Absolutely loved your videos. My friend introduced chess to me. He is my first teacher and rival. But at first he kept winning, our score was 28-0. And then your video showed up in my feed and now the score is 43-45. I have a 2 point lead. Thank you.
You are the GOAT, bro. I was stuck at 400, but after watching your livestream and learning how to calculate and move, I hit 600 Elo in 4 days. You are amazing!
Just finished watching this; went to do the daily puzzle and it was (spoiler alert!) this exact knight/rook checkmate pattern! Love your lessons, Nelson. The best series out there. Thanks so much.
Best speed run series I've seen, thanks. Very informative, in many, many ways. Can you please do the Ponziani? Thank you for such informative, real time lessons. A much more detailed approach than the norm, you've found the perfect teaching medium.
I need more O Kelly Sicilian content!!! Your video on it opened a door for me. At low levels they go D4 so often and get blasted off the board. It would be perfect for the speed run.
I don't know if you'll spot this comment amongst so many others. In the sixth game (think it was that one), you described the general idea of the Ruy Lopez opening, and in particular the purpose of the pin on the knight. I've never heard anyone explain that before. I feel like this sort of explanation is what's been missing for me on most of the openings I've learned. I detest memorizing lines, but short of that I haven't really learned what each opening is about. I know that the Vienna is very much about castling and opening the f-file to use the rook. That about sums up my entire understanding of my opening repertoires. (Maybe the London is a little more about just creating a barricade, but even there, I don't really know if there's a general theory about how to use it to attack.) Would love to see more of this sort of content - not just the basic principles of knights before bishops, but how to make the most use of each opening! Great series, Nelson!
it is an inside joke on this channel - on a previous rating climb, a player was definitely cheating, and later used the excuse that he was cooking rice in a rice cooker which was the reason for the suspicious move timings, so nowadays, Rice is code for "cheaters encountered" 🤣
Hi Nelson it's me, the broken record again, I couldn't help noticed the Pirc Defence on your list. Please could you add the Czech Pirc Defence onto your list too?
hey can we have a goring gambit double pawn sacrifice variation (double danish but with Nf3 Nc6, so like e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 exd4 c3 dxc3 Bc4 cxb2 Bxb2 also if possible a von popiel gambit and von hennig gambit
This has actually been really cool to watch. I hadn't played chess in something like 25 years, but got back into playing recently, and boy, am I terrible. This is around my rating now, sadly. But, after watching you for a while now, I'm finding the counterplays to the things people play at this level much easier. Your mid game move guide was a big help, too! Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for your work showing less skilled players how to play smart.
6:31 Qd7? Why not N attacking with Nb4? Moving forward and all is defended. What is best move? Also, please show the move orders to aid in analysis of your style. Very good but not the best presentation. Always have move orders available. Vote with a like if you agree!
I dont know if it was just me or something but it was easier to play the 500 than the 400s. I was stuck in 400 for a while and i won 150 points in a day!
The GOAT Nelson series is back! I'll be petitioning for a Leningrad Dutch when you're a little bit further ahead 🫶 By the way, what about a Danish Gambit for now?? 👀
As an absolute beginner who has watched more than 500 hours of your videos, i can say I understand the second speedrun way better and i can even predict your next moves. Thank you Nelson!
You missed M1 in the first game (15:43 you could've played Rg5# or Rg6# or Rg7# or Rg8#) with the discovered attack and taking away the g1 square for the king. But if you have M1 take M2 I guess 😅
Hi Nelson, I’ve got a challenge for you: play Martin but, your knights are gangster knights, which means, if your both knights get captured you lose and if you lose one of the knight you have to blunder your queen!! And if you think you can put your knight on a safe square, I’m sorry you can’t so you have to move your knight every 3 moves. And last but not the least, you have to checkmate with your knight or captures the opponent’s knights with your knights without getting captured, you can do anyone of these two you want. Hope you win. Good luck 😉.
I noticed that in my games as well, but for me, it was because I rarely left the tension, so there really wasn't a lot of chances for mistakes from my opponent
Salutations , Nelson! Month-long subscriber here, I especially watch you and Eric Rosen when it comes to chess content. Very instructive and chill videos. Maybe one day play the Alekhine? To especially teach us more exotic ways to play chess instead of the normal, mainstream "Control the center with pawns, develop, etc. etc." kind of openings. It would teach us how some principles have exceptions to them and how we can use those exceptions to put our opponent out of theory and make them think and stay cautious throughout.
This is my favorite chess channel. Your teaching style is so straightforward, so I understand everything you’re doing, but when I try to play with the same mindset, it ain’t so easy
All your stuff is good, but this series is definitely the best yet the explaining of every step is so helpful. Also, I would love to see the Catalan opening
Excellent video, thanks for the in depth walkthrough of your thought process, it's so valuable to me as a beginner. I'm a big fan, can't wait for the next one, keep them coming!
Hi nelson This is nice video Can we have video on openings where opponent actually play off-book moves like pawn storms early in game and then we can actually transpose our game to different opening depending upon pawn structure. So I the focus on pawn structure with tactics in mind. And the middlegame plan there after
My only thought is that almost any “plan” I could come up with is in some real sense “hope chess,” because I’m just unable to see the crazy way the opponent could defend or take advantage of the mistakes of my plan.
Masters always say to not give up the bishop pair. 99 percent of my games are lost because of the knight. I can defend the bishops. The knight always makes some God move, making me lose. If I can remove it without hurting my position, I always do. I almost always win once the knights are gone
I do like your videos. I just wish you would play players closer to your actual rating and even take on some 3k elo players by at least 1/3 of your content.
Hilarious. On game #2, I thought you left yourself open to a Legal's mate tactic when you played Bg4. White could have answered Nxe5... if BxQ then Bxf7, Ke7, Nd5++. However, the black king has the f8 square in this particular case... and I probably would have blundered because of it. I'm more used to playing that mate out of the Scotch gambit, actually. I guess I sort of learned something when I got this from RU-vid autoplay, despite the fact that it's WAY below my ELO. In my defense, I virtually never play 1. e4, e5 as black. Even with white, I don't play 1. e4 that often any more.
Just a recommendation, please name your videos as course greens number just For us would be much easier to track which video have you watched on which next videos we should watch thank you
Opening suggestions: 1) Lion's Jaw (vs Pirc) 2) Fritz variation (vs Fired Liver attempt) 3) 4. Qd3 (vs French) Love the content; keep up the good work!
I have been stuck at 1200 rating for like over a year, i am watching your videos and learning a lot ,even matches against these low rating players along with your explanation is very helpful THANK YOU
