How To Play SMART Positional Chess
323K views · Jul 21, 2025 · Education
Comments · 298
@SkibidiOhioMeals · 1 year ago
I love how i got 87.5 accuracy , was in a +5 position, but when I make ONE MISTAKE, it all goes away
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@nox3557 · 1 year ago
This is the kind of videos I need. Not some openings or tricky tactical videos.<br>10/10<br>:medal-yellow-first-red:
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@SRIJAN1.08 · 1 year ago
This video is amazing , you should make a series on these type of videos where you anaylyze games and explain every phase
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@JamesWilson01 · 1 year ago
That knight was enjoying himself a bit too much 😂
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@mikemellor1 · 1 year ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGeQ8pSmSiE&t=1325">22:05</a> Black's king dilemma, great use of "I'll just sit here and wait" zugzwang.
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@IlliaKulikov · 1 year ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGeQ8pSmSiE&t=1055">17:35</a> if someone is wondering, black is threatening to give checks non stop on g4 and g5. So white cannot win by playing h7 because black will play rook g4 then rook g5 then rook g6 with perpetural check and draw.
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@tominmo8865 · 1 year ago
This is one of the best instructional videos I have ever seen, in several years of watching them. Thank you!
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@iamme3182 · 1 year ago
Fun fact: I quit chess 4 times in my life. Then I came back again
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@clche · 1 year ago
"Minority attack" That escalated into politics real quick.
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@VigneshDhakshinamoorthy · 1 year ago
Wow that is a brilliant lesson on how top level chess is played and decided. Thanks again, Nelson! 10/10 must watch for all improvers. It was so nice to meet you in person at the recent Texas chess events!
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@rpd350 · 1 year ago
Very nice, thank you (btw game is Larry Evans vs Haakon Opsahl Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950), Dubrovnik YUG, rd 8, Aug-30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense (D51) · 1-0)
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@DaltonWendo-g7t · 5 months ago
Bro I ain't lying I got 1st place in the competition thanks to a queen trap😂😂 thanks chess vibes
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