How To CRUSH Bad Opening Moves | Chess Rating Climb 730 to 787

[@saldamontee5459]

I'm new to chess, and I started watching your videos 2 days ago. I got my first brilliant move yesterday, and gotten 2more since then. My elo went from 400 to 500. Thanks for the helpful videos.

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Keep it up!

[@deathclock0652]

Brilliant moves as a 400 Is Crazy. I didnt get One till i was 600

[@LUVUNBEATABLE]

I got my 1st brilliant move at 500 elo good keep it up

[@jacovanburen4908]

@@deathclock0652 You can have a brilliant, but if you don't have the follow up, it's just a sacrifice.

[@saldamontee5459]

@@deathclock0652 Wel now I'm 600 😎

[@tonyoffermans3676]

I was 1850 35 years ago, but only recently picked up playing again so I watched some of your videos. This journey is actually very good learning for new players. Applying just some basic opening principles and general thinking methods (what's the threat, can I attack something, what is my plan) will get them a great jump start. Looking at your game and listening to the explanation is much more enjoyable than in my days where I played from old books by Botwinnik, Euwe and Smyslov. Chess is in better shape than it ever was, thanks to content creators like you!

[@ColossusEternum]

I agree, I had a hard time learning chess through books(especially books dealing with openings). There is one book that transformed my playing though, it was called "Attacking Chess" by Josh Waitzkin. I enjoyed it thoroughly because it was more conceptual than anything.

[@Whitek80]

How old are you now?

[@DrumFFx]

@@tonyoffermans3676 how did they discern ELO prior to the internet boom?

[@tonyoffermans3676]

@@DrumFFx It was registered and calculated after every official game in tournaments and matches between clubs. The results of those were sent to the national chess organization. After time, this got balanced with the international (FIDE) ratings from FIDE rated tournaments. So a 1850 in my country would be a 1850 anywhere in the world. ELO is just a relational ranking, of course. I still suck at the game, as I did then; chess is way to complicated for mortals.

[@tonyoffermans3676]

@@Whitek80 60 next March. I played intensively between ages 19 and 24, then moved on. Young people are amazing as we all know, I am just an amateur.

[@2Complex2]

This playlilst is a true marvel of youtube chess learning. I loved the "obstructing pawn" game in this episode, beyond instructive and crazy how it turned out how wrong your decision to take with the pawn turned out to be in end middle game where the Stockfish line showed how this little wrong decision would have lead to just block yourself in the very same fashion you used to completely shut down your opponents play with that one little icky pawn just a few moves earlier. Marvellous.

[@Chunes3]

I just played the stonewall because I was inspired by this video and I just had a game that lasted 40 moves and I made ZERO blunders, misses, AND mistakes! Keep in mind my elo is only 400 haha. I really like this opening!

[@MarkHarrison4]

This series is AMAZING

[@helxis]

You can rest assured that if you see that flag, there is a 98% chance they will go 4 move checkmate and then will try to run you out of time if that fails.

[@andrewbennett5911]

Another instructive video , thanks Nelson , great to see Stonewall & Owens " in action " as a great complement to Breaking 1500 .

[@lonewolf5238]

This is one of the most informative videos I have seen in years -- a stream of consciousness experience that opens the door on positional awareness and tactical thinking at a master's level. Bravo!

[@davedunlop2382]

Loved the video! Been doing the same opening time after time but love the way you think and explain. You have really moved my game forward, thank you

[@danielbillings1876]

I love how Nelson never fails to identify a tactic that I always seem to fall for.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Well you should recognize it’s a bad habit you want to drop

[@ricasiogaming7873]

Well he is a very strong player so don’t feel too bad

[@Bigswinn]

@@ricasiogaming7873what is his rating?

[@DanielSong39]

@@Bigswinn 2300

It's so fun to watch these games, thanks a lot!

[@paulmichaud7565]

Nice rundown of the Greek gift, INCLUDING the safety feature of making sure the knight doesn't jump in and defend the mating squares. Very clear.

[@vPegasus]

Love the videos! You should play a game while still at low Elo where you straight up blunder a piece. Not for like a gambit or anything, but just to show how to play when you are behind. At low Elo I think one the most common mistakes is just blundering pieces, and then it’s so hard to try to play from behind

[@arturrzepka6955]

I test it in my games. In last games when I playing white on 10 parties I lost 8, but when I played black just reverse 8/10 win. In last Month i had 65% winning as White now 48%. Maybe it is because I watched videos ,about defense as black, and must learning how to Play as White how a New player and not do a mistake as fork, blunders, etc. Good video. ❤😊

[@lethalty6055]

I looked up the last game's opening. It's called the King's Gambit Declined: Soller-Zilbermints Gambit. Not sure what the mainline of the gambit is about, but the first three moves is the opening gambit.

[@modad370]

Too bad it’s already named, otherwise was going to suggest the Nuy Lopez ♟️

[@andyr.3426]

Thank you for your video series. I love how you explain why you make certain moves. I've been using them as study videos for my first ever USCF tournament. (Last Saturday) And as I played I was going over in my mind your principles. I was able to win 3 out 4 games. The only problem is... My provisional rating is 1840 now! 😅

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Good problem to have!

[@toms6147]

I am a new player. Love your series. I watch a couple videos a week on your channel at night. Cheers!

[@BuggatiWeryon]

I hope one day you will release breaking 2500, i am struggling to get past 2200. Nice channel, appreciate your hard work!

[@jamiewellbourn3609]

Might be tough to teach that when he hasn't broken 2500 rapid himself (that I know of) 😂

[@FlapjackMcGee]

Good for you!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

That’s an awesome ELO I would love to be 2200 I only play Daily 24 hour games though my ELO is 1134 I’ve lost elo in two games because they were lower rated players which is crazy how the rating is deducted so fast my highest was 1206

[@Lucas-yg8rn]

Thanks a lot!! Improved my openings

[@luciomasala1514]

Hi Nelson, you talked about the Greek sacrifice which is inaccurancy. Greco was the surname for which the sacrifice was named after. He was an Italian and greco in italian means Greek as well. I like the way you explain and you have been quite helpful in my mind process. Thanks

[@andiyee1]

Great video, really instructive. Thanks!

[@Mordd-w8o]

would love a video on the owens defense not many on youtube i can find but i play it all the time and it really does throw people off

[@lolodarkness]

I loved ur videos, today i saw 4, learning english and chess, awesome!!!

[@jakebennett3064]

New to your channel. Ranked in the 800’s and love watching how simply you think through it all. Very soothing and informative to watch. Subscribed !!

[@helloeveryone6614]

Thank you so your rating climb series videos are very very much helpful and we learn much good chess this video too is an amazing example a very useful video❤❤.

[@jonathanp89]

I love your vids Nelson and have signed up to the 1500 course. You are a great teacher. Sometimes when you say "Pause the video and figure out what I would do". I do so, struggle and look up and see you in pause looking disapprovingly at me and imagine you slowly shaking your head meme like and saying "THINK you silly patzer" jaja Suberb content though, lo mejor.

[@frankyw8803]

Wow I wish my thought process was so good ...brilliant thanks .

[@Lucidvein]

55:23 Your rook isn't really in danger because you can block check with your knight

[@dunkiesan]

ooh finally saw a comment about this, thats what im thinking lol but im 100 elo so what do I know lmao

[@heidelburger_cheese]

i love this series. it's helping me fight my way up from 300. also cant wait to learn about RICE. :)

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Rice is synonymous to players being suspicious and possible cheaters

[@Fitness4London]

hi Nelson, fantastic video, which I'm going to watch several times over the next few weeks. You're way better than an elo 787, you're more like a 2,200! I love the way you predict so accurately what your opponent is about to do, and you have an answer to it already.

[@jayeshsanghavi5124]

Sirl Recently I have started watching your KZbin video. I am really touched by the way you play and make us understand the chess . I really appreciate your work. I will be thankful to you if you can share send me some link where from I can watch all your videos without missing anything

[@kingra2650]

Thanks Nelson, with your help I'm now 1600. Hope you do a breaking 2000 at some point in the future!

[@budgiefish]

Just my opinion but I think the best way to watch these are to pause after the opponents move and predict Nelson's move (or if there's a reaction to opponents move, figure out what caused the reaction). The explanations are invaluable but it's easier to see why a move was made from the explanation than from your own mental effort and therefore probably isn't as instructive/memorable as considering it first. You could even score "points" - if you get the matching move or reason for a reaction you get a point, if you simply don't get it, you don't get any point, and if you choose a bad move (Nelson says it would be a mistake - 'hopefully you didn't say...' ;) ), you lose 2 points!

[@JustinLinn1998JC]

Watching this has taken me so far. love this content. The way he talks through his while thought process is very helpful and entertaining!

[@bowhunter8532]

Holy cow, I've never seen someone cover the Owen's defense in a video! It is my go to opening with black because most people haven't seen it. Very cool!

[@irvinegowans9914]

Brilliant tuitional videos. The logical thought process in assessing the various options is fascinating.

[@NJDJ1986]

@26:07 awesome! Average Joe got a brilliant move! great job Nelson!

[@tim2013]

These videos are really instructive and helpful, thanks for putting them together. Amazing to see what a good player might be thinking as they're kicking my ass lol.

[@luckyhunter4ever]

Your explanations are excellent

[@exuviumisopods]

So glad to see you playing the stonewall! (yeah! :D). 2:05 I think you lost a move. Cause if we have a pawn on d3 that is good as well, it defends against the black knight, if it comes to attack us. At least is how I saw it been played on a NM course. And I do play it like that. But perhaps there are different lines as well.

[@tyronwoodleysmouthguard7114]

Could we maybe see a Dutch defense in a future video please? I love it. More specifically the classical Dutch.

[@Primus.711]

And maybe the Leningrad too then.

[@Citizen-pg8eu]

Thanks for walking me through different approaches to the Stonewall Attack. My moves from my 50 year old book don’t seem to help me think ahead in chess anymore!!

[@berndkonemann5049]

Thank you, interesting opening - stonewall... Learned a lot from your spoken thought process !!!

[@MottiWolkenbruch]

I could listen to this voice for hours. Thank you!

[@trevinize]

Felicidades, voy aprendiendo!

[@ЕгорДьяковский]

Hello from Kazakhstan. Your videos are great. Very helpful. Trying to learn some chess before tournament :)

[@peymanbabaee1189]

Im learning realy good from this and let me think better before my moves Its opening my mind

[@DrumFFx]

dude you are just folding these guys 😵‍💫

[@michaelmassaro4375]

It’s what you can expect from players rated 700 plus Nelson is rated way higher than the 746 he plays under Average Joe which is why I don’t understand he must be at least a 2200 player himself

[@Amoeby]

Bro, he's NM and these folks have 3-digits elo.

[@DrumFFx]

yeah i know.. but that doesn’t change the fact that he is obliterating these guys

[@JesseSteinfort]

My favorite series, currently!

[@ศกรโสมาภา]

Can you add Von Popiel Gambit to the list? It’s the variation of Blackmar Diemer Gambit with highest stockfish evaluation where you can take on f3 with the queen instead. By the way, that Kings Gambit with f3 line is called Soller Zilbermints Gambit.

[@cablestick]

You're the best Nelson

[@Kedoorsie]

Really enjoyable and insightful watching your games!

[@shabba00021327]

Polish opening? Some people consider it to be a weak opening, but I've caught quite some people with it in the 700 - 800 range. It's amazing how easy you make these wins look.

[@konteezy203]

Working my way to 1000 elo. I'm 947

[@adelmoberardi2019]

Hey Nelson! I am stuck in the 1300s and I started to play the Colle system, could you maybe play this opening and explain it's gimmick? Love the series btw, cheers!

[@jacoblamberson3751]

real helpful ty

[@gregsmoluch9859]

please do more of those, few videos on you tube explaining games like this :) excellent

[@ALT3RNAT1V3]

55:26 I think there is no counter attack because of the knight f8?

[@Brickimated]

I ‘‘twas the 8th like for the move f8 on the 8th day of this comments posting:) Chess and Palindromes Rule!!!!!!!

[@rickmather7062]

Amazing videos, whats your actual ELO?

[@michaelmassaro4375]

😅that’s what I’m saying he’s way higher than 746 I think he’s able to compete as Average Joe because he is using these games to give tips hints and the logic behind his moves and decisions but he’s at Least 2200 plus

[@dhavalbhalara7261]

You Sir, are the best of the best of the best!! Silly question: Can you teach us how you are reading stockfish suggestion after the game?

[@jmgerraughty]

Great video RE: stonewall attacks. I’ve been trying to experiment with them at the 500 Elo level, but I can’t ever get them off the ground because playing a stonewall at 500 Elo is like trying to play Scrabble when opponent is doing a crossword puzzle - you’re not playing the same game! Have you looked at people who open with a Trompowsky attack before going into the a stonewall, as a way to try to get some mileage out of the bad bishop (even if it’s just to crash it into black’s knight early on)?

[@sergeimashkov2022]

56:26 you can block white queen with a knight, no?

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Thanks for the games Nelson they are very instructional and as you stated they are for the benefit of trying to help by giving your thought processes as the games are played sharing the reasons for certain moves it is instructional and for those that are wondering Nelson plays under the username Average Joe 746 rating the opponents he faces are given any rating points they lost back once the games are done Nelson is a National Master himself not exact sure his rating but most likely 2200 or 2300 Hope to see you compete vs higher rated players they’re fun to watch as well Thanks Nelson

[@john.415]

Great stuff. Thanks for the lucid stomping of our Iranian friends!

[@mrpocock]

I spent most of a week looking at the Kings gambit. The engines mark up several of the opening moves as mistakes. They're the best gambit and trap moves. The engines just wash to transpose back into some other middle game.

[@blockify]

The king hunt at the end was basically identical to the Damiano Defense but without a knight sacrifice

[@niallforde29]

Hey reached 1200 recently and have plummeted to 1050 not happy to say the least feel like I'm having brain farts 😅

[@hirepikepower36]

Don't play on tilt & put some time in between match ups

[@austinmcdaniel4259]

I loved the Owen's Defense games! well all of the games, really. My 2 openings I'm practicing right now are Owen's Defense and Nimsowitsch-Larsen Attack. Could you try out the Nimsowitsch-Larsen Attack opening? 1.b3...2.bb2

[@anthonyrooksac]

The key principle of stonewall opening is keeping center closed, so when Nelson push the center pawns beyond the forth rank is an inaccurate move. Instead, Nelson should use king side flank attack by pushing g amd h file pawns to break down opponent's pawns.

[@toothlessrpm6177]

Sometimes you abandon your stonewall set up if you have an attack. Try not to play with blinkers on is a key principle 👍

[@Lemaus433]

Blinders will cost you many powerful attacks. Have to be like water.

[@rouslant]

When a guy rated 730 explains you chess ... RUN.

[@jonathanp89]

? He's a NM.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He’s breaking these games down hoping to be instructional to his viewers to help improve their games he isn’t 747 he’s a National Master just shy of being a GM

[@rafin-hossain123]

I'm interested in joining the "Breaking 1500" course. The website itself still shows a payment option. Does that mean I can still join, or will I have to join the waitlist? If I do need to wait, what's the estimated time until the next batch of students are able to join?

[@nicholassapp6542]

I'd like to see a few Tennison Gambits, after moving on from the King's gambit I've been playing the tension for awhile now.

[@shadeburst]

27:30 A lot of beginners will pop a prophylactic pawn to stop a pin of the knight. So will Eric Rosen and Irina Krush who are advanced players. The drawbacks are well outweighed by the advantages, especially for lower rated players who need fewer complications to calculate not more. In this particular situation the pawn is supported by the rook and a bishop sac would really be a beginner move. Remember that very few high rated players will be watching a 700-800 game. For us noobs, a6 is a solid move. Besides, if the bishop did come in you would pop the pawn anyway to kick away the bishop, so what's the difference? Except that the bishop can now take the knight which it couldn't before.

[@anthonyz7000]

The Prophylactic Pawns - please tell me that's a punk band somewhere.

[@RickBerg-b9k]

Why don’t I get opponents that play like this..?

[@tonyk6154]

Love your videos but just wish i could remember them when im playing.

[@Together4.4M]

55:34 You would have been able to save your rook from the skewer though because you could’ve just played Nf8

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Right I’m surprised he didn’t point it out but he was busy checkmating his opponent 😅

[@kurtamesbury6679]

@39:00 not just that, but NxN, BxN forces black to move its other knight to avoid BxP followed by BxN and black loses castling rights.

[@dirtyMor]

man, you are amazing

[@DaDitka]

A question- in your first game with the Stonewall opening, doesn't your pawn formation leave your e4 square rather weak? I know you said there are specific exceptions to the general rules, but what is the reason here?

[@farmerinthesky]

What is your opinion of the London. I notice it's not on your list.

[@niravapurv4578]

30:05 Bf4 would be a bit of a tempo waist? The pawn on d6 could be taken directly with Qxd6. It does not look like black has any dangerous descovery attacks. But ofc we might need to move queen back after and then opens black bishop's. But i guess Qxd6 wo7ld be the prefared move if one wanted to win back the pawn.

[@despoinazachariadou5317]

Nelson can you play the kings gambit please?

[@trejay2345]

I cant wait till you get to the 1500-1600s im tryna break past

[@ltdericjones]

In Stonewall, if Nf6 is h3 a bad move? Also if Nc6 before c6 do you still want to play c3 right away?

[@UAPch]

39:02 I wonder why bd2 wasn’t even a top move, it lines up to the Queen for a discovery attack?!

[@CaptainFixit6]

great video

[@jakubvranacz]

16:28 I'd take the bishop because they couldn't recapture with the queen, otherwise you pin the queen.

[@Zygnity]

You should try the Halloween Gambit

[@treepawn8528]

Hi Nelson greetings from London UK, i would love to see how you handle the Birds opening 1 f4 or the latvian gambit 1 ....f5

[@atheransari8038]

Good videos.Thank u sir.

[@QDWhite]

At this elo range, lots of players will go into the four knights game. HALLOWEEN GAMBIT!

[@theinquisitor5518]

Can you try Bishop's opening?

[@zorro5651]

In the next to last game, I would have taken the rook with my rook after whites king had to move, since the queen to g8+ doesn't win the rook since the knight on d7 can block on f8 and all white has is his queen and a bishop, down by 2 rooks and a knight. Of course, the checkmate is better, but I wouldn't have seen that.

[@DanielCoya]

What does “RICE” mean?

[@BongsAway90]

Rest ice compression elevation

[@michaelmassaro4375]

It’s for suspicious accounts aka maybe possible cheaters

[@thorsteinnlavoque3147]

Nelson I would like to see the Pirk defence if possible

[@RobySorteSmile]

@26:10 I dont see how that's a brilliant move. I asked stockfish and it does not suggest it even i the first 5 lines....

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Nxd5!! It got the Brilliant because like Nelson stated if anything it wins a pawn especially if after moving the knight the Bishop takes Bishop the knight can recapture I’ve also gotten Brilliants !! For merely winning a pawn in the process of trading pieces so it’s actually Quite common it’s not only brilliant Queen sacks that get a brilliant !! Even minor things winning a pawn is sufficient at times

[@Lemaus433]

What happened to chess adventure

[@paulandrew2518]

Stone Wall, or Storm wall or whatever you call it opening is just a reverse French Defence

[@TeroKoskinen-xy2zz]

55:34 But if white play Qg8+ you play Nf8

[@Iphoneandmac]

Hey Nelson, quick question. With the Owen’s Defense and the opening line is E4 B6 D4 BB7 and whites pawn pushes D5 to close off the bishop then what? Push pawn to E6 to trade?

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Did you watch the video?

[@Iphoneandmac]

@@ChessVibesOfficialRIp. I watched 3.3 I’m assuming I should finish the module and the question is answered? Sorry….

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

@@Iphoneandmac This video that you commented on answers your question.