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May I know why you talk so fast? By the time my brain hears and then registers and comprehends what you are saying, you are already on your third sentence. What's the big rush? Are you involved in a dare? Or you always need to return the rented car right after creating this video to avoid overdue charges? What is it?
1. Don't do it if you haven't developed your knight, since the bishop is already semi-active 2. Don't do it if the opponent did not castle kingside. h3 g4 will kick you out without exposing their king. 3. Do it if they castled, because moving those pawns now exposes them. Don't be afraid to sac the knight and start an all out attack if they push the g pawn. 4. Do it to establish center dominance and build up pressure.
Lol so I get that this is a joke, but that whole opening is specifically based on breaking that rule, as opposed to accidentally ignoring it. Plus that doesn’t involve pinning the knight but rather centralizing the bishop
5:50 you make a wording to support the title of the video. In that position white kink side has already being exposed big time, and the black bishop can go to e4 to threaten capturing the rook. If captured by white knight, then the black knight will recapture again...
Can you PLEASE do another one of those videos where you show the difference in thinking between an IM and a GM. Or better yet, do it at different levels too.
Its just a general rule, if you have a plan that allows you to get an advantage by bringing out your bishop earlier (for example ruy lopez) then go for it, if you watched the whole video you wouldnt ask this question
Yes I have people do that to me a lot times they take my knight I like to take back with the pawn it seems crazy but I will develop to castle queen side while also having in theory a extra pawn to attack the middle. You gotta realize as well you also can move the queen to black square or up to D3 and you can now attack black queens by offering a queen trade which is also check on black black can move the bishop back to block but can’t save the queen if they move the king you take the queen. You really give black no choice but to take if they don’t take now you take queen also can threaten the pawn on B7 and the rook on A8. Also why allow someone who opens up queens pawn while you open up Kings pawn to take you have to push the kings pawn to e5 and queens pawn e3 you get in French defense now there knight can not attack nor the bishop. It also cuts off the whole king side of attack while given you openness to move around and develop to attack both sides of the board.
After hxg4, Qxh1; Ne2..., there are two options: Ne4 or Nh4, saving the black queen, but losing black knight. Result: losed black knight and bishop, losed white rook, and possibly white pawn. White advantage? Yes
6:03 after white pawn moves to h4, why can you not move black bishop to e4 instead? It cannot be taken in that position and has a safer way to fall back to us needed while also keeping it relatively active on the board? Haven’t played chess actively in a while so just curious why this isn’t an option?
The solution to the puzzle: Sometimes when the queen goes deep into enemy territory, it can get trapped there and won. In this position white has a queen trap. 7. hxg4! Qxh1 Qxh1 is forced, otherwise black simply loses a piece 8. Ne2! The black queen has no way out. g1, h2, and h4 are controlled by the f3 knight. h3 and h5 are controlled by pawns. h6 is controlled by the bishop on c1. 8… Nxg4 This is black's only reasonable try, to remove the defender of the h5 square. 9. Ng3 +- This move not only attacks the queen on h1, but also re-controls h5, trapping the black queen and obtaining a decisive advantage. Edit: 8... Ne4 by black is met by 9. Qd3. After something like 9... f5 10. gxf5 Qh5 11. Qxe4, white is happy to have two minor pieces in exchange for a rook. Edit 2: On 8... Nh5 by black, the best move suggested by the engine is 9. Qd3, but from a human standpoint 9. gxh5 is good enough. On 8... g5, this is the engine line after which white ends up with a piece up: 8... g5 9. Bxg5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bh6 11. Qd3 Bxf4 12. Qxe4 Qh6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 +-
► Chapters 00:00 When to pin your opponent's Knight and when not to? 00:10 Rule-1 (when NOT to pin) 03:00 Example-2 03:07 Rule-2 (when NOT to pin) 07:14 Rule-3 (when you CAN pin) 10:03 Rule-4 (when you CAN pin) 11:05 Example-5 13:10 Important maneuver to control the center 14:35 Puzzle of the day
How can you start the game without the D7 pawn. In order for black to get its bishop out that pawn needs to move, and it’s only 2 moves render this line useless for white.
Sacrifice your knight by taking one of the pawns in front of your opponent's castled king (but not the pawn in front of their rook) can work well in the situation you describe. This leaves their king in a vulnerable position.
I would very much like you hear how you approach unusual openings. For example, your black and your opponent starts off with 1. e3, etc?? I sometimes get perplexed on what plan for my pieces.
One of your chess videos, always good. It came out on 24th May, excellent. And on an interesting topic too, perfect. I could not have hoped for better than to begin my 30s by learning something new and exciting.
💥#QUESTION#💥 I just started playing chess a couple of weeks ago, and I have just reached 720 ELO. Please can you do a video giving tips on what to focus on so we can improve as fast as possible? Maybe a practice routine / or how to learn openings / or some general rules that work for many things / or even how to think and how to analyse etc… I love your videos and I’m sure there are tonnes of players with similar aspirations as me, that would benefit from a video like that! Thanks, Sam.
White openings S tier: -Ruy lopez -Queen's gambit A tier: -Italian -Scotch -Catalan -English B tier: -1 b3 -Bishop's opening -2 d4 stuff C tier and below: -I don't care Black openings against e4 S tier: -Najdorf -Berlin -Marshall attack A tier: -Petroff -Archangelsk -Closed ruy -Most sicilians (e.g. classical, taimanov, kan) B tier: -Caro-kann -French -Neo-philidor -Modern(!?) C tier: -Scandinavian -Pirc -Old philidor D tier and below: -I don't care Black openings against d4 S tier: -Nimzo-Ragozin -Gruenfeld -Semi-slav A tier: -QGD -Nimzo-QID -Noteboom -King's Indian -Bf5 Slav B tier: -Nimzo-Bogo -Modern -Modern benoni -Benko -Dutches C tier: -Old benoni -Rat D tier and below: -I don't care...
By YouSum Live 00:00:11 Develop Knights before Bishops. 00:00:24 Watch over opponent's Bishop on G4. 00:00:32 Tactical pattern with Knight to E5. 00:00:42 Strategic advantage of Knight E5 move. 00:01:20 Importance of reordering moves for advantage. 00:02:00 Wait for opponent to Castle before pinning. 00:02:22 Pin opponent's kingside Knight after Castle. 00:10:09 Pin opponent's Knight to fight for center. 00:13:33 Establish dominance in the center with pin. By YouSum Live
Thank you, Igor. I think we have to snare the black Queen on the h file with hxg4 Qxh1 - I don't like the Bishop pin, but he guards g2 Ne2 means that the best bargain for Black is Qxf1+ Kxf1 and we cannot castle, Nxg4 just to be spiteful :-)
The move to make is hxg4, despite the pin. If black plays Qxh1, she is trapped. After Ne2, black's only way to hold on to the queen a little longer is Nh5, relegating his knight to the edge of the board solely to prevent Ng3, which would win the queen. White can happily leave those two paralyzed pieces, finish development, threaten f7, b7, and c7, or whatever target may arise.
My question is whether or not I should push that second pawn to break the pin. Figuring the tradeoffs is so difficult and susceptible to error (for me).
Capture the bishop,knight e2.black play knight e4,white play queen d3,e5 defend the knight.capture.black knight move,and then white play knight g3 capture the queen.
How to find my weak areas in chess and how I practice for prevent them ? what is the best tool to practice chess skills ?can you make a video for this please ?
May I know why you talk so fast? By the time my brain hears and then registers and comprehends what you are saying, you are already on your third sentence. What's the big rush? Are you involved in a dare? Or you always need to return the rented car right after creating this video to avoid overdue charges? What is it?
@@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928 Yes. That's a possibility. I am 82 years old and my brain has become a bit slow, I must confess. Anyway, my 10-year old great-granddaughter just told me that I can go to the Settings of this video and reduce the speed. I didn't know that. I just reduced the speed to .5 and it is now working like a charm. It's a miracle. You have a good life.
Speak more slowly. You speak too quickly and mumble your words. Slowing down and speaking clearly will make viewers more interested in what you are saying. When you speak rapidly it gives the impression that what you are saying is not important. I realize that English is not your native language, and you should learn that some languages are better spoken at different speeds than other languages.
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It's a nice link.😉
But the Puzzle of the day is better.🧩☀️
1. hxg4 Qxh1
2. Ne2 (The Queen is trapped in many ways)
May I know why you talk so fast? By the time my brain hears and then registers and comprehends what you are saying, you are already on your third sentence. What's the big rush? Are you involved in a dare? Or you always need to return the rented car right after creating this video to avoid overdue charges? What is it?
What do you do in the Sicilian game if your opponent threatens your bishop with h6 and chases it away like you showcased before?
@@KanjoosMakkhiChoosKaGharJamaaiIt's a cultural thing, many nations tend to speak fast generally speaking.
1. Don't do it if you haven't developed your knight, since the bishop is already semi-active
2. Don't do it if the opponent did not castle kingside. h3 g4 will kick you out without exposing their king.
3. Do it if they castled, because moving those pawns now exposes them. Don't be afraid to sac the knight and start an all out attack if they push the g pawn.
4. Do it to establish center dominance and build up pressure.
"Knights before bishops" says the foremost proponent of the Bishop's Opening ;)
Shut up
😂
Haha That's true. But then that opening is unbeatable 😂
True 😂
Lol so I get that this is a joke, but that whole opening is specifically based on breaking that rule, as opposed to accidentally ignoring it. Plus that doesn’t involve pinning the knight but rather centralizing the bishop
Yes for the puzzle we take the bishop .. once queen takes rook we play Ne2 and prepare to trap the queen
Beautiful find!
What about the response ..Ne4!?
1.hg,Qxh1 2.Ne2,Ne4 3.Qd3,f5 seems to hold for Black. Of course it is better for White.
eg 4.Qb5+
looks crushing
@@fltwwq Yup with the incoming Ne5
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5:50 you make a wording to support the title of the video. In that position white kink side has already being exposed big time, and the black bishop can go to e4 to threaten capturing the rook. If captured by white knight, then the black knight will recapture again...
It is very helpful video for me .Thanks sir.
I see a video from Igor, I click.
I’ve never seen this position even once in my life.
You play passive chess maybe?
Thank you GM Igor!!
Can you PLEASE do another one of those videos where you show the difference in thinking between an IM and a GM.
Or better yet, do it at different levels too.
with this rule given, please explain why there exist openings different than the four knights game...
just a general rule, any opening can be played if you know how to.
Its just a general rule, if you have a plan that allows you to get an advantage by bringing out your bishop earlier (for example ruy lopez) then go for it, if you watched the whole video you wouldnt ask this question
Yes I have people do that to me a lot times they take my knight I like to take back with the pawn it seems crazy but I will develop to castle queen side while also having in theory a extra pawn to attack the middle. You gotta realize as well you also can move the queen to black square or up to D3 and you can now attack black queens by offering a queen trade which is also check on black black can move the bishop back to block but can’t save the queen if they move the king you take the queen. You really give black no choice but to take if they don’t take now you take queen also can threaten the pawn on B7 and the rook on A8. Also why allow someone who opens up queens pawn while you open up Kings pawn to take you have to push the kings pawn to e5 and queens pawn e3 you get in French defense now there knight can not attack nor the bishop. It also cuts off the whole king side of attack while given you openness to move around and develop to attack both sides of the board.
After hxg4, Qxh1; Ne2..., there are two options: Ne4 or Nh4, saving the black queen, but losing black knight. Result: losed black knight and bishop, losed white rook, and possibly white pawn. White advantage? Yes
Can you go over the Hungarian Defense?
12:34 what happens after e5?
Igor how do you counter the two knights attack in the caro cann
what if bishop e4 at 5:50?
6:03 after white pawn moves to h4, why can you not move black bishop to e4 instead? It cannot be taken in that position and has a safer way to fall back to us needed while also keeping it relatively active on the board?
Haven’t played chess actively in a while so just curious why this isn’t an option?
I think it can be attacked by f3 and then it gets trapped
how s black already down one pawn ?
Winover variation laughing at you 😅
The rules are the best way to improve in Chess.😎
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I'll go Be2
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The solution to the puzzle:
Sometimes when the queen goes deep into enemy territory, it can get trapped there and won. In this position white has a queen trap.
7. hxg4! Qxh1 Qxh1 is forced, otherwise black simply loses a piece
8. Ne2! The black queen has no way out. g1, h2, and h4 are controlled by the f3 knight. h3 and h5 are controlled by pawns. h6 is controlled by the bishop on c1.
8… Nxg4 This is black's only reasonable try, to remove the defender of the h5 square.
9. Ng3 +- This move not only attacks the queen on h1, but also re-controls h5, trapping the black queen and obtaining a decisive advantage.
Edit: 8... Ne4 by black is met by 9. Qd3. After something like 9... f5 10. gxf5 Qh5 11. Qxe4, white is happy to have two minor pieces in exchange for a rook.
Edit 2: On 8... Nh5 by black, the best move suggested by the engine is 9. Qd3, but from a human standpoint 9. gxh5 is good enough. On 8... g5, this is the engine line after which white ends up with a piece up: 8... g5 9. Bxg5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bh6 11. Qd3 Bxf4 12. Qxe4 Qh6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 +-
Instead of Nxg4, let's have black do Ne4
@@Timberius I completely missed Ne4 haha, I've edited my comment
Great description of the best moves and possible counter play. Thank you.
@@5piral0ut 😊
Yes maybe but a Queen for a Rook and a Bishop is still not the best but is ist may one of the best moves
► Chapters
00:00 When to pin your opponent's Knight and when not to?
00:10 Rule-1 (when NOT to pin)
03:00 Example-2
03:07 Rule-2 (when NOT to pin)
07:14 Rule-3 (when you CAN pin)
10:03 Rule-4 (when you CAN pin)
11:05 Example-5
13:10 Important maneuver to control the center
14:35 Puzzle of the day
How can you start the game without the D7 pawn. In order for black to get its bishop out that pawn needs to move, and it’s only 2 moves render this line useless for white.
the initial moves of the game aren't shown, but probably the game started something like 1. e3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Bxc4
Hi Igor
I am 1300 and a problem I have is how to win a game when the position is equal in material but they lack development pls reply
Sacrifice your knight by taking one of the pawns in front of your opponent's castled king (but not the pawn in front of their rook) can work well in the situation you describe. This leaves their king in a vulnerable position.
You explain chess tactics and strategies very 👍. I think the move is Be2
Beautiful teaching video sir🎉❤
Great discussion and examples covering a far too familiar situation! Thank you...
1. hxg4! if 1....Qxh1, then 2. Ne2, and the black Queen is trapped. Finished off with 3. Ng3.
My problem is how to play against positional players. They slowly destroy my position.
I would very much like you hear how you approach unusual openings. For example, your black and your opponent starts off with 1. e3, etc?? I sometimes get perplexed on what plan for my pieces.
@ 7.28 carlsen usually goes B b5 on move 3. oops need to watch the whole vid before commenting. My bad...
One of your chess videos, always good. It came out on 24th May, excellent. And on an interesting topic too, perfect. I could not have hoped for better than to begin my 30s by learning something new and exciting.
Much appreciated!
In the second example why is black not playing h6 after whitr goes h4
How is it that white has 3 pieces out and missing a pawn and black only has one piece out?
Wow when that smothered mate happened I nearly fell out of my chair!
At 4:22 why doesn’t black take the pawn with the knight and threaten a fork on c2?
I love your videos. . I really looking forward if you could make different ways of making plans winning piece on pinning etc. .
To pin, or to pin,
That’s the question
💥#QUESTION#💥 I just started playing chess a couple of weeks ago, and I have just reached 720 ELO. Please can you do a video giving tips on what to focus on so we can improve as fast as possible? Maybe a practice routine / or how to learn openings / or some general rules that work for many things / or even how to think and how to analyse etc… I love your videos and I’m sure there are tonnes of players with similar aspirations as me, that would benefit from a video like that! Thanks, Sam.
This video will help you.
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Good luck with your chess progress.
can you make a video on best openings by rating please. that would be great
White openings
S tier:
-Ruy lopez
-Queen's gambit
A tier:
-Italian
-Scotch
-Catalan
-English
B tier:
-1 b3
-Bishop's opening
-2 d4 stuff
C tier and below:
-I don't care
Black openings against e4
S tier:
-Najdorf
-Berlin
-Marshall attack
A tier:
-Petroff
-Archangelsk
-Closed ruy
-Most sicilians (e.g. classical, taimanov, kan)
B tier:
-Caro-kann
-French
-Neo-philidor
-Modern(!?)
C tier:
-Scandinavian
-Pirc
-Old philidor
D tier and below:
-I don't care
Black openings against d4
S tier:
-Nimzo-Ragozin
-Gruenfeld
-Semi-slav
A tier:
-QGD
-Nimzo-QID
-Noteboom
-King's Indian
-Bf5 Slav
B tier:
-Nimzo-Bogo
-Modern
-Modern benoni
-Benko
-Dutches
C tier:
-Old benoni
-Rat
D tier and below:
-I don't care...
How many chess moves can i memorize?
Hxg4, Qxh1, ne2. Queen will be trapped on the next move by ng3 regardless of what black plays.
you forgot Ne4, but in the end white is satisfied with two minor pieces for the rook.
By YouSum Live
00:00:11 Develop Knights before Bishops.
00:00:24 Watch over opponent's Bishop on G4.
00:00:32 Tactical pattern with Knight to E5.
00:00:42 Strategic advantage of Knight E5 move.
00:01:20 Importance of reordering moves for advantage.
00:02:00 Wait for opponent to Castle before pinning.
00:02:22 Pin opponent's kingside Knight after Castle.
00:10:09 Pin opponent's Knight to fight for center.
00:13:33 Establish dominance in the center with pin.
By YouSum Live
GM Igor, are there different "rules" for when you should pin your opponent's King-side knight? Versus your opponent's Queen-side knight?
Thank you, Igor.
I think we have to snare the black Queen on the h file with
hxg4 Qxh1 - I don't like the Bishop pin, but he guards g2
Ne2 means that the best bargain for Black is Qxf1+
Kxf1 and we cannot castle, Nxg4 just to be spiteful :-)
The move to make is hxg4, despite the pin. If black plays Qxh1, she is trapped. After Ne2, black's only way to hold on to the queen a little longer is Nh5, relegating his knight to the edge of the board solely to prevent Ng3, which would win the queen. White can happily leave those two paralyzed pieces, finish development, threaten f7, b7, and c7, or whatever target may arise.
My question is whether or not I should push that second pawn to break the pin. Figuring the tradeoffs is so difficult and susceptible to error (for me).
After (white) Ne2, doesn't black have Ne4, providing an escape by preventing Nh4?
Capture the bishop,knight e2.black play knight e4,white play queen d3,e5 defend the knight.capture.black knight move,and then white play knight g3 capture the queen.
Hi do you have video on when to play a4/a5/h4/h5? I am confused almost every time stockfish says it's the best move
Make a video for best opening for advanced, intermediate and beginners
Very good information thanks
How to find my weak areas in chess and how I practice for prevent them ? what is the best tool to practice chess skills ?can you make a video for this please ?
Love this! Exactly what I need as I always have that question as sometimes recommended and other times not 🤔🤯
i'm a 1300, I love to play scandinavian and have made many mistakes like that. thanks for the video.
Where did the D7 pawn go? If it moved to D6 or D5, this wouldn't work. And if it didn't move, the black bishop wouldn't be able to go to G4.
Look again. It was traded.
pxg4 ,qxh1 ,+ne2, queen no way to scape
Can you make a video for SEMI SLAV PLZ !!!!!!!!
Another great video from the best chess teacher on youtube!
very nice video. do you have a video on strategic rules list?
can you another b3 opening traps video
Because 600-700 is fake rating, actually they are elo rating is higher than you.
Thats something a 600 would say
It works in Ethiopia
I won a game that made me win a whole tournament because one of your traps. Thank you so much sir❤
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Brilliant analysis helps me to think more strategically. Thanks mate
Glad to help
This vid is suuweeeeeeet
Great videos! Ty for the useful info
my freind played Leonid Smirnov on Lichess, it finished 1-1, dunno if you know him
Smirov is like 2300
@@abhayparashar77 Leonid is 2300 too, he's around 50 years old
Are there any grandmaster games where the one in a losing position manages to force a draw by repeated check?
It is not a losing position If there is perpetual check for "losing" side.
@@anttikangasvieri1361 I mean a losing position earlier in the game which is later turned around by forcing a draw.
@@Fitness4London yes this happens but grandmasters often agree to draw before repeating moves are actually played.
Queen to D3
You speak just fine. Great video.
Thanks!
I win against 1300s and lose against 600 and 700...😢
What’s your rating
That said because 1300s memorise games and 600s play what ever. If you make one move that isn’t part of the pattern 1300s has to start playing
@@mattynffc1800 for now it's 1042..i don't know what it will be at the end of the day.. I may gain a lot of rating.. Or lose a lot of rating
@@mattynffc1800 1042 for now.. I don't know what it will be at the end of the day.. I may gain a lot of rating or lose a lot of it..
@@noon3d but 1300s r supposed to kno tactics and strategies... 600s are not like the 600s you see in chess videos.. Blundering piece in every move..
Here's the thing, different professionals say totally opposite points.
May I know why you talk so fast? By the time my brain hears and then registers and comprehends what you are saying, you are already on your third sentence. What's the big rush? Are you involved in a dare? Or you always need to return the rented car right after creating this video to avoid overdue charges? What is it?
Or maybe your brain is just a little slow.
@@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928 Yes. That's a possibility. I am 82 years old and my brain has become a bit slow, I must confess. Anyway, my 10-year old great-granddaughter just told me that I can go to the Settings of this video and reduce the speed. I didn't know that. I just reduced the speed to .5 and it is now working like a charm. It's a miracle. You have a good life.
@ShakuniMamaKaRishtedaar i was actually going to recommend the settings change. I just assumed everyone knew about it though XD. My bad bro.
@@visibletoallusersonyoutube5928 No worries. I just discovered that there's no way to lower the speed in Shorts though, unfortunately.
great instruction (as always)
I don’t understand where the hell blacks queen pawn went. You always start videos with pawns completely missing?
It's irrelevent, he's explaining the pin based on the position.
I noticed that too. But I think it’s white e2, black d5, white c4, black takes c4, white retakes bishop c4 or something like that
Speak more slowly. You speak too quickly and mumble your words. Slowing down and speaking clearly will make viewers more interested in what you are saying. When you speak rapidly it gives the impression that what you are saying is not important. I realize that English is not your native language, and you should learn that some languages are better spoken at different speeds than other languages.
Slow down the speed if it is an issue for you.
I understand him clearly
I have zero problem. This might be a YOU issue.
Are you acustic
use the speed controls. Creating content is mind-blowingly tough, so meet Igor in the middle. I speed it up, personally.