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!

[@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 .

[@FelixFaction]

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

[@agentraydg839]

Glaze!!

[@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! 😊

[@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#. !!!

[@hopbarleyposts]

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

[@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#.

[@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

[@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^^

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@yiranchen5218]

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

[@AslanAli-kr4zi]

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

[@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.

[@harrytiltmam3075]

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

[@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.

[@malekhaouas7848]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@riaanstrydom1692]

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

[@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

[@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 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@glichasasha750]

You are a good teacher. Thank you.

[@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

[@K5cz]

Thanks! Amazing games today 🤝

[@timchapman5553]

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

[@Kallaste.]

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

[@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.

[@Kenjitsuka]

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

[@brianlane723]

24:39 the suspense...

[@timm439]

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

[@elvidaskraucevicius604]

16:38 bishop e3 followed d2

[@LumocolorARTnr1319]

This video is so good!

[@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!

[@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

[@christophhorth2813]

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

[@davidmasse2829]

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

[@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.

[@yamaha6981]

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

[@TonyHank131]

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

[@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. :)

[@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.

[@NotMyRealEffingName]

The Mad Lad G-String seems like a wild opening

[@MrDanielfff777]

29:11 insane position

[@mrpocock]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Justamag1c]

38:10 Bishop c8 is interesting...

[@stevesidare2493]

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

[@femto-dude]

Hey Nelson, Can you please play the benko gambit

[@danielnepomuceno508]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@nealkern4826]

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

[@amuridesu]

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

[@hypercubemaster2729]

Nelson, you missed Qg8+!! Rxg8 Nf7# in the second game! Nevermind, I guess I'm late to the party, lol.

[@BiggestEnergy]

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

[@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”?

[@ronaldvedrenne5442]

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

[@belue2429]

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

[@williamdufresne8686]

Can you play the latvian gambit?

[@manharanverma8405]

We want chess adventure back please! Nelson

[@callumfrew285]

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

[@rahullamba9318]

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

[@АлексейМолчанов-ъ2й]

Thank you Nelson from Russia 🇷🇺 ♟️

[@NJDJ1986]

@8:17 i was scared whose voice ever said that but i thought there was someone else in the room other than Nelson! @24:27 and Nelson used the Baby's having a Meltdown Gambit!

[@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

[@peraperic6646]

Bravo 😊

[@AlienBros]

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

[@cmput3r]

8:18 lol that happened to me as well, took me a while to work out what it was.

[@chabrew]

Your reaction to mcgladden g string was hilarious

[@me-ms5ut]

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

[@NHaq-e7d]

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

[@davidperalta9352]

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

[@Non-disjunction]

What do you mean with Rice?

[@mitchelljones9696]

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

[@aedenz2690]

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

[@miodragcristianiovanov229]

NELSOOON!!! Game 2, Qg8+ and you still get uour 2 knights checkmates! How could you deprive your viewers of that? :)

[@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.

[@mahiiengg]

28:49 Qg8 is more forcing

[@ok-hd4so]

Why am i addicted to your videos?

[@Aaroncosand]

Qxf3 should keep OP in the game 28:37

[@n.zakariacoulibaly3894]

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

[@sergeyaveryanov9099]

Can you play Danish gambit?

[@jkshfhgditi8re]

is it bannable to make a new acc and click that you're a beginner for the sake of smurfing?

[@mikeguitar9769]

@20:20 does kc4 trap black’s queen?

[@mikeguitar9769]

Followed by Be1

[@Cranelium]

28:42 missed mate in two 😅

[@fredgalvin9098]

Instead of Qg6, Qg8+ and smothered mate.

[@albert30300]

Just wondering - Do they know before hand that their points will be refunded or after

[@andrewanyplace]

I'm pretty sure you'd see a note indicating it was a speedrun account if you clicked on the name, but otherwise you wouldn't know.

[@syruscoy1244]

What is Rice?

[@ScottJohnson-cf8fk]

Weird opening. Sacrificing pieces left and right. Stockfish rates it 91%. Well I guess I don't know anything about chess then

[@readyplayerJesse]

the g-sling strikes again XD!!!

[@hahayay1086]

yea the robot talks now threw me for a loop too

[@ObePawnKenobi]

The Childcare Gambit was brilliant.

[@ouj6666]

29:44 black queen takes d3 to stop mate????

[@ouj6666]

I continued watching and he answered me already lol

[@sfrancfrancnrm8640]

What is RICE 2 in stats board

[@ok-hd4so]

It means he has played against 2 cheaters.

[@sfrancfrancnrm8640]

@ok-hd4so tks