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Many chess players lose 90% of their games due to blunders. In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will share 4 practical tips/rules to help you eliminate blunders and improve your chess skills immediately.
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► Chapters
00:00 4 Tips To Avoid Blunders In Chess
00:10 Example-1
00:21 Tip-1
02:17 Example-2
03:29 Example-3 (Magnus Carlsen blunders)
04:35 Example-4
05:19 Tip-2
06:06 Example-5 (World Championship Match)
07:08 Example-6
07:30 Tip-3
09:07 Example-7
09:36 Tip-4
10:33 Example-8 (Quiz for you)
11:10 Question for you
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[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@leszekryniec7054]

Thanks for the video as a 1700(not joking)

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

Spoiler alert! Puzzle answer For the puzzle, I see Bxf7+. Black's only response is Kxf7, after which white plays Rf1+. Beside the useless imposition of the queen at f2, black's only move is Kg8. Next, white plays Rf8+. Again, black has only one move, Rxf8, then Qg7 is mate.

[@Palimoe90]

Hey Igor thanks for the video. I have a question what’s the best defense in your opinion against 1.d4

[@yogyasuri9348]

Puzzle answer is bishop takes f7 pawn then it's forced for king to capture as no square left then rook checks at f1(no castle as black queen covers g1) only square for king is g8 (another move can be black queen f2 but that will be a straight forward blunder ) after that rook f8 then final blow for checkmate queen to g7

[@facts3221]

bxf7 resulting in kxf7 rf1, resulting in kg8 and Qg7#

[@LT-kl4wu]

That blunder by Magnus is mind-blowing, irrespective of how much time he had. Plus that first example is dynamite. Thanks GM Smirnov.

[@ashbell2003]

Hi, Igor I just got back into chess and your videos really helped me understand chess better and if I may answer the puzzle it's 1.Bf7+ Kxf7 2.Rf1+ Kg8 3.Rf8+ Rxf8 4.Qg7# I'm sorry if I wrote it wrong, I'm not good with notation

[@ronfrancis6012]

It's a pleasure to see your notation amongst many verbal descriptions of the answer. The only inconsistency I can see is your first two moves should have been 1. Bxf7+ , Kxf7 But your notation was clear and easy to read.

[@mafulmamdikar532]

solution to the puzzle Bxf7+ Kxf7, Rf1+ Kg8, Rf8+ Rxf8, Qg7#

[@jimkyle8008]

In the puzzle, instead of resigning, White should have played 1. Bxf7+ Kxf7. 2. Rf1+ Kg8. 3. Rf8+ Rxf8 4. Qg7#.

[@Belvichy_Chibs]

Wow❤

[@dancu9271]

A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

I guess the idea of the puzzle is Bxf7+, notice that all other moves of black king are controlled by white's dark square bishop and black is forced to play Kxf7, but then white can play Rf1+ and black king must go back to g8 or to sacrifice the queen to delay one move. Then white can play Rf8+, since the rook is defended by the bishop, black king has no legal move and must take white rook with the rook, but then Qg7 is a checkmate

[@vovan8695]

Pretty cool. The black thought he stopped the obvious queen g7 checkmate threat when he pinned the queen. Little did he know. He still won though, cause white prematurely resigned.

[@chengalvalavenkata2401]

@@vovan8695 If you feel like resigning is "wise" wait 5 more moves. :)

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

One of the corollaries of rule 1 is something you’ve talked about in other videos: When your opponent is underdeveloped, open the position up. Even if you have to sacrifice something, it can usually be worth it.

[@sidorsky]

Playing now for almost 60 years, and this is the first I've heard of the mating pattern called 'Knight-mare!' Thanks for continuing to reveal new facets of this beautiful game!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@aariznadeem2211]

thank you for this video👍

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

👍

[@jetenglish6427]

Просто отлично, Игорь! Спасибо, Роман, София.

[@gstlynx]

Great teacher. Thanks

[@katis999]

Very nice, thank you.

[@robertmcqueen5122]

Such great practical tips!

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@brokenbackcoil3777]

Puzzle, bxf7+ kxf7 forced rf1+ kg8 Rf8+ rxf8 forced And QG7 mate.

[@fayskelley]

Thank you for the awesome chess gems!! 💎

[@dr.deepakgore1079]

Very nice tips given and illustrated through games,thanks GM Igor sir 🎉❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@e.e.-tv1683]

For the example, in tip-1, would it had been better for black to attack the knight on D5 with the dark square bishop? I know the bishop would have been captured by the pawn on D4.

[@harrygross77]

What was the evaluation in the Karpov game before the blunder?

[@user-cw2oo3ny5h]

Puzzle solution? Bishop f7 check, King must recapture. Then white rook f1 check. King must return to g8. Then rook f8 check. Rook on e8 must capture. Queen g7 checkmate

[@antomichael5489]

Most educative and very useful tips on chess strategies personally suggest to follow this channel...❤❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

🙌

[@alieninsectbass]

Example 2 is super interesting. There's a line for Black that goes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 c5, which is the Mafia Defense against the King's Gambit. However, this move can also come out of a Sicilian-1. e4 c5 2. f4 e5-basically transposing from a Sicilian to a King's Gambit. I've had many players be caught completely off guard, not thinking about it as a Sicilian turned into a King's Gambit-and because of that they would take and blunder Qh4. It's a neat little trap.

[@D_M4N8]

Tip 1 Do not open the position if your king is unsafe and underdeveloped Tip 2 If your opponent has taken over your side of the board, look for your opponent's plan/play to avoid blundering Tip 3 When there's an attack on the king, look for tactical blows Tip 4 Avoid hanging pieces

[@soumyadeepchakraborty3408]

Puzzle sol: Bd7 kf7 Rf1+ kg8 Rf8+ R×f8 Qg7#

[@TheSeraphim75]

Beautiful puzzle to end ❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@jingisnotokay]

can't castle because black queen covers g1, and Qg7 not allowed because white queen is pinned. 1)Bxf7+ Kxf7, then instead of castling, 2) Rf1+, Kg8, then 3) Rf8+, Rxf8 ti unpin white queen, 4) Qg7#.

[@christopherstokes9393]

Very timely video: I'd had a bad day of chess yesterday, and this certainly makes me feel better! As for the puzzle, 1. Bxf7+ looks very powerful. It forces 1...Kxf7, and then we have 2. Rf1+ Qf2+ 3. Rxf2+ Kg8 4. Rf8+ Rxf8 5. Qg7#.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 4 Tips To Avoid Blunders In Chess 00:10 Example-1 00:21 Tip-1 02:17 Example-2 03:29 Example-3 (Magnus Carlsen blunders) 04:35 Example-4 05:19 Tip-2 06:06 Example-5 (World Championship Match) 07:08 Example-6 07:30 Tip-3 09:07 Example-7 09:36 Tip-4 10:33 Example-8 (Quiz for you) 11:10 Question for you

[@yogyasuri9348]

Puzzle answer is bishop takes f7 pawn then it's forced for king to capture as no square left then rook checks at f1(no castle as black queen covers g1) only square for king is g8 (another move can be black queen f2 but that will be a straight forward blunder ) after that rook f8 then final blow for checkmate queen to g7

[@yogyasuri9348]

Make a video that how to find solutions in real games compared to puzzles where we are able to think but this is not the case with real games

[@R04drunner1]

1. Bxf7+ Kxf7 2. Rf1+ Kg8 3. Rf8+ Rxf8 4. Qg7# (If 2. ... Qf2 3. Rxf2+ and line continues) Black has no other legal alternatives.

[@82caadams]

Biggest blunders I can re-call making was first tournament after getting back into chess. I used the be 1200-1300 as a kid. I blundered back rank mate in one game, and blundered my queen in another. My opponent checked me, and I was so rusty I missed I could block with my Knight and blocked with my queen instead as thought that was the only move. Couldn't move the king and because it was trapped and couldn't capture the piece checking me. I'm around the 1500-1600 rating in Rapid now

[@Abishkarplayz-cheese-pg7ku]

I love videos like this

[@nobeerlion3991]

No rule on earth can make me stop blunder.

[@Autumn_IK]

Bxf7+ Kxf7; 0-0+ Kg8; Qg7++ (all movements are forced). My most common mistake is not to see my opponent's best response, sometimes I even notice that my opponent has more than one response to a check (for example) and I take for granted that the line I analyzed is forced (like the one in today's exercise) when in fact it is not...

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Quiz; Bxf7 Kxf7 Rf1 # Fifth simple rule - do't play against good players.

[@DanacChess]

Example 5 I remember from the woodpecker method easy section

[@bhagyashreesaraf7902]

Bxf7,kxf7,Rf1,king is forced to g8 then Rf8+,the rook on e8 is forced to take then white ends the game with Qg7#

[@MohammedAlRefae34]

Bxf7, Kxbf7, RF1 CHECK, Kg8, RF8, RXRF8, QG7 CHECKMATE

[@dexter1750]

Bishop to f7 King takes f7 rook to f1 it's a checkmate , is it correct sir? Please reply😢

[@fatroberto3012]

No. The king can still move back to g8 but then Qg7 is mate.

[@PuzzlesWala394]

Sir how much fee will take for chess study ??

[@guillaumeparadis6331]

Bishop take f7 check, king must take, rook f1 check, king g8 only move, rook f8 check , rook take f8 is forced unpinning the queen, queen g7 check mate. Wasn't that hard to solve but writing it down with the children yelling was a pain!😅😅

[@DebopriyoGuria]

1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Rf1+ Kg8 3.Rf8+ Rxf8 4.Qg7# Solution

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

There was an online game where my opponent (with white) tried to confuse me in a rapid (or blitz) by moving out the g and f pawns - I checkmated him with the Black Queen in just two moves! That said, we had another game straight after and Black still won... shhhhh... won't say anything about whether or not the colors were reversed in the second game!!!

[@haiyamaster]

Losing on time on a losing game

[@insectionkid663]

Puzzle solution:Bxf7 King takes f7 and smash the king with Rxf1! King returns to the g8 square And Rxf8 Sacrifices The ROOK!!!! Rook takes rook and the finishing move! Qxg7#

[@hroutojooovem7668]

Bxf7 followed by Rf1

[@walterbrownstone8017]

My worst blunder was playing the Bird: From's Gambit. Completely oblivious. 1. f4 e5 2. exd5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bg3# 0-1.

[@andrehbarakat2809]

Bxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+ Kg8 and now Rf8!! Sacrificing the roooook only move is Rxf8 unpinning the queen and Qg7#

[@aprimic]

Thanks, I started going down in rating and I forgot that it was because I stopped guarding my pieces

[@anemptychannel3484]

Bf7, Kf7, Rf1, Qf2, Rf2, Kg8, Rf8, Rf8, Qg7. Easy. Figured it out in 30 seconds.

[@andrewcheshire244]

Moderately helpful video. Points aren't very clear.

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sawetnysodziak5192]

BxF7, then RF1 check

[@billyrodriguez9499]

What wasn't answered in the puzzle solutions that I've seen in the comments, was Igor said how did white and black blunder. Now we know how white blundered, but how did Black blunder? The correct continuation is not the kingside rook to e8, it's The queenside rook to e8 and black achieves a winning position!!

[@David-ee1pi]

Bxf7+ still wins. I think black is lost.

[@kredit787]

This is the principle not to exchange or take if underdeveloped or down in material

[@Nihil_B]

Ty Igor. 😅

[@samiratilainen7390]

Puzzle solution: Bxf7+, Kxf7, Rf1+, Kg8, Rf8+, Rxf8, Qg7# Lets hope im right😄

[@Loveficriticthemost]

Why don't u put ⁉️ for every blunders movement?

[@user-ll2vf8im9n]

I think it's Bxf7+,Kxf7,Rf1+,Kg8,Rf8+,Rxf8,and Qg7#

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

I am not surprised that Carlsen is human and can make blunders on occasions. It is shocking to see it on such a simple position with only 5 pieces total on the board, and on a checkmate that everyone learns as a beginner. It does make me feel marginally better about my own, but I am still working hard to do a better job avoiding them. In the Korchnoi-Karpov situation, I missed the mating pattern, but I did spot a way to win the rook. Black first plays Nb3. White can't play to c1, d1, or e1 without immediate capture, so his options are Rb1 or Rf1. After either one, black plays Ned2, and the rook is lost. It's a winning move, but not the immediately winning move. "If you find a good move, look for a better one." (E. Lasker) In the following situation, I will pat myself on the back for seeing Qxg7+. I also saw Qe1+ in the following, but that was much easier to spot. As for the worst blunder I ever saw, I have to own up to my own from just two days ago. I had a completely winning position. I will even post the position here below. I was playing white. Stockfish had me up +34.9, and checkmate was clearly coming in the next few moves ... except that I made a blunder that resulted in my getting checkmated instead. I played Ra7 to keep the king pinned on the back rank, after which I was planning to bring the queen to the 7th rank to set up the mate. Unfortunately, I was completely overlooking that he could then play Qe1 mate. I did have a legitimate mating sequence, but it would take up to 14 moves to achieve (and didn't begin with the move recommended by Stockfish, BTW). Even when your position is great, watch out for your opponent's opportunities. (Well, if Magnus can screw up like that, I guess I can too.) FEN: 4r2k/8/7p/1P1QPp2/3P1P1q/1N6/1P4PP/R5K1 w - - 1 35

[@resop3]

White wins with the smashing 1.Bxf7+ Kxf7 2.Rf1+ Kg8 3.Rf8+ ! Rxf8 4.Qg7#

[@elasmojones]

Can it be 90% when I lose via clock 20% of the time?

[@godwishnyambuya9737]

Solution Bxf7 king forced then Rf+ kg8 forced then Rf8+ forcing RxR and Qg7#

[@Lechesss]

Bf7+ king forced to take then Rf1+ Kg8 , Rf8+ Rook forced to take unpinning the queen and king then Qg7#

[@user-vh3ob9rz6d]

Bishop f7 check, king must recapture beacuse White's queen and dark square Bishop, short castle with check, king must go on g8, because we no longer have pin beacuse of castle so, queen g7 check mate,

[@Octoschizare]

Wow, sucks to instantly resign way too carelessly and then later find out that you had a guaranteed checkmate where every opponent move is forced. (the quiz) And especially one that even a peasant like me can calculate.

[@realmehuhn9437]

My worst blunder was against a bot. I lost to the scholar's checkmate by none but Martin, the legend himself XD

[@zhadebarnet3773]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I feel you! I‘m also one of those rare talents who managed to lose again Martin 😅

[@andrewcheshire244]

Bf7 + ....Rf1 check mate

[@silent_user.]

‎

[@lolobuggah2670]

It’s amazing Magnus would make that mistake. Maybe i can be a GM too! 😂

[@valvennis]

Bxf7+..

[@leoatns]

Bxf7 Kxf7 Rf1 Kg8 Rf8 Rxf8 Qg7 checkmate

[@Aaroncosand]

Bxf7, kxf7, rf1

[@gabrielfernandezmendiguchi5768]

❤❤❤❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@robertpease9834]

Great examples. RxF7, KxB, O-O, KG8, QG7 mate.

[@wildanhilmyramadhan4842]

Start with sac bishop Bxf7, Rf1+, Rf8+, then finish with Qg7#. All these moves are forced

[@onurkaya8536]

Bxf7

[@ramilendrina]

bf7+,rf1+rf8+ and qg7+ MATE

[@hsalleyfortes3319]

Bxf7 Kxf7: Rf1+: Kg8 : Rf8+ Rxf8 : Qg7#.

[@1975taopaypay]

Bxf7+

[@smitapandya9051]

Solution of puzzle: 1)Bxf7+ Kxf7 is forced,2) o-o + Kg8,3)Qg7#

[@yogyasuri9348]

Can't castle black queen covers g1

[@op3staan4]

Your idea Is close bxf7 the king is force to take the bisschop rook go to f1 king needs go back than you sacrifice the ROOK on f8 is protected by bisschop the rook need to take it is mate have the queen go to g7

[@user-vk2rm3rb4c]

hi🎉🎉

[@alcoolbc]

Man, I hope these work...

[@shubhamkumarmajhi8943]

One hour early🎉 👇

[@shaikhulislam8741]

Bxf7+ Kxf7 Rf1+ Kg8 Rf8+ Rxf8 Qg7#

[@jimlang7461]

You know the puzzle is easy when even I can solve it.

[@Drew0Ranger]

So, the trick to not blunder is to not blunder? Blunderful!

[@shilohbarasher1112]

Bxf7+, Rf1+, Rf8+, Qg7#

[@xagameplay]

Qg7 #CHECKMATE#

[@eclecticmusic123]

not his move

[@woman178]

😂😂😂😂

[@mschoenen]

BxF7# KxF7 O-O# KG8 QG7 checkmate

[@ronfrancis6012]

Nearly, but white cannot castle.

[@cikonianiggra1415]

After Bxf7+ and O-O the white is winner. In the case of black in the position with the R on f8 - the game for black is lost - I don´t see any move saving his game. Sorry - incorectly, instead of O-O, what is imposible - see the answer on the answer no my commentary - Rf1 is the solution.

[@ronfrancis6012]

Close, but white cannot castle.

[@cikonianiggra1415]

@@ronfrancis6012 Sorry, so Rf1+ and next move check-mate.