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► Chapters 00:00 Find Your Chess Rating Level With This Puzzle 00:24 Your Rating Level is 800 IF... 00:53 Your Rating Level is 1200 IF... 01:38 Your Rating Level is 1600 IF... 03:14 Your Level is Hikaru Nakamura IF... 03:37 Your Rating Level is 1800 IF... 05:33 Your Rating Level is 1900 IF... 06:41 Your Rating Level is 2200 IF... 07:17 Your Rating Level is 2500 IF... 08:53 Your Rating Level is 2700 IF... 10:18 Comment your solution & rating below
I'm a 1530 rapid and I saw Bb4. It has a similar idea as Ba3, but it's more forcing. I saw Nd2(But I simply have Bxd2 because I don't want his knight to come defend the king and also to give up the bishop for the most I can and then I saw Rg2 and stuff) and axb4 Rg2 Bxg2 Rg8(Bxb7+ Qxb7#) Ng3 (Nh5 I thought was winning on the spot but missed that the queen is attacking too so they don't have to take with the knight) and calculated a lot in Rxg3 but stopped when I found no way. Edit: I just saw Qc6 after Bxg2 and it's completely winning
This pegged me perfectly. Only been playing seriously for a few months and I am around 1000. I saw almost exactly what you said i would at that level. Rook takes, bishop takes, etc. expose king, check with the queen. I stopped there. I have such a hard time visualizing beyond that many moves and my brain stops, makes the move and then hopes for the best. Keep up the test puzzles like this. Great stuff!
I saw upto what 1600 level saw, but actually got a bit deeper into that calculating various king responses. Never saw Qc3 before the light sqaure bishop exchange.Iam 1600-1625 rated, and that pretty much tells where I belong to.
I m around 2100 but I have seen the variations until fxg2. But I have missed Ng3 as defensive resource in the earlier variation. So I m 2500 and 1600 at the same time. It feels like a GM playing like a patzer.
Qc6 after Bxg2 (that long range bishop checkmate) is a beautiful line, missed that one (within a minute) unfortunately. But in your Kh3 line (2:26), Qf3+ is not the only option. I also looked at stuff like Ne4 (to then jump to Ng5 if Ng3 if played). The king can't just go back to g2 yet (then a move like Nc3 wins the white queen), nor g3, which is blocked by the knight. If white plays Ng3, blacks responds with Ng5, drawing the white king even further out, without an easy and immediate way back. If white plays slow, black gets some time to activate more pieces (the other rook, the other knight) against the king. I did not evaluate to the end here, but I think that this line maybe deserves a bit more attention.
Thanks Igor. I did pursue a number of the options you mentioned and some others which would've failed in light of your explanations. I would rate myself on this puzzle somewhere between 1200 & 1600. I very much enjoyed the attempts and your way of analysing the problem. Yes, I think these videos are very helpful in training me to think more broadly.
I enjoyed the puzzle and your explanation. I don't think I could identify and analyse all the lines that you did but came to think that this was the solution 1. ..... Qc6 2. Nc4 dxc4 3. Qc3 Qxc3 4. bxc3 Bxc3 5. Bb2 Bxb2
I enjoyed your video very much. I didn’t know if I even qualified for any rating unless I was competing. That aside, I do like chess puzzles and wondered if that would at least give me some idea where I might stand. Based on this video, I am surprised to learn I could be as high as 1500 but probably closer to 1300. Fun to know this, thanks!
Thanks for the video! I really enjoy these videos that include a puzzle and/or a way to gauge how we are progressing in our chess, and hope you will include them every so often in your lessons! Thanks again!
I could clearly determine my rating is between 1255 and 1911 with a side of stockfish, and this correlates to my bullet and rapid ratings and explains my correspondence performance too.
lol. I saw the sacrifice but I didn't think it led anywhere concrete (evidently didn't calculate far enough). I then evaluated that I had an extra pawn, and that White didn't seem to have any immedate threats, so I just decided to play h5 with the intention of breaking through with a pawn storm. (I'm not claiming that I saw the "Magnus variation" or anything close - merely that it seemed to me that I was already winning, and that I didn't need to wager a rook on breaking through).
I'm not going to spend a lot of time. I am eyeing qc6, then sacking my rook on g2. If bishop takes its mate. If not, then push the rook to g1 and force king to recapture. Then qh1 mate. Obviously there could be some counter play, but I looked for less then a min!
Bb4 threatening rook on e1 as a distraction to open up my rooks on back rank. he has to deal with bishop otherwise he loess the rook on e1. he can take bishop with pawn or block with pawn onc2 to c3, or ignore the threat, either way rooks are now connected. that was my first initial thought.
I found 1. ...Rxg2 and 2 ...Qc6 rather quickly, which, according to your scale, would give me 2200, however in practice I can't get above 1200-1300 in a chess training app :)
I made the mistake of ruling out Na5 permanently instead of just for one move. So I analysed 1...Qc6 2. Ng3 h5 3. c3 h4 4. cxd4 hxg3 5. Rc1 Nc5 6. Rxe5
I saw Queen C6, but i did not see Knight to A5, but did see Knight to G3 so i suppose i am somewhat below 1800. My club rating is ~1300. I did take around 6 minutes to calculate though, and came across all the lower rated solutions as well
I was able to solve the whole sequence, but, it is complex enough and took me a long enough time that the reality is I would have not been able to work it out in a real game and not made the rook sacrifice. It was only because I knew black had a winning line that I continued to work through the line. I did immediately look at the winning line, so my guess is the rating given for me is correct. I have a uscf rating of 1750, no idea how that translates to an online rating.
I am much better in a puzzle setting when I know there is a "right" answer. I regularly get the 1800-2200 answer on these videos, but my rating is like 1300 lol. In-game not so much. Should I start playing slower time formats so I can sit and look at the position I guess?
~1800, though IRL I'm ~1600. I was quite happy with the Qc6 idea. Went through all those low level ideas as candidates but refuted them the way you described. Didn't see how whit could survive the Qc6 idea and not be worse and thought that was sufficient lol
Damn, Igor, i moved from 1600 on your last puzzle to 1800 on this one. Even saw the 1900 idea of connecting the rooks. Your puzzles do me well, since my lichess rating ist about 1000. To be fair, last time i actually played a stranger and not my amateur friends is more than a year ago. My tactics rating base on lichess is 2000 though, because thats what i mainly do. A few puzzles here and there.
1300. I saw the potential setups with Rxg2 or Bxg2 or Qc6, I didnt really like Rxg2 because white doesnt have to take the rook straight away, so I was looking at lines like Rxg2, h3 etc. Curious to know if anyone else looked at this and knows why its bad for white given Bxg2 was best.
Not so good rating in general (around 1400-1600ish? I don't recall) and the last time I played was ages ago, but I somehow shot _way_ above my regular skill level on this one. Fairly quickly realized that just sac'ing everything on g2 is not likely to work out, and tried to search for something more forcing, after which I found the Qc6 move. Gave it some thought, didn't see any good response and started watching... and a few minutes later, before you even got there, I suddenly realized white has the Nf4/Qe2 combo. I did _not_ see f3 in advance, at all. It did look obvious when the position was on the board, but I didn't consider how impactful f3 and f2 would actually be.
It's a Lil bothersome for me , as I ended up with a completely different result, however it was not very efficient, and I definetly did not see that "bishop alone" checkmate at all , so I'll just go with my rating that I received before which was 1200.
Well, an interesting puzzle, but not clear-cut. I don't see that the final position at 10:27 is an obvious win for Black. He just has B+N for a R. The attack has almost ground to a halt and White could play Qc3 next forcing the Queen exchange and stopping it altogether. Black's King is also quite exposed and White's minor pieces are well placed. After the promising looking Ne4 White can simply play Qg2 maintaining the guard on c2. Other moves like Nc5 and Bd6 seem to be met by Qc3. Yes, Black stands better, but it looks as if it could be a long grind. Come on, Igor, show me a clear winning line!
Im not sure if this is accurate because my max rating in blitz is just 1700 but I was able to see the solution within 5 mins. Does this mean I have a potential to improve more like a GM? Haha
White is not forced to take rook on G2 . White should move pawn on H 2 instead and move the king when rook moves to deliver a check with the bishop. My first move as black I would move queen to c3 and sac the queen on h2 after
Dear Mr. Smirnov, I think that your test is not true. My ELO is 1400. I have solved this puzzle in 1-2 minutes. Unfortunately I have not seen the time. To tell more correctly I have stopped at the level 2200 and afterwards I didn´t analysed the situation.
After sacrificing bishop to a3 and gaining rook d1 acces, q-c6 right away,then white k-f4,then black takes f4,then white q-d2,then black pawn-f3,then white r-e2,then black takes g2,then white bishop takes d2, black rook takes d2, White rook takes d2, then black r-g8,then I can't anticipate what white will do good but anything white do just play, black rook takes d2 ,then white queen takes d2, black black queen takes d2 check mate, , ,if I'm wrong please explain to me where I was wrong, , ,and please tell me what my chess rating is, , ,, , ,right now I plat chess stars and my rating there is at 1010 and I don't have much time to play and increase it, , ,please notice this thank you in advance
Well..First thought was bishop-queen battery 🔋 bang but was thinking I had to draw that pesky 💡 squared bishop probably using the rook.. it was then at this point i realized I just did not want to calculate any of it because I just woke up. 🥱 But being addicted to chess ♟️ I had to give my initial snap reactions to the position as I just opened my eyes. I definitely was being lazy.. I need coffee ☕️ …Love these videos ❤❤❤
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► Chapters
00:00 Find Your Chess Rating Level With This Puzzle
00:24 Your Rating Level is 800 IF...
00:53 Your Rating Level is 1200 IF...
01:38 Your Rating Level is 1600 IF...
03:14 Your Level is Hikaru Nakamura IF...
03:37 Your Rating Level is 1800 IF...
05:33 Your Rating Level is 1900 IF...
06:41 Your Rating Level is 2200 IF...
07:17 Your Rating Level is 2500 IF...
08:53 Your Rating Level is 2700 IF...
10:18 Comment your solution & rating below
I hope that you continue with puzzles like this!
I'm a 1530 rapid and I saw Bb4. It has a similar idea as Ba3, but it's more forcing. I saw Nd2(But I simply have Bxd2 because I don't want his knight to come defend the king and also to give up the bishop for the most I can and then I saw Rg2 and stuff) and axb4 Rg2 Bxg2 Rg8(Bxb7+ Qxb7#) Ng3 (Nh5 I thought was winning on the spot but missed that the queen is attacking too so they don't have to take with the knight) and calculated a lot in Rxg3 but stopped when I found no way. Edit: I just saw Qc6 after Bxg2 and it's completely winning
Bb4 Ng3??
This pegged me perfectly. Only been playing seriously for a few months and I am around 1000. I saw almost exactly what you said i would at that level. Rook takes, bishop takes, etc. expose king, check with the queen. I stopped there. I have such a hard time visualizing beyond that many moves and my brain stops, makes the move and then hopes for the best.
Keep up the test puzzles like this. Great stuff!
Im around 1000 rating too. I got to the 2200 in the puzzle 😅
I saw upto what 1600 level saw, but actually got a bit deeper into that calculating various king responses. Never saw Qc3 before the light sqaure bishop exchange.Iam 1600-1625 rated, and that pretty much tells where I belong to.
I m around 2100 but I have seen the variations until fxg2. But I have missed Ng3 as defensive resource in the earlier variation. So I m 2500 and 1600 at the same time. It feels like a GM playing like a patzer.
Does bishop d6 work as an initial move with sacking ideas on h2 after e4 followed by ng5?
Qc6 after Bxg2 (that long range bishop checkmate) is a beautiful line, missed that one (within a minute) unfortunately.
But in your Kh3 line (2:26), Qf3+ is not the only option. I also looked at stuff like Ne4 (to then jump to Ng5 if Ng3 if played). The king can't just go back to g2 yet (then a move like Nc3 wins the white queen), nor g3, which is blocked by the knight. If white plays Ng3, blacks responds with Ng5, drawing the white king even further out, without an easy and immediate way back. If white plays slow, black gets some time to activate more pieces (the other rook, the other knight) against the king.
I did not evaluate to the end here, but I think that this line maybe deserves a bit more attention.
Thanks Igor. I did pursue a number of the options you mentioned and some others which would've failed in light of your explanations. I would rate myself on this puzzle somewhere between 1200 & 1600. I very much enjoyed the attempts and your way of analysing the problem. Yes, I think these videos are very helpful in training me to think more broadly.
Interesting; one of best kinds of problems for chess, these level solutions. Good job
I enjoyed the puzzle and your explanation. I don't think I could identify and analyse all the lines that you did but came to think that this was the solution 1. ..... Qc6 2. Nc4 dxc4 3. Qc3 Qxc3 4. bxc3 Bxc3 5. Bb2 Bxb2
I enjoyed your video very much. I didn’t know if I even qualified for any rating unless I was competing. That aside, I do like chess puzzles and wondered if that would at least give me some idea where I might stand. Based on this video, I am surprised to learn I could be as high as 1500 but probably closer to 1300. Fun to know this, thanks!
Thanks for the video! I really enjoy these videos that include a puzzle and/or a way to gauge how we are progressing in our chess, and hope you will include them every so often in your lessons! Thanks again!
After Qc6 other variations from white Kg3 Rg8/Kh3 Qg2/Kh4/#Qg4
I could clearly determine my rating is between 1255 and 1911 with a side of stockfish, and this correlates to my bullet and rapid ratings and explains my correspondence performance too.
lol. I saw the sacrifice but I didn't think it led anywhere concrete (evidently didn't calculate far enough). I then evaluated that I had an extra pawn, and that White didn't seem to have any immedate threats, so I just decided to play h5 with the intention of breaking through with a pawn storm. (I'm not claiming that I saw the "Magnus variation" or anything close - merely that it seemed to me that I was already winning, and that I didn't need to wager a rook on breaking through).
I like this "puzzle from real play" format (and all your formats).
My guess was 1...Nh5 to prevent 2Ng3 and threatening 2...Qc6.
ELO about 1300
It’s ideal…Ba3/a3 Bg2/Bxg2 Rg2/Kxg2 Qc6/Kf7 NG4/Kf8 Nh2/Kf7 #Qf3
I wish my rating was as good as I solve your puzzles.
This is my fav series of yours
I'm not going to spend a lot of time. I am eyeing qc6, then sacking my rook on g2. If bishop takes its mate. If not, then push the rook to g1 and force king to recapture. Then qh1 mate. Obviously there could be some counter play, but I looked for less then a min!
1.Qc6.Bf2. QXP -checkmate.
I love these videos so much keep them coming. Super accurate!!!
that's Nakamura part is really cool
Bb4 threatening rook on e1 as a distraction to open up my rooks on back rank. he has to deal with bishop otherwise he loess the rook on e1. he can take bishop with pawn or block with pawn onc2 to c3, or ignore the threat, either way rooks are now connected. that was my first initial thought.
I found 1. ...Rxg2 and 2 ...Qc6 rather quickly, which, according to your scale, would give me 2200, however in practice I can't get above 1200-1300 in a chess training app :)
I made the mistake of ruling out Na5 permanently instead of just for one move. So I analysed 1...Qc6 2. Ng3 h5 3. c3 h4 4. cxd4 hxg3 5. Rc1 Nc5 6. Rxe5
please more of that
Hard puzzle,Qc6 and Bxa3 were insane !
Lots of fun. You were spot on!
I saw Queen C6, but i did not see Knight to A5, but did see Knight to G3 so i suppose i am somewhat below 1800. My club rating is ~1300.
I did take around 6 minutes to calculate though, and came across all the lower rated solutions as well
I was able to solve the whole sequence, but, it is complex enough and took me a long enough time that the reality is I would have not been able to work it out in a real game and not made the rook sacrifice. It was only because I knew black had a winning line that I continued to work through the line. I did immediately look at the winning line, so my guess is the rating given for me is correct. I have a uscf rating of 1750, no idea how that translates to an online rating.
igor i had e5 and then sac the queen in the future
Trying to bring my game to another level 😊
I am much better in a puzzle setting when I know there is a "right" answer. I regularly get the 1800-2200 answer on these videos, but my rating is like 1300 lol. In-game not so much. Should I start playing slower time formats so I can sit and look at the position I guess?
~1800, though IRL I'm ~1600. I was quite happy with the Qc6 idea. Went through all those low level ideas as candidates but refuted them the way you described. Didn't see how whit could survive the Qc6 idea and not be worse and thought that was sufficient lol
These are very helpful yeah I really like these kinds of problems keep publishing them❤😂
Damn, Igor, i moved from 1600 on your last puzzle to 1800 on this one. Even saw the 1900 idea of connecting the rooks. Your puzzles do me well, since my lichess rating ist about 1000. To be fair, last time i actually played a stranger and not my amateur friends is more than a year ago. My tactics rating base on lichess is 2000 though, because thats what i mainly do. A few puzzles here and there.
I was thinking of forking the queen and king by sacrificing the rook
at the 8:57 mark does Re2 hold the position?
1300. I saw the potential setups with Rxg2 or Bxg2 or Qc6, I didnt really like Rxg2 because white doesnt have to take the rook straight away, so I was looking at lines like Rxg2, h3 etc. Curious to know if anyone else looked at this and knows why its bad for white given Bxg2 was best.
this is very unique and usefull content keep it up
Not so good rating in general (around 1400-1600ish? I don't recall) and the last time I played was ages ago, but I somehow shot _way_ above my regular skill level on this one. Fairly quickly realized that just sac'ing everything on g2 is not likely to work out, and tried to search for something more forcing, after which I found the Qc6 move. Gave it some thought, didn't see any good response and started watching... and a few minutes later, before you even got there, I suddenly realized white has the Nf4/Qe2 combo.
I did _not_ see f3 in advance, at all. It did look obvious when the position was on the board, but I didn't consider how impactful f3 and f2 would actually be.
I chose to switch off my phone and study .
3000 elo response.
Found the brilliant queen sac but by pure "i think this is good", so id say im a bit less than 2200 lol since my rapid is 700 💀
300 elo and i saw Bd5 Qc6 and then Rxg2, but i have no idea if that works
My peak elo is 1807 and but i solved the 2500 variation
It's a Lil bothersome for me , as I ended up with a completely different result, however it was not very efficient, and I definetly did not see that "bishop alone" checkmate at all , so I'll just go with my rating that I received before which was 1200.
Can you make these types of videos frequently 🥺🥺
So what level am I if I found the 1800 method but I didn’t see Ng3 for white?
Well, an interesting puzzle, but not clear-cut. I don't see that the final position at 10:27 is an obvious win for Black. He just has B+N for a R. The attack has almost ground to a halt and White could play Qc3 next forcing the Queen exchange and stopping it altogether. Black's King is also quite exposed and White's minor pieces are well placed. After the promising looking Ne4 White can simply play Qg2 maintaining the guard on c2. Other moves like Nc5 and Bd6 seem to be met by Qc3. Yes, Black stands better, but it looks as if it could be a long grind. Come on, Igor, show me a clear winning line!
Im not sure if this is accurate because my max rating in blitz is just 1700 but I was able to see the solution within 5 mins. Does this mean I have a potential to improve more like a GM? Haha
I calculated rxg2 bxg2 qc6, i am 14 years old and 1600
This position makes me wonder what the players were thinking.
Hardly a puzzle - more like a mate in 20 ( which it is) !!
Calculated: 1,900
Real Rating: 650
Qc6
Ugh 1200. Back to the drawing board.
1:50 😂 😂
1200
White is not forced to take rook on G2 . White should move pawn on H 2 instead and move the king when rook moves to deliver a check with the bishop. My first move as black I would move queen to c3 and sac the queen on h2 after
I’m only 1100 and saw the 2200 rating one in seconds
1900
1600 however i was pretty close to 1800 ....
hello my fide rating is 1532 and i solved the puzzle till the end so my rating is 2700
I woulve played h5
FIRST THING I CONSIDERED IS Qc6
1800 🎉
1800 ELO
I found my rating is 2200 I'm so excited but I'm not stopping her😊
Mine was 1200
why my rating is 2500 and i can,t even remember the chess opening and lose.
I took with the pawn with the bishop and spent 10 minutes of my life trying to see what elo I was...
I am surprised I saw the knight, I am only 1600 .
Qc6!! Threatening R×g2 wins.
Nah Ng3 blocks
@@robo459 But then there is a forcing line, Qxg2 forcing bxg2 and then white bxg2 check mate.
@@dougjensen2974 But the bishop can just be taken by the king.
@@Aperson-kq7pt You are right. I missed the knight blocking the rook.
i found 1800 solution at 300 rating and same for the other video :skull:
I am 1100 elo and solved it in 5 secs no cap
im 1800 and I got the 2500 level calulation. wait what
I found it, but i'm not rated 2200. At computer i can hardly win a 1500 bot.
Realistically anyone over 1800 fide sees the 2500 solution
Omg I can't believe I found the 2200 variation while I am at 1400 elo!
Dear Mr. Smirnov, I think that your test is not true. My ELO is 1400. I have solved this puzzle in 1-2 minutes. Unfortunately I have not seen the time. To tell more correctly I have stopped at the level 2200 and afterwards I didn´t analysed the situation.
Holy shittttt i got 2500!!!
Why did the puzzle give me rating of 1800 and i have only 1250 xd
I found the 2200 line but I am 700 😂
I am actually 2000 rated but your puzzle told me that I am 2200........
guess im an CM
Hey I am 2200 1200 play ya!
Bruh I'm 800 and I saw the 2500
got the 2200 variation im 1600 💀
I think i am 1800 elo
You didn't give a rating the way I solve the puzzle
After sacrificing bishop to a3 and gaining rook d1 acces, q-c6 right away,then white k-f4,then black takes f4,then white q-d2,then black pawn-f3,then white r-e2,then black takes g2,then white bishop takes d2, black rook takes d2, White rook takes d2, then black r-g8,then I can't anticipate what white will do good but anything white do just play, black rook takes d2 ,then white queen takes d2, black black queen takes d2 check mate, , ,if I'm wrong please explain to me where I was wrong, , ,and please tell me what my chess rating is, , ,, , ,right now I plat chess stars and my rating there is at 1010 and I don't have much time to play and increase it, , ,please notice this thank you in advance
Schrödingers wife?
Im 1400 rated and i got 2200rating lol
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me being 1800 according to this puzzle while has 600 elo lmao hahahahaha
Well..First thought was bishop-queen battery 🔋 bang but was thinking I had to draw that pesky 💡 squared bishop probably using the rook.. it was then at this point i realized I just did not want to calculate any of it because I just woke up. 🥱 But being addicted to chess ♟️ I had to give my initial snap reactions to the position as I just opened my eyes. I definitely was being lazy.. I need coffee ☕️ …Love these videos ❤❤❤