General Chess Principles VS Concrete Thinking - Chess Strategy For Beginners and Club Players

Hello Students,

In today's lesson we will learn that trusting general chess principles can have detrimental effect on one's moves if they do not implement concrete thinking that relates to that one concrete position. Learn more about it the video lesson below, enjoy!

Link to the video: https://youtu.be/UtOmiGhjoWU

Good lesson, thanks!

Very Instructive!

Thanks for posting. I would have played the first example incorrectly, instructive video.

Thanks for the lesson!

nice one

Good stuff. I've been trying to think this way lately. If I trade, am I just helping them develop or reach a better position. Make them trade where it helps you develop/play a move you already planned on playing or reach a better position, if they are intent on trading. 

It's a good question to ask when considering trading I think.....

Poggers

@Bot_Boy @RussBell @BlueHen86 @Bellayeet @BossBlunder @loc7777777 Thank you !

Useful and concise. Thanks! I would have also traded on the first one, but thinking further ahead makes it really clear why that's not best. 

@eyeronic Thank you!

For me the first was easy, but I blundered the the 2nd.