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It's amazing how complex chess is, and you can see it clearly in the video. when you explain the thought process during the game - you do a wonderful job. Thank you
@@bajulybs9021 Interestingly, many Soviet coaches recommend their students to learn pawn endgames and basic checkmates (Q+K, R+K) at the very beginning of their learning, seems like a great approach.
1200 to 1300 players play a good game, we do about one blunder or mistake a game, and we are weakish on End games in my experience, these videos confirm this. Thanks for the great videos by a great teacher in NM Nelson Lopez. This format you use here works well for the way I learn, straight to the point, great explanations, great reviews. A lot of other youtube teachers do much faster games and quick commentary, your 10 minute full game commentary work perfect for me , keep up this format. You accent is easy to understand compared to others.
Thanks for the videos. I'm learning a lot. I'm currently somewhere in the 1200 range. Knowing that even though you're roughly 1000 rating points higher and still have some close calls helps me see and realize why it's hard to improve from where I am. As they say. Chess is complicated.
NELSON THAT SECOND GAME WAS INCREDIBLE, THAT WAS AN AMAZING GAME. HE HAD A CRAZY ATTACK ON U, U NEUTRALISED HIM, CREATED AND WON AN ENDGAME that got my heart pumping! I wish i can pull off high level gameplay like that
It was a masterclass of defending from the black side. Truly one of the best instructional games I’ve seen. He knew the opponent wanted to open up the H file, make the queen bishop battery, but he knew as long as he keeps his knights there there’s no attack Great game very educational
Your last minute of play in the second game was fascinating. Your mind works so quickly to find the right moves. I had my finger on the perpetual pause button just to keep up with your thought processes. I need end-game work LOL. Thanks for another excellent video.
I find myself doing the math every episode to find out whether this is the one you lose. Climbs +24. Average 8 per win. 3 games takes 30-40 minutes. This one’s 37 so I think the streak continues 😆😆
One of the best lessons I've learned from this is: take your time. The third game: your opponent took two minutes while you took eight. While you are taking your time explaining your moves, I still think it's safe to say you spent more time that game thinking about what to do than your opponent.
Yeah he looks like a decent player, very attacking and I would expect he wins against other 1200s because he's so attacking and players that rating range don't tend to defend very well. He would be a stronger player if he took longer to think of his moves though, he was playing like it was a blitz game.
People like this just annoy me though. This is rapid, he's playing like its bullet. He is squandering his potential, if he just slowed down and took time with his moves youre looking at a solid 1800 right there. Instead, he wants to look flashy by playing so fast.
This speed is perfect for me. He plays slow enough to explain ideas, but not so slow that people just tune out while waiting for opponent's moves; and not too fast where he can't explain concepts.
21:10 everytime I play against an opponent that plays to quickly, they just play all the right moves and end up crushing me becuase I just run out of time. It's very frustrating for me, because it feels like I'm playing against a brick wall that just know the right moves against me.
Maybe study more openings that you encounter at your level? Then correct moves will come to you automatically. Look at bullet games - people who are great at those know their openings very well and because of that they can save time for middlegame.
wow, that brilliant knight move line was so fascinating to see. that would be a really difficult puzzle. it’s amazing how many threats there are and how it all leads to a draw by perpetual check
First game 99% Nelson it's official you are a bad ass😮😊👌 loving this series Nelson it has been so educational up to now😊😊😊 and super impressive the way you win games even when u wasnt aware u was in trouble there was a big threat against u with that perpetual, fascinating perpetual though wow never seen nothing like that two peices defending the king yet still was a perpetual chess is such a deep technical game i love it the way we can use computers like we do these days to see all these obscure lines i just love it 😊😊❤
@@kamilhorvat8290 Partially true, but a reminder - Hikaru struggled against a guy half his rating in Stafford gambit. Ratings are important but they don't tell the whole story about player's abilities.
@@kamilhorvat8290 kids who started playing chess just now have a rating of 250 not 1250 lmao This is not lichess where everyone gets free 1500 default sign up elo And 200 elo from winning a single game
Going back, reviewing, and finding brilliant moves is always so interesting. Sometimes, I'm just screwing around and seeing how certain moves are mistakes by myself or opponents and I find crazy lines opponents could've played.
Wow Nelson got lucky this episode Losses will happen but I do expect Nelson to win more often than not until the 2200 range Nelson, any chance you can pass this account to Hikaru once the rating gets there? It would be interesting to watch the rating climb continue, obviously Hikaru would crush but we will see start to see some draws mixed in around the 2400-2500 range
9:12 Ng6 pawn has to capture that Knight. And then white Queen captures that pawn... Danger zone activated for black (it seems). 13:14 as white I would go Rxf6...
The second game as black was a masterclass of defending that us lower rated players struggle with Identifying threats Not hanging pieces Making sure every critical square being attacked is defended Great game, let THEM make the mistake
Love your videos thank you..i have a question. When i watch games of bobby Fischer, Magnus Carlson, and others, they sewm to use their pawns more and weapons and sacrifice and strategicly. Do you so this at more advance level or its just not your style? Do have games in which you implement them more? Is this a conscious thing? Or is the purpose of the videos to show the importance of developing your pieces? Sometimes it seems as though they are not as important but when i watch others its more like an orchestra using all the instruments where as in you exanple which are fantastic sometimes their usage seems lacking or this my perception and i am incorrect?
14:04 Opponent should have taken the knight, forcing the king away from the defense of the queen so the black rook can take white queen afterwards. Equal endgame after that
i don't get the brilliant move though. white had all the advantage, was attacking, black had to defend with most pieces and everything white hoped for was a draw with perpetual? also, lil lippy was playing so fast no way he saw anything, i'm surprised he saw the centre push idea to block.
Notice all these intermediates who make one or two blunders per game finish with a lot of time on their clock? It would suggest they should use more of their time to check things more carefully.
at time stamp 6:13 when they pulled their bishop back to A4 could you not have also played Queen A5 causing check with a fork on their bishop ? I realize you seldom pull your Queen out early, but seems like a free piece as well as possibly killing castling rights ( yes their Queen, knight and two pawns could block, but would not remove your ability to take A4 bishop for free )
At 20:00 it is stated that the opponent can achieve perpetual check mate, but one can use the bishop sacrifice to get the white queen onto a white square, and then get out of it. However, it is still a little tricky, as white can force a queen trade, and then gobbling up pawns with a rook, when they have a bishop and king protecting is tough. So probably still a stalemate.
After the bishop sac, the white queen can move to e5, and it either leads to more perpetual checks, or a losing position for black. Perpetual/draw would be the "computer preferred" line. So it's basically a "forced" draw, or a losing endgame for black (down material)
Nelson, could you please share your thoughts on resign vs playing till the end. I fill it's like a waste of good game with honest ending if resign. Sometimes it saves a bit of time, but... I don't see any objectively strong reasoning to resign
Fantastic as always👍.... Great to hear a NM also has ,"I don't what to do right now" moments like the rest of us mortals but still continues on for the win!
I love how you say "Why are they thinking about this?" so often, and the answer is obviously, "Because they are not as good as you, and they are trying their damnedest to think about the next few moves, which is really hard" 😀
But there were all of them deceived, as in the fires of World Championship Magnus forged a Master Blunder. He pulled of his tactical vision, endgame skills and his intellect into it. One blunder to rule them all.
Talking about the London game, when you decide to not develop your c8 bishop early that's actually ok in a lot of d4 openings like the london or queen gambit declined where you get a Slav/French like pawn structure. The thing you have to know there is that the bishop is more like a endgame piece like a rook and it joins the fight later in the game. Because your pawn structure is pretty solid and your opponent doesn't have any decisive pawnbreaks your position is actually pretty solid even when you're behind in development.
Funny thing but in London (from white's side) it's actually light squared bishop that's more important - setting up all kinds of sacrifices and greek gift if black castles short. London can be a very aggresive opening, but most people don't study it enough to utilize its full attacking potential
@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 yeah that's absolutely true. I think most people just play it as some kind of opening that basically works no matter what setup black is doing and they just want to get into a middlegame with equal chances while avoiding a lot of theory. Which is fair not everyone wants to study openings on a regular base
@@arrowofkira5658I don’t like the London for that reason. It just feels like a very cheap opening. White gets to blitz out their entire opening, knowing that their position is going to be extremely solid, they don’t have to know any theory or any of the ideas behind their opening, and they have all the initiative at the start of the middle game. I get very frustrated playing the London bc I feel like these players would be 200 elo lower if they played any other opening. Maybe you could recommend a good line against the London?
@@AP0PT0SIS if you wanna be aggressive and take some of them out of theory quickly you can try to look at some really early c5 pushes to weaken their center followed by Qb6. Against some inexperienced players you might score some wins because they might not know how to correctly respond to the threat Qxb2 but it can be double edged if white knows what they're doing.
Hey Nelson, what happened to your rating climb and chess adventures? I got kind hooked to watch these every day and I am missing my dose of daily chess. I dont want to switch to sb else like Gotham or these Botez Girls because I like your style more. Would be cool if you could upload more frequent.
Lol watched the analysis, my continuation was to sac the ROoook I tried Knight takes as well and I don't think either one actually works... Darn computer being smarter than me again
1280 with an all time high of 1313. I’ve hit a bit of a slump but nowhere near as bad as when I first hit the 1190’s when I fell to low 1000’s. On a completely unrelated note, if you are in a slump, don’t just play games, chasing that one win before you call it quits. That’s how you lose 200 elo in one night.
At 7:12 Qa5 check was very strong as it would've guaranteed some material because white mindlessly moved the Queen to d3 opening tactics... This shows that when you're focused on one side of the board you can lose focus on the other side. Great series regardless ❤
