What's the difference? (900 rating vs 2200 rating)

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[@BobChess]

900 will hang the pieces and still win, but 2200 will hang a pawn because of miscalculation and will get destroyed.

[@GoodKnightChess]

Perfect description 😂

[@switch3224]

Exactly!

[@ivanlin9229]

Yes😂

[@Omlet.official]

This is too accurate

[@gabe7362]

Then there is me and my fellow 300s up a queen and still choke

[@gernotg8480]

We want Bobby! We want Bobby! We want Bobby! Like the comment to show Nelson that..... we want Bobby....

[@user-ht2yk2zi5g]

We want Bobby!

[@Pixelarator]

We want Bobby!

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Tomorrow guys!

[@Pixelarator]

@@ChessVibesOfficial we will see

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

@@ChessVibesOfficial Yee-hee

[@Shaun_GTI]

This was SOOOOO instructive for beginners like me. Fantastic video. Thanks, I really enjoyed it

[@qazzaqstan]

Gj young Nelson on not getting tactically blown out of the water, which is honestly way better than a < 1000 would normally do. The main difference being understanding middle and end game plans as well as reasons behind development decisions.

[@karangamingyt2142]

1000 know the value of rooks in open file

[@jonathancauley5345]

I’m 900 rated and I feel like it’s a lot different knowing there’s a lot of different players. Players that know theory Players that are creative Players that ARE New to the game Players that like only one or two openings for W/B Players that cheat Players that sacrifice in both directions: right/wrong Players (like you here in this game) who play defensive Plays who play aggressive/offensive Players who play So you really don’t know what to do when faced with all of them. Now, on the contrary, I do find myself playing the pirc Australian dragon/Australian Attack quite well, same with Italian, Caro-Kahn, Slav defense, and Tarracsh defense.

[@kimbirch1202]

In my experience some players have more aptitude for the game, and improve quickly. They soon dispense with theory, and become more creative, even inventing openings. They don't need engines to tell them how to play, but enjoy solving puzzles on their own. They are always aware of the whole board, and see patterns developing., and know what their opponent is trying to do. They are thus able to see several moves ahead, and calculate better.

[@jonathancauley5345]

@@kimbirch1202 I agree with you too

[@jasonpawloski]

This is very helpful, I hope you do more of these. I'm 1400 on-line so OTB I'm probably close to where you were as a kid and this helps my thought process

[@abuus0646]

Agreed this would make for a great series with his games at different ratings

[@JiuJitsuDC]

This was one of my favorite videos that you’ve done. Keep up the amazing work!

[@AhimtarHoN]

11:18 by trading the rooks you remove the defender of white's A pawn, hence the queen can escape there and you get a pawn. Idk if it's a good idea but it might have been your thought process when you were young, but white removed the option by capturing with queen

[@shivamgoel9737]

that was exactly what i was thinking of doing. And i think for the same reason his opponent did not capture with the rook

[@td5254]

Love your channel and it's nice to watch a recap that goes over the principles over each move opposed to just saying the computer recommends this line. Memorize it.

[@sarrystylesofficial]

Super instructive and looking forward to see how your chess playing has progressed over the years!

[@miguelservetus9534]

Thanks for the analysis. Very instructive. Would be interesting to hear a move by move analysis of whites moves, both what you guess he was thinking and what the 900 you was interpreting as his strategy.

[@kush367]

Hey really impressed to know this, need a series of this videos. More of such games of you being a 900 and what you would have played now. Please make more of such, i am sure they will blow up in terms of views..

[@alibargh]

Great video, please continue this series 👍

[@etc20292]

really like the format, keep up the nice work!

[@rainfall1drop]

Great idea. Please do this more.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Very instructional listening to you giving the reasons why you would make one move or the other I believe that’s helpful to a lot of players like myself keeping certain principles in mind during a game funny to me when you said you struggling with notations back than I only recently took the time to learn them even though I’ve played Chess since I was a tot my interest in Chess has picked up a lot nowadays I’ll watch the Grandmaster games and play on line my game has improved a lot always more to learn though Thanks for your videos and this Game was fun to watch

[@caihongliu5915]

Challenge - Half of the Board: You can only move your pieces to squares on your side of the board (the 1st rank to the 4th rank). You must also checkmate your opponent whith pieces on your side of the board. If you must move a piece to the other side, you lost. Good luck

[@siouxwarrior9035]

Please make this into a series.

[@AliAhmad-hc2le]

Nice video We need more videos like this 👍🏻👏

[@rleeshan]

I think this will be a successful series and I am looking forwards to more insights as your younger self gets stronger!! Keep up the great content!!

[@Kurt_Winner]

This was great! I enjoyed watching this and hope you continue analyzing some really old games you played. Love your vids dude. I watch every day

[@rivhi7974]

Super cool series if you make it one

[@SmithCS]

very interesting, id love to see more games form your past

[@summatim]

Summary was generated by Summatim, let us know if there are any inaccuracies! 🤖 0:03: Introduction 0:56: Opening Moves 4:33: Developing Pieces 0:14: Mid-Game 8:41: Defensive Moves 19:25: Losing Tempos 10:57: Control of the File 20:16: Passive Play 20:02: King Placement 18:57: Gameplay

[@switch3224]

Why r u everywhere btw these are kinda correct

[@multilangcoder8723]

@@switch3224 hes training the AI, thats why

[@MAML_]

0:14 "midgame" 💀

[@virendabas5811]

Best video nelson. Make many more

[@francischua962]

I think Ne8 on 15:31 is fine since after Rd7, we can trap the rook with Nd6 covering the Fpawn and rook is dead after Kc8 next move?

[@oscarmunguia9064]

This would be a cool series. Thanks or the videos. I always knew how to play chess, by the moves, but had noooooo idea the world of studying it involved. Just started watching chess more to get better. I am barely at 450:( lolz

[@richardcasey4439]

The commentary is excellent. He explains the rationale and logic for the moves.

[@andrewwong6500]

My 1700 rapid is good, but 1100 Fide blitz… still won my chess tournament! (May 14, 2023). I have an exam tomorrow! Hope I do great! Edit: have a chess tournament tmr!

[@nirotvikcienrat155]

Good luck man

[@sergejmazibrada1312]

noone care find life

[@andrewwong6500]

@@nirotvikcienrat155 thanks, only nice comments will be liked.

[@nkfc]

​@@sergejmazibrada1312 sir this is comments people share their thoughts here

[@saltygamers3657]

Goodluck sir

[@snuffflakes4942]

I like this video so much, so helpful.

[@craigkdillon]

You were an aggressive kid. For someone just starting, that's impressive.

[@harshit3683]

You were the opponent that we all wanted to face at 900 because you were really noob as a 900 😂

[@yowlow5540]

Woah it is weird to see that actually high rated players still keep the bases they have when they were low rated it is like seing a direct evolution where you could clearly spot the pattern and that the playing style didn’t change that much.

[@fifiwoof1969]

Still no Bobby Fischerman:-(

[@andrewwong6500]

Still waiting…

[@ryanmichael5239]

I like these videos I’m around 900 elo and learning a lot from these 🙌

[@niemand262]

Fantastic topic. =)

[@muralidharanv9634]

I liked that improv analysis of your past self

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

So did you scrap Fishermen's story? Or you have to wait for more for inspiration?

[@christopherheckman7957]

He says there's another episode coming tomorrow. (Maybe tomorrow, Bobby Fischerman solves a position from one of Nelson's early games, combining the themes?)

[@YanGabriel39]

I just have one question, How do you remember all the moves of your 1998 game? It has been past like 25y

[@HackEr-oy3gt]

nelson i love your videos they make me 😂😂😂

[@hinyuchin4724]

12:26 what are you going to do if you don't trade the queens? The queen have no safe square to move to.

[@PauIdenino]

I think b5 is the only way to defend the queen

[@davidshapira9755]

you could defend it with b5 but it's better to just trade the queens and get control over the d file with the rook

[@jeancena3556]

The King.

[@christopherheckman7957]

@@davidshapira9755 After b5 and a queen exchange on c4, Black's pawn structure is messed up.

[@dynamicreteam]

Hey brother. I truly enjoy all your content. But this one has intriguing insight into the mind of a 900 vs. 2000 ranking player. Great work!

[@TNGSWANG]

11:29 He/she was protecting a2 pawn from your queen

[@hobit7585]

If white rook comes to d7 at 15:52 you can trap it with knight to d6 and king can capture it but i doubt you saw that at 900 elo

[@mao-janlin6751]

White can play b5 to chase the c6 knight away. If Nxb5 then Rxd7.

[@francischua962]

@@mao-janlin6751 Rook is already in d7. So at the point where Nxb5, Rook has to go back and lose a tempo, or else the knight in b5 that captured the pawn would just go back to d6 and trap him again.

[@mao-janlin6751]

@@francischua962 yeah my fault, I mean Rxf7. If the knight goes back, Rf8 check the king, and white can further push f pawn and the rook is not trapped anymore, and the c pawn is not given up for free.

[@user-ti4di1uh2d]

15:33 does b5 for white wins a knight? Not the attacked knight but the knight that just moved to e8 with rook fork.

[@keymasta3260]

Yes Stockfish loves b5 move. Black responds with Kb7 and white capture Knight on c6 and King capture pawn

[@roblodocus2539]

Great idea for a new series. I really like this. Looks like you might’ve been friends with a young Rey Enigma haha!

[@halbgefressen9768]

11:30 I think he took with the queen because otherwise Qxa2 would be hanging, but I might be wrong

[@reyhananiz5099]

11:32 if Rxd1 then Qxa2 thats why he took with the queen i think

[@Alsadius]

Might be interesting to see a similar comparison between you as a kid and you today, but adding in Stockfish to see how far off your current intuition is.

[@1musd533]

I enjoyed thank

[@kisslas]

At 15:48 White's rook can't really come to d7 because Nd6 traps it... although at 900 maybe you wouldn't have seen that?

[@dampeyez9179]

As a 800 rated player, this helped me understand more fundamentals of the game.

[@chedddargoblin]

"Havent looked at this game ahead of time" bro u literally played this match

[@soumitraghosh7510]

At 15:56 mark, white missed a golden opportunity. He should have pushed his b pawn to kick out the knight.

[@prajaktibarhanpure6282]

What is a touch-move rule?

[@christopherheckman7957]

If you intentionally touch one of your pieces, and it is legal to move it, you must move it. If you intentionally touch one of your opponent's pieces, and it is legal to capture it, you must capture it. One TD's advice was for you to sit on your hands until you were sure that you wanted to make a particular move.

[@Sarutaru06]

I've been stuck between 900-1200 in blitz for months and only about 1 in 6 players would waste time playing that horrible move in the thumbnail. Most of the time a single blunder determines the game and far too often it comes down to a less than 1 pawn advantage combined with one inaccuracy that someone takes advantage of. People say don't play blitz because it will make you worse: I never have any trouble keeping an at least consistent elo in rapid.

[@qk7x]

Wow you're 35? You don't look a day over 34

[@Mythical_Myths16]

Lmaoo

[@mistereman22]

challenge: vs martin but you can only move if you guess his move correctly

[@stuartyaxley6689]

Damn, I'm still 8 elo behind the 10 yr old Nelson 🙄

[@MaxChessman007]

I could still see a little of that aggressive tendency that was in it's infant stages though. Lol.

[@jessetrueba9578]

Nelson at 10 was better than I'll ever be lmao

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

Hey, they banned me in GothamChess, I'm now a refugee in ur videos.

[@8b15sanjaisudharsun.g7]

What happened to bobby fisherman

[@user-kh6xl4yg1j]

White could have won a piece, but point is black was not playing as a master would

[@EclypsiFire]

I cant beleve this guy was 1542 elo. He play like a 900-1000 elo. Antonio bot rated 1500 elo would slap him like there is no tomorow 😂 I am not saying this guy was bad, i am just pointing out that 1500 elo in 2023 seems to be better than 1500 elo in 1998

[@KlajdiKotaj]

Ratings criteria back in the time were a lot different

[@ilyab.5127]

nah. he plays around 1300. A bit underperforms but 10 years Nelson actually plays more like a 1200 here IMO so that was more like equal to some point but still the 1550 had a better position in the end and my guess won the game.

[@lymerlimon5252]

Didn't captured with the rook bec to defend the pawn from queen capture

[@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821]

yeah, adding this series is ok but continue with bobby et al!

[@PauIdenino]

7:47 What if after Bb6 they go Nc4? If they trade the knight for the bishop you have to take with a pawn and weaken the king. Or is it not a big deal in this situation?

[@emmanuellaurens2132]

Personally I'd respond with Qd3, forcing a queen trade (the knight on c4 is hanging if the white queen retreats). Qxd3, Rxd3, white can still take the bishop on b6 and mess black's pawn structure afterwards but without queens that is far less of a problem and that rook on d3 is going to be a problem for black. Just for starters, the pawn on c3 is hanging, and if it moves the pawn on b4 will be hanging...

[@soogers]

​​@@emmanuellaurens2132 thank you for overloading my brain with all that info but yeah, Qd3 wins a pawn as far as i can see

[@ytmndman]

Now do one for a 2200 rated player vs a 2800 rated player.

[@jacobdrollinger4802]

G5 would have activated the Rook.

[@farmersix4434]

7 year old levi n 10 year old Nelson , what’s going on today?

[@xenofobiagames3736]

the preferred move of Hitler was probably the quadruple fork

[@MetropolisChess01]

I would sacrifice the night on b4,pxb4,bxb4

[@randombak69]

Nelson is the type of guy to make differences between a blind person to a seeing man

[@your_local_asshole114]

Sambucha reference?

[@sadhanaduttapramanik2663]

​@@your_local_asshole114 was going to say it

[@TerrificCubing]

We want Bobby

[@BO55N355]

What I want to know is how a 1550 leaves that file open for like 3 moves

[@gauravpajni3286]

11:24 after rd8 nxe6 is there??

[@davidshapira9755]

it's check so he has to take the rook first

[@PauIdenino]

@@davidshapira9755 He means after black goes Rd8

[@Kat-dp4rh]

It's more the idea. Black can't play Rd8, but was the queen not there, playing Rd8 would force you to retake with the knight, which is not great

[@TerrificCubing]

We want Bobby!!!!!

[@user-ke5ko7wb3x]

where is Bobby Fischerman?

[@tomjohansen456]

White takes Night at d1 with the queen because his a2 pawn would hang.

[@ecrame]

I actually learn from your videos rather than watching Levi for the world's most exciting commentary.

[@FYAHWEHL]

What’s the difference between a 2200 and a 3200? A 3200 would remember the game they played 25 years ago

[@matthewm4320]

no human in the world is 3200

[@FYAHWEHL]

@@matthewm4320 in blitz there is

[@user-km2rl7mm9y]

why did he play king to H1?

[@dashwrite]

Tactical awareness.

[@educat1on166]

15:55 arent you just losing a knifht after b5?

[@kimbirch1202]

He seemed a weak 1540 player to me.

[@christopherheckman7957]

The USCF gives you a provisional rating until you play twenty games, which should be taken with a grain of salt. I don't know whether that's what happened here, though.

[@i..i3620]

Clam your "12H in badge here"

[@chess_guru_011]

I rating is not increasing 😭 i am still 750

[@aprimic]

One of your best videos and I'm only 1 minute in

[@pwhacc5478]

Jumpscare at 6:46

[@leahpateric5691]

A 900 elo player is going to fun to watch, the 2200 is not. Professional chess is not fun to watch because people are so cautious that nothing exciting happens

[@Animaster89]

Roughly 1300 points

[@TerrificCubing]

We want Bobby spam this to show nelson we wnat bobby

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

He said he'll continue tomorrow 🎉

[@christopherheckman7957]

Plot twist: Bobby Fischerman is Nelson!

[@aznomads1579]

Wow, same haircut for 25 years. Seriously though, great vids

[@Supergoon1989]

what the hell?? finish the game!!

[@christopherheckman7957]

He explains why he didn't finish the game: He stopped notating the game at that point. Maybe it was time pressure, or maybe when he missed a move (and wrote down a5 twice) and got discouraged. Usually, when this happens, one player (who is not facing time trouble) will notate the game, and the remaining moves will be copied over after the game is done.

[@bellywooton]

Does 1542 = kindergarten

[@twobrosgaming8073]

Im a 900

[@shaggysunshine7441]

Lol damn I need a chess coach lol

[@shaggysunshine7441]

My elo on Chess is like 600 but im playing good moves and even recently rated 1500-2000 on individual games

[@shaggysunshine7441]

I feel like I'm missing 1 key thing.

[@philipeby5418]

Love it

[@GoodKnightChess]

This is nice. I remember going back to view my first game on Lichess from when I started playing chess in 2019....I wept🥲😂😂it was worse than anything I've seen on Guess The Elo😂

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

😂 We all had to start somewhere

[@christopherheckman7957]

@@ChessVibesOfficial My first tournament game went 1. e4 d5 2. ed Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qc6 ... and that's where I don't remember any more. (No, I didn't see 4. Bb5; I played something else.) Evidently, I didn't know about picking up score sheets and keeping track of my games. (Local "master" Kevin Flemming drilled this point into my head: ALWAYS notate your games.)