As a intermediate chess player, I usually blunder 2-3 moves tactics combination. This is very useful to fix my weakness. Thank you Nelson, you are the best!

This game also reminds us that a relative pin, especially pinning something to a queen, needs to be very careful. If the pinned piece moves with a check, it will turn into a discovered attack on the pinning piece

Thanks, I find 2-3 move tactics very difficult. "Wasn't on my radar" is pretty much a summary of my play all the time 😅

Brilliant video Nelson. You remain one the GOAT of teaching high level ideas to mid level players. Thank you.

~1150 rapid here, I am genuinely impressed by the fact that I found Rxf6 as my very first guess. Great video as always, Nelson!

I remember playing a game where I had to sacrifice a rook and a knight to win, it was a wild game lol.

12:55 bro almost sacrificed his king instead of rook, that was such a close call dude 🗿

When looking at the thumbnail I immediately wanted to take the knight, but I didn't think past what would happen after pawn takes

7:18 I have not watched the better move yet in the video, but I think it is Rxf6, as if black takes the queen then Rf8 is checkmate.

Great video - your chess videos are absolutely the best! The subject here reminded me of Alekhine in two ways. One was getting a tactical idea very early (think game with Reti where the N on b7 hangs) and realizing it. Almost as important as calculating variations is to see tactical possibilities before they can be realized. Two, it is the play on both sides of the board, to see the whole board, and not get obsessed with one sector.

I really love your style of teaching. I just recently picked the game back up after not playing since 7th grade (like 24 years ago lol). Never even considered there were books back then. But I’m loving leading the real depth to the game now in my 30s. Just wish I had more time to play! Starting to get to around 1,000 after a couple weeks but I just can’t play anything faster than a 10 minute game yet or I blunder a dozen times

Funnily enough, Rxf6 is the move I saw when I was looking at the puzzle in the thumbnail. This just goes to show how much prior thought process affects the way you see a position.

Usually I feel dumb watching your vids because I always think the wrong move but this one I was proud of myself. I thought of the rook sacrifice before you showed your original move. Watching your vids making me think better.

I love these types of videos breaking down the more advanced tactics. 👍

Love your content man! Thanks for everything and all the chess puzzles.

I found rook takes horse first, but didn't really think too much about if it'd work or not lol. It just felt right on the bord

Love your videos! Thanks

Great summary. Check is usually the best way to force decisions on the opponents.

This video is very helpful and useful! You are the best!😊

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Nice man. Thank you

Brilliant lesson Nelson! You make the awesomeness of chess visible!

Thank you, very useful and interesting.

Thanks for all the great content. Learning so much from you!

very very thank you i knew everything u showed in the vdo but it helped my younger brother too much😊😊😊

I saw Rxf6 right away but was confused why it wasnt played xd

Very helpful

I first saw this tactic studying the Milner berry gambit French defense

Nice tactics Nelson..!! I enjoyed it..

Always a great day when Nelsi posts a tip video. Thank you sir!

Wow!!! Very interesting video... I happy that this video for more advance players, and hope you will keep do videos like it and less pazzels

7:41 I found Qg3 with a similar idea, but also threatening checkmate

I'm around 1300 on lichess, and, I have actually seen the rook move right away the first time you've asked, but not the queen move. Thanks for showing it and explaining your thought process!

Great video. When you get to 1500 blitz you start to see players setting up tactics. I’m surprised KZfaq masters don’t cover this stuff more.

I'm probably wrong cus i'm 600 elo but can't the queen capture the pawn after it takes the rook? It threatens the same ladder checkmate than when black takes the queen, the bishop can come down next to the king if black gives a check and the queen's defending it just in case.

Wow, your channel grew a lot! Been riding with you when you only had 1.8k subs 👏🏼 👏🏼

What if after Rxf6, black responds with Qc5?

Great video! I'm around 1450 and saw the checkmate if black doesn't capture the rook but none of the winning lines if they do. More precise I didn't even look further into it at all.

Hey nelson pls be adding the eval bar to the games.😊

Opposite of what you think. I see the rook taking knight threat, but can't see the free queen plan.

Thank you for this video! When I saw this position I thought Rxf6 was the move, but for another reason. After Rxf6 I saw the ladder checkmate, but after the pawn takes f6 I saw the move Qxf6. The idea of this move is that the rook is pinned because the queen would hanging otherwise and you can't stop the checkmate on the backrank. What I failed to realise tough, is the fact that the checkmate on the back rank is easily stopped after Rd8, which is such a simple move that I could not see. And that's why I'm a 1200 because I always go for these random tactics that don't work out well.

Outstanding chess player AND outstanding chess communicator. I can only dream of being able to play at this level, I just hope some of the concepts seep into my brain!

I saw the better move first haha, Im happy about that

12:55 Ah yes, sacrifice the king. XDD

12:08 In this position, I would play Bf5#, and then try to premove Qxc3.

This was an especially interesting video, maybe partly because instead of this being some random puzzle by some random dude from 100 years ago it was for your game, although I really like the random puzzles also.

I got the correct move, but only because it was a tactics puzzle.

I missed the tactic you played, but I stopped looking after I saw RxN and that then Qb3 works.

I SAW THE ROOK THING! not the follow up, but my 1000 brain thought it.

i just had a game with my friends today and I managed to do some counter play after he moved his bishop to skewer my queen and rook. after my visual simulation, he ended up getting all 3 pieces hanging and i managed to equalized in material (including capturing his queen too)

Yes more!

Thank you so much - another really excellent video and fascinating analysis. What blows my mind though is how you can play at this level with so much deep analysis going on in just a 3-minute game. How do you learn to think so quickly and not just feel pressured to make a move because of the time?

in the position at 9:37, I noticed that you could play Qh3 followed by Rxc6+ which is a double check and an attack on the queen, which means that you wouldn't end up losing a bishop and a rook, making it a better option. Is this line too obvious to attempt, or is there a way to counter it?

I saw Rxf6 but I wasn't sure about the continuation. I saw that the black queen couldn't check effectively because of our queen placement and we had the ladder if they took our queen. I could just tell the attack on Black's king was enormous.

When you say their is a tactic,I found Rxf6 in milliseconds, because it's a free knight.If they accept queen sacrifice that leads to M1 . But my brain is unable to figure out this type of tricks that win more material.😢

I saw the Rook move from the start. I feel good lol.

I love this video even tho I am like 400 Elo. Would love to see more!

We need the next episode. I've seen another channel steal Bobby Fischerman - careful.

For 10:53 I was thinking bishop f5+ then the king moves to d8 then queen x d4+ queen x d4 then took d7+ fork

At 10:16, I think Qg3! leads to a mating net. (Qc7 etc.)

i cannot justify rook takes f6 but i found that move

I saw both of the moves as a 1300 but i am really good at puzzles. I am from Estonia like your opponent.

Nelson , when are you going to continue the fisher man story?

I'm a below-average player and saw Rxf6 before nelson reveals the main line

what about rook c7 king takes queen g3 check king back to c8 then bishop f5. Same outcome but you don't have to sac the bishop.

No Fisherman story today?

At 14mins Instead of RxN what about Rd1 then if bl R x Q then wB f5+, etc.

I found Rxf6 but didnt see the follow up

I actually spotted the best move and didn't see the tactics that you played. But the problem is that I evaluated incorrectly the follow up. So, probably I would have lost the game. Unfortunately, it happens a lot, when you see the beginning and it really works, but you do it wrong.

I think Q takes pf6 wins as well. instead of Qg3

I saw Qg3 Rd7 Rxd7 Nxd7 Rf8+ Nxf8 Bf5+ leading to an endgame with queen for a minor. Seems all lines are winning, but it's not as clean as Rxf6.

13:34, 2200-2500+ strength!👍👍👍👍👍👍

As a 1200 i spotted a different, definitely worse but winning idea, rxf6, they cannot capture the queen coz of mate in 1 but i think if they capture the rook, there's no mate but the engine says it's a good move and there are several mates they can fall for it

i would have sacced the queen instead of the rook, he takes, i take back with the other rook, he can't stop the checkmate i think. if he brings the king to d8 to take the rook on e7, i take the bishop, he can bring his king again, but i can keep moving on the 7th file, threatening checkmates, and i can move further and further away as i take pieces, i always threaten checkmate with rook from f6 to f8, the only other possible attempt would be for him to put his king on e8, ready to capture the rook i would move on f8, but then bishop to g6 checks him, and he has to move away

10:55 I saw Rook takes Knight for a mate on the next move if they took my queen but nothing else, even though I am 600 elo

When black chooses to decline and pushes the e pawn, precisely what makes that boring? Are you speaking strictly as the gambitor? Or do you mean broadly...that maybe because it tends towards drawish end games? If you look at your past couple years history and isolate games in which you are the gambitee, do you mostly find yourself typically accommodating and accepting the full extent of the gambit. Hopefully you can pinpoint your percentage run-rate with accepting gambits and/or ballpark it for us. As a 1700, my default is to decline opening gambits. I would guess I follow through 80% of the time. Does your experience at your level align with most people declining?

Wait doesn't e3 hang a pawn

Į got the rxf6 move and the checkmate. Informacija 800 elo

I am the 1000 like. Good videos

I'm 1400 which is below 1500, but I hope it will help me improve

i found rxf6 as an 1100!

I’m rated 870 or so…. I thought about the thumbnail 2 minutes give or take…. Thought about Qh3 a bit…. But that Knight was bugging me. Realized it’s not a sacrifice, mate follows with the knight gone or comes back if Qe1+…. Watched whole vid, fingers crossed it was the answer. Unfortunately, I only look to solve a puzzle if I’m told it’s a puzzle…. Even playing classical I just don’t have the mental energy to stay focused 4 hours plus…. burns my brain and I lose interest and blunder.

OMG I live in Estonia (kjzsdu is from Estonia based on his flag)

4:00 Why not Ng4 instead? Threatens mate on h7 with three attacking pieces.

Ik rates 800 but I've beaten ever 1500 that's challenged me or I've challenged them. Someone help

Do you have to be a Genius to be a great Chess player? like could a 120 IQ player beat a 180 IQ player?

10:59 NO FREAKING WAY I FOUND THAT IM THE BEST CHESS PLAYER EVER IM BETTER THEN MAGNUS

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TBH, even when I saw the puzzle thought about Qh3+ but after 1-2 mins of thought found Rxf6

Hi Nelson I’m also wondering at 10:00 what if White goes Qg3? Its setting up a checkmate for c7. If Nd5 trying to defend mate as well as the Queen, then Rf8 is checkmate. If knight tries to block with Nd7 then Re8 mate. The only better defence is Rd7, but then after Rxd7, Nd7 (if King takes rook then Bf5+ and queen is gone) you have Rc8+, forcing the knight to take so that you open up the diagonal for the bishop check Bf5 and seize the queen?

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hi why read this

You seemed really out of it this video, you okay?

I was looking at both Qg3 and Rxf6.

I found Rxf6 immediately because my mind thought for the back rank mate.