3 Tips To Simplify Your Chess Calculation

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@zunrongliu]

Hi! could you do a video about middlegame plans on Sicilian defense, Kan variation?

[@AndileSiyali]

Please do an opening video on the catalan

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

Fisher trap😂

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

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[@farouqbaiti4315]

Ok.💪🏻

[@sunshinechessacademy3699]

Love your work. A GM with a sense of humour who is easy to listen to and makes sense! 👏

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you loved it! Thanks for watching!

[@MessiLionel-f6d]

​@@GMIgorSmirnovhello hm what the most important skills i need

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 3 Tips To Calculate Better In Chess 00:10 Example 00:36 Tip-1 (calculating your moves) 04:12 Tip-2 (calculating opponent's moves) 05:24 When to STOP calculating a variation? 06:35 Tip-3 09:53 Visualization Training 13:01 Positional understanding helps your calculation

[@ZDTF]

Thanks

[@joeoleary9010]

Great as usual, but can you do a video on how to calculate when you're deep into the middle game and your pieces are spread out and un-coordinated. What is the principle for restoring order to really chaotic situations?

[@cavitied874]

great idea , but i think it is better to keep your pieces well coordinated in the first place

[@johnwalker1058]

I'm not a chess master myself, but from what I know as an intermediate player, perhaps the approach to "un-fudging" your positional structure is to think to yourself "how can I improve each piece so that it has more available squares to move to later?" Examine your position. Figure out which pieces seem badly placed (which ones seem to have a very limited amount of available squares to move to) and then seek to improve their positioning. For each piece whose position you're trying to improve, figure out how to improve its position. You may need to move it around another piece to get it onto a square or line where it can see more squares in its new position. You may need to move another piece out of its way so that it can see more squares from its current position. In some cases, you might try to exchange it for one of your opponent's more active pieces. Try to trade it for one of your opponent's good pieces (in this context, a piece that has plenty of available squares for it to use). That way, your position improves by getting rid of a bad piece that was clogging up the rest of your position. You also have the additional benefit that you made your opponent's position somewhat worse since you diminish the amount of activity and space control in their position by trading one of your inactive pieces for one of their active pieces. Anyway, there's probably a whole world of positional theory knowledge about how to skillfully maneuver one's pieces, but here are at least a couple simple ideas to help you get started.

[@joeoleary9010]

@@johnwalker1058 OK, but I'm really thinking of bullet and blitz games where time is limited to calculate, and I am looking for a simple strategy or rule of thumb to re-order pieces that have been scattered.

[@JCC05]

Personally, I just believe in improving the best piece. Identify the worst piece, which is usually the most passive or the one with the least prospects, and reroute it to a better position. If all pieces seem equally advantaged, look for a weakness to target or look to create a weakness. If there are no Weaknesses for your opponent and your pieces are all bad, you've probably messed it up too badly already

[@Judgemental179]

Thank you GM Igor.

[@ZekeGoodwin]

This lesson made so much sense to me Thank you Igor!!

[@bashamstra9894]

Igor, can you do a "system" vid again? Your dutch system with f5 and b6 works great for me! I don't have to remember a ton of variations and get good games in which I know what to do. Often results in strong attacks for black! More systems please, I too tend to forget dozens of variations. Greatings from a big fan! You are leagues ahead of the YT competition!

[@HistoryGuy_YT]

This video was well made and is easy to grasp 👍🏻.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for watching!

[@FloydMaxwell]

I appreciate the example, and suggestions. Thank you.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks for watching!

[@tactician2496]

Qf7+,QF8+, RF8#

[@sumsumwong498]

I bought your superpack with the huge discount, and all i can say is, wow, I bought a brain of a GM, and no one in my chess club knows your secrets (including my coaches). Thank you for creating these courses and bringing me closer to my goal of getting a title!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Awesome to hear that from you!💛

[@sumsumwong498]

@@GMIgorSmirnov I really do recommend your courses for people who want to push harder on their chess accomplishments

[@haz_emm]

Great video! How do I combine this with "checks, captures, attacks"?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

CCA help in finding forced variation. Thank you for watching!

[@starlitnight6982]

You are doing great work

[@drsrikanthb12]

Wow amazing vedio best ever seen 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 thanks a lot!!!!!!

[@OttoTheDoge]

Thanks a lot :) just passed 1600 today mostly thanks to your videos

[@bjaurelio]

You never calculated a3, which results in trapping the queen if black takes on b2.

[@skeats20]

Exactly why I came to the comments

[@TheRifild]

at which point? cuz can't an opponent just capture your knight on c3 with a check?

[@tanus1989]

ur horribly wrng u lose a knight

[@bjaurelio]

​@@TheRifildafter Qb6, go a3. If Qxb2, Na4 traps the queen.

[@emperorsascharoni9577]

It’s hope chess that’s why. Don’t calculate moves that rely on your opponent making a mistake.

[@2009Neelam]

Awesome video! 😊😊😊😊😊

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for watching!

[@Not_Even_Wrong]

Damn thanks for the stockfish diss at 5:45 i need to keep in mind that maybe it's not the objective truth, at least in attackers advantage. Maybe other things too.. How about a video on that?

[@BastianXXIV]

💖 Thank You‼

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for watching!

[@yakovvidberg7035]

Thanks for the video but in 3:36 you’re wrong cuz after c3 qxg5 you have nb5 fork and you fine so I thought it could work so checked it with my super engine and he obviously had surprise cuz after c3 you don’t take bishop you play bishop d7 and white is minus 4.8

[@AlexanderUstymenko-nm3qd]

Спасибо огромна !!!! Уважаю тебя и твой видео (; Держись !!!!

[@onlychessbydhanush230]

In first position it is hard for below 2000 to calculate the poison pawn variation

[@unclebob1959]

Nd5 was sweet!

[@mutalederrickchelu]

This video has helped me get back to 2000+,but igor...how do you see an advanced advantage,like weak square,pawn structure,well developed pieces etc As in keeping your advantage... especially on pawn structure and opposite side castling?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

👍These are important middlegame concepts.

[@tastethem]

12:06 knightmare

[@drxyd]

"Takes, takes, takes" - Hikaru Nakamura

[@Catspostytshorts]

Another AMAZING VIDEO hopefully using this in game can get me past 1600

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Appreciate you for watching!

[@Bobafettcool]

The sea of Luxembourg my favorite

[@TK_Prod]

For better or worse I would have played bishop to b5 to block with 2 knights in backup and to check.

[@franek-l5b]

12:20 knight c7

[@chrisgardiner2206]

Pawn to A3 lure the queen to take the b pawn the play knight to A4 traps the queen

[@2009Neelam]

12:20 You could play Nc7 and he’s done for! 😅

[@gtm781]

Pretty good lesson again by igor smyrov again and I love you and your lessons so much❤ I have a question: in 8:05 what if he takes my bishop and then plays Qxb2? Does this make any difference?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

You're welcome, appreciate you for being here 💛 White will defend the pawn after pawn takes bishop on f6.

[@thoughlifegaming2425]

1:36 pown a3 sniky queen trap If qxb2 Na4 queen trap

[@chelovek10117]

Please delete your comment

[@chelovek10117]

Or fix it

[@thoughlifegaming2425]

@@chelovek10117 why

[@sl8137]

Actually I don’t agree with Knight D5 on C7, cause black Queen next move will make a fork A5, and you’ll lose your Knight. Knight on B5 is much better, because it’s will be protected by rook. Am I correct? 13:59

[@Kesy_lazy]

Man, if u put the knight on c7 it's check, wake up

[@sl8137]

@@Kesy_lazy OMG. Thanks! My bad 🤭

[@STRAW_HAT_ENTERTAINMENTS]

12:04 Its about to be a knight-mare for black

[@ariseyhun2085]

13:31 why would moving the rook to b1 and losing a pawn first instead of straight going for the knight to c7 fork?

[@dragosmihaiciorba4039]

On Nc7 black plays Qc3+,picking off the knight

[@sajms]

You can sell your course cheaper and get more buyers or students

[@Dhanalakshmi-jp3km]

What about d5

[@AndileSiyali]

@GmIgorSmirnov please do a video on the catalan

[@glorhytajiri]

12:05 pun intended

[@bartoszklimaszewski9833]

I would go pawn a3 and If Queen takes B2 then Knight to a4 and Queen is trapped.

[@jonjones820]

That was my thought too.

[@rainerschnelle1]

Why do you even consider Knight takes Bf6? Isn't it a mistake to take? And isn't the Bishop a little stronger than the knight? What do you get out of that exchange?

[@Guitatheist]

Capturing the knight on f6 allows white to play nd5 on the next move (if you dont capture the knight on f6 before, black can just trade knights), which attacks the queen and threatens nc7+, forking the king and the rook. So it gives white a strong attack Moreover after exf6, the d6 pawn is backward and isolated, and white will very likely capture it later in the game because its so weak. And after gxf6 black's pawn structure on the kingside is in bad shape, and the black king could be in danger because castling would be unsafe

[@Kesy_lazy]

He just explained that!! You can put your knight on d5. To take is a mistake is a rule to remember when u want to trade unnecessarily or without a clear goal

[@no-one-in-particular]

Yes you are right, you should follow that rule and never take, ever.

[@sudhaDevi-z2t7v]

In ilchess 1750 rating is good in rapid for ten old boy

[@heuw7379]

good

[@Devil_boy_24]

Knightmare 😂

[@katzumihanzo5471]

😂😂

[@killerkonnat]

8:33 what is wrong with the white bishop taking a pawn in this position? Letting the opponent develop their bishop? My understanding with the situation is that it's a "free" pawn because you were going to lose that bishop anyway, and if the opponent captures your knight in response they blunder a free piece to your bishop. So they have to take the bishop first and then you end up back at the same position but a pawn up. Clearly there must be something wrong with that logic if he didn't talk about that move being an option for an attacking move. I just don't see why.

[@pushupkid4203]

If you are talking about bxg7 or bxe7 then black can take the Knight with check then take back the Bishop so they win a piece

[@killerkonnat]

@@pushupkid4203 Thanks.

[@onlychessbydhanush230]

Flaw in first position

[@Saintmadman]

Knightmare 😁

[@gaMingclipZ-ke2gb]

I would play ND5😂

[@davidmasse2829]

Excellent

[@kwanxin9506]

Why is Igor holding back on a3? Maybe saving this trap for another lesson? 😂

[@farouqbaiti4315]

Sicilian is just complicated for both sides.😂💀

[@no-one-in-particular]

Just take pills and stare at the ceiling

[@BlunderBunny]

Another great video! Very helpful.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thank you for watching!

[@iceicebaby6980]

This video is almost 15 minutes. I play 1:0. OMG, I'm doomed.

[@5gearz]

10:21 if c3 black takes the knight

[@z-e-t-aanimations8823]

The knight is defended by the Queen.

[@5gearz]

@@z-e-t-aanimations8823 ohhhhh i see now

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

@@5gearzit’s a very common tactical theme c3 defending the knight

[@tonyyoung1662]

❤

[@paulosantorops]

I can't find a better instructor on internet. Greetings from Brazil!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

So glad to hear that from you, we'll keep at it! 🙏

[@Opeth12341]

Lol Nakamura burn

[@elasmojones]

go pawn grabbing, lose a rook.

[@ExgarPond]

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[@f_b_i_]

Maybe I am a good chess player 😂

[@whollenbeck8]

good tips, can't stand accent though.

[@Skarhoang]

How about a3?

[@hughfuve]

Seriously, why waste your time on all these options when a3 just shuts the black queen down?

[@haiyamaster]

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[@o.i.s1]

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[@chelovek10117]

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[@6ARE8]

Why didn’t you consider a3? I guess black won’t be able to capture that pawn!

[@uop8521]

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