The 10 Best Chess Plans For The Middlegame - Chess Strategy For The Middlegame - Midgame Strategy

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The top 10 best chess plans for the middlegame. After the opening, one of the biggest problems beginners and intermediate players have is what to do next. In this video I go over several examples of types of chess plans and strategies that you can use in your next game!

[dukesublime]

“ Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine “ Rudolf Spielmann

[giulianoerli]

"The opening Is over, what do i do now?"

I usually just lose

[samuelichovec]

1 break open the centre
2 attack opponent's king with a pawns
3 trade your weak pieces for opponent's stronger ones
4 create a battery on a half-open or open file
5 create a battery on a long diagonal
6 rook lift
7 relocate a knight for an outpost
8 locate opponent's weaknesses
9 eliminate weaknesses before get attacked
10 make opponent's pieces innefective

[keyb]

I like that he knows how the average player thinks and explains chess concepts so we get the point rather than trying to memorize them

[mysteryGuySaysHi]

Nelson: 10 plans for the middlegame
Me: run after his queen
Opponent: checkmate

[MarkLawry]

As a beginner, I find your explanations easy to follow.

[Zenitself]

0:43 Break open the Centah
1:39 Pawn Storm hiz az
2:55 Trade Up: your weak piece for his strong piece
3:45 Create a Battery 🔋 on open and 1/2 open files
4:47 Create a Diagonal Battery 🔋
6:04 Rook Lift
7:14 Knight Outpost
8:20 Weakness stack attack
9:20 Prophylaxis: Eliminate weaknesses before opponent can attack
10:50 Crystalize enemy piece

[MortalMauler]

Always scan the board for vulnerabilities, watch out for pins, look for forks and pins yourself, and try to push pawns to promote, pushing pawns always puts pressure on your opponent and forces them to focus on blocking the pawn.

[timothykennett]

Just discovered your videos and appreciate the attention to detail and thought you put into each. For example, you adjust the videos to incorporate various opening lines to accommodate different playing styles or analyze hundreds of intermediate-level games then provide thereby providing an analysis that's substantiated and credible.

[ImadG]

Man I am in love with this video. I’ve been playing chess since I was 10, I’m 25 now. I’m fallling back in love with the game again. I’ve came to a stalemate and an awkward stage at this point because I never developed my game after the opening. And it was super frustrating because I wanted to get better and better develop my game. I finally stopped being stubborn and ended up going to YouTube and man am I in awe. Much love from Chicago my man

[douwehuysmans]

One thing I'd like to add about pawn storms is that there often isn't enough time to storm with multiple pawns, often it's better to just storm the h or the g pawn alone and sacing it for open files / diagonals

[yyyyyk]

This was an excellent video!
I would love to see more about these early middle game (right after the opening) plans and how to execute them. (Like show more examples of these plans in action, in scenarios when they work, and show when they don't work/are not applicable).
Thank you very much, NM Nelson!

[jonasherman]

Really an amazing video! There are more videos on how to make a plan but no single one except this one clearly structures a number of plans to consider. You did an amazing job structuring that!

[garyl]

Nelson Lopez is hands down the best online instructor I've seen. Clear explanations, interesting and just plain helpful. Thanks Nelson!

[ryanodonnell]

A great teacher right here! So easy to understand, short, and to the point.

[dkpandey]

That was a great lesson. Even though I knew about most of these strategies, I still feel I learned something from this video. And now I have a handy checklist to decide what plan to go ahead with in a game. Thanks a lot.

[SirSidi]

This is like the most instructive channel for intermediate chess players.. it has all I have been missing all along.. thank you Nelson

[randyking]

Absolutely the best videos. Concise with no rambling. Glad I found these. Thanks for posting!!

[Daniel-G-P]

Brilliant video! This is such a fantastic channel, so pleased I found it.

[hello]

Thanks man. I’m very happy to have stumbled upon your channel. Your lessons are so accessible and easy to understand for lower ranked players (like myself!) and yet the info is expert level. Thanks heaps.