This Will Make You Better Than 99% | Logical Chess Ep. 23

[@christianp5486]

The king getting involved is also a metaphor. When everything is falling apart, even the king himself needs to get his hands dirty.

[@ScepticPJ]

His hands are already dirty! Can't rely on him.

[@markosborn3079]

I've been away on holiday for the past two weeks, great to come back and find this video just landed - brilliant explanations as always, thanks Nelson!

[@90sK1dFOr3v3r]

I hope you continue this series with other books. That would be great!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

That's the plan!

[@Random_bozo27vers2]

​@@ChessVibesOfficial That's great!

[@Ghilji-w5f]

Thank you Nelson for giving everyone a valuable lesson.

[@jay81rd]

Great help Nelson, really appreciate the videos!

[@billystewart927]

I’m abysmal at end game. I got up to 900s studying openings and didn’t really have many end games until now.

[@poui9]

me too

[@izziephillips6369]

I got to 1500 without any opening prep. Chess is a great game

[@creatingonthemargins1089]

I'm pretty good at the end game. Y middle game needs the most work. Cheers

[@maximos905]

I'm abysmal at openings, the middle game and end game

[@Gojosaturohollowpurple]

​@@creatingonthemargins1089 I am good at middle game i mess up end games

[@andrewbennett5911]

Great instructive video again , thank you , so much to learn , but a couple of v useful tips !!

[@Laneline5000]

Fantastic lesson! Love the channel.

[@blunderghostchess]

Perfect timing for this video, thank you Nelson!!!

[@ronaldkonings8117]

Ok, that decoy pawn was really instructive. Never thought of that. Also the thread with the rook, read the game in the book twice now, great!

[@marcpiscaer5567]

What a great lesson, using the King to invade. As for me with a low ELO I would not have moved the King forward and, as you mentioned, I would have castled thinking of bringing a major piece to attack. What a great strategy. Man, this Chess is tough!!!

[@dgeorge04]

Thanks Nelson. Also, thanks for the 1500 course

[@jonwill]

Well presented; thank you for sharing.

[@kpioryboy]

Very instructive game and well explained thank you!!

[@speedy_brennan]

I played a game one time where my King took 19 points because we traded all queens, knights, bishops, and rooks. My King was the piece that took almost every piece after my opponent chose to trade. At the end of it all I brought a pawn in for a queen and the rest of my pawns had major control over the board.

[@bobhicks8404]

Thank you Nelson, another great lesson

[@abhilashpatel3036]

this is the best chess channel so far. It makes me think for the next move.

[@Iamwood1005]

i like the way nelson says "sshkewer idea sshtops white" at 19:21.

[@SCBB24]

Yo freaky ass would probably be staring at his tongue if you were with him 😂

[@jaybingham3711]

Rooks on 2nd/7th rank. If only there was a single word to describe "2nd/7th" rank thus eliminating the need to worry about which side/color is being discussed. Fortunately, there is. And it's quite nice. Penultimate rank. Also acceptable is penult. But what really needs to be adopted is simply P-rank! P...as in either of the aforementioned words. But more importantly...and maybe you already ready know what I'm about to say...P as in pig! Get your rooks to the P-rank and feed them piggies! "My Rs were 'p-ranking' (the hyphen is silent here) him so hard he resigned." Coined 8/30/2024. 😊

[@danielyuan9862]

Actually, I went with Kd7 on that move. Castling first came into my mind, but then I considered Ke7 and Kd7. I would have liked to know why Kd7 was better, but I basically thought of the possible files that open and decide where the king is most effective and safest.

[@jamespaquette2800]

Nelson, I've been experimenting with Tennison Gambit by leading with knight F3 as white and found that it seems to be very adaptable even when my opponent doesn't fall for the gambit. I'd love to see an in depth analysis of this opening at higher levels

[@andyrea4801]

This is really great teaching. I've gone from a new player to 1019 from watching your videos.

[@williamsquires3070]

(@22:23) White can sack the pawn with 1 Kc2, but if black takes, 1 … Rxe3?, White can now free the bishop with 2 Bc3! Now the bishop blocks off b3 from black’s rook, AND it can now get to e1 from whence it can watch either the queenside or the kingside, whereas black’s bishop is pathetic; it’s biting on granite here. I’d say white got compensation for the lost pawn. Furthermore, there’s not a lot black’s rook can do on e3; the white king guards against Rd3, the pawn on g2 guards against Rf3, and Rf3 is met with … Rf1. And as long as the bishop is on c3, the rook can’t take the a3 pawn either, though black’s king can. So, while white’s position is not great here (the pawn on e4 controls d3 and f3), it’s a lot better than before! I’d be interested to see what Stockfish comes up with instead of Kc3. 😅

[@williamsquires3070]

Oops, that should have said, “…and Rg3 is met with Rg1.” as I already stated that Rf3? would be bad for black.

[@PaddyMacDaddy101]

Thanks Nelson, I was always of the belief that a "passed pawn" was simply a pawn that had passed over to the opposite side of the board. Also, yes, I would have naively castled.

[@timm439]

I’m 1100 and at 14:00 I would’ve gone Rg8 to prep g5 and continue the attack.

[@blacknwhite5451]

Good tips, but for me on a ranking of 1000, I think I would mess up and get check mated if I pushed my king forward too soon. Quite complicated with the rook and bishop trap.

[@nantschev]

Great insights! Though index finger overload ☝🏼

[@FallenEvaneskyro07]

Funny thing is i almost had it, i knew the next thing we needed to do was to munch on the pawns and i knew we needed more pieces involve SO i thought castling to bring the rook over would be the best course of action but i totally missed the fact that we must actívate the king as well since we're been in the endgame for a while

[@tiborgrun6963]

I must admit that I also thought about castling. But my first thought was about the king moving out of the way to let the rook pass through and the king could also move maybe to e7 or so. Only then I thought if black was still allowed to castle and thought it would maybe be a faster move?

[@mahiiengg]

23:10 why is the king dancing around instead of coming near rook / bishop? Just to protect pawn?

[@fysiooo]

Please keep the e-val bar on, it makes it easier to understand

[@V_ChessGuy]

I understand what you are saying, but the eval bar can make your brain think that it doesn't need to analyse the position itself, leading to reliance on the eval bar. It can be harmful when you play games. But it's understandable in some situations.

[@izziephillips6369]

@@V_ChessGuyI agree I think the Eval bar is harmful when chess masters are walking you through a position. Stockfish will make moves for so far into the future it’s unrealistic for a human. Also stockfish will say the position is a draw when no human could ever defend the position against an equally rated opponent

[@jonathancauley5345]

@@V_ChessGuyI agree also. The Eval bar can be misleading at times because stockfish will change its mind after every move, even if you played the best human-like move possible.

[@fysiooo]

@@V_ChessGuy yes, your concern is genuine, it's important to walk through a position on your own, during analysis however if opponent makes a move that is not so intriguing but the e-val skyrockets, you are forced then to look on the stuff you missed, it's like you're going deeper, knowing there's something. Just like we find absurd tactics in puzzles because we know they're there but not so mu h during the games.

[@nielsz7892]

Thanks man, can you teach out of the book How to reassess your chess (J. Silman) ?

[@pannenkoeksus]

a king in the endgame is worth about 2.5-3.5 points (it's debatable, with math it is always 3.5, not thinking about checks and ckeckmates)

[@MCoTEDDY]

A king can not be worth any points as its required to play the game in the frst place and can't be captured so a situation were one side has king and the other doesnt can't arise. As points are merely an basis to evaluate piece value for trades a king cannot have any assiged value that's not 0 or infinite. Your evaluation would mean trading a rook for checkmate would be ill advised as the rook according to you is worth more than the king.

[@pannenkoeksus]

@@MCoTEDDY that's what I'm saying, not considering checks and mates. Also, it's not about capturing, it's about how strong a piece on the bord is.

[@roblodocus2539]

Great game! Chernev made an interesting point as well that rooks on the seventh have strength because they can get behind enemy pawns that have moved off the rank and maintain constant pressure since the pawns are always under attack no matter how far up the file they move. I liked this point because even though I knew the seventh was generally a great place for rooks, and that rooks are well placed behind passed pawns, I’ve often wondered about the value of the seventh rank if all of the remaining pawns have already moved beyond it. Each position is unique and every move is situational but he’s saying there’s strategic value of the 2nd/7th regardless of how many pawns are still there. It’s something I’ll be keeping in mind. Oh, and I just caught the knight checkmate from your stream! That was just disgusting, but awesome!!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Great point, Rob!

[@shauncheung1842]

This is next level.

[@tristandent7086]

Hey Nelson! Amazing video, although I do believe you have misspelt Louis Van Vliet's last name. You have spelt it Vilet instead of Vliet. I don't mean any harm with this correction.

[@omarwjwiippa8726]

Excellent comments!

[@danielhowell8808]

nice game thanks

[@1thekorn140]

This game is so awesome ❤

[@calebjohn6597]

When white played b4, why not Ra2?

[@Sungwox]

Endgames Are the best part of the game

[@alimollahosseini7838]

What about ke7

[@msg63bretired82]

Yay! I guessed B-B5 😊

[@RickyB9691]

Great, got 22 more videos to catch up on 😅

[@bluebow9347]

Hey Nelson

[@pannenkoeksus]

nelson said "pin" 9583 times this video

[@Ryzilla81]

About 13 minute mark I came up with Bd3.

[@robchesnutt]

I would’ve castled because I’m in the 99%

[@NJDJ1986]

What a good episode! Queens were trade off so black's king would start the journey on going to offense mode against white! And blacks rooks already made it on the 2nd rank so good endgame too.

[@Pixelarator]

Nelson got some new clothes outside of the black t shirt 🗣️

[@ricardosimms8548]

😂😂

[@beclosetonature5]

I don't know how to play the middle game.

[@goonerboy93]

18:20... Absolutely disgusting

[@4tysm]

14 mins

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

Hello 👋🏻 man how can I improve my chess rating my rating stuck in stuck in 1200 elo I solve daily puzzles and play games and analyse them but not improving how can I improve my game and rating which opening is best for my level

[@goonerboy93]

Formal study

[@NiKo-uo3xs]

Study openings, play puzzles and watch other strong players thats how i did it and reached 1600

[@reflixgameingyt4957]

King Is A King in The opening But A gang in the end - Nuaman Rahmani -

[@Sungwox]

No way first time beeing first

[@Aloc209]

Second

[@shadeburst]

Frankly not very impressed with this game. After all the clever tactics, Black ended up a passed pawn ahead, leading to a mechanical endgame not requiring much skill. Despite all the showy brilliance, not a single catastrophic blow was struck. There were numerous opportunities for Black to make a mistake, requiring deep thought and time ticking away. But the Black player couldn't resist the temptation to show how clever he is. The general rule of move order you have taught us is that if there is a check or tempo move available, make that first then continue with the plan. Nd3+ would have been far more playable.

[@AbramCalderon]

First

[@Para_Dice]

14:11 d7 is better than e7 because of the opponent's dark square bishop.

[@JackDoesPuzzles]

second