Chess Strategy: The Tactical Geometry of the Chess Board!

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[@robertreid2931]

Good video except for when you stopped moving the pieces to match your narration. You started going too fast in calling out positions and it became difficult to follow along. Most of us that would benefit from this video just can't think that fast when hearing chess notation rattled off like that without the visual aid.

[@dreamnade]

It's good practice to visualize. It'll probably hurt your head at first, but just really force yourself to do it! You'll get better I promise

[@michalbotor]

@@dreamnade i agree. it's difficult at first. but if you stick to it it will become your second nature.

[@arunsatyarth9097]

the title is wrongly named. i was hoping to learn the various geomatarical tricks hidden in the chessboard

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

The geometry of white's active pieces is important. So is determining the vulnerability of black's most valuable pieces. Namely, the hanging queen and unprotected king.

[@neilsmith4464]

I agree that the title is misleading. This video is basically an analysis of one particular game. Doesn't fit the theme of the playlist in my opinion. And the presentation was poor.

[@hotdogboy23]

you could do with showing the moves your rapidly going through, its hard to keep up when you are learning e.g. 12:23 to 12:48

[@antonsebastian6484]

I am a really aggressive and tactical chess player. I sadly admit I would have never thought rook takes pawn on d6 was the best move because I would have thought there was going to be a line for black where he would be up through any of the possible lines. I personally prefer sacrificing pieces for positional play because the opposing player is more likely to take and you can decide what you are going to do based on how black defends. I played this in one of my games where I took the h1 pawn with my bishop while my opponent took since he was castled on the king side opening him up. That eventually led to checkmate even though he was up in material and that is what makes chess so fun.

[@lepredator189]

Anton Sebastian, saying you are an aggressive tactical player really reveals that you're a weak player.

[@RealityCheck6T9]

That's very tacky flashing up ads for the site while we're trying to listen to a serious analysis

[@cndbrn7975]

That is one of the best tactical mates ever. What calculation by Korchnoi! And you were spot on how he found the winning line, blacks undefended Queen. Thanks for the video and analysis.

[@atomnous]

The question is how to work this out without running out of time

[@tdekoekkoek]

you say that none of the other moves other than Qd2 lead to anything. This is not true. White gets a strong attack after Nb5+ which should be evaluated. Some lines lead to mate, although it would need thorough calculation to see if that plan works. And don't forget that even winning the queen, black gets a Rook and a Night as compensation, so Nb5 might be a stronger options

[@meteor109]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful. Much easier to follow a line by watching the pieces move, instead of listening to a rapid-fire string of notations.

[@johnnyweepingwillow]

I remember that on the NES! For me, that was closer to 20 years ago, but that was definitely a part of my childhood

[@atheistmetal1]

great- thank you for teaching me. i wish i had a "chess mate" that is a born chess master. Remember about 29 years ago, playin' the original "battle chess"? that was fun!!!

[@odlak]

Very instructive! Suggestion: at 12:15 on studying options after Qc5+ that would be nice to 'see' the options (Kb6 or Kc7) on the board. Not always easy to follow only verbally

[@GODSBODY]

There are always different ways in any situation, but that was a great move!

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

Another key observation Korchnoi made the ability to use knight on f to check the king on c6 and e6. He certainly determined this key factor before sacking the rook. One way to think of this problem is that there were four active pieces, a vulnerable king, and a hanging queen.

[@piebsa6597]

2:52 I'd take my queen to d3 so if he tries to take my night I have protection. But also, in my next move I can take d6 with my queen, and if the black king decides to take my queen, I have my tower that makes checkmate (resulting that the black king is unable to take my queen)

[@ARP2wefightforyou]

lol

[@kellywilliams4841]

"If you can capture a pawn without recapture that's great and you're going to win the game" I died X'D

[@Everestman161]

I would've still made my first move as queens knight to D5. Why?? Because the lane that is open for blacks Q is open to move to D2 to place white in Check, but your not trading pieces especially with loosing your Rook. As you showed there are many different ways to move, but I would like to see this first move that I suggested played out full to see why it wasn't considered the best move. Great instructions thou and nice video.

[@jameshilger1818]

At around the 5:00 mark. Queen to D2 then knight to D5 check is the move. Queen takes Queen.

[@matzleeach]

Good overall video. When looking for good moves, first you must look at your opponents plans and moves first, before considering your own moves. Also maybe in future videos of this nature to add both side King safety, pieces mobility/activity/time, pawn structure, space advantage and force (material in pacific location) to search for the imbalances in the position. You vaguely pointed out undefended pieces "Black Queen," but didn't touch on scanning the board for undefended pieces. Often beginners chess players have no clue how to evaluated a position to find such good tactical moves. In my opinion, if those concepts are taught, solving positions or find such moves become much easier.

[@KA1blow]

In fact at 10:57 Qd2 is best move this move immidiately wins the black queen.. after Qd2 there's no way of black's queen escaping.. for example.. iof Qa4 then we know that we can take it with knight if Qb6 or Qa6 then we capture with the rook.. if Qc7 then Nd5 forks the king and the queen.. if Qd8 we take with the rook. If he decide to stay there then Nd5 discover attack to queen and check to king.. the only best move for black is immidiately after Qd2 to play something like Kf8 and then would be no discover attack to queen with check on king because Nd5 isn't check.. but most probably if our opponent isn't aware of this threat then he would fail.

[@ibpme]

You forgot a bunch of things like Bishop to h6 Pinning down the queen, but IDK mabye knight can block the pin ...

[@gaabinubatrafinulifilit122]

At 8:30 : Are Qb6 or Qc7 such good moves to defend the Queen ? You have the threat Nd5+ and capture of the Queen - if you can get rid of black Knight at f6. Wouldn't Qd8 be the best here ?

[@garyplummer3305]

Queen D3 seems like an option...will get the bishop in the action too on the pawn

[@novzki]

now that is a TWO KNIGHT checkmate!! thank you for the video FM Kavutskiy!

[@OregonMikeH]

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[@nich3683]

Black actually has 34 legal moves at 10:16

[@MikeHunt-ey1uj]

Actually 37 moves

[@nich3683]

Mike Hunt Actually on a recount, I believe it's 38 moves. Perhaps you forgot Kxd6? :)

[@ChessJourneyman]

@@nich3683 No, since the question was how many OTHER legal moves black had

[@Draagrush]

Great video! Very well explained!

[@renecardona4203]

white queen to f5, black pawn would move to h6, white knight to d5.

[@calaphasto]

Awesome video, and insightful. Thank you.

[@jeffgreen3376]

I seriously looked at 1. Rxd6, but couldn't see it through to checkmate. I also saw black replying with Ng4, followed by Bh6, winning my queen. 2. Qg5 Bf6 scared me off too. I also looked at 1. Qd2, but black can just play Rd8 or Qc7. I did not connect the two moves (1. Rxd6 and 2. Qd2ch) and figure out the winning combo though. That was a Master level sacrifice. My tactics and board memory just aren't that good yet, to visualize all of the possible variations in my head. Like you said, the king didn't have to take the rook. That just left too many possibilities to warrant taking the risk.

[@Knightlife07]

great vid man!

[@tubewatcher38]

Good video & important concepts. Toward the end he could have shown the moves in the different lines instead of just saying them.

[@carlosalexissarabiamelgare1525]

Why do we asume the black king will take the rook? What if he goes backwards diagonally?

[@1keerrolf]

In the start why didn't black do knight G4 instead of queen A5? If i'm not mistaking it follows that king D2 or D3, knight takes pawn on F2 and he can exchange knight for rook.

[@jesusislord5065]

Hi

[@Vitorpaulo3]

Lovely moves! Thanks!

[@jonwill]

Very enjoyable; thank you.

[@motionknight]

why not instead of queen d2, knight to b5 check, shielding the c5 pawn from its defender (black queen) now the white queen can take the c5 pawn and bring in the other knight taking pawn on e5. Black is lost now.

[@tommyhill34]

Very informative video FM Kostya Kavutsky. The awesome beauty of one of the world's premier players is inspirational and your ability to clearly explain the logic of play inspires me to free up my thinking and look for more elegant ways to play the game.

[@tacotime243]

9:34 why not Nd5 for black

[@jattrider63]

How about this ? R*d6 K*d6 Qd2+ Nd5 (Counter sacrifies and in turn saves the queen and wins the exchange ???? Please reply with your answer

[@capitalofchess3043]

prabhsimran singh Cheema After Rxd6 Kxd6 Qd2+ Nd5, Nb5+ wins the Queen.

[@MelbourneChessClub]

Awesome lecture:)

[@henson2k]

That's cool indeed but why not Nb5 instead of Qd2? IMHO it's more straight forward

[@tanmoyd]

Hello, Can you please tell me which software you used to make this video? I want to know the software used for the board and the moves and also the software to record the moves and your voice. Thanks a lot!

[@TheOneNextToYa]

How about king E7?

[@abdoali51]

What about queen d2 knight d5

[@stevensallaz3772]

queen tO G5 THEN KNIGHT TO C5 OR D 5 CHECK THE KNIGHT IS PINED

[@gigagerard]

missed: Rxd6, Ng4, Qd2, Bh6 so Qg5 check is forced (and winning)

[@jamarimcfarlane4844]

I would move the Queen behind the horse and then spring onto the king

[@frankenscience3553]

can you work all that out in your head without a board and pieces?

[@lepredator189]

Yep, it's normal stuff for master level players. Korchnoi definitely did it here before he played Rxd6.

[@lalla1055]

mind blown great man ur good

[@WonderTechie]

It could have been even nice if you just show up what you speaking @12:38 Qd5 following moves. Some of em may not follow...

[@thomassaurus]

8:56 it doesn't force the king to do anything.

[@dreamnade]

Keep watching he examines the other options

[@rama4913]

This is the explanation of thoughts about one tactical play, not strategy. Strategy is your game plan for the middle game.

[@kamtag8787]

I don't get it. Couldn't you have played Qd2 first, THEN placed the knight on d5 to have a discovered attack on the black queen while checking the king?

[@milena6009]

Kam Tag black would be winning time if you play qd2 first. So, qd2, qd8, you use a forcing move Nd5 check, black places his king Kf8 and you cant stand more, cus both your queen and rook are blocked by your knight, you cant attack black pawn in d file and black queen is defending d file because of your first move that made that possible

[@MDSP777]

OMG I immediately saw Rxd6+.... wow I'm improving!

[@AlamBarzakh99]

How often do you see the king stuck in the middle.

[@brainiacuniverse6424]

Can't black just block the queen check with his knight and force a trade? Then potentially trade queen? Am I missing something?

[@mykeydrive]

If you gave me a hundred years to work on that problem, I never would have sacrificed the rook, and that is why I will probably never be a great chess player...

[@gattidurgaprasad1615]

+mykeydrive after seeing this video.. you will do it next time in the similar position.. So you can become a great chess player :D

[@goodprince5327]

if it works that way I ll probably was top ten in the world

[@grandpahiggins]

mykeydrive chess is easy it's just dragging tempos and forks really easy

[@codesymphony]

now I sacrifice my rook all the time just in case

[@grandpahiggins]

symphony only do it necessary bro

[@asuben27]

I enjoyed this

[@andrewdanis5067]

why not knight d5, kinght takes knight, rook takes knight, queen check and rook takes d6, you get a frontal assault teaming the rook and queen

[@koenpalstermans9180]

very nice moves. The title of the video isn't so well chosen though

[@finishNIKO]

ye,i only play with friends i dont like competitive playing

[@Apapilootoe]

finally i know what is candidate moves. :P

[@iScoptix]

If I was black and you took my pawn with rook is answer with taking knight with queen checking white king. Then work from there with moves like taking rook next or destroying your pawns with queen behind your lines :p. Get back with me on your opinion on that.

[@fourtime7]

Who were the players?

[@lohitgeddam7250]

I think this is a really good video but I don’t understand how much it would have to get there for the website please let me know when your ready but don’t worry I think your videos are awesome.

[@frankenscience3553]

why not knight to b5 for white? after king takes rook?

[@cbucur]

Poster (who) is lazy not to move the pieces on the board like I saw on other videos.

[@shwetankdhyani5978]

Queen g5 is the winning move.

[@HaveYouSeenMyGardens]

Is it just me or did he mess up the notation on at least 3 or 4 of those potential moves???

[@MrDanielfff777]

Sick

[@ashi373]

Tal would find in under a minute!!

[@dominicwalsh3888]

Rxd6 Qc7

[@dreamnade]

Nd5

[@sirinongorur8654]

I cant see why that move is winning?? And knight g4 is a terrible move. Much better is knight d5

[@Padraic54]

If I sacrificed my rook for a greater position I'd get crushed. And I can't do any of these calculations.

[@Padraic54]

I've gotten better since I made this comment. I didn't fully appreciate position tempo and initiative.

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

What's your rating?

[@sherribartz8290]

go your move . y you having such a damn hard time? what is it w you ?

[@ciaojeffitalia]

Annoying ads during Video.

[@iScoptix]

Never mind that was stupid lol.

[@TheChio116]

Wow!! 😳

[@cana123uruguay2]

i found the winning move in 20 seconds am i a tactical genius ?

[@InfiniteUniverse88]

Was your analysis as through as in the video, or did you just go with your gut?

[@BenjoCovers]

this is waaaay to risky. this is basically how i throw the game if im white lol

[@sirinongorur8654]

braindamage.. knight d5 works of course not :P

[@jandmi1357]

나 편돌이하는데 너무심심해서 총알티비깔았다가 걍 문닫아놓고 총알티비만봤음 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@Malikalihamza258]

총알티비분들 뭐시 이리이쁘다냐...진짜 넘사벽이다 이분들은

[@barryoneill1703]

Can't deal with that voice.

[@jimbonguyen]

Good introductory chess concepts, poor delivery. This 14-minute video could've been done in half the time, 10 minutes at most. Also, there are good visuals but there are a number of times that the audience is asked/forced to "follow along" to the verbal move sequence. Is this radio or isn't it video? Show, don't tell. Don't ask us to follow along; use the tool in front of you to show us. Narrator's vocal tones are a bit dry and uncompelling. Look around at some of the better chess videos out there: good narrators will get to the point, show the moves, express enthusiasm, get on with the day, in 10 minutes or less. Other than that, this is not a terrible video but I expect better from Chess.com. Overall grade: C-

[@حقائقووقائع-ف2ك]

나 편돌이하는데 너무심심해서 총알티비깔았다가 걍 문닫아놓고 총알티비만봤음 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@animalsandmemes9498]

총알티비분들 뭐시 이리이쁘다냐...진짜 넘사벽이다 이분들은