THIS Is Why You Keep Blundering ❓❓

[@karililjendal]

3 things with me personally: - I notice my blunders painfully often within 3 sec of making a move, and it's not like I'm playing bullet. Sometimes I just get impatient and just want to play intuitively, but I have to remind myself to stay focused, double check my move before I play it. Also, always ask myself why the opponent moved that way, even if it just looks random at first. - Don't overthink: A lot of times I see what I shouldn't do, and then look for plenty of other moves and calculations, and then somehow, and I sincerely have no clue why, I do the first move I wasn't going to do, because I forgot about it in the midst of planning different things. - Always assume my opponent played a good move: A lot of my blunders happen because I don't notice my opponent's blunders. I always assume I need to defend or counter-attack every move (especially late middle game). This also happens sometimes when I try to be sneaky, but my oppont moves in a weird way and I somehow forget that I actually prepared to punish for that move, but it catches me off guard. So yeah, I've had sooo many games with a high accuracy only to end with one bad move. If you're interested I'm just shy of 1500 blitz on Lichess. And if you've read this far, my best chess advise isn't even about how to play, but simply: - Don't play when you are tired or not feeling mentally capable - Take a break after losing and especially don't rush into a rematch. - Don't play when your focus could be lost easily.

[@aseem9]

Great Advice, especially the last part 👍

[@salaheddine4119]

hey there are you interested in becoming training partners ? I'm 679 rapid cc and I'd love to have a sparring partner! let me know if you're interested

[@Abonanno24601]

Yep

[@whackthewack4833]

these are all of my exact issues i couldn’t have out them any better than you did

[@gillesdelaunoit365]

me too, i think it's the kind of thinks that block us on 1400

[@omnigodguy]

I blunder because I'm a 1037 rated player who gets excited from attacking my opponent's queen.

[@geddylee501]

I blunder because I'm useless

[@morty7145]

@@geddylee501 hold up

[@nemuonakpoya8592]

​@@geddylee501in life?

[@geddylee501]

@@nemuonakpoya8592 yeah probably that too

[@nemuonakpoya8592]

@@geddylee501 cool

[@Flashheartwoof]

Mike Tyson: “everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”

[@emadkofeilegi9934]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@samuelšellei]

4:48 how do u defend exactly when someone sacrafices a piece? Can u make a special video about it?

[@EdMcF1]

One very strong GM missed mate in 2 against Samuel Reshevsky. When asked how, he said 'You don't look for mate in 2 against Reshevsky!'.

[@Philip8888888]

After you asked what was wrong. I paused, looked at it for 10 minutes and still didn't see the fork. So don't feel bad, Michael!

[@kruksog]

Same. Literally smacked my forehead when Nelson pointed it out.

[@чеснохз]

That is actually so vital. I'm 1600 and the moment I start winning is when that chess thinking turns on and I could parallelly focus on analyzing both my opponents plans and mines.

[@kevinhealey6540]

"When you see a good move, look for a better move." Emanuel Lasker "Should I continue my plan or do I have a better move, because something changed in the position." Nelson Lopez

[@geddylee501]

Chess is about hoping your opponent plays all the right moves at the wrong time

[@etherealessence]

Playing hope chess is one way to play, but not the best way.

[@impossiblemovies323]

These things happends for me often in blitz and bullet games, because i dont have time to sit down and consentrate on exacly how the position have changed. Great video Nelson. Love your work (:

[@stuartyaxley6689]

Confirm move can help with blunders. You can see if you have left anything hanging or left any openings for your opponent to fork you etc.... before you hit confirm.

[@silent_user.]

Is it just me or does anyone one else sit at the board for a long time cooking up a plan just to realize that a vital piece of that plan isn't at the place you thought it was and instead is all the way across the entire board😐

[@samuelšellei]

2:08 hes also maybe trying to trap the bishop

[@carloswj]

The point is that most of us focus on the hardness of fighting against strong players, especially engines, and simply don't get used to explore the possibility of taking -- and benefiting from -- easier chances that humans often offer

[@userac-xpg]

it can be very hard to turn off the tunnel vision, especially when you see your plan is working and only a step or 2 away, but you have to take a minute and examine your opponents plans because if they are 1 step ahead of you, your plan will never come to fruition.

[@MrRabiddogg]

I find that when I play the daily games its easier to reevaluate because sometimes you forget your plans and have to reevaluate your position each time. I am at least 300 points higher on the daily games then I am the 10/5 minute games.

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

I was 800 elo player when I somehow had no tunnel vision for a full day. I played 11 games and didn't lose a single one and the game which I picked to analyze was 90+ accuracy. I have never got such day again but I'm 1200 rn

[@ThatCzechMapper]

I have the same thing. Yesterday I literally played like 8 games and all of them were above 80% accuracy (I even played 1 bullet game, still won with 81% acc.)

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

but like +90 acc is GM level and 85% acc is not even close@@ThatCzechMapper

[@chrisr530]

Hope all is well and you’re staying healthy Nelson. Keeping you in thought my friend 👍

[@noobiesensei6281]

When, I see a good, I used to look for a better one, and find the worst move in that position. So now I'm just playing fast.

[@awang_ir]

This topic is so related to me, because most of the time I realized my tunnel vision blunder after moving that bad move. Thank you Nelson for the super clear explanation with the flip switch analogy

[@shadeburst]

I am the world's blunder champion and this is very needed advice.

[@RishavPlayz2007]

Hey, please make a video on how to avoid stale mates, and some tips for endgames, pawn promotions etc. Would really appreciate it. 🎉

[@LetTheNewDayBegin]

Thank you Nelson for analyzing the game I sent you! ❤

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

Good advice, good examples, thank you!

[@brianfrisk8881]

Well said. I've had tunnel vision quite a bit causing me to lose many games. It's always important to remember what your opponent can do to you and to play adaptable in order to avoid falling victim to tunnel vision.

[@harrygross77]

I realize that I really am in no position to question Lasker. BUT-I just beat a 1500 rated bot (after losing twice). Amazingly, I had a winning position by move 16. My mindset was, how do I lose? When I found a move that was "good enough" I played it, Although, it was not the most efficient win-a W is a W! I did not let the perfect be the enemy of the good enough.

[@jonathancauley5345]

This is such a good lesson, thank you for sharing Nelson. I hope your doing better! :)

[@trassage]

But sometimes even when you see that your plan may backfire, you still go with it, you just want to see how it will unfold. Sometimes tunnel vision is fun. Even though it costs you points)

[@karililjendal]

I improved a lot once I stopped myself from going with all the fun plans I couldn't calculate deeply enough to see if they'd pan out. It's more boring, but playing safely is usually better, at least when you are at a level where your opponent might blunder

[@michaelmassaro4375]

That is definitely true you may have a plan but after a couple of moves that plan might no longer be feasible that’s when you should have a plan B or start doing something alternate

[@derektoyne2729]

When playing chess I always begin by looking for my opponents threats if there's no threats I then precede with my plan. But as Nelson shows most positions don't have an obvious threat so you end up missing a tactic be it for you or your opponent.I like the idea that you should ALWAYS be switching from pushing your plan to looking for a tactic be it for you or your opponent. If anybody seen Anna's channel when explaining how to calculate she never seems to look for threats but instead looks for forcing moves after every move. She's probably unconsciously seeing threats but focuses on switching between pushing her plan and looking for tactics.This idea of switching I will incorporate into my game because like every one I do become fixated or as Nelson calls it suffer from tunnel vision. Lastly if anyone as seen the shortest chess game 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3?? Qa5+ it's quite obvious now White was simply following his plan to develop his pieces. He most likely saw 3...Qa5+ but quickly saw he could block forgetting his QB was hanging and the rest as they say is history. So good tip Nelson!!

[@tobiasengstrom8061]

New to chess here, but this make so much sense and is a great thing to learn early as a good habit... thanks 🙏

[@PizzaChess69]

Kinda reminds me of when my old account literally got banned for "cheating," just because I won like 11 games in a row because my opponents kept blundering the Queen every single time. My old account literally got banned because my opponents were to dumb to get the Queen to safety.

[@larrycarter3765]

literally?

[@andanotherthing6687]

I miss Mate's all the time. not really reading the board and options despite having time. i know I must get back to the structured response to every move - what changed, checks, captures, threats, now what before making the move i make.

[@nalinpiyaratna9059]

Question asked at 2.41 on what tactical mistake was made. I would have moved the black pawn onto square F5 to attack both Queen and the knight. If queen takes she is a goner on the next move.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Thanks for the instructions hope things have been ok for you health wise I know you had some issues several weeks back hope things are getting better thanks for the pointers

[@godwincornelius201]

wow... when you see a good move, look for a better one. well said

[@TheBinaryWolf]

Excellent tutorial...as usual. Even the strongest players need a reminder to maintain awareness that a better ply may be available.

[@RalphSalem-l4b]

2:30 he misses f5

[@JATINMANISHI2007]

My games now have 0 or 1 blunder but I have too many inaccuracies and miss how do I solve that?

[@jamesh6978]

I have recently having games with this: 1 Mistake 0 Blunders 2 Misses

[@LaVieDeReine86]

The bishop on B1 made me rewind to double check I wasn't hallucinating lol.

[@SmartDumbNerdyCool]

I've done this a few times then noticed a better move a few seconds later wishing there was an undo button.

[@eliasbragin746]

Keep rocking, dear Peter Patzer😂👍

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

02:27 I would have played f5 first, forking the queen and knight.

[@ericst-laurent1194]

Very good lesson thank you!!

[@damienbonamy925]

After f5 I was concerned about the sacrifice Bxe6+, the position looks very tricky for a noob like me😁

[@pawnzrtasty]

I’m 1780 and I do this all the time as well. Seems like I see it the moment I make my move and it’s to late.

[@marvenlunn6086]

I thought in the first 1 the white knight should have checked when the black pawn moved the knight would be taken if it was used for check (looked again black knight protected the square

[@clintoruss153]

Thank you for this , great lesson also on a side note , Lasker was a strange looking dude

[@Shaun_GTI]

Super instructional - I need to rewire my light switch, it seems to not turn on at all theses days LoL

[@georgemeulio4063]

coach any tips for playing blitz l keep on blundering or lost in time

[@Mvsicgxd]

sometimes, I'm so dead focused on the game that i don't even realize that i lost my queen.🤦🤦🤦😢😢💀💀💀

[@RalphSalem-l4b]

4:56 e5 wins back the peice

[@alexander7032]

I remember watching both of those games shortly after your stream and I was definitely in agreement with the queen move to craft discovered check 😅, oops. And so impressed with that last tactic I missed. Keep up the great work.

[@nelsonlopez1228]

Great video!!!!!❤

[@Mygoalweight]

Just exceeded 1500 and notice some people hanging their queens even now.

[@mohammadyassersabtal6501]

Tunnel vision but my attack dont always work...

[@JohnBoyGamer1]

me only playing when inebriated, just vibing at 500 like oh cool move

[@peterhawes9680]

Another way to drop the plan in the first game is to see that White's queen defends the g2 checkmate square.

[@dougfoust117]

I know why I commit 85 percent of my blunders. I'm not gonna stop lol.

[@1CProgrammer]

thanks for this today i speed run from 1700 to 1600 maybe this video helps me to getback to 1700 tomarow

[@ChessBaadshah]

Tunnel vision 👌🏻

[@justinetiberio8137]

I'm here almost lost a game because of this 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@deinemutter7397]

wow what a good video. Big thanks and get well soon!

[@StuckinthePastSP]

I rarely blunder snice i went as high as 1800

[@himanshurajput523]

My tunnel vision is so strong i get checkmated or lose queen.

[@swedishpsychopath8795]

Personally I've got magical feet! My chess super-power seems to be encapsulated in my toes. When a chess-game is difficult I always take off my shoes to think more clearly and I've NEVER lost a game after taking off my shoes.

[@Brotherken1234]

Question: Shouldn't a player with an elo rating of 1700 be able to beat the average chess hustler?

[@emsidtor1520]

I get blunders because I constantly can tell my opponents best moves and I can predict how to my mate me in 7. But when it comes to my turn I’m like blonde girls

[@SporkyMcFly]

Basically me every game.

[@generalade-u5g]

Thank you for making this vidio master

[@johnknight9150]

I would've seen the fork but I had tunnel vision. Sorry. You shouldn't have shown me that battery!

[@danielyuan9862]

That would defeat the whole idea, wouldn't it?

[@johnknight9150]

@@danielyuan9862 😉

[@alvarobusquets]

How many people blunder like me

[@Peterio1511]

"Peter-Patzer" is a nice nickname. By the way -: in German "Patzer" means "Blunder"!

[@Kommaer]

Tunnel vision is a problem but in Chess only! We (men) are designed for the tunnel vision! (hunting) :D

[@NidusFormicarum]

You can't play Chess when you are really down. Should you do it for an hour just to have something to do for an hour anyway to forget your anxiety for a while? My rating goes down then but who cares.

[@isaiahmaragalla]

thank you

[@Kaador]

But....but I dont keep blundering.... :(

[@FatUncle-cg3jt]

Tunnel vision caused you to blunder against an 800 and then accuse him of cheating 😂 scrub NM detected

[@4EPT_yroJIbHblU]

У меня рейтинг 280💀💀💀

[@trassage]

Завидую:) Там наверное столько безумного (и бездумного) веселья происходит

[@4EPT_yroJIbHblU]

Скажу так, я побеждаю ботов 900 рейтинга, но выше 300 не могу подняться. Это как?

[@pulvinarpulvinar6749]

I blunder because i'm a chess noob at 800 elo

[@etherealessence]

nah, you're 800 elo because you blunder. blaming your blunders on your rating isn't going to stop the blunders.

[@pulvinarpulvinar6749]

@@etherealessence I literally said that i blunder because i'm a noob 😉 not because of my rating 😉

[@PauIdenino]

@@etherealessence Blaming his rating on his blunders isn't gonna stop his rating

[@danielyuan9862]

​@@PauIdeninoit will, becuase it's the correct approach to the solution

[@etherealessence]

​@@PauIdenino Making less mistakes will lead to an improvement in his rating. Making more mistakes will lead to a loss in rating. It's pretty much how it works.

[@santoroaritonang7087]

Okay.i got it

[@fundu4ek]

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[@easer777]

♥

[@rohanmehta8536]

Pls pin me

[@HariKrishna-z4b5j]

Pin you with rook