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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov answers one of the most common questions asked by his students, which is – how to train chess effectively? How should you study chess so that you don’t get stuck at the same level, but keep progressing gradually?
That is exactly what you will learn from this lesson. GM Smirnov shares with you a 30-minute chess training plan which focuses on 3 methods of training. Studying chess for just 30 minutes daily on these 3 methods will give you significant results. This will help you reach the 2000 ELO rating faster! You will also know how to train if you have less or more time available in a day.
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00:00 How to train chess effectively & improve faster?
00:26 Chess Study Plan: 1) Tactics Training
02:51 Practice Puzzle: Can you find the win?
02:57 Chess Study Plan: 2) Play & Analyze
04:08 Analyzing your chess game with engine
06:36 Training Plan: 3) Study chess (openings)
08:18 Studying positional concepts in chess
09:00 Chess Training Plan for 30 minutes per day
10:00 Training Plan if you have more time available
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G5, then bishop takes C4, rook H8 check, takes, then queen checks on H5, only move King to G8 then queen to H7
Tactics answer: Rh8+, Kh8, Qh1+, Kg7, g6, any move by black, Qh7++
Qh5 is solution
Bro really said study openings instead of endgames
Very nice video I am subbed
g6 bishop takes c4 queen h5 then what ever black do there is mate in queen h7
Qh5 the bishop is pinned, no way to stop mate
Btw just reached 1000 elo because of this video so thank you very much
Queen h5 unstoppable mate for white for puzzle 2
Thank you so much I will follow this study plan and hopefully reach the 2000 rated level! ❤
what about middlegames and endgames?
I was 1000 ELO two years ago and then I got "steps" to go further: in a year I wanted to get to 1200 which I did. Then I said to myself "2023 I will get to 1300" which I did and feels nice. I now want to get to 1500 by the end of the year
Interesting that tactics is only 5 minutes I thought it would be more important to train. That’s my biggest struggle in blitz is I have a winning position but then I fail to find the tactical win, lose too much time on clock, push too hard, and lose. Also shouldn’t you analyze games without engine first? I feel like with engine I just think “oh yeah of course” but then in actual game I never see it
Qh8 (remember the pin so bishup can't take queen) they might take the light squared bishup and the g6, they can play whatever move they choose, queen delivers the mate
I was thinking the extra stuff and technically possibly winning as well. Starting with rook to the end file rh8 doing check, then queen to qh5 giving a check it moves back the king and then move the pawn up blocking the escape g6 and then final checkmate. Tell me if that's OK too?
how many years should it take to get there from 1448 ELO?
Hi i was looking at the content of this course and i could not find any sectin about opnings ?
To get to 2000 with 30 minutes of studying a day sounds like a dream to me. I am FIDE rated at 2000 and 2200 on Lichess on rapid (NOT BLITZ). And I can tell you that just 30 minutes a day will not get you there. First I would add the word "quality" to this training program. I play OTB 60 30 training games at least once a week. I probably spend more time analyzing my games than actually playing them. My openings are my weakness, and endgames are definitely my strength, especially pawn endgames. I study DEM mainly for that, and that is very hard work. My middlegame is okay, I still need to work on how to play better with my minor pieces at that stage of the game. And as far as the opening, I am getting better and better, but if an opponent manages to beat me, it will be because of an opening mistake on my part. Chess is not so easy that one can study 30 minutes a day and get to 2000.
At that level, you will be better than 99% of all chess players. Think about that. On a more realistic level two to four hours of study per day and quality play for four years will get you there as an adult player. Going to tournaments OTB at least 5 times a year, and working with a good coach. Other than polishing your openings and practicing some tactics, Blitz is VERY detrimental to your game. It is too superficial and shallow. And it can be a complete waste of your time. It is better to play ONE game per week, at 60 minutes with a 30-second increment, analyze that deeply, study the openings, and the tactical mistakes, and allocate time for deep study during the week, than playing 1000 blitz games per day. That is my honest opinion. Nakamura is a great player and everyone mentions him as an example to the "benefits" of blitz. But no one mentions that BEFORE he did that, he did a lot of studying and OTB play and was already a GM, he had already dedicated his life to chess.
I have a friend who has played more than 15000 blitz games online and plays weekly blitz games at the chess club. He is rated about 1800 (Lichess) at Blitz and has been that way for at least 2 years! He is rated 1500 FIDE. What I find playing blitz is that MOST openings are either traps or garbage openings designed to WIN at blitz. This friend once beat me on OTB game using an opening trap he learned from Blitz. But I told him this: "Yes, you beat me, but how much time have you put into studying something that can only be used once? Instead of learning good theory and learning it deeply and precisely, which can be something useful for a lifetime, not just one game". At the end of the day, I am 2000 and he is 1500, that should say it all. BTW my score against him is plus 6 OTB, unrated casual games, and he only beat me twice. At blitz, I also have a plus score against him. (when I rarely do play blitz).
g6 Bxc4,Qh5 Qb5+,Kc1 Qd7,Qh5 Bxf4,Qh8#
Do you think playing longer games is better for beginners? I feel like it would be so I have time to really think about my moves and learn to see lines into the future
Qd1-h5
g6
I just tried puzzles and got stuck on one for 30 minutes (on lichess) – really simple solution of course (after I have tried all the wrong wrong moves :D) – probably should lower difficulty and do more easy ones
I don't know how to learn opening 😕
G7
I've played 200 10min games since march, and I'm getting better, but my rating is consistently low, even though I can pretty confidently beat 1500 bots. Maybe I should play longer time controls.
30 mins a day won’t get you to 2000. Sorry it won’t. Only way it can is if you already are 1800 and even then you’ll be waiting 2-4 years to get 2000
As a 800 rated this is really good
Is 1600 elo in lichess good? How much real elo is similar to this?
In the first puzzle i thought Qb5+ was the answer because after Qxb5, Nxb5 white is threatening Nc7# and blacks only opportunity is sacrificing a rooh, but you didnt go through that variation 🙁
Thanks a lot. I actually appreciate very much your videos. ❤
Not really useful tipps:
You should calculate für 30 min every day! Set a time per puzzle ( 5-7min) calculate lines and evaluate your lines, i.e. come to a conclusion.
You have to have a realistic setting ( little time pressure)
Occasionally you can dig deeper and look for 15-20 minutes at a position. However, after 10 minutes you are looping and tend to calculate the same (- wasting time)
When analysing blitz/ rapid games. There was a useful method on lichess recently: the obit- rule :
-Check opening
-what were your blunders and why did you do them
– what was interesting about yr game ?
– what (else)do you wanna take away from your game?
And what my trainer ( 2550 GM suggests): if little time, calculate rather than play, ans working on openings only at the weekend 😉
pawn g6 , rook h8 , queen h1 mate
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thank you igor,you are my favourite chess youtuber when i started watching you i was 800 elo and now i am 1600
queen h5 then forced mate
Does @GMIgnorSmirnov really read our comments, because he asked us to solve a puzzle in this video and write it in the comment section but I have done it and have gotten no feedback. How will I know I solved the puzzle correctly?
Igor, do you recommend using Chessbase Replay Training for opening studies? Or is there a lichess alternative? Thanks!
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Im stuck at 1100 :'(
I advise my students to study tactics at least 20 minutes a day. It's really the best way to improve immediately.
As a lichess rapid 2100 player,I can confirm that this is so true.Endgame is something that you need to study once in a while(l mean study things apart from your games).However,opening is what you should work on every day.
Qa4 check and then rook on d7 and then qxd7 and it's a check mate
Qh5
Only found this channel today. Great content. Danya and Gothem got some competition.
how can you say after 1. d4 c5 2. dc5 e6 3. b4 etc… white fell into a trap???? most 1400s know this “trap”.
white showed a lack of understanding, and that he’s a d4 player makes it even more embarrassing.
I might’ve found a 2nd variation at 2:54 :
Pawn to g6
No forcing moves for white
Rook to h8 (check)
King takes rook (forced)
Queen to h1(check)
King to g8
Queen to h7 checkmate
What if before looking for forced moves we look for patterns like enclosed king in this case? This with the aim of training our mind to recognize the patterns that motivate the search for tactical opportunities during our games
I think the move is Qh5 to threaten checkmate. Black has to move his light square bishop (for example Bxc4) to create an escape square for the king. Then play g6 and the threat of checkmate is unstoppable
2:53 The winning move is I think Qh5, black may play Be6 or Bxc4 (the only sensible move to create a room for the king incase white plays Qh8+), but that can be solved with g6 by white and I think there is nothing black can do to stop the checkmate
1. Qh5, Bxc4. 2. g6, whatever black wants to do. 3. Qh8#