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Could you perhaps do a video playing a game against a high rated player while explain your thinking process, I'd love to see how a grandmaster thinks while playing his games.
1. Here I shared my thinking process in details: th-cam.com/video/ue6r5dhlVkw/w-d-xo.html 2. My game VS Carlsen: th-cam.com/video/YWWzYiQ47Dc/w-d-xo.html 3. VS Nakamura: th-cam.com/video/mO5JyHqATzc/w-d-xo.html 4. VS Caruana: th-cam.com/video/141dtbwt0sM/w-d-xo.html
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Idk my friend, Igor. I'm new to your channel. But one thing for sure, all I am doing right now everytime I see TH-cam recommendation about your videos is automatically liking and replay it. It really helps me improving my Chess skill in the last 2 months. Especially your TH-cam Shorts. Just keep it up, Bro! 🎉👏🏻🙏🏻
The puzzle answer: Bxf8 is a mistake for black. Because after c3 counter attack a knight. Black has only 1 good move which is bxa2 and after cxd4 cxd4. White doesn't take a pawn but go to Qg5 and safe his knight. That's why Rxf8 is better because our bishop will still protevt g5 square and white will have to to defend his knight by pinning himself and we would just play Bd6 pressure a knight and finally win it. Pretty small detail
After Rxf8+, black still has a winning position, and he maintains that with Rxf8 in response. With Bxf8, however, white can achieve a draw by sacrificing his queen. 1.Qxd4+! cxd4 2.Bxb3+ Kh8 (black has no other good response) 3.Nf7+ Kg8 4.Ne5+ ... and black can keep repeating this.
I thought a while about the difference in the last position and suddenly saw the possibility of Qxd4, exploiting the diagonal with f7 not defended by the R anymore! So Qxd4 cxd Bxb3+ and black either has to give the Q back or face perpetual with Nf7+!
Igor 4:53 g4 is an even STRONGER MOVE It stops Rxg2 And if the pawn takes then NOW u can play h4! The rook moves somewhere and its mate! If they pushed the pawn, then NOW Qxc6 and white is even better in that positiom because of an active pawn on g4!
In puzzle as an 1600 rapid elo player I think that he can't move his knight as I saw no checks and threats. Also he can't save a minor piece but he has an Queen sac at d4 taking knight and if we take that knight there's a draw or balance of material as he can take pawn back and give check with bishop and only square remaining for king will be h8 then knight check this can go on untill we give our queen back and get an equal position
The solution is that if bishop takes f8 then the f1 square is defended by the queen which means if q takes d4 c takes d4 b takes b3 threatening n f7 kg8 nh6 perpetual check (draw) Or we sacrifice the queen And if we play r takes f8 we can just take the knight instead of sacrificing the queen
Hi, Igor. Thank to your videos i get 1400 elo almost in solo from 0(with only post game analysis, lichess puzzles and yt videos (no coach irl) ). I'd like to know what to do in endgames like bare kings with queen vs knight/bishop/rook. Also i would be glad to know how to checkmate bare king with knight and bishop. Thank you
Another great video from Igor & changes your way of thinking which is more important than anything. I would recommend any of his courses to improve your chess game well worth it
Interesting furrther puzzle after b3!, can white do anything about the dual attack on bishop and knight? c3 is an idea, because if the d4 knight leaves, you get Bxb3+ and white’s attack is on. If bxa2 then cxd4 and the e5 knight is defended. So how (if any way) can black maintain the advantage?. I’ll stop here for responses.
Please do live stream of your chess games. Can you make a video that what to do if it's playing French defense especially advanced variation I got cramped as black💀
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1 what do they want?
2 what has changed?
3 what happens after my move?
A brilliant summarization. I have wrote this down for future reference.
also can they attack me
Could you perhaps do a video playing a game against a high rated player while explain your thinking process, I'd love to see how a grandmaster thinks while playing his games.
Try chessbrah for those types of videos, lots of explanations while playing.
I agree
1. Here I shared my thinking process in details: th-cam.com/video/ue6r5dhlVkw/w-d-xo.html
2. My game VS Carlsen: th-cam.com/video/YWWzYiQ47Dc/w-d-xo.html
3. VS Nakamura: th-cam.com/video/mO5JyHqATzc/w-d-xo.html
4. VS Caruana: th-cam.com/video/141dtbwt0sM/w-d-xo.html
He mean can you play again 2400-2600 rated players and beat them and tell your thinking process@@GMIgorSmirnov
@@GMIgorSmirnov omg 😱
You the man Igor 🐐
1. QxN, cxQ 2. Bxb3+, Kh8 3. Nf7+ Kg8 4. Nh6++ Kh8 perpetual or QxN e BxQ
You can’t do QxN, you have to do Qx (whatever square the queen took on)
@@5gearz It’s fine informally to write QxN.
@@5gearz Qxf7 and follow Bxf7
you can't do Kg8 because it's still controlled by the bishop
@@khristopherkomodoensis4734not anymore after Nf7+
This channel has improved my chess more than *any* other! So much so that I no longer spend time watching any other TH-cam chess teacher. My rating has improved dramatically. I still have a long way to go but now often beat or at least give a run for their money much higher rated players who I couldn't even dream of challenging.
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Idk my friend, Igor. I'm new to your channel. But one thing for sure, all I am doing right now everytime I see TH-cam recommendation about your videos is automatically liking and replay it. It really helps me improving my Chess skill in the last 2 months. Especially your TH-cam Shorts. Just keep it up, Bro! 🎉👏🏻🙏🏻
The puzzle answer: Bxf8 is a mistake for black. Because after c3 counter attack a knight. Black has only 1 good move which is bxa2 and after cxd4 cxd4. White doesn't take a pawn but go to Qg5 and safe his knight. That's why Rxf8 is better because our bishop will still protevt g5 square and white will have to to defend his knight by pinning himself and we would just play Bd6 pressure a knight and finally win it. Pretty small detail
The white c3 attack against the knight doesn't stop black knight nxc2 forking white's queen and the ROOOOK !!!
@@seektruth1599 well You just get Bxb3+ forking your piece back
After Rxf8+, black still has a winning position, and he maintains that with Rxf8 in response. With Bxf8, however, white can achieve a draw by sacrificing his queen.
1.Qxd4+! cxd4 2.Bxb3+ Kh8 (black has no other good response) 3.Nf7+ Kg8 4.Ne5+ ... and black can keep repeating this.
This is a good video. The first section got me good, very nice chess puzzle and well presented. You are a gentleman and a scholar Mr. Smirnov.
I also noticed for the rule 3 section that after b3 and exb3, you can fork the queen and the rook with the knight with kc2
Thank you for the very practical advice.
Qd4!! brilliant sacrifice of the queen!!
Right?
I thought a while about the difference in the last position and suddenly saw the possibility of Qxd4, exploiting the diagonal with f7 not defended by the R anymore! So Qxd4 cxd Bxb3+ and black either has to give the Q back or face perpetual with Nf7+!
Igor
4:53 g4 is an even STRONGER MOVE
It stops Rxg2
And if the pawn takes then NOW u can play h4! The rook moves somewhere and its mate!
If they pushed the pawn, then NOW Qxc6 and white is even better in that positiom because of an active pawn on g4!
In puzzle as an 1600 rapid elo player I think that he can't move his knight as I saw no checks and threats.
Also he can't save a minor piece but he has an Queen sac at d4 taking knight and if we take that knight there's a draw or balance of material as he can take pawn back and give check with bishop and only square remaining for king will be h8 then knight check this can go on untill we give our queen back and get an equal position
The solution is that if bishop takes f8 then the f1 square is defended by the queen which means if q takes d4 c takes d4 b takes b3 threatening n f7 kg8 nh6 perpetual check (draw)
Or we sacrifice the queen
And if we play r takes f8 we can just take the knight instead of sacrificing the queen
Hi, Igor. Thank to your videos i get 1400 elo almost in solo from 0(with only post game analysis, lichess puzzles and yt videos (no coach irl) ). I'd like to know what to do in endgames like bare kings with queen vs knight/bishop/rook. Also i would be glad to know how to checkmate bare king with knight and bishop. Thank you
This is really a fantastic Channel , Subbed.
Welcome aboard!
Another great video from Igor & changes your way of thinking which is more important than anything. I would recommend any of his courses to improve your chess game well worth it
Igor.
I went from 1100 to 1500 Rapid in a couple of months just by watching this channel.
Thanks for all the great information
Fantastic!
10:10
1. Qxd4 cxd4
2. Bxb3+ Kh8
3. Nf7+ Kg8
4. Nh6+ Kh8
Draw=Repetition.
Dude, love your channel. You have improved my game.
Glad to help
I'm 1:50 in, and my move would be Rh8+
Kxh8
Qh7#
Interesting furrther puzzle after b3!, can white do anything about the dual attack on bishop and knight? c3 is an idea, because if the d4 knight leaves, you get Bxb3+ and white’s attack is on. If bxa2 then cxd4 and the e5 knight is defended. So how (if any way) can black maintain the advantage?. I’ll stop here for responses.
The answer for the puzzle is 1.cxb3 Qxe5
2.Qxd4 Cxd4
3.Bxb3+ Kh8
4.Nf7+ Kg8
5.Nh6+ Kh8
6.Nf7+ Kg8
7.Nh6+ Kh8
8.Nf7+ 1/2-1/2
You are a great teacher
Gm Igor Smirnov please upload some traps of chess to mate
At example 2 wouldn't G4 also be a viable move?
Hi Gm Igor love your channel
2:49 (two min and 49 seconds... That's follow up by Queen check mate
I'm first position,when Kg1 after black double checks, instead of Ne2+ just Qg8 one move mate.
2.42: instead of Ne2, Qg2# also looks promising
When you have mate in 1, always look for better ;) !
Had to watch 3 minutes 37 seconds while seeing the M2 from the first seconds of the video LOL, great video as always though!
Wow, cool video.
This is mate in 2
I wonder how still people blunder rook sacrifice 3:26 3:27
Imagine how lucky you would be to have Igor as your chess coach!! What an absolute legend.
Is it illegal to be this early but great video it will help me
10:45 can’t we just simply play g4?
How to not blunder? Use an ability card to make pieces phase through your own.
As always, Igor saves the day!😇
I am 865 and I found Rh8+ at the beginning
Qxd5!!
i saw that rook sac immediately
c2-c3 solves it
Please do live stream of your chess games.
Can you make a video that what to do if it's playing French defense especially advanced variation I got cramped as black💀
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Sacrifice the rook
You spelled "ROOOOOOK!!!" incorrectly
Who ever invented chess was a genius!
Chess was invented thousands of years ago and improved bit by bit across the ages. It is collective genius.
Cxb3,nxc2
B3+,kh8
Ng6+,hxg6
Qh3#
found th rook to h8
Sup ?
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