables wth Queen b5, which forks black's King and the a5 Knight.
how to plan a chess
1. come up with a list of prioritize, what is the most important things what is the next important, whats feature about the position
choose the things that is the most important in certain position :
- checkmate/hanging pieces
- king safety
- akward peices ( some peices either that trapped or pin, in the worst position )
- weak pawns
- weak squares, the pieces that dont control
- peice imbalances
2. attack or defend, if king safety is low = defend, if high possibility to checkmate opponent, weak pawwns and weak squares = attack
3. should i make short term plan or long term plan depens on what type position are you in
short term planning = if you are in the wild positions, that you dont have time to maanuever the pieces, or double up the rook or push the pawn, there is so much happening immdeiatelly such as discover check, or force checkmate, pieces attack so you should choose something really quick
long term planning = there is not a lot of tension, the pawn is locked up, so you can move knight or rook to get a better position, push the pawns to get more control, make two or four moves plan
4. is it easy to stop, whatever plan you contempating can whatever threat or move or plan that i am thinking of doing can it be easily stopped by my opponent
if answer is yes = not a great plan or move
5. can you potentially acheive multiple plans at the same time as example : remove the pin of the kinght on the queen also put pressure on the unbackup defense pieces, also defend the isolated pawns also protect weak peices, if there is one move can acheive that, it is a great move
6. check spesific tactics before maake the move that you think is great as example : moves the queen to remove the pin also put the pressure on the unbackup defence pieces but is there a tactic that can counter that great move as example protect the unbackup denfended pieces at the same time attacking the queen and some pieces around it, if yes you should think through before commited to the plan
"chess is a complex game"
Very true, but imho you're doing excellent job in creating a system to break down and learn its complexities step by step!
I find it must better (at least for novices) to learn several basic principles (even if it's few dozens of them :)),
instead of dumping THOUSANDS of positions, opening, mid-games, etc... and saying - remember ALL this, to get better!
So, I find your videos great!
Cheers!
After Na5, white can play Qb5+ and win a piece, because Black's king was still in the centre, that move accomplished multiple things.
uh cant black just play c6 lmao
Uh no, after Qb5+ black can just block with a pawn which defends the knight on d5 and also opens up a diagonal for the queen, which defends the knight in Na5.
It's not white who accomplished multiple things, it's black who did plus I'm pretty sure white will have to lose the bishop? Idk me dumb
I generally do not like any video, I watch it and move to next. But these efforts deserves it and got my like.
I appreciate that!
The list of names in the beginning of this video reminds me of the old Romper Room show. Yea I know, I'm old.
Good luck on your OTB tournament. I hope you get IM title soon.
3:55 Qc2 then Qe4 😉.. Be6 is the only good move for black to save his both bishop and knight...
14:53 I thought this didn't work because of Na5. When I plugged it into the engine I was surprised to see a tactical justification. Qb3 Na5 Qa4+ c6 Bxd5 Qxd5 Re1+ Be6 Re5!!
Now that's nasty
17:20 queen to A4, check and take the knight. Easy to see once you put the arrows in the board jajaj
Opponent can play c3 and block the check and protect the knight at the same time
Greatest thumbnail ever.
Thumbnail plan is the best
how do you access the patron page as I only see the usual join access?
There should be a link in the video description and on the channel banner.
In the beginning if u move ur bishop instead of ur horse u can move the queen next go and get a checkmate in four moves! I win so many games using this trick..
11:53 lol...that i think was actually really funny, and of course very true! I can recommend How to Reassess your chess, 4h edition by Jeremy Silman, a brilliant book on planning.
In this position white should move queen to A4 to pin the knight and make whites knight not an awkward piece, then next turn rook to e1, check the king, black moves king (hopefully to D7), knight to e5 (which puts king in check if they moved to D7), and then they can’t move their knight cause pinned (unless they moved their king somewhere where knight isn’t pinned) which then splits and knight takes bishop. If king moved to g8 then knight still goes to E5 and forks bishop and knight, if knight takes knight, then rook takes knight, attacking blacks other knight with bishop and rook, queen no longer protects cause not a worth trade so knight is free, if they just move the bishop to anywhere but D7 to avoid the fork, then you’re knight on E5 takes their knight on C6, blacks pawn takes your knight, then queen takes pawn, potentially attacking the rook and attacking the knight with the bishop
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I'm around 1000, so I probably should focus on other videos, but after watching this, I believe that the best plan in the example position is still to move Qb3. If, as you said, Black goes Na5, then there's Qb5+ which is a check that can be covered either by pushing c6 (in which case there's a free knight on a5) or by retreating the knight back with Nc6 (in which case I could probably take safely with Bxd5, winning a knight, because the bishop can'te be recaptured by the Queen).
Perfect example of why he said you should focus on other things. The knight is not free on a5, once black moves their pawn to c6 the black queen is defending the knight.
@@fisher00769 Oops, you're right! Thank you. I still have a lot to learn, and making this kind of mistakes really helps to understand what I should focus on
Invaluable
i find it difficult coming to the fact that a plan wont work lol since i find a plan that i like then i say to myself "what if the king moved instead of blocking with a piece?". the nagging feeling of playing the plan is too much sometimes, after which i realise i shouldve just not played the plan if it was so easily refutable
So in my understanding what you said all that is for every move, means you have to think and calculate entire 6 step before making every move is that what you mean...?
At 17:17 Qb2 is actually cuz even after Na5 there is Qb5+ check
You were talking about 1200 players, then you mentioned Lichess. What ratings do you use in your videos?
Funny how I tried to make plan as 1200 and I keep getting blunders
So I decide to make smaller goal which is to make least blunders as possible regardless of winning or losing
you are more professional, as an educational channel. Also, can you pls show us your study "behind the scenes"? like how you are studying a line or an opening, or like how do you solve studies/puzzles?
"If you don't like complexity, try chequers". |
Boss.
Checkers players say chess is easy
@@tonybarfridge4369 i would agree, I am much better at chess than checkers
@@JoeGillian0 me too even tho I suck at chess. I could never beat my father at checkers
@@tonybarfridge4369 luckily my dad dont play checkers :-)
very well done, good format to get in the habit to do with all moves, well done.