Why Pigs Are So Good In Chess

[@shadeburst]

One of the trademarks of a Nelson Lopez game is that you clean up the center of the board to allow free movement of long-range pieces. But when I try to copy that, it allows free movement for my opponent's long-range pieces! To be a boss you have to be a boss.

[@shtumba4282]

Lol, that's what happens to me too

[@Denis_Ovchinnikov]

OMG. I cannot describe how I'm impressed by the second game. The very first move WAS important, the king's pawn was blocking a1-h8 diagonal all the time. Wow.

[@zachariastsampasidis8880]

Not only that, the black pawn on e5 also prevents the queen sac at g7 Edit: granted, it doesn't really change the outcome since 3 pawns vs 1

[@Almatrass]

From the title I thought they'd taught pigs how to play chess

[@CH4N7EI_thaomy]

me 2

[@bigchungus3480]

He did, im one of the pigs

[@buniogmes1932]

me too

[@roqsteady5290]

If pigs could fly it wouldn’t be unreasonable that they could also play chess.

[@PaulGaither]

He is teaching us [pigs] to play chess.

[@janhorster6551]

4:08 Rg8 is very strong here, since the bishop is attacked and if it moves, B×f3 leads to the pawn on g2 being attacked three times, as well as being pinned. After R×f3, R8×g2+ is completely winning

[@crusaderACR]

Beautiful

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

That was my first thought but i havent looked at stockfish. Could be theres many roads to rome

[@shadow234LOL]

Harry is such a hero in the second game!!!

[@dopermane]

Misleading title. there are no cops in this game

[@NJDJ1986]

Shout-out to Harry the pawn hero!

[@danielseifu1172]

😂😂

[@wilhelmlyle8695]

The hat is cool and no back ground music is awesome.

[@msl758]

Genuinely curious why Americans routinely wear hats indoors

[@BrawlStarsPearl-Stats]

The Queen -taking tactic that you showed me was really nice, thanks! Without this I would resign. NEVER resign!

[@HunteroftheNorth]

I never knew cops were so good in chess

[@munitor6129]

it's because they are already trained in violating specific colours

[@zacharysherry2910]

😂

[@RockWonder210]

@@munitor6129 By law they can never play black

[@ashwanibeohar8172]

If black moves the rook to b lane instead of moving down, he can stop the white pawn by moving the rook up to b6 in the b lane.

[@FroisonControl]

14:22 he has Qa2 but...yeah thats just delaying.

[@redpacific359]

bro made me thinking about a pig become a GM🤣🤣

[@gofred9336]

8:15 "The best move is knight to B6.." ... and the advantage goes from 4.5 to 2.0 down.

[@9volt65]

Midgame browser Stockfish is not accurate unless you have a high tier of premium and specifically set it to unlimited depth. Often, canonical Stockfish will evaluate a position far differently than the quick and dirty Stockfish.

[@Iksvomid]

Cap Nelson is stronger than Fischer.

[@bernardovidigal1306]

no cap

[@nanowasabi4421]

He’d be the champ if it wasn’t customary to take it off indoors.

[@tianlecheng2656]

he’s stronger than cap stockfischer

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Therapist: "Cap Nelson doesn't exist, he can't hurt you." Cap Nelson:

[@zacharysherry2910]

CapNelson!

[@Raul_Reborn_Arc]

3 little pigs hiding from big bad wolf

[@Formalcougar]

Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

[@EdMcF1]

13:52 ... Qa2 then Rh8+, Qg8 and hope you flag before you can go Rhxg8.

[@poetradio]

My hat is off to you sir. Just put this to good use after watching your video. I blundered early in the game and lost my queen, but managed to pull the pigs on the 7th off with just the bishop and two rooks.

[@Carterv3]

I prefer pigs in blankets

[@VeryRandomStuff361]

gothamchess: people call him levy chess vibes: people call him nelson

[@runshootkillstuff3391]

Maybe because that's their names

[@VeryRandomStuff361]

@@runshootkillstuff3391 yea ur right

[@Poopooprod]

​@@runshootkillstuff3391😂

[@TheMouseMasterYT]

3:40 What would I do?... I guess what I would do is move the bishop to G5. If you do the queen exchange + bishop as advertised on E2, I'd get a preferential bishop-for-rook return, and if you block the bishop (with pawn OR bishop) first, I could put the knight on D4 to open up all kinds of attacks in all directions.

[@DATR01]

For Info At 13:54 Rh8# can be stopped with a non-checking move.

[@GGBel1]

Like what?

[@DATR01]

@@GGBel1 I am an average club player, so no titled player, however, I do like precision. There are three possible ways to deal with a check. 1. Capture the checking piece, if possible. 2. Block the check, if possible 3. Move the king out of check, if possible. If none of these three are possible then it is checkmate. It is important to consider all three possibilities since missing one or more could be a blunder. 1. and 3. are not possible in this position, however 2. is possible. It is impossible to stop checkmate, but it is possible to stop Rh8# as follows. 1. ...a1Q+ 2. Kg2 Qa2 3. Rh8+ Qg8 stops the mate 4. Rxg8# So, the comment is incorrect, Rh8# can be stopped with a non- checking move.

[@GGBel1]

Nobody ever said you could only do checking moves. Checkmate can't be stopped is the core of the message.

[@DATR01]

@@GGBel1 You need to listen to what he said at 13:54, "Checkmate with Rh8 could only be stopped with checking moves". This statement is wrong as I have demonstrated.

[@GGBel1]

You're certainly a genius. Or you're taking what he said and making your own interpretation.

[@qazzaqstan]

End of the 2nd game is pretty neat, I'd have never calculated that and made my life much harder by playing Rh8+ figuring the resulting rook ending has got to be winning with being up 2 connected passed pawns and them being unable to stop the rook from getting behind the A pawn. Of course even winning rook endings are a royal pain.

[@Turboy65]

I know I'm a pretty low level chess player but my preferred strategy is not to go for the checkmate early, but for trying to eliminate ALL other opponent's pieces, leaving a lone king against whatever I've got left. I then rank up a few pawns to queen and checkmate at will.

[@tanelkagan]

This is my problem - my biggest issue is not blundering pieces, it's missing quicker checkmates or sometimes not being brave enough to go for them, instead wanting to mop up more pieces to make the position "safer". Of course this is natural because actually spotting multi-move combinations that actually *are* checkmate, and don't merely "look" like a checkmate but have a flaw or provide an escape, is a high level skill. I guess in the end it's like everything else, practice, practice, practice 😊

[@davidjames149]

that's definitely a good strategy at beginner level when you only know ladder mate and a few other basic ones. I highly recommend playing checkmate puzzles - narrow the puzzles down to a single checkmate type (eg arabian mate, boden's mate or anastasia's mate) and practice just that one checkmate pattern over and over til you can solve say 20+ puzzles in a row of that particular checkmate. Then move onto the next one, and eventually you'll end up winning a lot of games quicker, in more exciting fashion, and the checkmates you get will be much more beautiful. I think it's a good way to learn the names of the checkmate patterns and not only how to perform them but set them up.

[@shadeburst]

My favorite game was the engine telling me I made 2 mistakes and 3 blunders and I mated in 15. But keep on trying to make every trade a winning trade and keep on trying to get your pieces closer to the opposing king. Keep thinking Check, Check, Check! And your early checkmates will happen on their own.

[@oscarng802]

Love how the black pawn on e5 magically stopped the black queen from sacking on g7 😂

[@stephanfrederic7535]

I wonder how Nelson planned to have that pond right there! At which point did you think 'hey that pond might be helpful on e5 '?

[@kalias66]

For me, there’s no sweeter feeling than letting your opponent promote because you know an extra queen won’t help them

[@wilhelmlyle8695]

I love this skill

[@Crazmuss]

14:25 real pig is e5 pawn

[@OmarVedlity]

😂

[@anastasiose4489]

That h6 move was more than brilliant

[@xenaguy01]

14:00 Black has no random checks that don't immediately sac his Queen. He can delay exactly 2 moves.

[@wallysullivan9315]

If you're trying to flag instead of just resigning, might as well go all the way. After Qg1+ Kxg1 the king is lured to the backrank, so now the Rook can delay the inevitable too: Rc1+ Kg2 Rg1+ Kxg1 Ke8 Rh8#. Going the full shameless route you've delayed it by 4 moves, not 2.

[@xenaguy01]

@wallysullivan9315 👍

[@feidhlimharrington2275]

idk why but the jaunty angle and design of the cap kinda made nelson look like one of those actors in their 30s playing a high-school kid in a show

[@VeryRandomStuff361]

"THE BEST MOVE IS KNIGHT TO B6" the eval bar: "no"

[@waynemiller6070]

Only discovered your channel a week or so ago. Watched many videos, never a disappointment.

[@goodkawz]

2:25: this is really helpful stuff.

[@jackeryz_]

got that once dude thought he forked em both but got them mated next move

[@kuldhirsingh]

I improved in chess after watching your videos

[@oworange]

wooow i was just looking at the rook skewer after the king takes the rook. and even after the h pawn moved up i thought it was just a stronger way to win a rook without losing a rook, but it was checkmate. thats so cool

[@leonard005]

Qa2 to block checkmate

[@JoseHenrique-px1fr]

I got a little less worried when the title was in chess, not at chess.

[@luzajerichojur-els.694]

My favorite kind of tactic, the key to make Blindswine Mate

[@learningisfun2108]

I’d love to see how the two pigs can checkmate without the help of the pawn. I’ve been puzzling over this and am not sure there is a solution. Maybe this is an idea for another video/lesson? (assuming you haven’t done this already). Thanks for another great lesson.

[@Ozasuke]

I always believed in Harry. Way to go, Harry! Harry the Hero!

[@НиколайШерстюк-ы7е]

And then he sacrifices THE KNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@christopherwellman2364]

I saw Harry the Hero in a different way. But nonetheless, Harry is the Hero. A+

[@farouqbaiti4315]

That was fascinating. I feel I am an Advanced player when I get it.

[@rkalle66]

Black's pawn on e5 is blocking the diagonal by incidence. When did you take it into consideration letting black's a file pawn run? In a 2 minutes blitz game I'm assuming you're lucky.

[@GamingEngineer007]

Nelson and Alessia are my favorite KZbin chess streamers ..they explain the concepts very good ❤❤

[@amirhosseinpooya4217]

New chess lore dropped, rooks are cops

[@adlerv21]

14:10 A pawn move ohhohohoohojojojhohohohohoh

[@anooslord666]

For that first game you showed i thought "what if it's something crazy like knight e4 pawn e4 queen e4"

[@MrDeltaMaster]

In the first game why would you block and sacrifice a rook instead of moving the king? I’m dumb and it’s not making sense to me what am I missing lol

[@SparkSovereign]

Because if you don't, the rook swings to the back rank and it's mate in one or two (depending on which direction they ran). If you run to h1, after Rd1+ you're forced to block Rf1 and then Rf1x is mate because your king isn't defending the square. If you run to f1, Rd1 is mate immediately because your king is blocking where you rook would go to block.

[@Galliao]

Now I'll feel bad whenever the H pawn dies. I'll think of poor Harry.

[@godofmath1039]

Wow, I didn't know that cops played chess!

[@manuelfuhrmann2353]

You didn't mention the traitor on e5...

[@AndersRosendalBJJ]

Very good video. Thanks

[@christopherwellman2364]

What he did at 8:37 is what I was thinking

[@lovacc_1967]

I hope you will become a GM soon you deserve it I learned so much from you I went from 700 elo to 1800 and still climbing

[@fantomghost6213]

Nice wins!!

[@juanmendez2881]

How do I share a picture? I’d like to ask who wins a game.

[@boarhog1979]

In my case it is the Power of the Boars

[@christopherwellman2364]

Mate in 13 lol It always annoys me when they say that in movies

[@thegemguy1334]

Can anyone explain why the castle move by the opponent deemed a blunder in both game?

[@sui604]

great video!

[@havenandaura]

Both games were castle blunders lol

[@codinoo]

Why baseball cap?

[@GnGamin]

13:52 , i thought he was being rasict ong xD

[@kenneththorberg6914]

Hello chessplayers around the world. I´m just tryin´to establish a new type of chess called "Double-draw". The simple point of it is to eliminate blacks disadvantage of being a step behind all the time. The rules is as follows : White starts as usual with one draw then black makes two consecutive draws followed with two draws for white and so it continues throughout the game. You are only allowed to check on your SECOND draw and you have to use two DIFFERENT pieces for the double draw unless of course you´re only left with the king. I tried this just recently in a IRL game so I don´t really know if there are any illogicality that might occur due to the rules in more complicated positions. Please try with your friends and let me know what you think ; but you have to play IRL games as you can´t find this on internet. Yet!

[@CicloLeGana]

13:52

[@catscame8825]

Nelson did you get good sleep?

[@richardmercer2337]

This video seems **very** familiar, right down to the use of "pigs"! If it has been re-posted, I have no problem with that, other than being "creeped out".🐷

[@imaginaryphi1618]

Because they bend

[@tomsgamer985]

So if rooks castle, do pigs pork? E.g. I did a King side pork with mate in 3.

[@christopherwellman2364]

I swear I just did this the other day. I feel like I do it a lot, actually.

[@rustysmith3848]

I love your videos

[@tjbruds4701]

Black Q to A2 stops the checkmate ?

[@tjbruds4701]

For 1 more move, lol

[@badnamebro]

Qa2 stops mate

[@dnthymamai]

thank you for the nice video

[@huckles7353]

New to your channel and I've been watching lots of videos. Your style of talking through your options is very helpful. Thank you

[@YeahFrog]

Aaryr,barry,Carry,darry,earry,farry,larey

[@JasonMitchellofcompsci]

I clicked it and them for just a moment regretted it because I thought for a second. Oh no, I clicked one of his weird stories again.

[@nautilus269]

Why are they called pigs?

[@cwp24]

That’s pretty good!

[@margievv]

Why is it called pigs btw?

[@chess26622]

I don't know, but I have a guess. Perhaps this is because they are associated with pigs, which literally eat all the pawns located on the 7 horizontal.

[@margievv]

@user-HuyVRot or pigs nostrils can be a case🤷‍♂️😂

[@gae35813]

beautimous...pawn support!

[@thomasyogayoiii3759]

Effectivement

[@GianaChusy23]

gasp

[@Cl0udPvP]

I love chess pigs!

[@teh_kaczuch]

1:25 WRONG!!! You sac the Queen: Qxg3+ and after ...hxg3 you play Bxg3#. You saced the Queen and mated with Bishop, that's how you should play chess.

[@Trocked2000]

day 7 of asking YOU to beat nelson with just a queen and a bishop

[@jaakezzz_G]

pigs? lol

[@snipemoon9]

G.O.A.Ts are still the best than pigs tbh.

[@krwada]

Amazing! You were EXACTLY ahead by one (1) turn!!!

[@buniogmes1932]

how do you stop this if you are black

[@fernandomanju]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thebuffman5597]

The title is what i usually say too when i lose a game :D jk all chess players are cool

[@nelsonlopez1228]

❤

[@gehbittedasgibtsned]

Qa2

[@nishusaif6085]

Yo

[@Iksvomid]

First oink