Special Tactics You Need To Know | Chess Rating Climb 1347 to 1376

[@ajbowley2725]

28:42 .... Qg8! Forces the rook to capture (only move) then Knight f7 and you would have had your " two Knight checkmate."

[@DarkGreyGames]

Queen takes rook also works (except bishop is forced to take)

[@T..100]

on 20:30 Kc4 -> Qc3 -> Be1 would get the queen

[@HughJarsol]

Such a beautiful pattern to find. Nice work Nelson 👍🏻

[@RoboSparkle]

Qxf8 does the same thing as it forces Black to recapture with the bishop and you then get Nf7 for the mate

[@mikeguitar9769]

@T..100 , yes! I saw that too!

[@FelixFaction]

Clicked so fast. This is my favorite series on the channel!

[@RonFlxsh]

Hey , just wanted to thank you again for this insane amount of intellect you provide for someone like myself who can’t afford a formal education and sortive missed the opportunity to learn chess while growing up. I went from like 250 to 700 thanks you .

[@msg63bretired82]

I'm using the break 1500 course and it helps consider tactics! Im around 700 and winning games provided I don't blunder a piece. Several times I've blundered a rook in the owens, and blundered a minor piece in stonewall and owens but continued development and eventually recovered and played a good game! Learning to calculate and recognize positions is something I am confident will improve with time. I was just getting in a hurry and not managing time. Thanks!

[@arrowofkira5658]

Game 2 was just so beautiful! ❤ The amount of tricks and tactics it had was amazing considering this was supposed to be a slow grindy french game. I need to learn more about this gambit! 😊

[@giannisnikitakis4983]

If you had taken the rook with the queen, it would have led to a 2 knight checkmate after bishop takes queen and knight f7

[@SebastianBohn]

28:45 Wouldn’t Qg8 have forced the two knights’ checkmate? Or what am I missing?

[@bananamonkeygaming14]

He missed it

[@tedczotter5297]

Yes as well as Qxf8+.

[@slartiste]

He should have sacked his queen for the rook. It'd still have been a forced knight mate

[@emanueljohansson5956]

28:41 I'm disappointed that you missed queen g8, rock takes g8 and knight f7. That would have been awesome to see in the actual game.

[@BillBlewett]

So Qg8+, Rxg8, Nf7#... but also Qxf8+, Bxf8, Nf7#. !!!

[@prafjs]

32:28 He really did it! 😂 Honestly, an unusual opening like this can really throw a lower rated player off. Because they are only familiar with the e-pawn or d-pawn move.

[@fridolfwalter2256]

As another viewer said, Qg8 would lead to a smothered checkmate in the second game, as Nelson wanted!

[@peterdarby1445]

The smothered mate would have been a beautiful finish

[@chouaib5016]

Ya i was so i frustrated that he didn't find it on game and with the engine

[@fridolfwalter2256]

@chouaib5016 I was also frustrated, because he could also have played Qxf8 Bxf8 Nf7#.

[@andrewbennett5911]

Another great video ! The difference between 1200 ish to 1300ish isn't as great as I'd for some reason imagined ! Thanks again Nelson

[@smoothcoder1]

Lol 1100 to 1200 is elo hell.. get past 1300 you will reach 1500 in no time

[@andrewbennett5911]

@ thank you , hopefully you’re right !!

[@adenmartin4864]

agreed with smoothcoder1, was hard stuck at 1300, then once i got past 1300 i got to 1600 in a month lol. and even then the difference really isn't that big, opponents just become sliiightly more consistent at finding tactics and not blundering. good luck!

[@hopbarleyposts]

24:30what a great fucking father. keep being the light your kids never stop looking up to. Keep being amazing.

[@r33th]

The disappointment in your voice @46:00 when your opponent played the London is the most relatable thing I've ever seen. 😂

[@QDWhite]

That’s why I always play the Englund gambit when white starts with d4. It’s still 50-50 for me, but at least it’s not a London.

[@lionizedjunkie]

​@@QDWhite As a queen's gambit player, I always assumed the reason I see the Englund so much is to avoid the London lol. It's really not a great opening for black, but I hate facing the London too, so I can't really blame you.

[@xyphiax]

1:01:49 it was NOT checkmate, he would only lose a knight. Because his queen could take the pawn on D3, after you take the knight, he can block the mate by going to g1 with his queen. Therefore it would only lose a knight, and it was not checkmate :) Thanks for the vids as always!

[@anashwarprasad1973]

F1 not g1.. but i was thinking that too

[@doreencloutier1066]

Once the queen goes to the back rank there is no escape for the King so isn't it a back rank check mate?

[@alexwangombe8534]

@@doreencloutier1066No, because the white queen goes to f1 and blocks the check

[@LFSJack]

@@doreencloutier1066 no because the king has to be under direct attack for it to be checkmate. also Nelson never said it´s checkmate, he just said he wins because he wins the knight. after queentrade it´s pretty hard to loose with two extra bishops^^

[@lionizedjunkie]

Yes, and that's why he said "If queen takes it loses a knight, and if knight takes it leads to back rank checkmate"

[@AslanAli-kr4zi]

28:48 you missed the smothered checkmate Queen check->rook takes->knight check

[@feral5404]

When I started playing chess about five months ago, my elo bottomed out around 300 on Rapid. Progress was slow at first. Getting to 500 was tough but I never seemed able to break past it. Watching your videos has really helped me a lot because now I understand it's really all about fundamentals at my rating level. It's nice to have an opening for both Black and White but more importantly, it's about the basics. For me not blundering is priority number one even though it still happens to me often. The rest of my focus is on controlling the center, developing my pieces, castling, and looking for tactics. 500 to 600 was really difficult but ever since I broke past this level I've just been on a tear. For nearly a week now I've only lost a portion of my games, climbing all the way up to 750. A rating climb of 150 in a week is pretty remarkable but I can feel my chess instincts developing. So anyway, just wanted to say thanks. I've watched every video in this series so far and have found it extremely helpful. Hope all is well!

[@harrytiltmam3075]

love that g sting opening 👏 will try it out at some point 😊

[@Chessldk]

This video really helped improve my opening game!

[@yamaha6981]

This my first time early, I like your channel alot!

[@ayatoshintaro7565]

Game 2 black dug his own grave with that castle after playing so well. I got checkmated in the same manner so many times that it became engraved to me to be careful of castling kings side when theres a knight on g5/g4 and a queen is around to follow up

[@alexandraison6429]

I thought I wrote this comment but maybe not? Love your videos, best chess channel in KZbin and the only thing I’m watching now. I did want to as I really loved watching you play another player and hearing both of your thoughts and then you guys discussing at the end. One of my favorite videos and would love a series on you playing different people and recording both thought processes. Anyway, thanks for being the goat 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@yiranchen5218]

28:05 Qg8+ and you could force the beautiful two knight checkmate you wanted so much.

[@Zachokj]

Am I missing something or was Qxd3 there saving the game?

[@heavyhippyify]

17:37 moving your Queens knight to C3 would allow you to castle, would prevent Blacks Queen from back rank, knight would then be ready to fork attack on e4.

[@malekhaouas7848]

I just love how you made chess more and more fun every game you play ❤

[@StocksChannel1]

I was on a 14 win streak when I faced averag joe. Now he is in my nightmares, the crusher of dreams

[@K5cz]

Thanks! Amazing games today 🤝

[@NotMyRealEffingName]

The Mad Lad G-String seems like a wild opening

[@mrpocock]

The gin sling game was good. Your opponent actually used their time, which is rare at this level.

[@stevesidare2493]

Some of these gambits sound like drinks. "I'll have a Madladn G-Sling, please."

[@Kallaste.]

Wow, the game review talks now? That's an unexpected update. Thanks for the great video, Nelson!

[@timm439]

Wow, fianchetto being protected from both knights and rooks was mind blowing to me.. never considered that before!

[@alexalters1861]

last time requesting i promise but i would really love to see you try out the alien gambit. it's an opening you can play with white into the main line of the caro khan where after you take the pawn back with the knight you jump the knight into g5, if they try to chase the knight away with H7 you take Nf7. its a full sacrifice of the knight but you get a roaring attack and its very hard to defend against properly

[@glichasasha750]

You are a good teacher. Thank you.

[@riaanstrydom1692]

Hey Nelson! I would love to see you play the Jobava London if possible?

[@markc2643]

At 5:55 if you move rook to e1 and black takes your knight at c3 to get away from your rook, it's mate in 4. Any other move black would make still leaves white in a strong position.

[@LumocolorARTnr1319]

This video is so good!

[@remcovanhartevelt588]

13:48 Nf3 to distract the queen of either defending the knight or atacking the rook. It doesn't work, just queen back pins the pawn so you can retake the bishop with the bishop and you can't retake with the pawn

[@TonyHank131]

Incredible game with the Madladn G-Sling/Borg Defense. What a powerful opening.

[@aedenz2690]

I laughed so hard seeing your reaction of the chess guy talking right after it happened to me

[@brianlane723]

24:39 the suspense...

[@BiggestEnergy]

He makes my elo look so easy, by converting pawn advantage into wins

[@callumfrew285]

I was also freaked out by the chess coach voice, Nelson.

[@InfiniteQuest86]

Haha, puzzle rush strikes again. He's like I've seen this 100 times before without recognizing the difference with the bishop. I definitely would have pounced on taking that pawn.

[@Kenjitsuka]

Thanks for another great video! Still hoping to see the Dutch Leningrad!

[@sourasishdutta4126]

8:46 imagine you playing chess at night and suddenly it speaks.

[@TommyTibbers]

28:32 I think you missed Qg8, forcing the rook to take and still deliver the same double knight mate, which would have been more forcing and pretty beautiful.

[@lawrencemckeon6802]

The Alipin Gambit against the French Defence is really interesting.

[@Kasieeeen]

You could play Qg8, it could be nice checkmate 28:17

[@NHaq-e7d]

Am I the only one who thinks this was the best episdoe of the series ? I am watching it the 3rd time.

[@MrDanielfff777]

29:11 insane position

[@chabrew]

Your reaction to mcgladden g string was hilarious

[@RacsLee]

Hello Nelson! I've just tried the Madladn G-Sling TRAP (is it part of the Borg defense?) just for fun after your video. I won my opponent queen and he resigned after my 5th move. :)

[@davidperalta9352]

You know what time it is, DINNER TIME! Crazy good meal material

[@mitchelljones9696]

I had the same reaction to guy talking in the review 😂

[@christophhorth2813]

great game. great channel. Just work on your pronounciation of Zwischenzug. Greetings from Germany

[@gphishmon]

Actually, in the second game, you could have played Qxf8+ instead of Qg6, and after Bxf8 (forced), Nf7#. So you could have had the two knights checkmate.

[@peraperic6646]

Bravo 😊

[@ok-hd4so]

The madlad_n g sling was created by coach Ali Thompson from charlotte chess center.

[@carolinejoybarnhart3717]

I'm definitely going to try the G sling against kings pawn.

[@TheRauck7]

Hey Nelson. Theres a couple of videos missing from you last rating climb playlist. one video ends at 1650 then it jumps tp 1704 the next video. did those ones get pulled down? or are they out there somewhere? Thanks!

[@manharanverma8405]

We want chess adventure back please! Nelson

[@Dokotminswa]

27:24 why didnt black.just captured knight at f6 using pawn at g7. why did they both think king to h8 was the best move for black? please I need answers thanks in advance.

[@maksimshyshov8820]

Hi, at the 55:30 what if Ke5 after you took bishop by rook?

[@timchapman5553]

At minute 1:00:14 checkmate threat e4 wins you his knight

[@elvidaskraucevicius604]

16:38 bishop e3 followed d2

[@ayanhayatvlog6198]

21:11 what about if Nc4 then queen can't go anywhere then bishop to e1 do u think queen is trapped

[@davidmasse2829]

Can you please make a full video with that French defense from game 2. I need to see what happens when they take it.

[@nealkern4826]

@24:55 ahhh yes, the Toddler Gambit, I am familiar with it.

[@davidmasse2829]

Second game was really fun. Can you please play an Alekhine defense when available?

[@kaprphish]

@1:02:00 why didn't white queen take d3 pawn? 🤔

[@raylemar]

The reason you wouldn't take the rook and take the bishop instead, is because. Your queen gets stuck in the corner and is neutral for at least 2 to 3 moves. Many games are lost because of bad positions not material.

[@mikeguitar9769]

@20:20 does kc4 trap black’s queen?

[@mikeguitar9769]

Followed by Be1

[@ok-hd4so]

Why am i addicted to your videos?

[@johnholmstrom4212]

@28:42 if you went Qg8+ and sacrificed the queen, you force the rook to take and then plop your knight on f7 for the two-knight checkmate! Surprised you missed that. It's a forced semi-smothered mate haha Edit: Ah, just realized some comments beat me to it. Just got a little excited spotting that and commented lol

[@ronaldvedrenne5442]

Can you please tell me what the reasoning is behind the Barnes defense defense defense

[@АлексейМолчанов-ъ2й]

Thank you Nelson from Russia 🇷🇺 ♟️

[@cheeseman430]

i actually know that guy who invented the madladn g-sling, and he runs our chess center in charlotte and its called charlotte chess center

[@DudeWhoSaysDeez]

Charlotte NC?

[@cheeseman430]

Yup

[@rahullamba9318]

Game 2 was a masterclass! You lost none of the pieces to the final blow.

[@waswat]

8:01 how the heck do you already know what stockfish says here?

[@femto-dude]

Hey Nelson, Can you please play the benko gambit

[@williamdufresne8686]

Can you play the latvian gambit?

[@mncdssctn9110]

I’m only at 300 elo in timed matches. In the matches without any time restrictions where I can look at the board for several minutes each move, I can play like a 1500. But in timed matches I can be up +5/+7 material with 5 minutes on the clock and still manage to blunder and lose. Seriously, does anyone have any advice how I can stop being so stressed…

[@adenmartin4864]

what time control do you usually play? try 30min (or even longer) games, if you haven't already. also definitely play with increment. i used to get stressed, freeze, and lose on time a lot, too, and what helped the most was first only playing longer games, like 30min. once i got to the point where i wasn't getting into time trouble in 30min games very often, then i moved on to 15min games, then 10, and so on. i still struggle with blitz and bullet lol, but at least am doing alright at rapid chess.

[@Justamag1c]

38:10 Bishop c8 is interesting...

[@danielnepomuceno508]

For game 2, I think you missed Qg8+. Great game BTW!

[@rickybobbyinc293]

Sacrificing is the hardest part for new players to understand.

[@penchanski673]

How come Nelson knows the Stockfish best move at 08:00? The game has just finished and hasn't been analyzed.

[@56z41]

24:33 admit it, you were actually running to the rice cooker

[@AlienBros]

Damn I was screaming at 24:50 for qg8+ and nf7# that would have been a beautiful smothered mate but he missed it.

[@n.zakariacoulibaly3894]

Has anyone noticed that when the opponents make some mistakes, Nelson rubs his head 🤣

[@peterhawes9680]

At 29:30 Nelson could have sacrificed the Queen again with Qxf8+ to get the two Knights mate. 😢

[@dan_rad]

At 57:44 could you not take the pawn on c4 attacking their Queen They can take your queen ofc but then you take theirs. Or they take your Knight and you recap their knight and so you've won that pawn back?

[@2Complex2]

The Alapin gambit is on FIRE!!! This is so cool, I can't wait to smash this right in the face of the next french player I have to face LMFAO. I always hate when they play the french and never really had a clue what to do

[@sfrancfrancnrm8640]

What is RICE 2 in stats board

[@ok-hd4so]

It means he has played against 2 cheaters.

[@sfrancfrancnrm8640]

@ok-hd4so tks

[@amuridesu]

28:41 i think you can still do 2 knight checkmate by queen takes rook, bishop takes rook then knight f7 checkmate

[@belue2429]

QxR still get the 2 Knight checkmate. BxQ and Nf7#

[@sergeyaveryanov9099]

Can you play Danish gambit?

[@ToddNelson-ru6hw]

I’m a 900 + in rapid. I want to get to 1000 but I struggle to find the best move at times. When reviewing my games, how do I know what is a good suggested move or a purely “computer move”?

[@me-ms5ut]

35:04 that is a trap for the queen even if the king wasn't there

[@gordontubbs]

Can't tell you how many games I've lost because my kids interrupted me at the wrong moment! It's why I don't play rated any more, lol.

[@Non-disjunction]

What do you mean with Rice?