How To Master Chess
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
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0:00 - Intro
0:07 - Shannon Number
1:22 - Shortcuts
2:41 - 1% Rule
3:36 - 1% Rule Example
5:27 - Summary
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Bobby Fisher said it best I think when asked if anyone could become great at chess and he answered no, anyone can become good with a lot of hard work but not great.
It is easy to not agree with Bobby Fischer off the chess board, where he was a rank amateur, no sharper than a politically charged, (which seems to be all of them today), college graduate today. But anything with a chess board/play,---you have to take into consideration. He was "The Man" on those 64 squares of unlimited tactics. But how did he define "great"? He was great. He figured out how to beat hundreds of years worth of global study all by himself. He beat the entire operating philosophy of the world today, (communism), that hates individual liberty,----all by himself.
There can be nothing more------Great! He was not smart enough off the board to express it that way.
the way people are taking the 1% thing too literally 🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂 he just means you have to keep learning a little bit consistently to become excellent at something which is in fact true.
great video and one of the best chess channels out there!
I'm glad someone understood that =P
Many of us did, your channel is awesome.
Yeah, basically like that poster you might see at school that says "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Quite. We should not take it literally. We should treat it as the untruth it is.
1% is not so much a rule but rather wishful thinking. We all know that learning happens fast in the beginning and slows down the further you progress, so your skill does not grow exponentially but much more logarithmically. If you know 100 things (like how rooks move, how bishops move, ..., how coordinates work, basic principles) then it is easy to learn one more thing which would be 1%. But if you know 10.000 things (like several openings with lots of variations each, mating patterns, etc.) it is much harder to learn an additional 1% wich would be 100 things.
True, one could argue the main issue is that this was shown as an exponential process when really you would aim for something more linear, with finding 1 new thing to learn each day. Even in the example he showed, the player learns infinitely more knowledge than they once knew on day one; the rules of chess. Then 100%, then 50%, and so on, and it takes a while to even get to 1%. Still, though, the idea of gradual progress does help.
I agree. This video suggests that the learning curve for chess (or any activity, really) is exponential, but in reality the curve is closer to logarithmic, where you have to work x times harder to get 1% better. It's easy to improve when you are starting out, but after about a year the days of quantum leaps in your progress are long gone. I would submit that after you have played a few thousand games of chess, you've gotten about as good as you are going to get. (That's assuming you aren't a kid aged 12 or under - your mind is still developing, so you don't know your limits yet.) Most people want to believe they can achieve anything if they work hard enough, but the truth is we all have physical, analytical, and psychological limitations that put a cap on our proficiency in anything we try.
Shut up smartarse
If one guy can read and digest 1 book per week and another guy can do 7 then the 1st guy will never be able to accomplish anything close to those that can do more than three or more per week. The smarter you are the less brain power you have to call on.
Or more like a rational function with horizontal asymtotes
I don't get why everyone doesn't follow the 1% rule. If Magnus Carlson just watched this video he could be 38 times better then he is now in just 1 year.
🤣🤣
Each new percent gets increasingly more difficult each time, and there is a stop, where you have to make new concepts, so it’s not so simple
For how many things Magnus knows it would take so long to increase just 1% it isn't that easy.
This is satire
He is not expressing a value for 1%. It is a expression of one percent of your skill level. But skill level started at Zero, so the rule does not work for me. lol I think it is his way of just saying that you should strive for what is professionally called, "continuous improvement" every day you play, (how many games?). There is just no way to measure 1% of your skill level at any given time, accept mine. :)
Hey Nelson congrats on holding a straight face when u said time management
Lol - almost didn't have time to reply to this comment
Yes when I first started playing chess and just played with random intuition I peaked at 1402 Elo after over a year of studying, memorizing lines, puzzle rushing, doing lessons and learning what you mentioned in this video I’m now sitting at a solid 1030 elo. It’s just that easy folks.
That just means u got an inaccurate rating in the beginning
@JesseHallock maybe you cooked it up a bit too much…
Very well explained. Gathering knowledge step-by-step is a better way to master chess. Like an old saying, "Slow and steady wins the race".
After the free enterprise system is gone, (taken over by government), then there will not be much for people to do other than simply survive,---and play chess. They will then have more time, (people who used to be productive), and I bet there will be plenty of new competition. With no more free market to use your mind to prosper, Communism,---it is why people in russia played chess as an escape, where the rules don't change just because you start winning.
1% every single day seems imposible to me. I would be glad if i could get 1% every 2-3 weeks.
the fact that you think that make me think you're 2800 because there is so much to learn in chess.
@@malcolmz3626 Sad thing is i'm like 1700 but don't see how i can improve 1% in only one day. Maybe i'm just not built for chess...
@@Monika77ful You are built for ANYTHING. You just gotta get your mind into it and work hard
I'm 1850+ but there are a million things I can learn for example yesterday I studied the epaulettes mate in depth thats my 1% for yesterday,today I'm gonna study another mating pattern or study the minority attack in depth, or how to play with the hanging pawn structure or how to neutralize a passpawn properly, the possibilities are endless
@@zachg.4908 Because one number says shit. Everything has be evaluated as a single instance.
Fun fact: if you start at 600 rating and increase your rating by 1% each day, you will be able to beat stodkfish 14 in less than 200 days.
Disclaimer for the people in the replys: assuming you are an active player and didnt cheat your way to that rating. So aka your rating matches your skill level
no, actually having a high rating doesn't make me win against stockfish. I need to make better moves than stockfish to win
@@foirstyloasty4347 well if you have a better rating you should be able to beat it
@@alex2005z no, shut up
@@foirstyloasty4347 so you are saying that a difference of over 200 rating points shouldnt make you better?
@@alex2005z I'm saying the rating doesn't decide how well I play, my mind does. also I'm saying you're dumb
This channel isnt only for chess its for life lessons, thanks for the advice great video!
I am addicted, I've discovered you only yesterday and have been binging on your videos, and don't plan on stopping. Really high quality and great content. Great work bro!👍
Thanks, Deni, appreciate that!
In my humble observation I can say for certain that the elephant is made of at least 3 bricks of lego.
Based on the volume of a human, a caterpiller793d, and a lego, as well as a caterpillar announcing 35 elephants could fit in their 793d. I can most likely conclude that the elephant was made of 288,351 lego pieces.
But yours is probably more accurate tbh.
1:07 that is not 2000... that is 2 million. The k in knodes stands for kilo, thousand.
Good advice, I've jumped around quite a bit learning a little bit about alot and forgetting things along the way, but its like everything in chess is connected in some way, you learn one thing and it leads to having to learn something else, like how learning the opening principles leads to having to learn about the Middle game which leads to having to learn some basic end games, which leads to having to learn queen v king # or rook v king, then I have to go back and refine my understanding of the opening and middle game and repeat
Thanks a lot Nelson
I was feeling frustrated of constantly losing in chess , this video gives me motivation to try my best again and yet I won 2 games
Glad I found your channel! Clear, concise and well put together. Great job...this is only my 3rd or 4th from you but I will be back!! Thank you🤩
I'd like to thank you Nelson for taking the time to share your considerable knowledge with us. I'm an intermediate player at best, but going back and reviewing fundamentals with you has helped me to gain some beneficial knowledge only after binge watching a half dozen or so of your videos today. Thanks man ! You have a new subscriber
Welcome aboard!
Great video Nelson, thanks! I like the idea of narrowing down the vast number of possible moves via principals!
What a great video. I hope you get the recognition you deserve. Keep on keeping on brother 👍
A walk of a thousand miles starts with one step.
i like that saying more than 1%rule
Honestly best information on chess I've found. Hope your channel grows well :)
Much appreciated!
agreed
Thanks for sharing this very well-presented video. You articulated an important message to all. Well done.
You are awesome!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Your delivery is informative and insightful without being aggressive or intimidating to beginners! Thank you for reminding me to practice patience!
Ok say it’s 69420 Lego’s in that elephant.
Amazing! Thanks for sharing this thought!
This was great, thanks for making this video.
If the elephant is solid, I'm guessing 3 million Lego bricks. If it's hollow, then only 1 million.
I’m glad that’s what you got from this video
Comparing the volume of an elephant to the volume of a Lego brick, I'd guess about 300,000 bricks.
@@zanti4132 More like 300000 legos for the trunk
Or let's say for the whole head...
Based on the volume of a human, a caterpiller793d, and a lego, as well as a caterpillar announcing 35 elephants could fit in their 793d. I can most likely conclude that the elephant was made of 288,351 lego pieces.
Great stuff! As always, your videos are filled with good ideas!
By far some of the best advice I've found on UA-cam so far. Fantastic video, almost feels like a Naroditsky video
What a Great video. Words of Wisdom that can be applied to so many subjects and situations.
Well done Sir. Thanks.
Excellent as always. Thanks!!
Great video! Thank you!
Absolutely phenomenal advice my friend!😃👍👍
Excellent! Thank you for this video!
Thank you man
I appreciate you made this video
Really helpful
Outstanding video sir!!!
Thank you for adding a generalized pipeline of learning. I find that the hardest part to learn something complex is knowing how to study it.
one of the best videos to help anyone improve! think 1% can be done by reading a quick article or even just watching one video on a certain topic a day, as you said. Thanks!
I've said it before....Mr. Nelson my Chess teacher....thank you...you make it easier to learn the great game of Chess...I want one of your Chess Vibes shirts. Thank you!♟♟♟
Perfect video, thank you so much
This seems to me to be very similar to the way Alex Honnold has described his preparation for his free solo of El Capitan. Focus on each step until that step is mastered...then go on to the next step. The whole project becomes comfortably possible when each step has become comfortably mastered. Or as I used to say to myself as an engineering program undergraduate, for each topic, say a section of calculus, "Do 200 example problems and the section will have been mastered". It never took completing 200 example problems to master any one section - but to master a chapter or a course, the process for mastery was focusing on each section until that section was mastered. The five problems assigned as homework were never sufficient, but the number of example problems to master a section was finite and not unreasonable. Mastering each section in that way produced mastery of the entire course material in the context of that academic course.
One thing I’ve done that i think helped me out is only playing 2-3 games of rapid a day, and REALLY focusing on those games, rather than a bunch of lazy attempts. Spend the rest of your time studying theory, practicing tactics, learning strategies and endgames, etc. I’m by no means a great player, but I’ve gone from 700 to 1300 in about a year which I don’t think is a terrible improvement!
I'm just 200😫
Thank you for the great work 👍
I just love your teaching style and pace and information and presentation. Always a thumb up from me. Keep it up. I share your videos because they are really nice to watch. 🤗😊👍
Thanks for sharing!
I'm a new viewer who has been enjoying your youtube contributions - thank you! If I may make one suggestion, it would be to fix your microphone issues that have popped up on each of the three videos I've seen thus far. Constantly adjusting the volume detracts from the great content you're providing. Thanks again and best of luck!
I love your videos man keep it up
Absolutely love this video
Inspiring. Thanks
very great video! thanks
Pefect video. Adequate explanation. Great Visualization.
Great advice, I love it.
This is actually helpful, thanks Nelson
You have a really good channel that should have more recognition. I’ll be sure to share it with my friends!
Thanks, James!
Thank you coach for sharing your lesson
Omg congrats on 10k!!🥳
Thanks! I was under 5k like last week? What is going on?!
I have already got a knowledge of chess. Thanks Mr.Nelson for this great video. This really motivated me.
I’ve learned a lot w y.ou. What a great teacher you are! I’m a 650 player and you have helped me so much. I win a lot morre than I used to" I’m hooked on your channel. Thanks!
Awesome! Glad you're learning!
Your advice sounds good. I was having a desire to want to master chess. I'm still at the intermediate stage and tried to take on too much in chess. The 1% rule makes alot of sense.
your stuff is one of the best chess channels on youtube. thank you.
Good stuff!!
Absolutely right... Keep going
Thank you Mr. Nelson for teaching 1 percent rule which is a very effective way of improving in all walks of life
Take note of my salute to you from India.
Claude Shannon was first most a research electrical engineer and graduated from MIT. Having read many of his papers, I would say that at best, he could also be called as a secondary title an applied mathematician. He pioneered the field of Information Theory and that's where history will most remember him by but he did some work in game theory and loved to beat the casinos.
good video mate cheers
I really like your videos😍 they are very informative
Thanks sir your videos are really helpful for me. 👍
I did this for 3 months and I really improved a lot! thanks!
Can you talk about THE MOST IMPORTANT thing to master at chess: proper calculation?
Photo copy a blank chess board. Play an untimed game, maybe against the computer. After the last book move, calculate how many times each square is being attacked and write the difference on that square, in black for black's and red/blue for White's advantage. Do this every turn til the end. Just cross out the number and put in the new one. This will help you calculate the best move.
@@TiggerNyeah I am a beginner, but an engineer also, and that sounds like a great idea. I am going to do that after I figure out how to print out blank chess boards. But I am not sure about your color choices. You have black on black and white squares,--and you have no white at all? I am sick of this racist crap,--lol. But, in an expression of individual liberty that the USA was first based on, (which skin color as nothing to do with because it is based on a man's mind and ability to reason, if practiced), I will use white and black markers on 2 different shades of Asian colored squares. OK? :)
I hope you got a grin out of that. I can only advance if I see something working, and this is a map to spacial control in "black and white", (easy to see on paper). That is the best tool for chess I have seen by far, and I knew I would see a key comment sooner or later. :) Every lesson I see on YT,---uses different moves than my "Grand Master Chess 3" by GameTop, and that game will kick their butts too. I don't want to, (and can't), remember every move combination ever played. I want to play by seeing "spacial awareness" and using my own judgment. I don't want to be a machine, I want to be human. :) What a great tool to see "spacial awareness". Thank you for that great advise. Best tool I have seen.
@@EarthSurferUSA Thank you. Let me know what revelations you've had while practicing this. One thing I realized is the unoccupied squares also need attention.
@@TiggerNyeah you cant play chess if the board is blank.
Got it. But I need a lot of repetition to consolidate things, so maybe not 1% a day, maybe 1% a week.
Truth!
You're taking it too literally, 1% in this case just mean one thing for example learning a particular mating pattern, thats your 1%
@@malcolmz3626 As I think back to how long it took me to learn to mate with bishop and knight, I think that yes it might be one thing rather than 1%, but also a month rather than a week.
@@davidblue819 you can learn that in less than an hour,just learn the patterns
Thank you, Manny!
Keep on uploading this stuff
'One percent at a time'
Very impressing amd helping video.
Thanks for sharing knowledge so freely.. it takes a gaint heart to do that.. and btw with this video you just made me feel better and motivated to work again
Glad I could help! Stick with it!
Sometimes difficult things can be easily explained... thank you
Great advice! Another key point I think is "stay dedicated!" If you stop playing for awhile you will lose skill.
Best chess channel ever for beginners and intermediates. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Very useful , even in life as whole thank you
Watching one of your video a day and practicing will give me the 1%! Thank you.
Thank you for this video sir, Greetings from Philippines 🇵🇭
I love your content.
This video will motivate you more than any "motivational billionaire quotes/ video's" out there. Great one!
above all channel's on yt, this is the channel where i learned the most
Great ❤ I love this video ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for taking the time to explain your knowledge. Can tell you just want to teach chess and the world to enjoy it. Elo 2000+ in 6 months just practicing a bit a day. ‘Laying a brick every single day’ to soon having a wall. See you soon NM.
Thank you for this...I decided yesterday, that I'm going to learn how to play chess & this is my first video :)
Gotham, this is how to treat your students...with love & respect! Nelson, you're great. Thanks.
Thanks, bud! 👍
I think the most important thing for chess is to understand that knowledge doesn't equal skills. What I mean by that is that a player can have a ton of knowledge in his head but didn't actually practice enough that what was learned and doesn't use it in his/her games. With chess, practicing skills is very hard to do but necessary. If you take the Steps method for example it is all based on giving the student new knowledge and then there will be no new knowledge added until the skill is mastered in his/her own games. Some people go over the books without an instructor and finish them and think they are ready for the next step. Even though they have learned all the knowledge in that volume they don't have the skills and get stuck later on. This can be very frustrating and is something very important to be aware off. If a student learns about the bishop pair then he/she should practice this isolated in tests specially made to see if the student really understands it. Nice video thanks for the upload.
I saw the notification when you uploaded your vid but i had to take my exam so i controlled myself but i was thinking about you the whole exam Lol and thx for your amazing totourials
Haha at least you got your priorities right - exams before youtube!
What a great video to come across. Advice for learning how to do anything…
nice . i like the graph too
You make real high quality videos! Don't forget me when you have 1M subs 😆
i love chess! dont get me wrong but you may not know: in Skat there are even more possible variants/dispensations...
Great video.
Very well stated, do one thing until it becomes second nature, that was the point. So when a time crunch comes, you do not loose your focus and your nerve. WEll done.
This is a great channel guys! I've discovered a treasure!
Welcome aboard!
great content
Nice video, at 1:09 it is even more ridiculous and stockfish analyses 2000 kilonodes(2,000,000 nodes) per second.
Nelson, your videos are fantastic! One thing that I feel I have to correct you on is that the plural of Lego is still Lego. Ik ik I'm a tool!
The chess engine on lichess (Stockfish compiled for the web) is analyzing 2 *million* nodes per second, not 2 thousand. "knodes" stands for "kilo node" (i.e. "thousand nodes").
🤦♂️ I stand corrected! Thanks for pointing out that there is indeed a "k" in front of nodes!
This was a very helpful video yet again! I was that kind of person that took in everything at once but I feel like I really learned everything that I tried to learn. I would try to go get some kind of title but I feel like over time that would affect my mindset on chess and how competitive I am. (At the moment I like to lose so that I can learn more and I treat it just as a game)
Also, at 3:16 my guess would have to be 437,896