Chess but with a VIP (very important pawn)

[@mikahamari6420]

It is interesting how this rule suddenly makes the Pawn the most important piece in the game. Queen is just a mere servant also in the attacks, and defending is bipolar, because not only King safety matters, but also VIP must covered from all threats. If the opponent would know, which one of the Pawns is VIP, he would concentrate all his forces to demolish it.

[@jhitom]

Ye but he only play with bots which target king. Not the pawn

[@Skyler827]

this rule turns chess into an imperfect information game, unless the opponent knows about the rule and which pawn is Very Important.

[@mikahamari6420]

@@Skyler827 Exactly. The best strategy could be threatening different pawns and conlude by defender's reactions, which he covers like the King. But as you in a great way brought up, it would be imperfect information game, like poker, and the defender could bluff by covering very unimportant pawn as decoy.

[@teekoz1182]

Hum or just one and take it for win

[@dexterlily3266]

All pawns are important, but some are more important than others.

[@dovydas4483]

Animal Farm

[@giulianogrisafi4367]

Orwell reference let’s gooo

[@zlapon5728]

AMERICA HECK YEAH

[@paintball719]

A pawn and H pawn are half as good as the B, C, D, E, F and G pawns.

[@szpak6143]

​@@paintball719 wao oho

[@xtra_1807]

Ive noticed you’re experimenting with video ideas, titles, and thumbnails lately and its nice to see you hit a good rhythm racking up 100k+ views

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks for noticing!

[@joce_bable]

The V.I.P. wins against the poor family man... this says a lot about society...

[@mythillian]

Lol

[@johnb6723]

The marked pawn (pion coiffe) aka the very important pawn, must not be queened, nor must it be taken by your opponent or checkmate delivered by any other pawn or piece, or you lose. (Howard Staunton, 1847) This was primarily for use when the Elo difference is huge, in other words, where there is a vast difference between the skills of the players.

[@arturkaroly8898]

Awesome, I've never heard about this handicap, but I figured someone already had a similar idea since it is not that hard to come up with. Thanks for the info.

[@shubbyshabaas]

Really like the new editing! Great stuff!

[@khangtrantan9756]

1:51 *Starts disregarding the pin sacrifice, Bishop G4 check and then win the queen unles he's dumb*

[@randakarim4431]

The pawn blocks

[@lutimstrickshots9253]

Suggestion: Cannonball chess Every two moves, Martin fires a cannon at a random square and if your piece is on that square it dies. But Martin's pieces have put on cannonball-proof armor so the cannonballs don't do anything to them. Good luck!

[@Wired3698]

THIS IS AN AMZING IDEA

[@Kingteleporter]

What if it lands on your king?

[@lutimstrickshots9253]

@@Kingteleporter I made the kings also wear the armor in my more recent suggestion

[@patrickohara6078]

Next Challenge: You must alternate between paired pieces, i.e if you move the light squared bishop, you can't move it again until you move the dark squared bishop first. bishops pair, knights pair, rooks pair, king and queen pair

[@user-nb1sz1nd3u]

There’s no king and queen pair

[@tylerr2126]

@@user-nb1sz1nd3u can't move queen until you move king

[@Idefinetlywontjumponyourhead5X]

What if the king moves then get’s checked? Then he can’t move the queen, so he fails?

[@weiyanwu3942]

@@Idefinetlywontjumponyourhead5X well if u can block with queen u have to and otherwise blunder your queen i guess

[@tmlarkynado7604]

1:25 you could have won the queen

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

Nevermind, I keep forgetting that it's Martin. He probably wouldn't block with f3.

[@xCxrzed]

He could block on f3, and i tested the game against martin he did block with f3

[@v4571-v8w]

You should play against Martin with checkers pieces (can only move diagonally one square at a time, and must jump to take other pieces) while Martin has chess pieces.

[@jeffreyherrera5069]

10:38 "You don't want to see this part." Me: *slows video to half/quarter speed* Yes I do XD

[@yangli366]

Chess but if you lose a bishop, you can’t checkmate.

[@ranchoabilities7928]

Wow, VIP has three meanings now Very Important Person Very Important Pawn Very Important Piece

[@aliveisuppose]

Highlander chess: Only one of each piece type can be allowed to move. Examples: If you start play e4, you may not move the other pawns unless it gets taken first. If you play knight c6, the other knight can't be moved until that knight is taken. Edit: This challenge seems to get difficult when the bot has a higher rating.

[@coltlange2894]

At 12:06. When the rook takes the G file, putting the bishop on the h8-a1 diagonal, then under promoting to a knight for mate would of been a lil nice.

[@BobChess]

Chess but your opponent 's pieces are fire! everytime you capture your opponent's pieces, that piece will be on fire. The pieces which on fire will be destroyed in the next turn and if your others pieces are nearby the fired pieces(1 square away from it), those pieces will also be on fire!

[@beaconofwierd1883]

You should play this against a humans where you both have one VIP. Would be fun seeing you trying to figure out which of his pawns is the VIP, and see i you can get him to sacrefice the queen for the wrong pawn

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Chess but your ranged pieces have a limited range of 2 and your knights cannot move. You give your opponent 2 more knights for compensation

[@apex_vr2582]

2:25 did anyone notice his castle?

[@AkiUwUx3]

1:20 MARTIN DOES THE CHAD BONGCLOUD

[@Is_this_username_unique]

chess vs Martin but you are only allowed 4 active pieces at a time. A piece becomes active when it is moved for the first time and remains active until the end of the game or until it is captured. If an active piece is captured you can choose to activate another piece. If you already have 4 active pieces and are forced to move a fifth piece then you lose. Hard mode: 3 or 2 active pieces

[@SG2048-meta]

Challenge: Chess but you can only move a piece if EVERY piece with less point value than that piece has been moved (pawns don’t count). Eg. If you want to move a rook you will have had to already moved at least 1 pawn, both your bishops and both your knights. You can move either a knight or bishop when you have moved at least 1 pawn. I will say that the king is worth 10 points (so more than everything else). Sorry if this is confusing

[@rampalar3557]

this should become a chess variant but the opponent doesn't know the VIP pawn. If the VIP pawn gets captured then you lose

[@leroyvermilion7708]

Would be cool, and similar to poker cuz you could bluff and defend another pawn to trick your opponent... might be hard do defend your king and a vip pawn in chess

[@skitsadoodle5194]

Day 14: As a challenge, could you beat Martin with not taking any pieces?

[@yo5233]

No

[@skitsadoodle5194]

@@yo5233 im putting this as a challenge

[@im_lilly736]

Nope its almost impossible since you cant take martin piece he will just devour all your pieces till the game ends or even force you to eat a piece by checking

[@simplericks3662]

Day 7034 of poking my piggy bank: can i be rich?

[@skitsadoodle5194]

@@im_lilly736 oh, lol thx

[@walterhartman3636]

I think this would actually be a hard challenge, every time you capture a non queen piece it's removed but then upgraded and placed somewhere on board. To decide where it's placed (if you're playing white) start at a8 and try to place it, if the square is occupied go to b8, then c8 ect. If all of the 8 file is taken then go to a7 and continue until you get an open square. How the upgrading works, captured pawns promote to bishops or knights (whichever he has less of, if it's a tie do bishop) captured knights and bishops promote to rooks, captured rooks promote to queens, captured queens are permanently removed from the board

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

Great stuff, as always, Nelson! Thanks!

[@chantlerdominic1321]

This is known as pion coiffé (capped pawn), a form of handicap where the stronger player has to checkmate with a specific pawn.

[@Envy-ij1lc]

I love the new editing style! Did you hire an editor? its really good and keep up the good work

[@zerotwo4271]

Hey crusher 21

[@LetsTaIk]

@@zerotwo4271 bruh

[@zerotwo4271]

@@LetsTaIk bruh you , you don't play clash royale so wouldn't get it

[@LetsTaIk]

@@zerotwo4271 I do but this isn’t crusher 21 lol, it’s just his profile pic

[@zerotwo4271]

@@LetsTaIk oh you also play clash royale do you play fatherless cycle 2.6

[@NilezII]

"Pawns are the heart and soul of chess"-Philodor

[@satyakibanerjee7818]

You missed a queen and king fork at 1:40 in the video

[@mythrilturtle]

I really appreciate these calm and chill challenge videos! They are very nice to watch during quiet time with my daughter!

[@fighterinarras0998]

tbh it is interesting how adding this rule makes the f pawn, usually known as the worst pawn, will become the most important piece

[@TheDigiWorld]

"Here we go the V.I... (awkward silence for half a sec) OHHHH MY" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@noobyprobygaming2293]

How about restriction chess? Like a king can't move to a place where it can be checked, pieces(except for knights) can't move towards or pass enemy pieces line of attack. However you can go through diagonals and still have the option to capture a protected piece. If a piece blocks a piece's line of sight you can cross through there. You can play against Martin and he doesn't have to abide by this rules, cause he is that special. Ik this is confusing but it's been stuck in my head for a while and I would like to see this in a game.

[@Sanghmitra_arts]

You took your own knight with bishop.... hahaha

[@ilkslaya7333]

Watched it several times and it’s an edit. White Queen took his knight then he took the Queen.

[@Sanghmitra_arts]

@@ilkslaya7333 he repeated it in next the game too

[@minwu2717]

Challenge: Power Pyramid chess against Martin Every time Martin captures a piece, the piece (or pawn) that was used to capture gets upgraded into a better piece (pawn=>knight, knight=>bishop, bishop=>rook, rook=> queen) if a queen of Martin captures a piece, a pawn is placed wherever you want.If it is too easy, then apply the same thing to you but in reverse, if a pawn captures, it's gone from the board(also I love your video ideas😍)

[@lucasw_3671]

Chess, but every time one of Martin’s pawns is facing one of your non-pawns, that piece dies (except for the king)

[@ShadowViewsOnly]

These Martin challenges are fun. You should do more of these :D

[@shreyaskumar9175]

Nah they are quite cringey. But i won't blame Nelson to capitalize on the chess boom

[@RLKC8]

@@shreyaskumar9175 To each their own then

[@ex8800]

You could have skewered the queen knowing it’s Martin and he wouldn’t block with pawn

[@badpiggies988]

g pawns are usually among those that survive long enough to become passed

[@3141minecraft]

Challange idea: You play against stockfish level 8 from regular chess starting position. You play as white. Your goal is survive for 60 moves.

[@supercrafter7586]

Ok, you start the game normally, but can only checkmate if it's your only move

[@Useuckaqwa.]

That pawn paid extra

[@tahrimsspace86]

chess against martin but you can only use pieces on the king's side of the board, and those pieces cannot move to the queen's side of the board. If you are forced to do otherwise, you lose.

[@phyllipkjellberg7160]

Here's a challenge I've came up with: Try to beat Martin but you can't let him take any of your pieces. If he ever does, you lose.

[@calculuslover2078]

Imagine a similar challenge, but the opponent must have a certain minimum amount of material on the board as they get checkmated. That would make it far more challenging.

[@callmezaxx]

'Hitmen Chess' : Each friendly piece can only take enemy pieces once those pieces takes one of your pieces. you need to eliminate the pieces in order of which attacked first to last. Goal: Try to checkmate him without 'freely' being able to take any pieces, only if an enemy piece becomes a hitman piece. (This happens when the enemy piece has taken any of your pieces)

[@callmezaxx]

You could (if needed) exclude this rule for pawns

[@Danunation3]

"aha! Choose which one you want alive, the pawn or your king!" "Pawn." "wh-wha?"

[@rahulsandhu2993]

Chess but you cannot move the three most valuable pieces on the board

[@banan40]

by the way - if there's a pawn that martin can take but it's defended, no matter what martin will not take it.

[@IDKLOL-vw9yy]

Nelson really did a disrespect speedrun against nelson at 10:25

[@chri-k]

the timestamp makes it look like he made an illegal move

[@RobloxGamer2826Lo]

Aint no way Martin got beaten by a pawn checkmating him-

[@tpne9994]

Give Martin 2 kings and you have to mate both his kings on the same move

[@nmrs4342]

idea: chess but you have to move the same type of piece moved by Martin (for example if he makes a pawn move you have to make a pawn move as well

[@Sandstheskeleton]

Would be difficult because if you capture all pieces the best you could do is a draw because a king can’t checkmate alone

[@pineappleonpizza028]

Challenge: try the same thing but with center pawns as the vip. Either one will be fine and if that’s too easy make both of them the vip and one of them had to deliver checkmate but both of them must be alive.

[@agamjeetsingh-13J]

Play with martin but you have 30 seconds and martin has 10 minutes

[@michaelnelson1270]

Classic Capped Pawn odds required mate to be delivered by a move of the chosen Pawn other than a promotion, though the check could be by discovery. Read that in an old chess book decades ago.

[@kianbakker3691]

good cop bad cop ches. You are playing against martin and stockfish but they are alternating moves( I hope this will be interesting )

[@olz33]

all pawns are equal, but this one's a bit more equal

[@pravinkumarpawar-j2r]

Next is the MVP - Most Valuable Pawn

[@chunky8684]

2:54 if martin had played Rook g4 you would have had to sac your queen I think

[@Lunar_looks]

The Curse Staff:Chess but you cannot move the same unit twice in a row but every 3 turns get a extra move example you move the king 3 times then you can move it for the 4th time for free

[@paul_warner]

Challenge: chess but your king is a foolhardy micromanager, which means you play Bongcloud, every third move must be a forward king move if possible, if a piece is captured the king will want to go to the site and investigate, he does not trust his wife so the queen is not allowed to move where he can't see her, and he must be defending the piece that delivers checkmate. Optional rules: every time a piece captures an enemy piece, your piece must write an incident report and deliver it to the king as soon as possible. If a piece questions or disobeys the king's excessive rules, he will write them up for insubordination and deliver it to them as soon as possible. The pawns go on strike due to poor working conditions and being undervalued so they will refuse to move or capture after the sixth move. The pieces also hate the king for his micromanaging and excessive rules so they will not move more than two squares at a time unless capturing. If the game does not end after 40 moves, the opportunistic enemy king will make a really good offer and your pieces and pawns will defect to the other side and you may only play on with the queen and king.

[@vadertrap6535]

Not martin playing the bongcloud 💀

[@CharaReyiz]

He committed a crime at 3:21 by not playing en passant. I can't believe you ):

[@TheGamingG810]

Challenge idea: You play against a bot, but every time you make a good, excellent, best, great, or brilliant move, the bot temporarily turns into stockfish for the next two moves.

[@Rooklifter]

Thanks for the video on the boiling frog opening, i had an irl tournament today and got 3 in my age group and i got 5/7 points and i played the opening 4 times and won every game

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

That is awesome!

[@minophilic6577]

Chess against Martin but, you have to checkmate him with underpromotion.

[@jayeetadas320]

Chess but you play 20 moves against Martin and then, swap colors, that is try to win the lost position against Martin.

[@SprinkzMC]

Challenge: every 10 moves, you are forced to make the worst legal move possible

[@shunt7659]

The V.I.P is rich and can afford a membership.

[@AnIdiotFromGermany]

Imagine getting checkmated by a pawn💀

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

you could checkmate nelson with the pawn if you defended queening square with your king instead of your bishop, and you defended the square nelson's king escaped with your bishop

[@stephenaulin8298]

Challenge idea: You ply Martin but it’s hyper-bullet chess. You only have 30 seconds to play and win against Martin. If it is to easy make it 15 seconds.

[@isaack06]

Maybe use this challenge again but against a real player but you both have a randomised VIP pawn and the first one to lose the VIP loses and you also don't know which VIP pawn is from the enemy

[@suomiartzi]

Day 1:when u move a piece u have to move it again on the next turn, castling is kings move. If you are forced to move another piece u lose

[@Sanghmitra_arts]

You take your own knight with queen in 2nd game...hahaha

[@lau99917]

3:20 noo en passant ignored

[@alin_ilies]

all pawns are equal but some pawns are more equal than others

[@hi-gv4fq]

do this but with another person you both have a vip and you dont know his or hers vip but you know urs

[@arturkaroly8898]

Hi Nelson. Nice video. I was curious about what strategy you would follow.

[@supercrafter7586]

chess but if you can capture anything, you must

[@GameristicForce]

1:01 Blundered but nah he defend

[@garhong9125]

That second game, why not advance both pawns on the left side to the 2nd rank before all the stuff you did to herd the king over to that side of the board?

[@xiaolichen4786]

Chess but you can not move your pieces.

[@basedlibertarianz910]

Do chess, but the king is a senile old man who wanders around the board randomly every two moves based on a spinner.

[@basedlibertarianz910]

🤣🤣

[@VibratorDefibrilator]

At 11:11 you simply shold transfer your king on the other side of the VIP, place your rook on h2 with check, and voila! 1... Kf4 2.Kh1 Kg3 3. Kg1 Kh3 (losing a tempo) 4. Kh1 Rh2+ 5. Kg1 VIPf2#. Not that hard, isn't it?

[@junkygamer3348]

2:00 skewer annoyed me like hell

[@williamd2999]

12:16 to do the pawn checkmate play bc8 ka7 kd7 ka8 ra6+ kb8 f7# :)

[@kristysmith5308]

Yeah I see you reversing moves

[@jennagray3340]

Try to checkmate Martin with a discovered attack after moving the King!

[@micha4940]

Are we all just gonna let the fact that Martin played semi-bongcloud slide?

[@youssefchihab1613]

now imagine he rolls e or d pawn

[@justaregularcat3623]

Now do the reverse V.I.P where u have to win without taking 3 pieces is martin vip's

[@cormantv]

Challenge idea: You can't take protected pawns or pieces (even if a queen is hanging and only a pawn defends it)

[@flamelyfire3571]

Challenge:Martin but you can’t move your queen or premote a pawn to a queen

[@dragonore2009]

Hmm, how about beat Nelson, but you can't use your Queen and your two rooks

[@VeryRandomStuff361]

the pawn is a G

[@Thuyngle]

Not "fair": your challenger knows the rule but is ạ bad player while Nelson doesn't know the rule while being a good player. A "fairer" game would be that your challenger is helped by Nelson

[@Linus.So07]

did u just call Nelson good?