How To Take Advantage of Opening Mistakes | Chess Rating Climb 641 to 682 

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I was just watching his other videos when a message popped up showing Chess Vibes released a new video. That's when I go to the kitchen to grab some snacks and click on the video and start watching it. Thank you for making such enjoyable videos and keep making them because I really enjoy watching them.

I just crossed 1400 on my chess app. I was stuck at 1100 for a long time unable to keep 1200 for more than a few games. I find after watching your videos my confidence goes up

This series is amazing man, I struggle to get better at chess as I understand concepts but practically I always make mistakes. But seeing someone explain the thought process and reminding what to look out for is really helpful. Great work, I wish you the absolute best 👊🏽❤️

17:11 that just killed me right there, the embarrassment, the absolute facepalm, he couldn't believe it. 😂 Nelson keep going, I love this series and watch it every damn Monday. Hope you n your family is up well, take care ! ❤

Maybe the real Busch-gass gambit was the friends we made a long the way

Good choice to play the Vienna Gambit against an Austrian :)

Nelson, thank you again. I don't want you to get cocky, but you are absolutely the best chess instructor on youtube, hands down. You cemented in my little chess pea brain the concept of not trading my bishop and knight for rook pawn. Stay healthy my virtual friend!

Another great teaching video , thank you ! Really looking forward to next Monday for " breaking 1500 " !!

Yeah , this series Is a banger!!🎉 1 week from now can't wait!!!!🗣️🔥🎉💯

Great series! Would really enjoy some King’s Gambit- always loved the wildness of those games from your last rating climb.

49:15 Says "scan for forks" and misses a fork 15 seconds later.🤣

That last game was so instructive! I think I learned more during that one game than any other in the series! 1. the purpose of the Vienna game is to use the rook on the open f-file. 2. The purpose of the Vienna gambit is to force the f6 knight to undevelop. 3. checking the uncastled king ended up forcing a move which required the king as a defender, so that if he castles he loses a piece. 4. line up a battery before the king castles so there's a checkmate threat, requiring more defenders or preventing the opponent from taking any sort of initiative. Really great instruction on that one!!

Enjoying the new Elo climb series! If you're taking requests for openings still, would love to see the Danish Gambit.

@ChessVibesOfficial Nelson, I just got my third ever brilliant move with a Bishop sacrifice, luring the King out and then checkmating a few moves later! And I managed to snag a few Pieces in recent games by bringing the Queen out to check the King and forking a piece! All thanks to watching your rating climb video's; thanks man, you're awesome!!!

Love your content Nelson, been watching you from when you were just starting out. Amazing growth, and wish you loads of RU-vid success!

I've only been seriously learning about chess for 1 month, such as opening theories, basic principals, how to checkmate, things like that. I'm currently at 300 elo. Your channel has been helping a lot. I love your style and energy but obviously I'm probably not ready for your class yet. The main reason I'm losing games right now is I'm still blundering a lot of pieces (I lost my queen to a pawn the other day). I'm also sometimes not sure exactly what to do so I make a random move. Learning is a lot of fun tho!

I’ve been stuck on 1500 bots for ages so decided to start watching some chess videos… found you a couple days ago and have beaten all the 1500’s now :) Some simple things you talk about that I now can’t believe I’ve got this far without them in the past… admittedly I’m 37 now and haven’t properly played since I was about 8 in primary.

I really love to watch when you playing high rated opponents and think loudly, I hope you do it more frequently, wishes

Why do i always win from stronger opponents after watching this, and then forget about it by the next morning...

I was so frustrated when you did'nt do the fork with the knight at 49:31 but it worked out perfectly anyway. Good job! 😀

Big fan Nelson! The way you teach chess! I hope one day you will be a GM 🍻

It's easy to watch these and have them in mind and improve, it's more difficult to make them instinctive!

Recognizing pins is so valuable. As a beginner I often miss opportunities because I think that a piece can attack me, when in reality it can't due to the pin.

I feel like you’re one of the best chess educators on RU-vid at the moment. Keep producing this great content!

I've been playing for 2 months and I'm up to 750 all thanks to your channel. Thanks Nelson, love your videos!

I would like you to play the London. I know there a re lots of videos of it, but I would like to hear your way of explaining its concepts.

33:04 Busch Gass gambit theory here. Yes, Nf6 is a line. But instead of castling to protect f7 you play an insane looking move Nc6 after they take on e5. It turns into something similar to Traxler but with a lot more tricks. Unlike Traxler, taking on f7 with bishop doesn’t avoid dangerous lines and white might still dies within 5 moves. And if white takes f7 with knight you have a super Traxler without your own e pawn blocking your queen vision. Of course, stockfish will hate you for playing this line but I’ve seen 2000s lose in this lines countless times.

Thanks for your videos you are an excellent teacher. Very entertaining to watch. Looking forward to your breaking 1500 course I’ve been stuck around 1000 for so long now and joined a chess club which is on summer break right now and I’m hoping to start the next season being a bit more competitive as I didn’t win once at the club.

Ah!!! Nelson, once I graduate from grad school and have time, I am SO gonna take one of your courses!!

You're the best Nelson

Finally got a little info about what breaking 1500 is going to be about. Yay! 17:52 middle game and how to think.

If you face the Sicilian as white, try the Alapin with 2. c3

50:35 I think there was M3 there, Bd3+ forces Ke1, then Rg1+ forces Rf1, Rxf1#, all of this supported by the fact that the knight protects the rook on d2. Obviously the position was totally winning for black either way but usually you see stuff I don't so it feels nice to notice something you missed for once :)

52:40 another way to deal with the queen coming down is to play bishop c4. Yes if the queen comes down you have to move the king but you're now able to move the king to the safe square where the bishop departed from. Then you can gain various tempos on the queen and are able to get quick development at the cost of not being able to castle. You most likely will be able to castle easily by hand with a spare 3 moves which is quite likely once all your pieces are out and your opponent is spending time developing. There are various tactics for you if you decide to do this but if the opponent plays well, it ends up being a dynamic and interesting position where both sides are pretty equal. Usually if the opponent is busy trying to attack your king aggressively instead of finding the best long term position of their pieces you will find that they will blunder or get into a bad position but at the same time you do have to play the right moves when they get aggressive. If you do, you'll be winning.

It's not that people are declining the gambit, they just don't even see the free pawn. Great vid again Nelson

I applied for the course only to break 1500 a day later. It wouldn't have been possible without your videos!

i started playing chess 2 months ago at 140 elo. Watching your videos im up to 620 with a 54% win rate with some game reviews saying im playing at 1250 level with 90% accuracy. Thank you for your service :D

Love your videos Nelson.

14:08 I KNEW IT LMAO!

Thanks! :) I love the way you take us (we the low rated guys) through your thinking process. It's a super way to learn how to think chess! :)👍👍👍

At 26:30, you move the knight back: but it’s a discovered attack on the rook with the bishop, so you should have moved the knight to instead attack the other rook - thus forcing some rook for knight trade!

Will you play the botvinnik english as white? Solid and flexible...

36:18 Another common mistake amateurs like me usually make, besides not thinking about what the opponents want to do, is that immediately think about how to defend once attacked, while masters usually think about how to create a bigger threat before trying to figure out a good defense

Cool to see the last game as I usually play the Vienna as white! I wish more players in the 600-1000 range would play d5 like you mentioned, I need more practice with that response but only like 2% of players play it against me. Like 50-60% of folks take on c4 instead and it's basically game over at that point.

Ponziani pls!!!

great video as always! Really learning a lot here.

So that’s why I faced three unprepared bussh-gass gambits in my games tonight. Lol. Your reach is large, Nelson.

petrov defence and 4 knights game would be nice to see! thaks for the series!

It's a great video for me who already achieved 1500 without solid basic.

I crashed through 1500, my highest rating ever was 1556, and now im back at 1300.

It’s crazy to watch Nelson explain, move by move, how to exploit the mistakes I make almost every game 😂

Amazing videos bro thank you !

Thanks for playing the Vienna!

when people thinking a lot they usually turn on the engine and putting the pieces in position. Happen all the time. a chater will start normally you will dominate the game then at one point in the game the player will take for ever to make one move then you will be crushed

10:35 you could of taken another free pawn with the knight before it gets captured because it's with check before you saved your queen

49:30 was a fork i think you missed! Great video as always, really enjoyed it

I would love to see the Leningrad Dutch, please! I have a hard time getting my pieces on the right side out...

i have a challenge: Regular Chess, but the first capture you find, even on accident, you do

Another awesome video . . . . thanks, Nelly !!

These videos are great. Love this channel.

Would it be okay to have some Caro-Kann action going? Thank you

low elo chess is the sauce to look out for always

really appreciate your videos, thank you

11:15 You also "give" the opponent two isolated pawns instead of two joined pawns.

Can't wait for breaking 1500!

Can you please add pgn of your games in description of video.thank you,love the video😊

I can’t wait for breaking 1500!

That guy in the first game, that long pause before a second move.... I must be a rare one. I do that sometimes, getting stuck in indecision right from the get go. I have high ADHD and maybe that's a strong contributor idk.

it never stops, they all play that way... Im stuck in the thick of it right now.

1:02:06 what if he took back the d5 pawn with the knight attacking the bishop and your pinned knight? LOVE YOUR VIDEOS btw. Most helpful RU-vid chess series by far imo and I hope I make the list for Breaking 1500 I’m already signed up. Hope you see this

I get so tilted sometimes because I don't even want to give my opponents an ounce of my thought because I used to be 1400+ but I decided to play drunk at times and now I'm stuck at 800 premoving most of my moves because the dumb things people at this level do

Hey Nelson, I am broke ahh Student and I wanted to ask u how much the course is going to cost

That pinned knight in the first game got screwed 3 times by the same pin.

I understand talking through the moves, but in a situation like 36:41 it'd be better to just take the piece a bit quicker, and explain the blunder after you take. It's a bit more respectful to the opponent, and when the right answer is THAT obvious it doesn't require a whole lot of explanation anyway.

17:10 h4 was too powerful for Nelson to comprehend

At the end of each game, please consider talking about any blunders.

I think the opponent in game 3 (at around 18 minutes) was going to fried-liver and played h4 to avoid the traxler counter? (Cause black queen must move to those h-g squares at some point, iirc)

I just started playing chess and I almost beat my 1500 friend on my third game. Don’t tell him I watch your videos, you’re my secret!

Excellent

35 wins so far by Average joe! 👏 great game Nelson!

At 47:35, would white have any viability with the move Queen b7? It seems like a free pawn and forking a8 and e4; black could instead take the knight with the rook and buy time with check but it feels like white could have something here. Thoughts?

If you want to make sure that opponent takes e5 in the Busch-Gass, play Nf6 before Bc5. Lower-rated players (whom this episode is aimed at) that do not bring the knight out, expose themselves to all kinds of ugliness when the knight sacs on f7, and the white queen comes out followed by the two bishops. This is not rocket surgery stuff beyond the imagination of a low-rated opponent. A quick forced mate becomes extremely likely. Bc5 is also loss of a tempo as the bishop doesn't have anything useful to do yet, and can be caught out by d4. But these low-rated games are more instructive to the average player who could practice faithfully for eight hours a day and never cross 1500. We just want to learn to play solid chess without stupid blunders.

Nelson, using your game against Surfdog as an example, after the game ends, AverageJoe's rating increased from 666 to 674, and Surfdog's rating decreased from 687 to 679. But of course, AverageJoe isn't a player with a rating in the 600's, since you are much higher rated. Does this matter to the rating system? Is it (in any manner) unfair to Surfdog and his rating? Just asking for some explanation.

I kinda feel bad for all the lower rated players who are trying to learn chess, and just run into all titled players doing speed runs, and just getting crushed. Probably gotten a few to just quit the game.

Seconds ago I played a 648 and they played Qh5 :)

Can u play Danish Gambit or Blackburne-Klosterboer gambit?

Why don't you use traxler against those fried liver attacks. It's kinda fun

49:30 Why didn't you just go to d2 with the knight to fork the king and rook, it would've simplified the situation even more

Hey Nelson , at around before 50 minutes you could’ve forked the king and rook with nd2, but instead you went for the checkmate attempt with the rooks, any particular reason?

49:30 how do you miss that fork?

Why not the fork at 49:31? Nd2?

First game - dude was likely playing at work.

Lol take your time and make your opponent resign strategy is hilarious

Can you play the Jobava London ?

That bishop in first game was a chad😅

Please play the Sicilian Dragon.

Take your time and force your opponent to resign strikes again 😂😂😂

Bravo 💪

26:17 couldn’t he have played Ne3 and won a rook instead of bringing the knight back?