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The #1 Reason You're Losing Your Chess Games

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Most chess players focus entirely on their own plans, and completely ignore what their opponent is doing. In this video, I break down the #1 reason players lose games at every level, and how fixing one simple habit can immediately start saving you games. We cover prophylaxis, the concept of asking "what does my opponent want?" before every move and break it down across all skill levels with real board examples. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Prophylaxis 2:06 Level 1 breakdown 2:48 Level 2 breakdown 3:22 Level 3 breakdown 3:47 Example 1 4:35 Example 2 5:27 Example 3 6:17 Debrief 7:22 Puzzle reveal + Outro

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thibaultpixel54
thibaultpixel54 2 weeks, 3 days ago

thx this helps from 528elo to 803elo

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erick_pimenta 2 weeks, 4 days ago

i get checkmates a little bit now , im a beginner but i still ask myself that rn

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trinidad_apodaca 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why dont know why but when I watched your previous vid.. my elo went to 830 to 951 And this vid is also helpful..I think I might reach 1000 elo this day

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suzanneshadow59 3 weeks, 1 day ago

How to avoid stalemate

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lisaswift313 3 weeks, 1 day ago

great

abigailbrown482
abigailbrown482 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Great video and that's very true that a lot of below 1000 players only think about their moves and ideas ignoring the opponent

vincent_keer
vincent_keer 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Nice i become a 1669 with a title cm

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christine_ferrand 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Bad trades, rushing into tunnel vision, hope chess, minimal calculation, poor time management, poor theoretical and strategic planning There’s Definitely more too

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abeerbath407 3 weeks, 1 day ago

W vid

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mandy_butler 3 weeks, 1 day ago

When you start playing chess from Bullet 💀

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charles_sandoval 3 weeks, 1 day ago

first (: