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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thx this helps from 528elo to 803elo
i get checkmates a little bit now , im a beginner but i still ask myself that rn
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
How to avoid stalemate
great
Great video and that's very true that a lot of below 1000 players only think about their moves and ideas ignoring the opponent
Nice i become a 1669 with a title cm
Bad trades, rushing into tunnel vision, hope chess, minimal calculation, poor time management, poor theoretical and strategic planning There’s Definitely more too
W vid
When you start playing chess from Bullet 💀
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