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At 6:12 asking about our moves. For white, I originally thought pawn to g4 looked good. Blocks the queen's attack, and opens white queen to protect pawn on h3. If knight takes, pawn takes back. If queen takes, knight g1 to protect h3 check. Then play chess from there. If knight doesn't take, it's For black's move in the puzzle, I think the best move is knight h2 check. Opens queen to come down into the position, and knight f3 also looks unpleasant for white.
2 question , do you have any idea why ı play bad against bad player and good against good players also how can ı fix the problem and play good at both.
Im this in reverse. I play instant, too fast , blunder and then start to focus. Then im playing from a defensive/losing position for the rest of the game
I made a different blunder on the first question that may be instructive to others. I saw that the knight was threatening the pawn on h3 and immediately decided on Ng1 to "protect" it. It was only after I started the video again and Igor pointed out that the Queen was also attacking h3 that I realised my mistake. I think the lesson I should learn from this is that when I see one threat I shouldn't react until I've finished the process of scanning the board for other threats.
@@bryanshawcpasc Yes, i think so, because they will take with the knight anyway and when you recapture with your knight they take it with the Queen leaving you a pawn down and in check.
Yeah, but you can't play anything else other than Ng1. I think my move [Kg2] was a more accurate way of illustrating your point, because it is an actual blunder. To back this up, Stockfish suggests Ng1 and says that the position is equal after that.
summary: evaluate forward-moving moves. that is those moves which move into the opponents half of the board (both your own, and those of your opponent). Usually these are the one's you need to worry about. This fits in with a main theme in Igor's lessons which is: the best moves are forward-moving, attacking moves. These moves challenge your opponent and further your plans.
You have the BEST instructional chess channel on TH-cam. You teach the mental ALGORITHMS that apply to any positions and also teach economy of calculation....which nobody else does that I know of. 5 Stars !!!!!!!!!
By YouSum Live 00:02:20 Blunders are common, especially below 1600 rating. 00:04:57 Focus on opponent's forward moves to prevent blunders. 00:08:22 Enhance positional understanding to reduce blunders significantly. 00:10:52 Avoid tunnel vision by considering the entire board. 00:12:36 Playing on after blunders can lead to opponent mistakes. 00:12:50 Remember Guk's advice: "Nothing to lose, something to gain." 00:13:59 Stay resilient and capitalize on opponent errors post-blunder. By YouSum Live
Block check with Knight. Bishop takes, Check - Kh1 Can't take Rook and promote since Queen snipes it from a6. Can't promote to queen on e1 because of the Rook. And now, the Rook is under attack as well.
This reminds me of some parenting advice: If you lose sight of your child, you don't start by looking in the places they're likely to be; you look in the places they shouldn't be. If they're in their room, great. If they're climbing the stove, you'll want to have checked there quickly. So calculate the dangerous moves before you look into the ones that seem likely.
Trying to solve the daily puzzle @5:59 First I opted for the move Qa7 to put pressure on f2 with the threat of mate: 1. ... Qa7 2. Nd4 exd4 3. Bd1 Nxe4 4. Bxg4 d3, but 5. Qf4! Now I've realized that I didn't calculate the line after 1. ... Nh2+ when I saw that the king could get out of check. But it's mate in 3: 2. Kg1 Nhf3 (Ke1 Ngf3#) 3. Kg2 Qh3#
The move I picked at 0:29 after careful consideration was g4 to doubly protect h3, since I saw it was being attacked twice, once by Ng5, and once by Qd7. I haven't finished watching the video yet, but the move seems sound from what I can see. I'm thinking Ng1 as a follow-up move since my primary concern right now is king safety.
14:22 Ke3 , Be2+ Check Rf2 , e1 promotes to queen Qf1 which then leads u to a promoted Pawn which turn into a queen and then itsjust winning for white It took me like 10-15 seconds to realise theres not a forced mate if theres Ke3 which stops check
Great video! One observation I have from watching Magnus Carlsen banter blitz videos is he spends quite some time on positions where there are so many obvious moves. In those positions I would have spent like 2 seconds deciding if I did not watch how Carlsen decides moves
best move for black might be Kh2+ if the king moves on g1 then kf3+ king moves on g1 or f1 would lead to check mate with Qh3+, if the king moves on E1 after Kh2+ then kf3 is check mate using the other knight, correct me if I'm wrong
When you present me with a position or a puzzle I know it is somehow significant and that makes it way easier for me to properly evaluate the situation. My problem is recognizing on which positions I should think a bit longer in the first place.
Answer to 6:06 Knight to h2 check, Any way king moves from here is checkmate: if Ke1 -> Nf3 if Kg1 -> Knight at h2 to h3, After this no matter the move bring Qh3 if Kg2 -> Reverse of above, First Qh3, then for any move king makes Knight at h2 to h3
6:05 1st puzzle Nh2+ then king comes to (g1) or (g2) coz if it goes to (e1) then its a blunder then after Kg2 black (Qh3) white (Kh1) and then black (nf3) mate
Amazing video! For the final puzzle I was thinking you can defend with the knight to e3 - and then if the bishop takes the knight you can move the king out of the way into the corner. And at that point you can prevent the pawn from promoting with either the rook or the queen - most likely with the queen. And you should still have good chances because you have a pawn about to promote and you will have a queen against a rook and a bishop.
Another interesting video. In the first puzzle, I didn’t see the Queen on d7… talk about tunnel vision… this is the struggle in my game right now to avoid this tunnel vision. Learning chess seems to me to be like peeling an onion. There is no point in going very deep into my knowledge of chess. Play games, look for the most recurring mistake; the first peel; look for how to correct it best, play games, when it is relatively corrected, look for the new skin and apply the same principles. This allowed me to go from 900 to 1500 in rapid games in the last 2 years. Of course, it also takes many hours of studying theory and principles to get there. Igor has been the one who has helped me the most in my learning. I don’t know how far I will go with my 62 years old, but I will continue to play this game until the day, perhaps, when I realize that I can’t go any further. Reaching 1800 in rapid games would be a very good achievement for me. Thank you Mr. Igor!
The last question and its answer remind me of an Evans Gambit game I saw recently. A game began 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.dxe5 Nxe5? 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Ba3+. Presumably the player who resigned when checked from d4 would also resign here - but by interposing with "discovered defense" Black can leave White with only a modest advantage.
Thank you. I am trying desperately to make this kind of thinking habit. As an adult improver, i have developed many bad habits. You have mentioned this concept many times about always thinking about moving into opponents half of the board...and conversely, thinking about your opponent moving into your half. I have the underlying ability to play good chess...i have drawn titled players and have even had major winning positions...and i have beat a decent number of 2000+ players. But thats when im not hanging blatant pieces. I just lost to a 1100 in a casual game by hanging a blatant mate in 1. It makes me sooooo angry at myself. And its the sole reason im stuck below 2000
Puzzle at 6:03: NH2 1. if KE1: NG5 to NF3 is mate 2. if KG2: QH3 check and the king has to go either G1 or H1, where both NH2 to NF3 is mate 3. if KG1: QH3 check (protected by the knight on g5). king must move g1 or h1. 3A. if KG1: check with NH5 to NF3, king is forced to move to h1, move the knight on H2 and win with a discovered check 3B. if KH1: NH2 to NF3 wins with discovered check
Just want to add: At 11:45, more reasons players could feel compelled to take with the queen, is because they believe they should not double their pawns, and because they want to castle kingside behind an unbroken pawn structure.
I'm not a strong player but I did find g4 right off in the first example. Looking at this as you explain and I am relaxed I see things easily. It is when I am playing in a game I have this anxiety level that I believe aids in my blunder making. Instead of resigning white should move Ne3 on the last puzzle, cool video lesson, thanks.
5:56 - for the puzzle; I see black to move Qa7 (threatening mate) Qe1,Nh3 seems like lots of trouble for white? If white goes Nd4 then exd and this game starts to fall apart for white.
6:03 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm seeing Nh2+ as mate in 2 (although I'll be the first to admit I saw it wrong in my head and only once I set it up and started making the moves did I see my mistake). A couple of others have mentioned this, but didn't go through all the possibilities, so: If Ke1, Ngf3#. If Kg1, Nhf3+; (any), Qh3#. If Kg2, Qh3+; (any), Nhf3#.
@@eliska64477 Did you move the wrong knight? After Kg1, Nhf3+, Kg2, the knight at g5 is protecting both f3 and h3, so Qh3 is mate - the king is threatened, neither the knight nor the queen can be taken, and the king has no safe space to move to.
for the position at the end, white has to sacrifice the knight and when the bishop takes it with another check, the king has to move to h1 and when that happens, if black tries to make a queen while taking the rook, white takes with the queen and at the end of that trade white is left with a queen and 5 pawns which ads up to 14 points and black is left with a bishop, rook and 2 pawns which adds up to 10 points. Based on material, I think white is still up. I'm not up to 1000 elo so correct me if I'm wrong.
1. Ne3 Bxe3+ 2. Kh1! Black must capture the rook on f1 which is now covered by the queen in order to maintain initiative and avoid White's promotion, which thwarts Black's attack and ends the exchange with white still up his queen with a brutal e7 pawn. It looks like it leads to promotion for white in all lines that aren't rook sacrifices because if we go Qf6, the kingside diagonal is directly covered by the queen and the queenside diagonal is indirectly covered by 4. ...Bc5 5. Qg5+! Kf8 6. Qxc5. Since both diagonals are covered black just becomes a sitting duck here. They could instead try to counterplay by inviting the pawn to promote and trying to threaten back rank but then white plays h3 there's nothing left and the pawn is still on e7.
6:05 I think it is Nh2+, if Ke1 then Ngf3#, if Kg2, there is Qh3 followed by Nhf3#, and is Kg1 there is Nf3+ and Qh3# no matter what white plays here. However, please correct me if I am wrong.
6:04 I think it is ng4 to h2 then if king moves up to g1 queen gives a check from h3 then I guess it's a checkmate after ng5 to f3 ? Please tell me if I am wrong 2. If king moves to g1 or e1 after nh2 check then youplay nf3 and it's a checkmate after that if he was on e1 or if he was on g1 you have to play qh3 before making that move so that king can't escape
In the final scenario, I'd move Ne3. Bc you've got to get the Knight out of the way of your Queen if you have any hope of thwarting the attack. Then after BxN+, Kh1. White can rebuff any attack and is poised to promote a pawn and take material advantage.
It took me like 40 seconds to find the defence for that last puzzle, you block with the knight, freeing the queen's diagonal, then if bishop checks, you move the king back to h2, if pawn takes rook, you take with the queen, if the pawn promotes, you take with the rook and win since the bishop is attacked and black rook is also attacked at the same time
My 3 Moves i think about: 1.Pawn from h2-h3, 2. Queen from e3-c5, and last Move after a lot of thinking, and remember Nimzowitsch Zugzwang Position: 3. King from f1-g2 (to defend the Pawn on h2, without the risk to destroy my whole defense)
After h3 and Ng4, white can play Qb6, and whatever Balck plays , white can sac his knight and push his e4 pawn so that it opens bishop diagonals. Then whatever Balck plays we can play Qb8 and queen blocks check and then after white will kill queen and ####mate. Bishop and queen mate. Brilliant knight sac!!
Puzzle: Knight h2 check there is 2 lines: First line : king g2- Queen h3 check - king g1- knight H f3 check mate second line: king g1 - knight H f3- Queen h3 check mate
Answer to the last question Ne3, Bishop takes knight, Rf2, if Bishop takes rook, king takes bishop and promotes next no matter what, if Pawn promotes to a queen, Qf1 and its kind of an equal position
You keep surprising me with your thinking processes and steps etc. but I keep just playing my same old crappy style. One day I hope to break 1500 by actually following by your methods meticulously. Keep it up.
One issue I have is that most people play 10 minute rapids. When you stick to longer times, you are in a smaller and less diverse pool of players, which is a drawback, but 10 minutes also basically forces you to blunder until you are used to the moves. 10 minutes is just horrible for learning imo, and from my perspective, 15/10 being the default would be much better for skill expression
Kh1. Maybe your opponent will push the wrong button and promote to a night or bishop. Or, just move all the possible moves. If that does not make your opponent run out of time, then just wait until you have 2 seconds left. Your opponent might offer you a draw somewhere, or just leave their device alone, thinking you did the same. If it is a face to face game, you unfortunately have no option but to loose, even though you waste as much time as you like.
Wow, this is probably my favourite video of yours, absolutely amazing. Blunders are my Nr. 1 Problem (lack of sleep, stress etc.). I'm regularly rising into the 1300s just to fall back into the 1000s, my highest ever was 1400 for 1-2 games lol. Why? Because of stupid blunders. Your basic strategy to reduce blunders is to abide by the core principles and focus on most important areas of the board, so you don't waste your time calculating irrelevant stuff. In another video you said if you start out correctly, like moving pieces to the middle, castling etc., you automatically reduce blunders. Do you have any other tips to biologically improve memory / board awareness ?
Interesting video as always, but instead of considering f4 or h4 at Ply 1(1st diagram), what about considering "Pass", then what would his move be, ie starting with Ply 0 instead. Or even better starting with your accidently "wise" advice to start with Happy rather than Moves (The actual expression in English is Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise, rather than Happy, Healthy, & Wealthy, but yours is actually superior from a chess perspective.) The White King is Unhappy, because he is Exposed, which is immediately suggestive of the specific moves connected with that theme: Qxh+ or Nxh
I did choose h4 but for another reason - I saw an opportunity to attack the knight without losing protection of my queen. I also checked all of my pieces for protection first, and this pawn being unprotected did not go unnoticed for me, BUT I somehow paid no attention to it being under attack by queen...
One thing that helped me a TON is investigating/analyzing my opponents knights moves MUCH more closely than other pieces. If an opponent moves a knight on my side of the board, or near my pieces, I immediately search for forks, and other potential dangerous situations. The human brain (at least mine) recognizes straight lines very easily. And, diagonals are easy too, unless they are like the ENTIRE LENGTH of the board. Then, you can BLUNDER to queens/bishops because of "out of sight, out of mind."
For the final puzzle: Ne3 to open up the queen's vision to the e2 pawn. Bishop takes knight check,Kh1, exf1=Q+, Qxf1 and now its bishop and rook vs queen so maybe a victory
Yep. H4 is what i picked to put pressure on the knight from 2 angles, preventing a queen capture/check. If they chose to use their turn get the knight out of danger, my next move would be pawn to G4 to block a check. If the queen took it. it would be a loss but not a check. Not sure if that's wise. I'm typing this with the video paused and haven't seen his answer yet. >.
Kight on C4 to B3 blocking check and opening A6 F1 diagonal for Queen protection of F1 rook . Bishop takes Knight , King to H1and white will win with extra material.
Ne3 is the only move that doesn't lead to Mate in 1 to a pawn promotion. I'm thinking Ne3, Bxe3 then Kh1 allowing for exf1=Q to be captured with Qxf1 since the knight would no longer be blocking the queen from the f1 square. If they try Rd1, then you can play e8=Q forcing Kg7 allowing Qexe2 or Qaxe2 so you can really protect your rook. You can even take the e2 pawn with Qxe2 the moment they play Rd1.
For the first puzzle, Qa7 jumps out to me as it immediately threatens mate in 1. Qe1 is not a good response because of Nf3. Nd4 (blocks the mate) is met woth Nf3, saving black's knight and threatening to caputre the knight on d4.
One thing I learned from our unfortunately deceased coach is to play with minimal risk preventing most threats and easily winning / drawing the endgame even against higher rated players. Or with others words from my former teammate: "You have to solve the problems before they arise!" So dont leave your chess pieces uncovered or exposed to threats. If you can't calculate the outcome of a move just play a good safe move. Good moves are only good moves if they are part your plan. You should always have a plan and your game should have a clear red thread. A bad plan is better than no plan. Your pieces must all work together. Even if you blunder a piece / pawn, often it means the opponent has to make several moves to get there. So sometimes you get compensation and the initiative. I am 43 year old and playing chess since i was 6. In my youth i had especially endgame training and a bit of middle game training. 2010 i had reached almost 1900 rating. Than in 2015 my rating dropped to 1750. Now I am at 1933 and getting every year better even without training, just by playing and winning slowly. It's so satisfying, if you blunder a pawn in the beginning and win after 6 1/2 hours, crushing your opponent piece by piece psychologically.
Korchnoi was such a great character. I once saw him in a running competition (before the matches in the Interpolis chess tournement). And when most of the (younger) contestants (all chess players) finished before him, Korchnoi just would run another lap, and then claim his victory.
there are three key aspects to consider: where the attacks are happening, where pieces are idling, and the reserves. First, identify the attack. Then, check if any idling pieces can contribute to the attack. These are typically pieces that have moved from their original starting squares but appears as if they are not contributing to the attack. Finally, consider the reserves, which are pieces that have not moved at all. Determine if these reserve pieces can support the attack within one move or so. By doing this you'll be aware of what is happening around the board instead of focusing on where the opponent is attacking, you can effectively improve your rating from 1300 to 1900 in 3 to 10-minute games. I'm a 1500 player but I can reach 1900 if I do it this ways, but I enjoy trap positions and they work well around the 1500 rating range 😅😅
In the first position, I saw g4 pretty quickly, but I was worried about black playing h5. If gxh5, then Q or N x h3 and that still looks difficult. I considered Nh1 instead, but that still loses a pawn to Nxh3 and after the knight trade the queen invades the kingside.
Example 4 is a trap because Qxf3 seems to have a lot going for it such as (1) the queen looks well placed on the f3 diagonal, (2) Qxf3 seems to develop a piece, and (3) Qxf3 prepares a queen-side castle. You might also consider and reject gxf3 because you were told not to double pawns.
14:23 Ne3. If ...Bxe3, Kh1. Now the rook and the other promotion square are both protected, and white now has enough play to ward off black's attack and win
@alesio2946 N = Knight/Horse B = Bishop (the one that moves diagonally R = Rook (the one that moves in straight horizontal and vertical lines By the last sentence, I mean that black cannot pose any more threats to white. If black pawn takes white rook and promotes to queen, the white queen can take it.
Ne3 to block the check. If Black plays Bxe3, the king can step to H1. And even if the pawn promotes by capturing the rook on F1, the queen has it covered. If it promotes on E1, the rook captures it
I was looking at the position, and it looks pretty hopeless, Kh1 is mate on the next move, and it didn't look like blocking with the knight actually would help, until I realized that would open up the line for the queen to protect the rook. So after Bxe3, Kh1 is safe to play since ef=Q+ is no longer mate.
For the final question: You end up with your Queen versus their bishop on the right line: 1) Ne3 Bxe3 2) e2xf1=Q Qxf1 3) If Re8 to block promotion and threaten pawn then Qd3 attacking bishop and threatening check/retake rook if rook takes pawn 3) if Rook leaves the rank it is on, then simply promote pawn, so it is forced to keep rook on that rank. So is rook moves anywhere on that rank, then simply Qd3 anyways. Always attack that bishop and take that open file for check. SO either way here you'll probably be taking that bishop back because if bishop moves, now you can slide up to d7 with your Queen, which will threaten to simply capture the rook if it doesn't move. If the rook is on a different file on the same rank and the bishop did not move to protect d8, simply push queen up to check on d8, and force rook to take, then promote that pawn back to queen. I think white ends up better here no matter what, but I'm probably missing something
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Why are u so fking smart you predict my every move
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At 6:12 asking about our moves.
For white, I originally thought pawn to g4 looked good. Blocks the queen's attack, and opens white queen to protect pawn on h3. If knight takes, pawn takes back. If queen takes, knight g1 to protect h3 check. Then play chess from there. If knight doesn't take, it's
For black's move in the puzzle, I think the best move is knight h2 check. Opens queen to come down into the position, and knight f3 also looks unpleasant for white.
2 question , do you have any idea why ı play bad against bad player and good against good players also how can ı fix the problem and play good at both.
My biggest problem is the instant move. I start slow & methodical, get into a winning position, then Insta-move & lose on the spot 😭
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Try taking up something more your speed like "Chutes and Ladders".
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Im this in reverse. I play instant, too fast , blunder and then start to focus. Then im playing from a defensive/losing position for the rest of the game
@@stevelenores5637says the d-bag with probably a 600 ELO. STFU 🤣
Your first 1 minute 50 sums up my whole chess career
I swear
Me too. From “you hope that the knight will just go away” to “you pray your opponent will not notice this move*
Answer to last question:
Ne3 ,
if bxe3, Kh1
1) if e2xf1 and promote to queen with check , then white Qxf1
2) Calculate for other lines.
What about Qxe3?
@@LarryLikesChess where
I saw this too.
You you sac the knight to open up the line for the queen to nullify the promotion threat.
It would be helpful if you put the time on your reply if there are multiple questions asked. I was at this point 5:59 and your answer made no sense.
I made a different blunder on the first question that may be instructive to others. I saw that the knight was threatening the pawn on h3 and immediately decided on Ng1 to "protect" it. It was only after I started the video again and Igor pointed out that the Queen was also attacking h3 that I realised my mistake. I think the lesson I should learn from this is that when I see one threat I shouldn't react until I've finished the process of scanning the board for other threats.
Is Ng1 a blunder? It stops the Knight and the Queen is she sails in?! I thought it was the proper solution.
@@bryanshawcpasc it's not extremely bad, but you blunder the pawn. Ng1 Nxh3 and if Nxh3 Qxh3+ , so you have to move the Knight from g1
@@bryanshawcpasc Yes, i think so, because they will take with the knight anyway and when you recapture with your knight they take it with the Queen leaving you a pawn down and in check.
Yeah, but you can't play anything else other than Ng1. I think my move [Kg2] was a more accurate way of illustrating your point, because it is an actual blunder.
To back this up, Stockfish suggests Ng1 and says that the position is equal after that.
lol...I used the king on G2 to prevent same
summary: evaluate forward-moving moves. that is those moves which move into the opponents half of the board (both your own, and those of your opponent). Usually these are the one's you need to worry about.
This fits in with a main theme in Igor's lessons which is: the best moves are forward-moving, attacking moves. These moves challenge your opponent and further your plans.
Thank you
You have the BEST instructional chess channel on TH-cam. You teach the mental ALGORITHMS that apply to any positions and also teach economy of calculation....which nobody else does that I know of. 5 Stars !!!!!!!!!
By YouSum Live
00:02:20 Blunders are common, especially below 1600 rating.
00:04:57 Focus on opponent's forward moves to prevent blunders.
00:08:22 Enhance positional understanding to reduce blunders significantly.
00:10:52 Avoid tunnel vision by considering the entire board.
00:12:36 Playing on after blunders can lead to opponent mistakes.
00:12:50 Remember Guk's advice: "Nothing to lose, something to gain."
00:13:59 Stay resilient and capitalize on opponent errors post-blunder.
By YouSum Live
this is the best chess advice I've heard so far. totally changed my game from extremely poor to just very poor. thanks.
Block check with Knight.
Bishop takes, Check - Kh1
Can't take Rook and promote since Queen snipes it from a6.
Can't promote to queen on e1 because of the Rook. And now, the Rook is under attack as well.
Yep same thing. And not only do you save yourself but you are in a fairly good position :D
This reminds me of some parenting advice: If you lose sight of your child, you don't start by looking in the places they're likely to be; you look in the places they shouldn't be. If they're in their room, great. If they're climbing the stove, you'll want to have checked there quickly. So calculate the dangerous moves before you look into the ones that seem likely.
Trying to solve the daily puzzle @5:59
First I opted for the move Qa7 to put pressure on f2 with the threat of mate: 1. ... Qa7 2. Nd4 exd4 3. Bd1 Nxe4 4. Bxg4 d3, but 5. Qf4!
Now I've realized that I didn't calculate the line after 1. ... Nh2+ when I saw that the king could get out of check. But it's mate in 3: 2. Kg1 Nhf3 (Ke1 Ngf3#) 3. Kg2 Qh3#
4. Kxh3?
@@zbo1 the knight on g5 is guarding h3.
Ahhh
These short videos are very helpful! You really do provide ways to think that can be applied without major mysteries.
These lessons are great. Informative yet straight to the point without waffling on. 👍👍👍
The move I picked at 0:29 after careful consideration was g4 to doubly protect h3, since I saw it was being attacked twice, once by Ng5, and once by Qd7. I haven't finished watching the video yet, but the move seems sound from what I can see. I'm thinking Ng1 as a follow-up move since my primary concern right now is king safety.
The 2nd puzzle is Ne3 clearing path for queen to defend Bxe3+ Kh1 exf1=Q+ Qxf1
Well done you open my eyes to a new world 🥹
right! i also found that move
@reicoree wow good for you! What a good, good boy you are 😁
@@reicoreenice. I only solved it because I remember it from one of Ben finegolds lectures.
I am new at this game. How the white bishop capture e3 if it is as black spot
This is one of your best videos. Love the honesty.
I think it is very good video - my ELO 1600. Maybe for somebody having bigger ELO than me it is not good video, I can admit.
14:22 Ke3 , Be2+ Check
Rf2 , e1 promotes to queen
Qf1 which then leads u to a promoted Pawn which turn
into a queen and then itsjust winning for white
It took me like 10-15 seconds to realise theres not a forced mate if theres Ke3 which stops check
Great video! One observation I have from watching Magnus Carlsen banter blitz videos is he spends quite some time on positions where there are so many obvious moves. In those positions I would have spent like 2 seconds deciding if I did not watch how Carlsen decides moves
best move for black might be Kh2+ if the king moves on g1 then kf3+ king moves on g1 or f1 would lead to check mate with Qh3+, if the king moves on E1 after Kh2+ then kf3 is check mate using the other knight, correct me if I'm wrong
Got this notification at the end of watching a video or yours on positional chess. Love the videos keep it up!
When you present me with a position or a puzzle I know it is somehow significant and that makes it way easier for me to properly evaluate the situation. My problem is recognizing on which positions I should think a bit longer in the first place.
all of them..
Alright ill just watch this video twice
Underrated comment😊
🙀 blud thinks he him
That would still only be 75% even if it worked
Answer to 6:06
Knight to h2 check, Any way king moves from here is checkmate:
if Ke1 -> Nf3
if Kg1 -> Knight at h2 to h3, After this no matter the move bring Qh3
if Kg2 -> Reverse of above, First Qh3, then for any move king makes Knight at h2 to h3
Nice. I was trying to see if anyone else got it
I'm sure you mean: if Kg1 -> Knight at h2 to F3, After this no matter the move bring Qh3
What about kf3, restricting the kings moves and threating checkmate with kh2# or Qh3#
Ok nvm I just saw that the king can escape to g2
6:03 Nh2+
If Kg1, Nhf3+ Kf1/Kh1 leads to Qh3#
If Ke1, Ngf3#
If Kg2, Qh3+, Kg1/Kh1 leads to Nhf3#
6:05 1st puzzle Nh2+ then king comes to (g1) or (g2) coz if it goes to (e1) then its a blunder then after Kg2 black (Qh3) white (Kh1) and then black (nf3) mate
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I don't think Igor has anything to prove by doing a ratings climb. You're not going to learn much from a GM beating a
@@mrnelgin its not about him proving anything we want to learn from him how to approach games in different situations 🙂
Agreed, hope he does it.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.
Amazing video! For the final puzzle I was thinking you can defend with the knight to e3 - and then if the bishop takes the knight you can move the king out of the way into the corner. And at that point you can prevent the pawn from promoting with either the rook or the queen - most likely with the queen. And you should still have good chances because you have a pawn about to promote and you will have a queen against a rook and a bishop.
Another interesting video. In the first puzzle, I didn’t see the Queen on d7… talk about tunnel vision… this is the struggle in my game right now to avoid this tunnel vision. Learning chess seems to me to be like peeling an onion. There is no point in going very deep into my knowledge of chess. Play games, look for the most recurring mistake; the first peel; look for how to correct it best, play games, when it is relatively corrected, look for the new skin and apply the same principles. This allowed me to go from 900 to 1500 in rapid games in the last 2 years. Of course, it also takes many hours of studying theory and principles to get there. Igor has been the one who has helped me the most in my learning. I don’t know how far I will go with my 62 years old, but I will continue to play this game until the day, perhaps, when I realize that I can’t go any further. Reaching 1800 in rapid games would be a very good achievement for me. Thank you Mr. Igor!
Great example themes and games!
The last question and its answer remind me of an Evans Gambit game I saw recently. A game began 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.dxe5 Nxe5? 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Ba3+. Presumably the player who resigned when checked from d4 would also resign here - but by interposing with "discovered defense" Black can leave White with only a modest advantage.
Thank you. I am trying desperately to make this kind of thinking habit. As an adult improver, i have developed many bad habits. You have mentioned this concept many times about always thinking about moving into opponents half of the board...and conversely, thinking about your opponent moving into your half. I have the underlying ability to play good chess...i have drawn titled players and have even had major winning positions...and i have beat a decent number of 2000+ players. But thats when im not hanging blatant pieces. I just lost to a 1100 in a casual game by hanging a blatant mate in 1. It makes me sooooo angry at myself. And its the sole reason im stuck below 2000
6:06 Knih2+, if kg2 then Qh3 mate in 2, if ke1 then Knif3 mate, If kg1 then black play Knih2 to Knif3+ mate in 2 with queen
Knight is N
Puzzle at 6:03:
NH2
1. if KE1: NG5 to NF3 is mate
2. if KG2: QH3 check and the king has to go either G1 or H1, where both NH2 to NF3 is mate
3. if KG1: QH3 check (protected by the knight on g5). king must move g1 or h1.
3A. if KG1: check with NH5 to NF3, king is forced to move to h1, move the knight on H2 and win with a discovered check
3B. if KH1: NH2 to NF3 wins with discovered check
How should I balance time management in blitz games vs avoiding blunders?
But how to do better in positional understanding ? How can we master it ?
Just want to add: At 11:45, more reasons players could feel compelled to take with the queen, is because they believe they should not double their pawns, and because they want to castle kingside behind an unbroken pawn structure.
I'm not a strong player but I did find g4 right off in the first example. Looking at this as you explain and I am relaxed I see things easily. It is when I am playing in a game I have this anxiety level that I believe aids in my blunder making. Instead of resigning white should move Ne3 on the last puzzle, cool video lesson, thanks.
Great advice, i am now a grandmaster, thanks to this short tutorial
If true this will improve my blunders from 8 to 4 per game. Huge!
The best move for black in first puzzle is Kh2
And white does any move it's forced checkmate
Puzzle one best move is ..Nh2+. Black cannot move 2. Ke1 otherwise Ngf3#. 2. Kg1 Nhf3+ 3. Kf1 / Kg2 / Kh1, Qh3# else 2. Kg2 Qh3+ 3. Kg1 / Kh1, Nf3# cornered!
Puzzle 1 ans- Nh2 check K f1, Ng3#mate
5:56 - for the puzzle; I see black to move Qa7 (threatening mate) Qe1,Nh3 seems like lots of trouble for white? If white goes Nd4 then exd and this game starts to fall apart for white.
Final puzzle: Ne3 Bxe3+, Rf2 e1=Q+, Qf1 Bxf2+, Kh1 Qxf1#
For the last puzzle, white is +4 in material after blocking the check with the knight and taking the promoted pawn with queen.
6:03 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm seeing Nh2+ as mate in 2 (although I'll be the first to admit I saw it wrong in my head and only once I set it up and started making the moves did I see my mistake). A couple of others have mentioned this, but didn't go through all the possibilities, so:
If Ke1, Ngf3#.
If Kg1, Nhf3+; (any), Qh3#.
If Kg2, Qh3+; (any), Nhf3#.
What if after Kg1, Nf3 King goes to g2 there will be no Qh3#
@@eliska64477 Did you move the wrong knight? After Kg1, Nhf3+, Kg2, the knight at g5 is protecting both f3 and h3, so Qh3 is mate - the king is threatened, neither the knight nor the queen can be taken, and the king has no safe space to move to.
@@RobinHood70 yeah i moved the wrong knight now I see it. Thank you 🫶
Last puzzle answers Ne3 , bxe3, re2, pawn prmotion check to the king Qf1
After bxe3 You can go to h1 if he take your rook you take his queen with yours
for the position at the end, white has to sacrifice the knight and when the bishop takes it with another check, the king has to move to h1 and when that happens, if black tries to make a queen while taking the rook, white takes with the queen and at the end of that trade white is left with a queen and 5 pawns which ads up to 14 points and black is left with a bishop, rook and 2 pawns which adds up to 10 points. Based on material, I think white is still up. I'm not up to 1000 elo so correct me if I'm wrong.
1. Ne3 Bxe3+ 2. Kh1!
Black must capture the rook on f1 which is now covered by the queen in order to maintain initiative and avoid White's promotion, which thwarts Black's attack and ends the exchange with white still up his queen with a brutal e7 pawn. It looks like it leads to promotion for white in all lines that aren't rook sacrifices because if we go Qf6, the kingside diagonal is directly covered by the queen and the queenside diagonal is indirectly covered by 4. ...Bc5 5. Qg5+! Kf8 6. Qxc5.
Since both diagonals are covered black just becomes a sitting duck here. They could instead try to counterplay by inviting the pawn to promote and trying to threaten back rank but then white plays h3 there's nothing left and the pawn is still on e7.
My issue is losing morale after making mistakes, I definitely play more carefree after. Thanks for the motivation.
6:05 I think it is Nh2+, if Ke1 then Ngf3#, if Kg2, there is Qh3 followed by Nhf3#, and is Kg1 there is Nf3+ and Qh3# no matter what white plays here. However, please correct me if I am wrong.
The king can run to h1
@@JuliusNkabirwa Nhf3# then
@@JuliusNkabirwa oh you mean after Kg1?
if after Kg1 then Nhf3+ and Qh3# no matter what
Last Puzzle: Ne3, Bxe3+, Kh1, exf1=Q, Qxf1. There's a pawn ready to be promoted, its bishop and rook against queen endgame..
6:04 I think it is ng4 to h2 then if king moves up to g1 queen gives a check from h3 then I guess it's a checkmate after ng5 to f3 ? Please tell me if I am wrong
2. If king moves to g1 or e1 after nh2 check then youplay nf3 and it's a checkmate after that if he was on e1 or if he was on g1 you have to play qh3 before making that move so that king can't escape
In the final scenario, I'd move Ne3. Bc you've got to get the Knight out of the way of your Queen if you have any hope of thwarting the attack. Then after BxN+, Kh1. White can rebuff any attack and is poised to promote a pawn and take material advantage.
First puzzle: First Ne3+, if Ke1, then Nf3#. If Kg1, then Nf3+, Kh1 (Forced), then Qh3#...
It took me like 40 seconds to find the defence for that last puzzle, you block with the knight, freeing the queen's diagonal, then if bishop checks, you move the king back to h2, if pawn takes rook, you take with the queen, if the pawn promotes, you take with the rook and win since the bishop is attacked and black rook is also attacked at the same time
My 3 Moves i think about: 1.Pawn from h2-h3, 2. Queen from e3-c5, and last Move after a lot of thinking, and remember Nimzowitsch Zugzwang Position: 3. King from f1-g2 (to defend the Pawn on h2, without the risk to destroy my whole defense)
6:46 Unless there's alot of open lines from opponent's side to your side and their pieces can hit your pieces from their side.
hi i have a tournament tomorrow how do i prepare for that
After h3 and Ng4, white can play Qb6, and whatever Balck plays , white can sac his knight and push his e4 pawn so that it opens bishop diagonals. Then whatever Balck plays we can play Qb8 and queen blocks check and then after white will kill queen and ####mate. Bishop and queen mate. Brilliant knight sac!!
Puzzle: Knight h2 check there is 2 lines:
First line : king g2- Queen h3 check - king g1- knight H f3 check mate
second line: king g1 - knight H f3- Queen h3 check mate
Answer to the last question
Ne3, Bishop takes knight, Rf2, if Bishop takes rook, king takes bishop and promotes next no matter what, if Pawn promotes to a queen, Qf1 and its kind of an equal position
Your tips have really helped me to become better at the game of chess
You keep surprising me with your thinking processes and steps etc. but I keep just playing my same old crappy style. One day I hope to break 1500 by actually following by your methods meticulously. Keep it up.
One issue I have is that most people play 10 minute rapids. When you stick to longer times, you are in a smaller and less diverse pool of players, which is a drawback, but 10 minutes also basically forces you to blunder until you are used to the moves.
10 minutes is just horrible for learning imo, and from my perspective, 15/10 being the default would be much better for skill expression
6:09 puzzle of day knight h2, king g1, knight f3 OR knight h2, king e1, knight f3
Kh1. Maybe your opponent will push the wrong button and promote to a night or bishop. Or, just move all the possible moves. If that does not make your opponent run out of time, then just wait until you have 2 seconds left. Your opponent might offer you a draw somewhere, or just leave their device alone, thinking you did the same. If it is a face to face game, you unfortunately have no option but to loose, even though you waste as much time as you like.
Wow, this is probably my favourite video of yours, absolutely amazing. Blunders are my Nr. 1 Problem (lack of sleep, stress etc.). I'm regularly rising into the 1300s just to fall back into the 1000s, my highest ever was 1400 for 1-2 games lol. Why? Because of stupid blunders. Your basic strategy to reduce blunders is to abide by the core principles and focus on most important areas of the board, so you don't waste your time calculating irrelevant stuff. In another video you said if you start out correctly, like moving pieces to the middle, castling etc., you automatically reduce blunders. Do you have any other tips to biologically improve memory / board awareness ?
Interesting video as always, but instead of considering f4 or h4 at Ply 1(1st diagram), what about considering "Pass", then what would his move be, ie starting with Ply 0 instead. Or even better starting with your accidently "wise" advice to start with Happy rather than Moves (The actual expression in English is Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise, rather than Happy, Healthy, & Wealthy, but yours is actually superior from a chess perspective.) The White King is Unhappy, because he is Exposed, which is immediately suggestive of the specific moves connected with that theme: Qxh+ or Nxh
I did choose h4 but for another reason - I saw an opportunity to attack the knight without losing protection of my queen. I also checked all of my pieces for protection first, and this pawn being unprotected did not go unnoticed for me, BUT I somehow paid no attention to it being under attack by queen...
One thing that helped me a TON is investigating/analyzing my opponents knights moves MUCH more closely than other pieces. If an opponent moves a knight on my side of the board, or near my pieces, I immediately search for forks, and other potential dangerous situations.
The human brain (at least mine) recognizes straight lines very easily. And, diagonals are easy too, unless they are like the ENTIRE LENGTH of the board. Then, you can BLUNDER to queens/bishops because of "out of sight, out of mind."
Appreciate you for being here💛
For the final puzzle: Ne3 to open up the queen's vision to the e2 pawn. Bishop takes knight check,Kh1, exf1=Q+, Qxf1 and now its bishop and rook vs queen so maybe a victory
Yep. H4 is what i picked to put pressure on the knight from 2 angles, preventing a queen capture/check. If they chose to use their turn get the knight out of danger, my next move would be pawn to G4 to block a check. If the queen took it. it would be a loss but not a check. Not sure if that's wise. I'm typing this with the video paused and haven't seen his answer yet. >.
Kight on C4 to B3 blocking check and opening A6 F1 diagonal for Queen protection of F1 rook . Bishop takes Knight , King to H1and white will win with extra material.
5:42 at first i considered h4 but when you said that there was the queen h3 check i changed my mind and said Knight g1
Ne3 is the only move that doesn't lead to Mate in 1 to a pawn promotion.
I'm thinking Ne3, Bxe3 then Kh1 allowing for exf1=Q to be captured with Qxf1 since the knight would no longer be blocking the queen from the f1 square. If they try Rd1, then you can play e8=Q forcing Kg7 allowing Qexe2 or Qaxe2 so you can really protect your rook. You can even take the e2 pawn with Qxe2 the moment they play Rd1.
Another opion is that after Bxe3 Kh1 Rd1 e8=Q+ Kg7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Qa8+ Rd8 Qxd8+ mate
I had a game with a brilliant move, also a mate in 3, didn't see it, blundered it, lost the game. Thank you for this video.
Awesome Video!! This dropped right when I needed it.
For the first puzzle, Qa7 jumps out to me as it immediately threatens mate in 1. Qe1 is not a good response because of Nf3. Nd4 (blocks the mate) is met woth Nf3, saving black's knight and threatening to caputre the knight on d4.
For the black pieces puzzle, I think Night h2+ gives you check mate in 2 or three moved
One thing I learned from our unfortunately deceased coach is to play with minimal risk preventing most threats and easily winning / drawing the endgame even against higher rated players. Or with others words from my former teammate: "You have to solve the problems before they arise!" So dont leave your chess pieces uncovered or exposed to threats. If you can't calculate the outcome of a move just play a good safe move. Good moves are only good moves if they are part your plan. You should always have a plan and your game should have a clear red thread. A bad plan is better than no plan. Your pieces must all work together.
Even if you blunder a piece / pawn, often it means the opponent has to make several moves to get there. So sometimes you get compensation and the initiative.
I am 43 year old and playing chess since i was 6. In my youth i had especially endgame training and a bit of middle game training. 2010 i had reached almost 1900 rating. Than in 2015 my rating dropped to 1750. Now I am at 1933 and getting every year better even without training, just by playing and winning slowly. It's so satisfying, if you blunder a pawn in the beginning and win after 6 1/2 hours, crushing your opponent piece by piece psychologically.
Korchnoi was such a great character. I once saw him in a running competition (before the matches in the Interpolis chess tournement). And when most of the (younger) contestants (all chess players) finished before him, Korchnoi just would run another lap, and then claim his victory.
there are three key aspects to consider: where the attacks are happening, where pieces are idling, and the reserves. First, identify the attack. Then, check if any idling pieces can contribute to the attack. These are typically pieces that have moved from their original starting squares but appears as if they are not contributing to the attack. Finally, consider the reserves, which are pieces that have not moved at all. Determine if these reserve pieces can support the attack within one move or so. By doing this you'll be aware of what is happening around the board instead of focusing on where the opponent is attacking, you can effectively improve your rating from 1300 to 1900 in 3 to 10-minute games. I'm a 1500 player but I can reach 1900 if I do it this ways, but I enjoy trap positions and they work well around the 1500 rating range 😅😅
In the first position, I saw g4 pretty quickly, but I was worried about black playing h5. If gxh5, then Q or N x h3 and that still looks difficult. I considered Nh1 instead, but that still loses a pawn to Nxh3 and after the knight trade the queen invades the kingside.
This is a great video for me a bit of beginner! Great!
I appreciate you and your channel. Many grandmasters don't explain things in such detail.
1.Ne3-Be3+.2.Kh1.e×f1+.3.Q×f1
This is just the best strategy ever. Thank you for helping us to join you on a master level :)
First example, what about Ng1? You protect the potentially attacked square like that right? Or is it vad because you move your night out of the game?
Example 4 is a trap because Qxf3 seems to have a lot going for it such as (1) the queen looks well placed on the f3 diagonal, (2) Qxf3 seems to develop a piece, and (3) Qxf3 prepares a queen-side castle. You might also consider and reject gxf3 because you were told not to double pawns.
3:40 I would move kf4 and when he takes I move qf4 and try to attack the king by queen, but it's very risky and I can just lose knight
14:23
Ne3. If ...Bxe3, Kh1. Now the rook and the other promotion square are both protected, and white now has enough play to ward off black's attack and win
Rook? What's a rook? I only know Paons and Alphiles… tho, what does 'B' stand for?
And besides, that black… WAIT WHAT!??!
@alesio2946 N = Knight/Horse
B = Bishop (the one that moves diagonally
R = Rook (the one that moves in straight horizontal and vertical lines
By the last sentence, I mean that black cannot pose any more threats to white. If black pawn takes white rook and promotes to queen, the white queen can take it.
I'd try Ne3 which temporarily blocks the bishop but also opens the line for the Queen to defend f1 square
Ne3 to block the check. If Black plays Bxe3, the king can step to H1. And even if the pawn promotes by capturing the rook on F1, the queen has it covered. If it promotes on E1, the rook captures it
I was looking at the position, and it looks pretty hopeless, Kh1 is mate on the next move, and it didn't look like blocking with the knight actually would help, until I realized that would open up the line for the queen to protect the rook. So after Bxe3, Kh1 is safe to play since ef=Q+ is no longer mate.
For the final question:
You end up with your Queen versus their bishop on the right line:
1) Ne3 Bxe3
2) e2xf1=Q Qxf1
3) If Re8 to block promotion and threaten pawn then Qd3 attacking bishop and threatening check/retake rook if rook takes pawn
3) if Rook leaves the rank it is on, then simply promote pawn, so it is forced to keep rook on that rank. So is rook moves anywhere on that rank, then simply Qd3 anyways. Always attack that bishop and take that open file for check. SO either way here you'll probably be taking that bishop back because if bishop moves, now you can slide up to d7 with your Queen, which will threaten to simply capture the rook if it doesn't move. If the rook is on a different file on the same rank and the bishop did not move to protect d8, simply push queen up to check on d8, and force rook to take, then promote that pawn back to queen.
I think white ends up better here no matter what, but I'm probably missing something
6:02
Nh2
if Ke1 Nf3#
if Kg1 Nh2-f3+
if Kg2 Qh3+