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Sacrificing pieces in chess is one of the most fun aspects of the game. It can be difficult for beginners to understand when to sacrifice pieces, but it usually can lead to some of the most beautiful checkmates you will ever see. In this video I show an example of a game where I was able to sacrifice a rook, a knight, and finally a queen which led to a brilliant checkmate.
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Nelson: **Sacrifices rook and knight**
Engine: **NO**
I saw that🤣. That sidebar dipped like nobody's business
The engine was fine with the knight sacrifice for the most part, the evaluation didn't change much from that. It's the exchange sacrifice that it doesn't like, because it thinks it sees some move sequence that lets black defend. Does it exist? Yeah, probably. Doesn't mean the opponent's gonna find it though.
@@kellamyoshikage286
If you want the opening trap I played into to get that, I'll post the moves
The 1500elo bot abandoned the queen on B3 after that and let me trade a rook for it
@@dustinjames1268 give link of that game
Engine is just fool.
This was beautiful! Like Picasso said: Learn the rules like a professional so you can break them like an artist.
Perfect quote for this video!
I need to learn how to break the rules.
Didnt know picasso played chess, nice!
Bruh. I watched this video 10 months ago and even commented but I still don’t know how to sacrifice. 😂😂 At least now I can understand the video.
I really dislike this quote because it's more about knowing the cause and effect. Especially in art. At the end of the day you combine "the rules" to create something fresh rather than break them.
I usually sacrifice all those pieces by move 10, but I can't find the checkmate afterward...
Haha right?! Doesn't always work out this nicely for me either
@@ChessVibesOfficial no, he means he blunders the pieces :P
@@randomminecraftplayer6857 he knows
@@Habo1003 then reverse sarcasm ftw :D
@@randomminecraftplayer6857 Yeah. The only difference between a sacrifice and a blunder is the move rating, but blunders don't have to be captures, so...
Great game! 😮
*goes on to sacrifice queens for rooks because Nelson said so*
Lol as long as you go down swinging =P
Nelson you are an excellent teacher! Clear and concise and you explain things well for those of us who are fairly new to chess without being condescending.
Indeed.
honestly, Nelson is a really good instructor. i have been following other channels like gotham or adigator, but their lessons.. are jut not pratical as nelson's. thank you Nelson!
I appreciate that!
I mean gotham is quite good too
@@asmodeus7672 but yeah Nelson understands and remembers the truffles of us lesser chess mortals.
@@asmodeus7672 Gotham doesn’t go as much in depth. He has a sense of humor that makes it watchable, but he’s not as practical.
What about Danya?
I find it funny how in the first half, as he's saying things like "so I decided to sacrifice this piece since it's necessary to open up the position" or "this move is very important for me", the bar just keeps dropping lower and lower like "tf you doing"
His opponent didn't defend optimally. If he did, Nelson wouldn't have shown us this game because he would have lost because of his basically unsound sac. But sometimes these sacrifices work, especially in something like blitz when decisions are made fast.
@@dougveganparadisebuilder5808 I wouldn't call the sacrifice unsound. Just because a 4000 ELO engine can see the optimal way to defend something doesn't mean that, given the time and circumstance, it's a bad move. That's the thing with engines, they're usually good for checking your games, but at some point you have to treat them like the homeless guy yelling advice at you from an underpass.
@@coreyeverett5500underpass homeless guys are often GM's so don't be tripping, take Dirty Joe's Advice
@@coreyeverett5500 you have a good point, but at the highest level, players are definitely good enough to be completely winning after that rook sac unless it’s a blitz game.
The main thing that differs GM’s from top engines is that the engines have slightly better moves consistently, but GM’s 99/100 times GM’s will take advantage of a -3 blunder
@@hankmoody666 I mean, of course they will. And there's basically tens of times a super GM sac'd a rook/queen etc to get a check mate. And yet, given an intel i9 10700K a computer will find a way to pull through. Something those GMs did not. That's kind of the difference, even if you're really good at the game you're not even close to being able to make the moves a computer does. That's kinda the point of the raw processing power. It's also the reason you have ''human moves'' and ''computer moves''. Because some computer moves end up with a "do this move and you'll get a mate in 39", which is something noone in this world is able to calculate.
I like the way you teach and explain why you did these moves. Thank you for these great content and information 👏 🙏 👍
I appreciate that!
I think that one of the most important sacrifice rules is: think of what will happen if the opponent won't accept the sacrifice. You may have thought of a great tactic which forces a win, if the opponent accepts the sac, but sometimes they can reject it and it backfires on you.
Example game: Légal vs Saint Brie:
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Nxe5? Bxd1?? 6. Bxf7+ Ke7 7. Nd5#
Here, black did accept the sacrifice and lost, but if they played 5... Nxe5!, they would have been up a piece and have a good game.
An inactive piece is as good as a captured piece.
In some cases yes!
Always love sacrifices where the plan comes together. Paul Morphy was the absolute grandmaster of sacrifices
He really was!
Nelson you are a gifted teacher! Your mind controls your words as admirably as your play. Cheers.
Do you have any tricks for figuring out when to sacrifice the king?
Lol - I guess when you run out of other pieces to sacrifice?!
Every game as early as you can. Unfortunately, it's not a legal move to do it all at once so you have to be committed to making it work.
Try GM Abish Mathew videos he took world champion Vishwanath Anand queen with the king.
I do it all the time, just without the part where you get sometimes back.
Well done Nelson. Just subscribed! All your tips are well explained and something average players can grasp and possibly use as part of our improvement.
Nice video! Stockfish hated that rook sac so much that he nicknamed you Tal haha
From the position before you made the sacrifice, stockfish’s best move is a4. If both players play Stockfish from that point on it transposes into a beautiful Queen and King vs Rook and King endgame where white uses check to capture the Rook and then uses their King and Queen together to mate Black.
The Rook sacrifice, on the other hand, just about loses by force when both players play the best moves. Funny thing is, if Black ignores your Knight sacrifice (which is the best move at that point) and plays a3, they are completely winning.
*Me, a professional at hanging pieces:* I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you
Enjoyable and informative. Well done and thank you for all of your hard work. Love the channel
Very cool. This the middle game, is where I struggle the most. I've been playing chess since the early 80's. Great content. Thank you.
9:03 "But I had a really cool move here"
My brain: "Must be en passant"
"It involves a queen sacrifice"
My brain: "oh"
I'm curious why the eval drop so much when you sacrifice the exchange (R vs N)? What was the computer best move or your opponent best response to that sacrifice?
Good question! The computer liked all the next few moves until he played Qf8. Before Qf8 it was -4 for black if he played dxe5. It's such a weird move though because it opens up his king to discovered check with d6 from the bishop on c4, but then after Kf8 I don't really have an attack any more. Really tough move to find in a 3/0 blitz game though. And after Qf8 then I'm just winning at that point.
@@ChessVibesOfficial thanks!
Just what I needed
More ways to give my opponent material
Trying to work our those checkmate patterns was really satisfying. Speaking of satisfying: what an awesome game!
beautiful game. thank you for that analysis!
Great teaching lesson. Thank you very much. Watch out next time I play chess!
great video, very well explained. i have been struggling to get to the next level in chess for the last while, i feel im too defensive and dont fully understand that its ok to lose pieces, provided its done intelligently, so this type of video really helped!
though the sacrifice was suboptimal, you could have played rxh5, black can take it back with his rook or move ng6.
If he took the rook with his own, you check with nxh5 and then take his queen after he moves to h8. (if he goes h7 you force him away from the queen with bh7+)
if he didnt take the rook, you go qe4 to threaten qxg6, only thing black can do to survive for a bit is sac their queen on f7
Nicely explained! One of my favourite chess channel
Man, you played like a barbarian! I hope to model this. Nice win!
Thanks!
My eyes lit up when I discovered Nxh5 very quickly. Rated 950, feels good to pick up on that
You are a great presenter and your channel is brilliant. And you have literally the best music outro of any chess channel in history. Bravo 👏
Thanks! 🎶🎶
When you sac something other than the queen
Engine:what are you doing
When you sac your queen
Engine:Yusss!
Best chess channel. You have a way of breaking down the education into structured, logical points, in a way that other chess educators can't. Others seem to be "all over the place", as it happens when most brilliant people teach. But you have a way to make things seem logical and structured. Your videos are a joy to watch.
After watching your videos I recently implemented two moves for a victory
1. Protected a queen with a knight for a checkmate setup
2. Sacrificed a rook to lure the queen away so that I can enforce the checkmate
Thanks for these amazing videos!
What a wonderful game ! Thanks for sharing it
Beautiful lesson.Thank you very much.
Thanks a lot !
Very Cool Planing, Smart Indeed, Thanks Big N ... M.
Beautiful game! You went all 19th century there 👌❤️
nelson: i had a reason
stockfish: deadlost for white
Yet another excellent presentation. Thanks.
This was very informative, thank you
That was a crazy mate. Awesome video
I remember the first time i sacrificed a horsie and a queen to make a bishop and rook checkmate.it feels amazing to calculate that far in a real game
You teached me alot thanks!
These sacrifices were pure genius and art. Fantastic job
Aside from the wonderful video, wasn’t there a pawn blunder on e4 at the beginning since you left it undefended when you took out the bishop instead?
Interesting this hasn't been answered yet, but technically no. This is a sideline in the Alekhine's Defense (1.e4 Nf6) that not many Black players enjoy, despite being better (kind of like the sacrifice later on)! After 2.Bc4?! Nxe4 is playable, but White has 3.Bxf7+! Kxf7 4.Qh5+ and White always has Qd5+ winning the knight back (if 4....Ke6? 5.Qg4+ does, as Black really doesn't want to run the king up the board). Material is even and Black lost castling rights. Engines enjoy Black, as they develop slightly faster anyway, but it's unpleasant for humans.
I was so close to finding the mate in 6, I saw the right moves to checkmate if he moved the king but I forgot he could block the rook check with his queen
Been here since 10k subs cant wait for 1m!!
7:53 you also blocked his king for retreating to king side, now he's there and king is exposed that's why engine says White is completely winning
Great, underrated videos!
That was awesome!
Thanks!
just amazing. it is truly art. love your videos
Nice content!
Appreciate it!
Lovely game to demonstrate sacrifices. Surprised to see the calculations as except rooks none of the other pieces were inline to attack king. Plz. let me know how to develop such visibility.
That was awesome!!! What a great game!!!
I saw Nh5 for the double check, but I couldn't find the mate because I kept trying to go Qg7+ instead of Qh8+. I got hyper focused on capturing his queen with Nxg7 after Qxg7.
very beautiful game. Tx for sharing
This guy : sacrifice queen for checkmate
Meanwhile me* : sacrificed the queen for free
Hey just saw your game on Agadmators channel. Very nice.
Thanks buddy! Didn't even know someone had submitted it!
@@ChessVibesOfficial you have good subscribers/students.
Your instincts were good! Very nice checkmating attack...
this feels like a strategy game anime
Good work Nelson
saw the mate 4 moves out im happy now
4:33 i like how stockfish throws up after Rxh5 lol
Now I’m curious of the best defending moves after you saced
thank you this helped me how to attack better
The engine is going crazy after the SACRIFICES
just sacrificing pieces - Thomas Wilson Barnes
sacrificing to take your opponent into deep forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one - Mikhail Tal
Great content! Learning a lot from your videos.
Also, one of your games was covered by agadmator recently. Great game too!
Oh man! Too bad he didn't mention I have a channel, but hey I'll take it.
Another great video.
Qf8 was a blunder by your opponent. Analysis immediately goes from -5.1 to +4.7.
My chess app let me go capturing all his pieces at the same time it was setting up a checkmate while I was distracted. Another game I sacrificed a higher piece to get a better controlling position and it worked as in time I won.
Thanks
You are the best one explain sacrifice as a strategy not tactic...thanks too much
Instantly spotted the double check, followed by Qh8+... I expected black to resign as he knew he was lost.
That moment when a sacrifice was brilliant, but you played a blunder in the next move
11:30 - that R+N checkmate on a border is often seen in atomic variant :)
at 9:10, I move the white horse to e8, king forced to g8, again I sac the queen at h8, then rook to h5, and mate after black queen momentarily blocks rook. Not sure if that is more or fewer moves, but it is another option to achieve forced mate. Or maybe I missed something.
I actually already know how to sac my queen very well. I dont know why the computer calls it a “blunder”
im so proud of myself for instantly finding the mate in 6
High-level checkmate. Bravo
I too sacrificed my queen, bishop and rook in a game once and got really nicely checkmated.
Stockfish had a nervous breakdown during this game
Beautiful game!!!
Brilliant game! You were thinking on your feet.
Neat. This shows the power of double checks.
For some reason I was not considering taking the pawn with the knight. I was thinking knight E8 double check, then sacrificing queen for rook, then taking pawn with rook for another check, move knight back check, then either take queen with pawn or rook h7 check.
6:55 - Whooooooa hold up, Stockfish haaaaates Qf8, what's the story yo?
(ChessVibes addresses this in a different comment thread. There's a pawn capture that Stockfish wants to hold the position and eventually win on material, and Qf8 was the last chance for this capture to be good. After Qf8, the threat is imminent and it's too late.)
Great video, I'm 800 only but I learned a lot. thank you!
only?
me: sac a piece
engine: that is actually a blunder
me: that's a sacrifice for the demon lord then
Those were sweet sacrifices.
I saw the following mating pattern:
1.Nxh5+,Kg8 2.Nf6+,Kg7 3.Ne8+,Kg8 4.Qxh8#
Or black gives up the queen to try to prevent mate with
1.Nxh5+,Kg8 2.Nf6+,Qxf6 but then it simply gets too complicated for me to calculate the mate from position but it strongly resembles a mating net and white is up the queen after Q so it doesn't really matter if I can find the optimal mate or not, or so I tell myself to sleep at night.
why did the evaluation bar favour black after the rxh4?
Now thats some way to play chess lol
You should show the best engine moves too
Alekhine and Tal would have loved this game
I always create a battery with quen and bishop and win in most games
High elo: sacrifice pieces
Low elo: hangs pieces
Beautiful sacrifices and check mate too. I wonder what was the rating of the opponent?