Yay for chess on Fridays! My friend and I are teaching a chess class for our homeschool co-op and today is our first weekly meeting. Neither of us is stellar at chess so we'll be sharing some of your beginner videos and puzzles so the kids can hear from someone who knows what they're doing. Thanks for the calm, rational, respectful way you approach chess. We appreciate it! (Do you have any videos for etiquette when playing over the board?)
@@kimbirch1202 We spent about half of our one-hour class playing; we just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page for piece movement rules for our first class. I think the kids will enjoy some of the tactics videos too; we plan on videos only being about 10 minutes of every class. Some of the kids have played before but we have one who is entirely new to chess. Good times!
Hi mate, Chess coach Andras Toth has a video explaining exactly what to do at an OTB tournament . etiquette,clocks, score sheets , arbiters ,Everything.. He's got some amazing videos. Good luck.
Man. Nelson. Can I just say this? I appreciate you so dang much. I know I'm not the best supporter for the channel. I know. My fault. But God thank you so much for posting every day. It's just... you create a few moments of peace and calm with a subject that makes sense without any, absolutely any stress involved. Just calmness. Just simply chess. Everyday. You have no idea how much help you provide by doing that. You seriously don't.
Thanks for the video! I'm a relative beginner (USCF 1300), and my copy of the book has diagrams roughly every 5-10 moves. For this chapter, I forced myself to only visualize the board, and not plug the game into the computer or set it up physically. It took some work, but I found I was able to keep the board in my head by checking with the diagrams, and I could spot the tactics. Would recommend this exercise to others in the comments, especially those of us who play OTB (and can't draw arrows when calculating)
18:12 For a second I thought this doesn't actually work cause black can play Rd6, but then I noticed after you recapture on d8 it's actually checkmate cause of the bishop lol
19:08 One of my favourites moves of the game. Whether I can find the moves or not, I would’ve probably known to try to hunt for clever moves and tactics at the end of the game, but I’ll often pass silently by slow, subtle moves like Qe1 that should be so easy to find. Really nice move.
I don't have a lot of time to sit down and read books and then put the lessons into practice, so these videos really help bring the book to me and allow me to benefit from the wisdom shared by the author with great commentary from Nelson on the positions.
I probably won't remember a single thing happen in this video after an hour, but i really enjoy you explain the vid. Would rewatch all your video when my friend suddenly in the mood to play some chess.
Beginners hugely underestimate the power of pawns. Apart from passed pawns , they are great defenders , provide protection for pieces , and just one extra pawn can win an end game.
Loved this video. Great pawn knowledge and examples. I'm only an 1100 but learned a valuable lesson about the past pawns. Will be keeping this in back of my mind, or front of my mind during games now 😊
Those sorts of advanced pawns can be overextended. Everything got a lot easier once the e-pawn came up to support. If I was playing the black pieces I would have tried to stop that by moving the black e-pawn.
12:29 You don't even need to do a fork on the :Black king and bishop. After the king moves, just move tge rook to b8 and the bishop is trapped. Although it does put the rook in a slightly more awkward place, so perhaps doing the king/bishop fork is the better move.
At 18:40 could black have played pawn to c3? If the pawn is ignored then it takes on b2 causing a huge positional shift and threat. If it’s captured then black’s queen takes back on c3 causing pressure on the bishop
Chess to me is very much like being a general in a battle. You have various units representing infantry, cavalry , artillery, special forces , etc , and your job is to co - ordinate these units to attack the weaknesses of the " enemy ". Chess was originally developed as an alternative to actual war, so I understand.
Promote anyways to a queen with check. Black has to sacrifice the rook. White takes back with the rook and check. Ending in check mate because of the bishop
Wouldnt c4 be "bad" because its not disrupting white's developpement? C5 asks white to do something or lose material and by doing c4 instead, hes losing somewhat tempo/a move so hes always playing 1 move late? Am i understanding this correctly or it goes further?
For the final sequence at 27:50, I came up with moving the pawn first, which gets messy, but could it actually work? If black takes the pawn you invade with your bishop, and if he does the sensible thing and takes your queen (which I didn't notice at first), you just immediately replace it, and I'm not sure what happens next.
At 10:00 what happens if Black plays e5 to prevent White's plan to play e5? Also, at 18:14 what happens if Black plays Qc5+ Kh1 Rc8 as after dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 I'm down a queen so I lose as White right?
Technically, you wouldn't be up a queen. You'd be up a queen and 2 pawns to a rook and bishop (11-8 in points). However... white does not play dxc8=Q+. White plays d8=Q+. Black must play either RxQ, which, after B-h7+ leaves white up a rook to 2 pawns; or Q-f8, with a couple variations having white up a bishop to the 2 pawns. In all cases, white has good prospects to pick off queen-side pawns, cementing the advantage.
Notice white bishop c2 covering the king's escape square on h7. So basically you play d8=Q+, and after rook takes d8 you recapture their rook with checkmate
I like the series a lot, but you've twice now said slightly inaccurate info after the bad 2...Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5. You keep saying you play e4, but this is inaccurate. You're supposed to play Nf3 intending e4 next. If you don't, black will be able to play e5 in a manner he wouldn't have otherwise. I mean in a move or two, obviously first he has to move the knight. You can check it in engines or opening books. Obviously the idea in general is to play e4, but you should be accurate in your telling beginners such things.
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Yay for chess on Fridays! My friend and I are teaching a chess class for our homeschool co-op and today is our first weekly meeting. Neither of us is stellar at chess so we'll be sharing some of your beginner videos and puzzles so the kids can hear from someone who knows what they're doing. Thanks for the calm, rational, respectful way you approach chess. We appreciate it! (Do you have any videos for etiquette when playing over the board?)
@@FlapjackMcGee good on you , well done , sure the kids will learn plenty !
Sounds a good plan.
I learn best by playing games, and figuring things out myself, but also from watching videos like this.
@@kimbirch1202 We spent about half of our one-hour class playing; we just wanted to make sure we were all on the same page for piece movement rules for our first class. I think the kids will enjoy some of the tactics videos too; we plan on videos only being about 10 minutes of every class. Some of the kids have played before but we have one who is entirely new to chess. Good times!
@@FlapjackMcGee Yeah, good luck with that.
I hope you find one or two budding grandmasters
Hi mate,
Chess coach Andras Toth has a video explaining exactly what to do at an OTB tournament . etiquette,clocks, score sheets , arbiters ,Everything..
He's got some amazing videos.
Good luck.
15:50 Nelson says it's a trick question, so the answer is neither! I go kf1!
Dude, your videos are incredibly helpful. You have a gift for teaching. Thank you.
Another great video , thank you ! Actually starting to see some of the tactics at last !!!
Man. Nelson. Can I just say this? I appreciate you so dang much. I know I'm not the best supporter for the channel. I know. My fault. But God thank you so much for posting every day. It's just... you create a few moments of peace and calm with a subject that makes sense without any, absolutely any stress involved. Just calmness. Just simply chess. Everyday. You have no idea how much help you provide by doing that. You seriously don't.
Thanks for the video! I'm a relative beginner (USCF 1300), and my copy of the book has diagrams roughly every 5-10 moves. For this chapter, I forced myself to only visualize the board, and not plug the game into the computer or set it up physically. It took some work, but I found I was able to keep the board in my head by checking with the diagrams, and I could spot the tactics. Would recommend this exercise to others in the comments, especially those of us who play OTB (and can't draw arrows when calculating)
Favorite game of the series 👍
18:12 For a second I thought this doesn't actually work cause black can play Rd6, but then I noticed after you recapture on d8 it's actually checkmate cause of the bishop lol
same
Me too😹
Yes he should have mentioned that
Yep, thought so too, and Nelson didn't realize it either
I commented with rd6 already lol
Thank you for your advice and information. I wish I could remember all your advice. I wish you health and happiness.
That ended up being a treasure trove of nice conversions. Excellent.
Just wanted to send a compliment, I’ve been subbed for a while and your education style has really gotten good. I like your videos, thanks!
19:08 One of my favourites moves of the game. Whether I can find the moves or not, I would’ve probably known to try to hunt for clever moves and tactics at the end of the game, but I’ll often pass silently by slow, subtle moves like Qe1 that should be so easy to find. Really nice move.
I don't have a lot of time to sit down and read books and then put the lessons into practice, so these videos really help bring the book to me and allow me to benefit from the wisdom shared by the author with great commentary from Nelson on the positions.
Have a blessed weekend fellas!
This series just keeps getting better! Great game! Do you have any ideas for future game collections to work through? Thanks 🙂
I probably won't remember a single thing happen in this video after an hour, but i really enjoy you explain the vid.
Would rewatch all your video when my friend suddenly in the mood to play some chess.
It is the power of passed pawn...! Thank you Nelson for this new Chess analysis.
This is an amazing series. Thank you
Hey, Nelson. Love your channel. Started a month ago and am already at 511. Always watching your content and working on the basics. Thanks!
Beginners hugely underestimate the power of pawns.
Apart from passed pawns , they are great defenders , provide protection for pieces , and just one extra pawn can win an end game.
I could find the winning moves in this video but in real games I’m only able to find the worst moves that ruins my position 😅😂😂
Believe me. I get it. Lol
same…
Don't play blitz then...
Loved this video. Great pawn knowledge and examples. I'm only an 1100 but learned a valuable lesson about the past pawns. Will be keeping this in back of my mind, or front of my mind during games now 😊
Gotta love Nimzovitch’s Chess proverbs.
Great video,. More please.
Nice, I've just started playing the Queens Gambit. This is perfect!
Pawns after 6th file become royalty. Change my mind.
Those sorts of advanced pawns can be overextended. Everything got a lot easier once the e-pawn came up to support. If I was playing the black pieces I would have tried to stop that by moving the black e-pawn.
Probably worth a knight in a lot of positions.
That final queen sac was something
12:29
You don't even need to do a fork on the :Black king and bishop. After the king moves, just move tge rook to b8 and the bishop is trapped.
Although it does put the rook in a slightly more awkward place, so perhaps doing the king/bishop fork is the better move.
At 21:56, what about pawn takes f6 setting up mate in 1 - Qg7?
Does it work?
At 18:40 could black have played pawn to c3? If the pawn is ignored then it takes on b2 causing a huge positional shift and threat. If it’s captured then black’s queen takes back on c3 causing pressure on the bishop
David the pawn Delightfully cooked here
Chess to me is very much like being a general in a battle.
You have various units representing infantry, cavalry , artillery, special forces , etc , and your job is to co - ordinate these units to attack the weaknesses of the " enemy ".
Chess was originally developed as an alternative to actual war, so I understand.
Does queen to g6 not work? 12:42
Creating a passed pawn tempted me, but the fact that it came with tempo on the queen sealed the deal.
@18:12 what black's rook to d6? how is white gonna promote when the rook was blocking the file?
Yeah same thought
Promote anyways to a queen with check. Black has to sacrifice the rook. White takes back with the rook and check. Ending in check mate because of the bishop
@@Jugin00ew4life now i see, thanks mate 👍
Very nice
Wouldnt c4 be "bad" because its not disrupting white's developpement? C5 asks white to do something or lose material and by doing c4 instead, hes losing somewhat tempo/a move so hes always playing 1 move late? Am i understanding this correctly or it goes further?
On the discussion in the middle of the video about Qg4, what about if black responds with f5
A real criminal for sure.
For the final sequence at 27:50, I came up with moving the pawn first, which gets messy, but could it actually work? If black takes the pawn you invade with your bishop, and if he does the sensible thing and takes your queen (which I didn't notice at first), you just immediately replace it, and I'm not sure what happens next.
@21:22, why can't you play eXf6?
At 10:00 what happens if Black plays e5 to prevent White's plan to play e5? Also, at 18:14 what happens if Black plays Qc5+ Kh1 Rc8 as after dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 I'm down a queen so I lose as White right?
Technically, you wouldn't be up a queen. You'd be up a queen and 2 pawns to a rook and bishop (11-8 in points).
However... white does not play dxc8=Q+. White plays d8=Q+. Black must play either RxQ, which, after B-h7+ leaves white up a rook to 2 pawns; or Q-f8, with a couple variations having white up a bishop to the 2 pawns. In all cases, white has good prospects to pick off queen-side pawns, cementing the advantage.
So many games are won with passed pawns.
Just make sure you can defend them, whilst pushing.
How u play after queen exchanges like Qc5+ Qf2 QxQ KxQ
"Alright if you had a chance to look at that"
18:12 if black rook goes to d6 it can sacrifice itself with queen and you get black queen vs white rook and bishop?
Notice white bishop c2 covering the king's escape square on h7. So basically you play d8=Q+, and after rook takes d8 you recapture their rook with checkmate
Do you think you could manage to deliver checkmate with a piece you didn't move all game? Just possible through discovery, how hard would that be?
I could do it against Martin
@@ChessVibesOfficial Would love to see it :)
18:23 why cant black play Rook to D6 to block the pawn promotion, after the queen sack?
21:34 exf6 after kh8 forced mate in 1
king f1
17:04
STAY SHARP.
PLAY SMART.
Take time to think out moves, your opponent will resign/abandon.
Maybe call it a "defended" passed pawn, in the beginning, as you state "protected" isn't technically correct
"That's your Tactics Practice" -> I think you just came up with a tagline for shorts.
At 18:17 , what happens if black plays Rd6?
Isn't that bad news for white?
Pawn promotes, black rook takes, white rook takes which is checkmate
Just trade a lot away with a pawn advantage.
Local cops have said that about me!!!!!
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18:15 here black will play rock d6 and win
NM guys black get mated right after that any way
No because after promotion the black rook takes, then the white rook takes to give checkmate
I wish i was good at something! 😢
Best way to get there is to start studying it with dedication (and a schedule you keep to!) today!
Two minutes on the clock, I have to find the winning move against a Grandmaster. Can I do it?
No.
I like the series a lot, but you've twice now said slightly inaccurate info after the bad 2...Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5. You keep saying you play e4, but this is inaccurate. You're supposed to play Nf3 intending e4 next. If you don't, black will be able to play e5 in a manner he wouldn't have otherwise. I mean in a move or two, obviously first he has to move the knight.
You can check it in engines or opening books. Obviously the idea in general is to play e4, but you should be accurate in your telling beginners such things.