How to Calculate in Chess? [Find Tactics in Your Games]

26.09.2023

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In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov shares with you 5 key ideas to calculate effectively during your chess games. You will learn from beginner-level concepts and gradually climb to advanced-level so that you can calculate more complex positions/variations.

These calculation tips will teach you how to solve puzzles easily, how to find tactics in your games, and how to calculate efficiently and effectively. Most importantly, you will learn how top Grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen calculate variations effectively in their games.

At the end of this calculation training, you will be challenged with an interesting puzzle. Try to calculate all possible variations and find the winning shot!

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00:00 How to calculate in chess? [5 tips]
00:28 Example-1
00:51 Tip-1: Evaluate material
01:17 How to find candidate moves in a position?
04:09 Example-2
05:00 Tip-2: Calculate till the end of the forcing line
05:39 Example-3 (this is how Grandmasters think)
06:28 Tip-3: Use your positional understanding
09:18 How to improve your positional understanding?
09:59 Example-4
10:11 Tip-4: Don’t let your opponent’s king escape
11:57 Example-5
12:57 Tip-5: Try to make tactics work somehow
13:52 Test your calculation skills with this puzzle

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40 Comments

  1. Fairly easy and straightforward examples with a clearcut one viable line worth calculating.

  2. I could solve them all with almost no problem. My puzzle rating is around 1500-1600 but i my chess rating is now around 900😢 i was 1300 but seems i lost something and i can not make any improvements anymore

  3. Why does you opponent have to react to an attack or capture? I don't get it

  4. Thanks sir lots of love from bangladesh

  8. Got all of them right great video

  9. in the first one i came with rook sac on c6 after the pawn takes we fork the Queen, if the pawn doesnt take Resign lil bro

  10. Solution is Qd5 with threat Nc7 or Qf7

  12. Your videos are becoming more and more instructive! Thank you!,

  13. Since I can’t find the answer. Imma say what I found. Qh5, g6, white pawn takes, then h6 takes, bf7 mate?

  14. QD5 and its mate by Nc7 or Qf7: with Be7 just leading to Qf7:+ Kd8 Qe7: mate

  15. 14:04 Qd5 and then black’s queen’s only move is to take on d5 then Nc7#

  16. Nc7+,Qxc7,Qd5,Qc5(offers queen trade),Qf7#(bishop and queen battery)

    Ur welcome folks🎉

  17. sir is bf7 from the start ok later bringing qxh5

  18. Bxf7* Kxf7 Qh5* g6 fxg6*Ke8 G7 the end.

  19. This is one of the best chess channels ever. Thanks a bunch. More videos please

  20. As a beginner I just saw rf4 to trap the queen one the first

  22. In the tip 4 puzzle, what is the continuation if after 1. Qg6, black goes 1. … Rf7? Something like 2. Bxg7 Ke7 3. Ng8+ Ke8 I don't see anything other than a repition?

  23. 1.Qh5,g6 2.fxg6,fxg6 3.Bf7#

  24. 11:34 Black king can be saved by playing Rf7 instead of playing Ndxe5

  27. Qd5, if Qxd5 then Nc7 mate the queen cant move anywhere but to exchange

  28. 1. Qd5 Qxd5
    2.Bxd5 axb5
    3.Bxa8 bxa4
    4.Bxe4
    White is winning

  30. I think if you start Qd5, you take enemy Q free(because F7# threat+ Kc7# threat), then clean up R+ all the pieces. Does it work?

  31. …qe2+, kc1 (Forced, the tell); …bf4, qf4; …qe1+, re1; …re1#.

  32. dude.. in the 1st example after Nxg3.. Qxg3 isnt forced because it is not a check and therefore Qxh7 will be mate

  33. How to play chess:
    Step 1: rotate a cube inside your head.
    Step 2: conjure equations

  34. qd5; …qd5? nc7#. or …any? qc7#. Done. 2 plys: either bl candidate move: FORCED #, great tell.

  35. What if there are no forcing moves that help

  36. how to win first puzzle 1. Rxbf1 RxNf1 Qxg2#

  37. You teach better then Gotham chess who shows his matches as "examples"

  38. I must say… Most effective teacher on YouTube… For sure

  39. GM this lesson has and your others has seriously helped me out! Just recently had a game I won and played 90.9% accuracy which blew me away! That is amazing for me and I don't do that every game but that just shows that I'm making good progess! Thanks GM!

  40. Wow this immediately opened up my game. I applied your vision and logic and discipline of patiences and am constantly beating players I constantly lost to. Many thanks MRH

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