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

'hold my beer' 🤣

happy fathers day GM IGOR SMIRNOV wish you a blessed day

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

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!

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

If I could just reduce my blunders by 50%, I'd only be making 10 per game!

Good tips, thank you.

really good tips. ty. cool.

Very helpful

Great guy, thank you Sir!

Great practical heuristics !!!

► Chapters <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">00:00</a> Simple Chess Rule To Prevent Mistakes/Blunders <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="7">00:07</a> Example-1 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="124">02:04</a> GOLDEN CHESS RULE (Right way of thinking) <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="234">03:54</a> Example-2 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="346">05:46</a> To take is a mistake <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="450">07:30</a> Example-3 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="518">08:38</a> Neutralize opponent's piece on your half of the board <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="655">10:55</a> To take is good IF...

Very helpful!

Happy Fathers Day! Thanks again for great explanations on tactics.

Always super useful to go back to the fundamentals - thank you, Igor, a great reminder that will surely save me a few blunders!

hey bro, been following your channel for a while now. just wanted to say u seem like a rly nice guy, keep up the good content :) cheers from argentina!

This seems like something new to me. I don't think I've heard this always try to go forward advice before - apart from your other videos.

The only chess coach I would ever require Thanks Igor sir for teaching me a lot 🙏🏿

Amazing vid

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).

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

Awesome, thanx Igor!

Happy father's Day GM Igor

I waiting for it ❤

Igor, could you make an anti caro kann with no theory video, I’m having trouble trying to punish it

HEY IGOR CAN YOU SAY HOW TO COUNTER THE SCANDINAVIAN DEFENCE MODERN VARIATION

Please make a video about Endgames GM igor. I play good in middle games and I will be pawn up but i cant handle this to win.

By YouSum Live <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">00:00</a>:00 Prevent chess mistakes with the golden rule. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">00:00</a>:54 Black's blunder leads to back rank checkmate. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1">00:01</a>:26 Guard the rook to avoid knight fork tactics. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1">00:01</a>:48 Strategic moves to counter opponent's threats. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2">00:02</a>:00 Importance of thinking ahead to avoid blunders. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="5">00:05</a>:50 Taking without advantage worsens position. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="7">00:07</a>:31 Neutralize opponent's piece on your territory. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="10">00:10</a>:41 Push opponent's pieces back for control. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="11">00:11</a>:30 Avoid unprovoked exchanges to maintain advantage. By YouSum Live

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="491">8:11</a> is my favorite answer to the fried liver attack. Love this line but at my ELO, I don't get to use it often

Igor nation gets the best teacher AND great jokes! Yes all blunders begin with "hold my beer"

To quote Abraham Lincoln, "Common sense is the most uncommon sense of all." I doubt he could say that about your chess lessons. These just drip with common sense... Thank you!

"Hold my beer" hahaha😂

In last example game is not over yet becoz bishop can take the knight Yes it can take the knight

Make films about endgames mastering

Fantastic 🎉

Happy Father's day

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?

Hey Igor. Can you do a video on the englund gambit? I have been playing it with black pieces and having success

Happy father's day to you ❤❤🎉🥳

Happy Father's day king

Your rules of thumb for chess improvement have made you the new Nimzowitsch!

Great video as usual Sir. But i have a question, at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="432">7:12</a> wht if white plays rook to E1 !!!!! How should we reply

the fried liver smothered mate works every time…except now the secret is out:/

But black cold move Nf8 and he get out of check, because if RxNf8xQf8 and King is safe for now

ruy lopez .. take knight with bishop or not? becouse it double pawn....

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="204">3:24</a> "Now, in this position just think about this: all his pieces are somewhere on the last ranks, and in a situation like that it's very difficult for you to blunder anything. And I know some of you guys will be like, 'HOLD MY BEER'". 😂😂😂

I rly don't like to open opponents rook file, I want to open mine, but I don't like when I need to open theirs, that's my rule

In the last example, my instinct would be to take, to draw the queen out, and chase it around while I develop with tempo. Is this a bad idea, starting with C5?

That's enough to play a chess game.😎😺

Certainly the golden rule ❤ thanks.

My middle game planning are bad can you please suggest some tips to play in middle game

Igor, i have been watching your videos, went from 600 blitz to 900 in about 1 month, when you say to take is a mistake can i give you 1 example of how i play? tell me if its wrong, whenever my oppenent blunders and i have like a +2 or +3 material advantage, i exchange down as much as i can to have a better end game, is that wrong? like all possible trades so i can have an extra piece in the endgame, that has been my strategy

Happy Father’s Day ❤

How is the first game checkmate? Knight can cover, after rook takes, queen takes back.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="80">1:20</a> can t he block with the knight that s protected by the queen?

So with this videos Golden Rule and the other videos Key Rules you'll be able to prevent 100% on mistakes.

Hi bro

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="532">8:52</a> How Knight takes c2 win the game?

He looks so old! Has he had a birthday recently?

Hi

Doesn't make total sense for this newbie. You claim the bishop is forced to retreat because there's no squares he can advance to, when he literally has a whole open diagonal in front of him, short of taking the pawn on a7. Why not b3? Now, you may mean he cannot protect the bishop in any forward position; if that's the case, you need to state that. Not all of your audience is following your thought process, and I think some conclusions not immediately apparent are being taken for granted.

Why would you present me with a chess problem and then take the board off the screen? Garbage.

21 Seconds , No Views He fell off

"Hold my beer" hahaha😂