The Climb Continues - Chess Rating Climb 1001 to 1027 (Chess.com Speedrun)

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[@AlvesFelipe22]

Thanks for playing with me! Learned a lot from your analysis of my mistakes! Felipe222

[@OregonMikeH]

II've been carefully reviewing all comments here over a long period of time now. It's crystal clear your large audience is sharing and growing because of this winning formula and unique style of yours, Nelson. Your Host Demeanor beats all others. 1-hour videos are praised by 99.9 % of your audience. Concern yourself not with trying to adjust such presentations that are extremely well received. As the successful old saying goes, Don't try to fix what's not broken!! As Always Nelson, thank You SO MUCH, and wishing many Blessings your way!! I've SHARED this Video as widely as possible with pleasure!

[@modemuffel9911]

With that series you definitely have beaten Gotham Chess when it comes to beginner to intermediate level chess education. Well played sir !

[@LittleOne444]

honestly I agree but gotham is more fun to watch :P

[@skeletronas5867]

@@LittleOne444 the more you get entertained, the less you focus on learning

[@LittleOne444]

@@skeletronas5867 chess is a hobby. Not a study. Unless you're a grandmaster... then I'll shut my mouth

[@skeletronas5867]

@@LittleOne444 If you wanna be good at chess, you have to make it a study

[@floof6896]

​@@LittleOne444gotham is alot more fun to watch, i definitely agree with that, but i learn more watching nelson than levy. idk man, maybe i'm bad at learning but when i watch levy's videos, i only really get entertained instead of actually learning that much.

[@Pieter_Holland]

One hour to long? No way, I loved every minute of it!

[@arminulrich2319]

29:50 One hour is very good to follow. Usually I see the whole video.

[@shadowyi3264]

13:16 A really interesting move in this position was Bg4, the pawn can't take the bishop bc it's checkmate right after with Qf2##, altough im not really sure if that move is helpful at all if white just ignores it.

[@StrahaoftheRace]

at 15:30 - B-a3. If the pawn takes the bishop, the queen takes the knight and forks the rook and check. Lose the rook.

[@faulfeza5243]

So much thought put into each move. Gives me so much dopamine for each move. So we’ll thought out it’s beautiful. This channel suits my dopamine bro. Good job

[@ArcheryRuleZ]

thanks!! im just climbing past 850 now , but its a battle of winning & losing- not the way chess vibes does it 🎉

[@mickeysloan]

Nelson 👏🏼 What a great series. Best Chess channel I have ever seen in terms of improving your game. Wonderful to watch a great players mindset. How hard is this game even when you calculate!! 👍🏻

[@technicalmaster-mind]

Because of you I'm understanding how good players actually think and plan for each of their move It has changed my literal perception of playing chess ❤😢

[@mpass77]

I always appreciate your thought process. Really enjoy your vids!

[@eugenevids]

Yes longer videos explaining the moves and lines so the viewer can see them develop are great!

[@Lygre]

The queen move at 10:25 looks nice. I think I will have to try that in a couple of games if I get this position. I am rated ca 700 in blitz and 1000 in rapid. I play mostly blitz (5+5).

[@OregonMikeH]

Hi YA Nelson, No Sir, an hour Video is not too long, we can always pause. I shared this video, as i do many you produce. I'm loving the explanations of your thought process, Few others have such good style in that, and you're a Pro at it. I find that rich, and it is always powerfully helpful!! A video like this is very favored!! Thank You, and As Always, Blessings your way pal from Oregon. ... Mike.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

In your second game, after you pinned his rook to his king, you pre-moved the capture of the rook. Instead, you could have looked to see if would move a pawn (which I think he did although you were playing those moves so quickly it was hard to tell) which would have allowed you to push your pawn and attack his pinned rook. You could have won a whole rook rather than an exchange. In other words, don't always assume the opponent is going to move his king to break the pin.

[@S_Kayyali2011]

I hope I actually get to play against you in this rating climb.

[@nickkestler4848]

Awesome video! Sipping a tall boy learning new things.

[@scotty]

Your lessons are the best

[@dudemcgyverson]

I appreciate your pacing

[@stevendebarros3404]

I love how you give us play by play commentary ....

[@brunoflior7698]

Watchers who can't hang for a full hour can stop watching whenever they want. 🙂

[@danielb6646]

Love the vids man :) thank you

[@uthoshantm]

I am stuck at 1000+ for the exact reasons you mention.

[@frankrizzo5274]

Mama always said players are like a box of chocolate. You never know what your gonna get.

[@maxax6312]

Yo im watching a lot of ur vids, keep it up g! Great Videos.

[@biscottone3373]

Thanks Nelson

[@ibrahimmuhammadbinmohdrafi1134]

Chess but you have more 2x army than martin or Chess but you are force to capture martin piece

[@kayshaun3871]

At 19:37 would it be smart to sacrifice to the bishop on the light squares to then check mate on A1 next move?

[@Apillicus]

How would you recommend studying openings? I'm similar to the last game. Decent at tactics but I suffer quite a bit in the opening

[@lorenzosegoloni]

Could you please play a French defense in one of your games?

[@alexs.7451]

Long live the channel! I agree that it is not necessary to make the video shorter

[@johnmcbruce215]

Do you ever play the Reti? I've been pulling good results with it at this rating range - would be curious to see how you'd play it

[@GreenRayJC]

I'm not good at tactics or openings. My mid game is meh and my end game is the end of me.

[@andy_sports]

Great video but the math doesn’t add up at the end with the rook fork you would get 5 points not 2 vs 3.

[@enriquerodriguez995]

My boy Nelson looks like Tom Hardy

[@kwhd559]

I like that you encounter fewer cheaters than most Speedrun Run Streamers 👍

[@gege8747]

Why did the white didn't take move in 25:16

[@5RustyBin]

this was a great video. The different types of 1k players is the reason people say "the ones I play never blunder like that - they are all smurf accounts!"

[@Stumpchunkman226]

What does flag mean?

[@jhbonarius]

wait, so the final advise is: don't make mistakes, and you will improve?? yeah that's an open door. but not so simple to realise

[@tyrellthornhill1337]

I want to play against you

[@SRBLSS9655]

nope there are no blunders at a 1000

[@Skymaaan]

you get to play such a noobs all the time for me a 1200 player there are some players who i could play 10 games against and lose all 10 and they will have an accuracy of 90 + in every single game and zero strange moves

[@thecalicreez]

Video was great until 28:09. You said your opponent played great. Don't downplay their skill just because you overlooked something.

[@satgurs]

how about you try to switch up playstyles, like being a bit more defensive?

[@legendffgaming3853]

Man I am first here

[@KityBubbles]

Third!

[@RD-uk6wt]

so much talking 😮😱 i like your videos, im learning from it, but this nonstop talking wihout moving a piece bogles my mind (autism).

[@MegamanStarforce2010]

these are supposed to be instructive by design so

[@toni.santiago]

play the4 Caro-Kann

[@phantom-106]

you don't need to make the videos shorter i love the 1 hour videos ❤

[@pho3n1x51]

me too!

[@vnXun]

1 hour videos of this type are fine since there are clear breaks in them

[@userac-xpg]

You can also watch at increased speed. I use 1.75

[@animetionstudio]

​@userac-xpg I use 3,5 xd I use KZbin revanced if you was wondering how (there is custom speed plugin)

[@Jcc988]

I am not complaining either. Wealth of knowledge here. Thanks Nelson!!!

[@chamuuemura5314]

Also, as you go up, it’s increasingly likely to come across a player who knows your channel.

[@Thebigpiigg]

Yea but he isn’t on his main

[@tenderloins_]

If they watch his channel they will still know its him.

[@signeCS]

@@Thebigpiigg it says on his chess account that it is a smurf of chess vibes and you will be refunded your lost elo

[@SatoriLight]

My channel is a safe haven for polite and respectful e gamers. Peace

[@Trelmayas21]

Really loving this series. You are an great teacher, and the way you talk through your strategy is awesome to watch. Thanks for the great videos.

[@J.CooperMiller]

I've got to say, this is my favorite chess series on any chess channel ever! I'm a 1700 in rapid, and i didnt think i'd learn all that much in the triple digits but I have learned a ton. And have watched every video in the series. My biggest take away, i'm a tactics guy with garbage opening knowledge and bad positional play. You've really helped me learn how to read the board from a positional stand point. I am very grateful

[@stayinspired1271]

I started almost a month back and i am 980...how can i proceed brother I am losing to 1000 rated players....same issues bad opening and positional gameplay

[@J.CooperMiller]

@stayinspired1271 you're doing really well if you're on the cusp of 1000 with only a month of play. Better than me, for sure. To break into 1000, just develop all your pieces quickly and avoid making any big mistakes, i.e. hanging pieces, obvious forks, etc... I'll still make those mistakes, but it's rare, once every five games or something. Since your strength is in tactics like me, focus on complicating the situation, making it dynamic, with piece and pawn tension (pieces or pawns starring at each other without taking each other,) and pins. The more the better. Whenever I make a come back from being down material, it's from me complicating the situation and seeing through it better than my opponent. They miss a pin, and i can take a piece that looks protected for free, or i see a better order on how to break the tension between all the pieces that allows me to come out on top. That sort of thing. If you're struggling with time, for example, in rapid, drop down to faster time controls like blitz or even bullet for a while. When you come back to 10 min rapid, it'll feel like you have all the time in the world to make calculations. My biggest jumps in elo have always been right after I come back from a faster time control. One last tip, work on end games. I hated trading queens bc I hated end games. So studying end games helped a lot. Now I'm neutral on trading queens. And happy with it, if it will allow me to get a pawn for free or even just develop a piece so I'm ahead on development. Good luck. I'm sure you'll be flying past 1000 and even going up to 1500, 1600, 1700 in no time. Especially with how quickly you've nearly made it to 1000.

[@thebcwonder4850]

@@stayinspired1271 what are you at now?

[@KelsonArwhi]

I have the odd games where my play is ranked around 1400 or even higher, and have a 60+% win rate with a friend who's ranked 1100+, but struggling to get past the mid 900s...ultimately for similar reasons. Make too many silly mistakes and then get on a mental losing streak. ELO crashes back to the 800s. This series is proving to be invaluable for me in learning how to approach every move psychologically.

[@shawnlee3997]

U stillls garbage…. Love hu…. Maybe u love me some

[@chriswaudby1084]

Nelson i am so impressed by the way you are able to slowly and methodically talk us through your moves and other moves tactics etc using all this time in your games talking and still able to dispatch all these dudes who would probably crush me but due to all your content i am really improving😊 thanks man

[@jeythegrey]

I'd love to see the evaluation bar in your post game analysis. It would help visualize how bad a mistake overall is (using the eval bar)

[@kirkmason7079]

I am truly enjoying your channel. The rating climb is extremely helpful. Explaining blunders and their consequences is great. I can’t wait for the next one.

[@b01tact10n]

Pretty great series Nelson, those were pretty fun matches to watch. Good post and great display of sound fundamentals.👍👍

[@Itech6969]

nice climb series, I just have a little bit hard to apply this to my own games (im 1100) because you can all the "best" moves for every opening and I dont, so how should I think if I dont know the "right" move for a specific opening like in this first game?

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

Just study an opening for 5-10 moves and stick to it. Practice more on tactics and positions than opening until you reach atleast 1500.

[@alexsalinas2236]

I am 675 10 min rapid, I don’t think memorizing is a big difference maker at the level we play, EXCEPT positionally. If you can understand the pieces movements you’re really either just defending or attacking albeit at the expense of your positions

[@toastbrot97]

Man, these 1000s aren't what they used to be.

[@Beownage]

Nelson brought up something I’ve long felt, some 1000 opponents can play competitive games and hang for a while against even titled players. Or they can spot some tricky tactics. The lower rated players won’t win, but for those that are in that rating range, chess is flipping hard whether your 1000 or 2000 or more.

[@indrakshikar5988]

Hi Nelson can u please play the king’s gambit 🙏🙂

[@arrowofkira5658]

I don't mind if the videos are less long, I'd watch one hour long games but if it's troublesome for some of us to watch they can be 30-40 minutes long and I'm happy with it.

[@b01tact10n]

Yeah like learning to make moves that doesnt help the opponent.

[@mathematicsreadinggroup7288]

Glad that you are starting to analyze games. I'm about 1600 and while watching you thrash people at my level will be entertaining, your post-game autopsy will be even more helpful.

[@christopherheckman7957]

18:27 One thing that I just noticed is that after Qxc3, Bxa7, Qa3+ is a fork that picks up the bishop.

[@Itech6969]

12:11 why is your double pawns good but when you said at 11:21 if he trade queens that will double his pawns, but you did the same why is it good for you and not for him?

[@sleepmind9292]

Double standard

[@zeon2535]

My favourite chess series so far, also the longer the video the better for me personally at least

[@joelwitick]

8:22 in the video why not b4 instead of Nb5 ?

[@ploop69]

Definitely Watched the full Video! Good teacher!

[@garfy1000]

Was following along with an engine in the last game. It wanted 10. Ke2 instead of castling for your white King! 🤯

[@aniketthorat5966]

Wow finally someone who actually explains in a way we can learn rather than making fun and mocking people for dumb moves.. Subscribed already!

[@Itech6969]

why castle queen side and not king side?

[@EndGameTheorist]

Soon enough, you are going to come upon me

[@joebailey3518]

20:22 is a really interesting position. ...c5 seems better than ...Qa3 because after Qd2 you play ...Qa3. Now white's queen is on the d file, meaning the light square bishop is pinned and c4 is no longer possible due to ...Bxc4.

[@michigan53105]

Great video try explaining what your opponent should have done in analysis more thank you!

[@H1st]

Uhh, 1k elo already. Imo the first loss will happen in around 1700 rating because these are pretty strong players who could've studied a lot of tricky gambits or have an agressive playing style and can spot a lot of tactics like me. As a 1700, I've watched like 1 or 2 videos from the series and gonna start watching from 1500. Anyways, gl on the rating climb and hope I'll be lucky enough to play you at the 1700 level :)

[@bangkok_as_is]

man, this video is so helpful, thanks a lot! climbing to 900 now...

[@VioletGiraffe]

This is the best explanation I've ever seen on how to think and calculate in chess. Hikaru Nakamura has some good streams with explanations, but this series is the best by far.

[@Civ5forlife-td7hy]

16:00 why not go Qd4? prevents white from castling also denies his dark square bishop from going to e3

[@ghaziyadallee3913]

I'm sure that I'm picking up a lot of god tips but really watching as a standalone enjoyment.

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

Nelson you are so good att explaining the thought process, the best (along Daniel Naroditsky for a bit higher rated players). Thank you for your content!

[@krispe2512]

My tactic rating is 1800 but rapid I can't get over 1250..... seems like I need to start studying some opening

[@davidblumejr3538]

why didnt you play Kd2 to cut off rooks? your bishop supports.... to cut off back rank ideas that last game

[@Reuvench]

How could he move his King 2 D6 when there was a white Pawn on E5? The white Pawn just disappeared. That should have been checkmate with the white pawn taking the the king

[@WebSoak]

You know things are getting serious when he starts moving without discussing what he’s doing

[@Shaun_GTI]

This series is soooo good you could turn it into a simple course later and get some serious returns I think

[@henfrisco]

Love your channel, you're such a good explainer! Thanks for the content

[@matthewsmith-ld2ub]

The way U summed up 1000-1200 rated players is literally me. I never realised my own mediocrity lol

[@jaybird1806]

I watched this video some time ago, and then watched it fresh again as the algorithm presented it to me newly. It’s as if I am seeing it for the first time. If I could like it again, I would.

[@bIakeee]

12:10 wouldn't you want to take with the b pawn and capture towards the center? because taking with the d pawn means you don't have anymore center pawns and loses control of the center

[@eirikraude854]

Funny how your videos do not age! Because the eternal game of Chess never dies! :)

[@zell75013]

I just discover this channel, love it ! 1hours goes by so quick

[@thetransferaccount4586]

idk what pool is that but blitz 1000 pool is essentially 1700 rapid

[@rolfwelsch8570]

in the last Weeks i climing downwards from 1200 to 800.

[@RobySorteSmile]

why not taking the knight in C6 with queen instead of stacking pawns?...

[@steveforbes6303]

The length is just fine. I'm getting huge amounts of info here.

[@Chris-wk8nu]

I’m rated 1040 right now on lichess. Is that good??

[@mutualist2049]

He pushed some 1000 elo player to 2000 elo with 3 ending moves

[@ryanmichael5239]

I like the longer vids, I think 1hour is perfect

[@franktaggart-qs5ff]

Thank you for your thinking and seeing the all the board