ONE Main Reason Why You LOSE At Chess [And How To Prevent It]

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There's one critical aspect of chess that's important to your progress, more than anything else. It is the primary reason why most players lose the majority of their games: BLUNDERS.
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares 7 simple and practical tips to help you reduce blunders in your games and capitalize on your opponents' mistakes.
Drawing from over 15 years of experience coaching thousands of students, GM Smirnov provides actionable advice that you can immediately implement in your games. Even adopting just one of these tips will significantly decrease your blunders and help you quickly gain several hundred ELO rating points!
Watch the full lesson to learn these invaluable strategies and elevate your chess game to new heights!
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00:00 7 Tips To Avoid Blunders in Chess
00:17 Example-1
00:49 Rule-1
03:33 Rule-2
04:21 Rule-3
05:26 Example-2
06:31 Rule-4 (most important)
10:02 Example-3
11:07 Magnus Carlsen is not the greatest tactical player...
13:28 Puzzle of the day
15:06 Example-4
15:38 Rule-5
16:28 Example-5
16:55 Rule-6
17:29 Example-6
17:57 Rule-7
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@GMIgorSmirnov 23 дня назад

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@farouqbaiti4315 23 дня назад

The Puzzle: Bb4 is a great move so that we put pressure on his knight when he takes the Pawn.😎 I have another idea if I was playing this position, I would play Bc5 and after he takes I would go to g4 with my Knight.🤓 Is it great?🙂

@iamtheboxer 23 дня назад

..but you also say, "To take is a mistake".?

@farouqbaiti4315 23 дня назад

In this case White will have issues either in the Kingside or Queenside.😏

@your_average_joe5781 23 дня назад

Very good examples in this video ✅ Good commentary 👍

@radhabhai9344 22 дня назад

sir if you don't mine can you please give me the major factor that why iam not able to control my timing in chess. Because in every sing game iam loosing in time. plz tell me sir ?

@c0dexus 22 дня назад

Top 3 reasons why I blunder: 1) Time pressure (I look at the clock, see I'm in trouble and immediately hang my queen, I guess that's one way not to lose on time) 2) Being lost in my thoughts (ex. thinking about strategy or planning my attack several moves ahead and missing my opponent's mate in one) 3) Becoming impatient or careless due to tilt or being tired after several games

@Thatguy-md5ve 17 дней назад

1 and 3 luckily are easily preventable (I have all these issues occasionally as well).

@loganlasvegas 16 дней назад

I play, therefore I lose.

@gi70st 23 дня назад

Very good advice on blundering. I'll try to incorporate blundering into my games.

@kly48 23 дня назад

This channel will reach millions of subscribers, it’s only a matter of time. The quality of the advice is just top notch

@timthaman5778 23 дня назад

This is hands down, the best chess tutor video I have ever watched.

@thewrittenlegalist8110 23 дня назад

Getting excited and immediately blundering has cost me hundreds of games. Thanks, Igor

@Truffle_Pup 16 дней назад

13:29 This is genuinely a brilliant piece of advice for all new players, especially those who play a lot online and are, instead of trying to learn the game properly, want to rise quickly like it is some computer game. I'm afraid Chess doesn't work like that. This is human v human, mind against mind. You will burn yourself out and become desperate if you want redemption, and may even lose the love of the game. Accept the loss, and fight again tomorrow. There are many battles ahead of you. Brilliant advice Igor I love you for this. Love the channel especially your middle game advice videos.

@derpymoose9948 20 дней назад

I wanted to say thank you Igor. I was 1006 elo on June 17 and a bit depressed about how I was playing and got your course: how to level up your chess. I'm now 1162 (peak 1175). I still need tons of work but I have a bit of direction and hope now. thank you!

@rowangermanzander4466 9 дней назад

I was 200 elo a year ago and now I’m 1500. Payers (including me) are bad at defending decent mating attacks, mess up to counting attackers vs defenders, have poor board vision (seeing contact and X-ray contact between pieces), don’t track possible knight moves and underestimate allowing their opponent to get their pieces active with pawn sacrifices. Improve in these areas and know that all of them offer practical winning chances, especially playing for decent mating attacks (don’t sacrifice material without a reason tho)

@rowangermanzander4466 9 дней назад

Also, if you see a great move check that your opponent doesn’t have a better follow up. Aka check for traps

@RealiszticPianist 23 дня назад

The greatest coach ever ! Thx igor !

@rinatdemchenko9096 23 дня назад

@@christianosei366 Dude, why are you replying that to every top comment?

@michaelmurray7472 10 дней назад

Thanks for putting together this video on blunders. It was literally packed with awesome tips

@ahmedalsayed6970 23 дня назад

Thank you Igor, you are a very good teacher , i learn from you a lot , cheers

@user-pn2gk6fo1b 13 дней назад

i am a sri lankan 15 years old student i also watch your videos nice videos and you are perfect🎆

@GMIgorSmirnov 6 дней назад

You're welcome, appreciate you for being here 💛

@gezzapk 23 дня назад

Great tips! Especially the last one, often people forget about the long range snipers

@klauspoetsch1841 22 дня назад

Great video as always!! I´m over 2200 and oh man, I can`t remember how often I played in the casino! So for me, I made the rule to stop after three losses in a row.

@AgeOfBonnets 19 дней назад

I'm 320. I need knowledge lol

@geoffreywilliams9324 7 дней назад

Great tips Igor thanks . .

@roberthawes3093 23 дня назад

Thanks, Igor. For me, this has been one of your best videos. It very clearly illustrates how to look at the board in a way that is easy to remember and apply because it's so easy to visualize. Disregarding the pieces that can't move in any meaningful way helps prevent information overload and allows you to focus. You also cover one of the best lessons I learned as a beginner: "What is my opponent's plan?" For instance, when your opponent moves a pawn forward, are they intending to attack with it, or are they moving it out of the way of the bishop? Thanks again!

@ericst-laurent1194 21 день назад

Thank you for this great lessons!!

@gatomexicano 23 дня назад

The title is missing a word, just commenting so you see it and change it lol Edit: He fixed it guys! We did it

@Raventooth 23 дня назад

No not missing word

@kylebrooks3494 23 дня назад

Missing the word YOU

@clintcheshire7613 23 дня назад

@@kylebrooks3494 My title has the word "you"

@zacharylafromboise8911 23 дня назад

your ‘comenting’ is missing an m

@Raventooth 23 дня назад

@@clintcheshire7613 fixed it

@friederermel116 23 дня назад

Puzzle: Bb4 is a blunder, because white can go Qa4+ and take the bishop with the next move.

@nikolasbaxevanisstan 22 дня назад

@@christianosei366Amen brother, but why in this comment?

@leadwaycom2388 22 дня назад

The scope of god lie much beyond jesus. God is the universal consciousness field. It cannot be worshiped or even idolised in any form, word, or symbol

@nikolasbaxevanisstan 22 дня назад

@@leadwaycom2388I disagree but alright

@mathewsamuel1386 14 дней назад

Not true. You just block the check with Bd2 gaining tempo on the queen which has to retreat or get captured next move. The bishop at d2 is doubly protected by the Knight at f3 and the queen at d1, so it can not be captured by the Queen unless white just wants to sacrifice their queen, in which case black would gladly capture back with their queen.

@friederermel116 14 дней назад

@@mathewsamuel1386The bishop on b4 is not protected by any piece.

@krishnaprabhakar526 22 дня назад

A very apt video for majority of beginners and intermediate players !

@Mysnestor 2 дня назад

Як завжди чудове відео! Дуже дякую

@mcbigswig1569 23 дня назад

Giod stuff, thnx Igor.

@srinivasuluv8335 23 дня назад

Thank you very much

@thomasferkinhoff2385 19 дней назад

Love your analysis

@richardsrensen4219 23 дня назад

great video i will train to advod pieces in my part of the borad and maimum activity

@adamflory8473 23 дня назад

I’ve learned the tactic of complicating things where I have like 4 hanging pieces and often opponents don’t see the correct move and I can end up winning. Chaos is magic if you know what your plan is in the long run

@kenw2225 5 дней назад

It's a bummer when they find the right move though. Most fun to play when you win them

@jackphiri-bk9wj 15 дней назад

Thanks Igor.. make a video on prophylaxis for us

@seeess925 16 дней назад

This is exactly what happens to me when I end to losing many games dropping dozens of ratings. I finish doing something and I decide to win one chess game on the Internet before doing something else. Like one game before eating. But then I lose the game. Even though my plan was for one game, I now have to play 2 more so I can get my points back and get my additional win. Next thing I know I'm down 10 games. Because I blunder my queen every game

@McSrtroke 23 дня назад

Brilliant video. The offense is the best defense rule is so good. Igor you're a legend!

@Octoschizare 21 день назад

Great advice; I prefer this type of video about general tips that are widely applicable over the videos where you show some highly specific gambits and traps that require exact moves many lines deep and those lines don't seem to materialize whenever I try them. (although I'm playing vs bots, which is maybe why they don't fall into the traps)

@shirleypeters 17 дней назад

Such good advice. Stop that downward trend. Work on one new idea at a time. Thankyou!

@pawecegielski9256 23 дня назад

One of the best coaching videos for beginners & intermediate players I've ever seen. Thank you so much! I think I will be coming back to this one many times.

@GMIgorSmirnov 21 день назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@rafaelcorral9838 11 дней назад

Thank you, my master. ❤

@brianlara8651 21 день назад

great advice today

@lonewolf5238 21 день назад

Sensei 先生 ... you are without question, the most inspirational and gifted instructor I have known in my lifetime, in any sport or endeavour. You have had such a powerful influence on my chess, and my life for that matter, that I cannot thank you enough. _THANK YOU_

@ItzKen2024 23 дня назад

Epic content,

@user-vk9rh8ou7b 13 дней назад

Very good explanation. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@GMIgorSmirnov 6 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@vioreldumitrache3880 23 дня назад

Thanks, Igor! I am a fan of Stafford gambit and I managed to win a line in just 10 moves, simply using your tip "what has changed". Actually, my opponent pushed the h pawn, trying to chase away my queen, but he forgot his g pawn remained undefended,

@ArkiUnknown 23 дня назад

9:52 I really need this advise rn. thank you

@ockertwessels649 23 дня назад

As a young player I once asked our club champion why he never blundered. "You have to have discipline" he said. "So how do you get discipline?" He answered "Only in one way. At about your age you get a very good trainer, and every time he catches you blundering, he slaps your head." I sort of miss mr. Pavlov's slaps (Pavlov being a pseudo name), because I have started blundering again shortly after he stopped coaching me. (I am old enough to adore every brain cell that I have left, or at least sacrifice it pursuing something pleasant.) And the odd thing about blunders? I win as many games biy blundering as I lose by blundering!

@sadanandbhardwaj5110 20 дней назад

Excellent explanation of board po

@oksanaovchinnikova3932 13 дней назад

Thank you very much for such useful content.

@GMIgorSmirnov 11 дней назад

You're welcome, thank you for watching! 💛

@Carletdesiles 23 дня назад

Love your position.

@hakti7548 23 дня назад

Nice video

@SimonPauro-ks6hu 23 дня назад

Thanks Igor I m glad I can be coached by you only if you don't mind me pretending to be one of your students I hope I'm not being a nuisance to you cause I can afford a chess coach but learning off you has been a huge help in me of understanding the chess game I love to play. It is a challenge just learning the tactics...and thanks for the positioning play and Understanding that positioning my pieces properly is important to me to understand chess positioning and tactics and strategies are all a package that needs to be used in the same games... Thanks Igor

@user-ce4kx1ix5p 23 дня назад

You inspire me with your knowledge and experience in binary options trading.

@viktor4840 5 часов назад

"Casino effect" is a good term for that phenomenon. It is also called a "tilt" in poker circles.

@aaronrichmond374 19 дней назад

This guy helped me so much in chess

@MercedesLevin 8 дней назад

An excellent video lesson for every novice trader😉

@ReginaldBell-v2p 23 дня назад

I just started trading options and came across your channel. Your 2 minute strategy is awesome and very accurate. I have to use it on a 1 minute timeframe chart though because my broker doesn’t allow 2 minute. I’m still practicing but do you know if this works well when looking at 1 minute charts?

@AT-qm8gv 22 дня назад

In the last example the move I would have done was Knight e4. I wasn’t even thinking about the trade off for the rook but now I’ll look at both.

@artplanb9688 17 дней назад

When stunning teachers explain it, you 're all "How did I miss that?". Thank you dear Igor. I'm learning much more from you than from all my favorite GM's.

@ravindraqqq 21 день назад

thanks love peace

@hhcurieux 21 день назад

Can you tell me how the position at 5:59 was reached. Looks like a Dutch where Black played ...Bb4 but I can't find this position or no move order to reach it thanks

@RightHandShot 23 дня назад

great tips....you didn't fully explain the bad move @15:00 in the video. I'm assuming the queen would take the bishop.

@davidbatchelder85 23 дня назад

viewing the board in regards to two half's of the board, no knee jerk re actions, can the piece be taken. These are what I will try to implement.

@lagbreaker7068 21 день назад

usually chess videos don't help me much, but this one was actually incredible and I could feel myself getting a lot better from this ideo.

@dervertica 23 дня назад

15:28 It’s actually insane how the Jerome Gambit scores well for White.

@dragonslayer1078 20 дней назад

I dont understand. In my first few months of playing chess, I got up to 1200 elo, and then it took me another few months to get to 1500. And every since then for the passed year I have not once gained skill. I have only ever been able to lose more skill. The more I practice and the harder I try the more skill I lose quicker. I dont understand. I have now gotten on such a bad losing streak that I have lost 200 elo straight with very rarely winning any games. No one I have ever met loses skill at ANYTHING yet alone from PRACTICING. I would do ANYTHING to understand why this happens to me. I truly thought I was going to have a future in chess after quickly getting to 1500 elo and then unlike anyone ever on this planet I have lost more and more skill with it being completely and utterly impossible for me to improve any more.

@nimascolari1508 16 дней назад

You're over complicating the games, over thinking and trying to be too creative. Sometimes being better is playing simpler. The easiest move is often the best move.

@user-lu5ip2nc3o 4 дня назад

A trader who knows and focuses on what he is doing; the king of BO. I think on a question, you answered it before I asked it. Wow, shine more !!!

@mrinaldas5653 22 дня назад

I just lost 40 elo today May this video help me !

@Zimcautions_a2 День назад

Iam now 1100 elo thanks coach.

@MattrickBT 23 дня назад

Igor, the Casino Effect you mention is the Sunk Cost Fallacy. It's the mindset where someone has invested so many resources (time, money, creativity, effort - what have you) into an endeavour and because of this investment they are unable to pull out or change their strategy even when simply calling it quits is the path of greater benefit or least resistance. Gamblers get caught into this fallacious trap often because if they're already in hole 500 bucks at the card table, they feel their only way out of the hole is to keep gambling, which more often than not makes the hole bigger rather than cutting their losses with the smaller hole.

@MyBiPolarBearMax 23 дня назад

Its been scientifically proven that GMs dont calculate *more* moves than regular players do. They just examine them better and think of better lines.

@derektoyne2729 17 дней назад

I would say making 'instant moves' for those I under 1600 is the biggest cause of blunders. In the past when my opponent made a threat I would ask myself "what's the threat? And reply with a defensive move,today I would ask myself "what's he trying to do? I learnt this during a game I was winning easily,my opponent had instantly replied to a threat,I would with a few seconds reflection seen his second threat. Then I would have looked for a counter threat and found the winning move, fortunately as I was so far ahead materially and conditionally my opponent after a few moves resigned. So before making an obvious instant move I ask myself " will my opponent have an attacking move? If yes can I make a more forcing move or should I look for a better move,then and only then do I make a move.

@leeharrison2722 21 день назад

On the last example shown there are two threats, one each from the two white knights. The one on F3 is threatening the fried liver. Why not pin that knight with the light bishop, and take the trade if white to H3? If white doesn't push H3 the pinned knight stops the fried liver, and the bishop can take the other knight if it is pushed. If white forces the trade then black plays knight to F3. This is just another path that doesn't come out ahead on material, but it seems to me that it greatly reduces white's overloaded attack on black's king side. Is there a refutation of this I don't see?

@JoeBob79569 22 дня назад

I just recently started doing chess puzzles, and it made me realise that my biggest issue when playing chess is patience. Because often times I just won't study the board hard enough and so I'll miss things.. Like I _can_ think 4,5 or 6 moves ahead, but often I don't bother! And when I'm doing puzzles I will again miss things when I don't study the position enough because I'll think "that looks right" and I'll just make the move, but I won't actually calculate out the whole sequence thoroughly, and then I'll get annoyed with myself and say _"for the next puzzle I'm NOT moving until I clearly see the point of the puzzle!"_ and after that I'll start doing much better. It's a constant battle between laziness and determination.

@MikeLasruk 12 дней назад

8:43 would knight takes e5 pawn be a good attack instead of moving the bishop? This is what's difficult learning from videos, there are so many unanswered questions.

@FloofyCat 23 дня назад

Me in my next tournament: Gets out of my seat and plays moves, standing behind my opponent

@raajeshchess 23 дня назад

Igor can you please tell the difference between Evaluation and imbalances. It's a kind request

@finwasfound 23 дня назад

imbalances mean equal (sorta) but pieces are different for example bishop and knight vs rook and pswn and evaluation means what the computer thinks about the position by using points (in a game with equal pieces but black is more active and is better in general would rate it as like -1.5 meaning stockfish treats it as black is up a pawn)

@raajeshchess 23 дня назад

@@finwasfound thx

@changedhandle86 20 дней назад

5:14 "to take is a mistake" 🙂

@eclecticexplorer7828 23 дня назад

Bb4 would NOT be a good move in the puzzle of the day, as white then has Qa5+, which also attacks the bishop. Were it not for the pawn on d5, black would be able to respond with Nc6, which resolves the check and defends the bishop, but in this position, white would be able to just take the knight. He would still have the attack on the bishop, plus he has cxb7 with a discovered check.

@Pappuwa 5 дней назад

@14:45 what if white plays a2 after black plays Bb4

@farouqbaiti4315 23 дня назад

Now I am aware of 1# losing reason and the Casino Affect known as Tilt.😃 Chess Vibes is a RU-vidr who explained Tilt specifically.😏 You can also talk about it.🙂 You may have some extra knowledge than him.😉

@EdMcF1 21 день назад

Someone missed mate in 2 against Reshevsky, he said afterwards 'You don't look for mate in 2 against Reshevsky!'.

@thuroria7631 20 дней назад

"Think about which move you'd play"... And then you don't say what the right move would be and why? Why not?

@rohansachdeva8459 23 дня назад

just today i was thinking about my blunders

@SimonPauro-ks6hu 23 дня назад

Bb4

@ShuptahNeelakandan-cg4tn 23 дня назад

❤

@starlitnight6982 12 дней назад

i am guilty of the mentally resigning part unfortunately

@roncotton7963 15 дней назад

I’m not buying it how did that position arrive?

@Game_player_1.0 23 дня назад

As a 1600 myself I can tell you that my opponent who was around 1640 blundered his queen 3 min ago on move 4

@TheRealElementYT 23 дня назад

In rule 7, after Bxg2 exf6 Qxf6 isn't there Bd4 Bxd4 Nf3 keeping the exchange? Or is there a small error in my calculation? And yes, I know its still winning because we're up 2 pawns. Also, thanks for the great video!

@Fishy_17 15 дней назад

I assume you mean Be4 and not d4? You would be correct. Also, we're not just up 2 pawns but white's king is in the centre and their kingside has been completely shattered.

@TheRealElementYT 14 дней назад

@@Fishy_17 Yes, I meant Be4, sometimes I mess up in writing notation a lot 😅

@buzzkeeto60 23 дня назад

Is the solution Bc5 preparing for Ng4?

@davidpeterjameson7937 22 дня назад

I think that is a great move! Several lines from there, including the ICBM attack on White's queen, or if white move pawn to b4, then Bbd5 pins Kc4 to protect the rook on a1, and black has a strong outpost in the center.

@gojkocvijic8083 23 дня назад

Boy, you are nativ teacher!!! Go deep!!! Sky is the limit!!! Congrats!!!

@Woodenarrows 23 дня назад

Registered but received message "Sorry Because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here." What to do???

@jonc5152 20 дней назад

Its therapy and chess lessons in one. I just had a really REALLY bad blunder day.. lost 100 pts of ELO, played out of my headspace and was doing EXACTLY what he's talking about. My frustration is my demise.

@davidcarter5114 23 дня назад

After the example where Black plays Re8, I thought to myself, Igor has just told me to stop a piece getting into my territory. I immediately saw the Knight on f6 could start advancing, so I thought h3 was the move, because it stopped the Knight getting to g4 and allowed an escape square for the Bishop. Nope, because I didn't see e5. Sometimes what is obvious to a GM is completely missed by a numbskull like me.

@anthonyjoevalen1 18 дней назад

You are the best chess Teacher!🫡

@bradrussell2775 20 дней назад

6:27 is considered a fork, right? Don't a double attack.....

@dannyhardesty3692 23 дня назад

Gaining time with Paul Morphy and what are my opponent's resources with Mark Dvoretsky.

@user-hy4oh2hp4n 23 дня назад

not good: qa4+ wins the b.

@mathewsamuel1386 14 дней назад

Bb4 is not a very good move primarily because it could lead to a loss of tempo as a result of the move a4 by white.

@ukashaabbas8258 2 дня назад

a4 or a3

@Arroz-nx4gy 23 дня назад

I have been waiting for a video on blundering because the only reason I lose is because of blunders

@prplt 23 дня назад

well the first situation wouldn't ever happen to me cause I never play d4 d5 😂

@ShuptahNeelakandan-cg4tn 23 дня назад

Me too😅

@SimonPauro-ks6hu 23 дня назад

Thanks for keeping an eye on my half and opponent half of the board and don't do instant moves without looking why are they going to do if they come into my part of my property Amen

@KaitouKaiju 11 дней назад

Blunder queen to resign full combo

@ChristianSoschner 23 дня назад

The thing with the blunder 😂

@brianpso 19 дней назад

Thanks for the advice, but you could at least show the right moves for all the examples. It's easy to notice how bad some of the obvious moves are, but it's hard to figure out what's the actual best move and why, so if you can't explain the best move, at least show it and we can try to understand why that is afterwards. And I know we can just input the position on the website and see it there, but if you want to maximize the educational power of the video, showing it here would be best imo.

@GMIgorSmirnov 23 дня назад

► Chapters 00:00 7 Tips To Avoid Blunders in Chess 00:17 Example-1 00:49 Rule-1 03:33 Rule-2 04:21 Rule-3 05:26 Example-2 06:31 Rule-4 (most important) 10:02 Example-3 11:07 Magnus Carlsen is not the greatest tactical player... 13:28 Puzzle of the day 15:06 Example-4 15:38 Rule-5 16:28 Example-5 16:55 Rule-6 17:29 Example-6 17:57 Rule-7

@executivelifehacks6747 23 дня назад

1. Instant moves lead to instant losses 2. Can my opponent move forward to my half of the board and attack me somehow? 3. Do not accept gambit pawns if not familiar with the opening theory 4. What is the idea of my opponent? 5. When under attack look for counterattacks. 6. Basic positional chess secures from blunders. E.g. Nf3 vs Ne2. Piece activity. 7. When tilting stop playing. 8. Is the square I move to safe? Count attackers vs defenders. 9. After opponent moves. What has changed? Open diagonals/files, defended squares, pieces attacked. Thanks Igor. Some I have long incorporated into my game, even before your channel. 2 and 9 I need to do more of, along with 6. I have already internalized a number of your rules such as "To take is a mistake".