CHESS STEPS #4 (1400-1600)

Welcome to the Chess Steps Series, where I teach you various concepts on your road to being a superstar chess genius. This is Episode 4, 1400-1500.

0:00 Intro
1:15 Game 1 vs 1453
16:48 Game 2 vs 1425
26:20 Game 3 vs 1444
44:48 Game 4 vs 1540

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[theafricanmask]

Ur so condescending and arrogant bullying lower rated players

[alexandremccormack]

This is by far my preferred series. Such a pity you stopped pursuing these videos

[ianemory]

As someone in the 1550 range, I think your point about this level just playing solidly is spot on. The difference, though, is when higher rated players start taking risks, it's that they know how to unbalance a position while not blundering. This can throw or level into mistakes that'll cost us the game.

[elhombrevolador]

As a 1500, I'm proud Levy called me a 'strong player'

[danielshriver]

After finding your channel, you got me back into chess after more than 10 years. Big thank you!

[Tiguiso]

We need more content for us 1500+ folks trying to improve our game. This is just fantastic! Thanks gotham!

[jaytessier]

As a 1400 - 1600 I learned a lot from this video. What I do well and what I do poorly. I never comment or like anything. But felt compelled to say thank you for the informative content.

[hudsonkruse]

I would love it if you continued this series. I've really learned a lot from this

[jackfirestone]

as someone rated around 1600-1650, i think we are at the very top end of this sort of intermediate range. advanced players still can consistently beat us because of their prep and tactics, but we are past the point of blundering anything serious and i feel right around 1600-1700 is where the game really goes from intermediate to advanced. can’t wait for your advice on how to beat 1700-1900s 👍🏼

[jarrodthekidder]

That last London game was SO educational for me. Playing with my friends, we're all between 900 and 1300 and the problem with me and my prep is they do either aggressive moves that messes up my setup or they do unorthodox moves that put me in a bind. Thank you for playing the London and for this series. I am going to rewatch that game a few times to learn a few things.

[spytrek]

And here I am with 2000+ rating, totally enjoying watching the last game and going wtf about the havoc black almost created on the white king. Looking forward to watching the 2000 elo episode when it comes out

[MoneyNothing]

3:59 "Against queen's pawn it's hard to create crazy complications."

Benoni says HI

[ccrider]

I don’t usually comment, but this was a great video. These games felt so familiar to what my games look like. I’ve decided to take the plunge and get the Intermediate bootcamp course - first chess course I’ve ever purchased at 31 years old. I just play for fun but I’d still like to improve. Thanks for the code

[yassenmirheg]

The first guy is going to remember his draw for the rest of his life

[RyanW]

I saw someone suggest a new series called Guess the Eval in the comments of another one of your videos, where the idea is subs send you positions from their games and you have to try to guess the Stockfish evaluation of the position. I think that would be cool if you are looking for new ideas.

[_v.]

21:42 This is one of the most important lessons in the video imo. It shows why it's important for players to understand how to both play aggressively w/ the initiative, and solidly w/ emphasis on making principled moves. As someone who has been on both ends of the style spectrum, I can confirm that those skill ceilings are very real when you're too biased and inflexible towards a particular way of playing.

[DivineTiming]

Levy is disguising his own moves by making them 1500 😂 loving the content! It’s very instructional and easy to follow.

[yelsewteste]

The first oponent played really well in his rating, without making real mistakes he's going to get a lot more rating, just based on the oponent mistakes, if he keeps playing like that that is

[jasperaers]

game 1, after Levi explains why to not put 2 bishops on the same rank due to his Rook X-raying 2 bishops, he puts his own two bishops on the second rank where the opponent could X-ray them with his rook

[haveaniceday]

So I’m only 2 games in the video but I feel that this already represents my life; it’s storeytime lol. So basically I’ve made this chess club at my high school and am kind of in my own tier in terms of rating. There’s a bunch of people who are 1000 to 1400 (I’m like a 1600) and then 3 people who are 1800 or higher. Usually, I play like the first game and slowly extract one of my opponents weaknesses but against those 2 Titans I play like the second guy because I realize I have no shot of winning in the endgame against them. Although I still win like 80 percent of the time against the lower rated players I’ve only won like 1 of 10 games against the higher rated guys and they keep telling me that my opening prep can take me over 2000 if I just played more solidly and didn’t try to leap at the first sign. I just played 3 solid games in the pool and went 2-1 where I hung a knight in the one loss.