Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
✅ *Achieve Your Goal of Reaching 2000 ELO With This Structured Guide. Get "Boost Your Elo to 2000 Bundle"* - online.chess-teacher.com/boosteloyt
⌛ *GM Smirnov has spent years mastering chess—so you don’t have to. Learn from his courses* ► online.chess-teacher.com/shopyd
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🎬 About this video lesson:
*NOTE:* Just to clarify the background: Viktor Bologan was not my official long-term coach, but during the period when I was actively working on my chess improvement, he kindly looked at some of my games, played blitz with me, and gave me advice. It was a rare chance to learn from a 2700-level player, and in this video I’m sharing one of our blitz games together with the practical lessons I took from that experience.
You’ll learn:
* How strong players make small positional decisions
* How to improve your pieces
* How to apply practical GM-level ideas
* How better thinking leads to better moves
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📺 Recommended Videos:
🔹How I Went From 1600 to 2260 Chess Rating in 1 Year - youtu.be/ue6r5dhlVkw?list=PLfilvzECcBn8
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📚 Games & Other Resources:
Find the complete chess game of Igor Smirnov vs Victor Bologan in this blog-post - chess-teacher.com/igor-smirnov-vs-victor-bologan
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 5 Chess Rules I Learnt from a 2700 ELO Grandmaster
00:10 Igor Smirnov vs GM Victor Bologan
01:01 Rule-1
03:37 Puzzle of the Day
04:48 Rule-2
06:39 Rule-3
08:22 Rule-4 (by Mikhail Tal)
09:41 Igor's ELO rating jump
11:21 Forcing Moves to Find Tactics
12:57 Igor takes & it's a mistake?
14:59 Applying ALL these rules every move
18:15 Rule-5
19:51 Final moments of the game
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ℹ️ About GM Igor Smirnov
Igor Smirnov is a Chess Grandmaster, leading online educator, and the founder of Remote Chess Academy.
* 1.2M+ learners across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok
* Founder of Remote Chess Academy (2009) — a global online chess school with 75,000+ students across structured training programs
* Author of A Promoted Pawn and creator of the RCA “system of thinking,” helping players break plateaus and reach 2000+ ELO
* Winner of Kasparov’s Cup (2009) and Ukrainian U16 Champion, with deep tournament and coaching experience
* A mentor who has conducted seminars and simul exhibitions in India, featured in The Hindu, and published 1,700+ instructional chess videos
Having earned the GM title through years of disciplined training, he blends classical chess strategy with psychology-based decision-making to help players think clearer, avoid blunders, and take control of their chess growth.
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🌐 Follow GM Igor Smirnov on social media
Facebook: facebook.com/RemoteChessAcademy
Instagram: instagram.com/gm.igorsmirnov
TikTok: tiktok.com/@gmigorsmirnov
X (Twitter): https://x.com/GMIgorSmirnov/
#IgorNation #ChessTips #ChessStrategy #ChessRules #ChessPrinciples
✅ *Achieve Your Goal of Reaching 2000 ELO With This Structured Guide. Get "Boost Your Elo to 2000 Bundle"* - online.chess-teacher.com/boosteloyt
⌛ *GM Smirnov has spent years mastering chess—so you don’t have to. Learn from his courses* ► online.chess-teacher.com/shopyd
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
🎬 About this video lesson:
*NOTE:* Just to clarify the background: Viktor Bologan was not my official long-term coach, but during the period when I was actively working on my chess improvement, he kindly looked at some of my games, played blitz with me, and gave me advice. It was a rare chance to learn from a 2700-level player, and in this video I’m sharing one of our blitz games together with the practical lessons I took from that experience.
You’ll learn:
* How strong players make small positional decisions
* How to improve your pieces
* How to apply practical GM-level ideas
* How better thinking leads to better moves
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
📺 Recommended Videos:
🔹How I Went From 1600 to 2260 Chess Rating in 1 Year - youtu.be/ue6r5dhlVkw?list=PLfilvzECcBn8
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
📚 Games & Other Resources:
Find the complete chess game of Igor Smirnov vs Victor Bologan in this blog-post - chess-teacher.com/igor-smirnov-vs-victor-bologan
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 5 Chess Rules I Learnt from a 2700 ELO Grandmaster
00:10 Igor Smirnov vs GM Victor Bologan
01:01 Rule-1
03:37 Puzzle of the Day
04:48 Rule-2
06:39 Rule-3
08:22 Rule-4 (by Mikhail Tal)
09:41 Igor's ELO rating jump
11:21 Forcing Moves to Find Tactics
12:57 Igor takes & it's a mistake?
14:59 Applying ALL these rules every move
18:15 Rule-5
19:51 Final moments of the game
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
ℹ️ About GM Igor Smirnov
Igor Smirnov is a Chess Grandmaster, leading online educator, and the founder of Remote Chess Academy.
* 1.2M+ learners across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, and TikTok
* Founder of Remote Chess Academy (2009) — a global online chess school with 75,000+ students across structured training programs
* Author of A Promoted Pawn and creator of the RCA “system of thinking,” helping players break plateaus and reach 2000+ ELO
* Winner of Kasparov’s Cup (2009) and Ukrainian U16 Champion, with deep tournament and coaching experience
* A mentor who has conducted seminars and simul exhibitions in India, featured in The Hindu, and published 1,700+ instructional chess videos
Having earned the GM title through years of disciplined training, he blends classical chess strategy with psychology-based decision-making to help players think clearer, avoid blunders, and take control of their chess growth.
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🌐 Follow GM Igor Smirnov on social media
Facebook: facebook.com/RemoteChessAcademy
Instagram: instagram.com/gm.igorsmirnov
TikTok: tiktok.com/@gmigorsmirnov
X (Twitter): https://x.com/GMIgorSmirnov/
#IgorNation #ChessTips #ChessStrategy #ChessRules #ChessPrinciples
