suprised Levy took a day off from having magnus' meat in his mouth

How to destroy Nelson : Just let him destroy himself early game

Nelson is the OG opp

I've played Nelson hundreds of times. His range of play seems to oscillate between 600 and 2200. Sometimes he plays his usual cheesy openings, and sometimes he mixes it up and plays extremely well.

Nelson literally made me want to learn all these early mates just so I can learn how to avoid them.

Nelson's got an unhealthy obsession with his queen. In my experience, swapping queens off as soon as you get a chance works pretty well; without his favourite piece, Nelson quickly loses the plot. Just stay solid in the opening, watch out for any queen-related shenanigans he tries, swap queens if you can, and wait for him to blunder. Once he hangs a piece (and he will) he quickly self-destructs.

Nelson started feeling like a joke very shortly after I found this channel, but he's definitely the biggest roadblock for people who don't have anyone teaching them past how the pieces move. I really appreciate how Levy will intentionally play worse moves in complicated positions so that the game runs more similarly to how people who need this content might play.

I really like that Levy says "we" when he's playing chess by himself instead of "I," because there's a calming sense that we're playing together and he's helping us all along. Thank you.

I love that this is a chess help series just dedicated to absolutely decimating these scumbag AIs

This could be a good series where you take on each BOT in order and show strategies to beat them.

The issue with Nelson is he follows the top Stockfish's move for the first 8ish moves - well after the Scholar's Mate threat is finished. So basically, he plays at 3200 elo for 8 moves before he's allowed to make a mistake.

I love how Nelson can play like a grandmaster for 4 moves and then blunder every piece he has

I'm 850 elo, and I've beaten Nelson a couple times. Although I can't beat Isabel to save my life

Nelson is the reason I tried to get better at chess

I've played Nelson countless times and lost from foolish blunders even after learning to defend the Scholar's mate. I must say, the criss-cross apple sauce checkmate felt like sweet and swift justice. Thanks for the video 👍

Super helpful Levy! I like that we can practice playing the bots after watching the techniques and really get a handle on how to play them.

I mean, once you play a couple of games against him, you realise he blunders his queen every game. All you need to do is not get scholar's mated. Keep your defense up and develop pieces.

Nelson trained Mittens to kill people student becomes master

*Nelson makes a move* Levi: that’s completely a brain dead move

You can immediately punish the early Queen attack if playing as White in a better way 1. e4, e5 2.Nf3, Qf6 3. Bc4, Qh6 4. Nxe5, Qg5 5. Qf3, Qxe5 (this does give up a knight but you immediately get back material) 6. Qxf7+, Kd8 7. Qxf8+, Qe8 8. Qxg7 You can just play it by ear from here, because this is when the bot's moves start to differ between games but it's very easy to beat him after this sequence of moves, just have solid principles and don't blunder anything

The early queen attack speaks for itself

I really like this style of video where he really keeps it simple and just takes us through step by step.

I have been stuck at Nelson for months. Your video inspired me to take him on again.

3 things about Nelson: 1. Avoid scholars mate 2. Take blundered queen 3. Take forked rook with knight

Nelson Seems to have gotten much easier lately. Previously I could not beat him at all, but recently I beat him twice after he blundered his queen both times.

He used to destroy me, but since then I learned a lot more about the game. Now I play him every once in a while and I beat him every time thanks to your teachings about chess.

Love this one! Please make more videos showing how to win against specific bots/type of players. Thank you

i have recently stumbled upon your channel and from the get go i was hooked to your personality and the way you feel the game of chess. that i something i believe we have in common and i really enjoy watching your ups and downs.... Yes, i do play chess and my Elo is around 1500ish but couple of years ago it was around 1700 but no sweat. i really like to watch you wearing your emotions on your sleeve and being the same, i am so relieved that there is someone who feels the game of chess as the best game there is. Attacking,defending, thinking fast and even blundering is so entertaining to see from you. Thing that i appreciate the most about you is that when everything is said and done, you put the smile on your face and in your eyes i can see that you love this game of chess.It's pure love with a healthy dosage of drama and entertainment.all the best from Serbia,Sasa

would be cool to make this a full serie with every episode taking on a bot (that has a precise playstyle) to teach us how to play against different opponent and their strenghts / weakness.

just started learning chess instead of playing chess and you are my favorite person to learn from, incredibly smart and easy to understand. love you man

Thank you for this video, this really helped me understand the weights of each position on the board, which I have had difficulty with, I often find myself in positions were I don't win any trades, this helped a lot!

Wow... this... this taught me a lot. Not just about bearing Nelson, but also about countering early quen plays.

I love your style of video, it feels like a podcast/livestream but in video format and they are educational. 👏 good job.

Just wanna express a theory I thought of involving mittens: Basically the bot M3GAN was originally rated 850 elo but out of nowhere a few days ago she gained 200 elo by defeating 2 of the lower rated cat bots as they posed as rivals to the player. This means the M3GAN is most likely against chess bots beating the player, so my theory is that after some time M3GAN will slowly defeat the remaining 3 cat bots (including mittens) and reach a level of playing strength above, even, mittens and therefore will act as the new most powerful chess bot, who will most likely ace as the next Mittens but be even stronger

What's interesting about Nelson is that you do NOT want to Queen trade early or even midgame, as he actually plays quite competently without a queen, and you're without one. he plays quite a lot higher than 1300 anyways. The goal is either to take it for free (obviously) or more likely make it irrelevant.

Levy, fun content. You did a Nelson bashing a while back but this one was better because you discussed chess technique. You might have last time but I was brand new and prob didn't grasp it like this time. Thanks for simplifying in this manner. Been with ya for 3 years.

Levy went for the principled 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 answer to the early queen attack, which is the best and probably the easiest way to meet it. But there's also a funny gambit where you instead play 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nf6, giving up the e5 pawn for development and initiative. It even has a funny name, "Kiddie Countergambit".

I honestly think the key for 1000 ish ELO players to beat Martin is to take your time and think through the lines. The best advice to be better I think, remains, don’t play short time controls

Nelson literally blundered his queen against me on move 5. No 1300 plays like this. 1. e4 c6 2. Qh5 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Qe5 Nbd7 5. Bd2 Nxe5 6. f4 Ned7 7. e5 Ng8 8. Ne2 e6 9. Kd1 f6 10. h4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. d4 Nc4 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. b3 Nd6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. h5 h6 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Be5 O-O-O 19. Rh3 Ng4 20. Rf3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. g4 Qg5 23. Rf7 Qxg4 24. Kc1 Qg5+ 25. Nf4 Ba3+ 26. Nxa3 Rhf8 27. Kb1 Rxf7 28. Bg2 Rxf4 29. Kb2 Qxg2 30. Re1 c5 31. Nb1 Rf2 32. Rd1 Rxc2+ 33. Ka1 Rxa2# *

The amount of times if ended up swearing at Nelson is unbelievable. This time he is not getting away.

How to destroy Nelson Step 1: Call Mittens

20:56 “you can’t ladder mate him” Nelson: “let me help you with that”

Very instructive video! Especially for beginners, I remember when I started playing chess at ELO 7-800 level I often met oponents with this playing style brining out the Queen early trying to trick you with some simple opening tricks. And they suceeded quite often.

Loved this video. Very instructive. Thanks for all the content!

I got out of there and went and crushed Nelson. Nice to have my Country represented! 🇿🇦

I am so unbelievably bad at chess (200-300) but Levy you make the game so incredibly exciting that I always try again. Thanks for all your content!

One of your best videos. I like this series. Keep it going

Levy thank you for your videos you speak so clearly so everybody can understand what you say and mean. Thank you for helping us improve at chess while having fun watching your videos❤

Now we need a "how to beat mittens"

This is so good. I’m past this level of play now, but like 3 weeks ago I was being crushed in blitz by early queen players, and so I opted to go back to studying. I figured I’d play computers and get better and watch more on my favorite openings so far. The problem is: early queen play is not something that gets covered in opening education because opening study just goes over the proper lines and their variations prior to mid-game.** Well, in my quest to improve I ran into Nelson and was like omg not this again!! More queen nonsense! So I decided to scour YT, and even your channel, for all the ways to truly punish these types of players. But alas- there was no definitive content for this stuff. But now you’ve gone and posted exactly what I was needing before! So awesome! And it’s still very helpful bc now I can solidify everything I did manage to learn before to get over that hump. ** side note: a great tip for creating useful content imo would be for you to make vids about each opening again, but instead of the common lines- addressing say, 3-5 main mistakes your opponent might make that end the book lines too early, thus putting them at a disadvantage since the book lines do go on as long as they do for good reason; because if you get a line that isn’t a known variation there is likely a good reason it’s not a variation (it’s punishable by one side or the other). That’s just something I noticed in my quest to improve at chess: all the content on openings never actually goes over “well black does this in response, because if they did say X, Y, or Z- any of these early deviations from the proper lines can be punished in A, B, and C ways.”

What a great theme for a video. I currently trying to make myself feel playing comfortable to play against such opponents! Also i would like to see how computer like stockfish would play in certain positions where you questioned whether to play simple or hard way

26:20 yes, i will take a soul from a computer that isnt a living thing

I, as a 450 elo, beat Nelson a few times and I'm sometimes very confused at those bots' moves. They randomly hang their queen and it's a free piece. I mean....I'm not complaining Edit- I'm 800 now 🗿

As a new player, I learned quickly that Nelson’s queen attack was tough. Thanks so much for this video! I am going to go get revenge!

Just started playing chess a couple months ago. Been stuck on Nelson for a week now. Funny this popped up, just in time.

18:43 I think there is mate after Qd8+ that's a nice move

First thing to learn: beat Nelson. Second thing to learn: be Nelson. Third thing to learn: not be Nelson.

As a 924 rating, i played a lot with bots and recently i beat 1800 and 2000 bot respectively with white pieces. that was impossible almost for me and it happened.

Nelson. Why do you keep developing your queen to an exposed square? Nelson:Heh. Im planning something.

lmao the sheer amount of insults targeted at Nelson in this video almost makes me feel bad for him

It’s great to have this more beginner oriented content for people like me that know little-to-no theory!

Man still uploads the best contant for us after 2 years HUGE respect 🙏

Trying to let Nelson destroy himself, nearly ended up with my phone being destroyed

Nelson is like the trash talking amateur at the park on a Sunday chess afternoon game

Here, Levy is like my older brother stepping in to take care of the bigger kid who’s been bullying me.

Dude I yesterday beat an NM and also a FM in over the board chess in a tournament, and as a 1500 I can't believe it. I'm posting this just to share my happiness. Even that FM was our country's 2nd top rated active player

Idk how but the very moment i decide to check this channel for some Nelson cheesing i find it right away

I haven't played chess in 12 years, Just discovered your channel recently. Love your narrations and teachings. I actually beat Nelson my first time playing again and i never really considered myself a good player but I guess i do have something.

I’m considerably bad at chess and litteraly got the app a week ago (700elo) 😢. About 3 days ago my younger cousin (450elo) somehow beat Nelson in his first attempt. I attempted to beat Nelson and lost repeatedly. Thankfully this video has saved me, and I have now officially beaten Nelson.

I am not gonna lie i am stuck at 1400 but cant beat nelson THANKS I NEEDED THIS

Thanks Levy, Nelson used to do me over. After taking on board these lessons I've absolutely humiliated him (it), including a comeback after my early blunder. I'll never fear Nelson again!

“That move is completely brain dead” 😂😂😂

As a beginner, I think this is the most helpful chess channel out there. Thank you Mr. Levy. 👍

Please continue this series with Mittens

24:10 Levy was so disappointed with Nelson . LoL🤣

The Nelson slander in the beginning was ferocious

I've heard somewhere that they nerfed Nelson badly so he is not really that much of a threat anymore

The timing of this video could not be more perfect. I am a very new player working my way through the bots and Nelson was giving me a bit of a hard time, especially the other day when I was sick. I managed to beat him without assistance but I look forward to finishing this video to improve more.

So this is why I was always struggling with Nelson, unknowingly

Amazingly good commentary and advice. Even better than usual! :) :)

* nelson sees mittens * Nelson: finally a worthy opponent Mittens: our battle will be legendary!

I just got back into chess after an 18 year hiatus and Nelson has been clapping my cheekies for the last week

2:35 u messed 1 up and forgot about the other 🙋🏻‍♂️🇦🇹🖌️

Nelson's over reliance on his queen is his undoing. I've beaten him a few times. Lost a few games before though lol

A couple years ago when I first started playing Nelson put me in a body bag sooo many times. Hes actually such a great tool to learn against these shenanigans.

I love warming up with Nelson before I get to hard think. He always makes me go “oh shit why though?”

Thank you for this video. I was having trouble with very aggressive openings.

Thank you so much !! I was always struggling with Nelson, now I beat him easily. Thanks !

Levy are you gonna talk about the megan bot, It just "Killed" the angry cat and scaredy cat bots

Your one of the best chess players and one my chess life saver.

4:25 missed opportunity to sing “rook b1, rook b1, make a move that makes no sense”

i needed this. the amount of times i have fallen for this trick

Thank god I’m not alone with this guy. A painful 20 hours of queen attacks and I’m now here.

I watched the first half of this and then 3-starred Nelson for the first time. Great video, Gotham.

Playing b3 and Bb2 works really well. Nelson just forgets about his e5-pawn with ...Qh4.

Has this video not been done already? I distinctly remember you teaching us how to defeat Nelson, and me defeating him just before I had watched your video...

"The criss cross applesauce checkmate!" Everybody liked that

Dude I was just playing against Nelson and lost. Levy is such a nice boy for this video.

Good content for the newbies. Good job Levi

it feels so good to check mate him