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Nate posted a new activity comment

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:22:12 -0600

Also, you may want to pick new openings. The only part about the course I didn’t really like was Nelson spent a couple of chapters telling you to “Do these fundamental things” and then recommended two openings that didn’t do any of those fundamentals. I’d look into the London for white (super easy to learn, super safe and can play against…

In reply to - Damien M posted an update

Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience, I was around 800 when starting the course and gradually worked my way up to 1235 over 6 months. Since then I’ve had huge losing […]

Nate posted a new activity comment

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:17:21 -0600

There isn’t a huge difference between 1100 and 900. Just keep playing solid and do your blunder checks. Also, you may need to address your mental state and stop playing when you get on a losing streak and don’t throw away elo when you are tilted. Believe me I know, I dropped myself 100 points last Sunday rage queuing and losing 7 in a row *lol*

In reply to - Damien M posted an update

Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience, I was around 800 when starting the course and gradually worked my way up to 1235 over 6 months. Since then I’ve had huge losing […]

Nate posted an update: I tend to play steady chess without a lot of sacrifices […]

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 14:39:39 -0600

I tend to play steady chess without a lot of sacrifices so it is always nice when I get a brilliant move!

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Nate posted a new activity comment

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:17:38 -0600

Daily (or correspondence) games are just different than playing Rapid (or OTB in person). You will typically see that daily games will be a higher rating simply because you have more time to make your moves (less likely to blunder pieces and you have plenty of time to calculate multiple lines and choose the best one). In Rapid games,…

In reply to - bryan s posted an update

I have another question if I may: My ELO is 500-600 on Rapid (15:10 games) vs my ELO on daily games of 800-900. I noticed some of the others I have played in my range are also doing […]

Nate posted an update: After a year of the Caro-Kann I'm growing up to the […]

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:54:41 -0600

After a year of the Caro-Kann I’m growing up to the big boys and bought my first Sicilian Opening book (and Dutch for anything other than e4). Wish me luck!

Nate posted a new activity comment

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:51:37 -0600

Congrats on grinding to 900 and playing longer time control games online. For time management I would recommend one or two things. 1) Try to play into openings that you know. If you know the first 8-15 moves of your opening you should have plenty of time in the middlegame. 2) Create an internal process for each turn (Nelson talks about it in…

In reply to - Richard posted an update

I’m having trouble progressing from 900 -> 1000. I find two different things happening 60%-70% of the time.

1) My opponents play fast and thwart my threats and I get flagged.

2) My […]

Nate posted a new activity comment

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:11:44 -0600

I would say it depends on where you are at now. If you are less than 1000 ELO then I would do (1) Setting yourself up for Success (2) Opening Fundamentals (3) Openings for White & Black & then (6) Avoiding Blunders. If you are already 1000 elo, you probably already know items (1) & (2) and there are better openings for beginners than the…

In reply to - Charles posted an update What do you guys recommend that i watch? What im wondering is What part of the course would you say really bumped up your game?

Nate posted a new activity comment

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:39:30 -0600

My understanding was that the coaching calls were for the first two rounds. He may do some in the future, but I wouldn’t count on it.

In reply to - Damien M posted an update

Hey does anyone know if there’s going to be a third group coaching call like there was with the first round of joiners or was there only ever going to be 2 the 2nd time round?

Nate posted a new activity comment

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:21:38 -0600

@peterpauley I did. Glad he is feeling better.

In reply to - Peter posted an update

Nelson, where are you? I haven’t seen you live on the “ChessVibes” YouTube channel in nearly two weeks. Are you okay? I’m praying that you are. Peter

Nate posted a new activity comment

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 21:21:15 -0600

Congratulations. Time to retire until the ‘Breaking 2000’ course comes out!

In reply to - Pascal posted an update

Oh boy, did that feel good! 😁

Nate posted a new activity comment

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:29:24 -0600

Yeah. I noticed the same thing. Hopefully he is just taking a break. He seemed to be getting frustrated on his last few live streams (cheating, stream sniping etc…). It could have been a scheduled break, but I don’t recall him mentioning it.

In reply to - Peter posted an update

Nelson, where are you? I haven’t seen you live on the “ChessVibes” YouTube channel in nearly two weeks. Are you okay? I’m praying that you are. Peter

Nate posted a new activity comment

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:46:43 -0600

Looks good. I should be free on Feb 16 unless my wife drags me to church. *lol* — I also don’t know how the Chess.com tournament software works. Is it possible to assign people to a tournament game and then give them a timeframe to complete it? That might make it possible to do longer time controls. I.e. We do a 30 minute tournament, but…

In reply to - Tomas posted an update

Breaking 1500 Members Tournament – Update

Hi all,

The survey results are in! Most players prefer a Swiss format and 10-minute time control. While there was interest in a 15/10 […]

Nate posted a new activity comment

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 19:18:01 -0600

He hasn’t yet. My guess is that it will go after the AverageJoe climb (currently about 1750). He has been spending most of his time getting frustrated with stream snipers and cheaters online. (I kid… I kid…. mostly 🙂 )

In reply to - Keith S posted an update

Unfortunately I had some urgent business come up that essentially took me offline for two months. I’m now back in the game and I’ve just about completed all the modules; and ready to […]

Nate posted a new activity comment

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:22:17 -0600

It depends on what you are comfortable with. d5 is the better move by the engine, but you the playing a more open Benoni Structure instead of a more closed off Stonewall. I prefer the positions after dxC5 (…. e6 3. Nc3 BxC5 4. Ne4 Be7, Nd6+ Bxd6, Qxd6). In that position you have the bishop pair, active queen that can’t be tempo’d easily…

In reply to - Ben B posted an update

Re: Stonewall: if I open with d4 and they play c5, should I take or stick to the opening and let them take? Or do I push pawn to d5?

Nate: @ChessVibes Have you considered running a Tournament […]

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:12:31 -0600

@ChessVibes Have you considered running a Tournament for your Breaking 1500 students? It might be fun for the community to get games against each other. It might make for some interesting content (having you break down some of the games). Otherwise, thanks for the courses. I’m re-watching the ‘How not to Blunder’ course now. It apparently… Read more

Nate posted a new activity comment

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:09:11 -0600

Go through the course materials. Post on here (other than taking shots at Nelson) and you’ll likely get some activity. It was originally opened with limited availability. I believe he did that twice and now it is open to everyone. It is less active in here now just because most of the people have already gone through all of the material and…

In reply to - Richard P posted an update

Very disappointed, even though I’m still going to go through the coarse I feel like I got scammed. Watching Nelson on youtube I was feeling here a standup guy. Nothing I watched […]

Nate posted a new activity comment

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 14:51:31 -0600

Most people use Chess.com or lichess.org . Nelson uses Chess.com in his YT video channel streams and videos. I don’t know what system he used for the Breaking 1500 course.

In reply to - Gerald L posted an update

Whaf is the app you use for playing online games.

Nate posted a new activity comment

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:07:31 -0600

So I finished watching the most recent call and it was good. At the end there was discussion about doing a tournament or analyzing games. I would have voted for analyzing games (which, thankfully won). But I do think that Nelson doing a tournament with just breaking 1500 students might be a good idea (and possibly a good marketing tool) a…

In reply to - Nelson posted an update

Hey guys! Our next group coaching call is next Tuesday, Sept. 3! https://www.youtube.com/live/O5WMKLAR-T8

I’ll be doing a “mini rating climb” where I exclusively use the Stonewall […]

Nate posted a new activity comment

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 13:32:20 -0600

Can we get some info on the Stonewall vs. Pirc / Modern. White Bishop can be a bit restricted staring into G6 and you can’t dislodge his defense with the nE5. Thanks!

In reply to - Nelson posted an update

Hey guys! Our next group coaching call is next Tuesday, Sept. 3! https://www.youtube.com/live/O5WMKLAR-T8

I’ll be doing a “mini rating climb” where I exclusively use the Stonewall […]

Nate posted an update: Hey guys. We went to H-Mart (big Asian food store in […]

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 13:28:43 -0600

Hey guys. We went to H-Mart (big Asian food store in Texas) and I was waiting in the food court and my wife showed up letting me know she bought a rice cooker and I giggled and she didn’t understand.

Nate posted an update: Hey guys. I was just able to watch the VOD of the […]

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:12:04 -0600

Hey guys. I was just able to watch the VOD of the private coaching session. I’m not completely sold on the idea of doing a live mini-rating climb with the Stonewall/Owens Defense. If anything I’d probably just prefer either 1) Solicit Games from the group and do some in depth game reviews or 2) Set aside some time and play some games in…

Nate posted a new activity comment

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:04:56 -0600

Black would have 2 rooks and 2 minor pieces vs queen and rook. Should be winning for black.

In reply to - Nathan to Nelson

In lesson 4.5: Pins, @ChessVibes says that black would block the queen from the check with the knight, but wouldn’t black just lose their queen to the bishop on f6 if they did that?

Nate posted a new activity comment

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:06:43 -0600

I accepted your request. No worries. We can get some games in over the next few weeks.

In reply to - Nate posted an update

Hey! I just got the course this morning. I have been looking for some chess sparring partners. I’ve been bouncing between 1100-1300 on Chess.com and was hoping to find a few people who […]

Nate posted an update: Hey! I just got the course this morning. I have been […]

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:53:06 -0600

Hey! I just got the course this morning. I have been looking for some chess sparring partners. I’ve been bouncing between 1100-1300 on Chess.com and was hoping to find a few people who would like to play some games. Feel free to friend me at https://www.chess.com/member/natelouderback . Also, I’m in the Austin, Tx area if anyone wanted to meet…

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