These are two relatively extreme examples of what Irina Krush is talking about. But what I see Experts do quite a lot in my games is to retreat their queens just to prevent a queen trade. We know that players below 1800 tend to be too eager to trade queens to "simplify" things. But sometimes retreating the queen just to keep it from being traded off is at least as bad. And I've seen numerous players in the 2000 - 2199 range do that against me.

Good stuff as always. Reflecting on why I make these errors, it seems that in the math of chess in my head, I often see the extra defensive help and the plusses of that, but forget to subtract the loss of activity downside. This loss of activity removes pressure from the enemy pieces, they gain extra options and thus become more powerful. Since I didn't fully factor in the aid and comfort I'm giving the enemy forces, I misevaluate the resulting position as too favorable relative to other options I have. The first step is acknowledging you have a problem though!

i love how you don't waste time trying to make your point, but i'd really like to watch longer videos too 😹😹😹 you're the best

This is the kind of lesson I need to keep top of mind when I'm playing. I'm not under 1000 because I haven't memorized enough variations of my openings. I'm under 100 because I move my pieces haphazardly from good positions to bad.

I really find these analyses compelling. Chess if full of choices, and the continued reminder to play first and foremost by principle simplifies a complicated landscape. The depth of move analysis, it's not trivial but it seems even at high levels you often don't have to go remarkably deep to get at least a strong intuition on a move.

Its easy to feel the pressure of an immediate threat.

Beautiful! I mean the lesson. 😊

This is accentuating the idea of harmony that you spoke of .. I really appreciate your content and am improving thanks to it...🙏🙌🥰🎵🎶🎵

@Phurngirathaana

5 ай бұрын

Please! Peter Leko has been harmonising way too much😂😂😂

My positional pawn sacrifices usually result as a blunder.

Wow! A lesson for 500 to 2900 elo. Impressed how you thought this basic looking but complicated concept to us. Very nice

Pawn a3 trust sounds interesting. Thank you for the video.

Very complicated position at 3:12. 2 extra queens occupying 2 squares :o

Thank you mam. 1st time watching your personal channel. Your explanation is very beautiful. Please make more video.

You explain things so well! Its really a talent. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you, great and simple lesson

SO helpful.

Another Irina video, life is good.

TNX for the lesson👀👍🏼

It’s our inability to determine and assess future positions that leads us to this kind of mistakes. How to improve assessments and forecasts ?

This is a beginner question but how do you know if your pieces are good, Cause personally intend to play more accurately in loosing positions

@andrewwilson9123

5 ай бұрын

Knights are better in the center (in what is called an outpost square) when they can’t easily driven away by pawns. So when an opponent overextends their pawns controlling a central square, think about putting a knight there if possible. In general, if you get an octopus knight in the center, it’s an extremely strong piece

@andrewwilson9123

5 ай бұрын

Bishops are good on diagonals where they can see a lot of squares that aren’t blocked by opposing pawns. Unlike knights, bishops can be very good on the edges of the board (if you fianchetto your bishop for example). But in general, bishops are better the more open the position gets

@andrewwilson9123

5 ай бұрын

Rooks love to be on open files. This means rooks love to be on columns (ABC, etc.) that do not have pawns on them. Just like bishops, they are better on an open board. In most cases, the rooks shouldn’t be developed until the middlegame (usually after you’ve castled but there are certainly exceptions)

See now that's a good title ("Do you turn your Cinderella pieces into frogs?”). Catchy marketing, but also genuinely descriptive of the content and not clickbait.

@TrueBlueAndrew

5 ай бұрын

Irina is the real deal. She actually knows how to teach Chess. Many people know how to play, but can’t adequately teach.

Will you make a dance hip hop dance video?

05:19

How about Nxg6 @3:43?

😂 truth

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hip hop dancing when? 😅👍

You are the most beautiful American player!

@pr1nceofPers1a

5 ай бұрын

Not american, she's ukrainian xd

You're aging very well Irina. Not only do I learn something watching your videos, but your natural Beauty keeps me coming back! 💖