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@farouqbaiti43155 ай бұрын
Ok. The Puzzle: Rc8
@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd5 ай бұрын
Who understood this position withouth Stokefish he is a layer
@XDRGr7-x3n5 ай бұрын
I don't know why but, you most of the time read my mind 💀
@jSpirituS74 ай бұрын
You look like Bobby
@DavidPeriard5 ай бұрын
Goat teacher , went from 1600-1800 the past couple weeks watching your videos
@michaelmassaro43755 ай бұрын
Notifying Kramlik the Procedure
@Yourlandlord.payrent4 ай бұрын
Start the procedure
@Grays-channel5 ай бұрын
Thank you Igor not many people give free daily lessons but you do
@noUGames5 ай бұрын
Thank you for putting that arrow in the thumbnail, I would have never noticed Bobby
@ibrahimnaser52335 ай бұрын
😂😂
@II-Drugga-II5 ай бұрын
Maybe you should try it
@gregoryharris48385 ай бұрын
Thank you GM Igor ! ☕☕Your content is excellent , and entertaining as well ! Gregory.
@pizzaforever694 ай бұрын
fr... like igor sir literally look like Bobby but with short hair
@eddiescherer5 ай бұрын
You are an awesome coach! I really enjoy your videos! Well done!
@asteriondeltoro1245 ай бұрын
Rc8, threatening Rc8-c1, then Rh1#. From what I can see, the only move that stops it is Rc7, after which Rxc7, Nxc7, KXc7 leaves black with only pawns. f3 is countered by h5, keeping the King trapped., and if the d pawn moves the king can capture at his leisure. Ra1 allows the capture of the a pawn, after which the rook on rank 2 or 3 traps the white king, and you can secure checkmate either by bringing the king or promoting the A pawn. Just keep the rook off rank 1 to avoid blundering into stalemate.
@justinhunt31414 ай бұрын
This is the same move that I found. I believe it best in position. Also f3 is too slow because king will be checkmated first still even if they take your pawn
@markdavis73973 ай бұрын
That's the first move that occurred to me also, but I don't think I would have actually done it because I'm not super good and you really have to see all the way to the end to be certain it is a good move. Too complex for my ability.
@kenw22254 ай бұрын
You're a really good explaner of chess. Strategy, position, logic, ideas. Most people can't have viewers follow along with the game so effectively. It's impressive. I bet you've helped many improve their games
@GMIgorSmirnov4 ай бұрын
You're welcome, appreciate you for being here 💛
@Paulmasonism5 ай бұрын
Igor, your video tutorials are so clear and helpful. Thank you for yet another excellent lesson.
@GMIgorSmirnov5 ай бұрын
Glad you like them!
@ede22255 ай бұрын
One of your best videos Igor, thanks!!!
@aidenpearce3128Ай бұрын
Thanks a ton, Igor sir. Your videos taught me everything in chess to grow with each game.
@bronzedragon37025 ай бұрын
I've watched a bunch of your videos, and I have to tell you this is the best and most helpful video you have made in my opinion. Thanks for your hard work!
@theepic62755 ай бұрын
thanks for the help Igor i got from 800 to 1300
@mrhardyhar20915 ай бұрын
Same here
@mrhardyhar20915 ай бұрын
Same here went from 900 to 1250 in a month
@sbuzulu36935 ай бұрын
@@mrhardyhar2091What strategy did you use ?
@mrhardyhar20915 ай бұрын
@@sbuzulu3693 play solid, look for the best moves for you and the opponent,look for checks and captures, don't weaken your position, don't get greedy, evaluate the position create constant threats and finally make sure your opponent doesn't enter your half of the board especially don't let them infiltrate this I very important
@michaelmassaro43755 ай бұрын
@@sbuzulu3693Stockfish
@drewskiibaby44465 ай бұрын
I would love to see some of your games that you have played and you analyzing it explaining your mind set during the games! And why you made your moves
@Tijuana-v5x5 ай бұрын
Где ты научился так играть? Получается у тебя прям офигенно, чел, продолжай!))
@ashoksafaya53975 ай бұрын
Good examples with demonstration quite helpful, thanks.
@rpralica3 ай бұрын
15:11 the correct pronunciation is Pirc as Igor pronounced it and not as many freaks pronounce it. The pronunciation is more similar to the last name Pearce and the defense was named after Vasja Pirc, the grandmaster from Yugoslavia.
@barclayv82824 ай бұрын
Great, free info. Thank you.
@evil_deepanshu185 ай бұрын
Thanks igor for this video❤
@GMIgorSmirnov5 ай бұрын
❤
@MyBiPolarBearMax5 ай бұрын
Igor is teaching you guys how to go from intermediate to the next level but so many people in these comments dont want to learn the lessons hes teaching so they convince themselves they need to learn something else, like opening traps or harder tactics. Dont be a horse that wont drink. Take time and practice the things he’s saying. This doesnt not apply to you and you dont “know more what I need than he does”. Play slow, rethink moves with these fundamentals in mind. It’ll slow down then itll become second nature and youll get better.
@howardking36015 ай бұрын
Thanks for a very valuable insight!
@joepangia44134 ай бұрын
You’re an excellent teacher! Great stuff!
@GMIgorSmirnov4 ай бұрын
You're welcome, appreciate you for being here💛
@joepangia44134 ай бұрын
@@GMIgorSmirnov wow, very kind of you to reply sir. I’m old (56) and around 2300 USCF. I teach chess, but have learned more from your videos than anything else I’ve watched on the internet. I only wish I could have hired you when I was a kid :) cheers!
@tabby71895 ай бұрын
That example game featured an insane amount of counterattack on both sides! Both sides trying desperately to ignore each other!
@Blinknone4 ай бұрын
Awesome video.. You're the best!
@jeffreywold23295 ай бұрын
I've been watching you 4 about 4 years now. You have really enlightened me. I'm gonna say, I wanna push the "g" pawn. It fits your hint of don't defend, but attack. The d5 pawn forking my pieces bites, but is not decisively damaging. So, cross the center, attack the Knight!!! Where's it gonna move! Hope I'm correct! On with the video P.S., I do hope to be able to $$$ someday sometime on a few of you instructive videos.
@chriscomeaux33542 ай бұрын
man speaks the truth I just won 2 straight games implementing THIS mindset, one of which where I blundered a piece and both by checkmate (700 now 716, for now😭). counterattacking not only forces your opponent to stop attacking you, but it also forces them to spend time thinking and bleed their clock down in blitz games😤.
@johnwalker10585 ай бұрын
For 10:51 I think 1...Rc8 to threaten 2...Rcc1 to threaten mate using the pawn's blockade over h3.
@SmKChessАй бұрын
Yes, correct. That's what I was thinking about, too. And that's the correct way.
@jeffreywold23295 ай бұрын
Ok, did not see the move of R-c4, before the Queen exchange. Uggg, well, at least you taught me this far! Thank you
@LoginAnkara4 ай бұрын
1. RC8 2.RXF7 RCC1 3. RF6 KXD5 4.B4+ KE5 5.ND3+ KXF6 6. NXE1 RXE1 7. A3 RA1 8.F3 RXA3 9. KG1 RA2 10. KF1 GXF3 11. GXF3 A5 12. KE1 A4 13. KD1 A3 14. KC1 RB2 15.G4 KG5 16. F4 KXF4 17. G5 HXG5 18. KD1 A2 19. KE1 A1=Q#. I HAD THE SAME POSTION IN THE UNDER 2000 FIDE OPEN IN INDIA (GAME 6/9) (6 POINTS VS 5.5 POINTS) I WON THE TOURNAMENT WITH 9 POINTS / 9 GAMES. THANKS :) IGOR
@munsulight721Ай бұрын
1. Rc8 If the White Rook Take any of the pawn. 2. Rc1 (White Rook can't capture the now c1 3. Rh1 Mate Only real way for white to defend this is Rc7 and you are still up a rook in this circumstance and it is a winning position for black in an endgame
@Jamerz14 ай бұрын
I appreciate your videos! Thanks. :)
@D4shFever5 ай бұрын
GOOD STUFF IT HELPED ME ALOT THANKS 👍😊
@-AxisA-5 ай бұрын
1:25 Why not either rook to e8? I'd move the inactive rook from the h8 corner pinning the pawn to the queen. They can of course take the pawn, let you take the queen and it seems dangerous, because white's pawn is one square away fro. promotion, but the other rook guards the 8 rank.
@zacharysherry29105 ай бұрын
I guessed what the concept was going to be in the beginning of the video because Fischer was so aggressive and taught me the same thing.
@jabinrodriguez21074 ай бұрын
I needed this reminder.
@FrankBeerbaum5 ай бұрын
Rc8 starts checkmate attack after R8c1 and Rh1#. White can only stop that sacrifising Rook and Knight for the Rook, which means that white will win the game: The pawns f2, d5 and a2 get lost and after that it's an easy win with the a7-pawn to promote into a new Queen. Black only needs to check that he won't produce a stalemate
@sekharkrishnamurthy39275 ай бұрын
How about Rg8 with the intention of going Rg5 and Rh5#? This would also guard against white’s Kc7 in future in case black king needs to take pawn on d5. After black’s Rg8, white loses a tempo if they try to capture either of the two pawns available. The only move to guard against mate is pf4 which opens up the white’s position to attack with two rooks.
@JulesMoyaert_photo5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@murraychannell46125 ай бұрын
Rc8-c1?
@WofWca4 ай бұрын
10:48 f5 I suppose. Save the pawn, solidiy the g4 pawn to protect from f3. Or wait, maybe even rook c8, then move it to c1, threatening M1. Doesn't look like white can do much.
@othomile3 ай бұрын
If i had seen this channel earlier i would have been a GM for sure
@Griegg5 ай бұрын
Thanks again, Igor.
@frakplease37715 ай бұрын
Great explanation of attacking rather than defending, a big problem here
@sanekabc5 ай бұрын
After Qc5+, best move is not KxB but d6 attacking the Queen.
@hhhbkid4 ай бұрын
5:11 That's a family fork, not just a royal fork. 😁🤓
@weird30955 ай бұрын
Best chess teacher!
@Editor_Hound4 ай бұрын
Oh man I'm soooo guilty of this!!! Being so passive in mybdefense, tunnel vision on everything that's under threat and stuck in trying to figure out all the ways to stay as compact as possible and just lock everything up.
@chrollolucifer375645 ай бұрын
Can you make a video for advanced and master level players
@Eobard_Thawne1235 ай бұрын
If you thinking advanced to master then you should remember 95% of this channel’s watchers are under 2000 elo.
@amroulouay68195 ай бұрын
What's your rating man
@AMatterOfTechnique5 ай бұрын
@@Eobard_Thawne123 Yes but Igor's content is awesome and his rules are universal. I'm 2300 Blitz on cc and his tips such as 'to take is a mistake' are really helpful. I would love to see at least one video for advanced player one day (and I'm sure the audience will not be mad about one video :P )
@dowaliby13 ай бұрын
He already has. Advanced and master level players could benefit immensely from this video and many others of his.
@dddv20104 ай бұрын
I know u shouldn't normally put knight on the side of the board, but is it a good idea to play knight A5 forking the bishop and queen?
@abj1365 ай бұрын
Rc8/81looks a really hard to stop mate threat.
@張謙-n3l5 ай бұрын
For the puzzle, I'll play Rc8, white will have to play Rc7 to give up the rook and knight for the c8 rook, otherwise Rc1 followed by Rh1# seems to be unstoppable
@anon-jc3vg4 ай бұрын
that is an excellent tutor
@GMIgorSmirnov4 ай бұрын
Appreciate you for being here 💛
@jacobgreen19075 ай бұрын
Thank you Igor I love your channel..... Are you sure doing it the American way which is just giving it money and hope it goes away is it the right way????
@brucewillis5424 ай бұрын
what a legend
@jmlinden75 ай бұрын
Hanging two pieces is really the same as hanging one piece, so might as well counterattack
@anthonylesar73374 ай бұрын
I keep slipping into the 'defense' mode of playing like I did as a kid. I am now forcing myself to ask that question ! How do I go forward into my opponents half of the board and attack something ?
@scarletevans44745 ай бұрын
14:38 wait... so the girl on right (White) already lost on time, but then they keep playing and the one on the left (Black) resigns? What's going on here? Who did win this game? 😀😀
@brian_vb4 ай бұрын
Bobby moves his rook to C8 and the only way to prolong mate in two that I see is for white to sacrifice his horse and trade the rooks. But booby would win nevertheless
@robertdawood99205 ай бұрын
At 17.25 minute can white just go for bishop takes rook then if knight take gueen bishop takes knight
@dougmortberg39804 ай бұрын
R-G8 R-G5 R-H5 checkmate
@jeffreywold23295 ай бұрын
Well, I got to the Knight checking the white king. Gonna need more teaching to get past that(or a long nap before my 🧠 reactivates).
@gregoryfray43665 ай бұрын
10:49 for puzzle of the day black can play Rc8 and there is no way for white to stop black playing Rc1 without giving up material. If black manages to get the rook on c1 then mate is forced on h1
@brunojaysutter4 ай бұрын
The best defense is a good offense
@Dakodi_3 ай бұрын
I found Ne2 f5, though I was saying f5 moves prior LOL so not all the credit
@jeffreywold23295 ай бұрын
No way, I can't believe that was the answer.
@sanekabc5 ай бұрын
Carlsen said he would do chess boxing for $10 million.
I beat my 2300 Friend he beat me 4 times to my one but I got another win again out of a desperate position too, thanks Igor. I am a weird Plays at 1500 but can sometimes play as a 2000 type of guy, trying to get more consistent in the better playing category LOL
@GMIgorSmirnov4 ай бұрын
You're welcome, appreciate you for being here💛
@jeffreywold23295 ай бұрын
My brain hurts. I feel the 3rd best move is to move my Q to f4 , if their Q takes mine, I check with my knight for a fork on their Queen. Try for an end game. Ok, what's best
@Tyler-xd9rb5 ай бұрын
I'm not very good, to put it mildly but, rook e7, blocking the rxf7.
@jeffreywold23295 ай бұрын
Ok, 2nd move, I'm thinking Nx d4...
@CZOV4 ай бұрын
Why the white played Knight D2 at 4:20, obviously a lame move?
@wendyyuan85904 ай бұрын
Great video!
@13secman5 ай бұрын
After d5 I would play g4 thinking: hey he takes a minor piece, hence me too
@jSpirituS74 ай бұрын
You look like Bobby!
@jaybingham37115 ай бұрын
Yep. Ain't no perk in the Pirc!
@CintyGlueck4 ай бұрын
Последние спины зарешали сильно) Повезло конечно
@michaelmassaro43755 ай бұрын
Nxd4
@RainerErhart-nd5xf5 ай бұрын
I don't like that fischer said women cant play chess. My gf crushes after three months playing a lot of 800 s in blitz 😂🎉 people who train since a longer time.
@aqikaxar99955 ай бұрын
"Offense is the best defence, " - George Washington, 1799.
@dowaliby13 ай бұрын
"Offense is the best defense." - The New England Patriots, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, and 2019.
@christopherherrmann9214 ай бұрын
Who the heck is this keen??
@BacNguyen-cm2lp5 ай бұрын
good
@HollyMartins5 ай бұрын
Really like your videos. Yesterday was fun............. then stockfish came and ruined the game 😶😑🤣
@baran-e9j6 күн бұрын
Re7
@michaelmallin15 ай бұрын
rook to c8 .
@OliviaOag5 ай бұрын
Do you prefer playing as black or white
@samthegamer49105 ай бұрын
both are 50%
@ArabiChess5 ай бұрын
Both are the same. Although white moves first and starts with an attack, black can counter them.
@abdulrahman-tg1im5 ай бұрын
First comment!!!
@stevensutton22525 ай бұрын
second comment 😄
@tobias44115 ай бұрын
Was he the best of all time? No 1?
@isaiahm30384 ай бұрын
Yes
@frolstty4 ай бұрын
No, it is Carlsen (until now).
@dowaliby13 ай бұрын
Certainly it's a matter of opinion - but mine is yes!
@tobias44113 ай бұрын
How about Kasparov? He dominated the chess world from 1985 to 2000.
@IngersollMaria-z9s3 ай бұрын
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@eliasafheilbroun41915 ай бұрын
you rhghit pls do more vidios like this vidio
@Ignatiyryabov4 ай бұрын
I appreciate you helping people achieve financial freedom through trading. Your work really matters!
@ggnishvanth34675 ай бұрын
im early
@farouqbaiti43155 ай бұрын
This is Bobby's most popular rule in Igor Nation: Defense=Offense✅ Defense>Offense❌
@nurunnaharmukta93595 ай бұрын
Your just teaching the same thing over and over and over and over again 💀💀💀💀💀