2 Chess RULES To Think Like A Grandmaster

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"Don't challenge Carlsen when he is drunk" noted rule to becoming a GM

1. Avoid unnecessary exchanges that may benefit the opponent (timestamp: 0:36). 2. Maintain pressure and look for ways to improve your own position (timestamp: 1:16). 3. Consider offensive moves that create threats and gain tempo, rather than defensive moves (timestamp: 7:38). 4. Execute your own plan and attack whenever possible, only defending when absolutely necessary (timestamp: 11:17).

Solution to the excercise: 1. Qh6 Qf8 (to prevent mate on g7) 2. Qxh7+ Kxh7 3. hxg6+ Kxg6 4.Be4#

Igor you are an awesome teacher, the way you explain is simple, logic, everything makes total sense. I improved my chess skills massively by watching your videos, thank you!

1. Qh6 - Qf8 (Black is Forced) 2. Qxh7+ - Kxh7 (Forced Queen Sac) 3. hxg6+ - Kxg6 (Double Check) (Black avoids Rh8# but...) 4. Be4#

Hi Igor, a bit of a side note here: the graph in the thumbnail says the exact opposite of what you want to convey. Currently, it says that the person marked 'you' is going to be the exact average person (which is of course not what you intended lol). For the desired result, place the person marked 'you' at the right end of the graph. Don't mind, I'm just into some nerdy stuff I guess😅

I am loving your videos that really guide us into having the right mindset and thinking skills for chess games. Very easy to follow because of the impressive teaching skills!

3:38 "Two amateur players rated around 1700". I felt that one.

Excellent! Thanks Igor. You are one of the best chess teachers I have ever seen!

The "Igor nation" part always cracks me up 😂 great lesson, thanks 🙏

Coach, I just found your channel about 2 days ago. Just bought your 2000 bundle yesterday. You’re helping me so much to understand my frustrations on playing good chess consistently! Thanks!

I love you Igor you give me hope that I can one day be a grandmaster. all your videos do, not just this one. keep being amazing

This is one of your best videos. Excellent stuff mate

► Chapters 00:00 2 Chess Rules To Reach 2000 ELO 00:37 Example-1 01:13 1st Rule 03:36 Example-2 03:53 Meaningful exchange & Unfavourable exchange 07:24 Example-3 08:00 2nd Rule 11:03 Example-4: Piket vs Kasparov 11:44 Extension of the 2nd rule 14:18 Kasparov's brilliant move 15:30 Quiz: Can you find Fischer's move?

Your videos are so simple and well explained, thanks for the content you are providing. GG❤

Thanks Igor, you are the best. I really improved my chess skills by not less than 400 elo, since I started following you 6 months ago. Your contents are so special❤

I know what you meant by the thumbnail, but from a statistical perspective, what the point on the bell curve indicates is better than 50 percent. Better than 95 percent would be pretty low hight on the right tail of the bell curve.

When I first began playing at tournaments one rule I followed was keep pieces on. I'd noticed that GM always seemed to have a lot of pieces on the board without really understanding why. Igor's rule makes it clear that exchanging without any reason simply helps your opponent. This becomes obvious when under attack and you grab something opening you up to further attacks. An example from one of my games goes 1.e4 c5 2.f4 d5 3.e5 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bb5 Qb6 6.a4 e6 7.Nh4? Nh6 8.Nxf5 Nxf5 9.c3 c4! 10.d3 a6 11.Bxc6+ Qxc6 12.g4?? d4! 13.Rg1 Ne3!? 14.Bxe3 dxe3 15.Qe2? here White should have played 15.d4 keeping the position closed but instead I rip open Whites position with 15...cd 16.Qxd3 Rd8 17.Qxe3 Bc5 18.Qg3 Qe4+ and White resigned as I mate.

That's a very good one!! Thanks!