Lasker's Rule Will Help You Get Better at Chess [INSTANT Improvement]
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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you the golden chess rule that was used by Emanuel Lasker, who was a World Chess Champion for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921, the longest reign of any officially recognized World Chess Champion in history.
This exact chess rule helped him play consistently, find the best moves easily, and make less errors/blunders. This rule is based on his popular chess quote “When you see a good move, look for a better one".
In addition to learning this rule, this video will serve as a training exercise; you will be able to practically apply this rule on several positions/exercises so that you understand it very well.
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00:00 Best chess rule to improve your performance
00:24 Example-1
01:24 Emanuel Lasker's Golden Chess Rule
02:28 Example-2
03:59 Example-3
05:39 Example-4
07:01 Applying Lasker's Chess Rule
09:08 Puzzle of the Day
09:20 "When you see a good move, look for a better one" - Lasker
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In example 4, why doesn't Qe8+ work? The king moves up and we checkmate with Qg6#
My though was: Qc7 chk, Ka8, Na6 # ? noob, Idk@@MarvinHuber_KSP
Sorry, meant Example 2 !
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9.35, I think just stop the Queen by pon G4 to G5. If he catch our Queen, we can get back with free pon become knight double check.
You need to make a playlist of all Golden rules, please
For the puzzle the only other possible move is g5, so that must be the solution. Likely black then takes the hanging queen with Qxe6. We can now promote our pawn on f8, but it's tricky because if we pick a queen, then g6 is still check mate. If we promote to a knight we fork the king and queen and can grab the queen after the king moves to g8. Very cool line.
That's what I thought!
One correction: After g5 Qxe6 f8=Q, g6+ is not mate. Instead Qe2+ Qf3 Qxf3# is mate.
@@rishabhkumaryadav192 Hi. How did the Queen get to the F file if they were on the e-file?
After White moves to g5, if Qe2+ then Qxe2 and White is winning with a huge advantage of an extra Queen, but is not checkmate yet.
The other line mentioned by others is also winning for White but less advantageous for White since White ends up with an extra Knight, rather than a Queen; Therefore capturing the White Queen is the best option for Black.
After White moves to g5 The Black Queen takes on e6, f8=N# (fork), and no matter where the King moves the Black Queen is captured on the next move by the newly underpromoted Knight.
Am I missing something? (This is about the last puzzle on minute 9:10)
Thanks
@@playmesalsa Hi! The line being talked about goes like this. White plays g5 to block the check. Black queen takes the white queen on e6. They don't play Qe2+ obviously as this blunders the queen. Now white pushes the f7 pawn and makes a queen (I hope this answers your doubt regarding the queen moving from E file to F file, it's a different queen), but then white loses in 2 moves. However, if white makes a knight, they have an extra piece that will later help in defeating the black pawns, making a new queen (or maybe 2), and white wins. Underpromoting to knight doesn't win immediately but white ends up winning.
Hope this helps.
Lasker's Rule: don't play bad moves?
Pretty much
Or rather, think before you act.
9:36 The move is g5! If Qxe6, then f8=N+! with an underpromotion and a fork. Every other move loses Black the queen or gets him mated. And g6 is no longer a threat because g4 is now a free square and there's a queen controlling g6
Is it a joke question because he had already explained that the 2 queen moves resulted in losing to checkmate in 1 and g5 is the only other legal move.
@@marcrob100 It's about which piece you promote to. Queen is the wrong answer.
Black eventually has to go Qxe6, at which point you promote your pawn to Knight and get an instant royal fork.
i found this f8=N+ king can only move to h8 Ng6+ then Ng6+ with a free queen
@@cheafflaff1573 That is not a legal move, as the white king is still in check!
I've just completed a whole load of "White to play and win" type puzzles. The common theme was underpromotion as the only solution. Yet here, because this was from a real game, it didn't occur to me. Seems I'm just not learning 😥
- Apply Lasker's rule to avoid immediate errors (0:13)
- Question first-move impulses to find stronger strategies (1:28)
- Consider all consequences before executing a tempting move (3:22)
- Use patience and analysis to identify the best move (5:18)
- Recognize the importance of looking for hidden drawbacks (8:08)
Lasker's rule:
If the first move you come up with is the best move, you'll lose the game by running out of time trying to come up with a better move. 👍
10/10
Ahh, yes, the Tin Rule. The one nobody talks about.
Actually , it looks rather like one of Murphy's laws...
Ha ha! Not if you can adjourn the game.
*look for* a better move, but at some point you have to accept that you're not going to find anything better.
Superb video, very nice examples, especially the last one is a gem! Thank You!
Thank You, for the video!! There is no replacing the expertise of a GM.
► Chapters
00:00 Best chess rule to improve your performance
00:24 Example-1
01:24 Emanuel Lasker's Golden Chess Rule
02:28 Example-2
03:59 Example-3
05:39 Example-4
07:01 Applying Lasker's Chess Rule
09:08 Puzzle of the Day
09:20 "When you see a good move, look for a better one" - Lasker
Helpful! I've already started working Fischer's rule into my game. Like Lasker's rule, one must always keep it in mind, every move, to receive the benefit.
Helpful Igor THX!!!
"The well-known chess aphorism "If you see a good move, try to find a better one", sometimes misattributed to Lasker and other writers, can be found in Damiano's book (1512); similar sentiments were expressed by al-Suli regarding shatranj, the Persian precursor to chess." (Wikipedia)
Really good. Thanks
Brilliant lesson with practical example about moves that can be used👏👌👌👌💪
Thanks!
Lasker's rule for computer cheaters: If Stockfish finds the first line, look for the second line!
09:08 Puzzle of the Day
Pawn g4 to g5 blocks the check.
If black Queen takes that pawn on g5; then white has h takes g5, capturing black's Queen.
White has unstoppable checkmate: for example: Qg6+ Kh8; f8=R# 1::0
If you find multiple good moves try rearranging the move order! I do this a lot on puzzles.
excellent lessons.
In example 2, you can just play Qa6+, followed by Kxb8 (only move) Kc6 Kc8 (only move) Qa8#. The key point is you can give up the knight and still easily mate with king and queen. A beginner or even intermediate player is not necessarily going to see the optimal mate, and even if you're in time trouble, it's probably quicker to premove an obvious mate in three than to search for the mate in two.
At 3:26 there is also Qb5, Ka8(forced), Kc7, Ka7, Qb7# or Qa5#. Take your pick.
More of these Golden rules!!!
I love this quote and I think of it quite often.
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The last example is fabulous! Such a simple idea, and yet one I might easily overlook.. In the first example, what if Black replies to Bb5+ with ...Nc6
9:09 White plays pawn to g5, if Qxe6, promote to knight, royal fork and white wins the queen. If black plays Qe2 check, Qxe2, then promote to Queen. If black plays g6 check, Qxg6 check, then promote to Q and mate. If black plays pawn hxg5, Qg6 check, then promote to Queen and mate. If black plays Qxg5 check, hxg5, then promote to Queen and white is winning.
I used this lesson recently to win a game. I saw a move I liked that didn’t work so I changed the move order and the idea worked perfectly.
Chess is beautiful and you make that obvious for the world. I guess it is not easy to live from chess alone, but boy how magic it is!
Block Check with Pawng5, Queen takes, promote pawn to Knight check, take Queen.
Very helpful, this video makes the mindsets of chess players go on a whole new level of critical thinking, thank you for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
At 9:15, white has only 3 legal moves: Qxe5, Qf5, and g5, since Qxe5 and Qf5 will lead to g6#, the only choice will be g5. Then black's best attempt will be Qxe6, but this will run into a fork given by f8=N, and then white can take the queen with the knight and then eventually promote another pawn to deliver checkmate
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G5 blocking check, Qe5 takes Qe6, F7 to F8 and promote to Knight to fork, Kh7 to G8 or H8, Ne6 to capture queen should be winning for white
9:17 g5 by white if Qxe6, f pawn promotes to knight with a fork,if hxg5 Qg6+,Kh8 f pawn promote to queen mate
After Kh8, you can also go f8=R# if you want to put salt in the wound
@@leszekryniec7054 yeah
At 1:18, where you show the lesser move, wouldn't pushing the white pawn to a5 win the queen?
Cool puzzle! (Solved with clever underpromotion)
1:17 a5 after kb7 trap the Queen
Example 2: I'd play Qd7, let my horse die then move in for the Queen mate. I know we're trying to find the best move but is a move really better if the result is the same? It's an M3 vs. an M2 so I suppose that does have value. I'd do well to remember Ex3.
Same here lol. I mean, generally in the real play, at endgame, time is something really need to consider especially if you are in far advantage than your opponent, so yeah IMO doesn't get the M2 in order to avoid risking lose of time or stalemate is still great move (don't forget you could still checkmate your opponent in a few move soon)
g5 is the move I believe. If black capture white queen then underpromote the f7 pawn to a knight forking King and Queen. With this extra piece white should be able to win
Please cite an original source for the Lasker rule, a book or article by Lasker himself that states this rule. Thank you.
❤❤❤ great
7:55 It doesn’t just seem that way. It is that way. This is the top engine move.
In the beginning position at 1:15, wouldn't moving the a pawn to a5 trap Black's queen? Igor says the computer says black is better here, I don't see it?
In the first example QF7ch KC6 BB5ch KB7 A5 wins the queen because it’s trapped. Black would have to play QxB or PxB. Checking with the bishop first is stronger I agree but they both win
Exchange the passed pawn for a knight (check). Black king moves to H8. Knight moves to G6, forking the king and queen. King moves back to H7. Knight takes queen. Black moves G7 pawn to G6 (check). Knight takes G6 pawn.
Igor........need a video on all the ponziani traps..
Thank you for this great chess lesson!Lasker is one of my best players in my life,with Kasparov,Tal,Alekhine,Petrosian,Carlsen is fantastic also sure!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Good choices. It seems to me that Lasker does not get the recognition he deserves, even though he was Champion much longer than anyone else.
Hello Igor I've been watching your videos for some time now; I find them very useful. I especially enjoy the videos on the openings b3 (for Whites) and b6 (for Blacks). Anyway I just wanted to thank you for your time. I just reached 1300 today in rapid!
4:23 I had an idea to play Rxe6 because the 2 connected passed pawns on the 6th rank or 5 and 7 ranked are better than a rook so Rxe6, fxe5 and only then a5
The move that saves is g5:
If Qe2+, there's Qxe2 and white is up a queen and winning with no threat of mate
If g6+ there's Qxg6+ Kh8 Qg8#
If Qxe6 there's f8=N+ Kg8 Nxe6 and white is going to promote the h pawn and win (When I used Stockfish, the engine showe the following variation after Nxe6: Kf7 Nd4 Ke8 Kg6 Ke7 Kxg7 hxg5 hxg5 Kd6 Kf6 Kd5 Ne6 Kc4 g6 Kb3 g7 Kc3 Ke5 Kd3 g8=Q Ke2 Nd4+ Kf4 Ke1 Qa2 Kd1 Qe2+ Kc1 Qc2#)
Is there a queen trap on a5 in the beginning?
The idea of looking for checks first then doing it is kind of superceded by "ok, but is that going anywhere?" If you only checked as soon as possible, you'd lose more games because you don't have the backup needed. I agree it's a good idea to think about as many options as possible.
1-pawn g5 2.ıf QxQ,pawn f8 and new Q;if Q or ph6xg5 then h4xg5
Excuse my notation, not doing that for long yet ;) how about
F8 Underpromote to Knight,
King H8 only Move,
QxE5, Kg8 only Move,
Knight G6.
If king to f7 force him back to g8 by QE7 / If King H7, waste a move before deliver check on rank 8 and checkmate QH8.
You need to stop check. G4 to G5, if pawn on H6 to G5 promote pawn to a knight and check. Then capture Queen. If Queen captures pawn on G5 recapture the queen with pawn on H4.
I love these rules videos! Just don't go into obvious ones.
I would like to see golden rules for the middle game because I find the middle game to be the most complicated phase of the game. The end game is a simplified phase because there are less pieces on the board, and the opening is a no brainer if you just follow book moves, but the middle game is when things get muddy and complicated.
You would be surprised to see how complicated and abstract an endgame can be
@@claudi917 To the level that not even Magnus understands the endgame. Engines are always shuffling and repeating moves in the endgame because it's the best way forward, but this shuffling is strange even to the best chess players in the world.
Openings and end game are pretty much "solved", but midgame is still as complex as we first began to play chess... even for the strongest engines, midgame is enigma, so there is not an easy way to learn about how to play midgame. You can try to be "clever" as much as you want but there is no way you can learn how to play it for certain, like that is for the openings or the endgame.
@@Slav4o911 Endgames with up to 7 pieces are solved, but not 'endgames.' Well played openings are solved, but not 'openings.' I mean, look at the famous Diemer pawn-only game. If openings were 'solved,' how could that have happened? I'm sure any grandmaster today could replicate Diemer's success in that game, but they just haven't
9:39
g5, if Qxe6 then f8=N and g6 is no longer checkmate and you can take the queen while a piece up and you’re winning
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Why is a5 not a move on the very first example?
How about white plays Q - g6?
1:57 Why not Nb5 first, trade off the knight, then bring the bishop in?
3:20 why can’t Qb5 King to corner, white king C7 etc? (Sorry, new to notating)
Qg6+ makes black's king go to h8, allowing f8=Q# or f8=R#
3:59 how about Rxf7?
sir g5 is the best move .. g5, xg5, xg5 , qxe6, white promotes to a queen
So, in the very first line, right after the Black King hides safely on b7.....exactly what is wrong with playing a5 winning the Black Queen?
Ex 2. What was wrong with Q-b5?
puzzle of the day, g5
if pawn captures, Qg6+, Kh8 only move and f8 promote to a queen is checkmate
if queen takes queen, f8 pawn promotes to a KNIGHTTTTT!!!! forking the king and queen, now we're a knight up and win the game
at 1:21 can white just play a5 trapping the queen? And if rook attacks the queen on f8 white can retreat the queen. Isn't that just winning??
never mind I just realised black can play Bxh2+ to get the queen out
for puzzle of the day the only other move is g5, which wins for white
if Qxe6 then f8=N+ Kh8 (or Kh7) Nxe6. i dont see an immediate mate after this but ur up a knight so ur definitely winning
all other moves i see lead to mate, for example if Qc5 to stop the promotion then Qe4+ Kh8 then Qe8+ Kh7 Qg8# (black can block Qe4+ with g6+ or Qf5 but those also lead to mate)
pawn goes for knight so capture the king with double attack
F8 Knight check Kh8 Ng6+
wins the Queen
1:18 isn't a5 trapping the queen? Why is black supposed to be better, what am I missing?
3:33 Shouldn't Qb5 also work? Black King has only one legal move, which is a8, then we can go Kc7 and deliver the checkmate in next turn with Qb7
That's what I saw initially too. A mate in 2 is better than 3 though
g5, if black takes the queen promote the f pawn to knight with a fork on black king and queen
on example 3 I thought of Rxf7. if Rxf7 then b8 promotion. if Nc5 then Rxf8+ Kxf8 b8 promotion.
2:28 dont we wanna loose the knight so we have less risk of stalemate? i would go Qa6+ because that forces the black king to take the knight and then we can just mate with king and queen.
Mate in 2 is more accurate but yeah especially in blitz or low time, why overthink it, I would just give away the knight so I can safely premove checkmate.
The positions after Qe5 are so funny!
I like how the puzzle is the easiest possible one. There are 3 legal moves in the position, and he already went over two.
5:43 Q to c4: checkmate
I guess underpromotion into knight king h8 is forced and knight g6 fork king and queen
1. g5 Qxe6 2 f8=N
pawn g5.if he takes the queen we play pawn f8 and make a knight forking the queen and the king
g5:Qxe6 then f=N+ fork
So for me, 'look for a better move' doesn't express what I need to think about.
I see a move, where does it fall in order of operations? Does it need a set up? Is there another threat I can make, is there a threat I am exposed to?
All these together have to be remembered and the 'look for a better move' does not trigger this for me. It gets me lost looking for single move with no depth.
I got g5 and underpromote to knight in like ten seconds.
At 1:17 a5 doesn’t win the Queen?
1:16 pawn to a5 and the queen is trapped
1:19 Doesn`t a5 trap the black queen here?
Pawn g5, Qxe6, pawn f8 knight promotion, that wins opponents queen. And it's completely winning for white
at 1:21 a5 ....... Queen Traps........
Pawn to g5 qxf6 then f8=knight fork ing the pieces they defend King we take queen and we win right
f5 white queen check
im probably stupid but on the first one after the king runs to b7 doesnt a5 win the queen
lesson learned: always find the !! moves, to improve my chess.
More seriously -- the point is clearly not to fixate on "obvious" good moves. I am often guilty of this and then in game review I'm shocked to see the "missed" symbol. So I should broaden my search path.
"When you see a blunder, look for a better move" :D
i have find the move that is just give the check after you will find the winning move by yourself
Good rule. For life as well...
for example two, doesn't this also work: Qb5, Black K only move to a8, Kc7, Black K only move to a7, Qb7 checkmate