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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.
Hi Igor, I'm a 2300 rated player on lichess.But I have stucked in that rating. I just don't know about what are the things other players(who are higher rated than me) know and I don't. Can you please make a video about it?
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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 ?
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
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.
Thank you so much GM Smirnov ! I really enjoy your content ...I recommend you to my friends . I love your explanations - very clear - Ask your Cat if he's willing to put in an appearance !☕☕Gregory.
@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?
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.
Recently I crossed 1500 I have a problem with this. This is promoting memorized chess, which is a problem. You see people making rapid quick movements it is easy to spot.
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
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.
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
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 RU-vidrs (I think it might have been Gotham) fall to such a tactic. Lesson: be careful about pre-moves when they are not necessary!
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
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
I think flagging is underhanded and crumby. Devoid of honor. That won't matter to most people these days, though; the last few decades or so it seems like honor has mostly vanished from the world and all that matters to people is winning. But I think flagging would be a poor way to behave. After all, it's only a game. Are you really going to feel good about it, knowing the other guy outplayed you?
