What Is Tempo in Chess? | Chess Video Lecture | Learn to Play Chess: From a Novice to a Fierce Competitor - Hobbies

hi coach tall here with chess NYC and
today I'm going to talk to you about
tempo tempo in chess is the measure of
time a tempo move is a move which gains
time another word for a tempo move is a
forcing move or a move that limits your
opponent's options tempo in chess is of
utmost importance it behooves players
not to waste their time when they could
be doing something useful let's look at
an example white starts e4 and black
plays d5 white captures this corn and
black recaptures now with a series of
tempo moves white gains an advantage he
attacks the Queen and in this particular
case black makes a move hoping to save
tempo with check white now responds by
getting a new piece out black goes to
attack a pawn and white ignores when
black takes this poem white gets yet
another piece out and we see in the end
although black has an extra pawn white
has five pieces out versus one and this
is a big advantage for wipe so remember
when you're playing chess don't waste
time