Is it possible to make a complete course just on the Qe2 Ruy Lopez? I am looking at taking it seriously, so looking for courses on that, the two knights attack on the French at a level that would be respected, and the side lines, but those two are most important. I was also wondering if you can do individual positional concepts listed in your GM positional understanding course. It has a list of ideas for positional concepts, but there isn't any book or more importantly any video courses on them expanding on the individual subjects. Thanks for any answer.
Sir, you're a great teacher. You dont just simply tell the moves. You also tell the reasons , logics and visions behind them. You're a great GM. Would love to see your rating goes up even more and you compete in big tournaments. Respect.
► Chapters 00:00 Chess Opening Mistakes in Ruy Lopez 00:39 3...Nf6 Berlin Defense 02:03 White's deadly traps for the win 06:07 If Black defends the knight with f6 08:58 Black's correct response 12:00 If Black defends the mating attack 13:23 3...a6 Morphy Defense 15:49 Stats: 74% Win Rate for White
I appreciate your going over the main lines in Ruy Lopez, and in proving them with the computer's analysis. But, especially, the optimism! Makes chess fun even if I lose, in trying these cool new moves out. Don't worry about anyone commenting that these are not All Possible moves! How silly to expect that.
11:41 if black plays bishop h4 then how are you delivering a checkmate? Eventually you will still end up in a winning position cause you get a queen and a bishop for a rook after all the trades are done right? Is there something I can't see?
Thank you for your very good explanations with the many surprising moves that I would never have thought of on my own. This also shows how superior these clear videos are to any chess book for openings! Alois Meyer
I’m new to chess but at min 11:42 looks like move 13 you say it’s checkmate no matter what black player does. what if black moves bishop to h4. I can only get a draw to occur. Thx love your videos.
Yeah I guess you're right but then you take with rook and the black queen has to take back. Then white takes the queen and its no longer checkmate but you're up a queen
Hi Igor. Vey helpful video. Applied it when playing. Most of my opponents - after black retreats with knight to f6 and I play Sxe5 - play Be7. Can you show in a video how to beat this?
Hello Igor. I'm a relative beginner, only been playing online for a year or so, and my rating has been between 950-1050 most of the time. I was just making it up as I go along, trying to learn from my mistakes, and watching what others did. I happened to watch a few of your videos over the weekend, and I watched your free masterclass last night, which I found to be interesting and easy to grasp the main concepts, so I do recommend that video to anyone. I played a few games after watching the video, and was much more attacking in my play, a bit more creative too, I could feel my thought process was different, that I had a strategy of sorts. So, I thank you for the free masterclass, and I am sure that my rating will edge upwards now, but more importantly, I will be enjoying the games more, because (as you say) attacking is always great fun. One other thing, down at this rating level, people don't play that many standard moves, and especially they appear to defend with pawns a lot, which can frustrate my efforts. Best wishes to you, and thanks again. (Oh, please check my own website, with some handy tips for the next decade....2malachi dot com, especially the proclamation).
Thank you, I'll consider it! Meanwhile, you may check out my other videos about the Scandinavian: ruclips.net/user/GMIgorSmirnovsearch?query=scandinavian
1:13 lukir, kuda hitam maju ditengah Case 1 2:07 kuda, menghindar sejajar belakang 3:11 kuda putih tengah dimakan, kuda putih kiri maju 3:44 gajah menutup, kuda maju 4:33 raja hitam lukir kuda maju skak 5:09 anastasia's skakmat patern Case 2 6:29 kuda hitam kiri dilindungi pion, tidak dimakan gajah Case 3 10:04 gajah melindungi raja
hey wouldn't it be better to play rook e7 @6:00 having checkmate threats but even with good play from your opponents you'll just hunt the king out into the open than fianchetto your bishop and develop the rook to e1 and you got a killer attack before black can do anything. example: after king g8 - rook e7 - rook f7 - rook f7 - king f7 - queen h7 - king e6 - knight f4 - king e6 - queen d3 -king e7. In this position the knight is hanging, the king is vulnerable giving you enough time to develop the bishop and rook to active squares en make another killer attack.
Great video. I just wanna say that at 4:10 if you manage to get that far, you should really go above and beyond with the lines by keeping the rook on e7 and play d4. There’s a lot of juicy lines following it that are all engine approved.
What if at 11:42 bh4? And if Rook takes there is f6 and there won't be any mate. (I now I am late with this comment, because the video was posted a year ago)
why on berlin defense, black defend with bishop e2? what if black defended with e2, our rook cannot take the knight e5, and it seems to be more optimal, how do we deal with that?
If black can force the Ruy Lopez b6 bishop back w a7 and b7 pawn advances to b3 diagonal, can the game then be considered the Italian game, and then black can use, say, the Rousseau Gambit defense p-f5?
What if he doesn’t take the knight after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6 Nxe5 but instead plays Be7? Do we take the knight on c6 with bishop or knight?
Why no coverage of the taking of the knight at c6 by bishop, thus leaving black with singke file pawns which is a long term disadvantage for black regardless of how different opinions exist with regard to the value of bishop vs knight?
I got a question for Igor. Is it possible to improve your game overall just by watching youtube videos, or you really need to buy courses because I am watching your videos on youtube for almost 1 year, but it looks like I am not getting any progress... I know you are a GM, and maybe I am just really bad at understanding chess, so I was wondering what could help me improve my game?
Hi Arnold, Thanks for the question. You need to practice to get better in chess just like any other sport. Just watching videos will not be enough. Igor provides an efficient training plan and different approaches to improve at chess in his courses. But you have to put in the practice to improve.
7:03 Instead of moving the king couldn't you just move the knight instead? Later on you might be able to castle? Naturally the white pawn is still an issue.
@@TheRomanianWolf Been a few weeks since I posted this so I can't remember my thought pattern and how I read the board. However you are correct - moving the knight doesn't solve the problem.
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15.30 how can you move straight?????
Is it possible to make a complete course just on the Qe2 Ruy Lopez? I am looking at taking it seriously, so looking for courses on that, the two knights attack on the French at a level that would be respected, and the side lines, but those two are most important. I was also wondering if you can do individual positional concepts listed in your GM positional understanding course. It has a list of ideas for positional concepts, but there isn't any book or more importantly any video courses on them expanding on the individual subjects. Thanks for any answer.
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Sir, you're a great teacher. You dont just simply tell the moves. You also tell the reasons , logics and visions behind them. You're a great GM. Would love to see your rating goes up even more and you compete in big tournaments. Respect.
yeah theres another channel that gives all the theory but no explanation which is a trade off
► Chapters
00:00 Chess Opening Mistakes in Ruy Lopez
00:39 3...Nf6 Berlin Defense
02:03 White's deadly traps for the win
06:07 If Black defends the knight with f6
08:58 Black's correct response
12:00 If Black defends the mating attack
13:23 3...a6 Morphy Defense
15:49 Stats: 74% Win Rate for White
thanks for the time stamps, very helpful
@@JohSmith you are the reason why shampoos have instructions
@ProGamer-li1zm was just playing xd
He just taught us everything there is in the Ruy Lopez in just 2 videos
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
How do I find the 2nd video
@@joshvir262 ruclips.net/video/IQrtrPvU3bQ/видео.html
I wanted to like your comment but i have something with 115.. If you know you know 🤭🤪
@@Toku91 LOL everyone if u see this dont like my comment
I appreciate your going over the main lines in Ruy Lopez, and in proving them with the computer's analysis. But, especially, the optimism! Makes chess fun even if I lose, in trying these cool new moves out.
Don't worry about anyone commenting that these are not All Possible moves! How silly to expect that.
Thank you for your support!
My opponents just never seem to play the right moves...
I know right?? Like literally no one follows this lines
It's not about the moves though. It's about the theory. You need to know the goal of each move and adapt it to each position
Play something more forcing then. Like e4 nc3 f4 as white. Or scandi with 2nf6 as black into icelandic gambit.
No one does, because it's not how it works.
Been looking for a good resource video on the Ruy, thanks
I learned so much from this channel. Thank you a lot. I really appreciate!
Thank you 😊 for sharing this with us.
11:41 if black plays bishop h4 then how are you delivering a checkmate? Eventually you will still end up in a winning position cause you get a queen and a bishop for a rook after all the trades are done right? Is there something I can't see?
Really helpful video. Thanks you.
Thank you for your very good explanations with the many surprising moves that I would never have thought of on my own. This also shows how superior these clear videos are to any chess book for openings! Alois Meyer
Thanks!
really great video. Thanks, your english is also very clear and understable.
I'm a Chess player from the Philippines. Ruy Lopez is my first opening I learned and used to play during my highschool days 💖
Ty !!!!! This is the line I like to always play. You have shown me many variations I can go.
Great intructive video, thank you, Igor! :)
Thanks for this. I was very obsessed with c3d4 line. I have new variations to play with
Thanks a lot GM. IGOR SMIRNOV 👍 for interesting lessons
Glad you liked it!
I’m new to chess but at min 11:42 looks like move 13 you say it’s checkmate no matter what black player does. what if black moves bishop to h4. I can only get a draw to occur. Thx love your videos.
Yeah I guess you're right but then you take with rook and the black queen has to take back. Then white takes the queen and its no longer checkmate but you're up a queen
I personally like the animations - it keeps me engaged and I find help me remember key moves more :)
This is why I love playing chess there are many tricks and you can be creative in many ways
Thank you Igor,could you make a Video about the sicilian ? What thé plan for black,ans so?
Best chess teacher i ever seen💖🔥
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Hi Igor. Vey helpful video. Applied it when playing. Most of my opponents - after black retreats with knight to f6 and I play Sxe5 - play Be7. Can you show in a video how to beat this?
Yeah this is where i’m getting hung up as well
Hello Igor. I'm a relative beginner, only been playing online for a year or so, and my rating has been between 950-1050 most of the time. I was just making it up as I go along, trying to learn from my mistakes, and watching what others did. I happened to watch a few of your videos over the weekend, and I watched your free masterclass last night, which I found to be interesting and easy to grasp the main concepts, so I do recommend that video to anyone. I played a few games after watching the video, and was much more attacking in my play, a bit more creative too, I could feel my thought process was different, that I had a strategy of sorts. So, I thank you for the free masterclass, and I am sure that my rating will edge upwards now, but more importantly, I will be enjoying the games more, because (as you say) attacking is always great fun. One other thing, down at this rating level, people don't play that many standard moves, and especially they appear to defend with pawns a lot, which can frustrate my efforts. Best wishes to you, and thanks again. (Oh, please check my own website, with some handy tips for the next decade....2malachi dot com, especially the proclamation).
Very refreshing!! Thank you so much for your videos!! Lot of fun with learning!!
Glad you like them!
Very nice video coach Igor!
Thank you very much!
GREAT TEACHER THANK YOU
Props to this channel.
You are really a great chess teacher. I learned alot from just watching your vedios. I appreciate your hard work for students from all over the world.
Very nice and detailed video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Love the video friend, quick question. Why not Qe2 at 4:25?
Amazing video! Very good energy! :)
Thank you it was an excellent video
Glad it was helpful!
This video really helped. 👍
Please make such a 2-video series for the Scandinavian Defense as well 🙏
Thank you, I'll consider it!
Meanwhile, you may check out my other videos about the Scandinavian: ruclips.net/user/GMIgorSmirnovsearch?query=scandinavian
At 0:24 how do you continue if black moves knight to D4?
Trade knights castle good position . D pawn is pinned if they decide to activate knight you push pawn gaining space and play with it from there
Fantastic!
I love these videos -- even though they make me feel really dumb knowing I would never have thought of any of these moves on my own.
Thanks , Igor!
Thanks so much for the info
Great lessons. Greetings from Romania.
Thanks! 😃
If this is not the best tutorial video, then I don't know what is! Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Out of topic, but I love the way your cat is just there.
A few days ago, I used the trap in this video at Lichess and I won! Really helpful! Thank you for this great video! :D
That Knight + Rook mate was naughty! 👍
13:40 what do you do if white takes the knight on c6
1:13 lukir, kuda hitam maju ditengah
Case 1
2:07 kuda, menghindar sejajar belakang
3:11 kuda putih tengah dimakan, kuda putih kiri maju
3:44 gajah menutup, kuda maju
4:33 raja hitam lukir kuda maju skak
5:09 anastasia's skakmat patern
Case 2
6:29 kuda hitam kiri dilindungi pion, tidak dimakan gajah
Case 3
10:04 gajah melindungi raja
6:48 pion putih makan kuda hitam, kuda hitam kiri makan gajah
7:17 Pion x pion, skak, pion maju promosi ratu
7:34 jika gajah hitam x pion, ratu maju skak
8:07 Gajah hitam cover skak pojok atas
Could you please make more detailed videos on kings gambit variations. Your previous kings gambit videos doesn’t cover many potential moves from black
Awesome video!
Glad you enjoyed it
hey wouldn't it be better to play rook e7 @6:00 having checkmate threats but even with good play from your opponents you'll just hunt the king out into the open than fianchetto your bishop and develop the rook to e1 and you got a killer attack before black can do anything. example: after king g8 - rook e7 - rook f7 - rook f7 - king f7 - queen h7 - king e6 - knight f4 - king e6 - queen d3 -king e7. In this position the knight is hanging, the king is vulnerable giving you enough time to develop the bishop and rook to active squares en make another killer attack.
It could work... but it's hard to calculate.
You covered the Morphy Defense and the Berlin Defense, but I just as often encounter the Steinitz Defense or the Delayed Steinitz Defense.
really good as i always end up taking the knight when i play the ruy. i like doubling up pawns then attacking them later
Great video. I just wanna say that at 4:10 if you manage to get that far, you should really go above and beyond with the lines by keeping the rook on e7 and play d4. There’s a lot of juicy lines following it that are all engine approved.
4:08 after Re1 back, the engine does not think White is still winning (+1.2 instead of +4.0 with d4)
Thank you sir
Very helpful
@6:05 what about rook D7? You are threatening check mate(H7).
He can delay with rook or sacrifice queen.
Instead of taking rook with knight.
You mean rook e7.
i've rewatched this like 20 times since it was uploaded until it just sticks
What if at 11:42 bh4? And if Rook takes there is f6 and there won't be any mate. (I now I am late with this comment, because the video was posted a year ago)
very useful; thank you
That animation for kicking the knight at 1:47 cracked me up so much
You're style is hilarious. And great.
good teaching,🙏🤝👌
I like your videos so much. Your tactics are sooo brutal
This was a great video Gotham has some competition.
Outstanding. Thank you
Glad you liked it!
5:05 He sacrifices.... THE QUEEN!!!!!!
@4.31
Can anyone please explain....
How can he castle when bishop is there.
5:22 - Why not …h6 after Qh5?
Maybe because d3 and Bxh6 follows?
It's good to learn ideas,attacking plans
Excellent
11:55 why not bishop h4 then rook takes and queen takes bake and now they have 2 rook and we have 1 Queen and one rook
why on berlin defense, black defend with bishop e2? what if black defended with e2, our rook cannot take the knight e5, and it seems to be more optimal, how do we deal with that?
Very interesting videos in the last time
If black can force the Ruy Lopez b6 bishop back w a7 and b7 pawn advances to b3 diagonal, can the game then be considered the Italian game, and then black can use, say, the Rousseau Gambit defense p-f5?
5:00 what if he plays h6 to stop the queen
At 4:07 why wouldn't you go queen to e1, because they'd block with their bishop eventually freeing their king?
thank u grandmaster igor my eyes can believe what i am seeing. chess is not for the timid that for show.
The anastasia check mate is brilliant😈😈👏
4:18 why not Qf3 instead of Re1
At 3:57 why black didn't make castle??
Can’t castle when checked
Very upstandind moves
How about the drawing line or the ruy with bc5 instead of be7 ( I think it’s called the moller)( I think I saw a knight checkmate with it once)
Nice video 👍
Amazing share
What if he doesn’t take the knight after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6 Nxe5 but instead plays Be7?
Do we take the knight on c6 with bishop or knight?
I don't know english very well, but your videos are really good and helpfull for me. Pozdrawiam 😊
Nice 👍
Interesting 👍
I like this debut
Honestly, they way you explained got me from 500 to 800 in 2 weeks. I mean, I improvise if I see a blunder. Thank you! Any good videos for black?
What to do when they develop the king side knight on their first move attacking your center pawn before you can get into a castled position?
I won't remember a thing but damn I had so much fun watching this
Why no coverage of the taking of the knight at c6 by bishop, thus leaving black with singke file pawns which is a long term disadvantage for black regardless of how different opinions exist with regard to the value of bishop vs knight?
11:36 Bh4
Rxh4...
what if black move pawn a6 at the very beginning ?
What's the name of that app
I got a question for Igor. Is it possible to improve your game overall just by watching youtube videos, or you really need to buy courses because I am watching your videos on youtube for almost 1 year, but it looks like I am not getting any progress... I know you are a GM, and maybe I am just really bad at understanding chess, so I was wondering what could help me improve my game?
Hi Arnold, Thanks for the question. You need to practice to get better in chess just like any other sport. Just watching videos will not be enough. Igor provides an efficient training plan and different approaches to improve at chess in his courses. But you have to put in the practice to improve.
7:03 Instead of moving the king couldn't you just move the knight instead? Later on you might be able to castle? Naturally the white pawn is still an issue.
Move the knight where? Rook takes it with check AGAIN and you have to move the king
@@TheRomanianWolf Been a few weeks since I posted this so I can't remember my thought pattern and how I read the board. However you are correct - moving the knight doesn't solve the problem.
Absolutely fantastic variation to take black out of book and comfort zone!