Learning chess strategy from someone with a Russian name feels somehow right. It's like getting pizza from a fat, happy chef named Mario. You probably made the right decision.
Paused at 9:40 - Queen takes Bishop, checking. If Rook recaptures, Pawn forward checkmates. If ignored, Black's option is to block the Queen's diagonal with King's pawn, and then it's mate by Queen.
Knowing roughly how to do something is a good start. But even more importantly WHY it's done is where the real magic of the game starts for us. You're the man for helping the rest of us poor fools bridge the gap in our flawed approaches. Best chess advice I've ever received.
Excellent tutorial! But, more than that... Igor's method of explaining is excellent. I was missing some understanding and this really helped to fill in that void! Thank you!
Why not sacrifice pawn on D5 instead of the Queen though? Since the objective is to eliminate the Bishop attacking our potential Checkmate.... let me know.
@@Irondrgntp when Queen takes, it's check and forces move into check mate. If you take with the pawn... Te2 perpetually check into draw. Or white makes a mistake, pin tje queen, white loses. The only possibility is queen takes the bishop.
Excellent video Igor. Ive been playing chess on an app in lockdown with no strategy research but figuring out my own and im up to battling AI difficulty 8/12 (approx ELO 1680) and im completely stuck! This should help me a bit (side note-thanks for saying "he or SHE" in the video its nice to be included as a player instead of always hearing HE).
Been watching gothamchess and he got me off of only playing computers, they don’t help at all because they’re coded to crack at a certain move and it doesn’t help you build skills after a certain point
Good video Everybody tries to teach us noobs a lot of different openings and technical stuff wich we cannot remember straight away Whats the point of learning openings if you dont whats their purpose? Why would i need a specific opening if i dont learn how to use it to create ideas? This video is great because it teaches u the mindset, the way to think about things, not a dumb formula Thumbs up
Qxd4 definitely that's is really beautiful checkmate with the pawn man actually I thought this variation you asked otherwise I would straightforwardly go c takes d4 thanks man that's helpful
The idea of capturing a piece, removing the defending black bishop comes to mind quickly, but looking only from a good material exchange misses another important aspect to a move: what square can you have your piece occupy? Let the Queen capture the bishop to occupy a central square and deliver a check, forcing black to remove the check, preventing counterattack or any better defensive moves for the incoming checkmate.
@@4coen you're lucky. i wish my parents taught me something. it would be great if there was something i was naturally good at because i was forced to do it at a young age. due to my personality that would force me to not want to give that up and i'd try becoming the best at that thing. ofc, not too late for me, but kids who focus on things are always going to be better at those things even later in life.
Try to attack and if it doesn’t work you bring the least active piece into a better square (Chess strategy) 9:43 pawn takes bishop Wow! I didn’t expect that sacrifice with the queen in order to achieve checkmate really smart move!!
I'm proud that I could figure it out,Despite coming back to chess,my mind worked just fine I relised that the bishop basically stopped our plan to checkmate,so it needed to be removed The two pieces that could do so were the queen and the pawn,So I noticed that taking with the queen led to a check,meaning it forced them to take and since the piece wasnt defended by the queen but the rook therefore you could now play the pawn move to win
At 10:00, instead of sacrificing the Queen can't you just play B6, then black bishop takes B6, then A5xB6#? (not sure if I used the correct notation here)
@@StmyD Yes, you do win a Bishop for 2 Pawns, but you’re down 2 Pawns at the end of that exchange. Plus remember the end goal is not to just win material, but to checkmate them. 1. Qxd4 guarantees you a win due to it being a forcing move.
Thanks so much for the fantastic video. I definitely learned a lot from it. On the topic of professional players keeping their thinking a secret: I get that they're being competitive, and need an edge, but wouldn't their play only improve from letting other players fully analyze it, find and exploit their weaknesses? In the short run, they'd lose some games, but in the long run you learn a lot from it. I think they're making a mistake, keeping it guarded too closely. Losing games will teach you more than winning. And learning is winning.
not that i know much about chess but i think that the reason for that may be because the 'reward' does not outweigh the 'edge'. it's bold of you to assume that they didn't think that action through. i'm sure there are some who share their plays and weaknesses but i'm not sure whether it's as rewarding as it sounds. you might have to look into it yourself if you desire a more informed response.
@@TechSupportDave I didn't assume they don't think 'that' through ('that' being not sharing their thought process/strategies publicly), I asked broadly, why not? And I appreciate your response, but if I was searching a more informed answer, I wouldn't be broadly posting in YT comments 5 months ago. lol
@@acsmith1771 Chess is not infinite and yet it is much too complex to speak easily without a board, pieces, and someone who can comprehend the magic... the best edge is to make sure your opponent has no information... Even in chess.
Might be a bit useless to make this comment, but i really want to try and participate for once lol. At around 9:31 , i thought of the move Qxd4+. Sacrificing the queen! The rook is forced to take, then i go b6#. Such a beautiful combination! Edit: i was right! That's pretty cool.
At 14:25 why wouldn't you move knight to c5? Wouldn't this move force the queen to retreat and give up their bishop? That seems better than going up a pawn from the queen what am I missing here?
In the first position I would play Qh3 because Bh4 would just delay my plan by one turn, Rg3 would be pointless since I just saw the moves 1. Qg3 Bh4 2. Qh8 Qc7 3. Ra8#
So, the forward attacking move is the strongest move in chess, because it forces your opponent to react to your threats and not have a chance to execute their own; thus, winning you time. But at the same time you need to think about their plans and try to frustrate them! In chess also, you should be more focused on frustrating your opponent's plans than obsessive about executing yours. One need to find the balance between seizing the initiative and not getting too carried away with it! As Kasparov says ~ "I used to attack because it was all that I knew, but now I attack because I know it works best."
5:28 You can move your pawn to B5 and force exchange of pawns, then move you queen to B5 and its a check, then move your queen to B6 and its a checkmate since the king cannot move up since the rook is there, and it cannot eat the queen or tha pawn since they are both gaurding eachother.
How is it a check when the queen moves to B5 after taking the pawn? the only way i see that move working out is if you move the rook B8 then exchange the pawns then move the queen onto B6
7:55 Cant white go Rd8 preparing Nc6+ and going Rd7+ winning the queen. If the rook is captured by the queen after Rd8 then either Nb5+ or Nc6+ wins the queen.
10:07 sacrificing the queen was necessary because? I thought recapture d4 w pawn and causing rook to take pawn and queen takes rook back at d4 causing a checkMate? Is the queen sacrifice needed for distraction?
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I would move Qg3 threatening CM & protect pond
this is the best chess lesson i have ever watched so far, really instructive
Absolutely
Learning chess strategy from someone with a Russian name feels somehow right. It's like getting pizza from a fat, happy chef named Mario. You probably made the right decision.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣omg I laughed so hard
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Exactly how he made me feel when he said his name 🙏
Sorry but russians did not create chess
Yes they did, google “Garry Chess”
This has fundamentally changed the way I think about chess. Wow, thank you for this
Paused at 9:40 - Queen takes Bishop, checking. If Rook recaptures, Pawn forward checkmates.
If ignored, Black's option is to block the Queen's diagonal with King's pawn, and then it's mate by Queen.
well well, a genius.............
Knowing roughly how to do something is a good start. But even more importantly WHY it's done is where the real magic of the game starts for us. You're the man for helping the rest of us poor fools bridge the gap in our flawed approaches. Best chess advice I've ever received.
Brilliant Igor, this whole video was like reading book, which filled with whoa ideas.
Man just changed my whole perspective of chess
Excellent tutorial! But, more than that... Igor's method of explaining is excellent. I was missing some understanding and this really helped to fill in that void! Thank you!
Great to hear! Iman.
you are the best chess teacher on youtube. Thank you for your coaching sessions!
I never would have thought to sacrifice my queen in order to secure checkmate. Really useful to know.
Why not sacrifice pawn on D5 instead of the Queen though? Since the objective is to eliminate the Bishop attacking our potential Checkmate.... let me know.
@@Irondrgntp what are you talking about? Do you mean c3xBd4 at 9:24?
@@olemew yes but at 10:00
@@olemew both time frames work I guess
@@Irondrgntp when Queen takes, it's check and forces move into check mate. If you take with the pawn... Te2 perpetually check into draw. Or white makes a mistake, pin tje queen, white loses. The only possibility is queen takes the bishop.
Beautiful video, thank you so much. It was SO much more thoughtful than other videos
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video Igor. Ive been playing chess on an app in lockdown with no strategy research but figuring out my own and im up to battling
AI difficulty 8/12 (approx ELO 1680) and im completely stuck! This should help me a bit (side note-thanks for saying "he or SHE" in the video its nice to be included as a player instead of always hearing HE).
Been watching gothamchess and he got me off of only playing computers, they don’t help at all because they’re coded to crack at a certain move and it doesn’t help you build skills after a certain point
Same
Don't thank this bigot for perpetuating binary pronouns. It's not 1960
@@hayd7371 wtf I'm just here to learn chess don't get all PC on us 😭
@@hayd7371 are you being ironic?
Good video
Everybody tries to teach us noobs a lot of different openings and technical stuff wich we cannot remember straight away
Whats the point of learning openings if you dont whats their purpose? Why would i need a specific opening if i dont learn how to use it to create ideas?
This video is great because it teaches u the mindset, the way to think about things, not a dumb formula
Thumbs up
Thank you! Of all the videos I've watched, this is the best I've seen for teaching strategy.
Igor....you are the man!...this is the best lesson a player could ever get thank you sir!
One video and I’m already seeing chess so differently! Immediate sub 🤩
Nice!
Qxd4 definitely that's is really beautiful checkmate with the pawn man actually I thought this variation you asked otherwise I would straightforwardly go c takes d4 thanks man that's helpful
The idea of capturing a piece, removing the defending black bishop comes to mind quickly, but looking only from a good material exchange misses another important aspect to a move: what square can you have your piece occupy? Let the Queen capture the bishop to occupy a central square and deliver a check, forcing black to remove the check, preventing counterattack or any better defensive moves for the incoming checkmate.
This is a great video. One of the most helpful videos I ever watched about chess.
Very Helpful. Thank you!
Thank you so much Igor,I've been following you lessons and buying your courses and my rating increased from 1800 to 2200 in 9mths,that's just magical
Awesome to hear that from you!
Great practical lesson again!
Please make blueprint of your all courses and how to use them in game.
Here before Queen's Gambit viewers arrive and blow up this video into a million views.
i mean why are you here then?
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@@a3london because my parents taught me chess (im asian)
@@4coen you're lucky. i wish my parents taught me something. it would be great if there was something i was naturally good at because i was forced to do it at a young age. due to my personality that would force me to not want to give that up and i'd try becoming the best at that thing.
ofc, not too late for me, but kids who focus on things are always going to be better at those things even later in life.
Least active pieces are called NPCs in the real world. Sadly, regardless of where you put the NPC, they are still NPCs.
Try to attack and if it doesn’t work you bring the least active piece into a better square (Chess strategy) 9:43 pawn takes bishop Wow! I didn’t expect that sacrifice with the queen in order to achieve checkmate really smart move!!
I'm proud that I could figure it out,Despite coming back to chess,my mind worked just fine
I relised that the bishop basically stopped our plan to checkmate,so it needed to be removed
The two pieces that could do so were the queen and the pawn,So I noticed that taking with the queen led to a check,meaning it forced them to take and since the piece wasnt defended by the queen but the rook therefore you could now play the pawn move to win
Awesome lesson. 😎
To say about this video content, 'simply brilliant'...!!!
At 10:00, instead of sacrificing the Queen can't you just play B6, then black bishop takes B6, then A5xB6#? (not sure if I used the correct notation here)
That doesn’t work, because then you don’t have any support for the second pawn on B6, so the King will just take it.
@@Primal8p ah ha you’re right, i guess it does win a bishop though, for a net gain of +1 (for the 2 pawns)?
@@StmyD Yes, you do win a Bishop for 2 Pawns, but you’re down 2 Pawns at the end of that exchange. Plus remember the end goal is not to just win material, but to checkmate them. 1. Qxd4 guarantees you a win due to it being a forcing move.
That helped me immensely, thanks.
Queens gambit anyone?
yup!
Yes!
Trying to beat borgov to
Gonna make borgov my bitch
The only reason I’m here
Big respect for this video and I'll definitely check your courses! This vid is just too good, big respect.
This is truly amazing.
Thank you!
best chess beginner video for me so far.
9:42 white can play Qxd4
If black plays Rxd4. B6 is check mate
If black plays b6. Qxb6 is check mate
Great lesson
I learnt what is initiative. Thanks
Thank u soo much for these videos❤
Am helped thank you God bless you
thanks a lot
thank you v much !
This the best strategy.
I always looked for it, finally I landed here.; )
I’m so glad I found this!
Omg TYSM!! This tutorial helped so much, chess became so much easier
Glad it helped!
Oh my, oh my! did I just subscribe without being asked. 😎Then my dear Sir you that good
always learn something new each video i watch
Thanks so much for the fantastic video. I definitely learned a lot from it.
On the topic of professional players keeping their thinking a secret:
I get that they're being competitive, and need an edge, but wouldn't their play only improve from letting other players fully analyze it, find and exploit their weaknesses?
In the short run, they'd lose some games, but in the long run you learn a lot from it. I think they're making a mistake, keeping it guarded too closely. Losing games will teach you more than winning. And learning is winning.
not that i know much about chess but i think that the reason for that may be because the 'reward' does not outweigh the 'edge'. it's bold of you to assume that they didn't think that action through. i'm sure there are some who share their plays and weaknesses but i'm not sure whether it's as rewarding as it sounds. you might have to look into it yourself if you desire a more informed response.
@@TechSupportDave I didn't assume they don't think 'that' through ('that' being not sharing their thought process/strategies publicly), I asked broadly, why not?
And I appreciate your response, but if I was searching a more informed answer, I wouldn't be broadly posting in YT comments 5 months ago. lol
@@acsmith1771 Chess is not infinite and yet it is much too complex to speak easily without a board, pieces, and someone who can comprehend the magic...
the best edge is to make sure your opponent has no information... Even in chess.
This is really helpful. I just started playing chess.
Thanks for the insights!
Great video!
that is true what you said in the end, one of the best videos on chess i've seen
Great video. Usually I just did the CCA mindset per move. This gave me more of a strategy mindset per move.
CCA?
@@gtanz8475 - Look for, in this order, every move: (C)hecks, (C)aptures, (A)ttacks, on both sides of the board.
@@Emp6ft10in thank you
This is such a helpful video. Thank you!!
Merci !🙏🏻
By far the best tutorials ever
Great video, thank you!
Might be a bit useless to make this comment, but i really want to try and participate for once lol. At around 9:31 , i thought of the move Qxd4+. Sacrificing the queen! The rook is forced to take, then i go b6#. Such a beautiful combination!
Edit: i was right! That's pretty cool.
I just do chess puzzles, I knew nothing about strategy... until now - this was amazing.
Noob
Noob
I'm calling this strategy my "Igor - 2 Step Initiative" method.
Professional way of teaching chess nice
At 14:25 why wouldn't you move knight to c5? Wouldn't this move force the queen to retreat and give up their bishop? That seems better than going up a pawn from the queen what am I missing here?
Qd4 saves bishop
Great lesson, I appreciate it highly
This is a great video! It has inspired me to post some chess videos on my channel!!
I've seen some of your videos. Very fun to watch!
Good video. Honest and addresses what beginners need.
very very good lesson
Teacher to teacher. Don’t say how easy it is. The people who don’t get it “like me😂” feel bad about themselves. Great video 🎉🎉
It is the best chess instruction .
Very helpful than you. ( instant subscribe)
Thanks to this video i increased my rating over 1000
Wow! amazing
Thanks mate
You are amazing!!!
Absolutely superb... Very instructive.... Thank you.
Great tutorial
Best chess video, changed my game
Great!
In the first position I would play Qh3 because Bh4 would just delay my plan by one turn, Rg3 would be pointless since I just saw the moves 1. Qg3 Bh4 2. Qh8 Qc7 3. Ra8#
This is excellent
Create videos like this based on thinking please,a lot is needed
Wow good vide 👍
The move is sack the queen with Qxd5 with check. Black has to take with rook. Deliver check mate with pawn.
So, the forward attacking move is the strongest move in chess, because it forces your opponent to react to your threats and not have a chance to execute their own; thus, winning you time.
But at the same time you need to think about their plans and try to frustrate them!
In chess also, you should be more focused on frustrating your opponent's plans than obsessive about executing yours.
One need to find the balance between seizing the initiative and not getting too carried away with it!
As Kasparov says ~ "I used to attack because it was all that I knew, but now I attack because I know it works best."
Nd4 was played as it was also a defensive move. It defended e2 preventing the rooks penetration with check on white king.
Best video for learning how to think for every move and explained brilliantly.
I started to read your book grandmasters secrets. Im excited to see how far ill push my rating
For the first example there was a check mate that you did not mention, pawn to B6
What I found is Qxd4+, where taking the Queen leads to b6#, and blocking with the Pawn or Queen still leads to mate
I'm interested in the course but on the other hand I need to work out my finances. Can you tell me the price or your course?
9:41 Queen sacrifice?
1.Qxd4 Rxd4
2.Cxd4 any move
3.Pawn to b5 checkmate?
really nice and i mean it.
for 16:17, can't you do G5 using the pawn, it attacks the bishop while being protected by the knight.
9:58 i would eat bishop here,its a check,opponent must eat queen cause of a check and you put your pawn forward to checkmate
My person of interest loves playing chess lol. And now I'm trying fo impress him, but also wanted to learn chess
5:28
You can move your pawn to B5 and force exchange of pawns, then move you queen to B5 and its a check, then move your queen to B6 and its a checkmate since the king cannot move up since the rook is there, and it cannot eat the queen or tha pawn since they are both gaurding eachother.
How is it a check when the queen moves to B5 after taking the pawn? the only way i see that move working out is if you move the rook B8 then exchange the pawns then move the queen onto B6
no the white rook can actually check and do perpetual or smth
How much does it cost to join the course? Please specify
$139 usd
$ 139 used ? For what
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@@samueldella-maggiore5092 👍 ok
Hello Samuel Della- Maggiore 😊
Excellent sir
I’m a beginner, and I don’t really know much But I want to say that first strategy was beautiful.
7:55 Cant white go Rd8 preparing Nc6+ and going Rd7+ winning the queen. If the rook is captured by the queen after Rd8 then either Nb5+ or Nc6+ wins the queen.
10:07 sacrificing the queen was necessary because? I thought recapture d4 w pawn and causing rook to take pawn and queen takes rook back at d4 causing a checkMate? Is the queen sacrifice needed for distraction?
Bishop would take the pawn trying to mate. The black rook resulting on the square does not have this capability and mate is delivered.
At 10:12 couldn't black take the pond because of the rule where if the pond dosent take so he jumps couldn't the other pond still take
Move the least active piece to a better ( center) square... more active square