10 Levels of Tactics: The Decoy

Learn and Practice the Decoy Chess Tactic with this Deep Dive chess video!
In this video, you get 3 Examples of Decoys that I explain move by move
10 Levels of Chess Problems that I challenge you with one by move to which full answers explain the decoy!
Here are the Grandmaster Games played in this video:
Puzzle #1: Dmitry Andreikin vs Nihal Sarin, 2019
Puzzle #2: Anthony C. Kosten vs Jean-Pierre Mailfert, 1993
Puzzle #3: Ivan Popov vs Alexander Grischuk, 2019
Puzzle #4: Emanuel Lasker vs Max Euwe, 1936
Puzzle #5: Christopher Lutz vs Lubomir Ftacnik, 2001
Puzzle #6: Nikola Karaklajić vs Srecko Nedeljković, 1957
Puzzle #7: Aryan Chopra vs Nataliya Buksa, 2020
Puzzle #8: Milan Vidmar vs Max Euwe, 1929
Puzzle #9: Alexander Kotov vs Igor Bondarevsky, 1936
Puzzle #10: Gustaaf Somers vs Boris Spassky, 1955
... Perske vs Tsatsalashvili, 2018
here are the timetables:
00:00-1:06 Intro
1:06-6:13 3 Examples
6:13-30:28 10 Levels
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[@gmkatsu]

You NEED to do more of these!!!! Love your content so much!

[@abvxsysa]

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

[@Shrodinguer4321]

I agree

[@deviyamunasenthilkumar1688]

So right

[@realndex]

Yes

[@sereypanhanuth5788]

Much better than gothamchess

[@Tdotttttt]

i like how happy he is, smiling ear to ear explaining this, which is very pleasant.

[@thechessnerd]

Episode 2 is out!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6uQdKOJobp4mLs

[@southernrun9048]

Really look forward to this series as a great idea to cover these. Well done

[@thechessnerd]

Thanks Michael!

[@alexlaporta6393]

Amazing job! Love this format, it's sooo helpful... Please keep it up bringing to us the rest of the tactics

[@mindartifex6151]

I'm 1200+ and I failed the 1st problem thinking I have to sac the rook for the fork to happen. 🤣 Technically, he decoyed me into thinking that in order to decoy i must give up a piece. 🤣

[@elmorganso]

Im "supposedly" 600, and didnt get passed the 1rs lvl 😢

[@rgqwerty63]

Fantastic video. at 9:30 would be lovely if you could flip the board to the perspective the viewer is "playing as"

[@BadisXenic]

I stopped at level 6 but solved level 8 . Great video man Love the recent content ❤

[@michaeltakahashi3468]

I love this video! Not only are these great examples for my own training, but I often use a lot of them when I'm teaching tactical concepts to my students. Keep up the good work!

[@GoopyMcGooperson]

I really love the educational content. Thank you!

[@thechessnerd]

So glad to hear this!

[@gymmistskes_9803]

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[@leomardejesus2703]

Amo os seus vídeos meu amigo! Estou aprendendo muito muito mesmo! Estou melhorando o meu inglês com você também. Kkkk

[@Greg763]

You are a great instructor! Thanks for making learning fun

[@adamyohan]

I'm excited for this series.

[@ravish6180]

Am loving the daily uploads keep it up🎉🎉🎉

[@thokozanisitwayo7696]

Damn it bro, your content is so great!!! I loved how you only dealt with one type of tactic for all levels. The last level was amazing...I loved the Queen sac. I solved the puzzles halfway.....I tend to lose the position in my mind. The only puzzels was too easy for me was the second level. I struggle with kipping track of bishops and knights in a puzzel. i don't know how I can improve in that field!! But you content is amazing dawg. I just subscribed too, All the best!! All the love from South Africa!!

[@greeneffectltd]

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[@mohammedalkhodairy]

You helped me improve so much thank you my friend ❤

[@cano4458]

Learning so much, you're the best!!!!!

[@am-ms5ud]

This series is gonna lit🔥🔥

[@mohammadhajibeigy2476]

Excellent video, Never seen like this content before. Please keep making more videos 😅

[@earth_human_loves_janet]

As a 1650 rated player on lichess, I am surprised that I can solve lv1-5,7,9. Thank you for the amazing and mind-blowing puzzles.

[@Meteo_sauce]

im 1900, and i found 9 easier then 7. its more of pattern recognition i feel

[@carl3565]

brawl star?

[@earth_human_loves_janet]

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[@sezerazgin]

Great Content. I appreciate your time for preparing this amazing content. Juding from the way you present the lesson, You would be also a great coach.

[@AyoWallace]

Awesome video zach!

[@epiccrumbs8312]

I solved level 8 but couldn't find the complete variation for level 9 and above. Well played, this will help me improve calculation skills.

[@messaytadesse29]

This is the nerdiest content I've seen from you so far. 1 minute in, Subscribed.

[@Newton_Xavier]

Really awesome video.. Do more videos like this

[@ecs2018]

Great video on chess education. God bless you 🎉

[@user-on7lk8hc8k]

I enjoyed your tasks and I am looking forward for more of this stuff! ;-) The level 9 task I was able to solve, but it took me ten minutes (only staring at the task, no use of additional boards/ pieces). 2400 to 2700 though cannot be my Elo level. 🙂

[@vaha2007]

fantastic!!

[@mahnazyadolahi995]

Thanks so much

[@philfrei1]

The ELO rating of the puzzles seems to work pretty well. I stopped playing chess in tournaments after reaching 1803, many decades ago. I still do some puzzles and occasional blitz games. Level 6 (1800-2000) was too much for me, as were the puzzles which followed. But they were also fun to work on. I look forward to checking out your other tactical series puzzles. Well done! Subscribing.

[@simo7215]

your the best thanks for teaching me something

[@vinitsancheti3408]

Solved first 8 levels as 1500 rated. Great video.

[@neo85ish]

Nice, Thank you

[@AdityaPutatunda]

Loving this!

[@jeff13379001]

I got 1, 2, 3, 4, 8. These puzzles are really beautiful.

[@akirby2886]

Great video 🙂👍🏻

[@jordanmcmorris5248]

Level four is very cool little trick neutralizing the counter attack.

[@user-hu5kf8uc4o]

pls do more of these

[@jinxplayz3866]

Really informative

[@teddymagcawas1332]

I liked this analysis i will used it in my city tournament..so i can win.😊😊❤

[@tomandjerry7524]

Amazing bro ❤❤❤

[@bechirbenothman5044]

Absolument brillant.I have 1800 on lichess blitz and classic. But couleur not solve the first puzzle. Very instructive. ❤

[@Exotic-food-travel]

Do more tactics love your content

[@thechessnerd]

I gotchu! kzbin.info/aero/PLiEdPeXVPzzH6Dcj3gF2fyMgaSvN0ar5S&si=nlmRL4cw0aTdPtSA

[@abhiksaha9692]

good content bro...best wishes for you from India....keep it up!!!!

[@chillmode8636]

This is a very good content i have 1500 elo but i survived until level 8

[@arghoroy07]

Was so nice man❤love from Bangladesh

[@jitikashyap1187]

Fantastic video keep going,I reached 8th level 😊

[@lukegonzales1699]

woah! the king and 2 pawn endgame at the start used 2 tactics!, A decoy and overloading; Cool!

[@Qave_]

Banger video

[@thechessnerd]

thank you so much!

[@user-lu9fg7pc9q]

5:36 rc8 bxc8 ba3 kg8 re8# also works

[@DemKa646]

I admit that the 10th level was very difficult! After 2 minutes i managed to find it. The rest of the puzzles were EZZ

[@geometricart7851]

Decoy is a tactic every one should know inside and out

[@IN-pr3lw]

Nice

[@anonym5160]

7:56 This is so easy mate in 2 seen it immediately🤣

[@ssr_thanos781]

Who else couldn't even clear level 1😂

[@TheEggoBrando]

Well done, i can see 2-3 moves forwards on all level even though the level 10 is making my head wanna explode cuz the very complex position and variations. But you know i cant do this on my real games cuz it will take so long lmao, but i think i can improve maybe?

[@larbiayoub4064]

Ty

[@yohendryy]

Can you imagine a super GM watching this videos about tactics?

[@strongestunited]

great content 🎉

[@thechessnerd]

Thanks Isaiah!

[@usmanplayz8858]

I wasn't able to do level 8-9 but did the last level (definitely because I've seen this game before)

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

I found that queen sac! If you look for checks and captures these tactics are actually quite easy! i found Rook H8 as well. I managed to solve 7 levels!

[@shamballin3143]

i made it to 2000 leggo! these are all beautiful problems

[@mwimbamumbimumbi3623]

I reached 2200 to 2400 ur rating great educational vids

[@John_Carbajal]

See, the thing is I can barely visualize even though I can find the solutions. I got to level 8 but it's mentally hard to picture the pieces on the board shifting as I find the solution. Good video though👍

[@peterpaker9996]

I only made it to level 6, but I am still happy with my results cuz I only have around 900 elo. Very happy.

[@Sun-gs6hq]

Gut

[@ratpshaminda2540]

one word : WOW

[@inferno4693]

Great video! I love how I solved the higher puzzles by completely guessing but getting it right 😂

[@thechessnerd]

A sign of great intuition!

[@mrcool-mp5px]

I've failed 1-3 but somehow managed to solve 6, I fell once for my life intelligent

[@thre3x416]

I almost solved 8, because I thought rd8+ and then rh8+, king takes and mate in 2, but absolutely forgot about kg6

[@nirvandinodia2304]

Level number 5 had two ways to do it , we could take the pawn with our bishop aswell

[@ShubhangK-qb5zq]

In the 8th puzzle instead of nf5 i thought it would be nc8 but that doesn't work for the queen sac variation. Good puzzles, also I believe in the 1250 - 1500 there's another tactic where you can take the night with the king and then trap the bishop, but the opposite side has too many pawns so maybe it doesn't work.

[@MrRedhyena]

Great chess art! I solved all your puzzels to the wery end, still i failed due to the five second limit😖 I spent 4-6 Times more than your limit..... Absolutely the best regards from Viking Sweden🙏🙏🙏

[@thechessnerd]

You killed it!! Well done!!

[@MrRedhyena]

@@thechessnerd Thank's a lot! I did not solve it due to the timelimit... But? You must continue this great (chexercise) U are from now on my Mastercoash nr1👍

[@aphraxiaojun1145]

for all of you saying that you made it to level X and you're Y rating, seeing these in actual games is very different then getting it when you know that there's a good move. often just playing the first check you see works out nicely in these types of puzzles

[@sebb8224]

🤓

[@harshavardhann8482]

👌👍

[@JomariGuitarTV]

22:28 i saw queen f5 check varation also force check mate am i right ?

[@phanleo1889]

Level 6 is the level i stopped pain

[@AbouTaim-Lille]

So what is the difference between the decoy and the deflection ?

[@jacobdrollinger4802]

These tactics are really hard to find!

[@Jam_On_Bread]

5:52 He sacrificed THE ROOOOOK

[@unclepaaji69]

At level 10 I couldn't find the first variation But I did find what was played in the game So I almost passed all the levels

[@senychan1106]

The first lvl was the hardest lvl for me

[@justfun3677]

Chessbaseindia is in really good hands fr

[@samgreatclasher3798]

Bro I solved all the puzzles but in a different way like In the 10th level I calculated after king takes rook play bishop f6 forces king to move on h3 play queen h5 and then king is forced to move on g2 and then queen g4 he is gon with no more good moves

[@Kiwi-zz8ri]

1500-1800 puzzle was so beautiful I almost solved It but for some reason I missed the pawn check forcing king to eith rank :/

[@mydogsolofiction]

In level too there is a triple queen rook king fork first after bishop block the check queen to g6 cheeck if black goes to the corner then knight to f7 triple fork but anyone can see this

[@timpledigra4725]

What if in last position of level 10 we play rook to C4 to defend the checkmate

[@keithgabriel4055]

There is a fork in 8:32 qg6+ king h8 kf8+ forking the queen and the rook

[@EduardoDudu-sj5on]

Zack, i am stuck at 2100 puzzle rating, and i can't go further, what i need to do to reach 2200-2400 puzzle rating?

[@jamesperse5510]

I am a 600 elo player and managed to solve Level 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8 :D

[@LeChess01]

I’m 1100 and I made it up to Level 8 bc I had done that puzzle before somewhere. I almost had level 9 but missed a move lol

[@KidnapProductions981]

I got 1 2 3 and 6

[@michaelking7701]

15:46 black doesn’t have to move their king to the checkmating square, they can block with the knight.

[@emilsadykhov123]

Right but then the queen takes the knight and the king still ends up going to d6 where the knight finishes off on e4 as well. Keep in mind the pawn is guarding the e5 square preventing the king from escaping.

[@lewisjones284]

What is the difference between a decoy and attraction?

[@nobody7557]

i think attraction sac is just another name for it

[@josephgerhardt4828]

On problem one i paused before rook took a5 and i was so confused lol

[@nowtf]

For the last puzzle I thought Rc3 instead. He can't mate on b1 because bishop will take with check, so after Rc3, then something like Kxd4, go Rc8? What's wrong with that

[@theneighborsdog7087]

Could you play rc8+ instead of Ba3+ in example 3?

[@mstefa007]

No you couldn’t. At that time king is on F8 and after Rc8, Bc8, Re8 is not mate, king can take it

[@Alsonggrg]

Chess is fun

[@itz_sam6635]

I didn’t understand the first puzzle because i saw the solution and saw it as a fork tactic instead of a decoy tactic😂😂

[@sureshtvmala]

In the first three examples, the third one is not a decoy. It's a reflection.