Hey bro I just wanted to say I just hit 2000 After a year of playing I'm really untalented and I got to 2000 mainly cuz Of Playing a lot but When I didnt know how to play well Almost all my opening knowledge came from you Thank you! Im jawnwn on chess if you have to verify
@@sittiefatmah9199 Just play And relax Focus on endgames skills too Cuz most people are good at openings and middlegames by the time they reach 1600 After that It's outplaying them in endgames
► Chapters 00:00 6 Ways to Save a Game in Chess 00:10 Most common mistake in chess 00:51 Rule-1 01:52 Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Championship Game-1 03:00 Rule-2 04:38 Countering early queen checkmating attack 06:32 Rule-3 (countering knight fork) 10:34 Rule-4 11:15 MrBeast vs Hikaru Nakamura 12:10 Rule-5 13:09 Puzzle of the Day 13:19 Rule-6 14:05 Even 3600 ELO Stockfish could not solve this puzzle
Hey there Igor and in the puzzle of the day isnt there a mate like i see some checkmates and can't we just play Ng4 instead of sacrificeing our queen to get a draw by repetition Like Ng4 He takes with rook, queen h2 mate He pushes the h pawn to h3 Well then sacrifice the queen by playing Qxh3 and after rook captures Nxf2 is mate He checks us with Qe6+ Kg7, Qg6+ and we can just run our king and if they take our pawn Nxf2 is mate and if they do nothing then still Nxf2 is mate If rook g1 to f1 then Qxh2 is mate alsi when pushing the pawn to h3 after Ng4 we don't even need to sacrifice our queen like we can go Nxf2 and then when Kh2 then we take their h pawn with our queen and it would be a mate as the rook is pinned. Like try whatever u want and it is a checkmate and there is no way to stop it like why should we go for a draw when we have all these checkmated . Let me know if i am wrong and if i have missed anything.
Qxh2 then after recapture keep checking with the knight on g4 or f2, the rook cant recapture due to bishop pin and the king is stuck on h file due to pawns
At 8.07 1.g4 Nxg4 2. Ng3 Bg6 3. Qxg4 Nxa1 4. Bg5 and soon Rxa1. Alternative 1.g4 Nxg4 3. Ng3 Qh4 and then 4. h3 Qxg3 or 4. Re1 Qxh2+ and a hard time for white to defend.
I've had games where I was winning but made critical mistakes and ending up losing. I recently was losing a game, but the person I was playing hung his queen, allowing me to win the game. Then played games where I was losing, then found a way to go after the enemy king and win. I've used the tactic of attacking when attacked and gotten out of some bad situation.
@@Kratos19086 u hang your knight on g4 After knight takes rook, just take the pawn on b7 and give check on c6 using your light square bishop. May be hard to visualize for you but you can always use the analysis board with the engine off
Hello Igor, I was recently playing chess when I thought how do you know when your opponents move is a innovation,correct move or simply a mistake. In this game I remembered your advice from one of your video's where you say "just ask yourself what is wrong with his move? So I did that and won easily 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cd Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b6 this is where I asked "what is wrong with his move? I saw the hole at c6 and thought why not play Bb5+ and occupy the c6 hole. 6.Bb5+ he should have played 6...c6 but instead he played ... Nbd7? 7.e5 Nf6 8.Bc6 Rb8 9.Qf3 e6 10.Ne2 Be7? 11.0-0 h6 12.Bf4 Bg5 13.Rfd1 Ne7? 14.d5 Bb7? 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.de c6 17.exd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Rd1 Nd5 20.Nxd5 0-0 21.Nf6+ and my opponent resigned.
For the puzzle I would say Nf4 threatening mate with Qxh2, and rook can't take it (Rxf4) because of the same Qxh2 (now the queen would be defended by the bishop in d6)? So the remaining thing to do for the white after Nf4 is to perpetually check the black king with the queen or lose material (Rg1g2, fxg6, Rg3g2...)
13:12 Knight G4 wins. Threatens checkmate in 1 two seperate ways. If the rook drops back to defend pawn takes rook. If white makes a passive move then knight captures pawn on F2 or Queen captures pawn on H2 both are checkmates. White has material advantage but also a losing position
Puzzle: queen sacrifice h2, king takes, knight h4 check, (rook can't take it is pinned by bishop) king h1, knight f2, king h2, knight back to h4 and again and again!!!
Nxg4 to take at Nxf2 and checkmate or after Nxg4 play Qxh2 and it's also a checkmate if he takes Rxg3 to capture our knight then Qxh2 checkmate protected by bishop
2:42. That was a terrible move from Black. The only thing the king has to do is move to H1, and your strategy is done for. Now both your queen and rook are under attact. And if you try to take on H4 and check the king, yes you manage a queen trade, but you still lose to Rook F8 Checkmate. What a bad position to learn from.
I'm pretty sure you can take the pawn on h4 with check and it's a fine position for you because they have to trade queens and you can slide your king over to escape the mate threat after they move their king back to g1
Wait a second… In the Gukesh-Ding example, Can’t white just play Kh1 and still be winning? If Qxc4, Qxh8+ followed by xc4? What am I missing? Edit: Oh… Qxh4+ Qxh4, Rxh4+ Kg1, Rh8 and black is fine. It would’ve been helpful to see that variation for me. Is Rf2 to block the check not still winning? Someone help.
I’m not too sure myself, but my best guess is you block its sight with Ne4, since that square is no longer defended by the knight, or I think a better move is Be4, since that leads to Knight takes rook, Bishop takes bishop and now threatens the other knight, knight moves away, your dark squared bishop opens the path for the queen to take the knight.
@@scionescire Why Kf8 , when Kg7 is possible ? And I don't think that black needs to draw or white has perpetual checks. Ng4 just wins the game on the spot.
8:06 in this situation as black I would just take with knight Ng4 I was waiting for an explanation what to do then as white, but unfortunately there was no explanation ( ˘︹˘ )
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Your advice to counter attack is probably the thing that raised my ELO the most. Thanks and happy new year Igor!
Absolutely Great Video Igor! Thanks!
Hey bro
I just wanted to say
I just hit 2000
After a year of playing
I'm really untalented and I got to 2000 mainly cuz Of Playing a lot but
When I didnt know how to play well
Almost all my opening knowledge came from you
Thank you!
Im jawnwn on chess if you have to verify
im currently 1900+ and i want to reach 2000+ any tips?
@@sittiefatmah9199 Just play
And relax
Focus on endgames skills too
Cuz most people are good at openings and middlegames by the time they reach 1600
After that
It's outplaying them in endgames
► Chapters
00:00 6 Ways to Save a Game in Chess
00:10 Most common mistake in chess
00:51 Rule-1
01:52 Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Championship Game-1
03:00 Rule-2
04:38 Countering early queen checkmating attack
06:32 Rule-3 (countering knight fork)
10:34 Rule-4
11:15 MrBeast vs Hikaru Nakamura
12:10 Rule-5
13:09 Puzzle of the Day
13:19 Rule-6
14:05 Even 3600 ELO Stockfish could not solve this puzzle
Rule 3...... what if he captures the pawn sacrifice with the Knight 🤔
@haselhbossI'm guessing ng3
1) ... Qxh2+ 2) KxQh2 Ng4+ a) 3) Kh1 Nxf2+ or b) 3) Kh3 Nxf2+ with an endless checks serie !
Nice bro u found it
Knight G4 is just winning for black
@@Lemaus433I'm pretty sure white has counterplay and they're up a lot of material
Also white can push h3 to sacrifice the rook in exchange for the bishop to have a winning position
Hey there Igor and in the puzzle of the day isnt there a mate like i see some checkmates and can't we just play Ng4 instead of sacrificeing our queen to get a draw by repetition
Like Ng4
He takes with rook, queen h2 mate
He pushes the h pawn to h3
Well then sacrifice the queen by playing Qxh3 and after rook captures Nxf2 is mate
He checks us with Qe6+ Kg7, Qg6+ and we can just run our king and if they take our pawn Nxf2 is mate and if they do nothing then still Nxf2 is mate
If rook g1 to f1 then Qxh2 is mate alsi when pushing the pawn to h3 after Ng4 we don't even need to sacrifice our queen like we can go Nxf2 and then when Kh2 then we take their h pawn with our queen and it would be a mate as the rook is pinned. Like try whatever u want and it is a checkmate and there is no way to stop it like why should we go for a draw when we have all these checkmated .
Let me know if i am wrong and if i have missed anything.
Qxh2 then peepetual check with Ng4 and Nf2
Qxh2 then after recapture keep checking with the knight on g4 or f2, the rook cant recapture due to bishop pin and the king is stuck on h file due to pawns
Hi Igor, this was a great video, I really liked it.
I was thinking that in 8.01 instead of taking the pawn, the bishop can go to g6 right ??
Thanks a lot Igor
At 8.07 1.g4 Nxg4 2. Ng3 Bg6 3. Qxg4 Nxa1 4. Bg5 and soon Rxa1.
Alternative 1.g4 Nxg4 3. Ng3 Qh4 and then 4. h3 Qxg3 or 4. Re1 Qxh2+ and a hard time for white to defend.
8:04 what if he takes back the bishop and still saving the knight
I've had games where I was winning but made critical mistakes and ending up losing. I recently was losing a game, but the person I was playing hung his queen, allowing me to win the game. Then played games where I was losing, then found a way to go after the enemy king and win. I've used the tactic of attacking when attacked and gotten out of some bad situation.
7:57 what if they take with the knight?
You try to attack the bishop using your knight to g3!
@@JkJaks he goes back to g6
@@Kratos19086 u hang your knight on g4
After knight takes rook, just take the pawn on b7 and give check on c6 using your light square bishop. May be hard to visualize for you but you can always use the analysis board with the engine off
@@Kratos19086 Then you play Be4
Then he plays BxB...
Thank you very much sir for your video
Hello Igor,
I was recently playing chess when I thought how do you know when your opponents move is a innovation,correct move or simply a mistake. In this game I remembered your advice from one of your video's where you say "just ask yourself what is wrong with his move? So I did that and won easily 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cd Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b6 this is where I asked "what is wrong with his move? I saw the hole at c6 and thought why not play Bb5+ and occupy the c6 hole. 6.Bb5+ he should have played 6...c6 but instead he played ... Nbd7? 7.e5 Nf6 8.Bc6 Rb8 9.Qf3 e6 10.Ne2 Be7? 11.0-0 h6 12.Bf4 Bg5 13.Rfd1 Ne7? 14.d5 Bb7? 15.Bxb7 Rxb7 16.de c6 17.exd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Rd1 Nd5 20.Nxd5 0-0 21.Nf6+ and my opponent resigned.
Very helpful
Rule-3 countering knight fork: Nf6 takes g4 … two pawns up for black
For the puzzle I would say Nf4 threatening mate with Qxh2, and rook can't take it (Rxf4) because of the same Qxh2 (now the queen would be defended by the bishop in d6)? So the remaining thing to do for the white after Nf4 is to perpetually check the black king with the queen or lose material (Rg1g2, fxg6, Rg3g2...)
13:12 Knight G4 wins. Threatens checkmate in 1 two seperate ways. If the rook drops back to defend pawn takes rook. If white makes a passive move then knight captures pawn on F2 or Queen captures pawn on H2 both are checkmates. White has material advantage but also a losing position
ng4 doesn’t win. qe6+ leads to perpetual by white after the only move kf8.
Love sir salute
Good one Igor.......😂😂 it's just a Rook.....Chill bruv ........ happy holidays by the way 🌹
In #3, why wouldn't they take the attacking G pawn w/the knight (instead of the bishop), thus preserving the fork and escape protection?
Puzzle: queen sacrifice h2, king takes, knight h4 check, (rook can't take it is pinned by bishop) king h1, knight f2, king h2, knight back to h4 and again and again!!!
In the third example, white doesn’t just have a rook for the queen, but a rook and the sacrificed bishop.
4:45 ok U read everyone's mind 😂
Nxg4 to take at Nxf2 and checkmate or after Nxg4 play Qxh2 and it's also a checkmate if he takes Rxg3 to capture our knight then Qxh2 checkmate protected by bishop
this is what I've got
They can push h3 I'm pretty sure
Wrong puzzle mb
Sir in 2:06 white could play Qf2 threting check mate rhus is completely winning he should play Qf2 not sac
2:42. That was a terrible move from Black. The only thing the king has to do is move to H1, and your strategy is done for. Now both your queen and rook are under attact. And if you try to take on H4 and check the king, yes you manage a queen trade, but you still lose to Rook F8 Checkmate. What a bad position to learn from.
I'm pretty sure you can take the pawn on h4 with check and it's a fine position for you because they have to trade queens and you can slide your king over to escape the mate threat after they move their king back to g1
In the second example, after Qxh7...Qd4+, why not Kh1?
dexter carlson 0:00
puzzle of the day solution-Qxh2+,Kxh2,Ng4+,Kh1,Nxf2+,Kh2,Ng4+,Kh3,Nf2+ willl be a draw
Chess was more fun when I didn't know how to play.
Even if I come back I will again blunder😢😢😢
If you're playing an opponent of your level, they're just as likely to blunder too.
Surely with that attitude
.....or my bleeping time will run out.😢
Wait a second… In the Gukesh-Ding example, Can’t white just play Kh1 and still be winning?
If Qxc4, Qxh8+ followed by xc4? What am I missing?
Edit: Oh… Qxh4+ Qxh4, Rxh4+ Kg1, Rh8 and black is fine.
It would’ve been helpful to see that variation for me.
Is Rf2 to block the check not still winning? Someone help.
I lose on time. That's my issue. Rapid 15 min is too fast for me. Classic I can play at 300 higher rating level
What if they take with knight 7:57
I’m not too sure myself, but my best guess is you block its sight with Ne4, since that square is no longer defended by the knight, or I think a better move is Be4, since that leads to Knight takes rook, Bishop takes bishop and now threatens the other knight, knight moves away, your dark squared bishop opens the path for the queen to take the knight.
Thnx
13:12 In this puzzle , why does black need to draw the game ? How is white threatening a checkmate ?
White has +5 material advantage
sure, Qxh2 leads to a draw, but Ng4 seems to be winning, as Rg3 must not move...and white seems to have perpetual check at best after Qe6+ Kf8...
@@scionescire Why Kf8 , when Kg7 is possible ? And I don't think that black needs to draw or white has perpetual checks. Ng4 just wins the game on the spot.
Kg7?? Just losing for black as white can push the pawn
Once upon a time I don't know what fortress. That time this happened to me against a Chess Prince level. And I lost
Ok people, who thinks this is the best lesson, give thumb up!
Yesterday I missed a checkmate (I saw the Queen but didn't see the knight so I moved my bishops to checkmate) and today this video 😭🙏🏻
Do you even need the escape square because the bishop is now blocked
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Qxh2 Kxh2 , Ng4+ Kh3 , Nxf2+ ...... Draw
8:06 in this situation as black I would just take with knight Ng4
I was waiting for an explanation what to do then as white, but unfortunately there was no explanation ( ˘︹˘ )
Or Bg6
@@scionescirethat move doesn't make sense, I'm asking about a real move
Just today I lost to that bishop checkmate
Bo 17 watches this video early around 2012/2013
NG4.
Qxh2+
E6
Qxh2
first
Don't play.