3 SECRET TIPS To Stop Blunders in Chess

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@IAmAdamTaylor]

Puzzle move is Nf6+ gxf6 gxf3+ and you can win their Queen after they take your Rook

[@Mrpopperer]

Didn't even see the rook X-ray against the king, impressive stuff!

[@myo1608]

Awesome bro. I was thinking about bishop e3. That's why I am still under 1500 😅

[@Axiomatic75]

Oh nice, didn't see that

[@cronoscraiss330]

Oh wow, you're awesome! 😮🎉 very nice 🙂👍

[@MaximeTanti]

@@myo1608 Haha, me too Be3 was the only thing I could see

[@vladislavshevchenko9970]

I'm 1300 and I noticed that when you are significantly down Material you should: 1) open up the board 2) create as much chaos as you can 3) go for the king There was a tournament game where I blundered very early one, and I was really fighting for a draw, when suddenly my opponent blundered and I checkmated him being 10 points of material down. Queen was literally my only piece remaining so I just decided to get it as close to the enemy king as possible, because you never know, then he was giving checks, I ran my king into the opponent's half of the board when suddenly his rook gave me a check leaving the backrank, I found a place where he couldn't check me, and it was a backrank checkmate.

[@frankbeerbaum5593]

Nf6+ gxf6 (only possible move) gxf3+ Qxg1+ Kxg1 and white has a Queen against a Bishop and a pawn!

[@joshthoughts6177]

Knight F6, they must recapture with the pawn, then pawn F3 taking thier knight with your pawn revealing a discovered attack on the queen. To eliminate the mating threat they must trade thier queen for your rook on G1.

[@jagadeesh1842]

Great 👍

[@GAZUNC-fh7sd]

White Night to F6 then White pawn takes Black night CheckMATE 😃😃

[@oceanfung4140]

blunder mate!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 Key Idea To Improve in Chess (+300 Rating Points) 00:16 Example-1: How Chess Players Blunder 02:08 Example-2: He Sacrificed The ROOK! 03:18 Example-3 03:53 1st tip to avoid blunders 05:26 THE TWIST 06:19 BUT, how to find such good moves? 06:58 Example-4 07:49 2nd tip to prevent blunders 09:13 Example-5 09:39 3rd tip to make less blunders (anti-blunder check) 10:54 Quiz: Test your knowledge with this puzzle

[@horacelidenbrock3905]

Suggestion for a future video: how to win a winning position. I observed that you often stop the analysis after one side win material. I'm not proud of it, but I've sometimes lost while I was in completely winning position. What's your take on this?

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

+1

[@johnogata3491]

I’m not proud of it, but I ALWAYS lose a winning position.

[@bob-tj7up]

just trade peices and reach an endgame as fast as possible as you will be up peices and convert pawns into queens

[@owenkellogg3130]

I blundered my queen today. But I had watched this video yesterday. I remained calm and came back to win.

[@akieboygaming]

I blundered so much in the opening that I got so mad and started marching my king up to the opponent base, snatched 3 free pawns, a knight, and a bishop, and won! If I hadn't watched this vid I would have definitely tried to play more defensively lol

[@akieboygaming]

Ig it's true that you should create counter attacks cuz ur opponent might blunder too-

[@mkn2929]

Puzzle moves: Nf6+, gxf6, gxf3+, queen is forced to capture rook and lose the game.

[@electric-lemonade]

Best chess teacher on KZbin, hands down. Thank you so much !!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙏

[@Shadowaka121]

Same

[@Hailmich10]

Always great content presented in a concise manner. Your comments regarding mentally resigning after losing a piece were spot on and something all of us can do by at least fighting on since most of us are not playing Magnus Carlsen! Thanks Igor!

[@gainesdominique]

This is the best chess channel on KZbin. GM Danya is 2nd. 🎉🎉🎉 Chess is wonderful.

[@mcbigswig1569]

Great advice, as always. Just had my opponent blunder his queen, even though I think he still had a chance for coming back due to superior tactical position, but chose to resign as soon as he blundered, without even waiting to see if I would catch it.

[@daleproctor3723]

Most chess videos make me want to give up the game. This game gives me a bit of hope so thanks for that! LOL

[@張謙-n3l]

For the quiz, I guess Nf6+ is the right move, since the queen is controlling the f8 square, the king cannot run and is forced to play gxf6, then white can play gxf3+, with the discovered check to black's king. Again black's king has no square to dodge and is forced to play Qxg1+, then Rxg1 will be checkmate

[@IAmAdamTaylor]

Correct moves, but I think you missed the Bishop on c1 that means you can’t take back with the Rook

[@EightBit72]

⁠@@IAmAdamTaylorSo KxQg1 and white wins, no?

[@IAmAdamTaylor]

@@EightBit72 Yep thats why I said correct moves and only pointed out the Rook can’t take. There is no checkmate just a strong position for white.

[@張謙-n3l]

@@IAmAdamTaylor Oh, yes, so the final move should be Qxg1, which wins a queen for a rook

[@hasb826]

Thanks. I was thinking: White Queen to C5. Have you explored that option?

[@loukhamvarunsingh4644]

Move the black square bishop to E3. Queen takes your bishop. Take the black knight with your G2 pawn. If the bishop takes your pawn defend the check with your rook.... Or if the queen takes the pawn defend the check with your rook

[@yetto1277]

Kf6+ black pawn takes knight, pawn takes Kf3. If queen captures the rook you can recapture it since it has no piece to defend her.

[@michelvoortman4725]

When I blunder I often don't notice a long diagonal from a bishop or queen and one of my pieces get's captured. Is there a way I can train to avoid this? I mean it's a pretty dumb way of losing a game and I really don't like it when I am ahead after the opening fase and I give it away like that in the middle game.

[@robertreid2931]

A good video, but perhaps not what I was looking for based on the title. Kind of clickbaity. Hope your opponent also blunders and what to do after you blunder isn't exactly stopping blunders. : ( Still, a useful video.

[@HelooMinecraft]

I have a trick which wins material also ba3 which results that now white rook is protecting the checkmate threath and if queens takes the rook you can win 2 points of material after trading those all and also a solution nf6+ and gxf6 is forced then pawn takes night gxf3 is a blunder since bf3 is mate

[@vinayaksaha9865]

what about bishop to a3.(black cannot continue with the attack as there are 2 rooks )Then knight to f8 -> rook takes.Then white queen to f8 and it is checkmate.

[@MASTERIMAGEN]

1.Nf6+ gxf6 3.gxf3+ Qxg1+ 4.Kxg1 and Black had to trade his Queen for a Rook!

[@lyingcat9022]

Ohhh that’s a nasty little Knight sac on F6… ouch 🤕 Hard to notice when you’re focused on your King getting buried alive!

[@goodtoGoNow1956]

Everyone of these problem anti-blunder videos are basically hey stop being an idiot and be a GM like me

[@RilkeForum]

What about Qf8 check? 😁 RxQ, Kf6 check, gxK, g2xK check? 😆

[@TheGamingG810]

I am here because of a chess game I had where I was 10 points of material up but I long castled and blundered mate in 1.

[@matthysuys9084]

I have made so many bad resignable blunders early in a games, but actually won them because my opponents blundered later… Hahahahaha!

[@tnmrepointing]

I have days when I don't blunder anything end up rating goes up 100 then another day blunder every game,

[@oldhamegg]

I think the occasional jab at Gotham Chess is hilarious.

[@tockmizzy]

I thought I heard that too...

[@brianbeattyphotography]

enjoy the honesty. "don't worry, you/they will mess up again." haha! so true to stay into the game though. I've won so many games that seemed hopeless at the time.

[@jonathannelson9765]

This guy made me feel so dumb and he is so right, im so stupid lol, thank you for that.

[@Martins_Andre]

Be3 qxe3, Df8+ Txf8, Cf6+ gxf6, gxf3+ Dxg1, Taxg1++

[@abdulghani6686]

I noticed after watching this , i have a problem with horizontal path of the queen

[@PavlosPapageorgiou]

Qf6+, rook takes queen, Nf6+, black pawn takes knight to avoid smother, then white pawn takes knight and the g file is open. Black can sacrifice the queen but can't stop checkmate.

[@philiprostek]

Yep, That is the answer! - its all forced...

[@tematennis]

Puzzle: bishop to e3. BQueen is forced to take bishop or loses queen. Nf6+. Black takes with pawn. White takes knight with pawn, discovered check with rook. Only move is queen takes rook. Use other rook to take queen. Checkmate.

[@jtk1996]

Qh4 would be possible, too, which destroys Nf6.

[@kootmcgoot8677]

Never Resign Mentally. ❤ When playing games for fun or learning you should always carry through to the finish because it will give your opponent the opportunity to learn to finish, and you to learn to try for stalemate.

[@EckySeptarony]

I hate this video, bcz its too short, imma dig in your channel 😂

[@sandipraj100]

It took me a while to notice that rook on g1 is x-raying the black king. Once that is being noticed the answer to puzzle was simple. Nf6+ gxf6 gxf3+ and Queen is forced to capture the rook there by white has queen for rook advantage. I doubt ever i will see such a tactical brilliance in an actual game.

[@sauravgarg2822]

isn't the g pawn pinned

[@sandipraj100]

@@sauravgarg2822 no.

[@nonskategaming9827]

Nf6+

[@AremKarlsefni]

Puzzle Answer! Be3, Qxe3, Qf8+, Rxf8, Nf6+, Gxf6-forced, Gxf3+, QxG1+, Rxg1#.

[@gprgprgprgpr]

QxG1+ is not a forced move after Gxf3+. Queen goes to g5 and can be exchanged to rook, black is much better after this.

[@hemamalini1814]

bishop a3 since now the rook covers the other rook and it's mate in 1

[@MaxDooDat2]

Puzzle -- move white bishop to attack queen. Then rourke is protected by the other rourke. So the queen must move away or take the bishop. But if queen takes bishop then the white pawn takes knight. Then even if black bishop takes pawn and produces check, it can be blocked by the rourke; and the black queen can't attack the king due to the other rourke sitting in the corner.

[@swasticbanerjee2711]

After Bxf3+, Rg2, Qxg2#

[@pettym3]

puzzle: develop the bishop to b2 or just move it from the first file

[@DavidEmerling79]

This highlights one of the most classic and frequent blunders, the *lateral* movement of the queen from one side of the board to the other. That's a blind spot for many people. How many times in an opening has your opening moved their queen diagonally, from its original square, usually Qh5+ or Qa4+, and then captured a hanging piece on the opposite side of the board? Very common! The other very common blunder is failing to see how your opponent's knight can move *backwards" and fork your attacking pieces.

[@walterbrownstone8017]

Igor shares alot of good stuff. Easy to understand.

[@mannynunez1481]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🏆 *Importance of Avoiding Blunders* - Blunders occur frequently in chess games, often unnoticed by opponents. - Continuous blunders hinder improvement and impact overall chess results. 02:17 🔄 *Blunders by Strong Players* - Even strong Grandmasters make blunders, showcasing that blunders are a common aspect of chess. - Highlighted a game where a Grandmaster blundered by sacrificing a rook, and the opponent resigned, unaware that they were still winning. 04:39 🛡️ *Mental Resilience After Blunders* - Players often resign mentally after a blunder, impacting their gameplay. - Advises to continue playing aggressively after a blunder, creating threats and exploiting opponent mistakes. 07:26 ⚔️ *Counter-Attacking After Blunders* - Emphasizes the importance of counter-attacking when in a disadvantaged position. - Provides examples of counter-attacking moves, such as Knight to H5 or Pawn to A6, to turn the tide in the game. 09:46 🤔 *Prevention of Double Blunders* - Urges players to ask themselves if the intended move allows the opponent to enter their half of the board and cause trouble. - Demonstrates a position where castling led to a dual blunder, illustrating the need for cautious consideration before making moves. Made with HARPA AI

[@abdelhalim5967]

useless video we all know what blunders is

[@mikomiko993]

That queen materialised out of thin air

[@grislesix4261]

The stiuation at 7:49 is a common attack in the Jobava London. Black sometimes plays Bb4+. After white plays the pawn to c3, Ba5 covers the c7 pawn.

[@mrnelgin]

If it was me I'd have played Qc5 and force their queen to take me in which case I'd take their queen with the knight, or force it to move to take my rook, which would lead to Nxg1 Kxg1. This is probably why I still suck at chess :) The other option would be to sac the bishop so I could take the knight. Either way, the game drags on. I need to look more for the win.

[@bobobobo869]

Isn't bishop h7 the move Opening the kind side and connecting rooks

[@peterbago4574]

Knight to f6 is better. Opens up the rook-king line. After pawn takes f6, pawn takes f3 with a check. And then soon checkmate.

[@derektoyne2729]

For a long time an even occasionally now I mentally resign a game if I miss a blunder or lose even a pawn. Recently I played a game where I didn't know the opening, made what I thought was a winning move only to discover I blundered a piece. I played on and instead of consolidating his position he allowed me to launch an attack against his king. Here's the game full of errors and blunders we both made. 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Bg5 de 6.Bxe4 c5 7.Nf3 cd 8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Ke2 gxf6 12.Re1?! Ke7 13.Nb5?? Qe5! 14.Qd3 f5 15.Qa3+?! Kf6 16.f4?! Qxb5?! 17.Bd3 Qe8 18.Kf1 Nc6 19.Qc3+ Kg6 20.g4!? Ne7?! 21.g5 Nd5 22.Qe5 h6?! 23.Bxf3+ Kh5?? 24.Qe2+ Kh4 25.Qg4mate So even if you've blundered play on, take your time and look for your chances as your opponent thinking he's won will likely make a mistake as my opponent and we've all done.

[@kriszed5329]

Great video Igor. Here is a question... in order to improve at chess and learn strategies rather than just tactics, do you think it wise to play a SLOWER time control? On Blitz, 5-0, I just cant think well enough because there is no time. 10-0 Rapid, I tend to do a lot better and I am around 2000 level. Bullet... dont even ask how bad I am!

[@memyselfandi3727]

1. Nf6+, gxf6 (is forced) 2. gxf3+, Qxg1(is forced) 3. Kxg1(is forced), Bxf3 ....3 points of material won at the end...

[@RohanVasa-u9u]

Qf8+Rxf8 Nh6+gxh6 gxf3

[@abhyudayjha]

Ba3

[@92snp]

At 2:50, I don't think whites king ever takes the bishop on g6 before upgrading the pawn. Surely that is why black resigned. Or am I missing something here??

[@claudi917]

Puzzle spoiler Nf6+ is the correct move, white is forced to capture on f6 and then we can play gxf3+ (now it works bc is check) and all black can do is to give up their queen for a rook therefore white is winning

[@mazyzazie4048]

What truths you speak and demonstrate. Thanks to you, as always.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

I appreciate that

[@DmitrySerbin]

Bb2 is not the best move but still

[@garahan4298]

Mm one of the best way to reduce blunders is, to keep regular practicing until you feel that you are aware of whats going on at the whole chess board..

[@eekwibble]

Be3 (Qxe3), Nf6+ (gxf6)

[@theUroshman]

Although 441K is an impressive number of subscribers, your channel deserves to have more than 1M. This is without a doubt one of the top chess channels on KZbin.

[@adventureboy444]

Qf8, Rxf8 only move Ne7 checkmate

[@jtk1996]

fantastic idea, but... no knight able to reach e7 in this position

[@mikkohassien2117]

Nf6+ gxf6, gxf3+ Qxg1+ Kxg1

[@chrisg.1246]

8:36 Doesn't g5 give up another pawn and pin the knight? Unless you blundered intentionally to feed the algorithm.

[@kmpiccolo]

I have been stagnant at 1400 - 1500 level for well over a year. I play for fun but it sucks being stagnant for so long, plus I am super competitive. Thanks for your perspectives Igor! Hopefully it helps me break through.

[@morcyjhonguyue4153]

lost 300 elo thanks man

[@ReflectionOcean]

- Stay mentally resilient and keep creating threats (3:55) - Think about counter-attacks instead of just defending (8:01) - Before moving, check for opponent threats on your half of the board (9:39)

[@Aditya170983]

Very good video buddy...Highly motivating.

[@neilarmstrong76]

Great video. Avoiding blunders is the most important skill that I hope to learn. I hope you do some more on this topic. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Yes!

[@lywcn]

Puzzle move is Qf8 Rxf8 Nf6+ gxf6 gxf3+ and black is mated

[@KurtvonLaven0]

Nf6+ forces xf6, which allows xf3+, provoking Qxg1+ Kxg1.

[@shefsufla]

Hikaru will have 3600 elo after this

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Ha ha!

[@solehwidodo6839]

knight check to f6

[@ioanenache6686]

5:48 in that position white could just take the D8 rook and win.. ignoring the queen capture

[@stefaneg6139]

Queen e1, or Bf4

[@mihazupan5214]

One thing that really helps is reviewing every game later and making a mental note of every blunder you've made. These build up in the background of your mind and you blunder less and less that way. I played a game yesterday where I won easily due to piece activity (mate with three minor pieces and a rook while the enemy was completely undeveloped). A later analysis showed he also handed me over a queen for free at one point and I missed that because I relentlessly pursued aforementioned piece activity. I won a pawn and two monster knights in the queen trade, but Stockfish says a straight queen would be better. It's ... hard to disagree with that. On the upside I got a nice checkmate in the end, instead of a resignation. It was more entertaining that way, so that's a plus. But I'll try not to miss something like that ever again.

[@AminHemmati]

Nf6+

[@EightBit72]

How would Qc5 work out?

[@ChristianSoschner]

Excellent video

[@davidrobertson1980]

Another great video with what I consider a couple of good "puzzle positions" to help cement correct analysis with likely obvious moves by opponents taken into consideration. I guess doing this often is the way GM's are able to see so many moves ahead - something I have trouble with for now. I prefer classical Vs bullet or blitz as I often lose a winning position on time lol

[@thunderz9318]

Be3

[@gdtutorial]

1st? 12s sgo?

[@ducrider851]

Ba3

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

Moving the bishop away instantly saves the game for white lmao

[@ohyeahohyeah1071]

Moving it to c2 might be a good idea since it also creates pressure towards Black's king

[@kwanxin9506]

U still lose a rook for a knight though.

[@davidkahan3509]

Queen to C5?

[@Hugh_jass...]

The rooooookk !!

[@susannahringwood1741]

@ susannah ringwood I did not know the rook can go diagognaily

[@vedranhadzihalilovic4341]

Nf6, gxf6,gxf3

[@reaganchiko8024]

Move white queen to C5 square to exchange the queens I think.

[@jonsigursson9431]

1. Nf6 - g7xNf6 2. g2xNf3 - QxRg1

[@hanasawyer1194]

Nf6+

[@martianinc458]

move Bc1??

[@ElevateYourrLife]

Nf6+ gxf6 (forced) Be3 (Attacks Qf2 as well as Ra1 now protects Rg1) Qxe3 (Queen is deflected) gxf3+ and now 2 lines 1) Qxg1 Rxg1# or 2) Qg5 (protected by pawn on f6) h4! Bxf3+ Kh2 (and White wins the queen and knight for bishop and knight and pawn).

[@altrfryd5859]

After watching this video I went up 526 points

[@satyavanshilimkar2230]

Kinght Kf6 ,

[@miguelangelohemzo782]

Hi Igor, just found your channel, great tips! I have a questions - I've been told that a great difference between a 1600 and a 2000 player is that the stronger looks for a better move when he finds a good one. Do you know of any book that help you training with games and positions that at first look an interesting move can be seen, but it takes a longer analysis to find a second and better one? Thanks a lot!

[@MatBobulasChessSchool]

There is that famous quote by the second World Champion, Emanuel Lasker: 'When you see a good move, look for a better one.' Some interesting books that might help you with this are Grandmaster Preparation: Calculation by Jacob Aagaard or Perfect Your Chess by Andrei Volokitin and Vladimir Grabinsky.