2 Chess Rules To Reach 2000 ELO Rating

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov teaches the 2 important ideas (chess rules) that will improve your rating drastically and help you reach 2000 Elo rating and beyond in no time.

The main problem with most chess players is that they start learning some ideas in chess, they make some progress, and reach a rating between 1400-1800. But after that certain level, they can't progress any further and are stuck at that rating level. Their ratings go up and down a little bit, but they remain in that level.

Recently, GM Smirnov has been analyzing the results and the progress of the RCA students who increased their ratings drastically, and he found that these 2 ideas helped them make a breakthrough in their chess progress.

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00:00 2 Ideas to Double Your Chess Rating
00:26 Stuck at 1400-1800 Rating? How to progress?
01:04 Pursuing an idea and wishing it works
03:21 1) How to go forward & attack the opponent
04:15 2) Golden Rule of Attack in Chess
05:39 Example-2
08:00 Secret to reach 2000 chess rating
10:02 Can you find the winning move?

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[tamurhaq]

I’ve never seen a GM more understanding of how beginners think than Igor. All of his content is excellent.

[josephsalmonte]

This had better not be clickbait Igor. If I'm not 2000 Elo by tomorrow then I'm complaining. Only 1000 Elo to go 🤣 Puzzle answer: Qf7, Qf8, Rf8.

[kollidontagasi]

the puzzle solution is one of the typical themes of backrank puzzles, first you give a check with the queen to push the king to A1, then you sac the queen and mate with the lined up rook.

[zerofcksgiven]

In the last Puzzle:

1. Queen to F7 for Check : King has to move over to the corner
2. Queen To F8 for Check: Rook must take
3. Rook to F8 for Mate

[sevoo]

So what I understood :
1. Don't head down to a strat and keep being open minded and adaptative
2. Always check for counter attacks instead of backing ("attack is the best defense" Anonymous)

from another of your videos :
3. Trade for trade is a bad move, trade must be relevant in a way
4. Try adding the one more threat before performing your plan ("the straw that broke the camel's back" Anonymous)

And I will add some more for beginners :
5. Rethink every good idea in case you would be missing a better one
6. Don't let you being intimidated by a menacing move, as your emotional will gain the upper hand over your intellect, stay focus and unaffected

[wandregisel]

This video was actually really useful to realize a weakness in my games. I tend to fixate on the first idea that catches my fancy, and try to force it through, rather than subordinating my thought process to the objective requirements of the position. This is, as he mentions in the video, largely a question of mindset. Possibly, I've reinforced my own lazy approach through pretty much only playing blitz for the last number of years. I'm actually already basically a 2000 player (peak 2384 online) and I feel just shifting my mindset like he says can help me to get much stronger. Thanks for this video!

[Jonathan-buiv]

That first example is such a good teaching experience. I obviously found that checkmate and wanted to make it happen. I looked at other options - but just removing that knight with my knight seemed so easy. I thought I was being smart, but I walked right into your trap.

[manfromxx]

1. Always be on the lookout for other attacking ideas.
2. Evaluate objectively and don't give up if the main idea is defended

[marinoprosen]

Really good teacher. I have seen some of nakamura's videos and carlsen's videos but they are talking like the all of their viewers are GMs. Igor really understands how beginners would play such positions and he is really trying to make all of us understand what is going on

[genizm]

Qf7+, Kh8, Qf8+, Rxf8, Rf8#

Great video! Good pointers on looking for forcing moves and pressing forward despite the opponent's pressure on your attacking pieces

[hughesd]

I actually eventually saw the move Rd8 for white, but I missed the follow-up move of Qe7 (after Qf7+, Kg8), attacking the rook and threatening the fork. Also saw the knight trade, ruining black's pawn structure and half opening the h file. Pretty proud of myself.

For the puzzle: Qf7+ Kh8 Qf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#

[rasmus]

I just got my fide rating having completed my second ever tournament. Landed on 1646 which is decent but I strive much higher.

This is the first time ever seeing your videos and I am tomorrow buying your course. You have an excellent way of teaching which is far, far, far from other people I've seen.

Looking forward to it!

[georgiamay]

Qf7+ ..grateful to see this .. Using a daily combination tester has allowed me to learn just how blind I am in chess sense. Consistent weakness in lateral vision of the board .. failing to use in-between moves .. not able to see deflecting a defender .. using interference ..etc .. I'm and elder now, , and wished that I had these tools when I was young about 55 years ago. I briefly looked at Rg3 and discarded it because I was sooo hungry to checkmate on either b7 or a8. Blind blind blind.

[AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging]

The challenge I have is that I lack patience. I play a lot of correspondence chess and I often feel like I have to make all my moves almost like I’m clearing my inbox of emails. So instead of thinking about my opponents plan, engaging more of my pieces, or looking for better attacking chances / ideas, I find myself stuck in losing positions and onlyTHEN do I really start to think critically but by then it’s too late ! Chess is a wonderful teacher of patience focus and discipline in mindset

[tomekjaniczek]

I indeed would try to make Nf5 work… after the video I immediately lunched a chess site and played one of the best games of my life! Magic. Thank you so much for sharing this

[j_m_b_]

Love your videos! For me, Chess is a hobby. My top ELO rating plateaued around ~1650. At some point a chess player has to make a decision on how much time they want to devote to the game. I don't think most casual players will approach 2000 ELO without serious study and a large time commitment to the game to study various lines, etc. It's perfectly find to be a casual player of chess and end up with an ELO between 1200-1800. If you do get up near ~1800 ELO, you will be able to beat most other casual players of chess. But getting to 2000 or higher is going to take a serious time commitment in learning opening lines, endgame theory, etc. -- that is time you would have to pull away from other things.

Just keep that in mind if you play chess and feel frustrated. Its perfectly fine to end up in the casual player's ELO range and never get higher -- some people just don't have the time investment necessary to break through to higher ELO ranges.

I remember a long time ago when I was in high school playing football and asked my coach how I could get better. My coach said, "run faster, anticipate further ahead, but most importantly, practice!" -- Sometimes you just can't run any faster or look further ahead until you spend a lot of time practicing to either increase your core strength or train your mind to see patterns and outcomes much further down the road that it currently can see. That's a lot like chess -- eventually the way you see the game just fundamentally changes and you punch through to a higher ELO range.

I will never give an IM or GM a challenging game but I have played IMs and GMs that were nice enough to ask me, "Why did you just do that?" when I made a blunder, etc.

Every move you make in a game of chess could be a decent move and yet you will still lose. That doesn't mean you played poorly, just that the other person played much stronger than you. If I could give one piece of advice to lower ranked ELO players, I would say to play online games via chess.com or other sites such that you can play an entire game without making a blunder move. Just try to play consistently without making a blunder and your chess game ELO ranking should move to somewhere between 1450-1800 ELO.

Once you get up near 1800 ELO and can play consistently, in order to get to the next higher range of 1850-2200 ELO, you will need to practice, practice and practice more and be able to visualize the patterns much further out.

[GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters

00:00 2 Ideas to Double Your Chess Rating
00:26 Stuck at 1400-1800 Rating? How to progress?
01:04 Pursuing an idea and wishing it works
03:21 1) How to go forward & attack the opponent
04:15 2) Golden Rule of Attack in Chess
05:39 Example-2
08:00 Secret to reach 2000 chess rating
10:02 Can you find the winning move?

[yooneunhyesarang]

You are always a good teacher, Mr. GM Igor.

[Garmen]

Daily puzzle:





Queen f7 check to king king goes to h8 queen to f8 blacks rook takes queen and whites rook on f1 takes blacks rook checkmate.

A pretty simple one :)

[MrBonified]

Qf7+. I think I've seen this theme dozens of times in puzzles (always comes up in Puzzle Rush) and once in a game :)