Target Audience: Under 1800 Rated Chess Players - You MUST KNOW These Tactical Chess Ideas!

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15 Clever Tactics to watch out for in your next game. These are common, but tricky and will make you a better chess player!

[TheAaronC]

This man is so talented he is fitting a ladder in a tool box

[yyyyyk]

This may be the best chess tutorial that I've ever seen, and I've seen hundrends if not thousands.
It's perfect for my level.
Thank you so much, Nelson!

[andreasgrunder]

1. Noah's ark trap
2. Attack a Pinned Piece with a Pawn
3. Losing h3 Pawn Because Hanging Knight on f3
4. Back rank mate
5. Rook Sacrifice To Set Up Knight Fork
6. Rook Sacrifice To Set Up A Bishop Fork
7. Early Queen Forks
8. Bxf7 Sacrifice To Set Up A Good Follow Up
9. Rook Checks On Uncastled King
10. Discovered Attack by Moving the f3 or f6 Knight
11. Greek Gift Sacrifice
12. Discovered Rook Attack
13. Opponent's King & Queen On Same File or Diagonal?
14. Rook Deflection
15. Blocking Off a Defender of a Higher Value Piece

[LemonInYourEyes]

It's one thing to see and learn these tactics with puzzles. It's another thing (and much more valuable) to hear about it from someone else with examples and general principles. This should be required viewing IMO!

[proprinters]

Nelson this is something that needs to be watched probably once a week as a reminder. I think we know many of these but its the reinforcement, you made it so easy to watch. you are great teacher

[peterbrown]

What an excellent summary - thank you, Nelson.

[raghvendrasinghsengar]

Nelson : "I am in chess since 30 years"
Also him : looks like 30 years old, lol

[EIIlast]

This was honestly a quality video, good job

[sooooooooDark]

5:37
checking with the queen (b6) might even be better since the only square the king can go to (c8) would also result in a king/queen fork (with an even better position for white) 😋

[langlinaiseiou]

Great video! You explain everything concisely but easy to understand and there’s very little “filler”. Keep it up your channel will go far. Btw commenting to help with the algo and will continue to do so

[AndreLuiz]

at 14:21, you can checkmate by moving Qe8, then black plays Kg7 and Queen finalize with Qg8.

This video is very good!

[InfernalLegion]

Nice vid :) As a 1550-1600 rapid I feel like I miss some of those waay to often. I'd say 1, 2, 4, 7, and from 9 to 13 are the types I usually see almost instantly, the rest I was like 'wait a sec, that's actually possible'.
Good to see the channel growing :). I'm looking at older uploads and some good stuff there too :). Glad I found this channel :D

[dkpandey]

I learned most of these tactics after missing them in my games and puzzles. Great video, summarizing some important themes in as little as 15 minutes.

[JM-gzcp]

I do puzzles every day and I still learned something. Great job as always nelson.

[mluckynikko]

I love your teaching style! Thank you!

[scottbignell]

Tactic #14 is one don't spend enough time looking for. I'm sure it will come in handy. I've been watching your videos pretty consistently recently, and my game has improved. I spent most of the year floating around 700-850 (Rapid), but am now consistently in the 900s, and looking to crack 1000. At my level, it's usually about who is able to get through the game with the least amount of blunders haha.

[Ben-xjsu]

I went out and bought a bunch of tools like he said to do and I'm still not better at chess :(

[botramduuze]

Great video! Please expand on this with more tactical patterns. Thanks Nelson

[neptunegaming]

For number 14 @ 14:20 would it not be better to play Qe8, then Qg8#?

[skidogleb]

Profound research is the most important tool for any practice!