This Ancient Technique Tells Your Chess Talent Level

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Awesome idea :D would be interested in more vids like this.

1800 which is similar to my current rating. Toughest part is calculating opponent moves

8:20 Qh8 is obviously a blunder, but it is still a draw. After Kxe7 Qe5+ white can repeat the position. I got 1800 rating.

I got 1600 on this puzzle (rated 1100 rapid). Many things beyond this tell me i am not hitting my potential in rapid. I think i see all these things slower and i can fail to perform well under time pressure. I got as far as seeing i would win a pawn and have better activity after seeing the Kf8 option for black so I'm happy with that. a4 was never going to come to mind but i had seen Qf4+. These are obviously broad ranges but it's a nice puzzle.

Bullet players laugh in the face of blinders 😂

► Chapters 00:00 This Puzzle Tells Your Chess Talent Level 00:27 500 ELO Rating Level 00:38 800 ELO Rating Level 00:52 1000 ELO Rating Level 01:24 1200 ELO Rating Level 01:47 The Right Way Of Thinking In Chess 04:39 Solving puzzles VS Finding it in real game 05:24 1600 ELO Rating Level 08:08 1800 ELO Rating Level 09:01 2100 ELO Rating Level 10:09 2500 ELO Rating Level

4:49 Didn’t see the beef coming😂

Another epic video Igor! Please upload more videos like this! Thanks! 👍

What a great video, quite unique in approach. Regarding your observation about players not being able to see the possible good moves of their opponent, what do you think about the idea of playing a bunch of games while looking at the board from your opponent's side while you play?

I love these videos with puzzle with different layers !! I got to 1800 on that one Being 2000 rapid and 1700 blitz / bullet Quite acurate I would say I missed that Qf6 move, I thought I had to trade that rook but black actually cant take it, very nice !

I love how Igor makes EVERY video useful and informative, and entertaining. Thanks <3

First of all, I'm impressed that your system worked!! Secondly, thank you for opening my eyes with practical puzzles. My last official tournament rating was 1850. And, true to your commentary, I saw everything up to the Zugzwang. I just assumed my attacking Rook could be captured and never even thought about waiting moves. Thanks for helping me on my quest to break 2000.

I think a huge part of this is time. It's not just that puzzles have solutions, but that we take the time to find them. In a game, the ideas here won't necessarily jump out to players during the time that they allow themselves to think. This is why knowing patterns and having opening prep can be so powerful—they guide you to the correct response without requiring thought, and they also give you more time to think when you need it. I miss-calculated Qe5+ Kf8 Re8+ Qxe8 Qh8#. It's not mate because of Ke7. Also, I was not entirely sure where the line with Kh6 ended, but I figured it would be better for white. Finally, from the position at 9:03, I saw Qf6 Qe8. I guess that puts me around 1500 because I fell just short of the 1600 mark.

Explore all variation lines and not just a few! That is my takeaway here. A lovely position to work through.

Do you do live training in that program? (Not just video). Thank you for this introduction and for all that you do to help us!

8:10 We actually do not lose with Qh8+ but we can force a draw with Qe5+, Qh8+ repetition. Not the best move but something cool to notice.

Before I started watching your videos explaining your thinking I would have been way down at the 800's, but pleased to say I got around 1600!! Been playing properly for about 9 months now. Just missed I could pick up the pawn on h7! Thank you for all your videos <3

Thank you very much, I clearly saw up to Qxh7 but I totaly missed the back rank mate threat !!!

This is the most helpful video to help me understand how to calculate in chess