Chess Middlegame Tactics Training: how good are you? Lessons # 122

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello guys! Let me know what puzzle you got stuck on 🙌 Was it experienced intermediate? 🤔😎

[@muhammadbinasimrasheed3353]

I couldn’t calculate the king retreat variations of the last puzzle I saw the all of the rest of the puzzles after you told the sacrifice idea

[@IanRiley915]

I really like the 6th position, but I think it's worth mentioning that the line that Alekhine followed is dubious. For those who paused the video trying to guess the next move, the move that Alekhine played is not the correct next move. That move just allows black to play out the rest of the game up a piece for two pawns. It doesn't force checkmate or win anymore material.

[@marlonaustin5815]

Hello NM Robert Ramirez. I am 49 years old and am now looking to get back into chess after many years. Your videos are very useful. I am looking AT becoming an FM.

[@Ebobster]

Very good video. Could see for last example from Alekhine’s game, the initial sac but the follow up was confusing because didn’t realize white could deliver mate without his queen. Well done! More please

[@terrysouth7201]

Honestly after your hints, I got the first few moves right on all puzzles, but had trouble with the different lines

[@adamblomquist5581]

Awesome lesson! Really Appreciate the info on how to find a game, bring it to lichess then be able to analyze. This will really help me. I'm a 42 yr old construction worker so I'm basically a caveman when it comes to computers. Any & all tech help is EXTREMELY APPRECIATED. Gracias mi amigo!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Un placer Adam! Happy to help 👍

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

Pos#1: Smate. #2: Remove the guard---smate. #3: Kamakazze [I haven't found a shorter word] sack suck to [??]---Kamakazze attack on the 'queen in a box', which is also a through clearance move, is a sac suck to chuck---Check forces king to L square (his last)---T square (termination) enforces eppelett PiQ smate. #4

[@terrysouth7201]

Thanks for the excellent lessons!! I got most of them right but only up to a certain point, I get lost after calculating more than 4-5 consecutive moves

[@IanRiley915]

In the Alekhine vs Feldt game, I haven't considered this before, but I wonder if there is a discussion to be had about forced mates vs non-forced mates. The move presented leads to a Mate-in-2, but it isn't forced, which means that black gets one free move of their choice. They don't have any good moves, so it doesn't matter, but white would still have to go through all of black's possible moves to ensure that they have Mate-in-2. Whereas there is an alternative move that is a Mate-in-3, but it's a forced mate. Black only has single moves that they can make. While Mate-in-2 is faster, it seems like you'd always just choose the Mate-in-3 because it's forced. I guess you'd argue that the Mate-in-2 is more brilliant because it's faster and non-forced, but a forced mate just seems like the cleaner way to end the game. I recognize that this might be a bit of a silly point, but it's something I was considering for this game.

[@cranexe9035]

I spotted the whole sequence at 23:27! e5 was what I was looking at. I also saw Re3.

[@chronotorius]

The position is lost for white after black taking bishop on g5. I was banging my head trying to figure out what to do against that and not finding anything, but it appeared that Alekhine blundered (bluffed?) this. Be3 or Bc1 instead of e5 was required according to the engine.

[@dumitrualexandru5188]

23:26 e5 it is a blunder, Alekhine drops the bishop and loses the attack. 23:30 then g6 it is a huge miss

[@tak3norag3]

Hello Robert. Thanks again for all these great lessons. When I play it against computer and after the king retreat on F8 and Pawn E5. Instead of playing Pawn to G6 the computer simply take the Bishop on G5 and I can't find a good continuation. Can u help me please finding the right continuation?

[@12anshdesai5c2]

In the 3rd position we don't need to sacrifice the knight, we can deliver checkmate with queen, knight and pawns

[@elkor3549]

your lessons are amazing man!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! 🙌👍

[@elkor3549]

@@NMRobertRamirez you explain everything better than anyone else.

[@jeffersonparsons5519]

very nice lesson😀 I would probably have lost on time trying to calculate the last position in a real game😅

[@youssefaly7067]

love your vids I went from 500 to 741 in 2 weeks

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Congratulations! 👏💪😎

[@nicholas612]

26:01 I think pawn takes f6 is also winning 😊

[@DzdAbdou31]

THANKS BRO ^^

[@antonioandreacchio5324]

Great lesson. I appreciate the idea to switch on the brain when some set up are on the board. I’m on intermediate experienced but it’s a very trick to improve Your video are very helpful I’m 63 years old who started playing 1 year ago I’m now 1116 elo standard and my goal is to achieve 1501 elo Could you prepare some study program finalized to this goal? How to improve ? What really to study? One opening with black and one with white or more? And so on Thanks so much

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Antonio! Thanks a lot for your feedback 🙌 Regarding your request, please, take a look at lesson # 102 and let me know if this is what you mean 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaC3doV6qZ1qpbc

[@cooperlyle8781]

Idk hopefully this will help your question: Learn a couple openings for black and white. You can stArt with one each. But that's the difference between an intermediate and a master. The master knows lots of them but more importantly, can understand the IDEAS behind the openings, instead of memorizing the moves, he can adapt and use the opening for what its made more. To open your board in a different way that will each give you different forms of attack opportunity and defense opportunities. Being able to recognize the ways the openings are setting up the board for the way you can attack and defend. And then being able to improvise while continuing to carry out the plan Study. Watch past games of masters. Self Analyze them careful and slowly and ask yourself each time(after the opening,) what you think the best move is, then watch and see if you're right. If not try to figure out why they decided that, is it to protect something? Set up an attack? It's ok if you don't know, keep going noting the moves that really puzzled you until you get to the reason in the game. Then go back and watch how they set up the final blow, then used the others pieces to defend the opponents while advancing the key checkmate pieces. Try to think it through in your shoes. How did the opening help get the winning pieces out and then defend them as they kept advancing the plan, using his other pieces to defend and weaken the opponents position. Practice endgames. Chess.com (or chess.com phone app) has endgame position explorers and lessons. Chessimo Is a good website. Chessfactor.com is free training. Play 15 min+ games in terms of time limit. 30-60 minutes is better give proper time to think and read the board..

[@antonioandreacchio5324]

@@cooperlyle8781 thanks so much for your advices

[@cooperlyle8781]

@@antonioandreacchio5324 of course. Happy to be of any help at all

[@SalmanKhan-uz8sy]

Hey coach make more videos on sicilian diffence like you did with pirc n king indian defence, playing lots of game in a row with sicilian deffence opening with specific variation.

[@anonymous-od3de]

I always think that my tactic is ok until I see this video 🤣.These tactics are crazy!!

[@frizz5933]

18:15 here nearly everything wins and i saw that bxf5 wins after kh5 g4+ nxg4 bxg4#

[@DKAYOfficial]

Awesome video! Is there by any chance you can make a video on how to study with an actual board?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

I like the idea. I just made a note 👍

[@yakzivz1104]

For the third position, I was looking at something completely different. I was looking at Nf5 ?; Qg4 g6; Bh6 Kf8, etc. Of course this does not work because it is not forcing enough.

[@tommonk7651]

Alekhine was a great, great tactical player!

[@87rtlandry]

In the Alekhine position, I noticed you didn’t factor/calculate what happens if black just plays, Qc8. I mean, white can just play Ne5 and be super solid.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Ryan! If it is on the "advanced" I think I mentioned Qxe6 threatening discovered check 👍

[@87rtlandry]

@@NMRobertRamirez oh. I must have missed it. Either way. Very instructive!

[@87rtlandry]

I did not find the Queen sack on the “advanced intermediate” but weirdly, I was able to solve the “advanced.”

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That was maybe because our brain immediately goes for 2.Ng5+. Anyways, great job on that "advanced" one 💪😎

[@daleroach3485]

The white Bishop is not protected . What stops black bishop from taking it’s protected by queen

[@TheMichiganFishHunter]

The last one was tricky.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

The second one is tricky too 😎

[@TheMichiganFishHunter]

@@NMRobertRamirez I like your content. Thanks for what you're doing.

[@noah_4066]

First Puzzle: Qxh5 Nxh5, Bxf7# Second Puzzle: Nf7 Kxf7, Ng5+ Kg8, Qxe6+ Kh8, Nf7+ Kg8, Nh6+ Kh8, Qg8# Third Puzzle: d5 Nxe5, dxc6 Qb8, Bxe7 Nxc4, cxb7 Rxe7, Qe2 Qxb7, Qxc4

[@TheMichiganFishHunter]

Can't Black just take Whites Bishop? Black has equal defenders on d5. Doesn't White have to take the Bishop first, then push d5? I think you have to remove the Queen from defense of the d5 square, then you can push. It's a deflection tactic.

[@TheMichiganFishHunter]

I agree with the others though.

[@noah_4066]

@@TheMichiganFishHunter aaah i missed that our bishop is hanging 😅

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Good job, Noah, but you missed # 2 and # 3 😎💪

[@TheMichiganFishHunter]

The diversion tactic

[@mikkelskjoldan1291]

Intermediære beginner

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answer 🙌👍