How to play exciting chess as a beginner

[@nateshsudarshan3743]

I'm a club level player, seen a lot of chess channels ever since MatoJelic was the big guy several years ago. I've gone through agadmator, Gothamchess, chessbrah, Naroditsky, Finegold, Seirawan, Bartholomew, GingerGM, Gustaffson, and probably more. But this is really, really, really good. I'm super excited about this and wish you the best of luck with your channel.

[@robertrichard2322]

Jozarov, hanging pawns, chesscoach andras, chess vibes and Robert Ramirez have great and helpful content for those looking to improve as well

[@ShreyasBanagar]

Can't agree more. The way things are explained here are just unparalleled! Really excited for more content from Irina Krush

[@rumpelRAINS]

Whoooaaaaaaa Irina Krush is doing KZbin. Great video. Can't wait to see your other videos.

[@Jim_Henderson]

What a thrill to discover this channel! Congratulations to the student of GM Irina Krush, who played an excellent game, and thanks to Ms. Krush for the interesting analysis and encouraging advice.

[@girardip]

This is great content for beginners like me. I feel like you really understand where and why we miss big opportunities

[@julianpilbrow4963]

Play 2. a6 with delayed Castling to castle Queenside. From early in sicillian example it is quite playable for black to play b6 not trying to control c4 with b5, and with delayed castling in case oponent holds d4 sacred (they don't want to attack c5 because it is defended by b6 and the pawn on a6 is defended by the bishop and rook.) It is acheived by playing a quiet move 2. a6 so the queen can potentially come to c7 and sit next to the bishop on b7. With the warning that stronger players won't hesitate to play d4 attacking.. And you can play these exact same first 7 moves with the English opening too castle queenside.

[@ManishSingh-bq2un]

Very educational and instructive Irina 😇

[@ganeshpillai7545]

Nobody else showed us such wonderful tricks . I m really thankful to you.

[@tristansnow]

I hope you jump on the KZbin chess educator bandwagon and create a speedrun series. I've learned the most watching Naroditsky & Hambleton work their way up the ladder. Unrelated- you were an answer in a LA Times December crossword and I was psyched.

[@jaredburke3891]

Please post more!

[@JS-ir7wh]

Thank you for the video. As a chess player one should know, "ch" in Italian makes the hard K sound. Fianchetto = fee-uhn-KET-toh

[@Nemtomi]

Very interesting! Thanks. What a nice smile in addition to the chess stuff! 😊

[@robertberg1609]

Awesome content for beginners and intermediate players!!!

[@richardcasey4439]

Terrific commentary and analysis, thanks

[@althompson3085]

Enjoy watching your posts. I will follow you. I am a senior player, at 75.

[@amitanshuv]

Glad to have found your channel, a fan from India. Please keep posting and hopefully I get to learn something. Hope you have a great American Cup tournament.

[@TheSimple1z]

This is in all probability my most common error as a under 1000 player , lacking the confidence of outcomes after exchanges that don't immediately bring mate. I'm learning by you..🙏 to think of gaining position and tempo as fair exchanges for that piece.. Thank you..💜 Victor Frankls analogy of purpose in life compares using a chess story, I say stick to chess theme and again great philosophy, " in order to know the best move in chess I'd have to see the board, each time the board changes , the best move changes"...🎶🎵🎶💜 Man's Search for Meaning by him...

[@geauxgaia]

love your teaching style

[@azmilog]

so excited to find your channel!! you have always been one of my favourite players :))!!

[@LanceNYC]

Keep the beginner content coming! Subscribing twice!!

[@guypmiller]

excellent video. easy to learn from you

[@ronreid1946]

Excellent! I was only gonna listen for a minute maybe five. I took it to the end you’re good❤

[@fdllicks]

Danish gambit!!!! super exciting

[@hreedwork]

Hi there! Glad you have a channel. Looks like solid material. Will definitely recommend 😎

[@Steveross2851]

Despite what the title of this video suggests, beginners of course cannot really consistently execute the tactics and strategies discussed here except with an extreme stroke of luck. But that isn't really the point of this fine video. In fact even American rated players at the 2000 level are likely to miss some of the moves pointed out by Grandmaster Irina Krush in this game. And that is especially true in blitz chess. But the point is that by studying the games of strong players and watching videos like this a foundation is laid thereby. As students gain knowledge and experience through frequent play and diligent study, more and more of the moves suggested by Irina Krush here will come within their skill set via intermediate stages. Thus probably finding the queen sacrifice Qf7 based on Black's weak back rank at 19:47 of the video is easier than finding the equally simple bishop sacrifice at 21:01 of the video. It's not less complicated but is probably more likely to come up in a particular game. That last bishop sacrifice is easy to miss especially in fast time controls. But the point is that by starting to look at chess through the lens suggested here ,students can eventually "get there" and meanwhile can come as close as their skill sets allow along the way.

[@TheSimple1z]

Thank you...🙏

[@Daniel-G-P]

Very useful!

[@davidcraig8106]

12:15 lol the e5 pawn is defended. that's worth pointing out.

[@MisuLIIQ1]

Love it!

[@richardbeasley9084]

A new goto chess resource.

[@mysmokeandmirrors]

This video was very helpful

[@aeonsleo2]

Got here after Levi's video on how Irina almost drew with Kasparov in the game kasparov vs the world.

[@andreip.8321]

at 12:17, why can't black move the knight to e7 to defend against the rook check at g6? am i missing something? too lazy to input this into lichess

[@giovannidepetris6335]

interesting how fianchetto is pronounced in english speaking countries the same way as bruschetta. In italian is pronounced fian-k-etto and brus-k etta, Ch is the italian way to express the k sound. fianco in italian is side , intuitive right?

[@mosdan1985]

I enjoyed watching your games in the championship and it is so exciting to see you make these videos. This is great content. I am learning so much. p.s. I need to check your more recent videos but the audio wasn't so great. Not sure it was the mic or something from the settings.

[@thomasthetankengine8418]

Great channel 👌 hot teacher, what more do you want.

[@z0uLess]

I think beginner focus on winning one pawn at a time because they dont know how to close out games by sacrificing that white bishop. I myself dont see the continuation after black moves his tower and slowly moves his king to the left and into safety (I am 1200 rated player). Suddenly you cant check mate and you are down a bishop.

[@Sherlock2022]

I think I would have played Qg5 after the pawn fork at g6. Good luck with the channel.

[@TheSimple1z]

🥰🥰🥰

[@dalriada]

“All it really took was 1. Focus on development 2. Active play with pawns 3. Control of the centre 4. Opening up files 5. Identify correct targets 6. Finish off with forcing moves. “ Six different fundamental principles. Chess is super easy and simple, guys!”GM Krush 😂

[@jorymil]

The Greek Gift sac is really cool, but it's hard as a beginner to sacrifice something without seeing all the way to the end: if you mess up, you're just down a piece! Calculating to the end, or at least to a perpetual check, feels like a requirement (unless your last name is Tal). At what point does a beginner progress to feeling comfortable with sacrifices like this?

[@andrewwilson9123]

I used to feel the same way as you. I think the only way you start to get comfortable with when the Greek Gift works and when it doesn’t is by trying it out. Do the sacrifice when you think it works and then analyze with an engine to see whether it does later. I wasn’t comfortable enough with the greek gift to actually do it until around 1300. I was glad I did, but annoyed I didn’t see the opportunities earlier. Even if the computer finds a resource to save the position, you’ll quickly realize that it’s much harder to defend the imminent checkmating threats than it is for you to find them. In general, if you’re sacrificing on h7, look to see if your opponent can get a knight to f6 or properly defend the g5 square (Usually this happens with a bishop queen battery, but look to see if they can take your knight with a piece other than their queen). If they can do either of those things, then typically the sacrifice doesn’t work. That being said, there are exceptions to the rule (playing h4 before the sacrifice) so if you get the feeling the sacrifice works, give it a shot

[@karl.anthony]

QUEEN F7! 👸

[@alexf0101]

Qf7 omg

[@fun2222]

Teach me mam & guide me how plays

[@Nobody-df4is]

The beauty of the game lies NOT in the upper echelon. I think that is a misconception. Hear me out. In professional chess there is not a lot of room for creativity. Everything, every opening, every system is determent by engines. Engine games are boring. In amateur chess or classic chess everything needs to be reinvented. That is were the heart lies. Just my opinion.

[@roblaw7537]

If you want to watch a female chess player, choose Judit Polgar- she's really good

[@elijahmcnamara8662]

I don't like to see beginners playing the Sicillian . I believe a more classical approach in development is best. Interested to see more of this Channel. I am Coming from Saint Lewis Tournament!

[@gracewarren4611]

P r o m o s m 😴