I like the "general plan" quiz instead of just looking for the winning tactic, but would prefer still doing it by move choice according to the rating grades. I think it would be good to include one position in which the answer isn't a decisive tactic but just general improvement of the position, that would be very interesting to see the difference between players at different levels and would make for informative explanation of the position.
I think best would be a combination of both ─ first choose the plan, then write down the exact move. This way we can see the thought process behind people's choices. In addition, I would really love to see positions where there are multiple feasible moves, just to see the difference in style between different ratings.
@@maxkho00 the only problem with the multiple choice plans is that is guides the viewer by making suggestions, so they're not really making a free choice. Imagine if the "find the move" tactics were done as multiple choice instead of an open question - rather than the viewer searching for the move themselves they would be looking at a list of pre-chosen moves which would influence them.
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
I like the idea in position 3 of suggesting the best plan, but I would also ask for which move you would make. Enjoying this series, keep up the great work, Nelson.
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
@@pramanverma6209 I disagree completely. Finding a single move is a lot like solving a tactics puzzle. It's comparatively easy. But evaluating the entire position and coming up with a plan takes a lot of work and is much harder. It vastly increases the educational value, too, because it's an area where most of us need to improve our game.
@@thomarte8108 he's right tho. Gotham only cares about entertainment these days. He's stopped with the educational content completely. Either he makes funny videos or he does tournament commentary.
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
@@pramanverma6209 yeah I like the plans. I think both is what he should do. That way both of us and many more are happy. Great how he is very interactive unlike some other channels
I absolutely love the "assess the position" or "pick a plan" problems. However, I think you have to make the wrong answers a bit more viable and tricky. Players should not be able to easily use process of elimination to arrive at the right answer.
I agree with second part. This positions aren't good picks. Some 1000 could play the easiest move in the position not seeing fork... because it is in fact the easiest move. I feel also positions could be tougher. As for plans It depends on the positions - here it wasn't great, but I see it working.
2:06 a neat little way I learned to find these tactics is to see mate threads exactly like checks, if the King was on H7 there its much easier to see the fork :D
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
16:38 Another mate in 2 solution is rc5, leaving no move that prevents the various dovetail mates that come with qa5 or d8, so if you found that good job! I think it's always slightly harder to find the mating patterns that don't involve forced check sequences.
"I'm not going to say my answer because It's bias". What an honest dude. All this hard work for the content and doesn't even want to stroke the ego. Respect.
tbf I got confused, because I didn't see Rf7 (I only calculated Re8 and Rxf6 after the obvious exf6) and in other lines it's really quick mate, so I unpaused
Love the series, especially this one cause i participated in it for the first time. I don't dislike the addition of a general plan, though i do prefer just finding moves. However you decide to proceed I'll be watching though!
Definitely love the quiz format! This is one of the best things I've seen on a Chess channel and I love seeing how players stronger rated than me would approach a position.
I really like the idea of the different plans to choose from! I think everybody has done a lot of normal puzzles and it's really refreshing to see something new and original. And from what I've seen, a lot of beginners (me included) struggle to find a plan for the middle game, so these kind of "middle game plan puzzles" are really helpful.
I loved the third quiz about general plans. If possible might I suggest some more closed or endgame positions where the answer isn't so much about tactics but getting your pieces to better places. I'd also suggest some more losing positions, where the goal isn't as much to get a winning position or a perpetual, but covering weaknesses and avoiding checkmate as best as you can.
The third quiz where we have to decide the correct plan was the most interesting and the most helpful to me. I like that you include both types of quiz, pick the best move is fun, good for capturing interest, but the decide the right plan was like the icing on the cake.
Glad to have found this channel. Great concept here, really like working through these videos. I prefer the style of the first two questions but it's pleasant to have a switch of style for the final round.
Really loving the content on this channel. The quizzes are definitely my favorite of the videos and have helped me improve my Zwischenzug (in-between moves) and better navigate chess puzzles. Thanks so much! 👍🏾
17:02 Nelson: “I know some chess players have a hard time with sarcasm, so…” RUclips: *plays ad* It made me think that this is how the video ended and I died laughing lmaoooo
Excellent quiz format. Love the general plan options. My idea in the third was to push my white bishop back and make a battery (second best option?). Very fun.
I like you re quiz a lot! thanks :) For the more general formulae you used for the 3rd here, i think its a good way to do it. In this particular instance, i found it was too easy (for me) to find out. The choosing of the choice we have to pick is the hardest part for you. Make more, we'll be able to appreciate better the formulae.
100%! And for the right reasons which I’m proud of. Second puzzle was crazy difficult though. I wasnt convinced we were winning after we win back the bishop.
Re the multiple choice question (which I imagine is more work to create), I think what people wanted was less to be given a choice of plan but rather to have to work out which move to make in cases where there are no clear tactical considerations pointing to a best move. The opposite of what you did, in other words: don't spell out the plans yourself, but do choose a position where there are no immediate tactics. I really appreciate your commitment to improving this series, by the way: it was good from the beginning, but you keep working on making it better, which is great!
there's one correction to be made: After the same position has appeared three times, the game is only a draw if one of the players claims it. It neither site wants a draw or if noone realizes, the game goes on. It is an immediate draw after the same position has been reached 5 times. In that case, the arbiter would have to stop the game and it's immediately over
I really like the new general plan puzzle! However I think one reason that a lot of players gave the right answer is because they could see why a kingside attack would be the right answer, but actually don't have a concrete idea how to execute it. So perhaps you could let them submit a move per usual, but the 'explain your move' would be a multiple-choice option. I think that would also help get a better insight in why each rating group chose a move. It doesn't appear yet that it's very clear what the differences in thought process are between ratings, especially this episode where all rating groups gave similar answers for all questions.
@@KARTIKEYA007 People who do that are cheating themselves really. I also doubt how many people actually do that considering we've had puzzles in previous episodes where less than 20% gave the right answer.
@@wavelino1668 Dude I am sure most people are doing it now. The first puzzle is not easy because even if u see Qh5, you would have to know what to do if gxf6 is played instead since u can't immediately deploy the queen for a check. Idk man, people in the 0-1000 category often miss very simple tactics, i can't believe they can see lines like Qh5
At 16:43, I actually thought of Qfd8, Rc5. I think that also works as mate in 2. I prefer the previous 3 puzzles format, but regardless, thank you, Nelson, I really love the way you explain everything.
yes, please continue to show positions like position 3 i really appreciate it most players, including me, are dumb in making plans that new thing will help us😊😊😊
At 2:11, black has two moves which prevent mate, and save the c5 bishop. He can play Qf5, or even better, Bf5!! In both cases, if white plays Bxf5, which is logical, black can fork queen and bishop, winning some material bacl
Nice idea but it doesn't quite work. In both cases after white gets forked, white can play Bxg6 , threatening mate again and after black recaptures the bishop with either the queen or the pawn white can play Qxc5 again, so this idea just allows white to win an extra pawn
Hooray! I got two right this time. That's two more than on last week's lol. I liked the #3 multiple choice, general strategy question. Maybe start throwing those in as a 4th bonus question? I really like this series a lot. Actually, I prefer this over guess the Elo (nothing against levy, love his channel too). I just started playing chess in March of this year so it's really helpful for me to see different thought processes.
Loved your sense of humor in this one and yes I like the ranking of choices of plans and not just tactics. Seems to work with your commentary style as well. Loved it
One positional puzzle per quiz is great. However, this position had a tactical sacrifice that was too tempting. So in effect it was a tactical puzzle with one right answer. Would prefer a fully positional puzzle. As Tartakower said “Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” Would be interesting to ask: "Other than attacking black's kingside, what is the best strategic approach?" I sure don't know.
I very much like the format for the third question, general tactical advice instead of just puzzles. Besides the fact that it's interesting, for those of us of lower ELO, it helps us learn what general strategy to employ when a position doesn't seem to have any critical moves. Admittedly, we are not always in a position where one move grabs some outstanding advantage, but even for that, it's easy enough to find puzzles to solve. General strategy given a position in the middle-game is an area less touched upon, so I hope you keep it going forward.
I like the idea with 1 position being about the general plans. This week's positions were a bit easier than most of the previous weeks imo but still fun to solve. Position 2 was an especially fun one seeing the perpetual and also seeing the checkmates if the King steps out. :)
If there is position about general plans there has to be an option "x goes brrr..." where x is minor piece or pawn. It's the biggest chess wisdom compressed to echoism. You can't include more information about chess in that amount of words.
Hey Nelson! I loved trying to find a plan instead of just a tactic, as I am relatively decent at finding tactics, but I am absolutely atrocious at positional play. I'm by no means good at tactics either, just better at them compared to positional play. Thanks for all you do, loving your channel. Have an awesome day!
@@ChessVibesOfficial Love the great content Nelson, I would just hope for harder puzzles in the future though. Today's last puzzle was a bit more obvious than expected and the rating distribution statistics didn't have any meaning as every category inclined to find the same moves.
I like the "general idea" quiz and would keep it as it is. Thanks for the video, it is my favorite chess content apart from Seirawan and Finegold lectures.
Yes. The format is good, but the bishop sacrifice tactic was kind of too devastating. It would fit the move selection format better. Edit: It is only completely devastating if black takes the bait (the bishop). In fact, Stockfish (Lichess on mobile) found a faster mate for white than shown here. But it also showed how black could escape from the worst trouble while white would retain a mainly positional advantage. I wish some time were spent showing that in the video too.
I like the idea of having both types of questions. You need to be able to find good moves and you also need to be able to think long term so having both types of positions makes sense to me.
gg guys, we win theeeese, got all the plans tho, maybe wasnt checking all the vars after f3 in pos.2 but... funny thing about mate in 20+, was just pretty sure about an advantage after Bxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 and something like f5 or just winning pawn on h6 in case that black wont take it, sooo. yea, it was good, thanks for the vid.
One thing that could make it better for beginners is having short clips of players on that Elo level tell us why they picked the move. Just mini interviews.
Hi Nelson, I like the plans idea. But I also like the existing tactical style too. Maybe you can mix it up every then and now. BTW, love your channel. Plz keep doing it.
Look at that subscriber base only seemed like yesterday you were at 20k now 45k . Your blowing up man - Good to see you deserve it. Anybody here if because of Covid stuffing them up financially or for whatever reason you cannot offer to support 💲💲💲at least promote Nelson where ever you can I leave the links and suggestions all over the net particularly when it’s a beginner- intermediate player asking about improving and chess content. Even playing on chess sites I drop his name. Least I can do for his great content!!!! Just thought I would put that out there.
The multiple-choice positional plans for the third game was very instructive content in that it helps develop positional strength instead of just tactics.
Hey Nelson, I just saw your series and I really enjoy it. Keep it up. On the third position I saw the bishop sacrifice and the mate threats. My rapid elo rating is 1200
2:21 bishop f5 for black stops the fork. If the queen tries to go to h7 then bishop takes. It also defends the other bishop by blocking and its protected by the queen
I think that the 3 puzzle types positions are really fun and interesting and that format works really well, but at the same time it’s good to have some positional ideas so maybe something like 3 puzzle and 1/2 positionals would be really fun if that’s not too much work on your part
I like the addition of the general plan section, however, I think this position was too obvious. I'm a 900 rated player and the tactics to attack the king were quite obvious even to me. would love to see a general plan section for a more tactically complex position
Agreed, personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
First time getting all 3 right! I think it could be interesting in the future if some of the positions were a positional idea rather than a tactical one or a plan, potentially so that there are a number of good moves but one or two are better positionally than others.
Stockfish doesn't check all possible lines, so it can be off on mate in X where X is rather large. Though I've seen it call a mate in 4 as a mate in 5 as well. If you increase the search depth, it also increases the search breadth and will usually show you the shorter mate if there is one.
Great stuff! If you could find positions in which the top players are vastly more likely to pick the winning move, or even positions in which lower rated players choose the wrong move or plan, that would offer another sort of valuable insight.
I like the plan idea a lot but concur that best move should also be in the question. I also enjoyed the slightly tougher questions from the past quizzes, I personally felt these were a hair too simple. 1500 elo player fwiw. Love this series!!
Great video, Proud to say I found the top move in all of them, I actually picked Bxh6 in the last puzzle as my move before you said it was more about the plan than specific move.
I like the general plan as the second position. That way, the original puzzle/tactic is still there because that's what we originally liked and that's what we get in the beginning and end of the video bjt we have this new multiple choice one in the middle.
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I like the "general plan" quiz instead of just looking for the winning tactic, but would prefer still doing it by move choice according to the rating grades. I think it would be good to include one position in which the answer isn't a decisive tactic but just general improvement of the position, that would be very interesting to see the difference between players at different levels and would make for informative explanation of the position.
I think best would be a combination of both ─ first choose the plan, then write down the exact move. This way we can see the thought process behind people's choices.
In addition, I would really love to see positions where there are multiple feasible moves, just to see the difference in style between different ratings.
100% agree. You can train tactic easily with problems but training strategy is much harder
@@maxkho00 the only problem with the multiple choice plans is that is guides the viewer by making suggestions, so they're not really making a free choice. Imagine if the "find the move" tactics were done as multiple choice instead of an open question - rather than the viewer searching for the move themselves they would be looking at a list of pre-chosen moves which would influence them.
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
I like the 3 tactics one better personally, but the plan ones are more for beginners.
I like the idea in position 3 of suggesting the best plan, but I would also ask for which move you would make. Enjoying this series, keep up the great work, Nelson.
Totally agree
This! Great idea!
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
@@pramanverma6209 I disagree completely. Finding a single move is a lot like solving a tactics puzzle. It's comparatively easy. But evaluating the entire position and coming up with a plan takes a lot of work and is much harder. It vastly increases the educational value, too, because it's an area where most of us need to improve our game.
yes! i believe we'd get lots of interesting answers and know if many would or wouldn't find Bxh6
The 25 move mate is absolutely my favourite, I've wwon the last 20 games with it, thanks
Haha
I've tried memorizing the 25 moves. After 2 years, I'm almost there.
This series is a worthy rival of Gothamchess’s guess the elo
Yeah i wont be surprised if gotham himself stars a similar series
Its way better than guess the elo cuz herr you can actually learn stuff and Gothamchess is just comercial
@@lukacalov1988 why are u hating bro
@@thomarte8108 he's right tho. Gotham only cares about entertainment these days. He's stopped with the educational content completely. Either he makes funny videos or he does tournament commentary.
@@god0fgames100 but he COMERCIAL tho?
I really liked the general plan and the way it was formatted. It made me think about the position in ways that I never would have otherwise.
Agreed, hope it makes a return
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
@@pramanverma6209 yeah I like the plans. I think both is what he should do. That way both of us and many more are happy. Great how he is very interactive unlike some other channels
I absolutely love the "assess the position" or "pick a plan" problems. However, I think you have to make the wrong answers a bit more viable and tricky. Players should not be able to easily use process of elimination to arrive at the right answer.
I agree with second part. This positions aren't good picks. Some 1000 could play the easiest move in the position not seeing fork... because it is in fact the easiest move. I feel also positions could be tougher. As for plans It depends on the positions - here it wasn't great, but I see it working.
2:06 a neat little way I learned to find these tactics is to see mate threads exactly like checks, if the King was on H7 there its much easier to see the fork :D
I would like to see you continue with the multiple-choice position question and also briefly analyze how to carry out the plan. Big fan of the site.
Personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
Thank you for teaching me that mate in 18, now I can take my gameplay to the next level !
16:38
Another mate in 2 solution is rc5, leaving no move that prevents the various dovetail mates that come with qa5 or d8, so if you found that good job! I think it's always slightly harder to find the mating patterns that don't involve forced check sequences.
I found Qd8+ Kb5; Rc5#
"I'm not going to say my answer because It's bias". What an honest dude. All this hard work for the content and doesn't even want to stroke the ego. Respect.
- But the RIGHT answer is... 😅
As if his "bias" had led him to the wrong move. 😂
"Don't come back until you see the mate in 18"
Me, obviously a tactical genius: *play*
Jep 😁😁
tbf I got confused, because I didn't see Rf7 (I only calculated Re8 and Rxf6 after the obvious exf6) and in other lines it's really quick mate, so I unpaused
Love the series, especially this one cause i participated in it for the first time.
I don't dislike the addition of a general plan, though i do prefer just finding moves.
However you decide to proceed I'll be watching though!
same im 1300-1600
I participated for the first time too funnily enough
Definitely love the quiz format! This is one of the best things I've seen on a Chess channel and I love seeing how players stronger rated than me would approach a position.
The 18 move checkmate joke is pure genius,
Totally caught me off-guard trying to go for it..
BTW love this series
I really like the idea of the different plans to choose from! I think everybody has done a lot of normal puzzles and it's really refreshing to see something new and original. And from what I've seen, a lot of beginners (me included) struggle to find a plan for the middle game, so these kind of "middle game plan puzzles" are really helpful.
I loved the third quiz about general plans. If possible might I suggest some more closed or endgame positions where the answer isn't so much about tactics but getting your pieces to better places. I'd also suggest some more losing positions, where the goal isn't as much to get a winning position or a perpetual, but covering weaknesses and avoiding checkmate as best as you can.
The third quiz where we have to decide the correct plan was the most interesting and the most helpful to me. I like that you include both types of quiz, pick the best move is fun, good for capturing interest, but the decide the right plan was like the icing on the cake.
Glad to have found this channel. Great concept here, really like working through these videos. I prefer the style of the first two questions but it's pleasant to have a switch of style for the final round.
Love these! I'd be interested to see more challenging positions though, since all the rating categories usually get the right answer.
LOVE the idea of asking for the best plan! Thanks for adding this!
I like this best plan concept in position 3. It's good to see how you are improving this series every week. Keep it going.
This guy is such a gem with his chess and excel skills
Really loving the content on this channel. The quizzes are definitely my favorite of the videos and have helped me improve my Zwischenzug (in-between moves) and better navigate chess puzzles. Thanks so much! 👍🏾
Love the plan ideas. Simple content, expertly delivered.
Dude I freaking died when you hit us with "I have won so many games with this 18 move checkmate. It's my favorite. "
17:02
Nelson: “I know some chess players have a hard time with sarcasm, so…”
RUclips: *plays ad*
It made me think that this is how the video ended and I died laughing lmaoooo
Excellent quiz format. Love the general plan options. My idea in the third was to push my white bishop back and make a battery (second best option?). Very fun.
Great stuff! I will be looking for more of these! This is a BRILLIANT learning technique!
This awesome and unique series is another one on my must-watch list on yt regarding chess, keep it up man!
Thanks, will do!
I like you re quiz a lot! thanks :)
For the more general formulae you used for the 3rd here, i think its a good way to do it. In this particular instance, i found it was too easy (for me) to find out. The choosing of the choice we have to pick is the hardest part for you. Make more, we'll be able to appreciate better the formulae.
Hey Nelson just wanted to say how much I love your series and your channel in general. Keep up the good work👍
Thanks, will do!
Love this series! This was the first time I participated. Can't wait to see how I did.
How did you do ?
100%! And for the right reasons which I’m proud of. Second puzzle was crazy difficult though. I wasnt convinced we were winning after we win back the bishop.
Congrats, but these weren't challenging puzzles :P
Apparently the puzzle of “how to interact with other human beings” still eludes you sadly :( You’ll get there
This series got you a new subscriber, mate. Excelent!
Welcome aboard!
Re the multiple choice question (which I imagine is more work to create), I think what people wanted was less to be given a choice of plan but rather to have to work out which move to make in cases where there are no clear tactical considerations pointing to a best move. The opposite of what you did, in other words: don't spell out the plans yourself, but do choose a position where there are no immediate tactics.
I really appreciate your commitment to improving this series, by the way: it was good from the beginning, but you keep working on making it better, which is great!
there's one correction to be made: After the same position has appeared three times, the game is only a draw if one of the players claims it. It neither site wants a draw or if noone realizes, the game goes on. It is an immediate draw after the same position has been reached 5 times. In that case, the arbiter would have to stop the game and it's immediately over
I really like the new general plan puzzle! However I think one reason that a lot of players gave the right answer is because they could see why a kingside attack would be the right answer, but actually don't have a concrete idea how to execute it. So perhaps you could let them submit a move per usual, but the 'explain your move' would be a multiple-choice option.
I think that would also help get a better insight in why each rating group chose a move. It doesn't appear yet that it's very clear what the differences in thought process are between ratings, especially this episode where all rating groups gave similar answers for all questions.
well in reality people just plug positions in their computer and say the move accordingly lol
@@KARTIKEYA007 People who do that are cheating themselves really. I also doubt how many people actually do that considering we've had puzzles in previous episodes where less than 20% gave the right answer.
@@wavelino1668 Dude I am sure most people are doing it now. The first puzzle is not easy because even if u see Qh5, you would have to know what to do if gxf6 is played instead since u can't immediately deploy the queen for a check.
Idk man, people in the 0-1000 category often miss very simple tactics, i can't believe they can see lines like Qh5
Nelson start to create brilliant chess puzzles 😂. No seriously it is the best series of chess videos. I like the "ideas" puzzles !!
just discovered the channel, and this. guy .... awesome series, subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
At 16:43, I actually thought of Qfd8, Rc5.
I think that also works as mate in 2.
I prefer the previous 3 puzzles format,
but regardless, thank you, Nelson, I really love the way you explain everything.
yes, please continue to show positions like position 3
i really appreciate it
most players, including me, are dumb in making plans
that new thing will help us😊😊😊
Excellent video like always! I especially enjoyed the position plan evaluation. Thank you :)
Love the series and the dedication to improve on feedback! Keep it up!
Hey Nelson, I liked your new idea very much, and I would like to see both of these exercises in the next episode!
I really like general plans. This is an amazing option, additionally really well explained. Thumbs up!
At 2:11, black has two moves which prevent mate, and save the c5 bishop. He can play Qf5, or even better, Bf5!! In both cases, if white plays Bxf5, which is logical, black can fork queen and bishop, winning some material bacl
Nice idea but it doesn't quite work. In both cases after white gets forked, white can play Bxg6 , threatening mate again and after black recaptures the bishop with either the queen or the pawn white can play Qxc5 again, so this idea just allows white to win an extra pawn
@@vli3683 you put way too much effort to refute my trolling. But to be fair, I did manage to stop both threats on the next move
@@Formula7Driver maybe i'm just dumb lol
But i guess it was good practice
@@vli3683 nah, you're quite cool
@@Formula7Driver thanks :)
Hooray! I got two right this time. That's two more than on last week's lol. I liked the #3 multiple choice, general strategy question. Maybe start throwing those in as a 4th bonus question? I really like this series a lot. Actually, I prefer this over guess the Elo (nothing against levy, love his channel too). I just started playing chess in March of this year so it's really helpful for me to see different thought processes.
“Some chess players have a hard time with sarcasm” 🤣🤣
I like the last question as part of the quiz. I have to look at the entire board setup to come up with a plan :-)
Loved your sense of humor in this one and yes I like the ranking of choices of plans and not just tactics. Seems to work with your commentary style as well. Loved it
Awesome, thank you!
Really like the evaluation of the plan idea, great addition
One positional puzzle per quiz is great. However, this position had a tactical sacrifice that was too tempting. So in effect it was a tactical puzzle with one right answer. Would prefer a fully positional puzzle.
As Tartakower said “Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.”
Would be interesting to ask: "Other than attacking black's kingside, what is the best strategic approach?" I sure don't know.
I very much like the format for the third question, general tactical advice instead of just puzzles. Besides the fact that it's interesting, for those of us of lower ELO, it helps us learn what general strategy to employ when a position doesn't seem to have any critical moves. Admittedly, we are not always in a position where one move grabs some outstanding advantage, but even for that, it's easy enough to find puzzles to solve. General strategy given a position in the middle-game is an area less touched upon, so I hope you keep it going forward.
No kidding i calculated to the point where you win the queen in the bishop sac line
Here’s a 🍪
The macro plan quiz is really nice! Maybe a mix of both tactics and plans could be great!
I like the general plan quiz, but this one was a bit too easy. I enjoy seeing more complex positions where there's a difference between rating levels
I love this series, also please keep giving the preferred moves for different ratings, it's very interesting
Enjoyed thinking about the quiz then hearing your feedback, nice series!
I like the idea with 1 position being about the general plans. This week's positions were a bit easier than most of the previous weeks imo but still fun to solve. Position 2 was an especially fun one seeing the perpetual and also seeing the checkmates if the King steps out. :)
If there is position about general plans there has to be an option "x goes brrr..." where x is minor piece or pawn. It's the biggest chess wisdom compressed to echoism. You can't include more information about chess in that amount of words.
Like this format. Thank you.
Love the new section at the end!
Hey Nelson! I loved trying to find a plan instead of just a tactic, as I am relatively decent at finding tactics, but I am absolutely atrocious at positional play. I'm by no means good at tactics either, just better at them compared to positional play. Thanks for all you do, loving your channel. Have an awesome day!
Sorry., but the position he gave was pure tactics . Even beginner would see bxh6
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@@ChessVibesOfficial Love the great content Nelson, I would just hope for harder puzzles in the future though. Today's last puzzle was a bit more obvious than expected and the rating distribution statistics didn't have any meaning as every category inclined to find the same moves.
I like the "general idea" quiz and would keep it as it is.
Thanks for the video, it is my favorite chess content apart from Seirawan and Finegold lectures.
i liked the idea of having strategical positions, but i think we should keep trying to guess the right move instead of choosing a plan
Perfect tempo and order right now, really appreciated!!
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I really like the format of question 3. Middlegame plans seem to be a bit of a sticking point for a lot of players, including myself.
Yes. The format is good, but the bishop sacrifice tactic was kind of too devastating. It would fit the move selection format better.
Edit: It is only completely devastating if black takes the bait (the bishop). In fact, Stockfish (Lichess on mobile) found a faster mate for white than shown here. But it also showed how black could escape from the worst trouble while white would retain a mainly positional advantage. I wish some time were spent showing that in the video too.
I like the idea of having both types of questions. You need to be able to find good moves and you also need to be able to think long term so having both types of positions makes sense to me.
The best plan idea is great, especially early mid game, the “what should I do now?” problem.
gg guys, we win theeeese, got all the plans tho, maybe wasnt checking all the vars after f3 in pos.2 but... funny thing about mate in 20+, was just pretty sure about an advantage after Bxh6 gxh6 Qxh6 and something like f5 or just winning pawn on h6 in case that black wont take it, sooo. yea, it was good, thanks for the vid.
One thing that could make it better for beginners is having short clips of players on that Elo level tell us why they picked the move. Just mini interviews.
I loved the last scenario with the options!
Hi Nelson, I like the plans idea. But I also like the existing tactical style too. Maybe you can mix it up every then and now. BTW, love your channel. Plz keep doing it.
Fascinating. I played the potions by the way before watching the video really interesting.
Suggestion of the best plan sounds great. It helps you think.
Really, really enjoyed quiz7. That last position is insane!
I love the new multiple choice style of questions!
Okay, so old video, new comment. I like the format of the "attack plan". Very fun to do these puzzles, as well as watching you explain them!
this idea of choosing a plan was great! it is the kind of stuff i get wrong most of the my games.
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The multiple-choice positional plans for the third game was very instructive content in that it helps develop positional strength instead of just tactics.
Today, not exactly, cus bxh6 was just a tactic at the end of the day, but it would be positional if the positions are chosen accordingly..
i liked the way you asked what our plan would be, because theres more opportunity for different choices
Hey Nelson, I just saw your series and I really enjoy it. Keep it up. On the third position I saw the bishop sacrifice and the mate threats. My rapid elo rating is 1200
2:21 bishop f5 for black stops the fork.
If the queen tries to go to h7 then bishop takes. It also defends the other bishop by blocking and its protected by the queen
I think that the 3 puzzle types positions are really fun and interesting and that format works really well, but at the same time it’s good to have some positional ideas so maybe something like 3 puzzle and 1/2 positionals would be really fun if that’s not too much work on your part
I like the addition of the general plan section, however, I think this position was too obvious. I'm a 900 rated player and the tactics to attack the king were quite obvious even to me. would love to see a general plan section for a more tactically complex position
Agreed, personally, I feel like plan suggestions are lazy and don't necessarily force you to calculate longer variations which I think brings down the educational value of this great series. Having both plans and moves is fine, but the percentages/stats should be accounted for the moves imo.
First time getting all 3 right! I think it could be interesting in the future if some of the positions were a positional idea rather than a tactical one or a plan, potentially so that there are a number of good moves but one or two are better positionally than others.
Stockfish doesn't check all possible lines, so it can be off on mate in X where X is rather large. Though I've seen it call a mate in 4 as a mate in 5 as well.
If you increase the search depth, it also increases the search breadth and will usually show you the shorter mate if there is one.
I like the multiple choice, it gave me the opportunity to think more thoroughly of solutions.
Great stuff! If you could find positions in which the top players are vastly more likely to pick the winning move, or even positions in which lower rated players choose the wrong move or plan, that would offer another sort of valuable insight.
I like the plan idea a lot but concur that best move should also be in the question. I also enjoyed the slightly tougher questions from the past quizzes, I personally felt these were a hair too simple. 1500 elo player fwiw. Love this series!!
Perhaps you could have us input multiple moves as a form of plan as a way to do general plan instead of just tactical stuff. Love the content!
These chess lessons are very good. They stimulate a viewer's ability to think coherently and clear. The quizzes are very helpful.
Love the general plan idea. It helps to know that my initial feelings aren't totally squirrely.
The last one I liked but I didnt see bishop takes. Thats the sprt of skill expression I think is so cool to see
Great video, Proud to say I found the top move in all of them, I actually picked Bxh6 in the last puzzle as my move before you said it was more about the plan than specific move.
I like the general plan as the second position. That way, the original puzzle/tactic is still there because that's what we originally liked and that's what we get in the beginning and end of the video bjt we have this new multiple choice one in the middle.
I like both types of questions. All of it is great :D
Very good instruction. I like both methods; i.e., multiple choice and positional quiz.