Wanna CRUSH 400 Rated Players?

I am 350 player and anyone 400+ develops properly, castles early, and does these basics well… I keep hearing how 500 players just move random pawns and barely know the rules, and the top chess streamers mock even 800 level chess as total beginners… yet it seems everyone is so much better in real life. At least Anna was surprised by how well he played “for a 400”. Maybe it’s become a lot more competitive recently but to me this is standard 400 level chess. I just don’t think people play as badly as everyone says. Or maybe I’m just much much worse at this game than I think.

Anna: explaining what's going on, taking her time Me: "Anna your clooooooooooock!!!!!!"

As a "500" rated player (I honestly feel like I have reached that rating on luck more than skill) this is a very educational and shrewd breakdown of the pitfalls players like me find ourselves in. I am constantly trying to be clever and come up with sneaky tactics and end up blundering multiple valuable pieces. This is a sobering reminder to stick to the fundamentals of chess and let the finer points of the game come to me as my skill level advances to the point that I can actually leverage them against strong opponents rather than be run through by my own sword. Thanks, Anna!

I watched this 6 months ago , my elo increased from 320 to 1450 ) yes i used to play chess but i was stuck at 400-600 elo. I just improved my elo by learning openings and ideas like anna is giving)

As a 1100 player I always found the 400 players most challenging, thanks anna

You should continue this series; it is very educational.

Thank you for explaining what is simple chess I have tried many complicated tactics only to fail at some point. I'll grind my way up and, focus on simple moves and time management :)

You're a great teacher! I started playing chess a couple weeks ago now and my ELO is like 350-400ish. These games are really informative.

Hi Anna, that was really instructive thank you. My problem is always wanting to take take take but you have hammered it home here that you should delay tactics until they’re really clear and spend the majority of the opening developing and playing to improve your position. 🙏

Yet another great teaching video. I learn so much by seeing MY mistakes exposed in other peoples' games!

I just returned to chess after 20 years after watching your channel and this helped me right away to play an elegant 300 (me) v 500 game. No blunders and check mated white. So happy, no blunders for the first time today. 🎉 More education so welcomed! My seven year old also started. Thank you. I would enjoy basics on lets say 10 different openings.

Im so glad that Anna, as far as I know, is the only chess streamer to actually explain how the speedrun accounts work.

Great Explanation Anna thanks for these lesson's ❤️

I'm not sure exactly where I am because I've beaten 1600 and I've lost to 700 shits confusing

as someone who started last week and has been hovering around 350-500, this is super helpful, and it's true that we aren't as bad as most ppl think we are (lmao)

Thanks Anna, that was very helpfully. Please keep telling us the way to the Top.

Thank you, Anna. This is very helpful for chess beginners like me.

awesome. Just rekindling my chess love and really enjoy these tutorials. greetings from Alberta, Can.

Cheers Anna. Thanks for taking the time to help us, I am just a beginner myself and have been trying to solve chess puzzles as a way to gain ideas. Be great if you had a Anna Cramling chess puzzle app or something. Also enjoyed watching you play your Mum and Dad in the other videos... All the best GN

I've been watching your videos more often recently and its helped me a bunch. I've reached 584 rating! Thanks, Anna.