Fischer’s Rule Will Prevent 50% of Your Chess Mistakes

13.10.2023

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov teaches you the golden chess rule that was used by the former world chess champion Bobby Fischer. Learning this single chess rule will help you stop making blunders, lose less often, and increase your chess performance tremendously.

You will learn this rule from several illustrative examples, including the games of Bobby Fischer himself in which he has implemented this golden chess rule and won games easily!

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00:00 Chess rule to prevent blunders and improve your performance 
00:09 Example-1
00:57 Example-2
01:42 Most common chess mistakes/blunders [Prevent them]
02:26 Bobby Fischer’s Golden Chess Rule
03:26 Example-3: Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer
04:44 Example-4: Bobby Fischer vs Laszlo Barczay
07:39 Puzzle of the day

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40 Comments

  2. Ne6 is a fork
    No choice for black but to resign

  3. 7:46
    Rxg7+!!
    Can’t be taken or else fork, can check cause problems and soon checkmate will come

  4. One of the best chess videos I ever watched. Had to comment. Simplicity, sanity and clearness 100%, super practical value of the tip, philosophy, puzzle at the end… this is absolutely TOP!!!

  5. Rook takes g7 and king takes and a royal fork Ne6

  6. Before watching it, I'm guessing he says cover your pieces. After watching it, yes, this is a great one.

  7. Just be "Lazy in a good way."
    Damn! Best advice ever.

  8. GM Smirnov provides the absolute best practical advice for club players. When I’m playing chess, it’s usually his voice that’s in my head. To take is a mistake. Neutralize threats in your half of the board. Go forward. Counter attack. Keep creating threats.

  10. Rg7 forces a royal fork

  11. Take the pawn in front of the king and move knight to make a triple fork

  12. Rxg7+,Kxg7,Ne6+

  13. What if both sides choose this tactic?

  14. Basically what Putin is doing right now

  15. 7:47 i would play rook g7 check when King takes fork if does not take then you have mate in 3

  16. Chess has so many veribles that a good chess tutorial would be showing from the beginning

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  18. Hello Mr Smirnov. If you are down some material, then do you think that this principle should be lower priority than keeping the game complicated?

  20. I peaked at 1550 USCF 4 years ago and nobody ever taught me this. I feel like the climb back is so much less steep because of this advice. This is free positional literacy and you don't even have to be a tactical wiz to benefit from it!

  21. That advice is basically two steps solution to the main advice, which is clearly figure out what the intention is when that forward positioned piece.

  22. Simple but effective! Thanks Igor!

  23. Great vid! I just started chess aged 52 three weeks ago, fun game but with soooo many layers lol. Quality information for Mr Blunder over here good chess sire!

  25. Good. Chess Lesson! I will now use Fisher's. Rule! Thanks Sir🙂

  26. Take the g7 pawn with R+. If the King takes the rook on g7 the knight forks the queen and the king and a rook on e6. If the King goes to the corner, h8 the rook takes h7 check again. It's losing for him.

  27. "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." __Mark Twain

  28. Rxg7+! followed by knight-forking the black King and Queen.

  29. 7:43

    1)Rxg7,kxg7,Ne6 fork

    2)Rxg7,Kh8,Rh7check,Nxh7,qxh7#

    3)Rxg7,Kh8,Rh7check,Kg8,Qg6 #

  31. In answer to the puzzle of the day at 7:44: I'd counter with Ne6, forking Black's queen and rook.

  33. I really appreciate how simple and useful this advice is. I've played chess occasionally for years and only begun to take it seriously. But i'm definitely finding that some educational material is just too far over my head for where i'm at right now. This was simple, to the point, and effective advice to help guide my general thought process and analysis. Much appreciated! And made a new subscriber!

  34. R × g7 check , and later white wins soon.

  35. I find it mentally difficult and exhausting when studying different games in one short video, and it reduces my study time.

  36. Wow that rook sack at the end was gorgeous. Either king takes on g7 leading into a queen fork or it’s forced checkmate 😮‍💨

  39. 7:08 It is still a sacrifice. Just because it doesn't feel like one, doesn't mean it doesn't fall under the exact definition of a sacrifice.

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