10 Chess Tips Every Beginner Should Know

We have a lot of new players watching our streams and videos, and we receive hundreds of questions and coaching requests every day! In this video Andrea shows 10 basic chess strategies, that every beginner player should know. Mastering these principles will give you a solid base, that you can gradually improve upon as you get more chess experience. Drop a like and tell us in the comments, if you found these tips useful and if you’d like to see more of these videos in the future!
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00:00 RULE #1: DEVELOP PIECES AND ATTACK TOWARDS THE CENTER
00:39 RULE #2: CASTLE BEFORE ATTACKING
01:20 RULE #3: DO NOT PUSH KINGSIDE PAWNS
02:12 RULE #4: DO NOT TAKE THE QUEEN OUT EARLY
02:55 RULE #5: TRADE SIDE PAWNS FOR CENTER PAWNS
03:25 RULE #6: AVOID DOUBLING YOUR PAWNS
04:14 RULE #7: USE OPEN FILES AND CONNECT ROOKS
05:29 RULE #8: IMPROVE YOUR PIECES
06:34 RULE #9: BISHOPS ARE BETTER IN OPEN POSITIONS, KNIGHTS ARE BETTER IN CLOSED ONES
08:31 RULE#10: ACTIVATE YOUR KING IN THE ENDGAME

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    Very informative. Thanks for sharing, Lord-Jesus-Christ com

    That's really awesome and valuable 101 lesson…

    Or "the ten things my dumb a** does all the time". I seem to have a pathological need to trade pieces as soon as possible. Great video & advice. Cheers.

    Essential tips here well presented. I can beat the xfinity playworks chess app in expert mode now. Though thats not saying much

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    Rule #11 blunder the queen as soon as it is possible and call it a dynamic sacrifice which will confuse the opponent and give you a so called mindset control of the game. You have successfully performed a botez gambit.

    How did your castle jump over the king in rule 2 in one move, let alone your king move two spots in one shot?

    7:44 I'm sorry for going all over this, but I really love chess.
    In this game, black has the clearest advantage.
    Even if we only look at the kings and pawns, black is doing very well.
    However, while traditional wisdom gives the half-point advantage to the bishop, in this case it is clear that the pawns make the knight particularly valuable.
    Speaking of knights, white's knight will be forced to move at least twice in order to become relevant.
    White's king is still on the back row guarding a single pawn.

    3:15 I think several of these could become simply, "Control the center of the board."

    1:20 I must respectfully dissent.
    There are several robust King-side defenses and they all rely on pushing King-side pawns.
    The Raven Defense (and several variations)springs to mind.
    On the contrary, one of the worst and most common beginner errors I've seen is people jamming their King up behind a row of pawns, leaving themselves open to a quick Queen or Rook CM.
    But you're mos. def. right about 1:40. Whenever I see s/one doing this AFTER castling? I KNOW they're pwned.

    Only stockfish can violate these rules😅

    Certainly enjoyed and learned from this video, but a permanent place in hell for the idiot who thought it needed background "music."

    I was literally in a tournament losing and when I had time I watched this video. I won the next round. This video helped too much and massive thanks to the YouTuber. Good speed.

    Great tips. I'm a beginner and this helped. What is the name of the programme being used please? Looks like it could be helpful 🙂

    Alex is mean to Andrea at times. As a younger sibling myself, all my sympathies are with Andrea

    Dope, I started following this channel as I saw the chess battles in NY

    "RULE NUMBER 10"
    Written "RULE#9" on the bottom.
    Me confused.

    Thank you Andrea. Yes most of us should know these tips by now. But when I started Chess years ago I watch a video just like this one and it CHANGED my life. So definitely a need to know basis for beginners.

    Great tips for a beginner like me. Great video.

    The VERY First thing she tells beginners to do in this video is SO Fundamentally sound… I must now continue to listen to her…

    Recently have took up chess and have found myself stuck at a 50% WR around 1200 elo. Started a month ago. These tips are gonna go such a long way! I learned so much from this.

    I wish I'd find someone that would be willing to play chess with me and teach me to become a better player.

    Is this channel about chess or about looking good?

    I'm thinking next time I play you should be sitting next to me 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

    would be nice to have a series of these, moving up thro intermediate and beyond. I lack basic theory in the intermediate level, and could really use some direction there.
    This was excellent, btw, for beginners, i think, Andrea. Informative, without talking down to people.

    I learned a lot from this. Great newbie tactics.

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