Stuck at 900 ELO? Watch This. | Chess Rating Climb 907 to 939

[@Brekfastmachine]

The baseline elo for players has gone up over the past few years. I know because I used to be an 1100 elo player, but after a year of vast improvement I am now an 1100 elo player.

[@paultharp4626]

Agree.. 1600 elo is the new 1400 elo

[@Birdingtheorist]

🤣🤣🤣

[@crashtestdummy87]

naah, i took a break for well over a year and people have gotten dumber. i used to be in top 30% with 1000 elo, now i'm nearly in top 20% with 950 elo (rapid)

[@dark_magician_sdy]

​@crashtestdummy87 that makes no sense 😂

[@crashtestdummy87]

@@dark_magician_sdy it is what it is

[@andrewbennett5911]

What incredible games - not surprised some folk are stuck at 900 with this level of competition !! Thanks for another great video

[@cablestick]

My favourite series. You’re the best Nelson.

[@zzzaphod8507]

Best out of how many Nelsons?

[@KenFullman]

I've been following this channel for a couple of years now. I've never had a single answer to any of my comments. AT 56:57 he could have taken with his rook, so then he'd have still had a queen (instead of a rook). Yet my comment gets no answer. This is absolutely the last video I ever watch from Nelson.

[@zzzaphod8507]

@@KenFullman I'm guessing you're more likely to get a response if you pay for his course.

[@chelseabluesparadise]

Thank you so much my brother. Even though im dropping closer to 400 You have helped me alot in terms of gamesense. I dont think much before making moves but ill work on it. But ive fallen in love with your channel and this series. I used to find videos long at first but only when i watched your videos I love them and I am addicted to it. Thanks alot for the goodwork

[@matthewping6132]

Yes, this is my experience vs. 900-1100 elo players. Very, very difficult to climb past this ranking. I had a really good win streak and got to 1071, but then had a few bad days and have yo-yoed right back into the struggle to get back over 1000. You really have to be on your game, or you're not winning consistently, even at this level.

[@ReneDRH]

XD, same here, then you check the game review and it says you and your opponent played some 1800 Elo chess

[@bryanrisso7508]

I was stuck at 1000 found this channel and now am stuck at 1200!

[@computersurgeon_]

Congrats 😅😂🎉

[@bryanrisso7508]

@@computersurgeon_ty

[@Crew7340]

Same

[@shadow234LOL]

Same dude lol

[@yosef38307]

I was stuck at 600 now i'm stuck at 1050 😂

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhh566]

I never thought I could cross 900 thanks to your rating climbs now I’m 950 and heading to 1000, thanks to your videos that was my main goal before going back to school again 😅❤

[@f_society9151]

I'm watching his videos too, I like them but...when I play I'm doing a lot of mistakes and I'm still at 400. Don't know how and what to improve because everything is unpredicted and unexpected at table. I'm new bytheway.

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhh566]

@@f_society9151 that’s normal my friend just keep watching educational videos solve puzzles and analyse your games every game win or lose you’ll improve without even noticing it, but one important point don’t play when you feel unfocused and burnout if you notice that you lost 3 games in a row don’t play that day leave it, I advise you to leave chess for a week maybe if you feel burnt out, and remember take care of your health, hope you best of luck❤️✨

[@DanM-pw9nl]

The best advice is to always develop the queen first, talk with all caps in the chat like "HEY WHAT WAS THAT NOISE" to distract the opponent, when you blunder and leave a piece hanging and then you realize it before the opponent moves always be like "haha take it if you dare" and sike them out, and in endgames go hide your king in the corner

[@andyrea4801]

This video perfectly fits my situation, my best rating is 929, but I float between 893ish and my top rating. Really struggling in the middle game against higher rated players.

[@RoboSparkle]

32:33 what happens if the Queen goes to h4 instead? It looks like they just force the queen trade because there's a fork between your queen and rook, the latter of which gives check and no easy way to stop it. B x g6 looks like a strong counter-threat that might win you a knight, but I'm not sure how that goes tbh. Esp when you only have 1 minute to find a move.

[@williamsquires3070]

(@5:22) This perfectly exemplifies that saying, “if you find a good move, look for a better one.” In this case, the good move was Qxb7, but the better move was Bxf7+!! 😊

[@hinoob12321]

Love your rating climb series

[@lusterris9183]

Watching this at 4am for some reason lol

[@qwerty_1029]

it's 4:30 pm in india😅

[@pointkablan198]

It's literally 4:15 am now here in Libya ,,

[@bsmoov7]

I wouldn’t be certain that isn’t a rice cooker. A lot of people only cook the rice for a couple moved when needed

[@worldsbestwatcher3735]

Yeah, The flags gave it away. It's their culture to cheat. They justify it by saying they learned from it.

[@pedrocasanova3802]

I think you're a very good pedagogue. That's it, just wanted to compliment that aspect. Not mentioning any names, but it's for sure something that makes you stand out in chess youtube

[@kkb8510]

Nelson if you play against enough 850-950 players you'll know that they can easily play at 1400-1600 level in some games, i know cuz i play at that level sometimes as well, it just kind of happens, the main reason we temd to stay at 850-900 is because we are not consistent. So it is definitely possible to play at 1000+ level inconsistently when your rating is 850-900

[@dashtheorytv]

So glad i found your channel! The way you teach connects with me

[@FOXRIDER4152]

Loving the stream frequency!

[@factoryminis3437]

Vishwaroopdevaraj account was closed due to fair play - they were at 1710

[@LexWil7]

Many of these folks at the very lists soft cheat; some of the moves we see here are crazy. Nelson is fine obviously because he is high rated plater but if you are in the ELO range for this type of run you'll struggle

[@Mossy_Bark]

Literally the most humble chess master on youtube, thank you for this awesome series.

[@lolodarkness]

I'm becoming addicted to your videos!!! And learning english and chess, se agradece, saludos desde Chile!!!

[@MrOnosa]

The Time Scramble game goes to show ya how little Elo matters sometimes. What a great matchup that turned into. Very educational.

[@CheesyBeaver]

The reactions he has when his opponents blunder are always great 😂

[@2Complex2]

ikr? He's NEVER ever roasting them for stupid mistakes like Levy would, he actually only ever says things"oh, that's unfortunate" Top notch chess content, it's all about learning and growing, no silly nonsense. Go, Nelson!

[@SarcasticSuraj77]

Superb nelson i like the way u are teaching people from your videos

[@張謙-n3l]

I would argue whether the Legal's Mate attempt is hope chess. If you want to win, you will definitely need your opponent to make some mistakes, so I don't think hoping something happens will automatically mean hope chess. In the Legal's Mate attempt, even if black plays the correct response, the material is still equal, and white has bishop pair and lead in development, that's still a good position

[@danielward7008]

It didn't harm his position so was probably worth a shot (although there was a better move in the position).

[@張謙-n3l]

@@danielward7008 yes, if the move worsen the position, that kind of hope should be avoided. But if the move is good anyway, hoping it has a good outcome should be fine

[@jello7380]

Yeah, if you have the opportunity to ask your opponent a question about a sacrifice, their position, "did they blunder?" then at the minimum you're very likely to make them spend their time.

[@shaokhanwins1037]

If you're playing against someone of equal rating, you shouldn't attempt any attacks or tricks that you yourself can refute if you had your opponent's pieces. That would be hope chess. Remember the saying? If you find a good move, find a better one.

[@calebmills6051]

@@張謙-n3l while this is mostly true it's also true that if there is a better move in the position you should play that instead. Instead of having an equal outcome if they don't blunder make a play that leaves you ahead no matter what they do.

[@barclayv8282]

Great video, thank you. I love when fantastic players are humble and admit their errors. Makes me feel better about my bad games and want to continue playing to improve.

[@mirkof2068]

Im between 900 and 1050 and there is so many underrated people like either you have a game where you and the other player have a elo score of 1600+ or you having a shocker and the elo score says it’s 500 vs 300 … i won a game with a elo score of 2100 while my opponent had a score of 1900 on a 60 move game i wish you actually gain more points when you played like a 1600 that you gain like 20 for a win when your actually elo is 1000

[@juscripz1362]

@@mirkof2068 that wouldnt be fair as you are most likely not capable of playing at an elo rating of 2100 on a consistent basis but even 600 play at the level of 1600 then eventually go back to playing like a 600

[@vPegasus]

@@juscripz1362I think a slight increase would still make sense. Just a couple points at the lower elos would help the people who more consistently play well level up faster. But then you would have to make it so you lose more/gain less when you play below your Elo, making it harder to level up if you are not consistently playing better than you current Elo. May or may not be a bad thing, idk

[@2Complex2]

@@vPegasus I can relate, but that''s just not how it works. The ELO system is like a currency, what one player loses goes to the winner instead, it's a closed system more or less (in ideal case) so messing around with the formula would lead to unwanted effects akin to inflation or deflation in the currency example.

[@mrartistimo1530]

Just watching through, and at 6:00 you talk about attraction tactics, but in the example listed the King moving to E7 where you use knight to d5 to further deflect, but if you instead went Qe6 it's checkmate. I'm sure you saw it (I'm 1100, not even close to you), just one of those things that kind of irritated me :D Fantastic video so far though, enjoying the watch.

[@gerardbeck457]

I wonder what would have happened if black played Queen to H4 at 32:16??? Might have been a good move? Threatens white Queen and the tsk of the rook? What would be white’s counter move?

[@DJMJRyder]

These climb videos are excellent, really helpful to hear the thought process

[@Chunes3]

Scandinavian where you take with the Queen and put it on the side of the board is my favorite opening for black. I can't stop myself from playing it lol

[@jurajlitvanyi5410]

against this there is tricky leonhardt gambit, dont be surprise if somebody play it :D

[@caxel20]

@@jurajlitvanyi5410I’ve caught so many players pre-moving the Scandi Qa5 variation with the Leonhardt in 1200 rated blitz 😂 and the amount of tempo that you gain on the queen with Ra2 + Ra5 means that you have a massive advantage in development that only super-booked up Scandi players can manage (which isn’t common at all).

[@tiletapper4ever]

Hello Nelson! Your rating climbs are interesting, but do you livestream any games played on your main account?

[@StygianStyle]

Before 2020, I had a peak blitz elo of 1400. Today, the 1000+ are killing me with traps, opening sidelines, etc. I'm stuck in the 900s now.

[@mikail90]

Indians are underrated. You should add 200 or 300 elo for them lol

[@Zygnity]

Nelson, are you a better chess player in this rating climb than the one last year?

[@OnRappel]

Your videos have absolutely kept me engaged in chess. Keep it up!

[@andyclark8991]

What an awesome video, you Chess Vibes/Nelson so so awesome and cool. Love them, all

[@30noir]

Wasn't Bf5 stronger than Qc8 in game 1? He moves the queen then you mate him next turn. Legall's mate, not Legal's.

[@OmieyaL]

I love your videos! super well made :) Can you please play the Damiano Defense or the Damiano Gambit ?

[@djaypee]

Hi Nelson! You should add the Monte Carlo variation in the French Exchange on your openings spreadsheet! Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Cheers!

[@GlorifiedTruth]

At about 33:00, Black could have forced a queen trade with Qh4+. It would've been interesting to see how Nelson would've continued then. Then, at 34:13, he could've just pushed c4, as Nelson's rook was pinned at the time.

[@ericbailey872]

Love me some Nelson vids. Always learn something. But what does RICE mean on his scoreboard?

[@emarine0395]

Can someone explain why white would not play pawn to g4 at 43:03?

[@mohammademad2003]

It's not a good move because whiet waste lot of time on h3 and g3 and black can easily retreat the bishop

[@r33th]

Nelson will you play the Haxo Gambit in the next AverageJoe video? I'm 1300 and I've had some crazy success with it lately & my opponents fall into it every time. I've won 10 games just this week with my opponents all playing the same 10 moves in the opening.

[@flol.7585]

, Definitely my favorite chess KZbinr, great explaining of thought processes

[@toad725]

@14:02 Question: I might be missing something, but why not castle queen side to pin the pawn on d4?

[@donkeykong1234]

weird how the queen/rook fork wasn't classified as a blunder

[@benro6564]

20:17 is bd2 to block the pin bad? Maybe the bishop is a little passive there?

[@LordKabs]

Just wondering, at 14:05, why not just castle Queen side and pin the pawn to the white Queen? Might be missing something, but just a thought.

[@viktor4840]

This kind of vids is both, entertaining and helpful.

[@michaelaparicio3182]

I'm relatively new to studying chess. Just learning openings. The game that's screenshot. What's Black's opening?

[@masetade]

14:03 A choice of two cool moves en passant and castling and pinning the pawn at once. Top move, en passant.

[@ninja4O5]

MJaved79 dayumm brooo 💀🔥🔥🔥

[@sparkdhadmusic]

Superb Nelson 👌 love from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@llamallama1509]

At 21:00 what's wrong with e5? That's what jumped out at me, but I'm really quite bad at chess so I'm assuming there's a good reason you didn't mention it.

[@AhimtarHoN]

Imo the thing is that it doesn't achieve much, so prioritizing development is usually better

[@Dog-b2c]

26:45 he should’ve played e5, I found a tactic where you win a piece for a pawn because the threat of checkmate. Even confirmed with an engine and it agreed with me EDIT: didn’t realise he talked about it at 40:40

[@Dog-b2c]

Also e5 is the best move at 21:00 according to the engine as well

[@baileypeters6547]

Im new to chess an no where near seeing these things. Love watching but is hard to learn advanced moves so early. Could you do a think like a 500 elo? Knowing zero lines, Knowing basically how the pieces move only. With an impatient push mentality!

[@andrewb3882]

7:40 Ahh hah so that’s why it’s a brilliant move😮🤯😲

[@jimsensathit7056]

Does anybody know how to make arrows for pieces during the game?

[@CKakaFlawleSS]

14:48 I’m curious about what happens if he castles and pins the pawn to the queen

[@Eiswurst]

Had the same idea 🎉

[@readyplayerJesse]

question @14:40 instead of en passant winning the d pawn why not long castle pinning the pawn to the queen? and then you have the rook on the "open" file. thanks

[@katmaverick6225]

Hello chess friend, It seems you didn't (even) notice the horse on h4 earlier As soon as he pinned your queen, he could easily have moved his horse to f3 and attack your rook once more So I think he was just randomly lucky otherwise he would have taking advantage of your mistake much better To prevent this next time from happening, just eat the pawn with your queen instead of your rook. Good lesson Cheers 👍🏻💙

[@szlatnik]

1.e3 doesn't NECESSARILY mean that someone is abdicating the center. I played 1.e3 PRIMARILY to play into the Bird while dodging the From, but against 1...e5, my plan was to play 2.d4 and go into a reverse French.

[@AmirulAsyraf-mq7bx]

Main key point to cross 900 is patient and time management. Look at those players, developing and carefully place pieces until forcing time.

[@hadal_hex]

in game 3 is it possible to simply advance e5 for move 3? or does that pawn just become impossible to hold onto while developing if you do that

[@jamesjanney4440]

Against Vishwaroo, why did you not take with the rook after he took yours? If he had reraken with his queen you would have been up the queen.

[@KoytchDJ]

I love these series. Idek how majority of people that are in the 1000-2000 elo be watching Hikaru or magnus playing blitz games as though they can process what’s going on.

[@Chilli_Tea]

Wouldn't mind seeing more of the Italian game opening that *isn't* the fried liver. This series is great though, keep it up!

[@cominoengenharia]

The 900 range was the most difficult to me. Now Im at 1100-1150, but whenever I get back under 1000 its a struggle to return. Now I'm feeling that its not that difficult, the games are a bit more as expected, and I lose always by some blunder.

[@vaibhav_mishra_248]

Meanwhile me stuck at 400 🫠

[@a.g.4843]

That’s quite bad….you must be quite…well, unclever

[@gezza18]

@@a.g.4843how about you be quiet because someone above you would think you are quite bad and unclever.

[@stencilwalters2971]

There's a video for that too

[@a.g.4843]

@@gezza18true, i only have 850….but since we at 800 are already bad, I can’t imagine how bad 400s are

[@Arkadiy93181]

@@a.g.4843Everything bellow 1500 is relatively bad. But that is why we are here. No need to be mean.

[@Rabblington]

3:32 what about Queen to B3, threatening B7 but creating a battery toward the king?

[@xaizzen7958]

Im at 500+ elo 5min Blitz. But mostly im on winning but lose by clock. Vs a minute ahead. What to work on? Thanks

[@toastbrot97]

Against the french you could play the orthoschnapp gambit. Maybe wanna put that on your list,

[@KenFullman]

at 56:57 Why didn't you take with your rook. If the queen took your rook you'd then be able to take with your queen and you'd have your queen instead of a rook. If they didn't take your rook, you'd still have Qd8 to protect your rook and get your queen to safety.

[@TheMouseMasterYT]

14:40 no consideration to Queenside-castle, pinning the pawn?

[@danielward7008]

That passes up the opportunity to en-passant and allows white a strong pawn centre.

[@Begeru]

En passant is forced to

[@StevenFfr]

Nice and interesting video!

[@henriqueoliveiramachado8763]

Im 950 and frequently stockfish says i play like a 1400 and my opponents like 1400 also. I gues youtube channels has been doing a great job o teaching us the fundamentals.

[@biochemistryiseasy]

I wanna play a game against you on this account...... I am on 1000 and have beaten players of 1100-1200 easily

[@RohitGosavi-q2u]

These are indian players 1:03:48

[@Kenjitsuka]

I would love to see your Dutch Leningrad

[@capitalcats4339]

That's pretty rare. I'm not familiar with it but it seems heavy in theory, not really Nelson's style..

[@Kenjitsuka]

@@capitalcats4339 Nah, I'm a noob and it's fine. Just a small tweak to the Dutch, which I have seen Nelson play before. It's a short opening with a clear square to fight for.

[@ltsgobrando]

Keep wanting to catch this live, sadly it started 5am my time 😭

[@joelrivardguitar]

Ha, I tried that trick against the Philador defense with the knight on E5 to set up the trap and they didn't take the knight, they pushed the pawn to D5. Blocking the bishop and winning my queen for free.

[@SHREYAS1112]

Dont know if this has been asked before: @56:57, why force the queen trade ?? Just RxD2 (instead of QxD2) is a free rook, no? Am I missing something ?

[@biscottone3357]

Nope. It's not a free rook. Try counting slower. They would be equal in material and he would keep the pin. Also with low time queen exchange would make things easier.

[@RickBerg-b9k]

I wish you would compare ELO ratings with USCF ratings.

[@timm439]

26:30 What am I missing? If they go Ng6 you just trade it with your bishop then take their other knight... Edit: I guess I should wait for your post-game review.. :)

[@ShioArata]

I'm at 368 but have beaten multi 1100 player so should I consider my around at 1100😤🤔 but evey time got Destroyed by 1300++++

[@jordancobb7553]

It's just cause anyone around 1000 and below can super blunder... I'm right at 1000 and I get in a hurry trying to act like I'm hikaru making fast moves then I blunder every piece I have followed by a hefty resign

[@ShioArata]

@@jordancobb7553I can agree with you even to this day I do blunder my pieces 🧩

[@MatthewHaydenRE]

35:45 I want to say these kind of sandbaggers are stopping me progressing.

[@SnailBeast]

Where do you play? Nvm, looked description...

[@Iphoneandmac]

At 48:00 couldn’t white have played bxc6 sacking the bishop because if you take he takes back with knight to fork queen and rook?

[@wimlameris9968]

True but generally two pieces are better than a rook and a pawn, so it wouldn't be very good for white, also you do weaken the light squares around your king a little bit

[@DrunkenHook]

i am not sure . but i see most Indians like 900 to 1000. they played wired. feel like not human 😅. or maybe i am too weak. well thankyou for the nice game 🥳

[@omeraligumussoy9193]

0:01 AS BAYRAKLARI AS AS ADAM TÜRK 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@KataHub]

32:18 couldnt black play queen H4 and force queen trade to ease on your attack?

[@CDubs27]

I think nelson is targeting me with this title😂😂

[@timm439]

16:00 you had several opportunities to go Qe7 or Qd6 threatening mate in 1

[@JloBroOFFICIAL]

Imagine being an 800 casually playing a NM

[@mabes-9415]

14:47 can someone explain how this works and when you can do this?????

[@NJDJ1986]

2 more wins , Nelson & youre gonna get the magic number! great game!

[@owaisusmani4631]

30:31 why not take it with the d pawn????

[@Flickit100]

I'm stuck at 1000. Now I see how to get to 900.

[@jebespolitiko]

So one strong reason why people struggle to break 1000 is tons of cheaters at this levels. Higher too, of course, but they insidiously go lower most often.

[@AshishT683]

i cant go up 750 elo if i win 2 games imma lose 2 games what am i doing wrong/