GM Igor Smirnov Answers Chess Questions | Live Call With a Student
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2020
- GM Igor Smirnov of the Remote Chess Academy (RCA) had an online training session with one of the RCA students from India, GM Karthik Venkataraman, during the lockdown period due to coronavirus outbreak.
The young Indian grandmaster Karthik Venkataraman (Karthik has been a student of RCA for a long time - bit.ly/3bXcDpl) said that his rating and performance are being stagnant and are not going up recently. He said "There has not been much of an improvement in my performance. I want to improve and I am not sure what to do or what is the best way. Also, I don't know what I am doing wrong".
In addition to that, Karthik said that his blunders count have increased a lot and he fails to see the opponent's moves/plans, and that his confidence is very low. Karthik had a lot of doubts and questions, and GM Igor Smirnov have answered them all, which are categorized into topics (see below) for your convenience.
Topics:
▶ Making a lot of blunders in recent times. How to fix that? (00:13)
▶ Calculate and think too much about my own plans, not seeing opponents' plans (00:44)
▶ How exactly to train to think from the opponents' perspective? (01:37)
▶ What to do during the times when opponent is thinking during the game? Calculate something or relax/walk around? (02:33)
▶ Losing confidence when results are not going up for a long time. What to do? (04:07)
▶ Style/Approach of play - Zen mode ('just play the game' approach) VS 'smash the opponent' approach (04:34)
▶ Relying on intuition - not sure which move is the best (06:53)
▶ Learnt new methods/concepts and tried to adapt to that 'new' thinking system? (08:08)
▶ How to make effective use of playing training games against computer? (09:30)
▶ How many games per day should you play against computer and with what time control? (11:02)
▶ Check the statistics of your performance in different openings and stop playing openings that don't suit you well (12:54)
▶ Getting outplayed (unprepared) in the opening stage against stronger opponents (14:15)
▶ Is playing too many tournaments good or bad? Preparing during tournaments? (14:36)
▶ Analyzing the games that you have won and understand what kind of positions you play the best (16:15)
▶ Training Plan - what to train and how many hours should you train? Does physical training help? (16:55)
▶ Be willing to change something - staying the same will get you the same results (19:09)
▶ Is playing blitz games online (too often) good or bad? (20:25)
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Topics:
▶ Making a lot of blunders in recent times. How to fix that? (00:13)
▶ Calculate and think too much about my own plans, not seeing opponents' plans (00:44)
▶ How exactly to train to think from the opponents' perspective? (01:37)
▶ What to do during the times when opponent is thinking during the game? Calculate something or relax/walk around? (02:33)
▶ Losing confidence when results are not going up for a long time. What to do? (04:07)
▶ Style/Approach of play - Zen mode ('just play the game' approach) VS 'smash the opponent' approach (04:34)
▶ Relying on intuition - not sure which move is the best (06:53)
▶ Learnt new methods/concepts and tried to adapt to that 'new' thinking system? (08:08)
▶ How to make effective use of playing training games against computer? (09:30)
▶ How many games per day should you play against computer and with what time control? (11:02)
▶ Check the statistics of your performance in different openings and stop playing openings that don't suit you well (12:54)
▶ Getting outplayed (unprepared) in the opening stage against stronger opponents (14:15)
▶ Is playing too many tournaments good or bad? Preparing during tournaments? (14:36)
▶ Analyzing the games that you have won and understand what kind of positions you play the best (16:15)
▶ Training Plan - what to train and how many hours should you train? Does physical training help? (16:55)
▶ Be willing to change something - staying the same will get you the same results (19:09)
▶ Is playing blitz games online (too often) good or bad? (20:25)
very informative audio. ur advice to him turned out to be equally acceptable to many just below his class as well...thanks.take care.
Just great. Less is much, as you said time ago...Thanks for sharing, stay safe!
Wonderful video. Thanks to you and your student for sharing this.
All ur chess lessons are made with lot of effort, thanks for the free lessons u made available to public..
Thanks GM Smirnov. 😊🙏
To give advise like this one need to be a master and most importantly he need to be very kind. You come top in that list.
What's ur advise to newbies and hobby chess players, who just want to Learn chess more and play less chess.
My 2 cents worth.
All professional Sport people have the same problem. And they all seem to do the same thing when they reach difficulties, or face a plateau, face a slump and they feel they cant make progress. and that is to "Go Back To Basics" by going back to basics, it gives you the chance to recap what you've learnt, am i doing it correct still or have I drifted away from the core and purity of my lessons info, am I trying to hard, maybe getting impatient for results, am I cutting corners, am i still fitting in "Fresh New" Knowledge (this part is important and should always be part of your ongoing training), are you still doing your daily Tactics Training, in chess playing, burn out is another problem that affects your chess thinking, your physical health is really important. You will also start doubting yourself, should I make this move or that move. The good news is that you still have the stuff inside you that made you such a good player in the first place ok, remember that because its Positive. Sometimes we just get a bit more "Fog" in our brain at times and unfortunately any negativity grows much faster than the positive stuff. Why? because Negativity is easier.
Anyway take the time out to evaluate your complete situation, and actually wrote it down, that almost means the good stuff as well ok, make a cuppa and look over what you wrote down and it will become much clearer.
Cheers Thanks Kev
How to look my plan and opponent plan?
Hey, anyone from india has bought any course of RCA??..
Plz share your experience as am facing problems while making payment...
How to learn chess master games such as GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Anatology Karpov, GM Garry Kasparov, GM Fabiano Caruana and many more and apply my chess game? What is the difference between calculation and intuition? How to calculate chess? What is the difference between strategy and tactic in chess?
Hi Candra,
Thanks for the questions.
Regarding to calculate in Chess. This video will be helpful
czcams.com/video/9sEdFdTdsvQ/video.html
We have a lot of videos on strategy and tactics. Here is an example
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@@GMIgorSmirnov I have my games without time control against engine
[Event "Lucas Chess"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[White "Candra"]
[Black "Irina 0.15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Depth "1"]
[Category "Beginner"]
[Hints "7"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann: Steinitz variation"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 {+0.86 points : 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+
Nxf6 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.c4 O-O 10.Re1 c5 11.dxc5 Bf5 12.Bxf5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 gxf5
14.b4 Rfd8 15.Nd4 Ne4} (5.Be3 {+1.17 points} Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.c3 e5 8.h3 e4
9.Ne2 f5 10.Ng3 Nf6 11.Bg5) Ngf6 6.Bd3 {+0.88 points : 6.Bd3 Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6
8.Bd3 Bg4 9.c3 Qd5 10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qxe5+ 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Qxe5+ Bxe5
15.O-O O-O 16.Be3} (6.Ng3 {+1.09 points} g6 7.h4 Bg7 8.h5 Nxh5 9.Nxh5 gxh5
10.Rxh5 Nf6 11.Rh4 Bg4 12.c3 O-O 13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Bd3 Qxb3 15.axb3) Nxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6
8.Bd3 Bg4 9.c3 e6 10.O-O {+1.02 points : 10.O-O Bd6 11.h3 Bh5 12.c4 c5 13.Be3
cxd4 14.Bxd4 O-O 15.Bc3 Qb6 16.Re1 Bf4 17.Be5 Bxf3} (10.h3 {+1.04 points} Bxf3
11.Qxf3 Bd6 12.O-O Bc7 13.g3 O-O 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bd2 Qd5 16.Qxd5 exd5 17.Kg2 Bd6)
Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Bd6 12.Bg5 {+1.06 points : 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 O-O 14.Rfe1 g5 15.Bg3
Bxg3 16.fxg3 a5 17.Rad1 a4} (12.a4 {+1.15 points} Bc7 13.g3 O-O 14.Be3 Re8
15.Rad1 Qd6 16.Kg2 Rad8 17.Rfe1 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Rxd5 19.Bd2 h6 20.h3) Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2
Qd6+ 14.Kg1 Nd7 15.Bf4 {+5.91 points : 15.Bf4 Qe7 16.Qg3 h5 17.Qxg7 O-O-O 18.Bg5
Qf8 19.Qxf8 Rdxf8 20.Rfd1 f5 21.Bh4 f4 22.a3 Rfg8 23.Be4} (15.Rfe1 {+6.02
points} Qd5 16.Qg3 h6 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bc7 O-O 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.a4 f5 21.a5 Kg7 22.a6
b5 23.Qh2) Qe7 16.Qg3 {+5.64 points : 16.Qg3 h5 17.Bd6 Qf6 18.Bc7 h4 19.Qg4 h3
20.gxh3 Qh4 21.Kg2 Nf6 22.Qxh4 Rxh4 23.Rh1} (16.a4 {+5.74 points} Nf6 17.Be5 O-O
18.a5 a6 19.Qh3 h6 20.f4 Nd5 21.f5 f6 22.Bh2) O-O 17.Bg5 {+5.30 points : 17.Bg5
f6 18.Bf4 Qf7 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.f3 f5 21.Kf2 Nf6 22.Rae1 Rad8 23.Rh1 Nh5 24.Qe5
Nf6} (17.Bd6 {+6.40 points} Qd8 18.Bxf8 Nxf8 19.f4 Qd6 20.Qf2 g6 21.g4 c5 22.f5
exf5 23.gxf5 Qd5) Qe8 18.Bh6 {+6.76 points : 18.Bh6 g6 19.Rae1 Qb8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8
21.Qxb8+ Rxb8 22.g4 Kg7 23.Kg2 h6 24.Rh1 Rh8 25.b4} (18.Rfe1 {+7.07 points} a6
19.Qh2 g6 20.Re3 f6 21.Bh6 Qf7 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Rae1) g6 19.Rfe1 {+6.60 points :
19.Rfe1 Qe7 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.a4 a5 22.Qc7 Qc8 23.Qxc8+ Rxc8 24.g4 c5 25.g5 cxd4
26.cxd4 Nb6 27.Kg2 Nd5 28.Kf3} (19.a4 {+6.76 points} Qd8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Rfe1
Kg8 22.Re3 Rc8 23.Rf3 Qe7 24.Re1 Re8) Qe7 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Qc7 Rb8 22.b4 {+6.80
points : 22.b4 Qd8 23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.a4 Nf6 25.g3 h5 26.Rac1 Kg7 27.Kg2 Rh8
28.Rh1 g5 29.a5 h4 30.gxh4} (22.d5 {+7.20 points} Qd8 23.Qxd8+ Rxd8 24.dxe6 fxe6
25.Rad1 Nc5 26.Bc2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Kf7 28.Rd8 b6 29.Rd6 Ke7 30.Rxc6 Nd7) c5 23.bxc5
{+8.08 points : 23.bxc5 Qd8 24.Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.Be2 Nf6 26.Rab1 Kf8 27.Rxb7 Rd7
28.Rxd7 Nxd7 29.Bf3 a6 30.Be2} (23.Bb5 {+8.82 points} a6 24.Qxd7 Qxd7 25.Bxd7
Rd8 26.Ba4 cxb4 27.cxb4 Rxd4 28.a3 Rd2 29.Reb1 Re2 30.Rd1 Rb2 31.Rd7 b6) e5
24.Bb5 {+10.96 points : 24.Bb5 a6 25.Qxd7 Qxd7 26.Bxd7 Rd8 27.Bh3 exd4 28.Rad1
d3 29.Re7 Rd5 30.Rxb7 Rxc5 31.Rxd3 Rb5 32.Rdd7 Rxb7 33.Rxb7} (24.Rxe5 {+12.71
points} Nxe5 25.Qxb8+ Kg7 26.Qxe5+ Qxe5 27.dxe5 g5 28.Rb1 b6 29.c6 a5 30.Rxb6
a4) f5 25.Qxd7 {+12.67 points : 25.Qxd7 Qxd7 26.Bxd7 Rd8 27.Be6+ Kg7 28.Rxe5 Kf6
29.Rb1 Re8 30.Bc4 Rxe5 31.dxe5+ Kxe5 32.Rxb7 h5 33.Rxa7 h4} (25.Bxd7 {+14.14
points} Rf8 26.Rxe5 Qd8 27.Qxb7 Kh8 28.Bb5 Qb8 29.Re7 Qxb7 30.Rxb7 a5 31.Re1 f4
32.Ra7 h5 33.Rxa5) Qxd7 26.Bxd7 Rd8 27.Be6+ Kf8 28.Rxe5 f4 29.Rb1 {+17.55 points
: 29.Rb1 b6 30.c6 Ke7 31.c7 Ra8 32.Bd5+ Kd6 33.Bxa8 Kxc7 34.Be4 Kd7 35.Re1 Kc8
36.Re7} (29.Rae1 {+17.62 points} Re8 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.c6 b6 32.c7 Re8 33.c8=Q Rxc8
34.Bxc8 f3 35.gxf3 h6 36.Be6 Kg7) Rb8 30.d5 {+17.88 points : 30.d5 b6 31.c6 Ke7
32.c7 Ra8 33.c8=Q Rxc8 34.Bxc8+ Kd6 35.Re6+ Kxd5 36.Re7 Kc4 37.Rxa7 Kxc3 38.Rxh7
Kd4 39.Rg7 f3 40.Rxb6 fxg2} (30.c6 {+21.08 points} b6 31.c7 Ra8 32.Bd7 f3
33.Re8+ Rxe8 34.Bxe8 Kxe8 35.c8=Q+ Kf7 36.Qc7+ Kg8 37.Qb8+ Kg7 38.Qxa7+ Kg8
39.gxf3 h5) Ke7 31.c6 {+18.01 points : 31.c6 Kd6 32.Rxb7 Rf8 33.Re4 f3 34.c7
fxg2 35.Rb8 Kxc7 36.Rxf8 h5 37.Rc8+ Kd6 38.Kxg2 g5} (31.d6+ {+21.52 points} Kf6
32.Re4 Rd8 33.Rxb7 f3 34.d7 Rxd7 35.Rxd7 fxg2 36.Rxa7 h5 37.Rf7+ Kg5 38.f4+ Kh6)
b5 32.Bd7+ Kd6 33.Rbe1 {+19.84 points : 33.Rbe1 Rh8 34.Re6+ Kc5 35.c7 Kc4
36.Rc6+ Kd3 37.c8=Q Rxc8 38.Bxc8 Kd2 39.Re4 Kd3 40.Rd4+ Kc2 41.d6 a6 42.Rxf4
Kd1} (33.Re6+ {+78.02 points} Kc7 34.d6+ Kb6 35.Rxb5+ Kxb5 36.c7+ Kc4 37.cxb8=Q
Kxc3 38.Bb5 f3 39.d7 h5 40.d8=Q g5 41.Qxg5) a5 34.Re6+ {+31.87 points : 34.Re6+
Kc7 35.d6+ Kb6 36.c7 Rc8 37.Bxc8 f3 38.gxf3 a4 39.Rd1 Kc5 40.d7} (34.Re8 {+32.21
points} Rb6 35.R1e6+ Kc5 36.c7 Kc4 37.c8=Q+ Kd3 38.Rxb6 f3 39.Bxb5+ Kc2 40.gxf3
Kb1 41.Re2 a4 42.Qd7) Kxd5 35.Rd1+ {White mates in 6 : 35.Rd1+ Kc4 36.c7 Kxc3
37.cxb8=Q Kc2 38.Qd6 Kc3 39.Qd2+ Kc4 40.Rc6#} (35.c7 {White mates in 5} Kc4
36.cxb8=Q Kxc3 37.Qxb5 f3 38.Rd1 fxg2 39.Rc6#) Kc5 36.c7 Rh8 37.Re8 {White mates
in 5 : 37.Re8 Rxe8 38.Bxe8 b4 39.c8=Q+ Kb6 40.Rd6+ Ka7 41.Ra6#} (37.Rc6# {Black
is in checkmate}) Rxe8 38.Bxe8 Kb6 39.c8=Q g5 40.Rd6+ Ka7 41.Ra6# 1-0
How to analyze chess game?
@@candraliao4001 try downloading an engine ("Analyze This" for eg) and paste your games there.
@@lightning13_efootball ok
Hi sir