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Basic principles.  
The main difficulty in chess is looking where your opponent's Knights are going. If you master that, you will already be ahead of so many others.

Man, I felt this so much. Spent years memorizing openings and random traps without really understanding what was happening on the board. Once I started focusing on actual principles—like piece activity, king safety, and plans—it completely changed my game. Wish I had seen something like this earlier. Sometimes it’s not about grinding more, it’s about learning smarter

CCTO - Check, Capture, Threat, Optimise

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"And I'm also attacking that pawn twice"

No, I don't think so

I used to lose to that 1000 elo Maria bot if she doesn't donate me her queen early on, but after watching two of your videos, I can easily beat even 1500 elo bots

I really like this simple strategy that doesnt involve memorizing complex move sequences

What an underrated channel. Thanks bro, keep it up

It really worked. I went from 850 Elo to 1350 Elo in a short time. My game improved. I can't thank you enough. I watched so many theory videos but none of them helped me as much as yours. Thank you very much.

I am a trader (stock market) and have newly picked up chess to help sharpen my mind. I've watched this video at least 3x, it's soooo good and sooo helpful. Thank you so much!

Immediately one of my favorite chess videos 🙌🏾

This guy is so modest 😂

For those asking, its not about extremes. The way i understand it is…do not move pawns unless you have to. It does not mean you should never move them. This principle will help you not to make moves that aren’t well thought through. You will start to experience a shift in your move efficiency. No more hanging pieces, less blunders, and better understanding of the power of the main pieces seeing you have to rely on them more. This is what i learned.

This is a really solid video for beginners and intermediates to watch. Some solid fundamentals and logical reasonings to keep in your head while playing chess. I subscribed, I'm looking forward to more of your content.

Very well presented. Simple. Fully explained. A great way of learning.

I will have to give this a try.  I have been playing chess for about 60 years, and I struggle to get above 1350.  I know all the theory, but this is so much easier to understand.

This is great. I've been looking for simple strategies like this instead of memorizing openings.

This is without question one of the simplest, concise and superbly presented strategy lessons I’ve ever seen. Excellent stuff 👍

Good stuff brother. Not been playing for long and am by no means a good player but your video has helped my game more than any video I have seen so far and I have watched a ton of them. Thanks 👍

I was the opposite of this as a kid,  and still always won somehow (I was much brighter then than now). I can only imagine how much further i could've gone if i hadn't solely focused on optimal structures and materialistic play.  I always just made it a puzzle of how to create an impossible material disparity, and then  i would finally start looking for checks and checkmate. Even when i harassed with constant checks,  i always just did this for material gain,  not actual checkmates. Other than material,  I'd obsess over structures,  like the Botvinnik formation,  blinding me to the actual game during the structuring process,  gambling on the structure putting me in a winning position.  It's like i would gamble away the first dozen or so moves,  before i  actually started  playing.  
  This strategy in the video is a nice reminder that the game actually starts on move-1. Maybe I'll take up playing again,  and do so without my self-imposed handicap.