My most stupid blunder so far is attacking a bishop with my queen, in the diagonal… But good thing my opponent also counter blunder by actually moving that bishop away lol.
I once had two queens to none and went to check his king, but ignored the pawn which captured the queen and promoted to a queen on the same move. It ended in a draw.
Newbies tend to hang pieces. Often they become so engrossed in their own plan that they forget not all moves are forcing and their opponent has free will.
@@ChessVibesOfficial Those rapid games need to be reworked... with that many blunders I'm not sure if it's chess or children smashing squares on a phone screen
Blunder prevention habits: Make sure you're not hanging the piece you're moving. Make sure you're not undefending and therefore hanging a piece that you were defending. Make sure you're not unblocking and therefore hanging a piece that you were blocking (i.e. moving a defended pawn out of the way of a line that connects their queen and your undefended rook)
+ Count the number of attackers and defenders of your destination square. Even if you are defending there 3 times, if the opponent is attacking there 4 times, thats a blundet
@@kgyo That's what I try to do I put more preassure on a square that he has low defence on it (mostly in the middle) and just attack in a certain order to win the most pieces
Another 4 step list which saves time because you don't have to check the whole board: 1. Check where your opponent's moved piece came from: is there a discovered attack? 2. Check where the piece moved to: is it attacking anything? And before you move: 3. Check where I'm moving from: am I allowing an attack because I'll move away? 4: Check where I'm moving to: can I be attacked there?
Great video. Just a suggestion, especially for people with time control issues. Swap steps 1 n 2.... check for GIVING mate before receiving mate first..... if you can win with mate (1 move) then no sense building a 'bad' habit. Saves time. Other than that little variance, very helpful video. Thanks for the tutelage
I'm not so sure. If you miss a mate in 1, perhaps you can still mate another way, albeit less efficiently. If you miss the fact that your opponent can mate you in 1, you might not get another move.
@@rosiefay7283 I think he is suggesting check for giving mate first, then check if you can be mated. Good idea, I lost 2 games recently because I missed checkmate.
@@rosiefay7283 If you DON'T miss mate in 1, you never get checkmated. You literally just win. There is never any better defense than not giving your opponent the chance to make a move.
lol, both players probably had a accuracy rate at around 15%.. This 4 steps are so simple and basic that i almost feel silly for watching it, but i don`t think i can be reminded about this often enough. I have had games where i had 80%+ accuracy rating, and still lost against someone with less then 40% accuracy rating because of one single blunder..
GM Ben Finegold said something that really hit me. He let me know I was focussing too much on the wrong things (though he said you should still be spending some time on them). He said if you’re 1300 at chess (meaning openings, strategy, pawn structure knowledge etc) and 1300 at blundering, you’re 1300. If you get to 2000 at chess and are 1300 at blundering, you’re still 1300. The blunders are more important. If Magnus Carlsen blundered a rook every game and the rest of the game played like he normally does, he wouldn’t even be a grand master let alone world champion.
Yes! This always happens to everyone. The only way to not lose 30 moves of progress is to always, I mean ALWAYS be alert. You could have made an engine level 30- move plan, but make 1 blunder, the 30 moves of progress means nothing. (Make sure that your opponents don't swindle on you.)
Bro I never blunder checkmate in one, I'm 1100 rating (and this guy's on the video should be like 150 rating), but sometimes I lose winning chances and I really hate when that happens, For me is better to lose an piece than a checkmate in 5
I noticed most of my blunders happen when I rush to make a move. One simple step is all you need is to pay more attention before you move especially in blitz. The most important thing is if I looked better without rushing a move I would make a better choice. Take your time to analyze before you move that is all. This will definitely will minimize your blunders. Also if you feel tired don't play as that will cause you to blunder as well. That is just what I learned from my experience.
Yeah, exactly. If I would only take the time to talk through all the possibilities the way they do on these chess videos, I'm sure my game would improve a lot.
If you have time, could you do a video about those subtle pawn moves that advanced players often do, as I never know when to play them or why they're useful. Love the vid as usual!
Hey Chess Vibes! I just want to say .. thank you so much for your videos. I sadly stopped playing Chess for almost 20 years. I recently got back into it and although I am loving it I came to the sad reality that I am a terrible player now . Its like I forgot everything. Then I found some great youtubers that have really helped. Your videos have by far been the best for a beginner like myself. You talk at a nice pace . Many others plow through their instructions and the viewer misses a lot. The tips you give have greatly helped me to get back into the swing of things. I also like that you dont talk as if you assume everyone is an amazing player. You show great respect and understanding for your viewers, Im only at 800 right now but I am sure with the help of your content I will get better. thanks again!
@stevennowak6504 I would love to hear an update on how your chess games are going lately - are you currently enrolled in Nelson's Breaking 1500 course? I agree, heis such a humble and natural teacher, very methodical and not prone to rushing or insulting anyone.
I taught my wife to play and in that process I typed her up a checklist that is almost identical to your suggestions here, with one exception. I swapped steps one and two, because if you have a checkmate in one, the checkmate in one saves you the effort of even going to step two. If you have a forcing move, it may well buy you the time needed to relieve pressure against your own king when your opponent runs their own checklist. No sense in worrying about defense and letting your opponent off the hook unnecessarily. :) But your advice to avoid blunders is absolutely spot on. Unnecessary blunders are the bane of all of us sometimes. Great video and I'm going to recommend it to her.
It depends on the time control. Also, we all play really badly occasionally. I am 1850 and about a month ago I played a slow time control game as if I were a 1300-player dropping peices and pawns in the opening because I did not check my calculations properly.
It looks worse when you are spectator than when you are the player doing it. As spectator you simply see more and as a player you might miss something so obvious that stockfish gonna tell you "dude wtf" and you will be embarassed for just 1 sec and forget about it.
If it was a blitz game, that range is reasonable. I agree that if it was a slow game, people at 1100 ELO wouldn't make these errors. Unless they were drunk. Years ago, I used to play "drinking mans chess" with a friend of mine. It worked by having you take a drink everytime you captured a piece. After a while, I got so much tunnel vision that I could only see about four squares at a time. It is darn hard to win when you can't see where you opponents king is. :)
You will be beaten up by them immediately. And you should. Everyone who slaps other people without being attacked physically himself should be beaten up to the point that he collects his own teeth from the floor.
Thank you, this should have been obvious but it helped a lot. I've know how everything moved my whole life, and used to fancy myself as a decent player. But getting into it seriously for the first time, because my son is old enough to learn now, and I've won one game against a computer out of dozens, was feeling discouraged. I watched your video, and got my first confident checkmate. My opening and mid game were stong, but i could never see the end game: i hope to keep learning from you!
edit to include details no one probably wants: i was up 17 without winning the queen in this game, and still couldn't see it lol. took taking the the queen, promoting a pawn to a queen and being up 31 until i thought to myself ok, there has to be a win in two here, there's no way there isen't. And i found it! silly noob victory!
I just wanted to thank you for this video. This has been a really helpful guide to cutting down blunders. I started 800, went down to mid 600s, found this, started changing my thinking, and I've slowly but surely gained back lost ground and then a little extra. I'm also seeing ways to punish other people's blunders in the same way. It helps me see and understand my mistakes differently, too. So thank you for that. I feel much, much better as a chess player now, even if it's just some of the basic fundamentals and ideas.
@@armstrongtixid6873 even on bullet I don’t think you could possibly miss, even if just playing chess for like a month, the bishop taking the knight when it forked the king and rook
Back when I was a child, in order to blunder less I checked all 8 directions before putting my piece down. Worked pretty well at the time, against my opponents. After a while I started to also check for knights (I used to call them "horses"). On the opponent's pieces, I only checked the one that had moved last, for what it is doing. After a while, I learnt to also check the square it came from. Now I haven't played in over a decade. Anyway, your version is definitely more comprehensive, although slower.
Nelson, superb lesson! In order to cement the learnings in my analysis I have not used your process on any of my games yet but in solving puzzles. Puzzle after puzzle presents the chance to run your process. Yes, it takes a lot of time on a middle game puzzle. End games are a lot easier. BUT a key lesson fell out…I may find an attacking move but there may be a better one! I can’t rush your process when I see a possible opportunity! I have to complete your process before I move. Then, although I have done a calculation of the possible responses, I still need to rerun your process! The world just changed & I need to make sure I see everything correctly again! Brilliant teaching by a great teacher ❤!
I love your channel because most videos cover very broad strategies and tips that apply in many situations. As a trash player trying to get better, this video is 100x more helpful than most videos that show hyper specific situations and multi-step attacks. Even in your quiz videos you review principles and basics regularly. 👌👍👍
Yes, a lot of chess videos seem aimed at 2000+ players. I learned to play chess at nine, which is many decades ago, but I can still blunder pieces. ie. I am a casual player with no particularly high rating. And this channel is helpful to someone like me.
Nelson, great coaching! I just played my 14th game against a human and had no blunders. Currently I am rated 746 and have only started playing chess 4 months ago. Mated in 21 moves and white only had 1 blunder. I have been practicing and practicing what you said against the puzzles and stockfish 2 to make sure I got the concept. Wonderful teaching! I’m sitting here stunned - so this is what chess is supposed to be like!
What I really like about your videos is that you explain things very clearly. I also really appreciate that you're more focused on teaching and providing value instead of being an influencer. Very refreshing.
Excellent instruction. This is exactly the information I was searching for. In two videos I watched previously the guys were 10 moves deep in variations, etc, instead of giving step by step instructions like you. Thanks.
Thks....I just saw this and it makes so much sense.....too many times I get nervous, also trying to remember schemes and traps I saw on RUclips and nothing works.....this check list slows my thinking down to make a good move not trying to copy a master's moves......👍
Thank you for creating this! I consider it very helpful that you explain the meaning in action of these steps and present their application on a real world example. This is actually what situated learning is about. It was also very useful to point out that a beginner needs to slow down and play longer games while getting used to this. I have seen quite a few of your videos, but this one made me subscribe! Keep up the great work!
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I'm retired and have learning chess on my list of new hobbies. In my limited experience with chess, I have been wont to blunder (not as badly as these guys but...) So, this was a good primer.
Great video, thanks! I've been on a steady rise these past couple of months from U1100 to U1300, and slowing down and blunder checking has been a part of that. Now I'm noticing I have a tendency to still blunder occasionally, but specifically as I move out of the opening into the middlegame. I've become really comfortable in the openings I play, and so will make the first few moves without thinking about blunders, because I'm still in "my book". The problem with that, though, is that the first move out of my opening book becomes REALLY easy to blunder on, if I don't snap myself out of "automatic pilot". I suspect this (being at high risk of blundering as you come out of opening prep) is likely pretty common for others as well. Anyway, this is what I've been thinking about after watching you hammer on "blunder checking" over and over, here, so now I'm going to see if I can get even more disciplined and not be lazy during the openings and see what that does for my results. Thanks!
Wow. I've watched a lot of your videos, and they've always been helpful, but this one... I've cut down my blunders by pretty much 90% after seeing this, and I'm playing so much better. Thanks so much!
Omg, even though this is so obvious, and all their blunders are so obvious looking at it from a viewer perspective, I did the exact same thing. Certainly step 2 and 4. Most of my blitz wins were just on time. Just played one with nothing but your 4 steps in mind. At first I was losing too much time, but even if I lost on time it wouldn't have mattered, because it was actually working. I had taken their two knights and a rook for the price of 2 pawns. And as the board started opening up and I gobbled up more and more material I needed less and less time to think about it and I was able to mate them. Did make one blunder, but thankfully they were kind enough to let me recover. :') Thanks for this!
I switched from 10 to 15 minute games to take more time while following this advice, and it works! Simple, obvious, but it’s so easy to get caught in tunnel vision and blunder. I will be doing this for all my games.
Great video as I am new to Chess. Thank you so much. Learned more here in fifteen minutes than all my other training combined. You have to crawl before you can walk.
Thanks to this info,,to be honest I'm 2k player but still getting blunder due to without this basics, now I learned more from your videos and I'll keep watching your more videos and future videos.
It is frustrating to watch those blunders man... I choked on my food on that King and Rook fork. Thank you for your videos though, they are very helpful.
I'm a good player and most of the time, make the best moves but, I mostly loose because of the blunders I make. This definitely will help me out in my next chess tournament.
Something I struggle with as a beginner is tactics AFTER I move a piece. You might forget the piece was defending something, or you don't calculate your opponent's plans AFTER you move the piece. I find that thinking about that helps a lot. Once you start not blundering as many pieces (leaving them hanging), you also should start checking you are not blundering at least easy 1-2 step tactics!
I want this called the Evergreen Game of Blunders. I was thinking the other day of at some point starting a channel that just deals with blunders, and even though that sounds like a crazy idea, surely there is much more to master in becoming a good chess player, but you'll never become one unless you get off the blunder trail. Then, and only then, are you ready for the intermediate and advanced stuff. So in reality this is a huge issue for lower rated players and the reason why they'll never get out of the basement, they will study all sorts of things and perhaps even come up with some good strategies but these games are all decided by who blunders the most basically. Hats off to Nelson for dealing with this issue in a far bigger way than you normally see in chess instruction sites, although while it's great to tell players to do blunder checks, this is a lot like doing puzzles, only in this case it's seeing enough blunders not problems that gets you along the road. Better to see a bunch from others and learn faster than just seeing your own, even though many players don't even check the ones in their own games.
Telling what the right move is in given position would be helpful as well, as somtimes you do see that your piece is hanging, but your brain just doesn't go brrrr and you can't find the right answer to enemy's attack. So could anyone tell me if those are the best moves in the given position, and if not, why and which moves should be played instead? 4:22 Qc1 6:08 I don't see any great moves here apart from "Ne7+ is a blunder". I guess in this case I should improve the position of my pieces, but... which ones? 7:00 yeah, Bxc7 is obvious 7:30 Bd5 7:45 I don't like the fact that he's attacking the bishop at c8. On the other hand it's protected by the King, so it's an equal exchange, so xc4 is still the best one here? 8:45 a5 or Nb6 look both like fine moves, I'd probably move the knight
Shouldn't the first two questions' order be switched? If you can checkmate immediately, it doesn't matter that your opponent can checkmate you on the next move as they won't have a next move.
Definitely a good system you describe here! I must say, it was mighty amusing to see so many displays of the Katie Levinson gambit in one game, LOL😅😅😅😅😅
Great video. I have been looking for this type of explanation. My problem is that I am impatient sometimes, and often get baited into attacked a piece after it is played which leads to a bigger attack from my opponent. This game is so damn complex it is just fascinating to me now.
These two players were evenly matched.
They both suck
I'm 500 and I'm better than both lmao. Sure I get tunnel visioned a lot but holy
Theyre still evenly matched?
@@drakebalzer8912 theyve got different ratings but they both seem to play at the same level
I feel like they just woke up in the morning and played chess and made ton of blunder
My most stupid blunder so far is attacking a bishop with my queen, in the diagonal… But good thing my opponent also counter blunder by actually moving that bishop away lol.
I once had two queens to none and went to check his king, but ignored the pawn which captured the queen and promoted to a queen on the same move. It ended in a draw.
Noobiness went to sky
Lmaooo
@@lanceareadbhar oooooh I feel bad for you
That's because you were playing against me.
I was sad because I thought I was the player who blunders the most. But after seeing this game, my mind has changed.
Because you’re extra aware of the board and looking for the best move. If you scan the board like this in each game, you’ll win a lot more 😁
That's a lot of Blunders in 1 game.
It's like two 800 elos playing bullet... Blindfolded.
It was a Rapid game! Lichess though so that could be part of it
Newbies tend to hang pieces. Often they become so engrossed in their own plan that they forget not all moves are forcing and their opponent has free will.
While riding a horse
So in short a 400 elo player?
@@ChessVibesOfficial Those rapid games need to be reworked... with that many blunders I'm not sure if it's chess or children smashing squares on a phone screen
Blunder prevention habits:
Make sure you're not hanging the piece you're moving.
Make sure you're not undefending and therefore hanging a piece that you were defending.
Make sure you're not unblocking and therefore hanging a piece that you were blocking (i.e. moving a defended pawn out of the way of a line that connects their queen and your undefended rook)
I think about these a lot. Very helpful
+ Count the number of attackers and defenders of your destination square.
Even if you are defending there 3 times, if the opponent is attacking there 4 times, thats a blundet
@@kgyo That's what I try to do I put more preassure on a square that he has low defence on it (mostly in the middle) and just attack in a certain order to win the most pieces
@@kgyo But I get surprised by a checkmate or a big fork
Best guy
Another 4 step list which saves time because you don't have to check the whole board:
1. Check where your opponent's moved piece came from: is there a discovered attack?
2. Check where the piece moved to: is it attacking anything?
And before you move:
3. Check where I'm moving from: am I allowing an attack because I'll move away?
4: Check where I'm moving to: can I be attacked there?
i got the feeling that they are just throwing the game
Judging by the moves in that game... Need to start teaching the noobs "Bishops can also move backwards"
@@spallina69 was a knight kkkkk
@@spallina69 "i forgot that pawn capture diagonally"
I always forget pieces move backwards haha!
Great video. Just a suggestion, especially for people with time control issues. Swap steps 1 n 2.... check for GIVING mate before receiving mate first..... if you can win with mate (1 move) then no sense building a 'bad' habit. Saves time. Other than that little variance, very helpful video. Thanks for the tutelage
Good idea.
I'm not so sure. If you miss a mate in 1, perhaps you can still mate another way, albeit less efficiently. If you miss the fact that your opponent can mate you in 1, you might not get another move.
@@rosiefay7283 I think he is suggesting check for giving mate first, then check if you can be mated. Good idea, I lost 2 games recently because I missed checkmate.
@@rosiefay7283 If you DON'T miss mate in 1, you never get checkmated. You literally just win. There is never any better defense than not giving your opponent the chance to make a move.
Also look what the latest move changes (what attacks the moved piece, is it attacked, does it open something for other pieces
lol, both players probably had a accuracy rate at around 15%..
This 4 steps are so simple and basic that i almost feel silly for watching it, but i don`t think i can be reminded about this often enough.
I have had games where i had 80%+ accuracy rating, and still lost against someone with less then 40% accuracy rating because of one single blunder..
Definitely! Reinforcement of some of the stuff that seems so obvious is a good thing to do from time to time. I hear ya on the 1 blunder loss
GM Ben Finegold said something that really hit me. He let me know I was focussing too much on the wrong things (though he said you should still be spending some time on them). He said if you’re 1300 at chess (meaning openings, strategy, pawn structure knowledge etc) and 1300 at blundering, you’re 1300. If you get to 2000 at chess and are 1300 at blundering, you’re still 1300. The blunders are more important. If Magnus Carlsen blundered a rook every game and the rest of the game played like he normally does, he wouldn’t even be a grand master let alone world champion.
@@fiveprime7968 I read this and said out loud "hmm" in an ",this is a fantastic point" sort of manner. Thank you!
Yes! This always happens to everyone. The only way to not lose 30 moves of progress is to always, I mean ALWAYS be alert. You could have made an engine level 30- move plan, but make 1 blunder, the 30 moves of progress means nothing. (Make sure that your opponents don't swindle on you.)
Bro I never blunder checkmate in one, I'm 1100 rating (and this guy's on the video should be like 150 rating), but sometimes I lose winning chances and I really hate when that happens, For me is better to lose an piece than a checkmate in 5
I noticed most of my blunders happen when I rush to make a move. One simple step is all you need is to pay more attention before you move especially in blitz. The most important thing is if I looked better without rushing a move I would make a better choice. Take your time to analyze before you move that is all. This will definitely will minimize your blunders. Also if you feel tired don't play as that will cause you to blunder as well. That is just what I learned from my experience.
True, I had a queen, rushed a move with the queen with check, then I instantly realize he can capture it
Yeah, exactly. If I would only take the time to talk through all the possibilities the way they do on these chess videos, I'm sure my game would improve a lot.
I needed this. I am brand new to chess and am really struggling with blunders. This will certainly help! 👍
Underrated content right here, I’m sharing these videos they’re so helpful
With support from ppl like you he’ll be at 100k in no time.
thanks a lot rikoLas! Really appreciate it!
True.
If you have time, could you do a video about those subtle pawn moves that advanced players often do, as I never know when to play them or why they're useful.
Love the vid as usual!
Thanks for the suggestion! I will add it to list of potential upcoming videos!
@@FactCheckTV18 whats it at now ?
I vote for this as well
@@ChessVibesOfficial has this been made?
@@ChessVibesOfficial 独断独行得我🔥，在岗情况的报告显示，在这个世界上没有任何意义！我也要去看看这个节目的感觉真的好好看呀…………我们的生活方式是
There are more blunders in this game than there are chocolates in a Milk Tray box
He's like a stern dad after you come in 4th place at anything.
Hey Chess Vibes!
I just want to say .. thank you so much for your videos. I sadly stopped playing Chess for almost 20 years. I recently got back into it and although I am loving it I came to the sad reality that I am a terrible player now . Its like I forgot everything. Then I found some great youtubers that have really helped. Your videos have by far been the best for a beginner like myself. You talk at a nice pace . Many others plow through their instructions and the viewer misses a lot. The tips you give have greatly helped me to get back into the swing of things. I also like that you dont talk as if you assume everyone is an amazing player. You show great respect and understanding for your viewers, Im only at 800 right now but I am sure with the help of your content I will get better. thanks again!
Thanks for the kind words, Steven! Good luck past 800!
@stevennowak6504 I would love to hear an update on how your chess games are going lately - are you currently enrolled in Nelson's Breaking 1500 course? I agree, heis such a humble and natural teacher, very methodical and not prone to rushing or insulting anyone.
I taught my wife to play and in that process I typed her up a checklist that is almost identical to your suggestions here, with one exception. I swapped steps one and two, because if you have a checkmate in one, the checkmate in one saves you the effort of even going to step two. If you have a forcing move, it may well buy you the time needed to relieve pressure against your own king when your opponent runs their own checklist. No sense in worrying about defense and letting your opponent off the hook unnecessarily. :) But your advice to avoid blunders is absolutely spot on. Unnecessary blunders are the bane of all of us sometimes. Great video and I'm going to recommend it to her.
800-1100 Elo? Respectfully there is no way. These players couldn’t have been over 650-700
It depends on the time control. Also, we all play really badly occasionally. I am 1850 and about a month ago I played a slow time control game as if I were a 1300-player dropping peices and pawns in the opening because I did not check my calculations properly.
It looks worse when you are spectator than when you are the player doing it. As spectator you simply see more and as a player you might miss something so obvious that stockfish gonna tell you "dude wtf" and you will be embarassed for just 1 sec and forget about it.
If it was a blitz game, that range is reasonable. I agree that if it was a slow game, people at 1100 ELO wouldn't make these errors.
Unless they were drunk. Years ago, I used to play "drinking mans chess" with a friend of mine. It worked by having you take a drink everytime you captured a piece. After a while, I got so much tunnel vision that I could only see about four squares at a time. It is darn hard to win when you can't see where you opponents king is. :)
When you first make an account on that site you start at like 1500 I believe. It's possible they were new accounts at 800 and 1100 on their way down.
Videos are clear and concise. You understand the invaluable function of simplicity in learning. Thanks for these gems.
I really want to slap the players of this game 😂
Lol Rachmat
I want to play them!
You will be beaten up by them immediately. And you should. Everyone who slaps other people without being attacked physically himself should be beaten up to the point that he collects his own teeth from the floor.
@@smrtfasizmu6161 ..ground?
HAHA my forehead is so red after watching this :D Easier said then done though... remember when you were this bad one time?
Thank you, this should have been obvious but it helped a lot. I've know how everything moved my whole life, and used to fancy myself as a decent player. But getting into it seriously for the first time, because my son is old enough to learn now, and I've won one game against a computer out of dozens, was feeling discouraged. I watched your video, and got my first confident checkmate. My opening and mid game were stong, but i could never see the end game: i hope to keep learning from you!
*liked and subbed*
edit to include details no one probably wants: i was up 17 without winning the queen in this game, and still couldn't see it lol. took taking the the queen, promoting a pawn to a queen and being up 31 until i thought to myself ok, there has to be a win in two here, there's no way there isen't. And i found it! silly noob victory!
I just wanted to thank you for this video. This has been a really helpful guide to cutting down blunders. I started 800, went down to mid 600s, found this, started changing my thinking, and I've slowly but surely gained back lost ground and then a little extra. I'm also seeing ways to punish other people's blunders in the same way. It helps me see and understand my mistakes differently, too.
So thank you for that. I feel much, much better as a chess player now, even if it's just some of the basic fundamentals and ideas.
I don't think they were 800-1100, they should were about 400 or less I guess
Same thought
@@armstrongtixid6873 even on bullet I don’t think you could possibly miss, even if just playing chess for like a month, the bishop taking the knight when it forked the king and rook
@@armstrongtixid6873 It was a rapid game, Nelson said
Even less then 400
Lichess moment
Excellent video, I think the simplicity of this approach is just what you need to push through some of the lower thresholds.
You have managed to simplify the solution to an age old frustration for me, that most others have only beaten around the bush about. Well Done...
Dang! Those two look like they never played a game of chess in their lives.
And also, don't forget. It's not a blunder when it's a sacrifice for a checkmate, greater position, clearance sacrifice, etc.
Back when I was a child, in order to blunder less I checked all 8 directions before putting my piece down. Worked pretty well at the time, against my opponents. After a while I started to also check for knights (I used to call them "horses").
On the opponent's pieces, I only checked the one that had moved last, for what it is doing. After a while, I learnt to also check the square it came from.
Now I haven't played in over a decade.
Anyway, your version is definitely more comprehensive, although slower.
What do you mean by all 8 directions?
@@feb9511 up, right, left, down and the diagonals.
Nelson, superb lesson! In order to cement the learnings in my analysis I have not used your process on any of my games yet but in solving puzzles. Puzzle after puzzle presents the chance to run your process. Yes, it takes a lot of time on a middle game puzzle. End games are a lot easier. BUT a key lesson fell out…I may find an attacking move but there may be a better one! I can’t rush your process when I see a possible opportunity! I have to complete your process before I move. Then, although I have done a calculation of the possible responses, I still need to rerun your process! The world just changed & I need to make sure I see everything correctly again! Brilliant teaching by a great teacher ❤!
As a beginner, this is a great video! Hope this channel has a bunch of stuff for low level and advanced beginners because I just subscribed. 👍🏼
Your a REALLY good teacher. I just started chess and I find your videos really informative compared to others. thank you!
Thanks
Thanks, AD!
Thank you!!! This is probably the best advice that I’ve ever gotten to help me see the whole board.
Perfectly simple - I'm going to use this today, and add tactic checks to it as I've been doing a lot of pin and fork tactics recently. Thanks.
6:10 as levy always repeats: remember that your pieces can move backwards
I love your channel because most videos cover very broad strategies and tips that apply in many situations. As a trash player trying to get better, this video is 100x more helpful than most videos that show hyper specific situations and multi-step attacks. Even in your quiz videos you review principles and basics regularly. 👌👍👍
Yes, a lot of chess videos seem aimed at 2000+ players. I learned to play chess at nine, which is many decades ago, but I can still blunder pieces. ie. I am a casual player with no particularly high rating. And this channel is helpful to someone like me.
Great video. I always get tunnel vision when I come up with a plan so I need to constantly remind myself to do these checks
Nelson, great coaching! I just played my 14th game against a human and had no blunders. Currently I am rated 746 and have only started playing chess 4 months ago. Mated in 21 moves and white only had 1 blunder. I have been practicing and practicing what you said against the puzzles and stockfish 2 to make sure I got the concept. Wonderful teaching! I’m sitting here stunned - so this is what chess is supposed to be like!
Your channel is underrated and you explain things very well. I bet it will get popular soon .
Hope so!
It certainly is underrated, I'm learning valuable stuff ... please keep on going!
This is a drag........
My toxic trait is thinking these players are idiots, and then making the exact same mistakes as them
What I really like about your videos is that you explain things very clearly. I also really appreciate that you're more focused on teaching and providing value instead of being an influencer. Very refreshing.
Excellent instruction. This is exactly the information I was searching for. In two videos I watched previously the guys were 10 moves deep in variations, etc, instead of giving step by step instructions like you. Thanks.
Thks....I just saw this and it makes so much sense.....too many times I get nervous, also trying to remember schemes and traps I saw on RUclips and nothing works.....this check list slows my thinking down to make a good move not trying to copy a master's moves......👍
For me a blunder is also If I miss that my opponent can do a tactic to win something (like skewer or fork).
Thank you for creating this! I consider it very helpful that you explain the meaning in action of these steps and present their application on a real world example. This is actually what situated learning is about. It was also very useful to point out that a beginner needs to slow down and play longer games while getting used to this. I have seen quite a few of your videos, but this one made me subscribe! Keep up the great work!
It looked like a terrible game, but to give them the benefit of the doubt I am going to assume this was on a really short time control.
Nah,they are just really low rated. I think he said like 800 in the beginning.
yeah, dont think thats a real game. maybe a blitz game. i played like 5-10 ~900-1100 and they never played like that
@@Don_I84N its 100% real
That legit looks like 50 ELO game. Like who can make THIS many blunders in a single game?
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So simple, yet overlooked strategy. Thank you.
Appreciate this kind of helpful, practical content, you do great work bro
I'm retired and have learning chess on my list of new hobbies. In my limited experience with chess, I have been wont to blunder (not as badly as these guys but...) So, this was a good primer.
This is by far the most useful video about chess I have ever seen.... (also is there a quicker way for timed games?)
the more you play the better you get at this
@@goodnight3663 I played 20+ games this month... what next?
@@HonksandHisses247 analyze your games
@@goodnight3663 That doesn't help, i just blunder... then instantly realise
@@HonksandHisses247 analyze games in post
Wow. These tips help me so much! Do you have a video about reducing misses?
How do they have a rating of btw 800 to 1100? 10:47
Excellent lesson. This will help my game a lot. Still learning how to view the board. Thanks.
Happy Christmas Nelson. Thanks for all your great videos.
Indeed, you should have this thinking process in your head during the game to reduce blundering
10:41 "I think we've seen enough" boy you could say that again :D
Fantastic education. Simple but going to vastly improve my games.
Your channel is wonderful!!! I obtained practical knowledge and valuable insights from your tutorials! Big THANKS!!!!
Great video, thanks! I've been on a steady rise these past couple of months from U1100 to U1300, and slowing down and blunder checking has been a part of that. Now I'm noticing I have a tendency to still blunder occasionally, but specifically as I move out of the opening into the middlegame. I've become really comfortable in the openings I play, and so will make the first few moves without thinking about blunders, because I'm still in "my book". The problem with that, though, is that the first move out of my opening book becomes REALLY easy to blunder on, if I don't snap myself out of "automatic pilot". I suspect this (being at high risk of blundering as you come out of opening prep) is likely pretty common for others as well. Anyway, this is what I've been thinking about after watching you hammer on "blunder checking" over and over, here, so now I'm going to see if I can get even more disciplined and not be lazy during the openings and see what that does for my results. Thanks!
No problem, good luck on the climb past 1300!
This video really helps me, thanks man. I got 11 blunders in a game once and most of them where mine
Great video, thank's for clear guidelines!
the worst part about blundering is that often you realise it 1 second after you played the move
sweet love this videos that focus on the chess game philosophy it makes everything better, than memorizing the openings
Thanks for making videos that get right into it. Super rare and you're such a good guy for this
Wow. I've watched a lot of your videos, and they've always been helpful, but this one... I've cut down my blunders by pretty much 90% after seeing this, and I'm playing so much better. Thanks so much!
Wow, how has ur rating changed?
Omg, even though this is so obvious, and all their blunders are so obvious looking at it from a viewer perspective, I did the exact same thing. Certainly step 2 and 4. Most of my blitz wins were just on time. Just played one with nothing but your 4 steps in mind. At first I was losing too much time, but even if I lost on time it wouldn't have mattered, because it was actually working. I had taken their two knights and a rook for the price of 2 pawns. And as the board started opening up and I gobbled up more and more material I needed less and less time to think about it and I was able to mate them. Did make one blunder, but thankfully they were kind enough to let me recover. :')
Thanks for this!
Very helpful advice! Thanks 🙏👍
Haha 8:35 " I don't know what this move was all about " lol 😆
Lool
My specialty is creating a pin on my pieces
11:51 What if you are playing speed chess (blitz, rapid, bullet, etc.)?
I switched from 10 to 15 minute games to take more time while following this advice, and it works! Simple, obvious, but it’s so easy to get caught in tunnel vision and blunder. I will be doing this for all my games.
Great video as I am new to Chess. Thank you so much. Learned more here in fifteen minutes than all my other training combined. You have to crawl before you can walk.
Thanks to this info,,to be honest I'm 2k player but still getting blunder due to without this basics, now I learned more from your videos and I'll keep watching your more videos and future videos.
It is frustrating to watch those blunders man... I choked on my food on that King and Rook fork.
Thank you for your videos though, they are very helpful.
Haha no problem Ameya
My games always get a lot better after your videos compared to other channels. Thanks boss
I'm a good player and most of the time, make the best moves but, I mostly loose because of the blunders I make. This definitely will help me out in my next chess tournament.
Something I struggle with as a beginner is tactics AFTER I move a piece. You might forget the piece was defending something, or you don't calculate your opponent's plans AFTER you move the piece. I find that thinking about that helps a lot. Once you start not blundering as many pieces (leaving them hanging), you also should start checking you are not blundering at least easy 1-2 step tactics!
The number of brain cells I lost after watching that game was more than the number of blunders in that game!
you covered valid points to prevent blunder. however do we have that much time in tournaments, especially in bullet, blitz or rapid chess?
I want this called the Evergreen Game of Blunders. I was thinking the other day of at some point starting a channel that just deals with blunders, and even though that sounds like a crazy idea, surely there is much more to master in becoming a good chess player, but you'll never become one unless you get off the blunder trail. Then, and only then, are you ready for the intermediate and advanced stuff. So in reality this is a huge issue for lower rated players and the reason why they'll never get out of the basement, they will study all sorts of things and perhaps even come up with some good strategies but these games are all decided by who blunders the most basically. Hats off to Nelson for dealing with this issue in a far bigger way than you normally see in chess instruction sites, although while it's great to tell players to do blunder checks, this is a lot like doing puzzles, only in this case it's seeing enough blunders not problems that gets you along the road. Better to see a bunch from others and learn faster than just seeing your own, even though many players don't even check the ones in their own games.
Thank you, very helpful as I start back after many years of not playing.
Your content is very helpful and instructive, especially "how to get past xxxx level" series etc.! I just found ur channel. Hope u get more subs.
Thanks a lot, I appreciate that!
Thanks ! I'll apply this rules in my next games i'm sure it'll help :)
Great, best of luck!
Thanks Nelson this video help me more that anything
Thank you Nelson . My blunder are less at the moment when I start use this 4 steps . My game is go better and better . Thank for your work .
Telling what the right move is in given position would be helpful as well, as somtimes you do see that your piece is hanging, but your brain just doesn't go brrrr and you can't find the right answer to enemy's attack. So could anyone tell me if those are the best moves in the given position, and if not, why and which moves should be played instead?
4:22 Qc1
6:08 I don't see any great moves here apart from "Ne7+ is a blunder". I guess in this case I should improve the position of my pieces, but... which ones?
7:00 yeah, Bxc7 is obvious
7:30 Bd5
7:45 I don't like the fact that he's attacking the bishop at c8. On the other hand it's protected by the King, so it's an equal exchange, so xc4 is still the best one here?
8:45 a5 or Nb6 look both like fine moves, I'd probably move the knight
Great video. Can you give a more advanced version of this, for intermediate players?
Your videos are great. I have to watch all of them now.
I really needed this one. Thanks again!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you sir!! Helpful tools right here
Shouldn't the first two questions' order be switched? If you can checkmate immediately, it doesn't matter that your opponent can checkmate you on the next move as they won't have a next move.
Definitely a good system you describe here! I must say, it was mighty amusing to see so many displays of the Katie Levinson gambit in one game, LOL😅😅😅😅😅
Thanks, bro. I will implement these checks.
Nelson I have learnt a lot of things from all of your videos. Amazing content. Thanks a lot
Great video. I have been looking for this type of explanation. My problem is that I am impatient sometimes, and often get baited into attacked a piece after it is played which leads to a bigger attack from my opponent. This game is so damn complex it is just fascinating to me now.
Ah these instructive 300 rating games
Edit: Oh God I just watched the rest of the game. No way any of these guys is 300
How can I find that game? :D
No idea what happened to me, i get my queen cut...