Under 1600 Rating? Watch This! [Tips to Improve in Chess]

Excellent explanation. Thanks for sharing

The worst is when you make a move, and then see the threat / blunder even before your opponent plays it 😭
Great vid as always!

How do you have enough time to avoid these moves, when the game you're playing is called bullet or lightning?

In classical, you can avoid by thinking more about each move. But how do you do that on Blitz games?

I am probably around a 60. 1600 coming up!

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Final puzzle Kd1, a lot of if's but I'm safe, the knight is under attack, and can attack the queen at any time

Igor this is excellent, like you read my mind. Thank you for this!

Answering the question at the end.
I’d play Kd1. Qf2 is safer. You lose castling right but there’s no attack without queen and the knight is still hanging but the game would be comes a bit boring with position like that. If I play Kd1 then after Bg4+ it looks scary with 3 piece near the king that got stuck in the center but I don’t see the attack being successful. First you can block check with Be2 and black have to take it because the knight is hanging and if it moves you take g7 potentially forking the bishop and rook. After bishop take you take back with the knight to prevent check and Nxf4 if it retreat to g6. Black have no more check and the knight is hanging so it moves to d7 with the intention to go Qf6 saving the rook (or to g6 with the intention to trap the queen after she takes the rook but I’m not sure if that would work). You’ll then take g7 and be up a pawn and you might be winning.

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thank you btw i learnd what is a blunder

i was gonna block with pawn but i realise its make things worse with knight fork so i selected moving the king is better

Ur lessons are very helpful. Thanks

Hey Igor. My response to the puzzle is g3 kicking the queen out to at least f6 otherwise I take it. After Black evacuates the Queen, I fxe5 winning the Knight. Black can recapture with the pawn then my turn to save my queen. The engine should have White slightly better at this point.

If we go pawn G3 we lose our Queen when enemy goes knight f3 so the best move is Queen f2

1600 rating and stuck in that rating what can I do

@Remote Chess Academy but how can i prevent myself after having an idea from grapping the stone and just move. This secret would improve my everywhere skilllevel not only in chessgames. How can i slow down? ( Maybe hide the mouse under a pillow? )

king to d1 seems the way to avoid mosing for what i saw cause no chekcs after as the queen may try g4 but i can block the check with my knight to e2 not sure what is the best defense, can you tell cause i saw a variation where i can exchange the queen but giving up a pawn

You know what’s funny? I can beat the 1500 (1400?) bot, yet I’m elo 880. Hm.

Kd1

G3 LETS BLACK PLAY NF3+, SO I WOULD PLAY KD1.

i think this is an important lesson, so now I rewatch it every week for a while:)

I just watched only one and continues watching all other videos 😮😮😮

Pass 1600 is way too easy. How to pass 2600 should be the theme!

6 days ago I reached 1600 now I reached 1700

Hi Igor can you maybe make a video about striking in center I really want to know what it does and for what it’s good for

"You're an alpha Male, superhero , the world is yours . Hooray" I had a good chuckle at that part.

I think I see the problem with your handwriting: you're using the wrong hand! ;- )

Another excellent episode.Iif anyone follows your advice seriously for sometime, he or she will improve for sure.

Thanks, this is very helpful!

Love your vids. It's not just your style - it's how your teaching is properly targeting what I'm interested in learning, not like a lot of other people's videos that are either drawn-out or dart all over the place. Thanks!

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I blundered that knight checkmate lol. As for the final position: obvious candidate was g3, but this fails to Nf3+ forking King and Queen, so I just sidesteped to d1, and Knight is still hanging. Though I still considered g3 and thought that maybe the Queen exchange could be playable, but on second glance it won't work lol.

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Igor you are the best...most practical down to earth advice yet applicable once you train yourself to do it...I feel you are teaching somehow the big analogy between chess and life...both require thinking deeply to progress :)

Bloody hell! I wish I had seen this video 10 years ago 🙂

I'm playing close to 1600 and you got me really good. I would've made almost all of the mistakes you've shown

How to avoid trading pieces by pieces in chess ?
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When grandmaster sacrifices a rook he will win the game when I sacrifice a rook I'll loose the game

is this for like people who are 1400-1500 trying to breach 1600 only

Answer to puzzle:

In response to ... Qh4 ch White must avoid playing 1. g3?? because of 1. ... Nf3 ch winning the queen. Instead, 1. Qf2 should give White a satisfactory game.

The first example is especially insidious, because it's very similar to the Giraffe Attack in the Vienna (1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Qg4), and in that variation 3. ... Nf6 is a very promising gambit that is considered by some (notably Al Horowitz) to favour Black after 4. Qxg7 Rg8 5. Qh6 Bxf2 ch (if 6. Kxf2?? then Black wins the queen with Ng4 ch), 6. Kd1 Rg6 7. Qh3 d5 etc. But trying to replicate this in the very similar Bishop's Opening leads to disaster.

Start by playing slow. Okay daily games and do lots of calculation for each move. Over time it becomes more automated and easier. Eventually always finding your opponent's best reply becomes force of habit. More important than finding your best move if finding the opponents

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The last example:

g3 looks natural, but Nf3+ ends the game by forking King and Queen.

Ke2 or Kd2 block in a bishop. It looks like Kd1 is best, planning to block Bg4+ with Be2.

G3

White queen to to c7