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For me, it’s difficult to understand the controversy over flagging. If you choose to play with short time-controls, it seems obvious that time is going to be a major factor, and, if you play slower than your opponent, you’re likely to lose. I lose most of my games when I play blitz, often because I’m slow. I figure the onus is on me to play faster.
To the two commenters mentioning real chess, this makes it sound like classical is the only legitimate way to play. I'm not trying to stir the pot or anything, just wondering why that is or if I'm not understanding.
@@ryanhass8716 because chess is a game of deep meditation and calculation, it's been played for century or even millennia without even a time limit. Playing only blitz make it a dopamine kick not so different from all source of entertaining you consume everyday, also if you play only blitz there's no way you actually develop an actual understanding of game dynamics and position, you are just memorizing patterns through trial and error like a monkey would
Your videos are a gold mine. Why don't you make a video, or even a mini-series, about 'priyomes' (приём)? It is true that they are mainly typical patterns and/or maneuvers, like the sacrifice of Gioacchino Greco in this video, but a well-wrapped explanation of, say, 100 priyomes would make your channel viral among chess players, I think. Thank you for your excellent work.
I would just like to take out time to thank you IGOR for your amazing efforts you put into making such interesting and informative videos constantly over so many years. You have been my fav teacher over so many years, and i love your shorts for some cool tactics.
In regards to flagging: my view is you have two parameters to win. Mate your opponent or beat them in the amount of time you are permitted. Both are success paths. So if your opponent doesn’t finish the job and you stall a little, all is fair in love and war.
Also there is nothing more satisfying than mating your opponent at the last moment when they are flagging you because you came up with a short sequence of checkmating moves
I like to see patterns I recognize how to go forward, since once a condition exists, you know you have the way to get in, pry open, etc and you don't have to exactly calculate. This saves a lot of time in blitz.
Hi. I play with one main friend. We both don't like remembering openings. Is it common for casual players to start from a set up several moves in? Possibly from famous games. Is there an easily available place to find collections of 'starting positions '
Look up the tournament they just did. Magnus and Hikaru participated. I think it was the Casablanca tournament. They started from previous world championship positions. They were given 3 options and they had to agree on a starting position.
Mr Igor, can you provide us with some materials (video lessons/full courses) for young kids who are just outright beginners (aging from 5 to 7 years) to learn chess and chess tactics in a fun way? Well, it's hard to teach chess to young and beginners' learners as they may easily lose interest if something doesn't seem interesting enough.
Getting flagged is a blunder same as hanging a piece. Both players know the rules going in. Time is a resource. Spending it on calculations to get a winning position is part of the game. So is losing via spending too much.
I seem to be a bit off my game today, as I didn't find the solution to the problem without resorting to the engine. I was looking at Bb8, creating a battery against h2, which is currently protected by the queen. I thought of sacrificing the knight with Ng5, adding pressure to h2, and if Qxg5, then Qh2#. The only problem was that white doesn't have to take the knight. He has two turns to come up with something to block the threat, and g3 is all it takes, so that tactic doesn't work. As for flagging, well, there are rules, and whatever time constraint is agreed upon becomes part of the rules. If we are to consider flagging to be unethical, then we are essentially saying that we don't think that rule should apply in all situations. I have never done this in a game myself or had it happen to me. (I did run out of time once, but only because there was a distraction that took me away from the board for too long.) I wouldn't think ill of my opponent for using all the rules at his disposal to avoid a loss. Since the subject of pre-moves came up, there is one other tactic that might be mentioned. If you know your opponent is going to pre-move a specific move in a given position, you might opt for an unexpected move that takes advantage of the anticipated pre-move. You might see, for example, that your opponent is going to develop a piece to a certain square that is currently undefended. Perhaps, playing as black, you are expecting white to make the move Qa4. You can give him time to make the pre-move, then play b5, which might otherwise be a horrible move in the position, but with the queen coming to a4, it results in white blundering his queen through the pre-move. I saw one of the UA-camrs (I think it might have been Gotham) fall to such a tactic. Lesson: be careful about pre-moves when they are not necessary!
7:22 - I once calculated a queen sacrifice followed by perpetual check just like this in a tournament game, but that was only one of the possible lines, and I lost that game
Chess used to be the slow, metodical contemplation between two gentlemen. Now we have rapid, blitz, bullet, where time is the 17th piece. And in chess you win by mastering all the pieces. Therefore flagging might be ethically ambiguous, but is just part of the game by now. If you want to avoid flagging play slow chess. And if somebody tries to flag you in a 90 minute game, kick them in the balls.
For the pin, an important thing to notice is that if the pinned piece of a relative pin can move to create a bigger threat, it can often turn into a discovered attack I don't understand the ethical debate about flagging. If you spent more time before, you deserve to face more harsh time pressure when trying to delivering the final blow
Haven't reached the part of the video about flagging yet but I think it's perfectly fair, measuring the time spent on moving is part of the game and so is time pressure
@youbli You need two play two repetitions, then before you are about to play the third, you get the arbiter, show them the "third" repetition you are about to make, show them your scoresheet, and then claim a draw. If you physically play the third repetition, it's too late to claim a draw. However, the third repition must be playable in order to claim a draw.
@@seamusomuineachain Simply take a look at the FIDE rules: "9.2 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by a player having the move, when the same position for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves):" *The* *third* *time*. That is, the second repetition. You don't need three repetitions for a draw.
@youbli yes the rules you copy pasted here confirm my point. It's not called a "two-fold" repetition. Once the repetition happens twice, you call the arbiter and show them *BEFORE* the position will repeat times. Have you ever claimed a draw by 3 fold repetition in a FIDE rated event?
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I first Saul at 11:03 that you could sacrifice the bishop and once The Rook takes the bishop the queen delivers check and forks the night and The Rook there by taking either piece for free I did not find the queen sacrifice leading to mate
Queen to c1 is the winning move If rook captures queen Then rook captures rook with check If white blocks with another rook Then rook takes rook check Queen takes rook check and rook takes queen mate
I am a 550 rated player I sometimes play like 1100 or 1300 but can't make it fixed what should I do to hold onto that elo level ? Have you some advice sir ?
Qc1!! If Rxc1 Rxc1# in the next move after Rd1 Rxd1#, if Rdd1 Qxa3 and dxe6 is impossible because dxe6 Rxd1 Rxd1 Rc1+ and Black wins a Rook for 1 pawn. If Qc1!! Nc2 QxRd2
can you play some games live?It will be fun! Some years ago you played a very short match on anonymous lichess in the video "5 lessons I learned in 25 years of chess" or some similar title. Gg
Imma be honest since COVID-19 has slowly decreased people have been drawn away from chess for some reason... Igor's subs have not been moving past 600k for almost a whole year now...
Yesterday, i flagged my opponent in drawish position, although i got material advantage but he has plbetyer position which is difficult for me to win. So i sacrificed the Rookkk and win on time
@GMIgorSmirnov. Hey example 3 the fork was a puzzle from a recent video anti-london. I win now I want more video like this and less trash openings like the rus-gambit not going to try and spell it or play it ever again too many lines for 1600 lichess rapid. Lichess for free chess
I dislike these fast games where flagging becomes relevant, particularly these 1 minute bullet games are useless. 10 minutes each is a bare minimum for me. Otherwise chess changes from a game of strategy into a game of dexterity. You get pieces flying everywhere, places half off their squares, arms waving about racing for the clock, and complete pandemonium. But even in a slow game, the end can become a race, if time is not managed properly.
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Can you tell us how to prepare for a chess tournament?
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00:00 Recognizing chess tactical patterns easily in your games
00:25 Top 10 chess tactical patterns you must know to reach 2000 ELO
00:49 Pattern-1 (Example-1)
01:11 Pattern-1 (Example-2)
02:15 Pattern-2 (Example-1)
02:35 Pattern-2 (Example-2)
04:21 Pattern-3 (Example-1)
04:48 Pattern-3 (Example-2)
05:26 Pattern-4 (Example-1)
06:02 Pattern-4 (Example-2)
06:21 Pattern-5 (Example-1)
06:43 Pattern-5 (Example-2)
07:28 Pattern-6 (Example-1)
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08:59 Pattern-7 (Example-1)
09:59 Pattern-7 (Example-2)
10:47 Puzzle of the day
11:10 Pattern-8 (Example-1)
11:43 Pattern-8 (Example-2)
12:02 Pattern-9 (Example-1)
13:03 Pattern-9 (Example-2)
13:43 Pattern-10 (I'm ashamed of this)
The Puzzle of the day.🧩☀️
1. ... d5 2. cxd5 Qc1 3. (Rxc1 Rxc1+ 4. Rd1 Rxd1#) Rd1 Qxa3.
You're the best teacher 😤
Can you make a video on most important checkmate patterns?
Can you make how to beat Catalan
For me, it’s difficult to understand the controversy over flagging. If you choose to play with short time-controls, it seems obvious that time is going to be a major factor, and, if you play slower than your opponent, you’re likely to lose. I lose most of my games when I play blitz, often because I’m slow. I figure the onus is on me to play faster.
The solution is to stop play blitz and play actual chess
Blitz is just for fun or to test openings. The real chess is classical on the board. Not less than 90 minutes per match.
ain't nobody got time for that
To the two commenters mentioning real chess, this makes it sound like classical is the only legitimate way to play. I'm not trying to stir the pot or anything, just wondering why that is or if I'm not understanding.
@@ryanhass8716 because chess is a game of deep meditation and calculation, it's been played for century or even millennia without even a time limit. Playing only blitz make it a dopamine kick not so different from all source of entertaining you consume everyday, also if you play only blitz there's no way you actually develop an actual understanding of game dynamics and position, you are just memorizing patterns through trial and error like a monkey would
please please please make this a series!! This is so helpful
11:07 The alternative is Qc1
but there is Nc4
I think then you can sac the rook Rxc4, white Qxc4, black Qxd2
Isnt there like Qb4 too? I dont see how this is better to Qa5 right away
@@lilacwine7998 do you mean Qb6? Only black can't go Qb4. Qb6 doesn't achieve anything though
Bro is making everyone a chess player of 2000elo
not really
I know right😂
I was 1100, now I am 900
@@DAstrA84 lol
And I'm just tryna get to 1000😭
11:02 Qc1 RxQ RxR# back row checkmate
A brilliant square clearance
Good day coach! Can you do a Rook vs Queen endgame? It's really a challenging endgame. What should we do to win easily? Thank you
11:01 the move is Qc1 im pretty sure: Qc1, Rxc1, Rxc1+, Rd1, Rxd1#
what if white plays Qb4? defending the knight and the rook
also nc4
@@gerrycraft1963 Nc4 is wrong, black plays Rxc4
How about he ignores it
Qc1 bekar hai 😂😂😂😂
14:50 if there is inkrement, flagging is ok, because both sides can make mini moves until they have some more seconds to plan a good move.
I’m sure ill never forget any of these
Your videos are a gold mine. Why don't you make a video, or even a mini-series, about 'priyomes' (приём)?
It is true that they are mainly typical patterns and/or maneuvers, like the sacrifice of Gioacchino Greco in this video, but a well-wrapped explanation of, say, 100 priyomes would make your channel viral among chess players, I think.
Thank you for your excellent work.
I would just like to take out time to thank you IGOR for your amazing efforts you put into making such interesting and informative videos constantly over so many years. You have been my fav teacher over so many years, and i love your shorts for some cool tactics.
I appreciate that!
In regards to flagging: my view is you have two parameters to win. Mate your opponent or beat them in the amount of time you are permitted. Both are success paths. So if your opponent doesn’t finish the job and you stall a little, all is fair in love and war.
Also there is nothing more satisfying than mating your opponent at the last moment when they are flagging you because you came up with a short sequence of checkmating moves
Checkmating someone when they have over a minute and you have under 5 seconds is indeed extremely satisfying!
I love you so much Igor...I've improved fast due to your videos... thank you sir💕
4:52 pawn underpromotes to knight!
I like to see patterns I recognize how to go forward, since once a condition exists, you know you have the way to get in, pry open, etc and you don't have to exactly calculate. This saves a lot of time in blitz.
Hi. I play with one main friend. We both don't like remembering openings. Is it common for casual players to start from a set up several moves in? Possibly from famous games. Is there an easily available place to find collections of 'starting positions '
Look up the tournament they just did. Magnus and Hikaru participated. I think it was the Casablanca tournament.
They started from previous world championship positions. They were given 3 options and they had to agree on a starting position.
May I suggest a video on how to get out of positions where you have much less space and your pieces are being squeezed to death by your opponent?
Mr Igor, can you provide us with some materials (video lessons/full courses) for young kids who are just outright beginners (aging from 5 to 7 years) to learn chess and chess tactics in a fun way?
Well, it's hard to teach chess to young and beginners' learners as they may easily lose interest if something doesn't seem interesting enough.
Can you do a video on mate patters to look for?
Getting flagged is a blunder same as hanging a piece. Both players know the rules going in. Time is a resource. Spending it on calculations to get a winning position is part of the game. So is losing via spending too much.
11:03. Sac the rook take the pawn? Then sac the queen for the backrank checkmate?
4:30 omg my favourite opening for black!!!
I seem to be a bit off my game today, as I didn't find the solution to the problem without resorting to the engine. I was looking at Bb8, creating a battery against h2, which is currently protected by the queen. I thought of sacrificing the knight with Ng5, adding pressure to h2, and if Qxg5, then Qh2#. The only problem was that white doesn't have to take the knight. He has two turns to come up with something to block the threat, and g3 is all it takes, so that tactic doesn't work.
As for flagging, well, there are rules, and whatever time constraint is agreed upon becomes part of the rules. If we are to consider flagging to be unethical, then we are essentially saying that we don't think that rule should apply in all situations. I have never done this in a game myself or had it happen to me. (I did run out of time once, but only because there was a distraction that took me away from the board for too long.) I wouldn't think ill of my opponent for using all the rules at his disposal to avoid a loss.
Since the subject of pre-moves came up, there is one other tactic that might be mentioned. If you know your opponent is going to pre-move a specific move in a given position, you might opt for an unexpected move that takes advantage of the anticipated pre-move. You might see, for example, that your opponent is going to develop a piece to a certain square that is currently undefended. Perhaps, playing as black, you are expecting white to make the move Qa4. You can give him time to make the pre-move, then play b5, which might otherwise be a horrible move in the position, but with the queen coming to a4, it results in white blundering his queen through the pre-move. I saw one of the UA-camrs (I think it might have been Gotham) fall to such a tactic. Lesson: be careful about pre-moves when they are not necessary!
very helpful
Qc1 Nc4 R*c4 followed by Q*d2. Anytime white takes queen, R*c1#
After Qc1 Nc4 the knight defends d2, so after this line white would play N*d2 right? You need to play R*c4 Q*c4 first.
@@andrewdant2780 That's exactly what I originally wrote. Because white have 2 captures (Q*c4 or b*c4), I omitted them.
Just Qb5 tho. You defend everything
@@lilacwine7998 If Qb5, black can take the pawn with Nd5, white must to sacrifice the rook and black is winning
(Qb4 sorry...😂)
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Flagging is part of the game. If you spend more time to get a better position, you have to prove, that you can convert in the remaining time.
I just love that laugh with the stalemate giving such levity to the stalemate!
7:22 - I once calculated a queen sacrifice followed by perpetual check just like this in a tournament game, but that was only one of the possible lines, and I lost that game
Chess used to be the slow, metodical contemplation between two gentlemen. Now we have rapid, blitz, bullet, where time is the 17th piece. And in chess you win by mastering all the pieces. Therefore flagging might be ethically ambiguous, but is just part of the game by now. If you want to avoid flagging play slow chess. And if somebody tries to flag you in a 90 minute game, kick them in the balls.
Lmao what's wrong with flagging in a 90 minute game, it's not your fault that your opponent wastes a lot of time
Flagging is fine, you are rewarded for thinking and playing fast with "extra time"
any advice on how to punish the wayward queen opening.
Flagging at the end and as a motif is hilarious 😂
For the pin, an important thing to notice is that if the pinned piece of a relative pin can move to create a bigger threat, it can often turn into a discovered attack
I don't understand the ethical debate about flagging. If you spent more time before, you deserve to face more harsh time pressure when trying to delivering the final blow
Haven't reached the part of the video about flagging yet but I think it's perfectly fair, measuring the time spent on moving is part of the game and so is time pressure
the sacrifice named "Greek gift" is beautiful in terms of its name as well as its pattern
Sir can you please make a video on Common positional ideas
06:42 For a draw a position doesn't need to repeat three times. According to FIDE rules, a draw can be demanded after *two* repetitions.
Doesn't that mean you have to repeat the position 2 times so it's total three times?
@@Naskari_ You described it correctly. You need two repetitions, not three.
@youbli You need two play two repetitions, then before you are about to play the third, you get the arbiter, show them the "third" repetition you are about to make, show them your scoresheet, and then claim a draw. If you physically play the third repetition, it's too late to claim a draw. However, the third repition must be playable in order to claim a draw.
@@seamusomuineachain Simply take a look at the FIDE rules:
"9.2 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by a player having the move, when the same position for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves):"
*The* *third* *time*. That is, the second repetition. You don't need three repetitions for a draw.
@youbli yes the rules you copy pasted here confirm my point. It's not called a "two-fold" repetition. Once the repetition happens twice, you call the arbiter and show them *BEFORE* the position will repeat times. Have you ever claimed a draw by 3 fold repetition in a FIDE rated event?
16:11 what’s wrong w/ Qxd5+?
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What is the point of resigning in blitz? Try to swindle, or win on time.
I first Saul at 11:03 that you could sacrifice the bishop and once The Rook takes the bishop the queen delivers check and forks the night and The Rook there by taking either piece for free I did not find the queen sacrifice leading to mate
Flagging is a part of the modern game, like it or loath it, it is a skill in itself.
Queen to c1 is the winning move
If rook captures queen
Then rook captures rook with check
If white blocks with another rook
Then rook takes rook check
Queen takes rook check and rook takes queen mate
11:01 Qc1
Thanks a lot
I miss your cat! Is (s)he OK? It was like your mascot, making your videos seem more warm & homey. What's its name, again? Great video, as always!
Igor old me a long time ago: "His name is Argun. P.S. If he's not present in some videos, it means he's playing in a tournament." 🤣😂🤣😂
Thanks too much ❤
I am a 550 rated player I sometimes play like 1100 or 1300 but can't make it fixed what should I do to hold onto that elo level ? Have you some advice sir ?
Ty Igor
@12:38 but if black DOES take with the queen they avoid the whole mating sequence.
Also can you please make a video to counter the anti-fired liver defense please its SOOOO annoying...
queen c1, rook x queen, rook x rook check, rook b1, rook x rook CM
Can you make a guide to learn opening for 2200 plus players
Too smooth sheesh
Starting all of these steps from today 5/11/2024
Current number: -2 ( both eyes )
Will edit when I see improvement
3:36 Rxe5 Then after rook takes bishop c4
yay I got it right
12:47 why didn't the king go to g6
Qc1!! If Rxc1 Rxc1# in the next move after Rd1 Rxd1#, if Rdd1 Qxa3 and dxe6 is impossible because dxe6 Rxd1 Rxd1 Rc1+ and Black wins a Rook for 1 pawn. If Qc1!! Nc2 QxRd2
can you play some games live?It will be fun! Some years ago you played a very short match on anonymous lichess in the video "5 lessons I learned in 25 years of chess" or some similar title. Gg
flagging is part of the game, so it is a tool that should be used
11:05 I think Qc1 is the winning idea
yep u win a knight
white Qb 4? think you are right but what happens after Qb4?
@@Osiris261 after Qb4 we can attack it with the night then with the pawn to remove it from the defence
a5 is winning a night anyway? So what's the point. you cant even understand why White didn't move the night when he was given the chance
@@adityakoul9214 then you win a rook for a night instead of a free night..
11:08 Qc1 because Rxc1 results in Rxc1#
rd1 block the queen, so you win the knight on a3
how is 2:12 stalemate?
White controls the hole g file and the bishup controlls h3. Blacks king cant move and his pawns are going up ward
There are no moves black can play after that
When the opponent flags you it's totally unethical but when you flag it's totally fine. SO TRUE 😭
11:09 sac Qc1
Literally someone did this exact thing to me yesterday 2:12 😭
Qc1 rook takes rc1 rook takes making a back row checkmate
Imma be honest since COVID-19 has slowly decreased people have been drawn away from chess for some reason... Igor's subs have not been moving past 600k for almost a whole year now...
The 10 Chess Tactics are the most common/important ever.😎
How to play with high accuracy ?
good
Yesterday, i flagged my opponent in drawish position, although i got material advantage but he has plbetyer position which is difficult for me to win. So i sacrificed the Rookkk and win on time
The hardest part of chess is seeing all of that for your opponent.
On pins, doesn't Ba3 win?
Flagging is part of the agreed-upon rules.
Should be titled "Want To Reach 1000 ELO?" Def nowhere near advanced enough for 2000.
the answer is Qc1
11:01
Go Aman! The chessbrahs army is the strongest chess army
@GMIgorSmirnov. Hey example 3 the fork was a puzzle from a recent video anti-london. I win now I want more video like this and less trash openings like the rus-gambit not going to try and spell it or play it ever again too many lines for 1600 lichess rapid. Lichess for free chess
RD5
If I win by time when on losing position, it doesn't feel like a win to me
QC1
Imagine if everyone watched these videos and tried to counter and use the same strategies against each other
If you take every trade based on overbought and oversold alone, you're gonna blow up your account in no time.
Back rank mate, Qc1 Rxc1 Rxc1#
my fav tactic is flagging lol
Qc1
Queen to c1
Qc1. Ouch.
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I dislike these fast games where flagging becomes relevant, particularly these 1 minute bullet games are useless. 10 minutes each is a bare minimum for me. Otherwise chess changes from a game of strategy into a game of dexterity. You get pieces flying everywhere, places half off their squares, arms waving about racing for the clock, and complete pandemonium. But even in a slow game, the end can become a race, if time is not managed properly.
My rating in rapid 2393
Me:watch this video after the elo change 2068 to 1970
300 positions/ games
Bro teached me how to get back to 600 elo
Shut up noob😂