If You're Rated 900-1100, Watch This

[@tp8627]

The stated purpose and pre-thinking is great. You're always reiterating the fundamentals behind the moves. I really enjoyed this breakdown.

[@RandomChessPerson]

This is great! I like that you *both* addressed the my-level moves *and* mentioned "next-level" ideas. I fully intend to reach the next level, so every hint helps.

[@saitamabeach2200]

This felt like I was having a one on one lesson, for free, with a National Master! Thank you, Nelson, I'm very much becoming a big fan.

[@microwavepeanuts]

nelson u underestimate ur teaching abilities, none of us are 900-1100 anymore because of you :) thank you

[@brucenicholas1999]

ayyy talk for yourself bro im 900😂😂

[@anonymous-me2so]

​@@brucenicholas1999😂😂same here

[@AK-bw8xk]

Negative 900😢

[@TK5280.]

“Every move that they make has a purpose” My brother taught me chess as a kid, I’d get so frustrated b/c after EVERY move I made he asked me what the purpose of that move was. I never really knew so I’d get frustrated and want to stop playing! I just wanted to be good without taking the time to learn 😂 Now, I don’t move a piece w/o a purpose and understand why he stressed the importance of it. I took those lessons for granted back then but I appreciate your lessons even more because of it. You reinforce a lot that he tried to teach me. My point is, I’m really grateful for this channel. Thanks so much.

[@danielyuan9862]

I think the difference between a beginner and an intermediate player is that intermediate players know the purpose behind every move they make, even if a move does not serve that much of a purpose, they know that it doesn't do much. Btw, the purpose of some moves does not have to be concrete. It could simply be because you think the new position of your pieces is likelier to have better control of the board.

[@harut4788]

thank you man, you have a natural talent for teaching.

[@DozerLab]

Man hands down you are the best chess youtuber ever you improved my game thanks a lot I WOULD call you the godfather of chess or chess mentor. Thank you brother

[@animesimp8494]

I have 901 rating exactly… Reached it yesterday 😂

[@dimlighty]

What rating do you have now?

[@animesimp8494]

@@dimlighty 1120

[@animesimp8494]

Ish

[@alwaysprepared]

Very useful, full of good tips and things to remember!

[@robertgonsalves1966]

Your analysis of our games guides us to know where we go wrong. Thanks for your patience and time. Wonderful learning experience

[@FelixRigg]

Really enjoyed this. The little comments about general principles are so helpful.

[@ryuranzou]

I love pushing those middle pawns and will have to remember that advice from game 1

[@trickyknights2226]

Yet Another Amazing Analysis, thanks for helping me out So much Chess Vibes

[@spencercarbajal585]

I enjoy this content starting my road to 1200 April 1st

[@groundedgaming]

Yep, me too on my road to 1200. I'm 1200 puzzle/bot but I'm only ~700 in game ELO.

[@arikoudemans2166]

Excellent approach! Superb idea and very promising imho to continue on.

[@723skierbob]

Yeah, Nelson, I believe “analyses” is the plural of analysis. 😀. Thank you, always enjoy your videos and congrats on your well-deserved 100k sub award.

[@tonybarfridge4369]

True analysis, spelling may be the best part of my chess game 😆

[@aesaehttr]

Analyses turned anal-ysis (nothing wrong with being accurate af :)

[@twitchGermanyHighlights]

813 likes 0 dislikes respect man, you doing great work!

[@Mattiis2k]

Liked this one! More of these and maybe even go higher

[@aaronchan1088]

21:17 after black played Rc1, Qa2 is forced. Given that it was a time scramble, no surprise that white missed that defensive move.

[@arrowofkira5658]

Honestly it doesn't matter what your rating is, doing blunder checks is essential and really saves you games as soon as they get more natural and less time consuming in your gameplay. I know they can be taxing sometimes, especially for beginners under timepressure or when you're tunneling on an idea a bit, which happens let's be real. I remember when i started i had that problem all the time where i found a seemingly good idea, invested my whole brain to calculate how that can work out, but simultaneously blundered all my pieces in the process because i was too focused in the offense whilst neglecting my defense. :( So my advice would be, try to play balanced as much as possible and get a habit to monitor all pieces, especially the long ranged ones, because they snipe you out of nowhere sometimes if you're not careful. :P EDIT: it also helps to watch all of Nelson's chess principle vids/streams :D

[@groundedgaming]

Blunder checks in 100 rated...

[@redbuck1385]

"Diagonal moves are kinda hard to see." -Sun Tzu

[@Ro_Gaming]

Thumbnail: the trick is the horse covers the pawn space so moving the rook as a sacrifice means the queen can checkmate in 1

[@marciusnhasty]

Around 1000 if you don't play dxc4, white will too often play c5 or delay it just to hit Bd6 with c5. Getting c4 push from black against London setup and c5 push from white against this semi-Slav setup tends to be hard to deal for anyone below 1000 online rating - and partially a reason for not having higher rating.

[@claytonbenignus4688]

At Time Stamp 6:00, I like R-D1 for Black with a nasty double pin,

[@kaledgg2104]

Excellent video man! Truly informative

[@alanclaytonrighteousviolen1715]

Just viewed your channel for the first time and already learned some stuff. I’m kind of stuck in 950 mode in 10 minute speed chess not sure where I rank in classical 👍🏼

[@klaudiahabek8310]

Thank you, Nelson! This really IS a grat way of learning! This video gave me much to think about. Love it! :)

[@inperfect_]

Thank you for giving this free lesson.I learned many things and improved alot 🤣

[@luke46219]

Nelson, thanks! I certainly learned a lot, will try to put some of those ideas to use, like about not wasting tempos, connecting rooks before pushing random pawns, and guarding the center pawns in the opening. Unfortunately for me I feel I play better at rapid and can actually formulate coherent plans, but blitz is what I have more time for since it's easier to fit in a 3 minute game than a 10 minute game.

[@heartmint7364]

Try 5 minutes. If you're used to 3 minutes 5 will be more than enough to think a not so complicated game. I started playing 5|5 this week and i really noticed how I'm never pressed for time, and the game is also not to long. 15 minutes per game max, the shorter one is around 8 minutes

[@TK5280.]

Gotta give you a quick thank you as well, this game w/ the analysis Nelson did was really helpful to me.

[@jacobedwards8215]

Me who's rated 899 watching this 😭

[@southernrun9048]

Excellent video and review of the games. Thanks

[@semjanssen602]

8:57 why would e6 be better than c6? i am rated 900 so i don't know, but doesn't c6 allow you to use your kings pawn for later?

[@Stefan-xh1hi]

Can you review higher rated games too? Like 1500+, I love the concept

[@aesaehttr]

You do really have a talent for teaching like someone else mentioned. A lot of people explain things with holes in their logic like swiss cheese.

[@a_commandos2327]

Everyone says something like this feels like they’re bots

[@You-fd4wx]

Nelson you forgot pawn to c4 at the start kicking the bishop then taking

[@meow0036]

Make vdos on e4d4 pawn advantages for white, watching you from Nepal I like your videos they are useful for new people in chess like me 🌻

[@zionsaal4419]

I like very much how you analyze the games

[@bklynriggs1576]

thank you.. great video.. 👏🏾👏🏾

[@ScarletDeathweaverLegacy]

4:25 why not O-O-O+? If he was gonna play Rd8+ why not castle queenside?

[@l.z.6553]

thanks, found this insightful as a fresh 700. :)

[@TheRealMc99]

My weakness is getting forked by the knight. That's the worst piece in chess i think. But i got better at it by avoiding it and paying more attention to it. But i still make mistakes by not paying attention to it. I think i got a slow progress in chess generally.

[@mountainmgtow5421]

Hahaha, I almost always play the Tennison Gambit and almost nobody knows how to properly defend against it.

[@stag6161]

I wonder what black would have done if Qa2 after the brilliant rook move 1. Qa2 Rxg1+ 2. Kxg1 Rf7 3. Rb8 Qg3 4. Rb1 ?

[@neojazex]

13:54 is Qa5 an option here too or is it too risky a play?

[@davidahlstrom7533]

Nice teaching, and good, careful critiques.

[@haveaniceday3128]

At 1:30, can’t you still have done Qa5 after dxc5 if the knight was there because of the threat of Ne4? The idea of c5 and Qa5 to Qc5 is a key theme in the Pirc defense

[@zyrith9475]

If dxc5 the queen is exposed. I don't know what theory says here, but afaik, it's a mistake not to trade queen's in the beginning when they stare at one another as the defending side will lose castling rights. If you mean to take the knight on c3 by trading with Ne4 with hopes of winning a rook, the c3 square can easily be protected by moving the queen to d2 or d3 so there is no king-rook fork. Nevertheless, it wouldn't even be possible to take the rook if the queen is on the starting square.

[@haveaniceday3128]

@@zyrith9475 black still has a pawn on d6 which prevents the queens from seeing each other.

[@MrMathsTeacher]

great teacher, thank you

[@calebprice9566]

Im just over 1100 slightly, but i still wanna watch

[@chiepah2]

Big take away: Blunder Check, that seems to be my primary issue.

[@pretense101]

Thanks I learned something keep it going !

[@3trilogy]

In Game 2 Lukas unearthed a really fine mating tactic! This is good, because I was going to demand he be taken out back and shot for pointlessly conceding the two B's! Still, it was a fine tactic.

[@calvinwright2214]

Lol idk if I can watch. My last game put me just under 900 🤔🤔🤔 ima watch anyway. No one tell on me.

[@mattgiguere5638]

Thank you Teacher Nelson! ❤♟🤘

[@mattgiguere5638]

What are your thoughts on Farie Chess as the Amazon and how it moves like a Knight....the way it used to be🤔

[@shadowphoenix8962]

2nd a reverse london.

[@yyyyyk]

I have a question, as a follow up to what you said about knights pretty much always going to c6/f6 (at 2:10): How/when do you decide to go to d7/e7 with the knights on the first move? (I know one reason can be that if one is on c6 than placing the other on e7 makes them guard each other, and likewise with f6 and d7) Also - are there any scenarios in which you would move the knights to a6/h6 on the first move?

[@Jbg2832]

Im not very good at chess so take my answer with a grain of salt but in some cases you might want to push your c or f pawn and if the knight is on c6 or f6 it blocks the pawn

[@yyyyyk]

@@Jbg2832 that's a good point, thanks!

[@darrylkassle361]

I think most of your viewers would be between 700-1500 so analysis of this range is much appreciated I would say.

[@claytonbenignus4688]

In Game 2, what's wrong with the Benoni Reversed?

[@NoExitLoveNow]

I learned some stuff.

[@NamgyelRangdolPala]

Can you make a video on the Noam bot?

[@aditaggarwal3486]

Instead of Rd8, O-O-O would have been a lot better.

[@SagaciousUser]

2 days ago i was 992 8 points off my goal of 1000 now i'm 910 and i've lost 8 out of the last 10 games i've played any tips

[@fileasphogg8320]

What is the time limit for these games? Thanks

[@luke46219]

Mine was 3+2

[@Saurabhsingh1234-y2z]

Would you please tell us what is the time limit of the game

[@luke46219]

Second game was 3+2

[@peterchastin3314]

First was 5|5

[@mosessamic5653]

Awesome stuff

[@Chris-wk8nu]

I’m around1270-1300 in chess with friends.

[@وحشالجيمر-ص9د]

Can you please fo the same for 1200 rating !!

[@lsj8]

Analysissesses, sure. It works (communicates what you mean), so it's a word, ta da! Anything close right there will do. This is chess, not a spelling bee.

[@noThankyou-g5c]

its funny people dont submit lost games. youd think thered be a lot more potential to learn something

[@zdude1793]

This was amazing way to teach for this skill level. coming from a 1100 player

[@victorcamacho1234]

Leonardo buenas tardes me gustaría saber como puedo hacer para jugar

[@elzbietakowalska6432]

Hey. I'm 1500 on Lichess. What's the equivalent ranking on chesscom? I'm simply wondering whether I'm better than these players or worse.

[@ZimK230]

@UCZ4xLItM42vJzKgfjzWTUYA yeah its around 250/300 points, at least in blitz

[@Joseferberger]

~1200 on chess com If you google, there's a table for that.

[@davecroes3086]

I am rated 900-1100, so I will watch this.

[@davecroes3086]

This is a horrificly dumb comment lol

[@rbper9384]

At this level you wonder if the brilliant moves are actually intended by the players or if they just "blundered" instead into a brilliant move. Fun to watch, anyway!

[@luke46219]

I saw the checkmate but didn't notice capturing the rook was unnecessary, could have checkmated with the queen since my rook pinned the opponent rook.

[@peterchastin3314]

My brilliant move (game 1) was intentional, yes. I assure you I do many more blunders than brilliant moves…

[@briandoile5011]

Good stuff.

[@Joseph-yy1yz]

Bruh I'm 984 and the 900s I play do not miss free material. Like ever

[@zionsaal4419]

congrats to 10m views

[@the_unknown2024]

I'm rated -900 to -1000 *Does that still counts? :,>*

[@0_Exzy]

Minute 14 queen to a5¿¿??

[@thomjones72]

I saw that, too. Looks like it’s winning, maybe even getting the rook if white is not careful. I might put this into an engine and see if my calculations are correct.

[@italikkraker]

Hi Nelson. I was following you quite some time and thanks for all brilliant videos until now. I think this is the best concept so far you released since I assume so many of your followers within this range including myself. Once you analyze on our level games this is the best learning from our level. I hope you will released more videos on this concept. Of course, following your games and other masters games gave us great vision but this concept is different. It is like practical example of all our common mistakes. Anyway, cutting short, this was the one the best concept until now from your channel. Please keep doing.

[@aka5258]

i am 1800 fide rated

[@snowman3456]

I'm not but i'll still watch :)

[@Thatoneguy-xx7rg]

me being rated 400 😎

[@m_1576]

The video is too long

[@Joseferberger]

2:25 I feel like your speech is too biased. You speak of it like it's an inaccuracy but you should be honest: After Qc2 you lose the possibility to make this move forever. Wouldn't it be better to say, instead of "This move has issues here, here and here" - "This move is good but you then need to move here and do this"?

[@CruelLion7]

I’m 1130

[@pocoknight8209]

I'm 1104