The Most Important Calculation Principle In Chess

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[@cesare77]

Day-19: very useful method to improve calculation skill.

[@lars-johanandersson2031]

I'm on day 19 of the 30-day Study Challenge. Calculation on schedule! Black wins a pawn by 1...Rxh4 2.Rxf3 Rxf3 3.Qxf3 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 Qxe4 5.Qxe4 Rxe4, and black should win the endgame.

[@journeytograndmaster]

no, it's actually not how you should play as black! :)

[@gossedejong9248]

thank you, for all of your lessons!!

[@journeytograndmaster]

My pleasure!

[@martinacalcagno2126]

Thanks for the lessons, you are a great teacher!

[@journeytograndmaster]

Thanks for being here and listening to it! :)

[@PickleCODM-hw6cj]

Thanks for the great video!

[@journeytograndmaster]

Glad you liked it!

[@kdub1242]

Hi Yevhenii, in that first example, I could see all that pressure on e5, but then I thought: well, 2 attacker, 2 defenders, so black's pawn is safe - and dropped that pawn from my consideration. We amateurs have a problem with quitting our analysis too early, partly because the deeper it has to go, the less confidence we have in it. So even if it looked promising, we might assume it's too risky because we might have missed something. How did you build your analysis quality and confidence? Is it just a matter of continuous practice? And did you ever, when you were starting out, have this kind of shaky feeling too?

[@journeytograndmaster]

Hi there! Yeah, that is a very good and difficult question. The general principle is that you stop calculating the variation when there are no active moves to continue it (checks, captures, threats), f4 is a threat so you should not stop the variation before you consider it. It's all theory, in practice we all make mistakes, my calculation is not perfect too and I might have the same problem as you, just on a higher level. This is a classical example where you improve by practicing again and again. Analyzing all active opportunities both you and for your opponent. At first it will be slow, but with the time it will be better. Also sometimes strategic understanding helps (like opening the long diagonal is extremely good for a Bb2 so you for ways to make it possible) but that's another topic :)

[@Interstellore]

Your videos are my favourite chess ones on YT.

[@journeytograndmaster]

wow, thank you very much for that! Could you please tell me why you like it more than others? I would appreciate it!

[@ThortheMerciless]

Having tried the sacrifices on h4 and g3 I realised that I need to distract White and the capture to do that is Nxc4, so that White cannot take the pawn f3 after Rxh4.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Nice! Can you calculate one move further? :)

[@ThortheMerciless]

1...Nxc4 2.Qxc4 Rxh4. Best defence seems to be 3.Qf1 after which I couldn't find anything better than Rh6 with the idea Qh5 and Qh1# I think that White can only escape the mate by giving up his R for the pawn f3 after which Black has a large material advantage and still an attack.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Very good, thanks!

[@TruthSurge]

Also, are you from Finland? Your face and accent remind me of someone who might be from Finland.

[@journeytograndmaster]

For me Finland feels incredibly far way and super cold :)

[@MuhammadAlam-ne9cf]

thanks you for american accent 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@journeytograndmaster]

My pleasure :)

[@sylvainlandry7419]

Great lesson! I'm still trying to find the best moves at the end of the video...

[@journeytograndmaster]

Thanks! What's your idea?

[@sylvainlandry7419]

@@journeytograndmaster I found! 1...Nc4 2.Qxc4 (Now we keep f3) 2...Rxh4 3.Qf1 Rh6 4.any move Qh5 and ...Qh1#.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Great idea! Well done :)

[@patrickhein9470]

R2H4, since P@G3 is locked it isn't a threat. If K runs to F3 it will be mate R2H1? I also thought maybe p2B5 to attack pC4 and K hoping they didn't see the N.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Your notation is soooo difficult to read. But no, you haven't mentioned the right first move

[@sesham1883]

Rh4...and sac Rh1 then Qh5 and Qh3

[@journeytograndmaster]

No, they will just take on F3 :(

[@tominmo8865]

Love your true American accent! 😆

[@journeytograndmaster]

Thank you! :)

[@pringleking-vs9mn]

Best chess KZbinr

[@journeytograndmaster]

Wow, that's fantastic to hear, thanks! Could you please tell me what you like most so I could do more of it? :)

[@user-jd8vd1kj1w]

19/30

[@TruthSurge]

end question... is it to capture h4 with rook?

[@journeytograndmaster]

thanks for the try, but it's not! If you take on h4, I take on f3. What do you do then?

[@TruthSurge]

@@journeytograndmaster resign? hehe I have no idea.

[@TruthSurge]

@@journeytograndmaster ok, is it sacrifice the queen on g3 then push pawn to check king? I've watched so many chess vids and obviously my brain doesn't work well enough to know what is best.

[@journeytograndmaster]

That's a cool idea! But too early for that. You need to deflect white's queen first

[@TruthSurge]

@@journeytograndmaster Q to f4, threatening h3? forces white q to retreat to f1 to defend?

[@gnomely1]

An American accent is not an advantage. It is the content that is important. American commentators tend to speak too much rather than getting to the point.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Thanks! I try to do my best to make content as valuable as possible.

[@chrisboggs715]

Day 19

[@gregslaughter73]

Q g4

[@journeytograndmaster]

No :) Try again!

[@DeadRingerMachine]

It's highly likely this game is a draw.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Which game are you referring to?

[@DeadRingerMachine]

@@journeytograndmaster The final position you set up.

[@journeytograndmaster]

No way it's a draw! Black crushed in a few moves

[@DeadRingerMachine]

@@journeytograndmaster That depends completely on how well white plays. But the computer does read your initial position as significant advantage for black. I'm not going to argue it w you. I'm certainly not a better player than you. But I played this to a draw, using the moves you "liked" in the comments.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Well, Magnus was playing as white and lost in a few moves :) I have made a video with this game "End of classical chess". I like the comments to appreciate the effort not because it's necessarily the best moves