iChess Channel 2's video: How To Play Against Sidelines In Chess Openings IM Valeri Lilov Chess World

Struggling in your chess openings? 🤔 In IM Lilov's Opening Course For Beginners, you'll learn the opening principles to ensure you get a good game no matter what lines your opponent plays. Get instant access with 35% off. ►https://ichs.co/2HX9bMG Chess openings are a crucial phase in the game. Yet most beginners have huge problems when it comes to opening preparation. They either spend ages trying to memorise a single line, or they get overwhelmed with endless variations. Being so important, you may be surprised to hear that many top players and Grandmasters actively discourage people from spending time studying opening theory until they are already rated 1800 Elo or higher. How can that possibly be? If you don't know what moves to play in the opening, how can you get a good game and ultimately win? The point is that rather than spend endless hours getting lost in an ocean of information about all the possible moves, lines, variations, styles and so on, it is quality, not quantity that matters! You don't need to waste hours and hours lost in huge books or in hundreds of hours of video lessons  - all you need is the understanding of basic opening principles and two or three reliable opening lines at your disposal. At beginner and club level, these two things are more than enough to keep you out of trouble! But what about when your opponent plays something you're not expecting? In this video, IM Valeri Lilov discusses some of the basic principles you need to keep in mind, and how to react when you face sidelines and unexpected moves in the opening. Rather than getting flustered and regretting that you can't remember the exact moves from a book you read years ago, IM Lilov talks you through what you need to keep in mind and how to approach the situation, no matter what the opponent has played. And the good news is that sidelines are generally sidelines for a reason - they aren't always as strong as the main lines and they have their own drawbacks. All you need to do is find out how to exploit these weaknesses and pounce! ► Corresponding article from this video with extra goodies: **** https://ichs.co/2HUDW59 ****** ► Come checkout the iChess.net shop, we have the world’s largest collection of chess videos and chess courses: https://ichs.co/iChessShop ********** Other Videos from iChess ********** ► Subscribe to our main Youtube Channel: https://ichs.co/iChSubscribe ► Check out award winning Master Method video series: https://ichs.co/MasterMethod Checkout our most recent video: https://ichs.co/latest-chess-video ********** FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL: *********** Facebook: https://ichs.co/iChessFB Twitter: https://ichs.co/iChessTwitter YouTube: https://ichs.co/iChSubscribe ********** Our Other YouTube Channels *********** iChess en español: https://ichs.co/iChessESP