This Golden Rule Will Prevent 50% of Your Chess Mistakes

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00:00 Simple Chess Rule To Prevent Mistakes/Blunders
00:07 Example-1
02:04 GOLDEN CHESS RULE (Right way of thinking)
03:54 Example-2
05:46 To take is a mistake
07:30 Example-3
08:38 Neutralize opponent's piece on your half of the board
10:55 To take is good IF...

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[dominathor]

The "Hold my beer!" joke 🤣 I took that personally!

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 Simple Chess Rule To Prevent Mistakes/Blunders
00:07 Example-1
02:04 GOLDEN CHESS RULE (Right way of thinking)
03:54 Example-2
05:46 To take is a mistake
07:30 Example-3
08:38 Neutralize opponent's piece on your half of the board
10:55 To take is good IF...

[eclecticexplorer]

My thinking on the initial position is that black had this nice pawn chain that was keeping the dark-square bishop at bay (among other advantages), but with the knight having access to e4, it would attack the d6 pawn and potentially come to g5 if the queen moves away of if b5 is supported in some way, so the knight was clearly the more dangerous piece. That told me that Rxc3 was likely to be a better choice than fxe3.

"Hold my beer!" LMAO!

[stevemotocrayz]

Thanks once again, Igor..for succinct, direct instruction 👍.

[AlphaSoti]

happy fathers day GM IGOR SMIRNOV wish you a blessed day

[georgemacdonald]

Awesome lessons!!!! I use several of your video techniques to win games, thanks a million! This tip is fantastic advice!

[ObediahThomas]

thank you for explaining clearly "to take is a mistake" . I've used that rule but without the confidence of knowing why.
Thank you

[THE_REACH]

Literally won the next game after I followed these techniques. Definitely wanting to buy the course now…. Thanks GM Smirnov!

[ReflectionOcean]

By YouSum Live

00:00:00 Prevent chess mistakes with the golden rule.
00:00:54 Black's blunder leads to back rank checkmate.
00:01:26 Guard the rook to avoid knight fork tactics.
00:01:48 Strategic moves to counter opponent's threats.
00:02:00 Importance of thinking ahead to avoid blunders.
00:05:50 Taking without advantage worsens position.
00:07:31 Neutralize opponent's piece on your territory.
00:10:41 Push opponent's pieces back for control.
00:11:30 Avoid unprovoked exchanges to maintain advantage.

By YouSum Live

[kurtissjacobs]

A simpler explanation for us C players: If you can take one piece and keep another opposing piece hanging to a pawn, then do so. Now your opponent's choice is to retake your piece or save his other piece. Situation was different here because Black was only retaking a piece so material was even, but it arises so often in amateur play that it's a principle to keep in mind: capture with your pawn NEXT move, capture with your piece THIS move (especially if your piece is under attack).

[prujohn]

What a classy thing to do to offer a nice special during Father's day. Happy Father's day to you as well Igor!

[valerioharvey]

thank you very much igor, you are the best chess coach in youtube and i can play better now because of you

[EarthSurferUSA]

0:15 "And these are the 2 options to chose from." Nope. I am advancing the pawn to F3 to open up his castle, instead of his rook. (hope to get my knight on H4 and maybe sacrifice it to open up his castle, --while I still have some power pieces.
I know watching vids can help my game, but they don't seem to do as good of a job as me playing my computer games. Maybe that is because, I am doing the thinking, and getting better at it? As soon as they castle, (the sooner the better), the more I can concentrate my attack on one corner of the board. IMO, neither the white knight or bishop can bother me much at this point, (2-3 moves later maybe, very possible). He is going to be busy defending his castle most likely. I just play computer games and am not rated. I would like to play a few games with you to see where I stand in real life. :) Doug in Michigan

[blinkvideo]

I just love these videos. I always get into trouble in the middle game. And I really need to work on seeing the whole board, instead of focusing on my brilliant attack.

[rob_wish]

You are a superb communicator, Igor. Thank you for your clear advice. 🍻

[michaelmorris]

@10:29 - Best is b5 hitting the bishop. The lines that follow are very hard for both sides.

[kevinespina]

Do you have an algorithm to find the best move in chess?

Something like: (1) nutralized your opponents advances/active piece (2) consider foward moves that are forcing such as checks, captures, threats, (3) improve/activate your worst piece (4) calculate your opponents response with these same three steps

Am I missing anything? also, is there a simple acronym to remember all of this when Im playing chess?

[brinklebros]

Im new to chess and i really agree with the to take is a mistake rule I never really thought about this. as a new guy my main objective in the early and even mid it to trade or take pieces, I usually find that check mate is too far out from focusing on. Im definitely trying out new techniques to set up check mate now at more risky costs.

[yakovhadash]

in the last situation, i like to take w/ the knight to draw out the queen because then you have your opponent's queen floating around the board where it can be bullied by your pieces and eventually make a blunder

[Emiridian]

I am definitely a low level player, but can someone explain why Qf5 is not a better move in the “to take is a mistake” section? It would stop Ng6 which forks the bishop and rook, whereas Qe6 lets it go through. I don’t understand!