Chess Position Practice #1: Candidate Moves

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Chess Position Practice #1: Candidate Moves

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This video series will focus on analyzing chess positions, and generating candidate move orders from the position without moving the pieces or using computer analysis. The goal is to improve the ability to generate lines and variations mentally during a game, and to try to come up with a move that either maintains equality on the board, or paves the way for a slight positional edge.
I recommend pausing the video at the appropriate time and generating your own candidate moves. If this is something new you are working on improving, it's recommended that you write down your lines and over time you will be able to do this all in your head during a match.

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Thanks for checking ... ( 5 months ago by jrobichess)

Thanks for checking out the vid theabyscalls!

yeah i think it ... ( 4 months ago by k17dudeP)

yeah i think it actually wins the white rook

the position at ... ( 4 months ago by yesyoucanrimjobmyass)

the position at 8.14 after black's queen takes pawn on h4 is interesting. i noticed that after Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh3+ white has to defend with Bg2. If white plays Kg1 instead, then black follows up with Bh2+. there's only one move for white and tht's Kh1. Then Black can play Bg3+ (discovered) which leads to Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1

8:13 black bishop ... ( 4 months ago by caleb5103)

8:13 black bishop to a6 , forcing white to push his bishop or queen .. or rook.. to defend.. then queen h1 checkmate

Black Queen is not ... ( 4 months ago by joopsnoop)

Black Queen is not able to capitalize on the h file vulnerability there so get it up and out. The h5 bishop is a challenge so Ng6 offering an exchange may open up the King side better. Then develop the queen Qd6 then to f6 to threaten with both bishops.
Your comment about the knight is true. I think the knights here give black an ultimately definitive advantage.

Thanks for the ... ( 4 months ago by jrobichess)

Thanks for the comment and ideas joopsnoop!

Array ( 4 months ago by anandchetas)

about this game :
at time 8.13 in the video
when the king is in F1 you can check the king with bishob A3 , bishob E2, queen h1 mate
if rook E2, rook E8 then queen H3 check... bishop g2, bishop E2 check, queenE2, Rook E2, bishop h3 captures queen, Rook B2 captures black bishop thereby gains piece advantage

Another awesome ... ( 3 months ago by AndreaAKAPB)

Another awesome video - thanks for sharing!
Andrea

Thanks AndreaAKAPB! ( 3 months ago by jrobichess)

Thanks AndreaAKAPB!

Just a though, ... ( 3 months ago by orgasmikee)

Just a though, around 6:50 when you're talking about the bishop on the dark diagonal for white and the queens positioning at H5, your move choice is Nb8. I'm just wondering if you even considered Ne5 blocking the diagonal for white. Or even the more interesting Be5, which if the Knight is taken by the pawn, Bxb2 is a very viable response. Staying even with white at least and possibly getting up a pawn. Just my ideas on that particular position :]

Thought not though, ... ( 3 months ago by orgasmikee)

Thought not though, haha.

Okay I studied more ... ( 3 months ago by orgasmikee)

Okay I studied more and saw how Be5 would not work. Actually losing material if black white choose to play dxc6 Bxb2 cxd7 Bxa1 Rxa1 and black is down material. I still think that Ne5 is a possible move that it didn't seem like you considered much. White would either have to take, or defend the knight from going to d3, which if either rook is played to d1 to block the knight, Ba4 would cause some problems for white. Again just an idea that came to mind. Great commentaries! Keep'em comin'. :]

At 8:40, what is ... ( 3 months ago by MacGyverMagic)

At 8:40, what is keeping white from opening that fianchetto line with his bishop along the a1-h8 diagonal? Your king is closed in now. I might even consider sacrificing the bishop to get into that line if I was white.

Chess is so much ... ( 3 months ago by pinkyfrogs23)

Chess is so much fun. I am giving this video a five star rating.

Excuse me if I ... ( 2 months ago by Klondike68)

Excuse me if I overlooked something, I am hardly a good player although, im not a beginner eather.
But I think in your selection of candidate moves you should adress the imidiate threat first. White is threatening to push b6. This is know as removing the guard tactic. If black wants to save his knight on b7, there after white will capture the unguarded knight on e7.
Or is there something in this position that i dident see ?

In my previus post ... ( 2 months ago by Klondike68)

In my previus post i meant the white threat is to push b5. to threaten to capture the Knight on c6 ( only defender of knight at square e7 )

Thanks for the ... ( 1 month ago by rahidz2003)

Thanks for the videos, I just found them and they're awesome! I would have gone with Nd5 or g6, probably g6 because of the open file for the White Rook. Anyways, I let the computer analyze the position and it suggested Nd5 as well, so now I feel smart :)

At around 8:15 ... ( 1 month ago by oooo0oooo0oooo)

At around 8:15 where you show the moves after knight sacrifice after Kf1. Wouldn't it lead to trade a bishop off for a rook or even a check mate if your opponent would make the wrong moves? I'm still a beginner at chess, don't really know what I missed on that one :).

at the very end why ... ( 1 month ago by Matthew2400)

at the very end why couldn't white simply move g6 and sacrifice the bishop to allow the king to move out safely and save a checkmate?

I assume you mean ... ( 1 month ago by Nimzomyth68)

I assume you mean g2? In that case Black takes the bishop with check followed by Rh6 checkmate.

9:47 there is an ... ( 1 month ago by MagicianPugh)

9:47 there is an escape... move the pawn forward to lt the king out and then move the castle to check =) i think?>

I had it! Ng8! But ... ( 3 weeks ago by ChielReemer)

I had it! Ng8! But you know, when analyzing selected positions I'm always on the lookout for these akward looking moves, since I reckon the position hasn't been selected for it's obvious ways for handling it. Same goes for tactical problems: you just know you have to look for 'strange' moves. During a real game, however, it's much harder to come up with moves like Ng8, because nobody is selecting the position for you, you have to recognize those moments for yourself. But hey, I did find Ng8! Ha!

Very nice video! I ... ( 2 weeks ago by chessstudent)

Very nice video! I subscribed. I hope you'll have a look at my videos as well, maybe we can learn from each other on our way to the GM titles, eh? LOL!

So what do you ... ( 9 hours ago by oooo0oooo0oooo)

So what do you think guys?

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Chess Position Practice #1: Candidate Moves