I Never Blundered A Knight Fork After Learning This SIMPLE Idea

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@timporter8886]

Hey Igor, you have had some great posts on this channel, but this one was the most instructive yet. Such a subtle and masterful explanation on these principles to assist those of us not as advanced as most. It is appreciated and so thoughtful for you to spend time on posts for less skilled players and beginners. Thanks so much!👍

[@tastethem]

GM Smirnov has an amazing coaching strategy. First, keep it simple, then put it in real life scenarios. Thanks for all your videos.

[@MacdonaldPhiri-n3i]

Of all the videos I have watched, this one is simply dangerous, I feel sorry for my opponents🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Tips To Avoid Knight Forks In Chess 01:12 Tip-1 02:16 Tip-2 04:20 Tip-3 06:18 Tip-4 09:12 More than 2 million players make this blunder 10:28 How to save the game after blundering a fork 10:59 Tip-5 (countering a knight fork) 13:24 Tip-6 (countering a knight fork) 15:52 How I won the game after getting forked 17:51 Summary

[@Defendr254]

You’re surely one of the best chess teachers ever! I’ve only watched a few of your videos and already I am improving and enjoying the game of chess so much more. Even just adopting the correct philosophy and principles is making a huge difference. Your advice is smart and to the point, with so many great (and sometimes mind blowing) suggestions on how to counter, attack and win games. Thank you!

[@sumitdharmadhikari6728]

Make a video on how to calculate the number of pieces captured cause many players get confused in the capture chain.

[@tolisl5013]

Thank you very much Igor. As always, the quality is great and the content is top level. You own by far the best chess channel. It is really amazing that most of the books I have tried reading are committing such tips, like not wanting to share... Well, proud to be part of the Igornation sir!

[@jacobhood5770]

Just by keeping your pieces on separate colours they can never be forked. Especially handy in blitz

[@Giorgos187]

Lol, I never thought it that way.😅 Thank you bro! ❤

[@mershenmoodley9042]

You just blew my fucking mind. Thank you

[@darkknight32920]

​@@mershenmoodley9042It's in the video in the first minute...

[@jimmywalker8354]

@@mershenmoodley9042 I found that out a few months ago and felt the same way!

[@georgebruh8325]

​@mershenmoodley9042 💀 bruh did you even watch the video

[@DemonArcMonster]

I've been looking (passively) for an instructor to go over knight patterns and the piece I was looking for was Diagonal Opposition, only 4 minutes into the video as of right now. Thank you GM Smirnov!

[@mschoenen]

Lovely - the tips in the first section - so obvious when you say it and I think about it....and yet, never realized before! Thank you Igor

[@davidc5191]

What you don't mention at 6:40 is that if Black castles to protect the f5 pawn White then has Qh5 with a triple attack on that pawn.

[@QuiDocetDiscit]

Thank you Igor! Brilliant coaching. You have put more joy into my chess.

[@LeeEvans007]

Great tips, I just learnt loads and feel like a knight boss now. Thanks for making so many good tuts. ❤❤

[@Chris-87]

This is easily one of my favorite videos you put out. G4 did occur to me, but I looked at knight taking and then didn't follow up with it. When I was sub 1500, I used to hate these minority attacks.

[@tysonerfert5862]

This was awesome! Hope i absorbed some of that. Thank you

[@jetenglish6427]

Всё гениальное просто. Браво! Спасибо, Игорь!

[@Mark8v29]

Thank you for sharing. Very informative.

[@Trex100]

Great instructional vid!

[@mikechurch6313]

Superb as always, Igor

[@kristianrother]

Very good advice. Thanks.

[@ÉdouardBrasseur]

I like those kind of video. Really helpful !

[@coolcat23]

Best chess channel on KZbin!

[@ekekonoise]

This is super useful, thanks!

[@THEGOATSLOVER-g9s]

I blundered a queen fork as a 1850 today and my opponent trolled me.😢😢 I was just trying to have some fun😢

[@WheatGrinding]

I had a guy troll me when he beat me about two weeks ago. I decided to track his rating for a bit. During that time I went up about 80 points, and he dropped 100.

[@justsaadunoyeah1234]

​@@WheatGrindingI tried to troll my opponent yesterday by promoting to 4 knights. I know how to checkmate, but I was trying to get a checkmate with all knights next to each other in 1 rank. And while trying to do that, I DREW BY REPETITION. btw, I ALSO HAD AN EXTRA QUEEN ALONG WITH THE 4 KNIGHTS

[@rockyraccoon8270]

This was really good thank you

[@laklsla]

Very instructive video, spasibo

[@JamesFleming-s9w]

minute and a half in and already learned something extremely useful!

[@cuberomer]

4:20 You missed a tricky drawing opportunity for black, after Nf6, a7, Nd5, a8=Q, black is just in time to fork the king and queen on c7, so white has to be careful and play Kc6 to stop the forking square.

[@kylesunfit]

golden tips as usual! people who aren't seeing this don't know what they're missing out on

[@sunilchristian3430]

Thank you!

[@ygalel]

8:25 Oh my god that is so cool!

[@jackcityy718]

@17:38 but what about bishop g6 ?

[@gremlinn7]

I guess you could then disconnect the two black pieces with the light-squared bishop, and if black trades you have either knight to recapture, putting it on a better position in the center.

[@southernrun9048]

Another great video showing ideas that never would’ve been considered

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you liked it! 🙂

[@HaithamSamy-ff1ie]

may God bless you your tips and tricks in this and other videos are very useful

[@Kenjitsuka]

The knight always attacks one single color; and no one told me this yet! Thanks as always!!!

[@m.rubland6737]

Great explanations. For a player of my niveau, I had to stop at halftime, because it´s too much information in this little time. But I will continue the next day!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@LanceNYC]

Attn RCA Video Editor - Please leave a little pause at the resolution of a sequence of moves. For example, at time 12:02, it's so tight, that it's even difficult to pause to appreciate the checkmate.

[@Zywl]

9:08 if black insists on keeping the c7 pawn guarded they can play Qa5 but that also fails to Bxc6+

[@Crelids]

The diagonal position... isn't it known as "knight check shadow" or something close to that?

[@mariondiabolito4054]

another quick calculation he left out! if you don't want a knight to attack you, in a fork or otherwise, move the piece to a colour OPPOSITE that of the knight. with seconds on the clock it's another guarantee.

[@MrPerrisC]

Never occurred to me diagonal opposition for knight is a thing, thanks!

[@kevinkonig3892]

It came naturally to me because it was always such a pain to attack when a piece or the King is positioned like that.

[@MarathonMan1981]

Incredible. Definitely worth committing to memory 💪

[@Luckey900]

Hey Igor also the Last Position after Black NX G4, then NE2-G3 then Q-H4 (Threatening mate !) I again got a losing Position against Computer ??? So far 2 Dubious lines that you recommended ?! (Other one is Bishop goes to G6 ??? I think your D4 Blunder would be better to Play D3 and Avoid this Mess all together ?! Categorically, I'm "Dazed and Confused" ! Jim Canada

[@modeob88]

Min 13:58 (at least on my level) , i think a lot of player will play Bxe5 Kxe5 ; dxe5 ; end with a pawn of advantage

[@Zygnity]

16:48 What happens if black plays Bg6 because it still defends their knight?

[@fmvehns4106]

Bxb7 looks very dangerous

[@HoSza1]

​@@fmvehns4106Bxb7 was mentioned regardless but not as an answer to Bg6...

[@gremlinn7]

With the bishop targeting the b2 pawn at 15:03, in general, how do you know whether it's worth taking it and letting the rook get an open b file?

[@jaybingham3711]

13:53 What's shown next is played by a lot of Jobava London players. Just be aware that Bxe5 is also common...and better (in terms of human playability) despite SF evaluating them equally. When played correctly, the best you can hope for in that case is coming out of the battle down a pawn. Most will struggle to not barf up two pawns. But it can be much worse.

[@hippophile]

That first position I was trying to see how after the "blunder" QxN that (after NxP+, Bf1 NxR) black can cope with Bb5+. Looks strong for W to me... so I thought that line must be the answer...

[@Totobimbo-d6w]

i know that in chess we need to attack by moving forward mainly in opponent's half of the board and if not possible immediately we need to prepare an attack for the next move making it with piece development at the same time if possible. but we also need to check what our opponent wants to do to avoid blunders , infiltrations , etc. My question is: when it is my turn to play is better to think first on my attack or on my opponent plan? i only want to know how GMs think specificly. Thanks

[@andrewprofilet2541]

Just develop, who cares what your opponent does, if he wins call him a cheater. I’m a super gm grandmaster

[@Sam000_]

3:30 ❤

[@BeThe_Inspired]

The Knight and Batman are definitely related

[@luiealexy3139]

Hello ,love you ,can you make a video about gambit against English opening ?

[@Moonjuro]

If you're under like 1800-2000 elo or smth like that just forget opening theory altogether. Opening theory doesn't matter in lower ratings. Just stick to a single opening for white and another for black and ignore these useless opening traps and gambits, not like you're gonna memorize them all anyway. Instead focus on understanding key patterns and solve lots of tactics/puzzles. Also try reading a chess book like "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess"

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

The simplest way to avoid knight forks is to make sure that the pieces in question are not on the same color squares. A knight can only attack two pieces simultaneously if those pieces are on the same color square. I'm not watching the video, so I don't know if he mentions this.

[@eminm6383]

at ttip4, can black not castle ?

[@weeblordgaming6062]

I was thinking that as well

[@Smol_PC]

Timestamp? I don't see where castling makes sense. If 8:44, then after black castles, white takes blacks queen with the knight.

[@weeblordgaming6062]

@ 6:44

[@Smol_PC]

@@weeblordgaming6062 My first idea: after black castles, white can go Qh5 to add another attacker, black would play h7, white would play nxf7 since only the king and rook is defending the pawn. Black is in danger of a discovered attack, if black doesn't take with rook, then they lose tempo by moving queen and next move getting discovered check. If rook takes, white is happy after recapturing and has a better initiative to attack. I'm 1200-1300 elo btw, this is what I see.

[@jameseaddy7407]

Any advice on how to go from 400 to 1,000ELO?

[@ExtraditionLawFirm]

👍

[@pirateking1Luffy1]

i swear when i first was a 500 elo rated player i thought Igor was bobby fisher or kasparov.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

😀

[@kevinkonig3892]

6:33 Damn. I would have played this. Good thing I'm just 900 Elo tho.

[@TheBlinkyImp]

Most of my blunders are from revealed attacks of bishops that I didn't notice. Any tips for that? 😅

[@elderlycatpatriot]

Igor might very well be my favorite chess teacher. He's everything a teacher should be, and then some. The primary reason why he's a fantastic teacher is because he is *pleasant and friendly.* He understands that you're probably not going to know _everything_ and instead of going on long rants about the wrong move and wondering why you would do that, he just calmly explains the mistake (and everything else you can do wrong) before stating what you _should_ do. I remember watching that (in)famous Ben Finegold "why people never get good" video, and I turned it off after five minutes. I did that because Ben is a textbook example of how *NOT* to be a good teacher. Unlike Igor, Ben is, to put it very bluntly, a gigantic asshole. *Completely unlikeable.* Call it "brutal honesty" or whatever you want; it doesn't do anything to excuse the fact that he's extremely rude, and thus incredibly discouraging. Like, imagine you're in school again, and you're having trouble understanding the material for an assignment. Would you rather have: *Igor,* who will calmly explain the problem and walk you through how to do the assignment, OR *Ben,* who will do nothing but berate and demoralize you, in addition to just making you feel completely stupid and worthless in general, until he finally gets to actually helping you? I don't know about you, but for me the decision is _extremely_ clear. Long story short: The chess world needs a lot more Igor Smirnovs, and a lot less Ben Finegolds. Maybe then, struggling beginners won't feel so discouraged.

[@comicus6769]

Oops, taking with the Queen in your opening example is not a blunder. White is likely winning and if black takes the rook he loses for sure.

[@yamaha6981]

I was thinking that I'm not a professional but I usually win that happens.

[@Jwumani]

Sent from the GOds I just blundered this today for the first time, I'll make sure not repeat it

[@kevinfoley7379]

Can't white castle in this position?

[@Rs45_hu]

12:05 !!

[@signedelacroix7213]

I just can't do it, the center is protected so I can't place my bishop to protect my N. My N get taken by the Q or K.

[@rdspam]

2:12 Kb5 and black prevents a Queen by…?

[@nichts_und_niemand]

1..Na8 2. Kc6 Kd8 3. Kb7 Kd7 4. Kxa8 Kc8

[@Luckey900]

Hey Igor what if the Black Bishop goes to G6 in the last example ? Is white to play H4 ? I played it on the Computer and got my Butt Kicked ??? Jim Canada

[@qlvecchiopaiodijeans]

I thought the same thing: black has Bg6!

[@thebenc1537]

Jokic this year is averaging 1ps, 6 rebounds and almost 6 points. That's the difference between Jokic and Tatum.6 rebounds and 6 assists more per game? There are men who played 10 years in the league with those kind of stats! Jokic is a decent player and Tatum combined.

[@marcosmileo]

what the fork!?

[@penchanski673]

How is 2:08 losing? The black king can't come in without losing the knight a7 b6 b5 a8 c6

[@nichts_und_niemand]

It´s a draw. When white king captures the knight on a8, black will play Kc8 and it´s stalemate.

[@Vector-io9cn]

HELLO MISTER IGOR ME LOVE UR VI DS

[@rutgerdeboom7424]

:)

[@AdOr-do9mz]

I beat a 2000 elo bot in bullet many times how to be 2200

[@3isallwesee]

Modern Chess has been ruined by pawn promotion. Simply advanceing pawn to end of board is way overpowered. Through the history of all chess it was never unlimited promotion. The old way was you can only promote to a piece you lost- so you can never have two queens- or it became a piece that could move 1 space diagonally. Until that rule is changed back to how it should be consider modern chess ruined-

[@getcloveryourself]

Easy solution, don't let your opponent push a pawn all the way down the board

[@Georgewalsh100]

But I think that’s a worthy reward for that kinda fight! Pawn advancements would be ignored if the reward wasn’t great!

[@3isallwesee]

@@Georgewalsh100 The fact remains was never done all the way up to the 1800s the furthest it went was trading a piece that had been taken and if no piece was taken it stayed till a piece was available or was made into a new piece that could move 1 square diagonally like a bishop that can move one square two queens is not normal for the game of chess it wasnt how it was designed. It makes it too easy

[@shrirangbondale2263]

coach you are bad for giving such quality endgame/sureshot improvement tips publicly for zero cost, that too without exaggeration. you are just bad. atleast exxagerate it a little bit or make it dramatic lol