The best way to describe a knight move is 2 squares to the opposite color. This allows you to envision the octopus pattern more directly. Also, it allows you to calculate multiple knight moves more quickly. E.G. Two moves with the knight puts you on the same color. Three moves puts you on the opposite color. Notice also that a queen traveling two squares always goes to the same color.

@eyal2822

Жыл бұрын

The knight moves 1 square uncharactarized by a diagonal, file or rank. It moves literally between the squares

@MrBenigi

Жыл бұрын

Bro this is so amazing i love chess. I learn so much.

@ivivine28

Жыл бұрын

Your Words just built The Next World Chess Champion

I just made a comment on the bishop video about wanting more themed videos and voilà here it is… The knight theme… My game strength in the past year has improved immensely thanks in part to Chess Vibes, the no nonsense chess learning channel. Also the explanations are lucid and practical. Thank you Nelson…

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy, glad it's helpful!

@3trilogy

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChessVibesOfficial Your videos are most definitely helpful! Thank you so much.

When I started playing chess I really didn't understand knights, I never realized their importance, now I prefer knights over bishops (and sometimes rooks) simply because they're such powerful pieces. Well done video Nelson!

@Martinweatherill444

Жыл бұрын

Knights are either completely useless or the most powerful too than any other pieces. It's a very unique piece, even the 👑 cannot copy it's move. If you know your move and are confident on it, no one can stop your game.

@danielyuan9862

Жыл бұрын

They're not all that powerful, they're _really_ good at what they do, but that's about it. Keep in mind that a lot of the power in knights loes behind the fact that knights actually _aren't_ that powerful and so their value is rather low. But if they're allowed to be used effectively, they could be very powerful.

@lanceareadbhar

Жыл бұрын

​@@danielyuan9862 I think they are really powerful for a beginner, but they get less powerful the better your opponents become. They are the only piece that can fork more than four pieces and usually from angles that are unexpected. Normally there importance diminishes the fewer pieces that are on the board since they are really slow.

@salvatorepitea5862

2 ай бұрын

Knights are great for beginning/mid game,,, especially when its a tight game,,,alllotta pieces on the board.... Unfortunately towards endgame as the board has a lotta open space,, they don't have as much influence... Rooks are usually the best tool for open board play ..

@Dc-kk9bd

Ай бұрын

​@lancesbeataxes2901 I feel like u have it backwards. The knight is only more powerful than the bishop when u get good at using it.

you are a great Chess Maestro!! thank you for your videos! I like when you ask us to pause the video and try to guess the best move for white, its really helpful 🙂

4:41 fried liver attack! one of my favorite openings to play!

Your EXPLANATIONS are simply INFORMATIVE! I enjoy listening them.

When I was 6 or 7, knight and bishop were my favourite pieces. Knight was because of it’s movement, hopping on pieces and the little horse representing it. I loved using it because everyone had trouble visualising their movement patterns on a crowded board. And loved bishop because people tend to not see the tight gaps it can barge through and attack. And in my language we refer to it as “the Elephant” instead of “the bishop.” So I always felt like I was finding clever and unexpected ways to defeat my opponent with my war elephants. Always saw the board like an actual battle ground with little figures fighting. And for some reason I had never had trouble visualising the Knight’s movement. Always saw that L shape very clearly. No matter where. Unfortunately I took a huge break from chess. A 17 years break, in fact. I can’t remember why. But after that 17 years, just one and a half weeks ago, I restarted. To my very welcome surprise, all those visualisation were still intact. Especially on the Knight. And after a week, the L shape evolved into a “flower” shape around the Knight. Highlighting every single square it can hop to. It’s getting easier to visualise multiple steps forward with it. I’m just very happy to have my enthusiasm for chess to be back. I want to be good at it.

I kind of intuitively knew most of it but you explained it very well and so clearly that it open my eyes to newer ideas such as the defending knight back on the 1st/8th rank and the octopus knight. Thank you so much. So glad I subscribed to your channel a while back. Keep doing your thing man.

The Knight is my favorite piece to use and is the piece I have the best accuracy with. With these top knight moves I am excited to really become lethal with it. Great video!

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Yony!

Excellent video. I learned several new concepts (to me) about knights. Thank you.

Oustanding video! You're a FANTASTIC instructor! Thank you:)

already learned a ton watching your vids---great stuff and so simply explained

Another great video, always direct and clear, thanks

A particularly strong octopus knight that is causing a lot of trouble to the other side is sometimes called Kraken.

Thx Nelson, my favourite tip is #4. I suppose one can work it out OTB, however, just knowing it, makes a huge difference!!

Good stuff I liked your way of avoiding knight checks from another video but blocking queens w knight is helpful too

Thanks for sharing such useful info about chess , really enjoying your videos. Thanks alot man

This is a very useful video nelson !! I think if you make a video about colour weaknesses around the king , it will be great !! In one of my games , I was white and black's king castled short , his only defender was the dark squared bishop, I had two rooks ready to attack his king , but he pinned one of my rooks to my queen , he took my rook and I retake back with the other rook , and actually , I went to win this game !!! Because he traded his only defender to my rook , and I had two attackers ( rook and queen) against zero defenders , and I won the game after bringing the knights , I am sorry if the comment is too long , but i think that this concept is so important , keep up the good work bro !!

A nice mix of things I already knew, and some I didn't. Great channel.

Very well presented; thank you for sharing.

Excellent video. Just to add a note concerning knight forks being there are six different scenarios where forks are possible; two linear , say opponent has pieces on d2 and d4, or d2 and d6. And four triangular on a 2 X 2, 2 X 4, 4 X 4 and 3 X 5 squares combination.

In Mpc Battle Chess I learned that the Knight is sometimes called "The Bugaboo of The Beginner" Great vid, thank you for the information :)

@gabrieleugeniomenegazzo9243

Жыл бұрын

Pretty funni

Great tips, Nelson. Thank you!

10 Ways To Use Your Knights Effectively 1. 1:07 forks 2. 6:04 knights should usually go to f3/c3 or f6/c6 3. 7:10 knights side by side 4. 8:41 defending against a queen 5. 10:11 blockading (past) pawns 6. 11:09 "knight on f8, there's no mate" or "knight on f1, opponent has no fun" 7. 12:45 queen + knight combo 8. 14:38 smothered mate 9. 16:08 outposts 10. 17:58 octopus knight

@pinkigamer3534

Жыл бұрын

I love the knight on f8 therese no mate Knight on f1 OPPOnet has no fun Me: knight on f1 run

Thank youuu❤❤❤.. Thank you very much!!

Thanks for this beautiful videos!

A Queen can only get a knights move close to a lone king. So the knight naturally fills that gap. Just my thinking of why Queen + Knight is so powerful.

@isaacmitchell9385

2 жыл бұрын

I used to play a young lady , I always beat her with the Queen /Knight combination .She could never figure this threat out .

@pinkigamer3534

Жыл бұрын

Intead of promoting all queens i will do queen and horse

Thank you for this lesson, Nelson! I didn't know side-by-side knights were so strong until brought up just how many squares they control together. It's almost like an invisible force shield.

@danielyuan9862

Жыл бұрын

I learned that fact when Eric Rosen and Levy played a game with a bunch of knights, and Eric sacrificed a knight to get Levy's king trapped by two side by side knights. That's when I saw how effective it that formation is.

@berobeer6285

Жыл бұрын

Nelson's lessons are always good like the nights

Great video thank you 🙏

Excellent instruction as usual! I am relatively new to chess, playing about a year and I wonder if you have any tips on how to quickly "visualize" the threat of enemy Knights. In blitz/rapid games I find myself trading Bishops for Knights or spending a lot of pawns moves to keep Knights out of my part of the board because I struggle to visualize knight moves and threats.

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of it is practice, but there are a few tricks you can learn which might help. For example, a knight that is next to your king diagonally, can always put you in check, but next to your king vertically or horizontally, it will take 2 moves to check you. The best way to learn those is just sit down with a board and put the king and knight on it, and see for yourself what patterns you notice. You should then start to pick up on them in your games. Hope that helps!

@Hailmich10

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChessVibesOfficial Thanks!

Ty nelson you have an Excellent and helpful content on all of your videos 🙏… but i have questions, i figured something wen you show the “smotheredmate” , there’s no pawn on f7 so cant we just directly check with Qg8 and knight from g5 to f7 ?

Thanks for your generous sharing.

Your material is so amazing. You're my hero.

great video. I love knights even though their are the most difficult pieces to master.

Thanks great video.

I think this was the most helpful chess Video I have ever seen. I'm gonna watch some more from you

Another critical issue that intermediate/beginners face is when the enemy bishop pins my knight to the queen from g4 or g5. Now I was reading Daryl’s comment below and your answer which said h3 will slow down development. True enough, but this position is always cramping and I am not able to identify the exact weaknesses in my opponent to be able to exploit it. How do we deal with this… can you do a video on this too sometime in the future…

11:05 - I just wanna add in that position it was maybe better to play f3 first, because Black can play Ne4 and force a trade. And if a trade happens, Black wins. If we had avoided that move, the position would have been equal and maybe white even had chances winning that endgame after Nb3 that you showed. Because that move happens anyways. The weakness on e3 is eliminated, because nothing black has access to that square.

@firefeathers8121

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I also want to mention that Nc3 in this position is blunder. f3 restricting knight movement was clutch. He couln't push that pawn anyway. He really should avoid things like this, it's not right example. It confuses people and teaches them wrong things.

@firefeathers8121

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe he is just big Ben Finegold fan and he never plays f6 or f3

@spd-kv6sd

2 жыл бұрын

@@firefeathers8121 Ben Finegold is usually right, but you have to play f3 sometimes. I always do to avoid the Grünfeld, which I anyways don't understand.

Great video, you could've mentioned the Traxler, but that's kinda out of the topic so thanks for all the information!

thanks for this video because i love to use knights for attacking i learned a lot from this lesson

Thank you for this Video.

Great video about the Knight.

GREAT VIDEO. I GET WHAT YOUR SAYING..AS FAR AS I USUALLY LIKE TO KEEP AT LEAST 1 KNIGHT. LEARNING HOW TO USE BOTH LIKE YOU DID LINING THEM UP..

The weapon of the knight is the double attack. Double----yin and yang. There are four elements to a knight fork double attack. 1) The ready knight. 2) The attack square or power point. 3) & 4) The yin and yang squares occupied with suitable targets. ( All the squares a knight can attack from one power point are said to be on the cusp. All squares on a cusp are candidate Y squares. ) There are four levels of knight attacks. 1) You just fall into it. 2) You are fighting for the power point. 3) You are fighting to get a suitable target on to a Y square. And 4) you have a free power point, you have the Y squares occupied but the knight is one move short of being on the ready square. What you need to solve 4) is the threat step. What you need to solve 3) is maybe a sac suck to the Y square, or a Kamakazze attack from the Y square, or a chase to the Y square. This assumes you already have one Y square occupied. What you need for 2) is to remove the guard of the power point, or block out the guard or deflect the guard away by a capture or a sacrifice. And what you need for 1) are eyes. One motif I'll mention is Knight Out Knight In. A 2) type position with a knight as guard. Capture the knight drawing another peice to the Y square and fork.

Wonderful vedio. Can you suggest me a good book for knight maneuver and double knight attack

Great video. Just want to say on the opening fork move when you have the bishop and the knight attacking F2 pawn, is it ok to move the H2 pawn to H3 to stop the knight’s attack?

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Yes Daryl, that's an option, but because it slows down your development you probably won't see it much at the top level.

Very usful video thank u

Thank you Nelson!

It's funny, I actually had a smothered mate recently in a game. It's the first time in a long time I've actually been able to mate my opponent with a smothered mate. It wasn't even an opening trap. It just popped up in a normal feeling position several moves into a game.

4:25 - Believe or not c5 also deals with the issue, because the white pawn is still on e2. Thus b5 is unprotected and you can respond to Nb5 with Qa5 and in order not to lose the knight white is forced to move it back. So, basically the only move is e3 and you need to know tons of theory from then on.

Hey Nelson thanks for the awesome video. Have you ever heard of the Ulvestad Variation vs the Fried Liver? It goes 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 what do you think of that variation? Thanks again for the free videos!

Gotham once said:" Bishops see half the board. Knights see all of the board but slower."

The first example teaches you how our brain prefers humiliating the opponent (by forking King and Queen) over winning (with a mate in 2 moving the rooks).

The reason why #3 is so effective is that the knights are on different colored squares, so you're potentially controlling 16 squares of the board (d4 and e4, for instance). Another good position is to let them defend each other. That doesn't work as well as being side-by-side, though.

I think the dynamic behind what's going on behind queen+knight combos is that then the queen is next to the king and and knight is defending the queen, usually the king must love to a square that is a knight's move away from the queen, if the queen wasn't there, then the knight could check the king by moving to where the queen would have been, but with the queen there, the knight can't do that. However, if there is a way a knight can check the king with the knight, there is almost a second way to check the king. So that's why I think queen+knight attacks are so effective.

underrated chess goat

13:12 because Queen can already move like Rook and Bishop, so adding Knight in the combo gives you more options by covering more squares?

Workin on our knight moves, Tryin to make some frontpage drive-in news 🎵 🎶

20:00 couldn't karpov just have played be2 and traded off his bishop for the knight instead of sacrificing a queen for it later down the line??

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea but turns out that Be2 loses immediately to Nxf2! and then after white plays Rxf2 black has b4 which forks the knights, but also still has the pin on the rook.

Nice tips!

Thankyou sir

4:40, or you play 7. ...Bd5 and play the Traxler gambit. Which is the almost most toxic and tricky counterattack for black.

But some times I also do these but I could not reach it purpactlly so how I can reach the most controling is castl so how I can win that?

Nelson dear im your big fan, doing great job in teaching chess.regards

17:45 but I play the silician like this pushing the bishop's pawn when I handle black piece.... So obviously a weakness square creates for knight to jump.. What can I do bro 😶

The knights ... I love em ...I use em as my ASSASSINS .... I totally agree about the bishop... I definitely consider my knite more worth than the bishop...fork moves are extremely effective too 😊

At example 5, isn't that a bad blockade because Black can just force a Knight exchange?

Wow🎉,fascinating 🎉

This is gold!

Grats on going fulltime with making Chess content! I'll leave this as well on Patreon, but I wonder if you could collab with other creators and do what are usually called sub battles, but since you don't use twitch you could just use your patrons and commentate over the games.

I vividly remember playing chess with my friends freshman year and I was playing this one kid and after I moved my knight, he said: “I hate horses, they’re so slimy” it made everyone laugh and I think he was joking but he was right, knights are really slimy

Thanks

Nelson, thanks.

I love knights too. I have saved many end games with a knight. opponents getting tired and I lose count of how many times they walk into my obvious fork trap. They are hard to see, one slip in concentration and they strike. Also knights are great for producing invisible mating nets where a pawn can produce a checkmate out of nowhere. love the knights.

I also like piling them up on weaknesses if possible.

@berobeer6285

Жыл бұрын

No bishops are better at this they move like the pawns attack movement im speeking about the start of the game okey

thank you. now i know how the horsey moves

A good eay to explain knights is one space diagonal and one space horizontal but not towards or away from the knight

how do you do the arrows

7:45 and the Mumbo mustache is born

Ithought completely the same thing growing up, my knight was so fun to use so i would keep both alive at almost all costs

I think it easy to escape from the last example, Bf4, fork the B and K and it is protected by the K on C3, what do you think?

But there is also the Traxler Counterattack against the Fried Liver

Awesome ,

At 19:58 couldn't he move the pawn at g4 get that bishop to retreat then take the knight with the queen ?

The geometry of knight+queen vs. bishop+queen is that the knight provides protection on both colour complexes.

I really like the part where the knight moves are so powerful that I was having phantom discord notifications

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@berobeer6285

Жыл бұрын

What a?!?!?!?!

Today I won a game with Queen+Knight combo.. Yesterday I watched this video. Thanks Lopez bro... He offered me a draw but suddenly I realised that I can win with Queen + Knight combo.. 😀 👍 Finally I checkmated him. Appreciate you for making such informative and clear videos for us.. Way to go bro!

Your channel is highly underrated, Sir

I too am one of those weirdos whose favorite piece is the knight, also because of how great and nasty it is when it comes to forks, as demonstrated in Gane 16 of the 1985 WCC with Kasparov's. legendary "octopus" knight.

What color is the knight on 8 moves a head? Its a 1 to 2

I came to this video because I’m looking for an answer to something I heard on a Chess podcast. They spoke of the “6 forking patterns of the knight”. Does anyone know where I can find this knowledge or concept?

I was just wondering: How does the knight move? This helped me out

Thank you, Maestro Nelsi! More positional wisdom like this please!! Who cares about tactics? ;-) jk

Awesome

Block queen with knight. Great tip.

The octopus knight is a great defense, but I can't see that it's going to attack anything

Oh man i should have watched this way earlier. I'm playing chess for a few months and this always screwed me. Nooooow i understand xD This is really helpful

have you considered streaming on twitch? I'm sure you'd get an audience!

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah thought about it! I may at some point in the future, just have so much else going on right now.

At 6:00 why is the trade good for black? I get those positions in Pirc quite frequently and i also saw stock-fish suggest it , but why are we giving away rook and we are not even fine we are better!!!?? Howw????

@ChessVibesOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

You can defend your knight or bishop with a pawn and the rook can't do anything about it. Also you have 2 strong pieces in the middle game and rooks usually aren't effective until late game. So mid game you should have a very significant edge.

@reatisuto9919

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChessVibesOfficial nice makes sense , I'd really like to see how would you use that advantage effectively like that cause as ~900elo I don't think I can confidently trade away my rook like that

2:12 pawn on A file is defended by bishop and soon king