New Amateur Series from Andras Toth
Hi there!
Since I am a little bit crazy about chess lately, I was wondering about posting about videos or series I like.
This video is from Andras Toth, and it's about commenting the thought process of an amateur. Spaceamy features the first video of the series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiuGVwigs28
There are some great lessons, which can be summarized as such:
- Never force an opponent to do the best move they can do at the current point of the game
- Evaluate the position at every move for you and your opponent
- is it good or bad? Say it clear!
- why is it good or bad?
- what's hanging?
- what can I attack?
- if a line makes you win a piece, say it!
- Narrow down the candidate moves
- Evaluate lines for the few good candidate moves
- When the opponent has a forced (or almost forced) move, think what to do next while they are thinking what to play if you didn't do it before
- It is better to evaluate bad than to not evaluate at all. Don't be afraid of having a wrong idea, having no idea is worse. You have to learn to evaluate at every move, this will make you improve
- General principles are good, but are not always applicable in every position. There is no absolute rule that is always correct, you have to learn to calculate
I also almost forgot about the Greek gift, happy Andras reminded me about that!
If you want to analyze the game, you can find it here:
https://chess.com/live/game/
Looking forward to more videos of the series!
