100 Important Chess Tips For Beginners & Intermediate Players

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you 100 essential chess tips (especially for beginners and intermediate level players). These tips will definitely help you to play better in various stages of the game.

Buckle up, it's going to be a thrilling ride! Watch the full video lesson and dive deeper into each tip. Since Igor is covering these 100 tips in just 7 minutes, the video might be too fast for some of you. If you don't understand something, just pause the video, think about the position and then go to the next one.

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► Chapters

00:00 100 Chess Tips Every Beginner Should Know
00:15 Chess Tips 1-5
00:31 Chess Tips 6-10
00:49 Chess Tips 11-15
01:12 Chess Tips 16-20
01:31 Chess Tips 21-25
01:42 Chess Tips 26-30
02:01 Chess Tips 31-35
02:19 Chess Tips 36-40
02:37 Chess Tips 41-45
02:56 Chess Tips 46-50
03:15 Chess Tips 51-55
03:32 Chess Tips 56-60
03:51 Chess Tips 61-65
04:17 Chess Tips 66-70
04:36 Chess Tips 71-75
04:55 Chess Tips 76-80
05:16 Chess Tips 81-85
05:37 Chess Tips 86-90
05:57 Chess Tips 91-95
06:20 Chess Tips 96-100

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[edl]

I like how a half a dozen of the tips were on how to trash talk your opponents. Tips for playing in Central Park not the Marshall club.

[ohyeahohyeah]

For those who are having trouble with the speed:

1. Do not move the same piece twice in an opening
2. Do not exchange your active pieces for no reason
3. Cut your opponent's king off so that it cannot castle anymore
4. Castle as soon as possible to put your king to safety
5. The main opening task is to develop your pieces quickly
6. Keep your queen behind your pawn so that your opponent cannot attack it
7. Look for the best diagonals for your bishops
8. Only cowards defend their pieces; always tell this to your opponents😂
9. A bishop is slightly stronger than a knight; do not trade it off for no reason
10. When your opponent's king hasn't castled yet, aim to open the position quickly
11. While developing, make sure you don't block your other pieces
12. The knight on the rim, is dim
13. Avoid unnecessary pawn moves in an opening, develop your pieces instead
14. When there are opposite side castling, start pawn storms
15. When you don't know an opening theory, just develop your pieces and castle
16. Use your pawns to blockade opponent's bishop
17. Pin the knight near your opponent's castling as the first step to your further attack
18. When you have more space, avoid exchanges
19. To make the fishing pole trap more effective, stare in the eyes of your opponent and tell him, "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES"😂
20. When you're attacking, aviid exchange of queens
21. Put your rooks on open files
22. Capture towards the centre
23. Pull up your queen to make your attack successful
24. Transfer your knight to a weak square
25. When you're up material, trade pieces
26. Do not exchange a pinned knight; it can't move anyway
27. Do not advance your pawns too far away from the rest of your forces
28. When you're in trouble, tell your opponent, "it's inappropriate to think about mating"😂
29. Provide an escape square for your king to avoid back rank problems later
30. Figure out opponent's plans and prevent them
31. Trade your flank pawn for your opponent's central pawn, because the centre is the most important part of the board
32. Centralize your pieces as much as you can
33. When you control the centre, it's fine to start your attack on the side
34. Pawns can't go back; avoid creating weaknesses in your position
35. Sacrifice to expose opponent's king, and to destroy him after that
36. Your knight is the best blockader of your opponent's passed pawn
37. Trade off your passive pieces
38. Double your rooks on an open file
39. If your opponent is playing too well, tell him, "great chess skills is a sign of a wasted life"😂
40. Sacrifice a pawn to open diagonals for your bishops
41. Place your queen 2 squares away from the knight diagonally, so that the knight can no longer attack it
42. Do not overload your piece with too many functions
43. When your knight is pinned, attack the bishop to force it to make a decision: whether it's going to trade, or go back
44. If you have a bad bishop, trade it off
45. Keep your pieces protected, and you will never blunder them
46. Put your pieces on squares opposite to the colour of your opponent's bishop
47. Get rid of the pin by pushing your pawns forward
48. Ask yourself, "what will my opponent do when it's his turn?", and prevent it (similar to 30)
49. Make your opponent underestimate you; tell him, "I've learnt all the strategies of Cagnus Marlsen"😂
50. Relocate your pieces to more active squares
51. When you're down material, complicate matters and attack
52. Counter a flank attack by your central attack
53. Trade off opponent's fianchettoed bishop
54. You can use a pawn effectively to restrict an opponent's knight
55. Use a pawn minority attack to create weak pawns in your opponent's position
56. Occupy string squares defended by your pawns
57. Eliminate the main defender of your opponent's knig to make your attack easily successful
58. To limit the options of your opponents, play forcing moves: checks, captures, attacking moves
59. Scare your opponent, tell him you're Bobby Kimovic Carlsen😂
60. Your knight is the best defender of your king
61. Doubled pawns in the centre aren't bad, because they control a lot of important squares
62. A double attack is the most important chess tactics
63. Do not overestimate your opponent (see 3:59 for meme)😂
64. When your opponent is attacking you, ask yourself if it's truly dangerous
65. Offense is the best defense
66. Advance your rook to the seventh rank; it has a lot of targets to attack there
67. Attack the base of your opponent's pawn chain
68. Monitor hanging undefended pieces of your opponent, and attack them
69. Linear pieces pinning everything but not the knight, are most avtive in open positions
70. Define your candidate moves before you start to valculate anything
71. F7 square is the weakest point of your opponent's position
72. Avoid pawn islands, they're weak
73. Activate your king in an endgame
74. When your opponent's king is weak, look for combinations
75. Call your blunders, sacrifices; feels better😂
76. To take is a mistake; do not trade when it helps your opponent to become more active
77. Positional play simply implies putting your pieces to better positions
78. Attack the pinned knight to win the game
79. While defending, keep the position closed so that your opponent cannot attack it anymore
80. Perpetual check is a good way to save a losing game
81. Bring all your pieces into play
82. If you have mastered all the good moves by now, you will be a disco superstar
83. A pawn break can help create a passed pawn in an endgzme
84. Stalemate is a good way to save a losing endgame
85. Put your rook behind a passed pawn to support it's advancement
86. The bishop can completely dominate a knight
87. Use the back rank weakness
88. Use a position in an endgame to push opponent's king away so that you can advance and win the game
89. In an endgame, centralize your queen
90. Passed pawns must move forward
91. Queen + knight is a great attacking team
92. Rook + bishop is a great attacking team
93. The main endgame plan is to promote a passed pawn
94. In an endgame, attack opponent's pawns; not his king
95. When your bishop cannot control the square of promotion, a rook pawn cannot win the game
96. Advance your pawn majority; playing where you are stronger
97. Attack 2 weaknesses to overload your opponent
98. Restricted pieces is a great target for your attack
99. 2 minor pieces are usually stronger than a rook + pawn
100. Calculate all possible captures, not just 1

[Lybrel]

First video I've watched at 1.0x speed this year.

Thanks Igor!

[mizofan]

"If your opponent plays too well, tell him "Great chess skills is a sign of a wasted life"." Ah ha, handy, yes.

[jaybingham]

Excellent. Now a recap of least known (most obscure) tips would be a great follow-on. Things like beyond the back rank look to trap K on a/h file in late middle and end game. It doesn't need to be 100 or even 50. Even just a top ten would be very insightful/instructive.

[Clipboy]

Hello Igor, I have been watching your channel for some time, it's great and I have really learned a lot. I have a question, which opening for black and white that is not to complicated would you recommend for a beginner that has been playing chess for about three months. Thank you in advance.

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 100 Chess Tips Every Beginner Should Know
00:15 Chess Tips 1-5
00:31 Chess Tips 6-10
00:49 Chess Tips 11-15
01:12 Chess Tips 16-20
01:31 Chess Tips 21-25
01:42 Chess Tips 26-30
02:01 Chess Tips 31-35
02:19 Chess Tips 36-40
02:37 Chess Tips 41-45
02:56 Chess Tips 46-50
03:15 Chess Tips 51-55
03:32 Chess Tips 56-60
03:51 Chess Tips 61-65
04:17 Chess Tips 66-70
04:36 Chess Tips 71-75
04:55 Chess Tips 76-80
05:16 Chess Tips 81-85
05:37 Chess Tips 86-90
05:57 Chess Tips 91-95
06:20 Chess Tips 96-100

[theexaminer]

Sir can you please upload a video about "crushing the reti opening"?

[therealallude]

“I learned all the strategies of Cagnus Marlsen”💀

[ravivarma]

Oh so great 100 steps written well. Thanks Egor fully🌹🌹🌹

[magnus]

Wow bro so much information in one video.

[leszekkulaszewicz]

He actually managed to fit 100 tips in 6 and a Half minutes

[BlunderBunny]

I love your videos. But what does it say about me that I already know these tips but my play still sucks?

[josefkotras]

When opponent plays too well, tell him great chess skills is sign of wasted life😂😂😂

[MyBiPolarBearMax]

“Great chess skills is the sign of a wasted life”

Oof 😂

[peterbrown]

Thank you, Igor!
Don't forget, when an enemy Knight is nearby, check the square colours of your King and Queen/Rook.

[ravivarma]

Great attempt Egor. Speed is high. Such a good content, better be in 30minutes👍👍🌹

[GMIgorSmirnov]

What other useful chess tips would you add to this list? Comment below 👇and support your fellow "Igor Nation" members ❤

[oceanfung]

you can try to organize these into beginning developing phase, the mid game and the end game in order (if possible)

[archangelz]

I have a hard time understanding tip 30 (figure out opponent plans and prevent them) even in the example i dont get what he is trying to do. why is that their plan? why is it a problem for the pawn to go there? specially in pawns lol.