A Puzzle That Tells YOUR Chess Level

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Spotted the 1600 level and that your opponent didn’t have to take back but completely overlooked the castle capture! Which is why I blunder so much.

One problem i find with puzzles is, that you just know theres something good in that certain position, so you kind of eliminate all the ''boring'' moves that dont do anything in the first place. In a normal game u might not see the forcing line, because you dont know theres something concrete on the board. I like those kind of videos though, please do more.

Super accurate actually. I’m 1600ish and got the 1600 rating. I definitely quit calculating and just said, “it’ll work out” after 3 moves

So here is what is strange. I actually calculated all the way TO the Qxh4 variation! But I totally missed the fact that my rook was hanging. As it turns out, it didn't matter -- but I'm not sure if my rating is 2700 or 800. 🙂 Very fun and practical puzzle!

Yes! More "what's my level" challenges. Fun and interesting!

📢 To those who asked for more videos like this, here's the 2ND PART - https://youtu.be/o-kjwqGWhxg

I am 600 rated and I found the 1600 level variation which I am really proud of. Keep up the good work❤❤

I enjoyed your analysis :) It’s important to mention that puzzle ratings aren’t so close to ELO. Mine’s 1650 and 2850 so you can see the difference.

► Chapters 00:00 This Chess Puzzle Determines Your Rating 00:35 Your Rating Level is 800 IF... 01:25 Your Rating Level is 1000 IF... 01:48 Your Rating Level is 1300 IF... 02:39 Your Rating Level is 1600 IF... 03:25 Your Rating Level is 1800 IF... 04:29 Your Rating Level is 2300 IF... 05:13 Your Rating Level is 2600 IF... 06:46 Your Rating Level is 2700 IF... 07:45 Your Rating Level is 2760 IF... 08:10 How to calculate variations in the middlegame?

Yup, got stuck at the 1800 move. I didn't think of moving the rook up because I thought white would just sacrifice their queen for the rook. That's two rooks for a queen, but it also seems to shut down black's attack. Still don't see why white wouldn't/can't just do that. Edit: Looking into it more, stockfish seems to like the queen sac too. Uh, did you make a mistake?

More chess puzzles like this one are always appreciated. Chess games at the grandmaster level which did not result in a draw, are always good as a learning tool.

As an 1800 player, after visualizing Bxf3 Qxb4 Rb8 g3 i really went "Nah this ain't working" and went for the overwhelmingly less calculated Rg8.

I'm 800 rated and my first through was the 1600 move, but I legitimately didn't even notice my rook was hanging so...

You are one of the best coaches on the internet.Please provide more such content for your viewers. The analysis was very helpful.

You are a great teacher Igor. Thank you.

I love this type of video - great format. Thank you!

I didn't even consider the moves at 2600 because I saw queen h4.

I also chose bishop takes & totally overlooked the queen threatening the castle. I seem to be hanging in the area of 750-850 in rapid and 1325-1450 for puzzles (hard level). I was taught to play (basics) chess but only now in middle adulthood started to look into chess in a more (I do have an insatiable need to play daily to get my fix) academic sense and seem to have a real addiction to it since moving my first pawn inJanuary 2023. I would love to join some chess club in South East Michigan at some point with aspirations of continual growth & study. Shooting for a 1600 ELO for an initial goal. I ❤ the video.

This was awesome! I just found this channel yesterday. I usually watch Hikaru but your videos are more like classroom math exercises. I like how organized and concise, while still being thorough, they are. I am around 800 elo, and you’re right that I did hang my rook, but upon noticing I was able to calculate the refutation of bishop takes knight (queen takes rook) and then up to white playing g3 and I thought the attack was over. I didn’t see rook to the fourth rank attacking the queen, and while I did consider sacking on g3, I never considered sacking on h4 or anything else. I will keep improving!