I love this book club so much...I discovered it when you already had a couple videos done but I am caught up now and looking forward to continuing. This is so awesome and lets do another book afterwards!

I want to thank you for this series. Going through chess books, as I'm sure you know, can get a little dry & boring. This is a great way to keep people going through a book and to do it in a group setting. I like to go through each game with a chess board first from white's side & after a couple of days, go over the game from black's point of view, & then just going through the book without a board using only the text and book diagrams. By the end of the week, going through the game with your video is really good.

22:46 was Qh7 Kf8 Rf7 better than sacrificing the rook right away because Rf7 would be a check? As far as I remember, you taught that we should look for the most forcing move

i am enjoying Logical Chess series so far! @19:49 the bell rang reminds me of recess/lunch break!

For the position at 16:33, black's position is pretty solid, the knights and bishops are defending both sides, and both side has a rook for defense. But after castle, black voluntarily removes the h8 rook from defending kingside, and the king itself actually blocks all major pieces from controlling kingside squares

While I was reading this I struggled with why 11…b6 was considered a bad move. In the explanation he just says a higher rated player would avoid disturbing the structure. The book has had a strong emphasis on the importance of pawn play, and good pushes versus bad pushes and how they can weaken a position, but they also gain space, cramp the opponent, and break things open at the right place and time. As I read my thinking was that maybe this move would usually be ok, and the reason it’s bad must’ve been due to deeper tactical reasons inherent in this specific position, instead of simply weakening the structure. I checked with the engine afterwards though and stockfish likes b6 there. Of course sometimes what’s bad against people is fine according to the engine but generally speaking I find this idea of when pawn moves are good or bad very hazy at times. Really good book though! Very nicely articulated, having a lot of fun with it.

(@8:50) Another thing is that after white plays d4, he can regain the gambited pawn anyway, though getting the center here is clearly a greater priority than regaining a pawn. 😊

one of the best chess channels in youtube. I actually learn a lot from your videos!

I love this series Nelson! I know making videos is a lot of work, I just want to say thanks for doing these. And that I hope you end up doing all 33 games. 🙂

Really enjoying this series. Thank you Nelson!

Loving this series

Thank you for comming up with the "book club"!

Great video ❤!!

What a joy reading this book , am improving everyday

Great video series man. I play the Vienna so this was very pertinent. Also, I gotta check my 23&Me. I'm not a Lopez but you look like you could be in my family.

i''ve read about a GM who played a twelve-board blindfolded simul! Is there a good way to memorise a position in a blindfold?

Great, put these games in a playlist please.

Interesting video! 🌼😄

18:00 I used(when I was 1200) to always line up my queen and bishop(well both bishop waiting and my queen ready to slide to either e2 or d2) on that diagonal waiting for my opponent castle there and try to bait my opponent to play a6 or h6 and sac the bishop. 19:50 I was really confuse where that noise was coming from. I thought I got hacked. 21:39 Bxg6 is the best move according to stockfish.

Kd2 instead of Ke2? because thats usually why some Qh4+/Qh5+ ideas dont work (for the Nxd4 line at the beginning after Qh4+)

22:49 is Bxg6 equally good too? As it adds another attacker to f7 and if it's captured fxg6 then the rook joins the attack from a distance and there's Qh7#

Great series so far, thanks! Small thing, in the last positions of the mating attack, instead of Rxf7 right away, Qh7+ still works because only move Kf8, then Rxf7+ forces Bxf7 Qxf7#, no? Unless I'm missing a playable move somewhere?

Hey Nelson , Really like the series and I had a question. On move 2.Bc5 was played. This gives away a pawn for free , so why didn't white take the pawn then but after its kingside got ruined?

16:34 If we want to take advantage of the light-squared weaknesses on the queenside (especially after we’ve played Rb1), would Qe2 (forming a bishop-queen battery along the light squares) be a better move? Is it a huge difference playing Qd2 versus Qe2 ?

Did you make a playlist for these games?

For the next game (#5) please go over 7. Nc3. I have used this before - successfully and unsuccessfully. Chernev points out how 7. Bd2 is used to protect e4 with 7. ... Bxd2 8. Nbxd2 but the engine likes 7. ... Nxe4 leading to some trades 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8 11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. 0-0 (Black slightly better -0.2). I have seen some YT-ers suggesting Bc2 instead of Nc3. Then the engine (lichess) suggests 7. Nbd2 Nxe4 8. d5 Nxb2 9. Bxd2 Bxd2 10. Qxd2 Ne7 Even (0.0) Which do you prefer? This is why I play the guioco pianissimo - to stay away from move 7 and play more positionally. Thank you for this series. Bob

Thank you!

The book mentions that after Bxh3 black has to take back to avoid giving up a pawn for no gain. But this move leads to checkmate. Is there a better response for Black?

My thought process and openings are weak how can I improve i solve daily puzzles and play games but stuck in 1200 elo how can I improve

I was watching this so that the stock market bell sounded at 9:30😮

Hey, I know that I am late but could you explain to me why on 6:30 black couldnt go d6 Bh3 first and after like Rf2 go Nf6 and put pressure on white e4 pawn? I see some lines that look good for black d6 exd6 Bh3 Rf2 Nf6 threataning to go Bg4 d3 cxd6 and now white has no lead in development d6 d4 dxe5 dxe5 Bh3 Rf2 Bxf1 Rxf1 Qh3 Qf3 Qe6 Be3 Nd7 0-0-0 Nxe5 and I don't really see how white will use their development advantage

I think black could have survived the position by playing Bf5 or Nf5 instead of Ng6 I put it on stock fish but l don’t know stockfish says it’s completely winning for white but l don’t understand why?

Does chess really need a good memory? Or can it be played with logic?

Very interesting 👌 Hey Nelson, I remember in one of the videos, you recommended a puzzle with knights that will improve the vision on the board. I can't find that app; help please

15:20 What If Black plays Nc8? (Preparing to play Nb6 if Rxb7).

in game 1 after bxf7 what about kf8?

At 7:01 what if Qxc2?

How bout nf3 after Qh4????

19:10 doesnt g4 just win the Knight on f5?

I would have considered d4 a mediocre move at best exactly because of Nxd4. I think Bxf4 was the better move in that position, but it would have had other liabilities. What I invisioned with Nxd4 was exactly that no matter what you do, there is going to be that annoying exchange on f3, black queen can join the attack and suddenly black gets the development. I definitely would have gone for that.

I have done this bishop sacrifice before.

What about qc1 isn't better instead of Qd2

😅 can you make guess the elo videos pls

Does it matter how many people are playing you when you are blindfolded? It might as well just be one person surely?

Stock market just opened.... Haha. What kind of investor or trader are you?

But for real though, how could someone play blindfolded against more than one person and remember the entire boards?

Pls put my doubts

meaw?

To copy another post from another video- Obligatory KZfaq algorithm post.

Bishops are never better than knights. 85 percent of games I lose are because of the knight. It has God like forking ability.