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Igor!! You are amazing!! You have made my chess rating climb so fast and the best part is you make it so easy and FUN! I always thought the better i got the more mental gymnastics i would have to do to out think my opponent. 2 rules: take is mistake and move forward/attack has simplified my game and raised me hundreds of elo rating
Great video Igor! I consider your strategy sort of a "heuristic pruning" strategy. While Stockfish will usually give the best objective move against perfect play (when analyzed to a certain depth), none of us ever play perfect opponents. We are playing against humans - humans who make mistakes. Your heuristic pruning strategy will often *not* give the best objective move, but will often give the best move against a human player. This generally works because when faced with a barrage of attacks, many humans panic and play a move that is very far from optimal. As you point out, it also dramatically simplifies the analysis you have to make in order to arrive at a very good move. Good one!
I mean, stockfish evaluation function where it evaluates leaves in the game tree after a certain depth is also a heuristic. So stockfish is not perfect. Heck, thats why it sometimes loses in TCEC against Leela, which is not perfect either. A perfect policy is monumentally hard to obtain. In fact, if we are able to do so, we can solve several other unsolvable world problems. (chess is an EXPTIME-complete game so it is even harder to solve to optimality than the already ridiculously difficult NP-hard and NP-complete problems). Lol I nerded out 😅
@@abuthahirumarhathab4201 No, Stockfish is not heuristic in the same way Igor's method is a heuristic. Sure, Stockfish uses a static evaluation function which if of course is by definition a heuristic, but the search itself is not heuristic. Igor's search method, on the other hand, ruthlessly prunes-off moves that are not attacking an opponents piece on their side of the board. Stockfish would never do this under any circumstances (unless there was an incredibly unusual variation that exceeded its search depth.) The most common reason that Stockfish would lose to Leela is that its static evaluation function (which drives its search) does not accurately evaluate the strengths of a position. Long ago when computer chess programs were in their infancy, this is why they were so bad - their evaluation functions were terrible. Stockfish's evaluation function is extremely good and generally, quite accurately evaluates a position statically. Combine with very fast alpha-beta-pruned search and you have a strong player.
@@jonlynch yeah. the search is not a heuristic. but the evaluation is. But stockfish evaluation is not completely optimal. some moves may be either optimal by chance or stockfish may find a forced mate, in which case, stockfish moves are 100% optimal. Igor's method is more of a human method that is kinda designed for our capabilities and limitations. Sure, a better method might exist. But if i know one, I wouldn't be a 800 elo anymore. But odds are mostly the case that stockfish moves are globally optimal (unless as u said, some weird variations exist beyond the search depth or if the position is closed - where neural networks for some reason outperform stockfish)
Engines haven't locked down perfect play. So "best objective move" is still an unknown thing. To human sensibilities, engine play (under its given manner of construct/approach) strikes us as so superior that it seems it may be in close proximity to achieving optimal (perfect) play. But our sensibilities can be (and are) often wrong. The big takeaway from A0 was that an entirely new approach to learning the game can lead to remarkably high (super-human) level of play. Is that it then? Either A0's adversarial self-reinforcement learning approach or engine's brute force approach are the only two paths forward to solving chess? I don't think I'd put money on that. Regardless, both of those approaches empathetically run roughshod over the patzer play of humans. Easily outclassing the best humanity has to offer. So human chess just needs to be understood to be its own thing...forever full of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders. But that's okay. It's still fun. And worth finding out what human can do it best.
Your rule of approaching the game has definitely helped. Yes you have to adapt it to the situation every step of the game so it will make sense, but it gives a curtain direction. Thank you for sharing! Played a few games and all of a sudden i'm making moves that i didn't use to make.
► Chapters 00:00 Most Important Chess Rule to Reach 2000 ELO 00:18 Example-1 01:02 THE SINGLE RULE 01:51 If there's no attacking moves 04:45 Complex chess position 08:10 Attacking by retreating/relocating/maneuvering 10:55 Counterattack - offense is the best defense 12:51 Forcing moves are the most powerful 15:31 The only defense move I played 17:20 Quiz for you: From MY game
- Understand the most important chess rule for attacking: always ask how to attack something on your opponent's half of the board 01:02 - Prioritize making attacking moves over defensive ones, even when being attacked 01:19 - Prepare an attack if a direct attack isn't immediately available by positioning your pieces towards the opponent's half 02:03 - Consider captures that lead to gaining material, not just for the sake of exchanging pieces 09:03 - Use your pieces to create threats and force responses from your opponent to maintain control 09:51 - Adjust your strategy based on your opponent's moves, focusing on creating your own threats rather than just responding defensively 11:00 - Remember that linear pieces (Queen, Rooks, and Bishops) can also attack from a distance 12:31 - Keep attacking moves in your opponent's half of the board as your primary strategy, even if it means violating some traditional rules occasionally 14:01
Prior to watching this video I would’ve took the knight with Bxb4 (which wouldn’t be good because to take is a mistake) or Kb1 which is a passive defensive move. But after watching the video I would’ve played Bd4 to move forward and attack the defender of the knight on H5, in which black would have an unfavourable position after a few moves. Thanks for video Igor and I hope to see more helpful thinking systems soon that I can implement in my chess games!
Woah... I have learnt an amazing chess trick from this video! I found pawn to e5 first in the quiz, which ignores the threat of Nxa2 by the black pieces while threatening to win a knight. If the knight on h5 moves to f6 to defend the X-rayed pawn on h7, simply capture the black's knight with the pawn on e5 while threatening checkmate with Qxh7 by the white pieces. Else if pawn to g6 is played by the black pieces to defend the knight, I chose to attack it once more with pawn to g4 by the white pieces and wherever the black knight moves, Qf6 or Qxf6 is then played by the white pieces, checkmate is unstoppable or your opponent can choose to give up his black queen.
My impression of your lessons, after watching several, is that you don't like end games. The usual wisdom is "trade if you have a material advantage." Your rule is directly counter to that - you have a "higher standard." Your strategy holds off transition to and end game and keeps the middle game going for as long as possible. I surmise that you are good at middle games. For someone who's an end-game expert, I'm not sure it's the best advice. An end game powerhouse would love to get to a materially advantageous end-game as fast as possible.
As a 2000, ironically the first thing that I thought about is Kb1 (cowardly) but then I realised that Bd4 would have been a better move, setting a sneaky trap for black if he becomes too greedy after Nxa2 Kb1 2 of black's pieces are attacked and there is no way to defend the 2 knights (a2 an h5) after the queen moves. So Bd4 Nxd3 (removing the light squared bishop for white) but after Rxd3, with the queen being attacked and forced to move, the h5 knight is lost same with Bd4 Qc6. Bd4 also Nxa2+ Nxc3 which may result in doubled pawns in some variations.
@@Nebenio9824 I mean to say after Bd4 (attacking the queen), Nxd3+ is an intermezzo and then White takes back with Rxd3 and the black queen is still being attacked by the bishop.
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Thank you, Igor. Attacking while defending like that Bishop is a good move. 3 Points that I learned from this video: 1) Attack half of the boad of your opponent. 2) Take only if you have an advantage. 3) You can attack while defending at the same time. 4) Progress. Appreciate the videos as always. Cheers.
@@Nebenio9824 What are you saying how cxd3 is possible? pawn is pinned right now, rook needs to take on d3. and instead of losing pawn a4, attack with rook, simple you win free knight
Previously, BxB4, trading bishop for knight to eliminate the obvious threat, but leaving the enemy pawn & queen to wreak havoc later. NOW: B-e4 to force the black Queen to c6, followed by QxN, gaining a piece & threatening mate with e5.
Bd4. The threat nxa2 loses one of the knights on a2 or h5 after kb1, queen moves away due to double atk and you pick up one knight, so better continuation after bd4 nxd3+, rook recapture(pawn is pinned), queen must maintain defense of h5 knight so qb5 only safe square, after rb3 the queen must leave the defense of knight and you win the knight.
Previously I would play Bd4 and go for the Knight on h5. But that is not attacking move as immediate e5. It blocks Queens defense of knight and opens diagonal for bishop. Now, black could either take pawn with the knight and give a check, capture dark squered bishop, but then I have the other to attack on opened diagonal. Or can take immediately light squared bishop. Then after rook takes, I am treatening knight, have the other bishop for attack after e6 or something with that pawn, and also knight and rook that, captured light squared bishop, to go on g or h file and I am sure that this attack is unstopable.
Before: Kb1 as I am afraid of Na2+ followed by Nc3 destroying my castled position. After: Bd4. Black can't play Na2 as Kb1 will leave both his Queen and Knight hanging. Black has no choice but to play Nd3+. The response would be Rd3, Qb5 (Black needs to continue defending his Knight on h5). Now White has Rb3 and Black's Queen will be forced backwards and White can play Qh5 next.
Definitely e5, that will lead to the great gift sacrifice and probably winning the game Nxa2 is not scary because I think Kd2 just gets away from all trouble, even if black follows with trading knight for bishop! I may even not take the knight then
Prior, I would have played KB1, but now I think BD4. I believe he would play NXB check, and RxN. Black would pretty much be forced with QB5, then you would play NG5, threatens the Knight. Followed by NG5. Black would play G6 to protect the Knight, followed by G4 to win the knight if it is moved, and if not, material, and a partial open file against the king.
I think this is better: Previously, BxNb4, trading bishop for knight to eliminate the obvious threat, but leaving the enemy pawn & queen to wreak havoc later. NOW: B-e4 to force the black Queen to c6, (he wouldn't exchange knight for bishop since it achieves nothing) followed by our QxN, gaining a piece & threatening mate with e5.
I think Bd4 attacking queen. That protects against the Kxa2, then losing black bishop, a pawn, and screws the pawn structure. Before this video I would consider a3, or e5. e5 is coming regardless if the knight doesn't take white bishop
Before maybe Bxb4 or Bd4 and after your suggestion e5 which will block Q protection of the Knight on h5 and open the light B to h7. After surviving a check and a trade of dark B then Qxh5 looks promising as the Pawn watches f6. Black might still try some shenanigans with king-side Pawns, but we are not calculating - just attacking onto the opponents side. That is my thinking, but Black will likely just move Nxd3+, then both black Knights will be hanging under attack.
Pre Igor Nation I would probably play the defensive move Kb1, presuming I actually saw the threat LOL. Would now consider candidate moves Kb1, Bd4, Bxg7, b4, and e5, of which Bd4 seems the most forcing and eventually wins the knight on a5.
p-e5 seems to win material. the knight is now unprotected and has nowhere to go without losing an exchange. and if it moves to anywhere except f6 there's q-h7 mate as p-e5 uncovers the bishop on d3. ... p-g6 seems to be forced which protects the knight and also protects against q-h7 mate. p-g4 attacks the knight again - if ...bxg4 the queen recaptures winning the exchange but - if ...nxf4 then q-h6 threatening the knight on f4 followed by n-g5 (unless there's a series of spite checks with n-a2 or nxd3 or n-d2 first) threatening q-h7 mate again
Bd4 seems the most obvious... I feel like Bxg7 is more in the spirit of the video. If Nxg7 then Ng5 seems like quite the threat and if Kxg7 - maybe f5 to interrupt Queen's protection of the Knight? It's very hard to calculate all the possibilities though - same for half the moves in the video. Initial attack seems crazy and so do half the moves - but king weakness compensates for all of the material sacrifices. I don't have any idea as to how to get good enough to see that ahead of time.
Before watching this video, I would have played King to B1 to defend the square that the knight is threatening. After watching this video I think I would play Bishop to D4 to attack the queen and make the queen leave that square and let me take the knight on H5.
The 1..Nxa2+ threat is more than compensated for by Black's lack of development, exposed and over-extended Q and weak N on h5 versus White's coordinated pieces aiming at the king. I would play 1.Bd4,Nxd3+ 2.Rxd3,Qb5 and now 3.Ng5,g6 4.Nxh7,Kxh7 (..Re8 5.Nf6+,Nxf6 6.Bxf6,Re6 7.Rd5,Qc6 8.f5,Rxe4 9.Qh6 and mate) 5.g4 and possibly Rh3 ++- 3.e5!,g6 4.g4,Ng7 (or ..Nxf4 5.Ng5,Ne2+ [..Ng2? 6.Qxh7#] 6.Kb1 +-) 5.Ng5,h5 6.Rg3!,Bxg4 7.h3,f6 8.ef with a raging attack.
Guys, Bd4 doesn't work because of Kxe3+ Rxe3 and if eventually a4 to deviate the queen still doesnt work because after take take Qa1+ gets the rook on h1. Although the unbalanced material (black is up) with a bishop pair and a rook already lifted should still be easy to win for white
Very instructive video! I´m a over 2200 player, but I used to play such positions as white in a very bad way! Most of the time I feel my moves are attacking myself! 😆🤣 Normally I would play Kb1, but now I play Bd4.
Before watching I'd have probably done K b1, protecting the pawn as I'm naturally cautious and more concerned about not losing than actually winning. After watching I'm considering B d4, attacking the Black Queen or g4, attacking the Knight on h5 but then I'd probably be paralysed by indecision trying to figure out which option I should choose. I briefly considered Q e7, threatening the Black Rook on f8 but dismissed it as idiotic. Edit: After watching the video a 2nd time I realised that g4 was also idiotic but saw e5 as a possible attacking move.
What would be helpful is to tell how far ahead did you calculate and also anticipate all variations that your opponent could play. That is the most critical piece of information that is missing in this video.
Prior I would have played a3, but after this video, bishop d4 is crushing I think. I calculated a while and got stuck because there is defensive play for black but black is forced to play defense, and must eventually play g6 to hold the knight which weakens the dark squares, which the bishop and queen can exploit later in the game. Black must be losing
Ng5 attacking the h pawn then e4e5 to open up my bishop Bd4 attacking the Queen removing the fork and they can't checkmate me with the queen Bd4 is what I would play Ng5 is an attacking move on black's half board and I believe I could escape with Kd2 tho that would lead to a trade on c3
Bishop d4 and we attack the queen and also that h5 knight the queen has to retreat to b6 because there are no other safe sqaure after queen move we take the h5 knight
Before this video, I would say attack the night, but now maybe queen to G4. If the night attacks chase him away and then on the next move is checkmate?
prior to the video i would have premoved Kb1. after the video i thought for 4 minutes, and decided on the move Bd4 because if the black knight takes a2+ after Kb1 black cannot defend both pieces, and so probably has to trade on d3 with Nxd3+ Rx, and after the queen runs f5 is incoming, cutting the queen off from the knight and winning material, if the knight retreats toe f6 black will get checkmated soon after Bx gx Nd4 (to allow the rook on d3 to access the g file) let me know if this is correct sensei, love your videos
i am not fit today but i was looking for some ideas with bg7 but it just looked good. In the Tournament i would play bd4 attacking the queen but i knew that konzept allrdy before from you.
I have one question. How can you apply This method of thinking in passive positons where there are No clear attacking moves and No clear attacking moves on the next move?
Bring more pieces forward. Knights can be especially annoying in closed games. Just threaten a fork in the next move or two, and your opponent will probably be pushed into messing up his own position by getting defensive and more cramped up. Igor had another video where he teaches this simple concept on another game, he brings more attackers into the opponent's half of the board. He wins in the end, obviously.
The practice: I mean, I would consider Bd4, it looks decent. Creates a threat (actually 2 threats). Very natural move? (Principle: make moves on the opponent's side of the board) This is tough...Ng5 or Qxh5? Bd4 still looks amazing though. Edit: XDD
Previously I would probably play something like a3 but now I play E5 with the idea if Nxa2+ Kb1 and Nxc3+ bxc3 and Qxc3 this would lose the night on h5
@@aaronstephens2070 White can't recapture with the pawn if Nxd3, as White's c pawn is pinned. It would recapture with the rook, and then the queen is still threatened by the bishop on d4. Then Qb5 (as you suggest) would be followed by Rb2. Black's queen would still be driven from rank 4.
Sir can you try to post a video that will teach us to reach 2000 to 2300 rapid rating. Use only one opening e4 as white and c6 as black until you reach 2300 rating. Please content a rating climb video for us hehe God bless
I lost because of your rule, always attack or create threat, opponent rook attacked my queen, I pinned the rook to opponent's queen using my queen, my queen was undefended, and he checked my king with rook and took my queen. So always attacking creates blunder, the best move was to move the queen to a defensive position. You need to know all the tactics and visualize their best move before attacking and sometimes defense is the best offense. I was up +2, but with that blunder I lost.
Always attacking or creating a threat is, to quote a Caribbean Pirate, more of a guideline than a rule. On the other hand, one of the hard and fast rules is "don't blunder".
Before this video. Kb1 After this video Bd4 and hope to capture the knight on h5 later. But still wondering if Kxa2 check is a real problem or not. Rook pawn and queen are close
All the guys saying e5, doesn't the simple g6 stop this whole plan? It blocks the diagonal and protects the knight, eh? I mean Bd4 looks much better as far as I can calculate.
Hello Igor, as I wrote to you by email I would have loved to end my life working with you to develop chess and your team nation. Here, I would have played Cg5. It loses the Ch5 and if the Ch5 moves there is matte. C SASSI
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"Lazy GM"... that is why you are my inspiration and 'go to guy' for all the best openings, tips and tricks!
Igor, you are the best! ❤😊
I personally like "primative/impulsive" thinking.
Agreed
Igor!! You are amazing!! You have made my chess rating climb so fast and the best part is you make it so easy and FUN! I always thought the better i got the more mental gymnastics i would have to do to out think my opponent. 2 rules: take is mistake and move forward/attack has simplified my game and raised me hundreds of elo rating
Great video Igor! I consider your strategy sort of a "heuristic pruning" strategy. While Stockfish will usually give the best objective move against perfect play (when analyzed to a certain depth), none of us ever play perfect opponents. We are playing against humans - humans who make mistakes. Your heuristic pruning strategy will often *not* give the best objective move, but will often give the best move against a human player. This generally works because when faced with a barrage of attacks, many humans panic and play a move that is very far from optimal. As you point out, it also dramatically simplifies the analysis you have to make in order to arrive at a very good move. Good one!
I mean, stockfish evaluation function where it evaluates leaves in the game tree after a certain depth is also a heuristic. So stockfish is not perfect. Heck, thats why it sometimes loses in TCEC against Leela, which is not perfect either. A perfect policy is monumentally hard to obtain. In fact, if we are able to do so, we can solve several other unsolvable world problems. (chess is an EXPTIME-complete game so it is even harder to solve to optimality than the already ridiculously difficult NP-hard and NP-complete problems). Lol I nerded out 😅
@@abuthahirumarhathab4201 No, Stockfish is not heuristic in the same way Igor's method is a heuristic. Sure, Stockfish uses a static evaluation function which if of course is by definition a heuristic, but the search itself is not heuristic. Igor's search method, on the other hand, ruthlessly prunes-off moves that are not attacking an opponents piece on their side of the board. Stockfish would never do this under any circumstances (unless there was an incredibly unusual variation that exceeded its search depth.)
The most common reason that Stockfish would lose to Leela is that its static evaluation function (which drives its search) does not accurately evaluate the strengths of a position. Long ago when computer chess programs were in their infancy, this is why they were so bad - their evaluation functions were terrible. Stockfish's evaluation function is extremely good and generally, quite accurately evaluates a position statically. Combine with very fast alpha-beta-pruned search and you have a strong player.
@@jonlynch yeah. the search is not a heuristic. but the evaluation is. But stockfish evaluation is not completely optimal. some moves may be either optimal by chance or stockfish may find a forced mate, in which case, stockfish moves are 100% optimal. Igor's method is more of a human method that is kinda designed for our capabilities and limitations. Sure, a better method might exist. But if i know one, I wouldn't be a 800 elo anymore. But odds are mostly the case that stockfish moves are globally optimal (unless as u said, some weird variations exist beyond the search depth or if the position is closed - where neural networks for some reason outperform stockfish)
Engines haven't locked down perfect play. So "best objective move" is still an unknown thing. To human sensibilities, engine play (under its given manner of construct/approach) strikes us as so superior that it seems it may be in close proximity to achieving optimal (perfect) play. But our sensibilities can be (and are) often wrong. The big takeaway from A0 was that an entirely new approach to learning the game can lead to remarkably high (super-human) level of play. Is that it then? Either A0's adversarial self-reinforcement learning approach or engine's brute force approach are the only two paths forward to solving chess? I don't think I'd put money on that. Regardless, both of those approaches empathetically run roughshod over the patzer play of humans. Easily outclassing the best humanity has to offer. So human chess just needs to be understood to be its own thing...forever full of inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders. But that's okay. It's still fun. And worth finding out what human can do it best.
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Your rule of approaching the game has definitely helped. Yes you have to adapt it to the situation every step of the game so it will make sense, but it gives a curtain direction. Thank you for sharing! Played a few games and all of a sudden i'm making moves that i didn't use to make.
"...but I'm a lazy GM."
Gotta love this guy. Frackin' brilliant, and humble. Teaches chess in a way that even I can understand, and appreciate.
► Chapters
00:00 Most Important Chess Rule to Reach 2000 ELO
00:18 Example-1
01:02 THE SINGLE RULE
01:51 If there's no attacking moves
04:45 Complex chess position
08:10 Attacking by retreating/relocating/maneuvering
10:55 Counterattack - offense is the best defense
12:51 Forcing moves are the most powerful
15:31 The only defense move I played
17:20 Quiz for you: From MY game
Thanks for timestamps
- Understand the most important chess rule for attacking: always ask how to attack something on your opponent's half of the board 01:02
- Prioritize making attacking moves over defensive ones, even when being attacked 01:19
- Prepare an attack if a direct attack isn't immediately available by positioning your pieces towards the opponent's half 02:03
- Consider captures that lead to gaining material, not just for the sake of exchanging pieces 09:03
- Use your pieces to create threats and force responses from your opponent to maintain control 09:51
- Adjust your strategy based on your opponent's moves, focusing on creating your own threats rather than just responding defensively 11:00
- Remember that linear pieces (Queen, Rooks, and Bishops) can also attack from a distance 12:31
- Keep attacking moves in your opponent's half of the board as your primary strategy, even if it means violating some traditional rules occasionally 14:01
Thanks, is boring the way that he explain
Prior to watching this video I would’ve took the knight with Bxb4 (which wouldn’t be good because to take is a mistake) or Kb1 which is a passive defensive move.
But after watching the video I would’ve played Bd4 to move forward and attack the defender of the knight on H5, in which black would have an unfavourable position after a few moves.
Thanks for video Igor and I hope to see more helpful thinking systems soon that I can implement in my chess games!
Woah... I have learnt an amazing chess trick from this video! I found pawn to e5 first in the quiz, which ignores the threat of Nxa2 by the black pieces while threatening to win a knight. If the knight on h5 moves to f6 to defend the X-rayed pawn on h7, simply capture the black's knight with the pawn on e5 while threatening checkmate with Qxh7 by the white pieces. Else if pawn to g6 is played by the black pieces to defend the knight, I chose to attack it once more with pawn to g4 by the white pieces and wherever the black knight moves, Qf6 or Qxf6 is then played by the white pieces, checkmate is unstoppable or your opponent can choose to give up his black queen.
My impression of your lessons, after watching several, is that you don't like end games. The usual wisdom is "trade if you have a material advantage." Your rule is directly counter to that - you have a "higher standard." Your strategy holds off transition to and end game and keeps the middle game going for as long as possible. I surmise that you are good at middle games. For someone who's an end-game expert, I'm not sure it's the best advice. An end game powerhouse would love to get to a materially advantageous end-game as fast as possible.
As a 2000, ironically the first thing that I thought about is Kb1 (cowardly) but then I realised that Bd4 would have been a better move, setting a sneaky trap for black if he becomes too greedy after Nxa2 Kb1 2 of black's pieces are attacked and there is no way to defend the 2 knights (a2 an h5) after the queen moves. So Bd4 Nxd3 (removing the light squared bishop for white) but after Rxd3, with the queen being attacked and forced to move, the h5 knight is lost same with Bd4 Qc6. Bd4 also Nxa2+ Nxc3 which may result in doubled pawns in some variations.
I'm a 1000 elo but how does Rxd3 attack the queen ? ❤❤❤
@@Nebenio9824 I mean to say after Bd4 (attacking the queen), Nxd3+ is an intermezzo and then White takes back with Rxd3 and the black queen is still being attacked by the bishop.
Loving your chess course! Do more vids where you share your thinking process like this one. It is powerful helpful.
Great to know!
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Thank you, Igor. Attacking while defending like that Bishop is a good move.
3 Points that I learned from this video:
1) Attack half of the boad of your opponent.
2) Take only if you have an advantage.
3) You can attack while defending at the same time.
4) Progress.
Appreciate the videos as always. Cheers.
bd4. And u win a knight.
Nxd3 Cxd3 qb5 a4 qxa4 qxh5 qa1+ it's actually you win a knight for a pawn and your king is open both players have attacking ideas.
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@@Nebenio9824 What are you saying how cxd3 is possible? pawn is pinned right now, rook needs to take on d3. and instead of losing pawn a4, attack with rook, simple you win free knight
@@Nebenio9824 casually calculating illegal moves and then correcting the correct...what a legend!
Previously, BxB4, trading bishop for knight to eliminate the obvious threat, but leaving the enemy pawn & queen to wreak havoc later. NOW: B-e4 to force the black Queen to c6, followed by QxN, gaining a piece & threatening mate with e5.
You mean bd4, right?
Bd4. The threat nxa2 loses one of the knights on a2 or h5 after kb1, queen moves away due to double atk and you pick up one knight, so better continuation after bd4 nxd3+, rook recapture(pawn is pinned), queen must maintain defense of h5 knight so qb5 only safe square, after rb3 the queen must leave the defense of knight and you win the knight.
Previously I would play Bd4 and go for the Knight on h5. But that is not attacking move as immediate e5. It blocks Queens defense of knight and opens diagonal for bishop. Now, black could either take pawn with the knight and give a check, capture dark squered bishop, but then I have the other to attack on opened diagonal. Or can take immediately light squared bishop. Then after rook takes, I am treatening knight, have the other bishop for attack after e6 or something with that pawn, and also knight and rook that, captured light squared bishop, to go on g or h file and I am sure that this attack is unstopable.
Before: Kb1 as I am afraid of Na2+ followed by Nc3 destroying my castled position.
After: Bd4. Black can't play Na2 as Kb1 will leave both his Queen and Knight hanging. Black has no choice but to play Nd3+. The response would be Rd3, Qb5 (Black needs to continue defending his Knight on h5). Now White has Rb3 and Black's Queen will be forced backwards and White can play Qh5 next.
Definitely e5, that will lead to the great gift sacrifice and probably winning the game
Nxa2 is not scary because I think Kd2 just gets away from all trouble, even if black follows with trading knight for bishop! I may even not take the knight then
puzzle of the day: 1.Bd4 attacking the queen. and after the queen move anywhere we can take the knight on the other side of the a hanging piece
Formally defensive move Kb1 comes to mind, but after watching this I think Bd4 is very strong... thanks Igor, you rock!🎉
I would play e5 and threat for attack on h5 knight and then kingside.
Prior, I would have played KB1, but now I think BD4. I believe he would play NXB check, and RxN. Black would pretty much be forced with QB5, then you would play NG5, threatens the Knight. Followed by NG5. Black would play G6 to protect the Knight, followed by G4 to win the knight if it is moved, and if not, material, and a partial open file against the king.
I think this is better: Previously, BxNb4, trading bishop for knight to eliminate the obvious threat, but leaving the enemy pawn & queen to wreak havoc later. NOW: B-e4 to force the black Queen to c6, (he wouldn't exchange knight for bishop since it achieves nothing) followed by our QxN, gaining a piece & threatening mate with e5.
Puzzle solution: stockfish says indeed (offense is the best defense) Bd4
Kb1 was my gut reaction move. After thinking of active moves, I saw Bd4 as an offensive defense to the Nxa2 threat.
This is actually some of the best advice I have ever heard.
I think Bd4 attacking queen. That protects against the Kxa2, then losing black bishop, a pawn, and screws the pawn structure. Before this video I would consider a3, or e5. e5 is coming regardless if the knight doesn't take white bishop
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Before maybe Bxb4 or Bd4 and after your suggestion e5 which will block Q protection of the Knight on h5 and open the light B to h7. After surviving a check and a trade of dark B then Qxh5 looks promising as the Pawn watches f6. Black might still try some shenanigans with king-side Pawns, but we are not calculating - just attacking onto the opponents side. That is my thinking, but Black will likely just move Nxd3+, then both black Knights will be hanging under attack.
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Pre Igor Nation I would probably play the defensive move Kb1, presuming I actually saw the threat LOL. Would now consider candidate moves Kb1, Bd4, Bxg7, b4, and e5, of which Bd4 seems the most forcing and eventually wins the knight on a5.
p-e5 seems to win material. the knight is now unprotected and has nowhere to go without losing an exchange. and if it moves to anywhere except f6 there's q-h7 mate as p-e5 uncovers the bishop on d3.
... p-g6 seems to be forced which protects the knight and also protects against q-h7 mate.
p-g4 attacks the knight again
- if ...bxg4 the queen recaptures winning the exchange but
- if ...nxf4 then q-h6 threatening the knight on f4 followed by n-g5 (unless there's a series of spite checks with n-a2 or nxd3 or n-d2 first) threatening q-h7 mate again
great video igor
Just tried this approach. Not only is it effective, it's much more fun! ( for me at least )😃😃
Bd4 seems the most obvious... I feel like Bxg7 is more in the spirit of the video. If Nxg7 then Ng5 seems like quite the threat and if Kxg7 - maybe f5 to interrupt Queen's protection of the Knight? It's very hard to calculate all the possibilities though - same for half the moves in the video. Initial attack seems crazy and so do half the moves - but king weakness compensates for all of the material sacrifices. I don't have any idea as to how to get good enough to see that ahead of time.
Before watching this video, I would have played King to B1 to defend the square that the knight is threatening. After watching this video I think I would play Bishop to D4 to attack the queen and make the queen leave that square and let me take the knight on H5.
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The 1..Nxa2+ threat is more than compensated for by Black's lack of development, exposed and over-extended Q and weak N on h5 versus White's coordinated pieces aiming at the king. I would play
1.Bd4,Nxd3+ 2.Rxd3,Qb5 and now
3.Ng5,g6 4.Nxh7,Kxh7 (..Re8 5.Nf6+,Nxf6 6.Bxf6,Re6 7.Rd5,Qc6 8.f5,Rxe4 9.Qh6 and mate) 5.g4 and possibly Rh3 ++-
3.e5!,g6 4.g4,Ng7 (or ..Nxf4 5.Ng5,Ne2+ [..Ng2? 6.Qxh7#] 6.Kb1 +-) 5.Ng5,h5 6.Rg3!,Bxg4 7.h3,f6 8.ef with a raging attack.
Guys, Bd4 doesn't work because of Kxe3+ Rxe3 and if eventually a4 to deviate the queen still doesnt work because after take take Qa1+ gets the rook on h1. Although the unbalanced material (black is up) with a bishop pair and a rook already lifted should still be easy to win for white
Very instructive video!
I´m a over 2200 player, but I used to play such positions as white in a very bad way!
Most of the time I feel my moves are attacking myself! 😆🤣
Normally I would play Kb1, but now I play Bd4.
Before watching I'd have probably done K b1, protecting the pawn as I'm naturally cautious and more concerned about not losing than actually winning.
After watching I'm considering B d4, attacking the Black Queen or g4, attacking the Knight on h5 but then I'd probably be paralysed by indecision trying to figure out which option I should choose. I briefly considered Q e7, threatening the Black Rook on f8 but dismissed it as idiotic.
Edit: After watching the video a 2nd time I realised that g4 was also idiotic but saw e5 as a possible attacking move.
What would be helpful is to tell how far ahead did you calculate and also anticipate all variations that your opponent could play. That is the most critical piece of information that is missing in this video.
Bd4 is the move I think, attacking queen, forcing it to move out of 4th rank, leaving the knight on h4 undefended.
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Prior I would have played a3, but after this video, bishop d4 is crushing I think. I calculated a while and got stuck because there is defensive play for black but black is forced to play defense, and must eventually play g6 to hold the knight which weakens the dark squares, which the bishop and queen can exploit later in the game. Black must be losing
Ng5 attacking the h pawn then e4e5 to open up my bishop
Bd4 attacking the Queen removing the fork and they can't checkmate me with the queen
Bd4 is what I would play
Ng5 is an attacking move on black's half board and I believe I could escape with Kd2 tho that would lead to a trade on c3
I think i would anyways play Bd4 if Nxa2 then Kb1 and queen has to leave the guard of the knight. If Bd4 Qc6 I think Bb5 wins?
Bishop d4 and we attack the queen and also that h5 knight the queen has to retreat to b6 because there are no other safe sqaure after queen move we take the h5 knight
Before this video, I would say attack the night, but now maybe queen to G4. If the night attacks chase him away and then on the next move is checkmate?
Love your vid Igor
prior to the video i would have premoved Kb1.
after the video i thought for 4 minutes, and decided on the move Bd4 because if the black knight takes a2+ after Kb1 black cannot defend both pieces, and so probably has to trade on d3 with Nxd3+ Rx, and after the queen runs f5 is incoming, cutting the queen off from the knight and winning material, if the knight retreats toe f6 black will get checkmated soon after Bx gx Nd4 (to allow the rook on d3 to access the g file)
let me know if this is correct sensei, love your videos
Before watching, I would have played Ke1. After watching, I would play Bd4. Hope that is the answer! 🤞
You are the best thing in chess since the invention of castling.
Prier I would have played Kb2
Now- Bd4 Queen moves Qxh5
(Don't really know it's correct or not 😂)
i am not fit today but i was looking for some ideas with bg7 but it just looked good. In the Tournament i would play bd4 attacking the queen but i knew that konzept allrdy before from you.
I have one question. How can you apply This method of thinking in passive positons where there are No clear attacking moves and No clear attacking moves on the next move?
Bring more pieces forward. Knights can be especially annoying in closed games. Just threaten a fork in the next move or two, and your opponent will probably be pushed into messing up his own position by getting defensive and more cramped up. Igor had another video where he teaches this simple concept on another game, he brings more attackers into the opponent's half of the board. He wins in the end, obviously.
Before, i would have played Kb1 to defend against the knight.
Now, with the attacking mindset, i would strongly consider Bd4, threatening the Queen
they can still take because its check
The practice: I mean, I would consider Bd4, it looks decent. Creates a threat (actually 2 threats). Very natural move?
(Principle: make moves on the opponent's side of the board)
This is tough...Ng5 or Qxh5? Bd4 still looks amazing though.
Edit: XDD
Bd4
Attacks the Queen
The Queen has to step away from the 5th rank and you win the h5 horse
Previously I would probably play something like a3 but now I play E5 with the idea if Nxa2+ Kb1 and Nxc3+ bxc3 and Qxc3 this would lose the night on h5
Prior: Kb1
After: Bd4
Thank you!
1:03 maybe a better question is.... how can I mass murder my opponent??? figuratively speaking hehe
I could be wrong, but I'm thinking Bd4. Forces the black Queen to come, unless black checks with the knight first.
Bd4 is wrong. Nxd3 check, pawn recaptured, queen b5. Protects knight on h5
@@aaronstephens2070 White can't recapture with the pawn if Nxd3, as White's c pawn is pinned. It would recapture with the rook, and then the queen is still threatened by the bishop on d4. Then Qb5 (as you suggest) would be followed by Rb2. Black's queen would still be driven from rank 4.
i'd love to see how this game when from here !!!
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@15:27 I was actually thinking Bc2 then I verified with stockfish and it found mate in 13..
I thing Bd4 may be a good option, Or, either, g4, which I woulh have played before this video...Thanks, anyway, important tip!
This is what I got. Wins a knight. Q needs to get off of the 5th rank. Bd4 Nxe3+ Rxe3 Qb5 a4! Qxa4 Qxh5
Sir can you try to post a video that will teach us to reach 2000 to 2300 rapid rating. Use only one opening e4 as white and c6 as black until you reach 2300 rating. Please content a rating climb video for us hehe God bless
Rb8+ sac,Kxb8 and Qa8#
I would have played Kd1 before watching the video and Bd4 afterwards.
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16.54 What about white queen to E6 check on black King and black queen? Then would have to exchange using the white rook? No real advantage?
I lost because of your rule, always attack or create threat, opponent rook attacked my queen, I pinned the rook to opponent's queen using my queen, my queen was undefended, and he checked my king with rook and took my queen. So always attacking creates blunder, the best move was to move the queen to a defensive position.
You need to know all the tactics and visualize their best move before attacking and sometimes defense is the best offense.
I was up +2, but with that blunder I lost.
Always attacking or creating a threat is, to quote a Caribbean Pirate, more of a guideline than a rule. On the other hand, one of the hard and fast rules is "don't blunder".
Kg5 creates attacking possibilities
Bd4 attacking the queen and knight
before i play pawn a3 now will go for bishop d4
i would try to sacrifice white bishop than trade black bishops..
Before this video. Kb1
After this video Bd4 and hope to capture the knight on h5 later.
But still wondering if Kxa2 check is a real problem or not. Rook pawn and queen are close
All the guys saying e5, doesn't the simple g6 stop this whole plan? It blocks the diagonal and protects the knight, eh?
I mean Bd4 looks much better as far as I can calculate.
I think e5 is a good option. It will win a knight.
Bro if pawn takes fxg6 qxg6+ ,what if means Kh8
Good video. What would you consider your best game and can you upload it with analysis ?!
Before I play - Kb1
Now - Bd4
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Here, I would have played Cg5. It loses the Ch5 and if the Ch5 moves there is matte. C SASSI
Queen g3 seems like the move to me
I think Bb4 is a good move
How would. You contrast this video with your bobby Fisher video of attacking your opponents most dangerous piece
Why is it that I do all the calculation and when he talks about what you should do by his standards I’m a gm but I’m 1000 ELO
Before the video my first instinct was 1. Kb1.
After the video my first instinct was 1. Bd4.
Did he have mate in 2 at 6:04 with the queen and Bishop?
@6:30 why not just take the pawn as the black knight is pinned to the queen?
Great find
@@conorleyden9201 I missed that the pawn is also defended by the bishop, but thanks
Bishop D4
I would play Bd4, and the black queen can no longer defend the knight on h5. Isthat any good?
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