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[@learningisfun2108]

Nelson, the more you talk and express your thought processes (benefits and drawbacks of different lines and tactics), the more I learn. Thank you for your videos. It’s as if I have my own coach who is a NM. 👍👍

[@benbatt21]

I feel like I try and do all the things he does tho, except my opponents don’t make the mistakes his do….

[@xbe1971]

This series has been utterly brilliant. Hearing the thinking that goes on from a really good player. It seems there is time to discuss the thinking between each move at the moment, but what is going to happen as the level of opponent increases? Perhaps a post game edited addition? Anyway. Really educational. Well done sir!

[@user-es7xw7jb8b]

I agree 100%. It is a wonderful series. My favorite of any chess youtuber I've seen. My speculation is he'll stick to openings he's much more familiar with once the opponent is a higher level, which will result in a lot less calculation earlier on, yielding more time overall

[@tenderloins_]

It's amazing how calm you are and still able to tell us your thought process when you have less than 2 minutes on the clock and are still in the middle game. I play 30 minute games and I start panicking when I get to less than 10 minutes and its still the middlegame. 😂😂

[@astro6897]

Waiting until he faces a cheater

[@chrislinuxtutorials5283]

Me too

[@lorenzpelenio6814]

Me 2

[@lorenzpelenio6814]

But maybe he'll be run out of time

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@lorenzpelenio6814 Or starts playing without engine when it's mate in 1-2 and stalemates, which already happened with other youtubers

[@_INIAS_]

he faced one i think it was around 800 elo

[@Shaun_GTI]

After following this series from the start I'm starting to see moves in your games ahead of time as a spectator (obv easier than actually playing). I'm learning so much! Thank you!

[@user-vc7ld3hv7q]

I have watched all the videos in this series and have found them so enjoyable. They have helped me improve so much. Just the way you outline options so calmly on each move helped me to stop being so worried about the next move or potential threats. It's really made chess so much more enjoyable for me so thank you!

[@dzafarmezher8298]

Super instructive. Thanks for the great content, Nelson! I watch your videos attentively, hoping to incorporate some of your great habits and ways of reasoning to my games ;-).

[@hiraldosternflyer7112]

I really love this series! So helpful to hear you reasoning the various options and moves.

[@rubiksky]

Perfect Timing

[@RoaringJaguar]

Absolutely love this series! Thank you so much for this educational content Nelsi ❤🎉

[@allonsrensen5837]

Love your videos, I learn so much. Would love to see you play queens gambit against higher rated players, to see the main line played without the opponent falling into the usual first traps, as this is a favorite opening of my own.

[@felipetabareguicheneyvicen68]

It's a shame he didn't analyze the Rxh2!! Lines after Ne4(28:40), it's a really nice idea that he seemed to have overlooked while playing the game and his analysis was just one move short of it. But overall this is some real quality content.

[@zetacrucis681]

Very entertaining and informative series this is turning out to be. King's gambit game was pretty wild and exciting!

[@Mike072]

Very nice these gambitty speedruns. They differ a lot from Naroditsky, S.Williams and Banzea my other favorites. Got myself a new Playlist! Keep it up!

[@irate818]

Thanks for the upload Nelson. Just commenting to get the algorithm going!

[@teagueolewiler4202]

I love you’re thought process and thorough explanation

[@paulsampson7918]

An excellent series of games, very instructive to hear your thoughts in real time and in real games. Thanks.

[@kirkmason7079]

Your analyzation of tactics and different opinions during the game is clear how much studying and playing needs to be done. In this game during a tactic you said out loud 3-6-7. re you counting piece values if captured or captured? Keep it up. Love it.

[@mshparber]

Very useful! Thank you!

[@Dr_Delirium]

9:55 after queen takes bishop and take back, there’s a fork with the knight on the queen and king which would’ve been awesome for black to spot

[@mitcdav]

Thank you for the videos. I haven't been on KZbin much for the past month or so because of a busy schedule. I've missed this type of content. Now I need to catch up since I'm over 1000 and have my sights set on 1200 😀.

[@CraftyGhost90]

I was at 1196. Now 1180 something cause I played after being woken up on only five hours sleep. Not the first time this lesson has been offered to me. 🤦‍♂️

[@JohnnyBrokholm-kl4ze]

Really enjoy your content. I like how you calmly keep to the point, in your explanations. I'm stuck at about 1200 and cannot find a my way to break free from here. I don't have money to use on coaches. Hope some of your wisdom sticks with me and helps lifting me. So great to hear your thought process during these games.

[@TheBlackSheepDiaries]

I'm right there with ya friend. Got to almost 1300 recently, but then fell back to 1100. The only studying I do is here at this awesome channel. I play a lot when I'm really tired though and thats usually not too good, One of us will break through eventually, good luck and hope I get to play ya. I stick with 10 minute games, how about you?

[@Kronox-vx6xh]

What’s your rating now ?

[@JohnnyBrokholm-kl4ze]

Don’t know who that question is for, But my FIDE rating is 1265.

[@JohnnyBrokholm-kl4ze]

I play 10 or 15 minute games. Do you play on lichess??

[@stereomike75]

I think the catchphrase of this series is going be Nelson saying 'let's play the xyz gambit, I don't remember much about it' lol.

[@SudiptaBan]

Thank you. Super helpful

[@PietroVisconte]

I rarely comment videos but I got to say your channel is the best channel of chess on KZbin, you do an amazing job, keep going with this style!

[@MurzyX]

Cool! You're best chess youtuber!👍

[@andyclark8991]

Love the cool awesome video mate

[@markwygol8725]

MY CHESS UPDATE: i just reached 1200 after watching thid video! this is so good. thankyou so much!❤

[@darekisrael469]

Quality content from what's going on guys to stay sharp play smart take care.

[@raven-888]

ahh. a long(ish) video. love this

[@Str8W.tm4rv]

I think in that 2nd game at the 26:46 mark white could have taken the undefended rook with the queen and then slid over to cover that H2 square to stop the checkmate.

[@arijoa1337]

Can you play Evan's Gambit games please? Been loving this series so much.

[@andycorneil4657]

'11, 12, 13 hundred, one bad move ruins the game' After 6 months of chess thats exactly where i am now. Attention to detail is so critical.

[@joshm.6191]

In game one, when you played Bf4 hitting the queen, why could black no longer use the tactic of taking with the queen followed by pawn takes and then the knight fork?

[@ayankakaktwtetete9056]

Sir at last you played Nc8+ forking the king and the queen but you could have played Nd5+ forcing black to play c×d5 to not loose the queen and then Qb5+ , then only move is Kc7 and you play Qb7+ . If they play Kd8 then you play Qc8 # . And if they play Kxd6 then Rxd5 + and check mate in few moves

[@jojonjef]

Qe2 at 8:33 followed by Bf4? two developing moves with tempo before capturing the rook + stops king from castling?

[@esven9263]

I'm really sad you didn't look at it in the game review because I wanted to see what Stockfish had to say but. In that first game at 9:55 I think you actually blundered and could have gotten in some big trouble with Bf4 trying to win a tempo on black's queen. The bishop was the piece responsible for guarding the e3 square so black actually had the option of just taking it with the queen with the intention of playing Ne3+ which would be a royal fork. For example the line Qxf4 gxf4 Ne3+ Kg1 Nxd1 Nxd8 Ne3 seems pretty reasonable and in the end you'd have to choose whether to save a knight or a bishop leaving you with a rook and two minor pieces against a pair of knights. It's still winning for white but it would have been tricky while 5 minutes down on your opponent.

[@francesthemute4310]

24:54 those knights😮

[@jebbush3130]

7:55 can't you throw in a queen check first to avoid that line?

[@xiongkham]

same question here as well, Qe1 or Qe2 - insights please

[@ertugkaya919]

Not an expert but i think after Qe1 Ke3+ Qe3 f4 is a fork which will give black chances to attach white's king.

[@jebbush3130]

@@ertugkaya919 Qe1+, Ne3+, Qxe3+ is a check. And even if it wasn't a check, I don't see any fork on f4.

[@dontriskett8098]

Imagine winning 126 games in a row! This series has improved my game so much. Thanks Nelson! You are the best!

[@n0bl3hunt3r]

I do like when Nelson goes aggressive. Trade all the pieces!

[@iamh95]

Nelson is low key flexing his skills here, giving so much time to his opponent then beating them with a minute.

[@robertsabharwal9787]

In the game against Ahnimma, couldn't you play pawn to G3 on the fourth move?

[@NoobNormalGuy]

Asked 2 times Do you think you should change Peter-Patzer now to Average Joe?

[@Clasher-rl3ih]

At 26:18 you had a mate by taking the pawn at h2 with the rook.. it would've led to a mate regardless of what move was played by the player with white pieces... I was able to spot it because you always talk about playing aggressively. Nevertheless love the long video ❤

[@efrov]

I think Nelson saw the line became very unclear and chose to spend more time calculating other things, which is good at this skill level. You're correct that it was a forced mate, but it was a mate in eleven if white responded correctly, which is far above most of our calculating abilities. Here's the FEN if you wanna give it a try against the computer. You can paste it into analysis without the quote marks, "6k1/pp3ppp/6qr/3p4/2pNr3/2PnP3/PPQ2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1". It becomes very unclear after your suggested move 1...Rxh2 2. g3 Qh5 3. f4 Rh1+ and the white king escapes the immediate checkmate with 4. Kg2 and even with the black queen follow up of ...Qh3+ ; the full checkmate sequence is still 8 moves down the road (for each white and black).

[@tero.kinnunen]

I love this rating climb, very instructive. I would prefer if games were played without cuts, so could feel the actual time spent on moves. But you do you, I enjoy the series in any case. 👏

[@yomanyomandx5609]

There is no cut

[@tero.kinnunen]

@@yomanyomandx5609 There are many few second cuts, look at player clocks. For example at 1:12 in the video, white clock jumps from 9:17 to 9:13. I realize it makes the video flow smoother because there are no pauses. But the downside is that we do not experience the actual pace that the moves are being made.

[@nhatan2511]

❤

[@christopherheckman7957]

29:13 Tumbleweed! Tumbleweed! Tumbleweed! 29:18 Aw ...

[@victorsantiago5997]

At 6:15 would knight to e5 be good?

[@robertandstein56]

You are enjoyable to watch and learn from.

[@LightSquares]

Look at those climb stats ! 👍

[@sigma8995]

How come he didn't go QE2 at 8:33 ? Wouldn't that force the king to move? Then after he can take the rook on H8

[@iratemetsfan]

I wish I analyzed positions like this. I just move and hope for the best 😂

[@LiorAssouline]

My daily treat 😍

[@Evershadow4ever]

You should go for 200 wins with no losses. If you really try, I believe you have the potential to get a win streak till like 2500. It would be funny if you went higher than your old account's rating. But I hope you keep entertaining us with this

[@krstev29]

Thats like half a year away

[@DanielSong39]

First goal, get to 1400 and change the handle to Average Joe Then get to 2200 then pass the account off to Hikaru Ask Hikaru to change the handle to Bobby Fischerman once the rating gets to 2800

[@user-hm6yg6ko2f]

Lower ratings, he was playing 80% ish accuracy, now each game he plays at 95% or higher with stronger opponents. What changed?

[@user-lm6qc3vj2j]

I keep reaching 1190 then falling back to around 1100-1150 those game changing blunders suckkkk

[@SanithuAquatics]

Can you do a chess arena fide video🎉

[@remcovanhartevelt588]

19:50 Be4? I mean sure you need to move it again if f3 but then he played f3 making both finegold and the bishop sad.

[@brunocoutinho1035]

Nelson tais séries is soo Good Im craving for new videos.

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

How to play in stuck position how to climb 2000+ I stuck in 1300 I practice daily any strategy & tips

[@userac-xpg]

I suggest trying a different game than chess. If you practice daily and aren't getting better there isn't much else you can do.

[@planezero]

*"The engine says 'NO'"* for all the Little Britain fans ❤

[@nickdegroot222]

Awesome!

[@Rip_Unknown0408]

9:35 you could have just do Be6+ and the Bf4 to pin the queen then take it

[@toothlessrpm6177]

Nice spot

[@ClaramayNivetta]

my favorite part is the last minute of the video

[@PremKumar-fd5kj]

Kings Gambit 🔥🔥🔥

[@malcolmcallis1398]

If Darth Maul played chess he would play the kings gambit!

[@RikMaxSpeed]

How many pawns have been gambitted so far in this series? 🤣

[@kiraishagaming]

He said: he doesn't like this move even though the engine says it is fine He actually means "I'm not an engine so just play a straight forward/playable move instead of playing brilliant move but don't know the rest of the lines" I like the sentence that he said "When your opponent has a solid position, don't try to play stupid move" 😂

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Another London system, another player that doesn't understand anything about that opening, what even is that bishop trade, my god

[@nossenkanter]

I truly couldn't believe it when he Speedran a whopping 24 rating 😮

[@AdvaithOMGOfficial]

Challenge Against Martin: Chess but every time you move a pawn or queen you give Martin a queen. Another Challenge: When you move a piece 10 times, that piece is frozen and cannot be moved for the rest of the game.

[@shivashankerbhat7892]

😀😀keep up the good work

[@4a1ni3lne2]

27:21 didnt you blunder a piece at Bg6 beacuse f4 you have to move the pawn and then f5 traps your bishop, like i am 1300 so if this is wrong dont blame me but i think this is why it said a mistake

[@jaideepshekhar4621]

f4? Edit: you're right, yes.

[@OfficerRL78]

Mark 14:56

[@Paragelmen]

Waiting 2000+ opponents

[@aaronsworld2338]

10:36 no not that file 💀

[@ledisi8250]

What about queen d2 at 35:42

[@jramtheman6694]

Yooo Nelson would mind going past 1500 I’m 1600 and I could use a video like thris

[@tangoman0070014]

4 bc4 bh4 5 g3 fxg3 6 0-0 gxh2 7 Kh1 Giving 3 pawns for a fun attacking pos. Suspect but very enjoyable for blitz.

[@tw5718]

More games = more better 😊

[@benbatt21]

How does this 1229 not see the bishop to G4 move, lol I play against intermediates that see that

[@hannesmuller6994]

R.I.P. Nelson😥🕊️ 23.07.2023

[@jebbush3130]

RIP 🙏

[@modemuffel9911]

waiting for the next episode...

[@josephsalmonte4995]

I'm watching this as an 1100 because I believe in myself 👍

[@andrewchisholm3476]

Dam I’m stressin thinking ur gonna lose on time

[@chessableking]

♔Nelsi🥶125🔥

[@userac-xpg]

this would be a lot more interesting if you were playing people close to your level, at least 1800+ Too many piece blunders from these lower rated players

[@michaelb2938]

Nelson is going to lose one of these because he talks too long. He should limit his talking to 30 seconds per move

[@yes51472]

think he plays speed chess, should be fine

[@mountainking2737]

speedruns are worth sh.t. You can also listen how some proficient guitarist play gituar or illustrator draws. Ok I see these motifs during puzzles mostly in games too but still stuck on rating below 1500. I can watch 1000h hours of speedruns with same zerro effect

[@user-sp6te7kp4u]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Nuewts]

YOO long vid!

[@zainquadri1206]

Why are ALL my opponents better than Nelson's opponents...? My opponents only play the number 1 engine move...

[@johnitsueli8927]

WANNA BE FRIENDS DJ COOK WILL NEVER SEE THIS COMMENT AND IM NOT A ROBOT

[@Linedmusic]

This series is just bullying low rated players they worked so hard for the Elo and you’re just making it hard for them

[@karyoplasma]

How do I get better at attacking? I constantly find myself in positions where I don't know what to do and when I analyze it with Stockfish, the computer basically tells me I'm an idiot because I'm crushingly winning. I had Stockfish evaluate positions that were +10 (!) and I simply could not find a decent move. An exemplary, crushing advantage that I threw away because I just couldn't find a way to advance: rnbqk1nr/4b3/1p1p1p2/2pN1Ppp/p1B5/6P1/PPP2P1P/R1BQR1K1 w kq - 2 2 It's super frustrating to be so bad.

[@user-wr4hb1sj8g]

Thank you for the video! The way you say your thinking process while you play is great and extremely helpful. The game against @kindheartedthieves was wild!