Pawn Storm Principles You Need To Know 

One thing I would add from GM Igor Smirnov is that the h-file opening isn't especially dangerous if you have a bishop on g7. White can play Qh7+. You play Kf8 and they're stuck. If they triple on the h-file, ok, but they just committed all three heavy pieces over like 7 moves just to overrun one bishop that only ever moved once, and it's not hard to evacuate the king in about 3 moves. Therefore if white can't trade off the fianchetto bishop (ex: exchange sac by answering Bh6 with Bh8, or not even an exchange sac if the rook has left f8) an open h-file usually won't be enough for white

Just here to say thank you for helping me improve

I get that you can't react the same way as every position is different, but that simple concept of watching out if a pawn storm can fork you, probably even if it's forking two of my pawns, is very good to keep in mind! Thanks Nelson!

also I know this isn't your newest video and you may not see this but I just wanted to say thank you for this kind of stuff and thank you for getting to the point and not making us watch 5 minutes of fluff that no one wants to see. You're helping us all get better and we appreciate it.

Great straightforward explanation that I haven't seen anywhere else so far. So far my pawn storm technique has been - just shove the pawns up and hope for the best. Love the explanation of the forks.

Thanks once again chess vibes. You make some of the most interesting and instructional chess videos on the whole of RU-vid. And the 'outro' music is unparalleled 😃👏

I love these sort of "reinforcement training" videos you've been putting out lately! Beneficial to players on any level. Often times when I find myself stuck or losing a bunch of games in a row, I know it's time for a Nelson video to patch up a hole or two. Thanks for all your hard work buddy!

Thank you for making videos that truly help beginners like myself.

Great video. So much to learn. Thank you.

Great explanation. Appreciate the tips.

very instructive, as always!

Helps me very much thank you very educational!!!

Your explanation style is SO strong Nelson keep it up!

Thx a lot Nelson for sharing. Very instructive and helpful👍

Well done Nelson!! Always explained in layman's terms so easily understandable for learning player like me. Great accompanying videos!

Instructional content as always Nelson! 👍

This is great man you explained tho point of the strategy, liked n subd bro

Very informative thanks

I usually don't comment, but to me this particular video was simply excellent. Taking a single concept like King side pawn pushes and explaining so well and easy the ideas and traps behind an idea. I was trying to integrate these to my game at around the 1100 level and was constantly getting blocked like your first example, so now I have a checklist of things to kind of look out for.

Thank you for this tips, I get pawn storm many times by opponents ended up force checkmate. This could be a helpful tip if im going to castle early and I use nimzo indian defense so I figured on how to use from your guide. Your tips are helpful hopefully I could learn from you well

love the work.

Useful content thank you

Thanks very helpful video

Great Video!!!!

My personal experience is that in case of opposite side castling , if one player tries to open H file or G file by playing the move H4 , its best to blockade it with H5 and then go with attacking moves in the centre as well as king's safety in the upper ranks because if an enemy pawn reaches 5th rank then it will have advantages if it becomes a passed pawn later or en passant advantage

You are a good teacher, thank you :-)

this really helped me understand pawn storms i thought these were used to create weaknesses that could be later used

this was really helpful

Thank you again

Another great video brother

Nice video, what the name of the music at the end???

Thanks I needed this. I always blundered while facing a pawn storm

Yeah, and White has to know in the Sämisch it's usually better to first play g4 and then h4 if you castle queenside. (I know that from experience, not studying main lines.) And always play Ne2 before that - a move you anyways have to play, so that you can develop. Like this if you play g4, you can not only prevent h5 for black - obviously - and also can easily play Ng3 without the pawn being blocked. That is crucial if your opponent happens to allow you to play h4-h5 yourself, because then you get the perfect attack. In reality, that's what you want to do. If you can do it, then it's another question. Depends on how your opponent understands the principles.

Hey Nelson thanks for doing these videos, what about a guide to teaching new players the game? (Idk if that's something you do) or a guide on when to know if you're pushing to hard into an option, like if I'm pushing everything I have into his queen let's say they play the Scandinavian defense, mises kotrc variation and dont retreat their queen to d8. I find I end up chasing the queen too much and do worse because of it. (I even try to chase it with a new peice each turn to advance my development) Edit: also I'd love to know when I should close a position down and when I should open it up like against the french for example, and should I attack the queen side if we both castle king side? Or vice versa. And should I immediately attack the queen side as soon as I think they're castling queen side?

So good 👍 please make a video about benko gambit

Can you make a video specifically for attacking King's Indian position?

I was wondering if there was a idea like b4 for black where if white took with the knight you would gain a tempo with the rook and create a open file. And if doesn't take attack whites knight with another pawn move and begin your very own pawn storm

How does one pawn storm a fianchettoed kingside once they play h4? You showed why it’s a good defense and I totally agree haha, so good it usually ends my attack. Any ideas or principles? 😊

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Thank you for making this vid, really helpful for a beginner like me understand the concept of pawn storm

I don't financially support the channel but I love NELSONS'S content so I 'pay' by tapping the like and commenting. It helps with the YT algo so he gets increased exposure that turns into views which he can monetize. THAT IS THE LEAST ANYONE CAN DO SO HELP A GUY OUT IT COSTS YOU NOTHING !!!

Excellent account.

You da best

Why not black horse on h5?

8:52 why doesn't black just take the h5 pawn with the knight?

When I okay a g6 structure which is basically every game, I respond to a pawn storm by playing h6 immediately and then g5 when the opponent reached the pawn to h5. My bishop isn’t blocked out and the attack is slowed for sure and maybe stopped. Also the bishop protects the king, and this idea is then followed up by f5-f4 and starting a same side king attack

9:46 is there g4 then h5

can you make video to explaine tempo in chess plz ????

So stacking pawns can be okay.

I'm seeing a lot of confusion on this but it's called a fiancetto (pronounced "fee n cheto"). This is when your bishop takes the second rank and the second rank and takes control of the entire diagonal on the board, corner to corner.

I have a doubt Without moving pawn how that white camel came out

Moving on the rim is grim

Anyone notice how sometimes when Nelson moves a piece he does these huge sweeping motions with his mouse, lol. Example at 9:00

Clear as mud...

Anyone else notice that the white king and queen on Nelson's chessboard behind him are red?

This time the white king and queen are red. Couple of vids back it was just the king. There’s a secret message in there for sure. Nelson, are you signalling for help? Are you being held to make RU-vid content against your will? Two red rooks next video for yes, two red knights for “I’m safe”. 😂 No but seriously this was very helpful. All your content is top quality, but I find pawn play particularly tricky, so this was great 👍

Every game is different... Hope I cleared out all your confusions .... Hmmm

No it is not open to the rook is blockt buy the pond?

How to avoid pawn push it's irritates me

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where did the cringy intro music go i liked it lol

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