This is the best channel for learners. I found it by accident after wandering over other "popular" channels. Here, instruction is delivered in simple language, with no drama, no egos, and the content is so practical for beginners and intermediates. I was getting disheartened on other channels where they talk technical jargon at breakneck speed, and move pieces in a blur. Can't thank you enough Nelson. Keep 'em coming.
I really like how organized you are. Chess tutorials can be pretty rough when the teacher isn't well prepared, or tries to record everything in one take. Very well done!
You make the best instructional chess videos on RUclips. The way you consicely explain principles, patterns, and tactics are incredibly helpful. This method makes learning chess far more fun than memorizing a bunch of lines, especially for a casual chess player like me. Thanks for the great content!
This is the perfect example of a good chess video! It talks about an important topic, gives good examples, and has good puzzles that haloes you know where to find the mate in an actual game. Great work!
You explain chess concepts better than a lot of IMs and GMs; I really appreciate how concise and straightforward your videos are, and I love that there's no sense of condescension or arrogance like I get from other channels. Not naming names but the one I'm thinking of rhymes with chotham gess. Subscribed! Thanks a million, keep up the good work!
@@SG2048-meta absolutely. He's just pointing out fun things in the development of players. He himself said that this is normal and happened to most of the players. On top of that it's an internet persona
Good one. Attaching names to patterns is a great memory aid. For more on mating patterns and their names check out "The Art of Checkmate" by Georges Renard & Victor Kahn. For a ton of practice with these mates get a hold of "5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games" by Laszlo Polgar. There are 3268 mates in two and 774 mates in three to practice on in the Laszlo book.
10:15 moving queen to g6 also works because it forces the same pawn capture, and then the knight and two rooks checkmate the king after taking that pawn
Thank you dear Nelson, for another truly awesome lesson! As always, it's very instructive and I love your calm, no nonsense style of teaching. Keep up the good work! :)
@@ChessVibesOfficialRecommendation on what to use to drill these concepts? Example: Learn the concept then do puzzle, puzzle, puzzle until you simply can’t unsee it?
I really appreciate the sober presentation of valuable ideas. No background music, no attempt at jokes, no ego being on display; just plain information. Thank you!
a little more detail could have gone into the hook mate at 14:10. the king can't take the queen sacrifice because of the hook mate, but what if K-G6? I'm trying to find the mate but it is a lot harder to force. Still, at the least I can see how to get the rook and bishop which should lead to victory, just struggling to find a forced mate in that case. Also... 16:04. huh?? that's still check, mate! :D Really fun video! I loved finding all the mates in the more complex setups, but doubt I would find them not knowing they were there beforehand. Shows the importance of learning the patterns to keep in your mind while playing though!
If Kg6 then Qh6, Kf5 and Qxh3 prevents the checkmate by black and you're up a piece. But you're absolutly right at the murphy mate I was wondering too 😅
I feel like your videos dont help me when and after i watch them but they plant little seed of knowledge for further down the road that have been really helpful, thank you
I must be missing something . On the Morphy s mate at 16:06 you say after rook moves to kings file the kings better move would be to the 7rh row. How is that a legal move? Doesnt the King HAVE to move to H8?
At the second example of epaulette mate you could also take with the queen firts beacause Q:g6 f:g6 R:g6 is mate beacause the night on d6 is covering f7 and the rook on the h1 is covering h7. It's not an epualette mate anymore but still a mate.
At first I thought this is a really cool idea at 0:40 but after the queen sacks and king takes. When the rook comes over and checks the black king the bishop on f8 can block the rook check and also check the white king. Wait, do you sacrifice a rook as well then bring your other rook in to check as the white knight guards g5?
Thanks for a great video...very helpful. Looking forward to the Middlegame video. (And yes, as pointed out below, it is "an Opera House Mate" since it was a real opera not a person named Opera)
What I like about this video is that most solutions involve queen sacs to clear the way. That just trains you to be able to see the pattern even when pieces are in the way. And you can be confident in sacking a queen or rook to clear the path to mate.
I'm not so sure! Chess players don't go around sacking their queens all the time. Those famous games with mating combination involving queen sacs are famous exactly because of that rarity -- a queen sac that works. If you get a chance to throw your queen away, if you do it, it won't lead you to a win. Or if you win anyway, you must've been so far ahead that you could've won with the queen anyway.
To develop my chess skills, I came up with the idea (on my own) to find out what types of mates are. After all, checkmate is the goal of the game. In chess puzzels on lichess I saw that some checkmates have their names. So I decided to check if there were more of them. I found it and looked at them to see and remember these patterns. That was some time ago. And now I see you've made a video on the same issue. :) It will be nice to watch your video to remind these patterns, and I will recommend your video to others as one of the most important videos on the path of a beginner chess player.
I've learned almost 11 checkmate patterns just from leisurely playing chess so if you are just starting chess just play and play for a while, each game becomes a lesson. Then after that, you can take the game much more seriously and start studying or watching lessons such as this one.
Thanks for another great video, Nelsi. My inner pedant is desperate to point out that’s it’s “The Opera Mate” not “Opera’s Mate” after the mate in the famous Morphy game at the Opera vs the Count and the Duke.
I recently taught the game dame to my five year old daughter. Which lead me to rediscover chess after 25 years of not playing a single game. And I must say: Your content helps a lot, Nelson. Please keep up the extraordinary great work.
@@ChessVibesOfficial in the intro, after the queen sac, when our rook checked the opponents king, he can play bishop h6 blocking the check... And he's a queen up..? Pls show every variation
You're one of the only chess tutors I genuinely find useful. Most focus on increasingly unlikely sequences of moves (that I'm never really going to be able to use anyway), whereas you break the game down into simple, clean lines -- like a well made sword making a few quick clean cuts.
I have watched this video many times now, still give me lots of value! Thanks for getting me interested in Chess! Keep going, you are the best RUclipsr on chess I have found so far.
This is a very well presented video, thanks! I really like the not-too-difficult pause and think examples, although I think there maybe an undesirable pattern in them: every checkmate follows a queen sacrifice. Elo, goodbye!
Bishop knight combo solution.. would it not make more sense to sacrifice the bishop and substitute the queen ? Obviously changing it to a queen knight combo?
Just discovered your videos; you're very watchable and the videos are pitched just perfectly for the developing self-taught player like me. Thank you for making them.
@2:26 in the video the black rook just moved from d2 to a2 and completely missed mate in one with their queen Qxf2# so it goes both ways if your not careful.
At 5:57 he says there’s nothing black can really do but I can see 2 ways he can stop it 1 by blocking the space with a pawn or 2 using the knight to capture the king
0:47 can you not defend king with Bh6+ which is check now have to move it's Ng5+, black Kg8, Rxh6, Kf8, Rh8+ and Ke7 safe and in the end you traded your queen for a bishop. Or did i overlook something plss reply 🤔
Hey Nelson, a bad player here 😅 I can’t enjoy playing chess but I enjoy watching videos about chess.. it feels so logical and easy when you explain it. For the puzzle on 18:12 can I do another one. Bishop to g5, he’ll take with either the queen or knight.. then checkmate with queen on d8 defended by the rook.. is that correct? thanks for the video.. it’s exactly what I and my sister need
Thanks for the video. Very instructional. I am an "eternal beginner" struggling to improve my game so this helps a lot. Question: At 3:30 would it be possible to play in the opposite order? First take the rook on A7 with the white rook. Black, as it seems to me, wouldn't have many options to contest A8 field and can only postpone the inevitable QA8, so would that also be a possible solution or am I overlooking something?
I'm so thankful for your videos Nelson. So many times, I'll be playing a match and not realize until I've already done it that I've applied some sort of tactic, strategy, or mindset that I learned from your videos. I have only been playing for about two months but I am without a doubt such a better player today than I was when I started and I have you to thank for so much of that.
Bro, this video along with middle game, changed everything for me. For a while, I would just trade pieces during the middle game cause I could never threaten mate with out it being obvious! Not I'm planning games and seeing mate in two or more ways and worse case just taking advantage of positions! Thanks so much!
for me at the 800-1200 elo level is that some people get too invested in their own plans sometimes and dont see mate formulating. the whole sacrificing pieces concept in the attacking concepts video is just a whole level ahead of 800-1200 elo players and has won me so many games as of late. another issue for lower rated players is they bring their queen out and take everything they can with the queen. so you can attack a piece or pawn thats infront of the king and only the queen can take and when it does you just move a rook to pin it. most of the time a piece and queen or pawn and queen for rook and piece is absolutely winning.
It is usually difficult to find suggestions for improvement in your amazing videos. This one was no exception however, I may have found some. I would point out that many of the common mating patterns have alternate names. Dovetail mate is AKA Cozio’s mate, Swallow mate is AKA guéridon mate, Queen and Rook combo mate is AKA kill box mate, etc. There is a version of Boden’s mate which replaces a Bishop with the Queen known as a balestra mate. I enjoyed this video very much but was a little disappointed that you did not include the Arab mate or 2 Knights mate. Nevertheless, this video should be used as the third lesson in a beginner’s chess course right after how to setup the board and how the pieces move. Good job!
There is a section in the list of checkmate patterns in the checkmating lessons on Lichess that mentions and gives a tutorial for Arabian Mate. (Haven't heard of some of the other ones, so thank you for giving some bonus content on this.)
The Arabian mate is e.g. 1 Nf6 Kh8 2 Rg8#. But there'd have to be something else about the position which forces the defending king into the corner. A mating position with king and two knights can be shown, but the attacker cannot force mate.
I haven't even yet watched this video but I know it will be one of the best lessons out there. I know that because your channel cuts to the chase and is one of the best chess improvement channels out there
Love your videos! Note: 14:22 (Hook's mate puzzle) instead of taking the queen at f7 black's king can flee to f6. Because of Black's threat of checkmate in one with queen to g2, white must maintain momentum or die. However, I believe white can still force checkmate in 4. Following Kg6, white could play Qh7: Kf5, Qh3: Kg6, Qh5: Kf5, pg6. And at 16:34 what about pg6 instead of capturing the knight at f6?
Still this comes 7 months later but for anyone reading there's a checkmate in ten (1. Qxf8+ Kg6 2. Qg8+ Kf5 3. Qc8+ Kxg5 4. Qxh3 Kxf6 5. Qh7 Bd5 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. f4 Be4 8. g4+ Kxg4 9. Qg5+ Kf3 10. Qg3#) where white first wins the queen on move 4
OMG Thank you so much. You're an absolute legend I don't have any words for you.... I came here from the attacking pattern video and hopped in a game right after and one of my most beautiful games I've ever played. So followed the tips from the first video and decided to create weakenesses in the opponents kings defense it did manage to mess up his pawn structure but didn't find any ways to win material or deliver checkmate. As the game progressed we somehow ended up with the exact same material and position only difference was that he had a pawn extra. So I'm looking for checkmate patterns and time is chipping away and finally find one by pinning a pawn next to his king . Unfortunately he resigned instead of letting me deliver checkmate :(
The first pattern you begin with, located at 0:38, has a simple flaw. After Rh1+, the dark-squared bishop on f8 can block at h6, actually placing white’s King in check. White could likely attempt to counteract this with Ng5, again placing Black in check. The bishop that previously blocked Black’s king from the H-File attack by white’s rook just previously would not be able to take that knight because of discovery, so Black’s king would be forced to g8. In the above counterexample, after Rxh6, Black can avoid the checkmate altogether and have won the queen simply by Kf8, escaping and in the end still winning White’s queen. Is there an error in my analysis? I’m still very much learning, and am hoping I’m not correcting something when I’m the one that’s wrong in the first place, lol, so if someone could provide me with feedback, I would really appreciate it. 👍
Nevermind - in hindsight, I see that after in my scenario Bh6 to block the check, the H rook can take that bishop, forcing the king to either retreat to g8 (which would result in Rh8#, similar to the video’s checkmate, sans the f8 bishop) or take the rook, of which White would respond with the other 1-Rank’s rook over to h1, which is a mate because of the f3 knight’s g5 attack, Black’s g6 pawn occupancy, g7 being guarded by black’s b2 bishop, and the entire H-file now totally off-limits and the King with no possible blocks or takes thanks to the knights in the way of Black’s potential b7 protector bishop. Thank you if you read, and sorry for wasting your time!
@@amadeusgray6216 I noticed that too, and blocking the check with the bishop is actually blacks best move. Although you can still force mate by taking the bishop with the rook, it only works because you have a second rook to check blacks king after the king takes the rook.
After Rh1+ Bh6+ (assuming we don't take because you already explained it) Ng5+ Kg8 Rxh6 Kf8 Bf6 seems to be the best move to played here, setting up another trap that black king can't avoid, I would guess the best move for black here is to play Qa1 and sacrifice the queen for the powerful bishop So, Qa1+ Bxa1 Rxa1+ Kd2 Rxd1 Kxd1 And now I think black is winning here, because he has two minor pieces against one
Great video, thanks for your educational content! I have one question tho: At 4:00 wouldn't be Rg4 be faster mate as black's only legal move is Kh7 so that Rh5 is mate?
A bit of trivia on the Epaulettes Mate, 9:47 . Epaulettes are the decorative fringed shoulder pieces on a military uniform, often with yellow braid. If you Google a pic you'll recognize them. The checkmate has that name because the king looks (a tiny bit) like he's wearing epaulettes. So technically the name of the checkmate that makes sense is "Epaulettes" (plural) not "Epaulette" (singular) nor "Epaulette's" (possessive).
the second example with 9. epaulette mate also allowed the sacrifice of the queen then mate with rook, since knight and 2nd rook were guarding the escape tiles
Thanks, very useful for me. I realised, I'm playing a style like "Take everything you can and then deal somehow in the endgame" )) So that's why I was searching exactly checkmate patterns.
I missed this particular video when it was published about a year ago -- the downside to being so prolific, perhaps? Two observations: For a beginner, the salient constraint of quick _apperception_ -- that _flash of recognition_ -- being of these mating patterns, is for them to be simplified and isolated so they can be seen. Part of what you have done is understand this and make a _list_ showing these common patterns. (The difference between a master and a teacher is that the teacher has _not_ forgotten just how hard it was for him/her to have initially learned the concept.) In support of this, let me suggest the common filmmaking technique of using a feature of editing software to temporary _desaturate_ (Hide? Blur? Gray out?) all the board and pieces and pawns which are irrelevant, to _reveal_ the simple pattern you are currently illustrating within the complex field of a chess position. I see that you already utilize software to explicate patterns and positions. How about this too?
At 0:33 you could play knight to g5 now black doesn't have anything to do he can play bishop to e7 but that wont do anything because then you play queen to b7 and its checkmate.
This is the best channel for learners. I found it by accident after wandering over other "popular" channels. Here, instruction is delivered in simple language, with no drama, no egos, and the content is so practical for beginners and intermediates. I was getting disheartened on other channels where they talk technical jargon at breakneck speed, and move pieces in a blur. Can't thank you enough Nelson. Keep 'em coming.
Yep that's why we love the Nelson
Same just found this channel recently and it's the best I've seen after having looked through quite a few.
+ Daniel naroditsky
@@turtle_fps Yup
I second that statement. Thank you Nelson.
I really like how organized you are. Chess tutorials can be pretty rough when the teacher isn't well prepared, or tries to record everything in one take. Very well done!
You make the best instructional chess videos on RUclips. The way you consicely explain principles, patterns, and tactics are incredibly helpful. This method makes learning chess far more fun than memorizing a bunch of lines, especially for a casual chess player like me. Thanks for the great content!
No, hanging pawns is better
Yeah, no-this guy is under-rated AF
Agree 100%. The vids have no fluff - which shows he has great respect for the audience's time. Fantastic
Ditto what dawnpatrol said. These are great. Thank you!
I agree
Boden's Mate or as Gotham Chess would call it "Criss Cross Apple Sauce".
every time he said it I added apple sauce in my head
I think you got it wrong, it's a discovered attack/capture of which its theme may be appealing to young players
@@oldsuitman7762 shut up dude
It's apple saws I guess
Criss cross apple sauce IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOARD
Lots of positive comments and those are justified, this video is very complete, and shows good examples of how these mates are hidden in normal games
This is the perfect example of a good chess video! It talks about an important topic, gives good examples, and has good puzzles that haloes you know where to find the mate in an actual game. Great work!
Some puzzles were great. Others not so much.
You explain chess concepts better than a lot of IMs and GMs; I really appreciate how concise and straightforward your videos are, and I love that there's no sense of condescension or arrogance like I get from other channels. Not naming names but the one I'm thinking of rhymes with chotham gess. Subscribed! Thanks a million, keep up the good work!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 so true
Imma call him chotham gess from now on
Chotham gess is more for a laugh I think, he just acts that way on his channel. On a recent WIRED video we see Levy being non arrogant
How about a chotham gess vs. chess vibes match?
@@SG2048-meta absolutely. He's just pointing out fun things in the development of players. He himself said that this is normal and happened to most of the players.
On top of that it's an internet persona
16:04 HOW can the king go to g7 the rook is controlling that square
Just have courage :)
If he puts his mind to it, the king can do anything.
U can’t capture the king soo
Maybe he meant moving the king to g7 before white had delivered check? Idk man good question lol
Okay I rewatched it, I was grasping lol like I said good question 😆
These pattern videos are gold. I have a really hard time memorizing lines, but you always contextualize them in a principle.
This is a great channel!
Just started 2 weeks ago, sitting around 500 now after watching this. Have won 10 in a row , I was missing a lot of wins. Thanks man!
800 now, pushing for 1000 by the end of the year!!
@@Swolhippiecongratulations.
Good one. Attaching names to patterns is a great memory aid. For more on mating patterns and their names check out "The Art of Checkmate" by Georges Renard & Victor Kahn. For a ton of practice with these mates get a hold of "5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games" by Laszlo Polgar. There are 3268 mates in two and 774 mates in three to practice on in the Laszlo book.
Thanks for the recommendations
Thanks. I have that Lazlo Polgar book. I need to bury my nose into it. 🤥
10:15 moving queen to g6 also works because it forces the same pawn capture, and then the knight and two rooks checkmate the king after taking that pawn
I'm glad I wasn't the only one to see that
19:54 I mean you could capture with the bishop first, but I assume that queen sacs have more swag
same on 21:30
they do indeed have more swag
The best instructional videos I have yet to see. I appreciate most how you get straight to the point and don’t try to be funny or clever.
Thank you dear Nelson, for another truly awesome lesson! As always, it's very instructive and I love your calm, no nonsense style of teaching. Keep up the good work! :)
This is the single most informative chess video I have ever seen, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
@@ChessVibesOfficialRecommendation on what to use to drill these concepts? Example: Learn the concept then do puzzle, puzzle, puzzle until you simply can’t unsee it?
5:12 I've lost so many games to Lolli's Mate! Good to know it and have it in my mind. Thanks Nelson.
Same here. Seems I'm subconsciously obsessed with lolli's
@@chickenlevi975 Stop.
I really appreciate the sober presentation of valuable ideas. No background music, no attempt at jokes, no ego being on display; just plain information. Thank you!
a little more detail could have gone into the hook mate at 14:10. the king can't take the queen sacrifice because of the hook mate, but what if K-G6? I'm trying to find the mate but it is a lot harder to force. Still, at the least I can see how to get the rook and bishop which should lead to victory, just struggling to find a forced mate in that case.
Also... 16:04. huh?? that's still check, mate! :D
Really fun video! I loved finding all the mates in the more complex setups, but doubt I would find them not knowing they were there beforehand. Shows the importance of learning the patterns to keep in your mind while playing though!
If Kg6 then Qh6, Kf5 and Qxh3 prevents the checkmate by black and you're up a piece.
But you're absolutly right at the murphy mate I was wondering too 😅
This is probably my favorite chess video ever. Great work man!
I feel like your videos dont help me when and after i watch them but they plant little seed of knowledge for further down the road that have been really helpful, thank you
I must be missing something . On the Morphy s mate at 16:06 you say after rook moves to kings file the kings better move would be to the 7rh row. How is that a legal move? Doesnt the King HAVE to move to H8?
At the second example of epaulette mate you could also take with the queen firts beacause Q:g6 f:g6 R:g6 is mate beacause the night on d6 is covering f7 and the rook on the h1 is covering h7. It's not an epualette mate anymore but still a mate.
Thanks!
Thanks, Frank!!!
At first I thought this is a really cool idea at 0:40 but after the queen sacks and king takes. When the rook comes over and checks the black king the bishop on f8 can block the rook check and also check the white king.
Wait, do you sacrifice a rook as well then bring your other rook in to check as the white knight guards g5?
After you sacrifice the other rook, it's mate.
1. Qh7 Kh7
2. Rh1 Bh6
3. Rh6 Kh6
4. Rh1#
Deeeeeeep one
Thanks for the help, you’ve quickly become my favourite go to chess help guy. Much appreciated👍👍👍👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Bruh I didn’t even realize you made it on agadmator’s channel. That’s an honor!
Brilliant video filled with useful information presented in a very concise way!
Amazing , I'm be replaying this for weeks to study . Thank you !
Thanks for a great video...very helpful. Looking forward to the Middlegame video.
(And yes, as pointed out below, it is "an Opera House Mate" since it was a real opera not a person named Opera)
What I like about this video is that most solutions involve queen sacs to clear the way. That just trains you to be able to see the pattern even when pieces are in the way. And you can be confident in sacking a queen or rook to clear the path to mate.
I'm not so sure! Chess players don't go around sacking their queens all the time. Those famous games with mating combination involving queen sacs are famous exactly because of that rarity -- a queen sac that works. If you get a chance to throw your queen away, if you do it, it won't lead you to a win. Or if you win anyway, you must've been so far ahead that you could've won with the queen anyway.
To develop my chess skills, I came up with the idea (on my own) to find out what types of mates are. After all, checkmate is the goal of the game. In chess puzzels on lichess I saw that some checkmates have their names. So I decided to check if there were more of them. I found it and looked at them to see and remember these patterns. That was some time ago. And now I see you've made a video on the same issue. :) It will be nice to watch your video to remind these patterns, and I will recommend your video to others as one of the most important videos on the path of a beginner chess player.
Bruh omg the exact same thing happened to me :)
I've learned almost 11 checkmate patterns just from leisurely playing chess so if you are just starting chess just play and play for a while, each game becomes a lesson. Then after that, you can take the game much more seriously and start studying or watching lessons such as this one.
Thanks for another great video, Nelsi. My inner pedant is desperate to point out that’s it’s “The Opera Mate” not “Opera’s Mate” after the mate in the famous Morphy game at the Opera vs the Count and the Duke.
I'm glad you includeded the Legal's mate, thank you for adding an opening!
@6:23 Damiano's Mate there is not checkmate after Black can playing by sacrificing his Rook @Rf7
Am I right...?
Nelson, great video, thank you. Also, I couldn't help but notice to propensity to queen sacrifice. Cheers!
I recently taught the game dame to my five year old daughter. Which lead me to rediscover chess after 25 years of not playing a single game. And I must say: Your content helps a lot, Nelson. Please keep up the extraordinary great work.
Welcome back to chess! Good luck teaching your daughter!
@@ChessVibesOfficial in the intro, after the queen sac, when our rook checked the opponents king, he can play bishop h6 blocking the check... And he's a queen up..? Pls show every variation
@@omi6937ng5 king has to move back
@@omi6937then rook takes bishop n continue w the mate
Enjoying the content, which is clear and easy to follow, and the short 'try to work it out' pauses are ideal. Great stuff. Thanks.
You're one of the only chess tutors I genuinely find useful. Most focus on increasingly unlikely sequences of moves (that I'm never really going to be able to use anyway), whereas you break the game down into simple, clean lines -- like a well made sword making a few quick clean cuts.
I have watched this video many times now, still give me lots of value! Thanks for getting me interested in Chess! Keep going, you are the best RUclipsr on chess I have found so far.
This is a very well presented video, thanks!
I really like the not-too-difficult pause and think examples, although I think there maybe an undesirable pattern in them: every checkmate follows a queen sacrifice. Elo, goodbye!
Question: at 6:00 , if knight moves to d7, queen h6, knight captures pawn f6, this defends this mate?
Backrank can also happen if the B or G Pawn is advanced and there is a Bishop that covers the opened squares
In dovetail's mate(9:05), what if black plays d5? I don't see immediate checkmate, just a perpetual
I was wondering the same thing, computer says Qf5+ Kd6 Qxd5 with Swallow’s Tail checkmate
Amazing man!! great lesson and puzzle. The best chess video for beginners
Bishop knight combo solution.. would it not make more sense to sacrifice the bishop and substitute the queen ? Obviously changing it to a queen knight combo?
7:22 In this case it's not possible because of check, but could the king move between the two pawns to B6?
@2:32 I don't know why I do this but I took a longer forced route. 1. Ne6+ Kg6 2. Nf8+ Kh5 3. Qf3+ Qg4 4. Qxg4++
Just discovered your videos; you're very watchable and the videos are pitched just perfectly for the developing self-taught player like me. Thank you for making them.
@2:26 in the video the black rook just moved from d2 to a2 and completely missed mate in one with their queen Qxf2# so it goes both ways if your not careful.
At 16:28 would rook to g1 work causing a pin on the pawn and the just take with bishop and the do that mating pattern?
Hi Nelson, in 5. Lolli's Mate, why should you move your pawn when you can simply move your queen to F6 or H6 then to G7?
Very instructive and well articulated like most of the other videos in the channel
At 5:57 he says there’s nothing black can really do but I can see 2 ways he can stop it 1 by blocking the space with a pawn or 2 using the knight to capture the king
0:47 can you not defend king with Bh6+ which is check now have to move it's Ng5+, black Kg8, Rxh6, Kf8, Rh8+ and Ke7 safe and in the end you traded your queen for a bishop.
Or did i overlook something plss reply 🤔
Sir, thanks for such lessons. Just one thing.. if in the example 7-8, black plays pawn D 5 instead of D 6?
As always smooth, helpful, informative and concise thanks alot man
Hey Nelson, a bad player here 😅 I can’t enjoy playing chess but I enjoy watching videos about chess.. it feels so logical and easy when you explain it. For the puzzle on 18:12 can I do another one. Bishop to g5, he’ll take with either the queen or knight.. then checkmate with queen on d8 defended by the rook.. is that correct? thanks for the video.. it’s exactly what I and my sister need
your teaching style is impeccable it has helped me no end and i have you on repeat. thank you very much
Thanks for the video. Very instructional. I am an "eternal beginner" struggling to improve my game so this helps a lot. Question: At 3:30 would it be possible to play in the opposite order? First take the rook on A7 with the white rook. Black, as it seems to me, wouldn't have many options to contest A8 field and can only postpone the inevitable QA8, so would that also be a possible solution or am I overlooking something?
10:20 You can also play Qxg6 fxg6, Rxg6#
Good stuff Nelson! This is going to help my Puzzles score for sure.
Thats an awesome video. Im sure Ill watch this many times. You forgot the Arabian mate. Will you be doing a part two on this series ?
You sir are by far my favourite chess channel, others are too boring or like Levy too energetic but then don't deliver it good enough
I'm so thankful for your videos Nelson. So many times, I'll be playing a match and not realize until I've already done it that I've applied some sort of tactic, strategy, or mindset that I learned from your videos. I have only been playing for about two months but I am without a doubt such a better player today than I was when I started and I have you to thank for so much of that.
Bro, this video along with middle game, changed everything for me.
For a while, I would just trade pieces during the middle game cause I could never threaten mate with out it being obvious!
Not I'm planning games and seeing mate in two or more ways and worse case just taking advantage of positions!
Thanks so much!
for me at the 800-1200 elo level is that some people get too invested in their own plans sometimes and dont see mate formulating. the whole sacrificing pieces concept in the attacking concepts video is just a whole level ahead of 800-1200 elo players and has won me so many games as of late. another issue for lower rated players is they bring their queen out and take everything they can with the queen. so you can attack a piece or pawn thats infront of the king and only the queen can take and when it does you just move a rook to pin it. most of the time a piece and queen or pawn and queen for rook and piece is absolutely winning.
Thanks so much for the video amazing. Had to watch couple of times to finish it. Hope it helped, at least a little like this help me.
It is usually difficult to find suggestions for improvement in your amazing videos. This one was no exception however, I may have found some.
I would point out that many of the common mating patterns have alternate names. Dovetail mate is AKA Cozio’s mate, Swallow mate is AKA guéridon mate, Queen and Rook combo mate is AKA kill box mate, etc. There is a version of Boden’s mate which replaces a Bishop with the Queen known as a
balestra mate.
I enjoyed this video very much but was a little disappointed that you did not include the Arab mate or 2 Knights mate. Nevertheless, this video should be used as the third
lesson in a beginner’s chess course right after how to setup the board and how the pieces move. Good job!
There is a section in the list of checkmate patterns in the checkmating lessons on Lichess that mentions and gives a tutorial for Arabian Mate. (Haven't heard of some of the other ones, so thank you for giving some bonus content on this.)
The Arabian mate is e.g. 1 Nf6 Kh8 2 Rg8#. But there'd have to be something else about the position which forces the defending king into the corner.
A mating position with king and two knights can be shown, but the attacker cannot force mate.
At 6:03 what if black responds to f6 by Kd7 and after Qh6 Kxf6 removing the protection of the queen?
Thanks for the great lesson. The exercises after each one was useful too.
@ChessVibesOfficial- recommendation on what to use to help drill these concepts?
16:05
How can black play g7? It would be a better move if it was actually legal. Or did I misunderstand what you're saying
Where do you want to go with the king 16:06
I haven't even yet watched this video but I know it will be one of the best lessons out there. I know that because your channel cuts to the chase and is one of the best chess improvement channels out there
Yours is a terrific channel. I don't know what my rating is but it's definitely gotten better with your help. Thanks very much.
what I love about nelson:
- he goes to the sauce
- teachings are organized
- he’s rational and clear
- bonus: his haircut
Very good instructional and practical video and advice.
Thank you
Very Interesting! What about the Nimzowitch Sixors?
The first checkmate pattern, how do we make white queen at the h1 square ? Thanks very much Coach, this is very helpful.
Very good. Seen this a couple of times and have it bookmarked for a few more repetitions until it all sinks in.
Love your videos!
Note: 14:22 (Hook's mate puzzle) instead of taking the queen at f7 black's king can flee to f6. Because of Black's threat of checkmate in one with queen to g2, white must maintain momentum or die. However, I believe white can still force checkmate in 4. Following Kg6, white could play Qh7: Kf5, Qh3: Kg6, Qh5: Kf5, pg6.
And at 16:34 what about pg6 instead of capturing the knight at f6?
Still this comes 7 months later but for anyone reading there's a checkmate in ten (1. Qxf8+ Kg6 2. Qg8+ Kf5 3. Qc8+ Kxg5 4. Qxh3 Kxf6 5. Qh7 Bd5 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. f4 Be4 8. g4+ Kxg4 9. Qg5+ Kf3 10. Qg3#) where white first wins the queen on move 4
Can anyone explain if for the example on #5 Lolli’s Mate, could you go Qh6 before playing f6? Is there a downside to that or It equal?
OMG Thank you so much. You're an absolute legend I don't have any words for you....
I came here from the attacking pattern video and hopped in a game right after and one of my most beautiful games I've ever played. So followed the tips from the first video and decided to create weakenesses in the opponents kings defense it did manage to mess up his pawn structure but didn't find any ways to win material or deliver checkmate. As the game progressed we somehow ended up with the exact same material and position only difference was that he had a pawn extra. So I'm looking for checkmate patterns and time is chipping away and finally find one by pinning a pawn next to his king . Unfortunately he resigned instead of letting me deliver checkmate :(
The first pattern you begin with, located at 0:38, has a simple flaw. After Rh1+, the dark-squared bishop on f8 can block at h6, actually placing white’s King in check.
White could likely attempt to counteract this with Ng5, again placing Black in check. The bishop that previously blocked Black’s king from the H-File attack by white’s rook just previously would not be able to take that knight because of discovery, so Black’s king would be forced to g8.
In the above counterexample, after Rxh6, Black can avoid the checkmate altogether and have won the queen simply by Kf8, escaping and in the end still winning White’s queen.
Is there an error in my analysis? I’m still very much learning, and am hoping I’m not correcting something when I’m the one that’s wrong in the first place, lol, so if someone could provide me with feedback, I would really appreciate it. 👍
Nevermind - in hindsight, I see that after in my scenario Bh6 to block the check, the H rook can take that bishop, forcing the king to either retreat to g8 (which would result in Rh8#, similar to the video’s checkmate, sans the f8 bishop) or take the rook, of which White would respond with the other 1-Rank’s rook over to h1, which is a mate because of the f3 knight’s g5 attack, Black’s g6 pawn occupancy, g7 being guarded by black’s b2 bishop, and the entire H-file now totally off-limits and the King with no possible blocks or takes thanks to the knights in the way of Black’s potential b7 protector bishop. Thank you if you read, and sorry for wasting your time!
@@amadeusgray6216 I noticed that too, and blocking the check with the bishop is actually blacks best move. Although you can still force mate by taking the bishop with the rook, it only works because you have a second rook to check blacks king after the king takes the rook.
After
Rh1+ Bh6+
(assuming we don't take because you already explained it)
Ng5+ Kg8
Rxh6 Kf8
Bf6 seems to be the best move to played here, setting up another trap that black king can't avoid,
I would guess the best move for black here is to play Qa1 and sacrifice the queen for the powerful bishop
So,
Qa1+ Bxa1
Rxa1+ Kd2
Rxd1 Kxd1
And now I think black is winning here, because he has two minor pieces against one
i missed a few operas mate just recently. yet it was so obvious and right in my face.
Love these. Super practical. Thank you!
Love your teaching style - highly practical without unnecessary chit-chat!
gotham chess has too musch chitchat
At 16:06 you say moving the black king forward would be a better move but the rook controls that file? That was just a mistake right?
Great video, thanks for your educational content! I have one question tho: At 4:00 wouldn't be Rg4 be faster mate as black's only legal move is Kh7 so that Rh5 is mate?
Yes you are 100% correct! I think the point is not to give you the fastest mate possible, but the general ideas of common mating patterns.
A bit of trivia on the Epaulettes Mate, 9:47 . Epaulettes are the decorative fringed shoulder pieces on a military uniform, often with yellow braid. If you Google a pic you'll recognize them. The checkmate has that name because the king looks (a tiny bit) like he's wearing epaulettes. So technically the name of the checkmate that makes sense is "Epaulettes" (plural) not "Epaulette" (singular) nor "Epaulette's" (possessive).
the second example with 9. epaulette mate also allowed the sacrifice of the queen then mate with rook, since knight and 2nd rook were guarding the escape tiles
Thanks, very useful for me. I realised, I'm playing a style like "Take everything you can and then deal somehow in the endgame" )) So that's why I was searching exactly checkmate patterns.
Incredible resource. Ty so much for this!
#21 is the hilarious "Oh no, my queen!" play I've seen with Eric Rosen
Eric is a good player, but a mediocre teacher, my rating suffers from stafford gambit
Excellent channel! The only channel that’s systematically going through chess principles
At min 21:29
How was it possible for the white rook to be on e7?
I missed this particular video when it was published about a year ago -- the downside to being so prolific, perhaps?
Two observations:
For a beginner, the salient constraint of quick _apperception_ -- that _flash of recognition_ -- being of these mating patterns, is for them to be simplified and isolated so they can be seen. Part of what you have done is understand this and make a _list_ showing these common patterns. (The difference between a master and a teacher is that the teacher has _not_ forgotten just how hard it was for him/her to have initially learned the concept.)
In support of this, let me suggest the common filmmaking technique of using a feature of editing software to temporary _desaturate_ (Hide? Blur? Gray out?) all the board and pieces and pawns which are irrelevant, to _reveal_ the simple pattern you are currently illustrating within the complex field of a chess position.
I see that you already utilize software to explicate patterns and positions. How about this too?
14:22 But what if the king refuses to eat the queen and moves to *G6* instead?
Probably Queen to G8 then once king F5 Queen H7 then grab the bishop
At 0:33 you could play knight to g5 now black doesn't have anything to do he can play bishop to e7 but that wont do anything because then you play queen to b7 and its checkmate.