If You're 800 ELO, Watch This. Rating Climb 791 to 845 ELO (Chess.com Speedrun)

[@andycorneil4657]

When I watch your thought process through every single move it makes me realize how much I play on auto pilot....active attention to detail is so critical.

[@jpc812]

I can't emphasize enough how helpful these are. I'm around 1000 rated, but have been hesitant to play much against people after a bunch of really dumb losses where I keep making the same blunderific moves. Your simple explanation of your thought process has helped me learn to do the same. I am watching in order when I can, but not skipping ahead. Thanks for the excellent content, Nelson!

[@fabioguggeri325]

Same here - around 1000 and I'm watching in order because it's so interesting to see how the reasoning can adapt to the different ratings and playing styles. Best chess series ever.

[@chagavah]

stop abandoning games when outfoxed by opponents

[@Messi-is-me]

Same but but 500ish,his thought process is so clear

[@arrowofkira5658]

That 750 from the first game was pretty good, they even found a brilliancy! I hope they don't take the loss too badly

[@jebbush3130]

they just memorized the opening

[@lucaspanto9650]

Yeah it must kinda suck for the lower players who spent time learning openings and getting good only to get destroyed by an undercover 2200

[@arrowofkira5658]

@@jebbush3130 yeah that's something. Not every 750 knows an opening variation i think

[@phoenix402]

​@@lucaspanto9650on the other hand them not losing rating after the match essentially gives them free practise and a game against a strong player to review. i'd say it's worth the temporary loss in pride.

[@zoltankurti]

​@@phoenix402 they do lose rating. Nelson is playing a low rated account.

[@chriswaudby1084]

I love this series Nelson first class description of what your thinking and playing in real time 👍😀

[@iOmegaToxic]

there is NO WAY THIS IS 766 ELO, I HAVEN'T SEEN SUCH TRICKY OPENINGS EVEN IN 900 YOU OPONENT MUST BE WAY UNDERRATED

[@Buu...]

Theres a lot of people who are 1500 plus rating that smurf new accounts. No way was that a 700 rated opponent.

[@elelonger4409]

Why though 😂 I am not happy beating someone a lot worse than me. Like what do you even get out of it.

[@freegracetruth77]

​@@elelonger4409I guess people like getting easy wins

[@gnarfle]

I mean Nelson is rated what, 2300 and playing as 791? You never know when your opponent is climbing up with a new account or doing their own speed run…

[@chancecharton5376]

@@gnarflethe difference is Nelson does it with permission and his opponents get their rating refunded

[@andrewb3882]

0:37 if you take the knight and they fork you w/ the pawn could you just capture w/ the bishop then retreat? What would black do then? I don’t see any pieces guarding the pawn am I missing something?

[@christopherheckman7957]

33:01 Ne4-g3 42:18 Black could have saved both pieces with ... Rf6

[@davidjames149]

That first opening was crazy, definitely wanna give that a go against the fried liver sometime instead of playing the traxler! Video suggestion: Novotny theme / double interference - did a short chessable course (chess geometry) that talked about this idea, It's a different kind of brilliant move / sacrifice than I have seen before, some of the ideas / moves in the examples they showed really blew my mind and I think other viewers would enjoy it too.

[@Graham.Maddocks]

How you can calculate so far ahead and so quickly is beyond me. "If I take, he takes, I take, he takes, I take, he takes, then we have a fork, my piece will be protected, he'll be pinned and...". How? I've been playing chess on and off for closing in on 40 years and still can't calculate past 2 moves. I'd like to add that this rating climb series is by far my favourite series of yours.

[@mozzyg1873]

A lot of the time with calculations like what you're describing in your comment it just comes down to counting the amount of attackers/defenders there are on a specific square and then simply picturing what the position on the board would be at the end of the exchanges. Obviously you also have to consider whether the opponent has other moves besides following through with the exchange after the first capture, and if they do, knowing what potential responses you have to those other moves.

[@tomcrusade]

Pattern recognition also helps in this case. By recognizing many tactic pattern, ideas, helps you to not put your energy to calculate every familiar lines, and able to focus on other variations quickly. Usually, most tactic that i knew of, starts from whether there are any piece x-ray/close proximity with higher value piece

[@santiagocingolani2455]

1:08 correct way was capturing with bishop, they lose castle rights and then push pawn d4 and it s kinda tricky for black (also stocktish says white is completely winning). Remember in the fried liver attack, you never take with knights if opponent can move the queen on the black diagonal

[@FilthyFrugal]

The first game I run into all the time. You have helped me stay sound through people that know these fast checkmate style games and after the cheese, you can win late game almost every time with sound chess. I smile and thank them for the free win but some of these openings are tough to spot

[@jamesbaxter6879]

Is there a reason tou didnt go Qxe2 at 2:11? Or does that set up for something bad i cant see?

[@seanmurray6792]

Is there any chance you could try to play the Giuoco Piano? I think it's a really fun opening, and I'd like to see how someone who's good at chess plays it

[@fahad468]

Your opponent is most definitely a smurf of some kind haha, very well played

[@thenextgeneration9030]

never in my life have i seen a 700 rated play like that, i got a bit suspicious

[@andycorneil4657]

I assume they played that line over and over and knew it well. One slip up and they got cooked.

[@IrisBomber]

Yeah but for how long? Might be unintentional sandbanging​@@prepaidtrash5552

[@sebastianvasile]

Pretty good description of what is going through your mind, but as a 750 (blitz) not passed, i see you are looking at things I cannot see, so maybe a bit of slowdown would help in the next rating climb

[@AbouTaim-Lille]

Actually Nx E4 by the black is one of the trickiest moves to deal with.

[@shadowof1155]

On the last game they could have saved both the rook and the bishop by moving the rook in line with the bishop since the knight protects the rook and rook obviously would re capture if queen takes bishop and the other rook is obviously protecting the knight so the queen would either have to retreat back or hit the 8th rank in the center keeping pressure on the bishop but also opening up back rank possibilities with your rook having the open file

[@SameerSahoo08]

Hey Nelson great video as always and I'm really glad you accepted my friend request😀😊 Now it's time to get to 1000

[@onlimi616]

At 43:29 the black queen captures on g2 threatening to take the rook on h1+. This is an interesting position to me as white. Suppose you just let black capture you rook with check, couldn't you trap the queen? First Bf1, then the queen can't get out. Eventually you castle queen side and the trapped queen is yours. Would that work? You'd probably need to start prepping for the castle as soon as you see the black queen eying g2. I would really like to try that.

[@Stumpchunkman226]

This series is so good!!! My favorite thing on the internet right now.

[@johnhonai4601]

12:13 "What did I play last time when I faced this"? Pathetic. I didnt expect such mugging up from a master level player

[@helloeveryone6614]

renerod7 must have played too many games the way he opened up was brilliant.

[@Saheb_Yadaw]

I see this approach very carefully but I can't implemented it.😢😢 I am stucked between 730 to 760😔

[@phoenix0401]

Is anyone else really getting interested in when the first loss will be?

[@Jlang-es9lc]

It’s gonna be him trying something new or doing a move that looks interesting for the sake of content then gets punished.

[@DipanGhosh]

@17:50 Taking with the queen is the only move, is it not? The king is in check.

[@jebbush3130]

no it's not the only move

[@pratyushranjan3913]

the king can move to d8 :)

[@lilyoung1377]

7:01 where is the qeene gone

[@jimmyrussl7112]

How long did it originally take you to get 1000 elo Nelson?

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Think my first published rating was 946 and then pretty quickly went to 1300 or so. Stuck there for a bit and then 1700 was when it got much harder for me. And then again at 2000 took a while before finally hitting 2200 at my peak.

[@ArtemSayapov]

26:15 isn't h6 a pawn blunder? h6? Nxf6+! Bxf6 Bxh6

[@WhoIveBecome777]

I love the way this guy thinks through his games

[@RealTipProductions]

in low elo scandi they ALWAYS check with the queen and try and take the rook, it's never a mainline scandi

[@renewedgarage4634]

Just started playing today for my first time ever. Someone used this exact strategy on me! It was literally my second game ever!!!! Needless to say I fought hard but I lost in the end.

[@pakasokoste]

Hi Nelson, when do you play these? Hopefully i can play you when you get to the late 1200s :)

[@freddie2.095]

ngl that opening was nearly a complete disaster

[@omnigodguy]

You should play the Rousseau Gambit if you ever encounter the Italian as Black.

[@gavasiarobinssson5108]

is that the first game? I usually play two nights so it could be good for me

[@omnigodguy]

​@@gavasiarobinssson5108The first game was some variation of the fried liver. To initiate the Rousseau Gambit, black would play f5 after white plays Bc4.

[@0638]

51% win rate is so good

[@bruhifysbackup]

It's not good. Youre just expecting your opponent to play bad and unprincipled bullshit.

[@omnigodguy]

@@bruhifysbackup It's not great against higher rated players, that's for sure

[@mindylowe4372]

Your second opponent resigned because they accidentally blundered their queen.

[@samuelforsberg1283]

I love how Winston (elo 830) want to do a rematch with a nationel chess master 😂. He is brave

[@soulsniperbs]

Play the rousseau gambit or the luchinni gambit

[@bruhifysbackup]

It's not good, you're just expecting your opponent to play bad and unprincipled bullshit.

[@harrygross77]

Congrats on 350 k

[@michaelwhittaker5058]

Ive seen the early queen attack come from 700', so ive seen this.

[@lilchukwu]

13:06 Buddy's mouth really tripped when he said "White just has to go back to where he came from"

[@shadowpixelgun3d532]

why cant i premove in rapid but u can?

[@garrysmith1029]

Maybe it's turned off in your options

[@toni.santiago]

play the Caro-Kann please

[@michaelwhittaker5058]

How do i youtubechess games.

[@RyanSmith-qh7sr]

But my 700 rated opponents play like 1000s

[@CatSurfer]

1000s dont play good either

[@RyanSmith-qh7sr]

@@CatSurfer but better compared to 700s

[@optetteletter]

He only had to do some brilliant en incredible moves 😅

[@SaravananS-yx4hp]

The way you play and describe about your move is amazing.

[@Jcc988]

Awesome video

[@gimbologic3751]

Your commentary is incredible, better than playing I possibly :)

[@arkenmissawy5731]

I play against 700 rated players on a regular basis and your first opponent was certainly not 700. Probably an undercover stronger player like you.

[@davib.franco7857]

You are wrong. I do these moves since I was 600 rated because I watched a video about this strategy. I'm still a very bad player but learn these lines is not a notable thing

[@michaelwhittaker5058]

Nelson help i cant get above 800's i was 1080.

[@Alex-343]

whoa, in the italian game, knight attack, ponziani-steinitz gambit, where the knight takes pawn, its actually better to capture with the bishop, forcing the king to step forward. +1 instead of equal. chess is NOT boring.

[@AK-bw8xk]

Stop jumping ahead. Just let it happen in time

[@michaelwhittaker5058]

I disagree try to give us as much advice as possible.

[@JohnSmith-ut5th]

The thing I don't like about this is that he seems to cherry-pick the easy games. The obvious blunders I'm seeing from the opponent rarely actually occur.

[@michaelwhittaker5058]

I like to castleafter i ruincastling for my opponent, its just mean.

[@thetransferaccount4586]

too many queen blunders

[@Jackson-kr9vm]

the day has finally come, u are my elo

[@motasamf5608]

W Nelson best speed run ever and I have a question why 2 knights can't checkmate

[@bruhifysbackup]

They can't.

[@motasamf5608]

Why

[@Danny-dn5pj]

it is theoretically possible for 2 knights to get a checkmate, but only if the opponent makes a mistake and allows it. you cannot force a checkmate with 2 knights

[@motasamf5608]

Thanks

[@motasamf5608]

Thanks

[@3xangel454]

kinda pointless the upload a lot of resigned games

[@KitTP58]

First

[@WiscoWallace]

I play the same exact opening as killabbg haha