6 Tips To Get Past 1000 - The most common chess mistakes - How to get better at chess for beginners

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Stuck at 1000 elo? Not anymore: chessvibescourses.thinkific.com/

[@keithagee8972]

Are you saying tactics because strategies are more complex?

[@Randomreplacement]

Me: reaches a milestone Also me: proceeds to lose 80% of my games for the next month

[@fpvillegas9488]

Peter Principle at work. We are usually promoted to our level of incompetence.

[@foryourspirit3995]

It’s good for you. That’s how you get better, just takes a while and isn’t easy. Rewarding though.

[@pavanshetty9806]

I am stuck at level 1000 😅.. Reached 1100 and then fell to 980 now averaging around 1000

[@RobBonavoglia]

Preach

[@_Xypes_]

Me when I got to 1100 fr

[@brucehamilton9545]

"I thought I saw something good, but it didn't work out" That kind of sums up my games.

[@hacker4chn841]

3 real 5 me

[@giorgoskappa9115]

This sums up my life, not only my games

[@aceofjades4815]

Oof same

[@kbrizy7490]

lol 100% - same

[@kadiru.4419]

I tought i saw something good but it fired back at me 😅

[@tims3817]

Thanks mate! was 800, but now im 4300. Cheers :)

[@Fenamer]

u mean 1300?

[@Spartan586]

@@Fenamer no he's a God beyond stockfish, or magnus.

[@Jinx.Kly_459]

NOICEEE

[@willlagergaming8089]

Bruh great guide

[@tianlecheng2656]

You mean youre 69420

[@Tiger-fs8sl]

Friend, I just want to acknowledge you, and tell you that - of all of the many people on KZbin giving instructions, you are one of the best. Thank you for taking the time and putting in all of the hard work to genuinely help other people improve their skills. You are much easier to understand, you go at a pace that actually helps learning, and your explanations are much more clear then most of the Masters and Grand Masters on here ... I just really appreciate your efforts and the time that you put into this. ✨ thank you.✨

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@darrylkassle361]

First chess video i have seen for a long long time that i feel really explains things clearly and simply so i can effectively improve my current rating. I am subscribing. How come i have only come across this guy now. That knight move that was better than losing a rook gee i used to do that all the time.

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Glad it helped! Welcome aboard!

[@viktorvondoom9119]

8:06 Thank you Nelson. Watched this video yesterday and just checkmated someone using this trick

[@proprinters]

One of the best videos I have seen in a long time. he sounds like he would be a good teacher he keeps it simple. If he was a coach I would take lessons. He obviously did some research 100 games per level.

[@dragadeyt]

Concise and brilliant little series (600, 800, 1000…) Great idea to analyze a lot of games in those levels. Blunders and tactics. I find I blunder way more in blitz and especially bullet vs 10 min rapids or longer games.

[@THE.FAKENEWS]

Yeah the thing about pawns is good advice. I feel like newer players hear "advance your pawns first" and they think it means all

[@foryourspirit3995]

I think this is the best chess channel and teaching available across all platforms. Thank you, will look into becoming a patron.

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Much appreciated!

[@patwatt8943]

I agree. Your help is invaluable.

[@echratus]

I got to 1067 on dropped to 950. I play 4 games per day and have been on a losing streak and berily winning since the 19th and yh I think you're right. I have alr been doing puzzles every single day before tho so.

[@wakpak4399]

I was rated 1000 now im rated 10000 just from watching this video what incredible progress

[@theepicbl4234]

No one on earth is rated 10000. The highest rated player is Magnus Carlson at 2882.

[@n1c4n27]

Its a joke relax😂

[@cocotheclown10]

@@theepicbl4234 I am also rated at 10,000 too because of this video

[@ZackdbFilms]

@@theepicbl4234 wdym I am rated 7320 after watching this video

[@infrakazos]

@@theepicbl4234 wdym, i am rated 193718766 rn

[@__SanderB]

two weeks ago I watched your video 'tips to get past 800' (or something like that) and I blasted from 780 rating to now lingering between a 920 - 950 rating. Just simply finish developing and castling early helped me hugely to burst trough 800, to now get stuck at 930. Time for this video Thanks for the videos, really fun and helpfull.

[@__SanderB]

Haha spotted my own comment from a year ago, I am now lingering between 1200-1300 in Rapid. Revisiting this video because in Blits I'm stuck on 950-100, maybe i'm just forgetting these principles in that faster timeframe.

[@johnhonai4601]

Hey brother, I am stuck at 850. Just wanted to know how many matches you had played each day to improve to 950. Thanks

[@__SanderB]

@@johnhonai4601 Hey man, I think about 3 to 5 matches every day, not sure! And I was doing some chesscom lessons now and then to get the basic principles down. Another video that helped is the Building habits 700-900 by chessbrah. The habits go really well combined with the tips in this video above from chess vibes. Goodluck!

[@ibarradelcastilloalejandro8287]

@@__SanderB Hi my friend, hope you are alive, how its your rating atm? I´ve been playing chess for 5 months and got to 1133 and rn I am in 930 :(

[@YonyBear]

Just cracked 900! Let's go! Thanks for the guidance

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Wow, Yony, on a roll! 1200 rating video coming out soon =P

[@farhanfuad2898]

Whats your rating now?

[@muhammadsyukurmuslim]

@@farhanfuad2898 around 2300 I think

[@user-zb8hc2im4e]

yo i stuck at Level 7 wdym? 😹

[@TeeGar]

Just cracked an egg, and also reached 1050.

[@slpn1]

I found your channel the other day. Really clear and very well explained lessons. You deserve many more views than you have!

[@barackobama5867]

Yoooo, just discovered your channel, and realised quickly how much effort you put into your videos, keep up the great work, u deserve 10m subs

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thank you!

[@AK47-666]

Barack the man himself woo!!

[@jeremydoody]

I was at almost 1000, then got on a terrible losing streak and now I can’t break 850 😡

[@AK47-666]

Lolololol, happens I hope you get back in the form

[@royalredbird9717]

Same happened to me!! But now I'm 1190

[@jsteel89]

I was 2350 puzzles then I failed for 3 days straight and I'm struggling to stay above 2100 :/

[@Maltebyte2]

Bro same here! Im in that position now! h8 IT

[@royalredbird9717]

And now I'm 1416

[@kh2716]

What a great way to explain the board. The talent of coaching/training is often overlooked in any skilled area. Well done.

[@kh2716]

I think this is the first time a recommended video was what I needed to see! Thank you.

[@smithymcsmithface]

Nice one, thank you. Adds up to more than 100% because some games involved two or more losing strategies. He's been analysing my hands 😉

[@halcyon2017]

Thank you so much dor your tips I just cracked 1000 I am doing great keep on what you are doing I am now winning more games as black but losing more games as white ⭐You are a great enthusiastic person to show everything you know⭐

[@valskorupko8714]

Most informative channel EVER. Thank you.

[@nissangharti1615]

Best chess channel in the game. Keep doing these vids Nelson

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks a lot Nissan, appreciate that!

[@_Xypes_]

7:29 I think you also win a bishop because if black moves the bishop away after Ng5, Bxf7+ which wins the queen and a pawn for a knight and bishop and stops black from castling

[@potato1793]

At 8:40, wouldn't they just take your queen rather than your knight. There's no mate threat since the knight isn't blocking e7

[@jessetrueba9578]

Yeah but I think that would end up worse for him

[@idontmakecontent4870]

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[@nelutumohan2833]

3:12 my brain was like “-take the queen Me -but there is checkmate down the road My brain - fkk that, take the queen”

[@PankajKumar-gn2jc]

Thankyou so much Nelson for this amazing series! Much love

[@sirMarbas]

11:55 it does actually turn out well for my opponent every time he only pushs pawns lol

[@michaelmacdonald5792]

Dude, these videos are amazing

[@stevekaczynski3793]

As you gain points you may find yourself against a better-quality opponent. Making it harder to win. Eliminating or at least reducing the number of blunders and generally getting better is the only way to really gain points and make it stick.

[@XstrullicsGaming]

Ye i agree

[@joegadway6848]

Thanks for all the tips. This series of videos on improving is really great.

[@kubam1498]

New to chess and love your content. Very clear and helpful

[@dek0mp]

You should remake this series and see if anything has changed! I feel like things might have changed in the past couple years plus it would probably net you a ton more views! Thanks for the awesome content!

[@trollermcgeetv]

At 7:00 you could also consider Nh4 to attack the queen and defend the mate threat.

[@rosiefay7283]

4:28 "People who thought they were gonna be making a good move, ... but it turned out that it wasn't actually accurate." According to Stockfish, my problem is that sometimes I'll see a move, think "meh" because it's just a pointless check, or a fair exchange, or I lose a piece for a pawn, but it turns out I'd have got some advantage I couldn't see.

[@lgopgaming2165]

3:55 My dumb ass said bishop to c4, Thought was to try and recreate the trap for an additional piece. I see how it drags the game out. I have trouble seeing such clever Mates

[@BlackGirlInfoTech]

I'm binge watching your channel, another awesome vid!

[@wtfYeeter]

Pretty useful, not hard to remember. Perfect content for people who are bad at chess but want to improve. Thank.

[@bryanshawcpasc]

Observations based on data mined are valid and helpful to those of us in the vast population of people who blunder consistently. Nelson, you are a superb teacher! Well done!

[@deltanaimish8127]

With your tips I crossed 900+ in one day and hoping to cross 1000

[@yu-chinracle3860]

Hi Nelson, Thank you so much for all your hard work and your brilliant teaching. Could your please recommend some tactics puzzles books for me to improve my chess tactics? Thanks a lot.

[@muhammadsyukurmuslim]

Underrated Chess channel

[@PMA65537]

5:20 Not taking account of a pin is one way a tactic may turn bad.

[@shadeburst]

The change that has worked best for me is to play slower. Following your example I do a pre-takeoff check before moving. That has cut down on my blunders considerably! And if my opponent appears to blunder, before snatching the free piece I take extra care to look for the trap. Thank you.

[@stevekaczynski3793]

A good idea, although at lower levels that blundered queen might be for real.

[@zaaxi7424]

Looking forward to the next video, great series so far, I'm pushing for 1300 which I've never reached before :)

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Nice, Zaaxi! Keep at it, you'll get there. 📈

[@heuw7379]

This video helps me a lot, thanks.

[@MeBrownCow]

Sir… I dub ye ‘The Greatest You Tube Chess Coach in the World’. Have you thought about writing a book? Your videos are well prep’d- easy to understand and apply. I am very much looking forward to more instruction from your fantastic channel!

[@LowKickMT]

why book if we can have these videos? lol

[@andriibibik39]

best chess advices are on this channel!

[@bradnaude2334]

Good video , endgame definately my biggest weakness , though Im not immune to a blunder or tactical error

[@quentonwong408]

Thank you for the videos!

[@VailxD]

Great guide! 👍

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Appreciate that, ValixD! Thanks for the comment!

[@Softe]

The puzzle in 9:43 would actually be nf6++#. I think

[@royalredbird9717]

I'm also stuck at 1000. Thanks for helping me 😊

[@ReinaldosChessLessons]

Great video!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks Reinaldo! Best of luck on your channel!

[@informal70]

11:13 Lmao look at his facecam during the fade transition

[@aperson3787]

7:17 what about Knight h4? That defends checkmate and attacks queen

[@huss2600]

Thank you so much nelson, i used to be 1000 elo but thanks to your videos i'm now 250 elo!

[@aridojikatochiri9120]

Great effort man you got a sub!!!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Much appreciated!

[@Jaxodahomie]

I’m so happy I just reached 1000!

[@Guldhammer_DK]

Love your videos - please never begin to talk faster, or use voice cut of techniques - just stay relaxed and explain things patiently. Thank you.

[@crazyboysince1998]

I've played games where I thought I had smothered mate but I just blundered queen forgetting the king can take it hahaha I've done a lot of smothered mates but it always makes me laugh when I do something dumb like just throwing my queen in without doing the Knight jump stopping the king capturing the queen lol

[@MichaelDelsignore]

I enjoy your videos; is it possible to reach out to you and get an evaluation on an individual level why stuck at a certain level. Thanks for producing these videos; they are very helpful

[@shashvatshukla]

You're a great teacher.

[@TheDataMaestro]

I've been White at 6:30 many times and usually don't come out ahead. I don't see how advancing the Knight accomplishes anything. Why can't Black just take the Knight?

[@brianiskandar9917]

Watched this once and a few days later now at 1100 ELO lol

[@AenoTempest]

7:00 1000 elo sees pawn to g3, 1100 sees Kh4, 1200 sees Kg5...

[@3xtrmeNox]

Yes I am almost at 1200 this video helped me a lot thanks for helping chess vibes :)

[@boringfive3856]

Thats a new sub for you thanks

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks for the sub! Welcome!

[@marcel5725]

i am nearly 1300 and broke 3 days in a row my Record and made about 150+ on Elo. I still watch theese videos because there are usefull tips in your vids :)

[@aadityaanand2339]

What happens to me is whenever I blunder I realise it as soon as I play it. It's weired but do you have any suggestions for me?

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Well in OTB(over the board) chess, what I used to do was think about the position, and once I had a move I wanted to play, I would write it down on my notation pad, and then after that I would stop and do a blunder check. So writing it down first kind of gave me a mental break, and then I could come back and do a double take to make sure it wasn't a blunder. It's harder to do that online, but basically you need to stop before making every move and look big picture at the board to check for blunders. Hope that helps!

[@aadityaanand2339]

@@ChessVibesOfficial Thanks a lot!

[@Raw_steel]

@@ChessVibesOfficial Problem with doing those online is you run out of time and just end up losing on that instead, atleast thats what frequently happens to me. Sometimes I try to stop thinking "so long" to catch up on time and end up doing even more and bigger mistakes. I'm around 900, still kind of new to online timelimit chess (I play 10minute chess mostly).

[@timwilson7326]

Great video

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks, Tim!

[@infofn207]

just subbed! nice vid! have tournament today. inform you after it.

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks! Can't wait to hear the results 👍

[@infofn207]

Got out of 2/4 I did normal

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Not bad!

[@Wispy_Sama]

how can i find early- mid games tactics or traps for a certain opening, i think i play extremely decent end game because most of the time when i build an attack or am in a good position i win, but i can't really defend good for long or mostly miss many opening tactics early, i play king's gambit and king's indian as my main openings

[@bestvideos1111]

Man this video is the best

[@somniad]

Wonderful video! Quick question - what time control did you collect data from?

[@michaelmurray7472]

Great series. Any plans to do any more in this series

[@robert.rl2079]

What about knight h4? 7:16

[@Error-yh3xr]

6:52 You just move the pawn after knight blocking the checkmate. You will win a knight.

[@monke1295]

No because the knight can then capture the bishop.

[@liilianalopez1155]

I'm hovering around 1100 right now. I don't lose to a 1000's but I can't get passed this point and yes, This is a very accurate portrayal of my games.

[@ChaseHaunter]

When he said the world blunders, i just got flashbacks of all my blunders that i accidentally do on all my recent gameplay

[@osheadkkm]

Hi mate. Is your dads name Ruy? (betcha never heard that one before.lol.) i really like your teaching style. it certainly resonates effectively with me. thank you. some of the other chess streamers are arguably more entertaining?! but i attribute my recent leap in rating to you!! and your channel. and maybe david ramirez as well. i love gothamchess; but its all bada bing bada boom and you get all jazzed up and the other guy doesnt play that move. you and ramirez and maybe ben finegold are more about improving me fundamentally by improving my understanding of what im doing and why. which seems to be a key element in improving. there are a lot of kids loaded up with traps and gambits; which if you survive and continue to apply the fundamental strategy sees them start taking maximum time to move; go on vacation; anything to avoid facing reality. whilst you fall for their tricks they are all over you. its a highly exploitable situation. its must be one of the perks of being old.lol. god knows they are few and far between. thanks son. you are teaching an old dog new tricks. and he understands why he is doing them.woof! for the dogbiscuits.duh!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks for the kind words, Dan. Glad you're seeing improvement!

[@Thestripper1]

8:53 Thank you.

[@shanindtheeed]

Thanks,, helpful

[@gametoday5500]

8:33 even worse if he takes your queen couse there is no checkmate threat anymore couse he can escape to e7

[@christobalprieto1333]

Thank you...here...Philipines👍👍👍

[@Stevielee8126]

Useful tips, Im just gonna improve on my tactics, been stuck at 1000 for a year now.

[@kevinmartin2607]

5:15 no 1000 rating player would miscalculate that

[@drunkenchris]

hm. i keep grinding puzzles and am getting quite good at them. my rating has been dropping for the last 3 weeks though. Puzzles dont seem to improve my game at all.

[@wompbozer3939]

I just came off a bad losing streak. Now that I’m kicking butt, I know that I’m statistically about to go on another losing streak. It’s kind of a good feeling to have a bum rating.

[@danielcsakvari8733]

What rating is this you are referring to? I'm just asking because e.g. on lichess the rating is some hundred points higher, than on chess.com.

[@1stcwp]

Why do i go 10 or so games playing nearly 0 blunders. Then soon after im blundering 5-8 times a game. Stuck at 1000 rated

[@rapidboots3615]

probably because your opponent is the one making 5-8 blunders instead of u

[@1stcwp]

@@rapidboots3615 seems to be the biggest factor between win or lose. As obvious as that sounds i guess 🤷‍♂️

[@rapidboots3615]

@@1stcwp if u still don't know its because your opponent(PERSON A) is making blunders/mistakes every 3-5 moves so all of your moves(PERSON B) would probably be winning/best making you have less blunders than what you normally get in equal positions, play against a player with the same skill as urs and check ur mistakes there then find a player with a rating of 100+ above u and see how terrible you played there. basically you're not making opportunities in chess and just wait for them then without realising u blunder a piece the same can be said to ur opponents, hope chess lol, or atleast i think that's how it works

[@1stcwp]

@@rapidboots3615 i play a lot of hope chess lol

[@keinlieb3818]

My puzzles is at about 1500, my daily chess is about 1500, my rapid is about 1k and my bullet is about 400.... the faster I go, the more mistakes I make lol

[@shaunhewlett2961]

I think this is a more accurate representation of my rating. Although I only am rated between 600-700 I don't seem to struggle with the issues in your first 2 breakthrough videos. I develop my pieces, castle before move 10 and usually have no more than 1 blunder a game, sometimes 2 but more often than not its 1 or 0. I can beat all the 1000 level bots, yet when I come to play real people, I still lose or at least really struggle to win against 500-700 rated people... what am I missing here?

[@itsamemario7823]

I think bots are actually overrated

[@BlankaCentral]

@@itsamemario7823 tactics

[@mathis6716]

I dont do those mistakes, know theory and tactics yet I still am stuck under 1000 elo

[@obbionekennobi1632]

What's your elo now?

[@mathis6716]

@@obbionekennobi1632 1007, I went to 1059 but lost games

[@TheFirstAndLastMemer]

​@@mathis6716me personally same i know advanced stuff and tactics im aware of this stuff already but im gonna try to apply them anyway for me the reason im probably stuck is i dont know my limits, i cant play if my brain is half dead or just not in the condition to play chess at 110%

[@himanshugupta6353]

is this a personal attack

[@stevekaczynski3793]

8:20 - the Legal Trap.

[@juventinocasillas3023]

How long should we spend working on tactics puzzles a week?

[@shreaksmells5244]

Just wondering at 6:00 wouldn't you play knight to f6

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Hmm, do you mean black would play Nf6 instead of Bh3? It's possible, but I wanted to point out the process of defending vs attacking after the Bh3 move.

[@orifine6763]

Any recommended puzzle platform online?

[@intheshell35ify]

Couple time a week I'll play a game with all the bad habits that I love to get it out of my system.