How to Solve Chess Tactics | 2000-2200 Puzzles Training

Learn how to solve chess puzzles from 2000-2200. Like the video, write a comment :)
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[@ddgs5164]

0:07 - 0:16 Me trying to solve every tactical puzzle that has been given to me.

[@myself6493]

lol me too 😂😊😂

[@dustinjames1268]

It's even worse when you get a puzzle that's rated way above your usual level but the solution looks obvious Leaves you to think "they WANT me to fall for that, what am I missing?"

[@kepadi6939]

What is the trick here, that's me with a 900 puzzle

[@kaushikgowda6895]

criminally underrated and underviewed series

[@henrynewton8265]

Didn't expect to see a wooden shield in that last puzzle lol.

[@jalshah9108]

What is the wooden shield?

[@koklu3]

@@jalshah9108 that's xqc's meme.

[@raym6205]

levy: woww thats a hard puzzle hikaru: done in .3 seconds

[@yogeshgarg2212]

Yeah but u dont really learn anything there. In fact u r a pro if u can even see the board completely while he solves😁😁. Btw sometimes I can't even tell what color are we playing while he solves.

[@tiefeizang8968]

@@yogeshgarg2212 lol levy: thats a hard puzzle hikaru: ez claps

[@DerangedAussieMan]

Can you please do a video on 2400-2600? I've been stuck around 2500 tactics rating for a long time and not really improving.

[@prajwalkrishnabhat5539]

Woah! That's crazy......

[@BFDI_Leaf]

im stuck at 2000

[@Aiden-xn6wo]

I'm stuck at 2300.

[@xpt2006]

@@Aiden-xn6wo me too

[@Gravy418]

stuck at 2450

[@sudarshan3901]

10:00 Puzzle solution just blew my mind 🤯

[@macmillerppp]

When’s 2200-2400 coming? :(

[@jamesabhilash8006]

@YOU-GOT-MATED What's your blitz rating? My puzzles on CDC is ~2000 and on Lichess is ~2450; both steadily increasing. But somehow my actual game ratings are unusually low ~1000. You guys could probably explain the apparent disparity. Also, tips to bump my numbers up are welcome! :) Cheers!

[@LuisDelmontedelToro]

My case is different, I’m a 1900 CDC and 2150 Lichess, but somehow, my puzzle rating in CDC is 1700 and 2000 in lichess, Why?

[@BluJellu]

My live rating is 1059 on CDC My puzzle rating on CDC ic 2360 and 1950 on Lichess

[@maxhenderson1890]

@@jamesabhilash8006 the main reason I can think as to why that is (I think most chess players have higher puzzle rating than their elo), would be down to lack of fundamental understanding of the game. What I mean by this is that youre good at finding tactics if they're there (or maybe you aren't implementing your puzzle solving skills into game), but your ability in understanding the game itself must be lacking. You should learn openings and endgames. Usually puzzles are middlegame puzzles, basic promotions and checkmates. So I'd recommend learning openings and practicing different endgames, and going through the videos and exercises which is supplied on CDC. Also, you can easily get to 1600 by knowing opening traps, and simply playing solid and letting your opponent blunder. There's blunders in almost every game under 1600 I'd say, and honestly if you just be careful of your moves and let them throw the game away, you'll gain elo so quickly.

[@jamesabhilash8006]

@@maxhenderson1890 Thanks a lot Max!! Incidentally I've been working on just that for the last couple of months. I also taught myself a new way to approach puzzles; under time pressure. I realised that I'm able to iterate better in real games after training this way. Endgames are also now a part of my learning routine. I don't see them very often in real games though. But it does help to play more 'solidly'. Your plans tend to be more long-term once you understand the endgame better. Coming to openings, I'm still not sure how to reliably improve; study master games, study opening books. What would you recommend here Max? Finally, I think the best most obvious way to improve is to play more long games. And this is another thing I've been trying to do lately. I'll come back to report here when I see steady improvement! :) Cheers!!

[@johanh530]

Would love to see more of these

[@StNicolausVI]

“What is this? I don’t understand”. Like that’s me on every freaking puzzle trying to cross 1600 right now except it’s not sarcastic like Gotham. You get the easiest puzzles man.

[@notriyax7333]

i am stuck at 2300 in puzzles, i hope we get a 2200+ puzzles training one too

[@maximilianweber2150]

Hello everybody. First of all, I really love your channel Levy, watching it almost every day :). Great content! However, I'm wondering how much the puzzle elo score actually tells about ones ability to play the game. In my case, I started playing in January this year and play not good at all, i.e. 900 in 5 minute games. My puzzle rating however is around 1700. So I thought the puzzle elo score is just a rather random number and that IMs would easily score above 3k. Can you guys put me into perspective? All the best wishes from Germany :)

[@BuggatiWeryon]

it is true, i am 2800 in puzzles, but only 2000 in rapid

[@CeilingPanda]

The hardest thing when your rating is high you second guess yourself when it's simple :^)

[@glitch4010]

Yes.. Sometimes I see it right away then calculate for 2 minutes and play other wrong move..

[@bmwest27]

At 5:25 couldn’t you take the pawn with your own and still be fine? Why is the correct move to move past that pawn when capturing it also works?

[@osiris9712]

Because the king can take the pawn after king g3 (white to move here)

[@yooser359]

You need to force the king away from the pawn so it can’t get behind it to stop queening

[@N_B_123]

I’m a 1500ish player, but I have a 2100 puzzle rating....it also takes me a few minutes to solve them...

[@cobalius]

Same. I got the 2300 since today and i'm just a 1570 player. Most of the puzzles i'll get are around 2000-2100

[@sakthivelb9074]

Continue endgame series levy, I want rook vs queen ending. I had it in recent tournament.

[@jackdaniels1749]

Its crazy it was a breeeeeez fucking reaching 2000 then after every single one after is a literal grandmaster puzzle

[@chessman3836]

When are you uploading 2200-2400 and above?

[@laurentiuavram806]

Why isn't 13:05 a stalemate? The King is not checked, but still, it has no legal move. How is it now a stalemate? Is there some sort of rule?

[@lenguyenuchung2676]

Black has ka7

[@DataBasedTrader]

Wow, really really good video

[@cakoncev8694]

I managed to get to 2824 rating in tactics

[@voltaspeeder17]

Did he give up after 2200? :O I can't find higher rated puzzle videos, these are great!

[@jessenmichael18]

Maybe

[@cobalius]

I'm at 2300 since today. Now there are draw puzzles

[@Nyquiltips1]

I’m stuck at 5500 puzzles pls do a 5000+ video

[@toddfarkman2177]

A question on the 2082 puzzle??? You say look for checks but you missed bishop to d4 for check. This opens up a lot of possibilities.

[@otto2603]

Bd4+ would get blocked and attacked with the move pawn e3, you lose tempo moving the bishop back

[@jafarsathik3203]

Please upload 2200 to 2600 very hard puzzles

[@eduardog.5236]

Im a bit stuck on 2300. Are we getting the next parts?

[@kedarnarayann6878]

11:53 visible confusion

[@jessenmichael18]

I am 1500 and now 2100 thanks for your advice you an 5 star teaher

[@mtrisal]

Can u make 2200-2400? I cannot reach 2400 easily

[@MrMarcosm06]

Hello. Your videos are instructive. My highest rating on Chess.com Tactics is 2199 which wasn't that difficult to achieve (once I have studied tactics with a coach for a while and done some puzzles from books). What I would like to know is how can I achieve a rating of 18904 which is someone's rating on the leaderboad of chess.com as of today. Any tips?

[@dertfert745]

So first you are going to want to get rid of any family you might have - partner, kids etc. Second, you are going to want to quit your job so make sure you have enough money saved up for sustenance. Third, you are going to want to play puzzles all day. Hope this helps

[@lmm6665]

You might wanna see if they’re not using an engine though, chess.com doesn’t ban people who use engines in puzzles according to Daniel Rensch

[@vishrantgoyal8225]

@@dertfert745 or maybe just use engine

[@chessdawg2459]

18904?seriously?

[@bishoptrappers4795]

What time 3000-2800 puzzle comes

[@pragadeeshpk3903]

Where(website)to play these defense puzzles

[@DanXD64]

Chess.com

[@Modern_Jesus]

Who is the author of the book you referenced?

[@alffbooks]

From a quick search, it seems to be Paata Gaprindashvili, there was another book with the same title but this one came up more often and was recommended on another blog :)

[@getrightw1tcha]

5:06 lovely book, highly recommended :)

[@julianmontoto1381]

Para cuando de 2800+

[@alchemy42]

In the puzzle at around 15:40, why not Qg4+ Rg7 Nh5? Its threatening Nxg7 winning and if Rxg4 theres Nxf6+ K anywhere and NxQ, whites up a knight. Is the proposed solution simply more winning, or does mine not work somehow?

[@henrynewton8265]

black can check before taking the queen. Not gonna end up with winning position or pieces.

[@pairot01]

10:32 did you just say "opa!", as in the exclamation for surprise in spanish?

[@danielschamrow3797]

It's something russian people say as well.

[@pairot01]

@@danielschamrow3797 very interesting

[@netboss9634]

Im 1400 rapid but 2200 puzzles when is 2200-2400 coming

[@mikecantreed]

2:19 liberal use of the term smothered mate

[@Cr3at1v1ty2]

whens 2200-2400?

[@doublepawn2319]

When's 2400-2600 coming?

[@doublepawn2319]

When's 2600-2800 coming?

[@beri4138]

When do you do 3500-4000 puzzles? I've been stuck at around 3700 and not improving. Thinking of giving up chess because I can't even solve these low rated problems.

[@birolklp5574]

Yeah feel you buddy it must suck to be stuck at the top 250 of all time.

[@beri4138]

@@birolklp5574 Lmao. My real tactics rating when I wrote this comment was ~2400.

[@aritroroy5804]

That's not smothered mate;ansthasian mate

[@fritswester2833]

1000th like

[@mightycannon1512]

I am 1330 On lichess and i solved the third one

[@umangkumar4494]

I am 2700 and I once solved 4000

[@mightycannon1512]

Well I'm 1800 now ig

[@ostaspapadopoylos2602]

SECOND

[@arturoinda7433]

First

[@postnubilaphoebus96]

2000? I saw some of these puzzles in an instant and I'm rated 2050. Rather 1700-1800.