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If you want to automatize this process and raise your floor, you can check out this Chessable course: https://www.chessable.com/my-opponents-move-identifying-threats-mistakes-and-misconceptions/course/163950/ The first episode on this theme of missing the threats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJu9YOaYsjs&feature=youtu.be Preventing Blunders in Chess: http://chessable.com/blundercheck 🔵 My Chessable Courses: https://chessable.com/drcan ♟️ Find me on Chess.com: canka19 ♟️ Find me on Lichess: cantosh 🏆 2022 Chessable Community Author of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/blog/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2022-chessable-awards/ 🏆 2023 Chessable Best Tactics Course of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/fundamental-chess-calculation-skills/course/123333/ 🏆 2024 Chessable Author of the Year! https://www.chessable.com/blog/annoucing-the-winners-of-the-2024-chessable-awards/ Connect on https://twitter.com/Kabadayichess Go Chessable Pro using this link to support the channel: https://chessable.com/drcanpro 00:00 Check the Threat Before Focusing on the Drawback 03:51 Missing the Threats Behind Escapes 06:32 Missing the Threats Behind Escapes # 2 08:09 Missing the Threats Behind Escaping + Defensive Moves 09:50 My Painful Loss Against a GM 12:24 Homework Chess is a cruel game. If you miss the opponent's threat even for a single move, you can lose any position. This shows the fundamental importance of always checking for enemy threats every single move. This process is automatized for Magnus Carlsen, but I witnessed this is not the case for most casual players. Let's do a thought experiment. You can remove one chess skill from Magnus Carlsen for a single move during a game. What skill would that be if you wanted to maximize your winning chances against him? I think the answer is the ability to check for threats. This video talks about how people miss threats when the opponent's last move is a defensive-looking move or an escape against our attack. What I witnessed as a coach is that people have a hard time perceiving the threats behind such "defensive-looking" moves and they perceive those moves as uni-dimensional. But regardless of the surface appearances, we should always ask ourselves what would the opponent do if we simply did not make a move right now.