Pay Attention!! Learn Tactics | Kids' Class - GM Josh Friedel

Grandmaster Josh Friedel presents a lecture for beginners at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

2013.12.29

[BigJ]

Hey Josh... has anyone told you just how brilliant you are at teaching? To ALL Chess Instructors... Pay attention!! 😁 What a great video!

[TacticalRab]

I pulled the knight smothered mate off in a game yesterday :o (the Qg8+ sac one)

[MikeWaldoPassingPilgrim]

*the instructor*: _"solve this puzzle"_
*me:* _(wonders if it is white or blacks move. . .)_
*the instructor*: _"this little sign tells you whose move it is."_
*me:* _(wishes the symbol was not _*_offscreen_*_)_

[HotaruZoku]

It's not really a beginners lecture if you rapidly skip over THE BEGINNERS TACTICS.

[ΒασίληςΌμικρον]

really good lecture about the basics, the things that everyone who wants to understand chess, must know.
I m upper level but I enjoy "sudays school".

[jimmyalderson]

'You don't have to take it'
That reminds me of when inplay my little brother and he's like 'inthought you were gonna take my pawn with your queen' and i go 'but all you're pieces are defending that pawn' and he goes 'but maybe inwouldn't take it'

[Jean-Berry]

This has to the coolest guy who wears a fedora.

[MrGuitarman]

EXCELLENT SPEECH, EXCELLENT TEACHING VERY AWAKENING, TIME SERVED WELL, WONDERFUL WONDER STYLE BROTHER MAN LOVE THE HAT!!!! IT FITS YOU WELL.

[rjohnsonball]

Regarding the chess problem at 16 minutes, I saw Rb6! Black cannot take either the hanging queen or hanging rook because white will mate on the back rank. But even if black does not take a piece, white has Qg7 mate. Also notice black cannot reach the back rank this turn with white's pieces in the way.

[AmrHekaL]

what that program name to download ? and where i can download that tacts to study them ?

[PostFormitable]

m'lady haha. Jokes his good teacher !

[tonycruse]

this is my level!  or slightly above my level.  :)  Good stuff!

[whateverrandomnumber]

At 12:36, why not:
Black: King F8?
This way, if white plays Queen takes queen, black plays king takes queen and doesn't get a check mate, right?

[Marlonbc]

At 19:57 is Ne5 any good? Seems good to me, but I'm a scrub

[stuartbain]

hi there are you doing this for a couple of years

[whateverrandomnumber]

At 22:20, why not:
Black Rook F8?
This way, black keeps the rook and avoids white's plan to check and pin the knight?

[AzzedineAbdessalam]

I know this video is kinda old but can someone tell me where can I find this kind of exercises in PGN format, for scid for example? I'm a beginner, and I'd like to get better and I think these exercises will increase my level. Thank you !

[saadsultan]

27:40 doesn’t Qd7 defend successfully for black?

[kenpL]

Qd8???  Even I'm not that stupid.

[MandrakeTheMagician]

I dont like the way those horses are looking at me