1. Knights before bishops. 2. You should try to defend and develop at the same time. 3. The principles are guidelines, but there are exceptions. 4. The best attacking piece is the king's bishop. 5. Place each piece on the best possible square as quickly as possible. 6. Don't move your pieces more than one time in the opening. 7. Castle early (better on king's side). 8. Two pieces are worth more than a rook and a pawn. 9. Develop all pieces before attacking. 10. Deal with threats first before continuing development. 11. Each pawn you move in front of your castled king weakens your position. Try to keep all 3 as long as possible. 12. Developing a piece that ALSO attacks is a good move. 13. Open lines are to the advantage of the player with more development. 14. The best defender of white's king side is the knight on f3. 15. Whoever controls the center has better chances of attacking.

@maritm3154

Ай бұрын

Tanks

@MrSupernova111

25 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@geethuvarghese9103

22 күн бұрын

5, 11, 15 are my favorite 3! 😊

@personalaccount1515

22 күн бұрын

Thanks

@user-xz9xw1ll1g

20 күн бұрын

❤

That principle with the three pawns and the f3 knight, and how moving them gives chances to the opponent, that was new and very valuable information to me. Thank you Nelson!

@bosspoke

Ай бұрын

Just important to keep in mind that for lower elo players, keeping the three pawns unmoved opens the possibility for back rank mates in the late game. Oftentimes even players around 1700-1800 elo get so absorbed by what is happening elsewhere thinking that their king is safe behind 3 pawns, suddenly get checkmated or lose a tempo because they are forced to defend against that threat.

I've gone from 900 to 650

@jaimegames595

Ай бұрын

It happens

@Mager4537

Ай бұрын

chess moment

@KQHD6000

Ай бұрын

Just get better 😂

@nielsvermeiren6179

Ай бұрын

Don't play when tired/anxious/frustrated or when on a losing streak and never accept rematches

@loindici8836

Ай бұрын

Me too 😢

Nelson, you are the best chess channel and ACTUALLY teach very efficiently, rather than make a big show. Bravo!

@rmwTAG

Ай бұрын

totally agree... kudos Nelson! Keep up the amazing content.

@gracelebleu7216

27 күн бұрын

Agreed! Nelson is a great teacher! explains why a move/concept/etc is both good and bad

@rotidedug8883

26 күн бұрын

omg i agree with you, gotham chess is such a terrible chess channel compared to this one. Nelson deserves way more appreciation than levy

@dusty333

16 күн бұрын

Come

@dusty333

16 күн бұрын

@@rotidedug8883bit more boring

That last part there really shows that the best defense is a good offense, a.k.a. counterattacking.

@ammarkhan7371

Ай бұрын

What's wrong with just simply moving our king? The took will soon join the f8 square which will win either the bishop or the knight on f3, in my opinion best move for black after that will be d7 or d8 I will prefer d7 if queen checks just move our c pawn the knight will be hanging our king will get open but I guess it will be fine we won't get checkmated our king will be little exposed but we will get lots of material in return

This is going to be a great series for the channel. Every two weeks to start is probably fine but I will definitely be looking forward to the next one. Great job!

One thing that you didn't mentioned about weakening the king side through moving pawns forward is that it can potentially for lower elo players be a weakness to keep the 3 pawns unmoved. I haven't been back-rank checkmated myself much, but I've done it multiple times in the elo range of 1300 - 1900. People in this elo tend to forget the crucial danger of getting checkmated on the back row so they continue what they do, thinking they have an advantage but suddenly they get checkmated or forced to sacrifice pieces to avoid the back-rank mate. It's probably obvious to higher elo players how to avoid the back-rank checkmate, even if you didn't move a pawn, but to lower players they are either unaware of the danger or forget it. I'm not particulary good at seeing these kind of lines where you abuse the weakness, so it often prevents me from doing stuff like sacrificing bishop to create attack. And it rarely happens to me as well when I weaken the king pawns. It is great advice, though just to keep in mind the potential of back-rank mate that people like me and lower elo players tend to ignore.

@Christian_counsel

28 күн бұрын

This was just thinking that I always give the king room to breath by moving that rooks pawn

What a fabulous idea for a series. I have just blown the dust of the book, which I have in the old descriptive notation. Your video lessons will compliment the ideas of the book and bring it more up to date. Great work Nelson, very much looking forward to game 2 - thanks

Love the new series Nelson! You present the chapter in a really instructive way.

This is a really nice distillation of chess wisdom, thank you! I've played many games where I'm on the receiving end of these attacks and I didn't really know what I'd done wrong. This is a very helpful collection of simple ideas.

Thank you!!! Great of you to go over this book

You got me 😍 ❤❤ Channel is becoming better day be day🎉

This is so cool. Years ago when I got back into chess and needed to learn better this was one of the books I picked up at my local bookstore. I really like the idea of telling the "why" behind the moves. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Thanks Nelson, this series is a great idea! So I had read the 1st game in the book, and as I did I thought that black's attack, although very strong, was a bit premature because black's king was still in the center.. I had an eye for moves like Bxf7+ or Qa4+! Even without seeing the perpetual in full, I would not have resigned with white after Bxf2.. nothing to lose at going for a few checks to see where they lead to 🙂

Chess Vibes, always love your videos, always look forward to them mate.

You did a good job on this video, Nelson. Logical Chess-Move by Move by Irving Chernev was the very first chess book I bought, way back in the early 70's, I still have it, and enjoy going through the moves, one at a time. My other favorite chess book is entitled: "Chess World Championship 1972 Fischer vs Spassky by Larry Evans and Ken Smith. The unique thing about this book, is that it takes you through the '72 World Championship, one game at a time, with a diagram for every move, and an explanation for each move. I feel these types of chess books are really valuable for the average chess player, and answer many of our questions on why certain moves were played. Keep up the good work. Ray

This is very informative video, looking forward into this series!

I’m really looking forward to next lesson. Love this content, thank you Nelson!

Great first video in this series! Really enjoyed reading the first game and then watching your analysis of it. Thanks for the great insights as always. I feel every week might be a bit better since each game isn't too long to study, but will be watching regardless!

Finally got over my anxiety to play real games after doing 2k puzzles, from review it seems the middle game is my weak point, when there's a lot of options to choose from. Thanks for all of your videos you explain things very well

@kimbirch1202

Ай бұрын

The principle is always to look for weaknesses and attack, if possible. Otherwise improve your position by developing the least effective piece. Always look at the whole board , and don't get bogged down in one particular area of the board, is my advice.

@TobogganBumb

Ай бұрын

Opening and endings can be studied outside of games, but middle game comes from a lot of practice. Having done a lot of puzzles will help you improve quickly

@learningisfun2108

Ай бұрын

I still carry my anxiety to play real games LOL. But I love learning and Nelson’s channel is my favourite.

@leroydanny4072

Ай бұрын

Try and stay solid in the middle game and you'll be fine

You have so many creative ideas for this challenge, keep up the outstanding work!

Love the idea to cover books, Nelsi. Keep it up! Learning a lot through this.

looking forward for the rest of the series 👍🏻

Great timing! I was given this book for Christmas and hadn't got around to reading it yet!

Thank you Nelson, we're moving up the ranking slowly, from beginner to (almost) advanced. I'm holding my own against 1000 ELO Bots. I find your videos most informative.

thank you Nelson, this certainly has added value, good job👍!

Thank you for the lesson :) enjoyed it!

Great content! Thank you, Nelson!

Great lesson! Looking forward to the next one!!

Nelson - that was so clear and easy to follow. Thanks. Looking forward to the next one.

Love this Nelson! Thanks for all you do!

I had already read the chapter but this was a very valuable recap, thank you!

Amazing video. Super important points and clean delivery. I love it

Awesome idea, Nelson! I actually had the book, and have yet to crack the spine, so really psyched to read it with your commentary!!

This series is great for me. I got the book as it was recommended to me but I never got round to going through it properly. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

Awesome lesson, Nelson! Keep up the great content.

Love this "book breakdown" of a chess classic. Looking forward to future episodes and other books being covered in the future.

So happy to see your channel approaching half a million subscribers. You’ve been my favourite since I found you, way back when you had a few thousand subs. I guess I need to thank the almighty algorithm for recommending your vids. Keep up the great work of explaining chess to us knuckleheads 😂

Great video... that was brimming with great conceptual stuff. I've had a bad habit of playing a3 prematurely to deter knight b4 stuff but it's gotten me in trouble, and now I understand why.

Awesome video. Love translating a book into video format. Will stay tuned to this series.

I've just recently started getting into Chess without knowing any principles and im glad to say some of these things I've figured out on my own. First chess lesson video ive watched and youve definitely helped alot. Much appreciated

Nelson the masterful explainer, strikes again! Outstanding stuff!

Thanks very much! Ordered the book immediately and looking forward to the nest lesson

Thank you for your informative videos Nelson, your calm and precise explanations have really helped me elevate my chess play You're a great teacher, and I really appreciate what you are doing Take care, and I wish you the best🙏

love this content/book club concept. Awesome idea for the channel.

Great video, i love your content. Very instructive

Great series, already looking forward to game 2

Great illustrative analysis. Thanks for this!

Start to a great series!

This is great, I've been working my way through this book for about a year now and it's very instructional. This is what I needed to push through and finish it.

Outstanding instruction. The real deal.

Great lesson Nelson! Thank you!👏

Thank you for your clear explanation, and time stamps, see you tomorrow for more

Grat content! You & naroditsky are the best

Thank you Nelson for this great video! Much of this is intuitive, but it's good to hear you describe it.

Great tips, thanks for sharing!

great summary and extra value with the perpetual in the end. I personally see the series going weekly, since reading through 1 game shouldn't take long :)

Awesome information!!! Thanks, Nelson!!!

Great lesson and beautifully paced. Thank you 👍

Great vedio. I learnt a lot of key concept in kingside attack. Thanks

Hi really like this idea of a series. Please proceed with that!

Principle number 14 is new to me. Thanks Nelsi

What an instructive video, thank you so much

I don't have the book yet...but can't argue with any of these principles...and you presented them with great clarity...appreciate the unrushed step-by-step!

This was the book that moved me beyond a beginner, over 50 years ago.

Super stoked for this series

Very nice explanation dude. keep up the good work ❤

You are my motivation to continue playing chess💯

Thank you sir, excellent work

Nelson, I’m so glad you’re doing this book! I have the original (1957) book in hardcover, that uses old notation (e.g. P-K4). I went through this book in the 1970s, and it had a HUGE impact on the quality of my game. I recently bought the newest edition with modern notation.

Perfect lesson. Thank you Nelson for making us better players

Actually an insanely helpful video thank you

Very valuable information. Thank you so much.

Very instructive. Thanks!

Great video Ready for next chapter 😊

As far as moving the frequency up to every week rather than every 2 weeks. At least at this point, short games that last only 4 or 5 pages, every week would probably work fine. If anybody needed more time , they could watch the corresponding video at their convenience.

Awesome video, thank you.

Thanks a bunch! At least half of these are new points for me.

Great video, thanks!

Great video series. I order my books from Amazon Canada, so perhaps you could add the link for the Canadian site. Thanks again and I look forward to this series. Your videos are always excellent. Your explanations are clear and lucid.

Great video❤. I would love every week .

Great series!

Brother, this video is AMAZING!!!! These aren't just principles, they're practical heuristics that can really change your game really fast. I feel like masters of chess have a skillset that composes of hundreds of these principles/patterns. More of these videos, please!!

Great video! Keep it up!

This is a very great video! Me and my friend struggle to play chess even in the opening due to our lack of knowledge In principles, so this definitely helps! Thanks, Nelson! :D

Great effort. Education, entertainment and engagment 100%. Thanks

Great vid man

Effective fundamental principles to keep in mind... well explanation

Keep uploading Buddy we are waiting......❤

This is a really great video. Thanks

Good information. Sounds like a good book but I'm generally too busy to sit down and just read a book. Family like and such, so this "recap" is really useful and a good reminder of what most of us should already know.

@prdoyle

Ай бұрын

You should try it! He has assigned 4 pages of reading over two weeks. Not all that demanding.

Fantastic lesson.. Thank you

I definitely missed the perpetual counterattack when going through the book, I'm glad you pointed it out! Don't resign unless it's forced mate!

@martin688ify

Ай бұрын

Capturing the bishop isn't forced and there isn't an immediate follow up check so it's perpetual check if you blunder it

Saving this for my daughter. She’s 9 and has just got interested in the game because I play on-line every morning. But I’m a crap teacher, this will really help her! Thank you!

This was fun being able to study the book beforehand and see what I learned. First time doing a chess book and took alot of the intimidation away. Would be happy to see this move to once a week as the chapters are so short.

Loved it... so effective aand clear

Thanks for a very good lesson.

Great video! ❤

Thanks for a great video!

Love the series. Please do more rapid games where you explain your thoughts (watched the rating climb multiple times)