► Chapters 00:00 Top-3 Most Common Chess Mistakes 00:33 Example-1: How/Why most players blunder? 01:30 Mistake-1: Selfish Thinking 03:05 Mistake-2: Not Activating King in the Endgame 04:24 Example-3: Rule of the square 05:38 Example-4 06:24 Mistake-3: To take is a mistake! 08:11 Tip: Anticipate stronger moves from your opponent 10:32 25 important chess concepts you should know!
Hi Igor, could we get a video on the best beginners openings for black? Loved your ponziani videos, it's brought me a lot of wins! Don't really have any openings/ defences in my arsenal for when I'm black though, so would be nice to learn some good strats from you 🙂
The simple rule "To take is a mistake" that I learn from here really help my game a lot. At least I know when I should exchange pieces and when I shouldn't.
Hi Igor - great videos - quick question: why would white win automatically if white queen takes rook at - can't black queen take queen? This got me confused when i saw this at 9:30 - 9:40 mark - thank you
Outstanding video, thank you again. My suggestion which I have given earlier too: Try making more videos on most unusual but successful openings for white and Black. You made one and it was really good too. Please make more of those. Thank you.
Even though Black made several bad moves in that game, after Qf4 there's d5 and White's advantage doesn't seem decisive. I was hoping you'll address this variation.
Hello Igor I was wondering is it better to look at your attacking moves first or your opponents threats. In a recent game of mine my opponent had three threats on his next move,two checks and a threat to my Queen. So I castled and he attacked my Queen,anyway I managed to move my Queen and a mate three. After with the help of Fritz I discovered I should have checked as I had a mate in two.In many of my games I discover if I'd played a little more active,in other words looked at my attacking moves first I would have turned draws and even loses into wins. In this video you talk about selfish thoughts my problem is I am only considering my opponents threats and not looking at my possibilities. Any replies would be helpful.
Thanks for the question. It is common that chess players want to defend when their piece is attacked. Just like you said, it is good to counter attacks that forces your opponents hand so you can get into a favorable position.
Are you saying before I start to look at defensive moves I look at attacking moves first. If they lead to a win I save myself a lot of time and get the result I want?
@@derektoyne2729 I can tell you what I do fwiw. I tend to think about what my opponent's move and position sets out to achieve. Then I look at what I hope to achieve. And 3rd I also look at what I can do to stop or counter the opponent's idea. Then I try to find a move we both missed. And using that I make my choice. I then blunder and resign Haha but that is my approach.
If I combine your lesson with lessons from other GM's will that make me a stronger player? For example: Ben Finegold: - Never play f3/f6 - Always play Bf8 - Always play Kb1 - Play c4 because it's explosive - Knife to f5 Simon Williams: - Always give Harry a push Jesse Kraai: - Pawns aren't people - Check that miserable King Did I miss anyone?
9:34 white queen takes black knight, then black queen takes white queen, then white pawn takes black queen..... so basically white is up one piece, a black knight.... and that's an instant win for white ??? So early in the game? Being up one knight wins the game? Please explain.
