Your lectures are extremely underrated , i really hope you get the well deserved recognition for being such an amazing teacher! Just a small advice.. uping your youtube video thumbnail game would help alot!!
One aspect of recognizing positions in which there are likely tactics is the Bobby Fischer quote "Tactics flow from a superior position." If you outplay your opponent positionally and they try to solve their problems tactically, there is a high chance it doesn't work.
At the puzzel around 19 minutes or so, I found nf7+ kg8 ne4+ kh8 ng6+, forcing the opening of the H file with hxg6 followed by the quiet re6 and rh6+ forcing white to give up the queen for the rook on h7 after the check. Leads to almost the same position as your (more elegant) solution. I found it by following your own brute force technique of constantly calculating the different knight checks :) Awesome video!
Another interesting looking line I found in the second critical position instead of Re1 was this: ... Nf2+ Kg1 Ne4+ Kh1 Ng3+ (forking king and queen) hxg3 Re6 and white has to give up his queen again to stop mate. Good video, thanks!
18:35 Black is crushing here at -6.8. So no doubt, several ways to lock down a W from here. Black does remain comfortably in lead after Re1 line. But it does give back 1.7 pawns. SF prefers just grabbing b2 and later forking R,B. Of course if time is low, probably would be thrilled with the immediate simplification offered via Re1.
Beside looking at checks, captures, forcing moves etc. I think it is also worth to do a kind of analysis of the tactical features in the position. In the first example there is the weak black backrank. There is a escape square on h7, but white has a bishop able to cover this square. Furthermore blacks rook und queen is on a diagonal of the same color as whites bishop. I the rook weren't there, Qa8 and Be4 would be straight forward.
great lesson and btw im surprised i found Nd1 in the second puzzle i calculated the moves after it and concluded it worked cuz white either loses material or just get mated
I would recommend Sammy Reshevsky's Games. He was a pretty much a pure move by move player. You will find a lot of threats that after parried become unplayed tactics.
It is fine to say "always look for checks, captures and threats, every move" but this cannot be done by ordinary non-master players except in OTB games played at very slow classical time controls. Meanwhile most chess today is online, and played much faster. How do non-masters develop a tactical eye when playing 15/10 rapid chess?
That's a very good question! The general idea is that you want practice looking for tempo moves when analyzing a position or solving untimed exercises. If you do that enough, you will get far better at it, and your brain will start to do it automatically. Obviously you can't always see everything, but forming this habit will make it far less likely you'll miss stuff. A lot of chess is about training your brain (like with tactical patterns, for instance), and when your brain does stuff automatically or at least more easily, it frees you up to think about other things. Hope that helps!
@@joshfriedel It does help! I think many titled players give advice appropriate for someone who wants to learn how to play classical chess, and progress towards a title, even if in practice they never get close to earning even the NM title. However, the vast majority of players online play bullet, blitz or rapid chess, and will never ever play a classical game of chess. I think teaching players how to play blitz or rapid is what is needed, and what most of the audience wants. Therefore, content creators must think, "is what I'm advising going to help someone play 15/10 rapid better, or am I really trying to teach someone how to get an IM title?"
@@joshfriedel Thank you! One quick follow up unrelated question. From the black side, do you find philidor lion positions to be similar to or completely different from spanish positions, and why? (Specifically referring to black not taking the d4 pawn immediately.)
"Chess does not owe you anything." Words to play by.
Yes I like this. The game is not won until it is won. Does not matter how the position "looks."
Your lectures are extremely underrated , i really hope you get the well deserved recognition for being such an amazing teacher!
Just a small advice.. uping your youtube video thumbnail game would help alot!!
Commenting to boost the algorithm for you because you make great videos and deserve it
I will second that.
I liked the advice at the end , min 28, to play a game and check if there is a technical shot
every move for training
Great lesson. Thank you
One aspect of recognizing positions in which there are likely tactics is the Bobby Fischer quote "Tactics flow from a superior position."
If you outplay your opponent positionally and they try to solve their problems tactically, there is a high chance it doesn't work.
Great quote. Is it from a book?
That’s not so easy unless they’re bad players
At the puzzel around 19 minutes or so, I found nf7+ kg8 ne4+ kh8 ng6+, forcing the opening of the H file with hxg6 followed by the quiet re6 and rh6+ forcing white to give up the queen for the rook on h7 after the check. Leads to almost the same position as your (more elegant) solution. I found it by following your own brute force technique of constantly calculating the different knight checks :) Awesome video!
Another interesting looking line I found in the second critical position instead of Re1 was this:
... Nf2+
Kg1 Ne4+
Kh1 Ng3+ (forking king and queen)
hxg3 Re6
and white has to give up his queen again to stop mate.
Good video, thanks!
What a video! Please upload more videos like this often. Thank you so much, Josh!
Very informative, many thanks. Subscribed.
great video!! You explain in an excellent and clear way, and the examples you gave are challenging and interesting! Thank you!
Great video. Thank you, Sir!
Master, you teach well. Eagerly awaiting more tactical lessons.
Wow 😮 awsome.
This was eye opening video for me.
Thank you GM.
18:35 Black is crushing here at -6.8. So no doubt, several ways to lock down a W from here. Black does remain comfortably in lead after Re1 line. But it does give back 1.7 pawns. SF prefers just grabbing b2 and later forking R,B. Of course if time is low, probably would be thrilled with the immediate simplification offered via Re1.
What about the nf2 check , setting up the smothered mate ?
@@peterthegreat996What white piece will be locking the K in the corner?
This is really helpful! It would be great if you could create a playlist for this series
Really helpful video!
Awesome post teaching, thanks GM sir🎉❤
Indeed very helpful, thank you.
Thank you
In the second position, is there any objection to (1...Nd1! 2.Rxe8+ Rxe8 3.Qf1) Nf2+ 4.Kg1 Ne4+ 5.Kh1 Ng3+ 6.hxg3 Re6 ?
Maybe Qc1 after Re6? But black is still obviously winning
Josh - is there anyway to get private lessons with you for my son? Thanks for any information. These videos are amazing.
he's back 🙌
Good video 🎉
Beside looking at checks, captures, forcing moves etc. I think it is also worth to do a kind of analysis of the tactical features in the position. In the first example there is the weak black backrank. There is a escape square on h7, but white has a bishop able to cover this square. Furthermore blacks rook und queen is on a diagonal of the same color as whites bishop. I the rook weren't there, Qa8 and Be4 would be straight forward.
Great, thanks
great lesson and btw im surprised i found Nd1 in the second puzzle i calculated the moves after it and concluded it worked cuz white either loses material or just get mated
Great video. Miss your twitch sessions
Sir great content
Great Channel, Thanks!
Please make video on Decision making in Chess Thank you!
Thank you, very useful video. So far your videos only have a low number of views because people don't know about them, but that will change soon.
Extremely underrated channel I guess everybody in chess just wants to see gothamchess scream the rook nowadays 😢
Class
Advice for beating masters when I’m just 1800 I have a tournament next weekend
Any database of games that contain tactics to spot? I m not talking about puzzle
I would recommend Sammy Reshevsky's Games. He was a pretty much a pure move by move player. You will find a lot of threats that after parried become unplayed tactics.
You missed another smothered mate in 4 . N-c2 k- b1 N-a3 double check K-a1 Q-b1check QxQ N-c2 mate!
Sorry my mistake analysis is wrong. I forgot you’re not capturing with a rook.
It is fine to say "always look for checks, captures and threats, every move" but this cannot be done by ordinary non-master players except in OTB games played at very slow classical time controls. Meanwhile most chess today is online, and played much faster. How do non-masters develop a tactical eye when playing 15/10 rapid chess?
When you play lots of classical games it translates to your rapid ability.. to get good at chess you have to play classical games
That's a very good question! The general idea is that you want practice looking for tempo moves when analyzing a position or solving untimed exercises. If you do that enough, you will get far better at it, and your brain will start to do it automatically. Obviously you can't always see everything, but forming this habit will make it far less likely you'll miss stuff. A lot of chess is about training your brain (like with tactical patterns, for instance), and when your brain does stuff automatically or at least more easily, it frees you up to think about other things. Hope that helps!
@@joshfriedel It does help! I think many titled players give advice appropriate for someone who wants to learn how to play classical chess, and progress towards a title, even if in practice they never get close to earning even the NM title. However, the vast majority of players online play bullet, blitz or rapid chess, and will never ever play a classical game of chess. I think teaching players how to play blitz or rapid is what is needed, and what most of the audience wants. Therefore, content creators must think, "is what I'm advising going to help someone play 15/10 rapid better, or am I really trying to teach someone how to get an IM title?"
@@NinjaSquirreI you need a bit more than "checks, captures, threats" to make IM lol
@@rebecca22210 Oh? Are you an IM?
Magnus victim sadly
Hey Josh, just curious, the 2nd position you mentioned the opening, the structure arised from what opening?
It was from an Archangel Spanish, one where White went for an early Nxe5 Nxe5 d4.
@@joshfriedel Thank you! One quick follow up unrelated question. From the black side, do you find philidor lion positions to be similar to or completely different from spanish positions, and why? (Specifically referring to black not taking the d4 pawn immediately.)
Exactly what I needed, thanks!