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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800 Comments

  1. Definitely a good 9-minute rundown of what's important on the board and what isn't.
    Emphasizing pawn structure without over-explaining was nice too. It sucks when people go too far into this and start boring you with unnecessary extra info. Andrea does a very good job of keeping the topics moving without taking you too far down the rabbit hole. Great video for quick pointers!

  2. I knew all the tips. guess im an intermediate at 700…

  3. Great tips! I’ve been so clueless of how it all works! 😀

  4. The hottest (public) thing about Andrea Botez is that she can teach you s* about chess

  5. I love how she prepared this so well.

  6. "You make all your worries ..less" my favourite line lol

  7. The closed position at 8:01, there is a faster way to get the knight to c5 if you moved the king up to e2. Then Ne1, Nc2, Nb4 etc… it saves white 1 less move and often times that can make the difference in a position.

    Rule 11 should be try to find the quickest path to the square you want to get to. It gives your opponent less time to potentially stop you.

  8. This is so well done, great job Andrea, you are amazingly concise and are a natural teacher!

  9. alright, saw this and now I am going to get my ass whooped by Chess Ultra Amateur Setting 😀

  10. As a confused new player trying to learn chess at 66, thank you for making these lessons clear and easy to understand. Thank you. ❤️ you’re very sweet.

  11. My strategy is always to mate the queen…. I mean the king, of course

  12. I prefer moving the rooks pawns up, or the center pawns up one, and fortifying a slower advance. As my first moves. You can control the center lines without physical pieces, using knights, bishops, rooks, and using pawns to block, or secure those angles, that the other pieces use.

  13. This was so super helpful and to the point! I love this channel

  14. I'm really grateful for those Tips. I'm quite the Beginner. i know the Basics but i don't know any Strategies. Thanks a lot.

  15. This is probably the best brief tutorial I have found. Well done…..

  16. Andrea sounds like a Eskimo that got raised
    In a big city.

  17. "That way you can worry less!" Swoosh!

  18. I’m a beginner to chess, the video is so helpful, thank you!

  19. this is really informative thank you, you should make more like this

  20. I've been playing lichess and losing everytime but after watching this i managed to win 3 games with different opponents. thank you

  21. She has such a cool voice, would be a great voice actor

  22. you're so beautiful , I couldn't concentrate , I was just looking at you all the time , anyway , one day I will learn how to play ! 🙂

  23. I learned so much more from this than regular apps and stuff, great vid Andrea!

  24. Thank you… I Will learn to get your Number.. 😁😘

  25. I've watched you and Alex for a long time for your comedy. This is a very good educational video. Thanks.

  26. think of the pawns as toes on your feet and the other player is a mouse who wants to eat them 🙂

  27. all these are awesome and true, thanks Botez, but in case u guys get to something like this 8:09, take the bishop when its free 😜

  28. Love her voice, so cute 🙂 nive tips also

  29. I liked how you did it without taking a breath. Or you're very excited to inform us.

  30. End of the video: 9:07 I want to hug my teacher. She was very good and nice and did it with excitement. 🙂

  31. Pov: Andrea making a bishop blunder for black on 8:18 when she got all the time in the world

  32. Which chess iPhone app do you think is good to play on would recommend. Currently playing on Apple Arcade chess do you know any other good ones

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