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✅ *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:
When you don’t know what to do in a chess position, you need reliable thinking rules.
In this video, GM Igor Smirnov shares 7 practical rules that helped him become a Grandmaster and make better decisions in unclear positions.
You’ll learn:
* What to do when there is no obvious plan
* How to handle pressure
* How to choose between reasonable moves
* Grandmaster thinking ideas from real games
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📺 Recommended Videos:
🔹Fischer's 3 Rules to Punish Bg4 Pin on Knight - youtu.be/4eVo8QlIfjQ
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📚 Games & Other Resources:
Find the examples and games shown in the video in this blog-post - chess-teacher.com/how-to-become-an-advanced-chess-player
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⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 7 rules when you don't know what to do in a chess game
00:08 GM Igor Smirnov's chess game
00:51 Rule-1
02:07 Rule-2
02:59 Rule-3
05:45 Rule-4
06:17 Rule-5
07:29 Rule-6 (Tal's game)
08:58 Rule-7 (advanced players use this)
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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 #ChessStrategy #ChessTips #ChessPrinciples #ChessRules
✅ *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:
When you don’t know what to do in a chess position, you need reliable thinking rules.
In this video, GM Igor Smirnov shares 7 practical rules that helped him become a Grandmaster and make better decisions in unclear positions.
You’ll learn:
* What to do when there is no obvious plan
* How to handle pressure
* How to choose between reasonable moves
* Grandmaster thinking ideas from real games
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
📺 Recommended Videos:
🔹Fischer's 3 Rules to Punish Bg4 Pin on Knight - youtu.be/4eVo8QlIfjQ
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
📚 Games & Other Resources:
Find the examples and games shown in the video in this blog-post - chess-teacher.com/how-to-become-an-advanced-chess-player
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 7 rules when you don't know what to do in a chess game
00:08 GM Igor Smirnov's chess game
00:51 Rule-1
02:07 Rule-2
02:59 Rule-3
05:45 Rule-4
06:17 Rule-5
07:29 Rule-6 (Tal's game)
08:58 Rule-7 (advanced players use this)
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
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.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
🌐 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 #ChessStrategy #ChessTips #ChessPrinciples #ChessRules
