How to Avoid Losing in Chess

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 6 Ways to Save a Game in Chess 00:10 Most common mistake in chess 00:51 Rule-1 01:52 Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Championship Game-1 03:00 Rule-2 04:38 Countering early queen checkmating attack 06:32 Rule-3 (countering knight fork) 10:34 Rule-4 11:15 MrBeast vs Hikaru Nakamura 12:10 Rule-5 13:09 Puzzle of the Day 13:19 Rule-6 14:05 Even 3600 ELO Stockfish could not solve this puzzle

[@haselhboss]

Rule 3...... what if he captures the pawn sacrifice with the Knight 🤔

[@defnotcapri]

​@haselhbossI'm guessing ng3

[@benoist13]

1) ... Qxh2+ 2) KxQh2 Ng4+ a) 3) Kh1 Nxf2+ or b) 3) Kh3 Nxf2+ with an endless checks serie !

[@Niraj_004]

Nice bro u found it

[@Lemaus433]

Knight G4 is just winning for black

[@ZDTF]

Hey bro I just wanted to say I just hit 2000 After a year of playing I'm really untalented and I got to 2000 mainly cuz Of Playing a lot but When I didnt know how to play well Almost all my opening knowledge came from you Thank you! Im jawnwn on chess if you have to verify

[@sittiefatmah9199]

im currently 1900+ and i want to reach 2000+ any tips?

[@ZDTF]

@@sittiefatmah9199 Just play And relax Focus on endgames skills too Cuz most people are good at openings and middlegames by the time they reach 1600 After that It's outplaying them in endgames

[@ecarte931]

Absolutely Great Video Igor! Thanks!

[@Lemaus433]

13:12 Knight G4 wins. Threatens checkmate in 1 two seperate ways. If the rook drops back to defend pawn takes rook. If white makes a passive move then knight captures pawn on F2 or Queen captures pawn on H2 both are checkmates. White has material advantage but also a losing position

[@laibw2458]

Qxh2 then after recapture keep checking with the knight on g4 or f2, the rook cant recapture due to bishop pin and the king is stuck on h file due to pawns

[@LeonPeziol-qc3tb]

Qxh2 then peepetual check with Ng4 and Nf2

[@Elwyn_the_Weird]

Your advice to counter attack is probably the thing that raised my ELO the most. Thanks and happy new year Igor!

[@suryasaravanan-m4g]

Hi Igor, this was a great video, I really liked it. I was thinking that in 8.01 instead of taking the pawn, the bishop can go to g6 right ??

[@rietteweetraad239]

At 8.07 1.g4 Nxg4 2. Ng3 Bg6 3. Qxg4 Nxa1 4. Bg5 and soon Rxa1. Alternative 1.g4 Nxg4 3. Ng3 Qh4 and then 4. h3 Qxg3 or 4. Re1 Qxh2+ and a hard time for white to defend.

[@mushoniphathela9592]

Thanks a lot Igor

[@sycoshadow7469]

8:04 what if he takes back the bishop and still saving the knight

[@ManosErikosKlapsakis]

7:57 what if they take with the knight?

[@JkJaks]

You try to attack the bishop using your knight to g3!

[@Kratos19086]

​@@JkJaks he goes back to g6

[@JkJaks]

@@Kratos19086 u hang your knight on g4 After knight takes rook, just take the pawn on b7 and give check on c6 using your light square bishop. May be hard to visualize for you but you can always use the analysis board with the engine off

[@Youvebeenwatermelond]

@@Kratos19086 Then you play Be4

[@mjmassi11]

Then he plays BxB...

[@TR7NQY]

Very helpful

[@sashabedi418]

Thank you very much sir for your video

[@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele]

For the puzzle I would say Nf4 threatening mate with Qxh2, and rook can't take it (Rxf4) because of the same Qxh2 (now the queen would be defended by the bishop in d6)? So the remaining thing to do for the white after Nf4 is to perpetually check the black king with the queen or lose material (Rg1g2, fxg6, Rg3g2...)

[@haselhboss]

Good one Igor.......😂😂 it's just a Rook.....Chill bruv ........ happy holidays by the way 🌹

[@MahabubJamal-v5h]

Love sir salute

[@mschoenen]

In #3, why wouldn't they take the attacking G pawn w/the knight (instead of the bishop), thus preserving the fork and escape protection?

[@Niraj_004]

Nxg4 to take at Nxf2 and checkmate or after Nxg4 play Qxh2 and it's also a checkmate if he takes Rxg3 to capture our knight then Qxh2 checkmate protected by bishop

[@Niraj_004]

this is what I've got

[@nada1988-v1c]

Puzzle: queen sacrifice h2, king takes, knight h4 check, (rook can't take it is pinned by bishop) king h1, knight f2, king h2, knight back to h4 and again and again!!!

[@diogenes2550]

In the third example, white doesn’t just have a rook for the queen, but a rook and the sacrificed bishop.

[@En-jeankids]

dexter carlson 0:00

[@andrewjacob8087]

4:45 ok U read everyone's mind 😂

[@kevinfoley7379]

In the second example, after Qxh7...Qd4+, why not Kh1?

[@INFINITE642]

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[@PinakiGupta-wl1jc]

puzzle of the day solution-Qxh2+,Kxh2,Ng4+,Kh1,Nxf2+,Kh2,Ng4+,Kh3,Nf2+ willl be a draw

[@calvincox5938]

Wait a second… In the Gukesh-Ding example, Can’t white just play Kh1 and still be winning? If Qxc4, Qxh8+ followed by xc4? What am I missing? Edit: Oh… Qxh4+ Qxh4, Rxh4+ Kg1, Rh8 and black is fine. It would’ve been helpful to see that variation for me. Is Rf2 to block the check not still winning? Someone help.

[@stephencampbell2018]

Chess was more fun when I didn't know how to play.

[@SudhirKishor6603]

13:12 In this puzzle , why does black need to draw the game ? How is white threatening a checkmate ?

[@Kratos19086]

White has +5 material advantage

[@scionescire]

​sure, Qxh2 leads to a draw, but Ng4 seems to be winning, as Rg3 must not move...and white seems to have perpetual check at best after Qe6+ Kf8...

[@SudhirKishor6603]

​​​@@scionescire Why Kf8 , when Kg7 is possible ? And I don't think that black needs to draw or white has perpetual checks. Ng4 just wins the game on the spot.

[@Zsquad15]

Kg7?? Just losing for black as white can push the pawn

[@ArnavVerma-qw6xp]

Even if I come back I will again blunder😢😢😢

[@nerdyyouthpastor8368]

If you're playing an opponent of your level, they're just as likely to blunder too.

[@GregTurismo]

Surely with that attitude

[@alanthirsk374]

.....or my bleeping time will run out.😢

[@gojkocvijic8083]

Ok people, who thinks this is the best lesson, give thumb up!

[@AlokUpadhyay-e4t]

What if they take with knight 7:57

[@DeathNanaya]

I’m not too sure myself, but my best guess is you block its sight with Ne4, since that square is no longer defended by the knight, or I think a better move is Be4, since that leads to Knight takes rook, Bishop takes bishop and now threatens the other knight, knight moves away, your dark squared bishop opens the path for the queen to take the knight.

[@AlokUpadhyay-e4t]

Thnx

[@samgreer8596]

NG4.

[@MagneChale]

Qxh2 Kxh2 , Ng4+ Kh3 , Nxf2+ ...... Draw

[@damirfux2265]

8:06 in this situation as black I would just take with knight Ng4 I was waiting for an explanation what to do then as white, but unfortunately there was no explanation ( ˘︹˘ )

[@scionescire]

Or Bg6

[@damirfux2265]

​@@scionescirethat move doesn't make sense, I'm asking about a real move

[@PANDA_0783]

Yesterday I missed a checkmate (I saw the Queen but didn't see the knight so I moved my bishops to checkmate) and today this video 😭🙏🏻

[@haistapaska20]

Do you even need the escape square because the bishop is now blocked

[@myAvamkon]

Just today I lost to that bishop checkmate

[@MahabubJamal-v5h]

Once upon a time I don't know what fortress. That time this happened to me against a Chess Prince level. And I lost

[@zmanganyala9357]

Bo 17 watches this video early around 2012/2013

[@GyawaliPrajwal-uk1zh]

Qxh2

[@RSJR619]

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