5 Key Takeaways That 1200 Rated Players Need To Hear 

I literally just hit 1200 so the timing of this upload was perfect

Utilizing a pin for a fork is called a pork 😂❤

the tactic at 14:00 is such a cool situation, it's so easy to dismiss Bd5 without looking a single move ahead and force yourself into a passive position with Rd8

I’ve learned the most over any other teacher from Nelson thanks for helping me break 1200 elo from 300 to 1200 in a year

Chess vibes uploading daily is a treat!

I just enrolled in your course. I’m only rated 800 and really looking forward to learning. I want to start a local chess club in my town

11:35 ‘Opposite colour bishop, I don’t mean mine is white, his is black’ 😂😂😂

Another v informative video ! Am loving the breaking 1500 course so far - it's all helping 😊

Thanks Nelson for the content! 😊

Nelson, would you consider making a video showing us how to analyze data like this? I’d be interested in analyzing my games like this to see which of these errors mentioned I need to work on most.

Thank you for sharing this very useful instruction video

Your content is educational and aptly engaging. I have been learning quite a lot, so thankyou! Just one suggestion, please put time stamps on your videos, especially the one with tips or pointers. That way it's easier to go back to them later too

I just joined! Super excited for your course!

Just to be devil’s advocate here, but is it possible that the reason few games are lost in the opening is that most of us do spend a lot of time on that phase of the game and the studying is paying off.

You did a lot of works ❤

I’m pretty sure that second to last game was me loll. I remember moving my king away from the pawn and feeling pretty dumb.

Niceee, I I hope you could do that also but around 1850 - 1900+ I want to reach really 2000 elo . ❤❤❤

This is a great practical series! Looking forward to the 1400 one. And beyond?

The explanation and break down is so clear and understandable !! Many thanks for these videos ❤

I am almost positive that the discovered attack example was my game!

Hey Nelson! Really enjoy your videos. I have to say I’m guilty of #3 and I find that sometimes I have in my head a move (like castling) and I don’t even look at where my opponent moved before making my move. I also can’t tell you how many times I’ve failed a puzzle because I wasn’t thinking of the easy capture (#4 in the video).

If anyone else is confused by Kf8 at 17:50 - 19:00: Both Ne7 and Be7 are at least as good as Kf8. I think Nelson forgot to enable castling rights when analyzing the position, or he forgot to mention that black previously has lost castling rights.

Love your vids. The elo climb motivated me to try and hit 1000 (im 600)

Thank you for this analysis. It's very interesting. The pin + fork is the most difficult for me to spot 'during the game'.

Thanks 😊

13:56 I think we discovered a hybrid of two tactics which I'll call "Discovered Defense" for Discovered Attack and Indirect Defense. The name is also fitting because this type of defense would need to be discovered as both a discovered attack and a defense, despite the moved piece being in danger, and as per Levy a.k.a. GothamChess, "danger levels".

Comment for the algorithm. ChessVibes to the top!

Hey i would appreciate if you also make a course on breaking 2000 for advanced players!!

You are becoming my favourite chess blogger! Great videos, great delivery

11:37 "Mine's white he's black" 💀

Great video as always. I'm at 1181

Nelson, have you analysed how much time pressure affects their accuracy?

7:50 as a 1700 rated player, my opponents sometimes blunder full pieces such as rooks or queens for completely free and I miss it too from time to time lol

I think for your analysis you should separate blunders made in a time scramble (maybe under 30seconds left).

This should be perfect for me!

“Which mistakes” lmao, ALL OF THEM!!

In my opinion - btw awesome video - players understand chess properly at a level of about 1500. That's when you stop being a total noob at chess. And my point is supported by 1200 making such knight move mistakes. They just dont understand that the knight can move there which means they dont understand the game fully. Dont overrate 1200. It's a very noob level. 1500 is about where noob ends and average/normal player begins. Some RU-vidrs say it's a big achievement to get there but no, that's where playing actual chess begins.

I honestly study my opening repertoire well into the middlegame to know the common ideas and tactics and I see no harm in that.

Thank you for your excellent videos. After watching your videos, I went on a winning streak. I am now at almost a 60%-win rate. In the last 5 games, I have won 4 and only lost to a player with a significantly higher ELO. I know that eventually I will knock out when I start playing people with greater talent than myself but at least I am now playing up to my natural talent instead of losing for stupid reasons.

Excellent topic

Thank you chess vibes for what to look out for and take advantage of my opponents when they make a blunder. ❤

thankyou for this video

I am buying this course to support Nelson even though I don't know if I am in the target rating range. It doesn't matter to me, since the content he has given us for free is already worth more than the price. I really think he is the best chess teacher and streamer on RU-vid. Please don't stop making videos!

16:12 if the white knight moves black check mates. Then once white castled things changed so much. Now if the white knight moves, depending on what black does, white has some checkmate possibilities of his own! Wild how one move can totally change the whole situation.

Thank you Nelson, I am struggling to utilize the Queen properly

I will always stay away from bad moves.😎

Don't you feel a lot of the blunders are due to the limited time? If you are moving quickly it is very difficult to suddenly stop and take significant thinking time. It would be interesting to see a comparison against longer games.

I've been stuck in 1200 for like a week now, what a timing Nelsi🥳

14:11 it is called danger levels.

It was so funny when you said "I don't mean opposite colour like your bishop is black and mine is white" 😂

I am 1800 so need similar video for 1800s

Thank you.

there was a video where you put stockfish with 2 amazons against you, how do you can play stockfish with fairy piece

Keep pushing the new course! Just stop talking about it on Friday so you won't be rubbing it in to anyone who can't get it. I am gonna try to get it on Friday, but it is pending wife approval. *lol*

Did you look up all my games? I'm pretty sure those blunders and tactical mistakes were things I've done.

At 1400, I still fall for the forks.

Can you please complete Chess Adventures? After all that then continuing this would be fine but please finish it. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think 14:00 is called "Danger Levels" ?

sometimes I played completly drunk and that's the case

I'm 1300 and i sometimes miss Weak squares, what my opponents can do (sometimes - yes i check it) and plans

Just started a new chess account after being 1350, because the break I had made me feel washed. I was 1237 or smth beating 1300s…

I'm 1100 and these are my top 3 blunders 👀

Looking for the guy in the comment saying "Where are the 1200 rated players? There is missing 1100 of them" 👀

Watching chess tutorials is feel good and feel like you're learning and improving but you're not at all. Idk, even taking course would help at all.

1 key takeway: sign up for Nelson's Breaking 1500 Course! SIgn up fast, spots are filling up!

19:05 I just would play Ne7, and I cannot find the reason why it is a bad idea. Can someone help me?

I don't fully agree with you on openings. Keep in mind your data is based on a chess engine stronger than any human in the world. Stockfish is saying "I could play that opening that way and be OK". As Magnus and the banned opening shows us, you can absolutely mess around in the opening and still be fine if you are a strong master. It doesn't mean a weaker player could play that opening and be OK. In other words, stockfish might not call it a blunder or mistake, but it's creating critical lines or ideas in the middle game that a lower rated player absolutely will screw up.

Th I don't think it rally matters the piece they blunderd accept maybe blundering to a knight

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the theory is incredible. but.... no matter what you learn what is happening during a game is irrelevant. for example. I spent 30 minutes to see this video and after 2 minutes I started to play a game. in the opening London system the pawn threatened my dark bishop at the fifth move and I decided to develop my white bishop. so..... to quit or not to quit.... 😂😂😂😂😂

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Plssssss help I REALLY NEED to break 1000 but not gonna pay

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I have pretty much watched all of your tutorials and my skills haven't improved at all.

Cool video. I like you and all, but the video where you trapped people into giving you their phone numbers (with the laughable promise that you were going to call them to ask things) wasn’t okay. Who did you sell those numbers to? I know you have to make a living and all, but you should disclose that.