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I Finally Feel Like I'm Learning Chess Again | Road to 1500

The Pawn Identity

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I finally feel like I’m learning chess again. After struggling with information overload and trying to figure out how to improve at chess on my own, I decided to start working with a chess coach....and it’s already changing how I approach the game.

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As an adult chess player working my way toward 1500 Elo (ultimately 2000), I’ve consumed a ton of chess content: openings, tactics, strategy, positional chess, game analysis, and improvement advice. But eventually, having more information didn’t make me a better chess player. It just gave me more things to think about during my games.

That’s where having a chess coach started to make a difference.

In this episode of Road to 1500, I’m beginning to organize everything I’ve learned, simplify my chess, and focus on the things that actually matter for improving at my rating.

I’m still going to make mistakes. I’m still going to blunder. And I definitely don’t have chess figured out.

But for the first time in a while, I feel like I’m actually learning again.
If you’re a beginner or intermediate chess player trying to improve your rating (an adult wondering how to get better at chess without drowning in information) follow along as I document the wins, losses, blunders, breakthroughs, and lessons on my journey.

Subscribe to The Pawn Identity and follow the Road to 1500.

Music By: CreatorMix.com

00:00 Let's Chess Again!
01:43 Queen's Gambit Accepted
10:01 Game 1 Analysis
15:16 Philidor? Old Indian?
26:01 Sicilian
53:56 Game 3 Analysis
57:38 Thank You!

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14 Comments

@KurtMacChess Creator 5 days ago Pinned

I know this is a long one…but I think these games were worth documenting.

Sooo close to 1200!

@armandomeza5648 2 days ago

heck yeah brother! the last game was dope!

@Craig-fr2 5 days ago

Good games, man! Very unlucky in the 2nd game, when the guy played pawn D4 and you played Knight F6, I thought you were going to play the KID (Kings Indian Defence) my preferred response to D4! 1,200 is just around the corner and 1,500 will be done before the end of the year, man! Looking forward to the next video!

@Late_Start_Chess 5 days ago

Eyy not bad at all! First game was super good. Rooks on the 7th is like a cheat code! I felt the mouse slip in the second game in my soul. Cant even tell you how many games ive lost that way 😅 Then beating a 1200! Good shit!

@blunderghostchess 4 days ago

1500 is a pretty good short-term goal. That's what I did for myself, and now I'll be pushing to 2000! Good luck on the journey!

@ceoherohub2584 1 day ago

on the first game Nc6 (uncommon move Chigorin Defense) when you play Nc3 black can go e6 to defend the pawn but if he goes Nf6, Nf3. Black takes the pawn on c4 there's e4. Main line is Bg4, Bxc4. Bxf3 and you take the bishop with the g pawn to defend the center. The d pawn is attacked twice lower level players may grab on d4 if they do white will have an advantage due to tactics. For queen takes d4 you play Qb3 hitting weak f7 square and b7. Castling long is dangerous due to Be3. Queen will have to move and then you take on f7 or play Rd1. There's a real cool tactic if black tries to counterattack with Na5, white plays Be6+ (!) fxe6, and Qb5. You will win the knight on a5. Game will continue by either trading queens or attack the king with Rc1.

For knight takes d4 you'll then play e5. Nh5 is blacks best try but after you go Be3. You can let black blunder with c5, Bxd4. cxd4, Bb5+ ending the game. Instead of c5 if Nf5 retreating and offering a queen trade you decline with Qa4+ (c6 is forced otherwise Bxf7+, Kd8, Rd1) is devastating.

After c6 you play Rd1 hitting the queen. Most common move is Qc7 and then you hit him with Nb5! the knight cannot be taken. So black only has to 3 options Qxe5 or he will move queen to Qc8/Qb8. Qc8 is easy win for white you just push e6 threatening checkmate and then sac the bishop and fork the queen. Qb8 is a little more tricky you need to play Qa5 and likely sac the dark square bishop to play Nc7+. Lastly taking on e5 you have an insane move Rd5 (!!) if the rook is taken you have a forced mate in 3 (Nd6+, Kd8, Qe8+, Kc7, and Nb5#) otherwise you take the knight on f5.

@tyne777 4 days ago

Bf4 was a very nice move in the first game. It's also what I would have played as a 1500.

@doctorh1llbilly 3 days ago

Last game was clutch

@c64steve 5 days ago

Really nice way to get out of that tricky situation in game 1! I though you only had Qc5, which looked problematic

@AwsyxYT10 5 days ago

very underrated content goodluck brother iam 1600 tryna climb to 2000

@JJooSShh 5 days ago

The trick for 2 bishop mates, and a bishop and knight mate, is the waiting moves, you move the same piece twice, to move the king back to where it needs to go!
A little confusing but once you get it, you can't mess it up
But damn man you played great!!! Keep it up!!

@c64steve 5 days ago (edited)

That second game looks a lot like the first two model games Yevhenii Yelisieiev's black playlist from https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH7E_qFiE1uotnJHv5hsvrPOXf_uCoooy. In both those games, he moves he king left early in the opening (after queens are traded). I noted that Stockfish likes your king to c7 move. There was apparently no way to save the pawn on f7, but you had a good position. It looks like a scarey position for black to me! Interesting. Yevhenii calls it the Philidor Defence but it looks a lot like Pirc / Czech Pirc (I guess it can transpose).

@AwsyxYT10 5 days ago

in ur first game u missed a brilliant move in the 7th minute which as instead of bishop f4 u sac the queen while taking the knigth than his queen takes urs than u attack the queen bishop f4 along w a discovered check but its alr good luck on ur journey

@spino1i 5 days ago (edited)

Honestly I'm looking at your play and I think your way stronger than 1150 rapid, you just literally havent played enough games to get your rating up. Like I think your at least 1500 maybe higher.