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This series is for beginner and intermediate players; both can watch the whole thing. The series lays out the very basics of chess strategy: the simplest guide to what a player can do when there are no immediate tactics in a position.
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What to Do?? This video reminds the student that they only need to think about strategy if there aren't tactics to be played. When there aren't, the student should be familiar with a list of 5 possible things to do, which they can try to memorize in this video.
Improving Pieces: Now we turn to looking at each of the five strategic goals with examples. First up is: realizing a piece is on a bad square and moving it to a better one.
Improving Pieces Quiz: Of course quizzing yourself is very important in the learning process, so we turn to another set of examples, where the student is invited to figure out which piece to improve and/or where to move it.
Opening Lines: Next up: examples that will help the student understand when, why, and how you would trade pawns to open lines.
Opening Lines Quiz: More examples in quiz format to make sure that you have understood the material from What to Do 4: Opening Lines.
Attacking Weakness: Next up: identifying weak spots in the enemy camp and attacking those weaknesses mercilessly!
Attacking Weakness Quiz: Another tricky quiz to help test yourself on the knowledge covered in the previous video.
Creating a Weakness: Next up: If your opponent doesn't have any weaknesses that you can attack...create them!
Creating a Weakness Quiz: Quiz yourself on the content of the previous video.
Building Up Strength: Another thing you can do: building up your strength somewhere, so that maybe you'll be able to start a winning fight in that area later!
Building Up Strength Quiz: Quiz yourself on the material from "Building Strength" with a few more examples.
And that wraps up that. Now you know what to do! Get back to practicing: playing and learning tactical patterns.
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