Genuinely every video I've seen of yours is tremendously instructive and easy to understand. You're a truly gifted teacher, thank you for making these videos

Of all the chess tactics, this one is probably the least in peoples' bag of tricks. Very good lesson.

Nelson 'ifyouhadachancetolookatthat' Lopez

You know the video’s topic is serious when wears his superhero glasses. . I see you, Nelly !! . 😎

Every time I see that you have uploaded a video I have a smile on my face. Thank you so much Nelson for your videos and your crystal clear explanations. I have been watching for around 3 years now and it never gets old.

I knew this tactic but now I know it better.🙂

Another great video, Nelson. You speak to the “common man.” I thank you.

Just came back after such a long time for another chess vibe video, and it was great! Keep up the work Nelson :)

Nice one! Very instructive video!👍

personally I didn't find the first 2 intermediate ones (or the squire in the 3rd), but I did find the first 2 advanced ones... Interesting how those have a hugher grade but felt easier for me as the opponants follow ups were more obvious for me

I got them all right exept the last one, because I didn't see Qf8.

Love starting my day with some good chess vibes, can’t wait for the course on the 15th!!!

This was such a good video. Interference tactics feel SOOOO good when played

Wonderful video, Thank you!

great stuff Nels

I can’t wait for the course! 🎉

These Tactics videos really help me when I feel I've hit a slump in my playing. Thank, Nelson!

I love these types of videos!

The last example was awesome, ill deffo keep that in mind, since i end up in that position from botvinnik english all the time.

I've always struggled to understand this concept in chess. I think this video has helped me fill in the gaps. Thanks again, Nelson!

thx mr Nelson

Great video, most of the puzzles have been very easy for me (except for 2.1 which is missed), but I didn't know this kind of tactic before, so I'll definetly scan for it in my next games. Thank you ❤

@9:57 The knight also has the feature of preventing the king's effective approach to the pawn.

bro every vid i have seen of urs is literally amazing, i have learned alot of things thanks to you,THANKS alot Nelson

Thanks Nelson hope you are happy mate

Enjoyed this, thank you. It wouldn't hurt, on some of the less obvious boards, to give a clear indication of which direction the pawns can move. On some I wasn't sure whether a pawn was on its starting position or about to queen.

Nelson, the Interference substance of this work is definitely valuable. And you've made the lesson entertaining, as well as helpful. But I may have discovered hidden in it a serendipitous summum bonum. In several of the problems, you pointed out moves that I hadn't considered. Generally, such lack of thought is due to my already finding an apparently good move. While I see the wisdom in "If you see a good move, look for a better one," by itself that advice has two practical deficiencies that make it hard for me to follow. First, 'where do I continue looking?' (or maybe the better question is 'what do I look for?'), and the second difficulty: when do I stop searching? I think I found the answers in the eighth problem.

I think the higher level puzzles are not that hard because you told us what to look for. Without this big clue, I think it would take me a lot of time.

Of all the tactics, this is definitely the one I use least as a 1300.

this guy always says: if you had a chance to look at that

got all of them! The hardest one was Nc5 in 2nd Master. First I thought about Bc5, discovering a double attack on the b2 pawn, but then I realized the d4 pawn would be hanging since i am pinned to the queen. Important to take with the knight though because if they take with bishop, i will unpin with check and then i can save the queen

Super

Hey i am from nepal i love your teaching style

just crossed 1000 elo with the help of your videos.thank you nelson.

Hi, great lesson. Can u share the link for the course you mentioned. I don’t seem to find it. Thanks

I like to call it a scissors coup after the contract bridge play :) You're cutting communication between attacking pieces.

Gothamchess made a video today which had a ridiculous move that can be classified as an interference tactic

15:19 in the very last puzzle part - they could go Kh8 to prepare for rook g8 and they save themselves (you still get a great position but it's not checkmate instantly if I'm correct

Hey Nelson. Just want to take the opportunity to ask how much your course will cost?

I have been trying to use this. At this point, if I see a strong combo attacking, I try to move a piece in between to break them up. E.g.,. If a queen is supporting as piece, I try to break the support so I can just capture the other piece or negate its threat. Now, on with the video to hopefully learn how to do it even better.

Hey, am a new subscriber and i started watching your videos so i can learn about chess ( new hobbie ). Just a quick question regarding the last interference tactic ( master ),afrer pausing the video as a 500 elo i saw king to h8 followed by rook to g8, there would be no mate and the game continues with queens on the board so can you please help

I could see the Advanced & Master but not the Beginner & Intermediate. Now I'm confused as to why I can see the more Advanced moves better than the Beginner 🤔 Can someone please explain as to why this is.

in the second master level puzzle, doesn't white get a scewer on the rooks in the end? Or is that not a problem because of Rc1, trading the knight for a rook and still being up a minor piece?

In the last puzzle, after the rook goes to the interference position, couldn’t black play Kh8, and be able to defend g7 with a rook before the white queen gets in there to checkmate?

the first “advanced” one was like “ultra-beginner”

Hey Nelson. Love the videos and they’ve helped me tremendously to break 1000 recently. Question about your Breaking 1500 course: is it a live course where we have to login at a certain time, or a recorded course that we could access on our own time? Thanks for all you do!

11:05 black could take our knight with the queen instead of a pawn. We have to take the queen and black have time to defend the b1 square with a bishop or play rook to b8 to defend the b file. It is still better for white obviously, maybe there is still a forced mate which I don't see but not in 2 moves

1:30 is pawn to g5 a good move too?

it is in-between move or zwichenzug

I missed the second last one and nothing else

Last lvl3: Black could take the knight with their queen. We would take the queen but wouldnt have checkmate (at least not that fast). Is that correct or did i miss something?

Last one after Re7, why can’t black go d4 ready to take the bishop with check and follow counterattacks from there? If king moves, push again to threaten the queen check, etc.

we hate that word in signal processing

13:36 what do you do after white moves the bishop to E5 ?

Breaking 1500 is going to be so good!

In the last puzzle after rook blocks Queen can't black just go Kh8 and when you play Qh6 they can go Rg8?

What happened to chess adventures series? Last ep was over 3 months ago I think... :(

Pin: If they move the pinned piece, I get the bigger thing behind. Skewer: If they move the bigger thing, I get the skewered thing behind. Interference: So that they don't get the bigger thing, I interfere by putting something in front which is now attacked instead. With Interference, we are potentially putting ourselves in some kind of pin situation if we want the interfering piece to be our own, or we are potentially putting ourselves in some kind of discovered attack situation if the interfering piece is the opponent's piece. So is there also a tactic where I leave myself in a Skewer situation? You could look at an Interference as a Skewer, if you suddenly value the interfering piece higher than the piece behind (but then it wasn't really an Interference situation in the first place).

Interesting Gotham chess just has a click bait video about new move which was a fancy version of interference

13:23 What if after ...Rxc7, White plays Be5?

Why did the lvl 2 puzzles seem harder than the others? Is it just me?

You don't get a free rook in intermediate level 1 because after you take rook, the knight fork is coming in

What is going on at 6:30? The queen moved from the corner already with check? Probably from b2 instead (I get the point is about interference)

Easy af

Very random but I just watched a video of someone who's trained for 8 years and has barely put on any muscle. Looking at you, you seem to have a good amount of arm size. Not sure if you train or not but I feel like you'd have great overall muscle mass potential. Especially if you don't already train, that's an even better sign that you have great muscle potential. You might not have the aesthetic muscle insertions of a bodybuilder but you probably have great potential on becoming a competitive powerlifter/strong man or even arm wrestler. Not saying that to make fun of you because I'm fat myself but my bone structure and genetics seem to be similar to yours and I've developed a great amount of muscle naturally over past 2-3 years but I focus on strength first and foremost and one day I will look at becoming shredded but not until I reach my mid-long term strength goals.

02:18 Does Knight to H4 work?

on master level you didnt mention if Q takes rook

13:40 doesnt white have be5?

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15:23 , What if black takes with the queen but not the rook , what will happen ?

13:33 then you get skewered

Who else solved all the master and advanced and then struggled with some of the beginner and intermediate 😹

Telescopes will turn into cookie crumbs with a game of two kings.

I swear to god, I get done watching you and go destroy players, usually scoring high 80's low 90's in accuracy and by the 4th game Im back to 42 percent accuracy getting my azz handed to me. Then come back and watch some vids....rinse repeat...so I know you have the winning formula for me. I just need to sustain it. Swear to god it looks like I cheat or something.

master ones were the easiest

8:20 Advanced? Really? A rank beginner could see that move blindfolded and drunk.

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Nelson, the Interference substance of this work is definitely valuable. And you've made the lesson entertaining as well as helpful. But I may have discovered hidden in it a serendipitous summum bonum. In several of the problems, you pointed out moves that I hadn't considered. Generally, such lack of thought is due to my already finding an apparently good move. While I see the wisdom in "If you see a good move, look for a better one," by itself that advice has some practical deficiencies that make it hard for me to follow. First, 'where do I continue looking?' (or maybe the better question is 'what do I look for?'), and the second difficulty: when do I stop searching? Theoretically, I could search for ever, or at least until the flag fell. "I've already looked, why waste more time," tends to prevail. I think I found the answers in the eighth problem, the one that you pointed out "has a lot going on". The solution to the position that occurred to me first was ...Bxd2; Rxd7, Bxe3+; Kc1, Rxd7 and Black is up material. Of course, there is no Interfence tactic in that solution, so I had to look for a better move. That's when it occurred to me. What if we married the protocol of looking for CCTs (checks, captures, and threats) with the advice regarding looking beyond the first decent move to suggest itself? That position didn't have any checks to consider, but it was brimming with captures, each of which was worthy of a thorough examination. Examinations in turn would produce data (intelligence) leading to an informed decision. Thus I now have an articulable and finite process that I can practice in problems and apply in games. All thanks to you, amigo! By the way, I'm naming this insight in your honor: Admiral Intelligence Gathering. (Yeah, it's a hokey handle, but I'm hoping the hokiness helps it stick.)