12 Most Important Chess Middlegame Principles

Chess Middlegame Principles every player must know. Middlegame fundamentals in 12 easy concepts suitable (and necessary!) for any rating or experience level. Visit Noctie: https://noctie.ai/?aff=q9yKD Practice these positions against Noctie: If you decide to try all of Noctie's features out, use the code HANGINGPAWNS to get a 64% discount! Where are the weaknesses? https://app.noctie.ai/themes/d6d4d7e1... Outposts https://app.noctie.ai/themes/3d963e5a... You can also get flashcards to solve positions where you've made mistakes! https://app.noctie.ai/flashcards/?aff... If you wanna learn chess middlegames or middlegame srategy, you have to learn key principles and use them to solve every position that isn't immediately clear to you. Use the concepts listed below as questions you ask yourself when coming up with plans. 0:00 Introduction 00:15 What does my opponent want to do? 02:31 Where are the weaknesses? 08:57 What's the worst placed piece? 11:02 Outposts 12:48 Open files and infiltration squares 17:21 Pawn hooks 21:08 Pawn breaks 23:09 Centralizing pieces 25:21 Blockading passed pawns 27:37 Weak squares 29:48 Space advantage #chess