A good thing about old chess books written before "the age of engines" is that the openings are chosen because they are practical to play and pose opponents chellenging questions, not because they are top moves suggested by engines. It's from these opening variations that you can actually learn the ideas of an opening, even if they can be dubious because of some ridiculous engine refutation.

That book came in the first chess set i had as a kid in the 70s

Top tier. Do we need anything more than Nelson being really excited about a slightly older book?

The beauty of chess is how fast something can work or fall apart with little ability to see it before hand.

Many years ago I looked at a chess openings book from the late 1800s. There were so many variations that were no longer being played, but which were really difficult to counter.

Game 2 was crazy!!! Game 3 for 3 . Game 3 and a triple fork, OUCH!!❤

That book came with a plastic chess set my dads parents bought for him and my uncle in the 70‘s. That was my very first book on chess, and it’s what got me to steer playing the KG

That looks like the book I learned chess from when I was 9 years old.

Love the enthusiasm! And, again, best chess channel Nelson!!!

Nice, more tricks to add to our arsenal of tactics!

Incredible find.. Thank you for sharing😊

Nice find. E.S. Lowe also produced some good chess sets and other games. 😀

Fun stuff. It was enjoyable to see how enthusiastic you were about this book and the resultant wisdom.

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant. These are so cool. My biggest problem is remembering such openings and traps. I can never keep these tricks in the back of my mind and often forget them when the chance to use them presents itself. Any tips on how to better learn and internalize these moves?

Thanks Nelson I really like your teaching style. I've learned a lot from you. My older brother had that chess book when we were growing up!

Great stuff! Thanks as always.

Ah yes, the old days, when 6 was 7

I have been following you since 3 yrs i absolutely love your videos and i have learnt so much

Game #1 was great. Loved all the trap on trap possibilities ❤❤❤

Game 7 the perfect opening and finish!! The number 7 in the number of perfection. I can see why you enjoyed these games. Another great video!!

This book was packaged with my very first little plastic chess set from the E. S. Lowe company, which manufactured a number of different inexpensive chess sets in the 1960's and 70's. I learned playing chess from this book and about how to play those basic openings. It is a resource that young beginning players could still learn from even today.

Those were awesome games!

Clever! Well explained too

Great games! Thank you for sharing.

I'm new to chess but your videos have helped me learn a ton and get into it even more!

Nice stuff, learned a lot

What a great $4 find! I play the Panziani as white pretty often, and that crazy rook sacrifice into checkmate blew me away. I would fall for that 100 times out of 100 if not for this video.

Thanks for sharing!

best 4 dollars spent

neat video, thx for sharing! ❤

Wow great games and moves... thanks a lot for the traps .. I am trying to learn more and this really helps...

Awesome breakdown ❤❤❤

Super cool games! Great lessons.

the second trap I have actually seen in a video

My first chess set included that book! I learned a great deal from it as a novice player (about 1970). I wish I had that book for my grandson who is learning to play now.

I loooved that ponziani double rook sac! 😮❤❤❤ Craziness! 😂

#2 is a classic "oh no, my queen"

I have that same book it was my first chess book back in the early 1970's. Did not know if I would find mine but a quick check of my very old chess set and there it was. It is the book I learned the Ruy Lopez opening. Thanks for this piece of nostalgia.

Interestingly I had just come across most of these games in a free Chessable course named "Smithy's Opening Fundamentals". Good stuff, loved these games.

Great little book, thanks!!

Got a fantastic old chess puzzle book from a charity shop, a great source for these types of books...

we need more

Game 2 was crazy!!!

I'm going to go study how to counter attack these counter attacks.

Dambit Gambit I love yoooo....

Huge shout out to this channel, I just started playing chess about a month ago, I couldn't stay above a 300 to save my life until I came across this channel and I'm now approaching 400 thanks to you!

forget the Gotham book, that ancient chess book Neslon bought is all i need! game 7 - ok what if bishop doesnt take knight e5? even bishop & knight are trade off, what if the doesnt go for fork check with king & pawn?

Coolest Pacman console in the back !

Nice sacrifices, how to know when its a good time to sack a piece? I am kinda stuck on 1400 elo

Game 5 incredible. They keep getting better and better WOW 👌 Muy bueno!, magnífico!! Me encanta estos juegos!!

Do a video on how to read old chess notation please- I bought a book but couldn't understand it.

Felt like I was inside a GM mind,just one significant mistake turn to a check.some of this mistake I see my opponent making and am like ehh,no more😊

Really awesome video

Personally I thought that was excellent, I really enjoyed it (especially with your unique way of explaining the moves). My only gripe is how to remember where/when you played these games. Is there a library of your games/moves/tricks that I could use to find what I am looking for ? (I would like to practice some of the openings before I play a match, but how do I find them ?) As always, thank you so much for re-igniting my passion for chess !!

There are lots f games similar to these in the book by Pandolfini entitled 1000 Best Short Games of Chess❤

Your lessons revive the art of chess.

10:22 The move that I saw was Nd6. Which means the knight can take the queen next move because it's also a discovered check delivered by the bishop. Obviously not as good as checkmate, but I'm still pleased with myself for seeing this.

2:55 can´t black also play d5 in this position? It prevents mate and has imediatly a double attack

WOW I just mentioned my very old chess set in my previous post and I open my book and on page 95 is an advertisement for a Renaissance Chessman by E. S. Lowe (same as author) and that is my very old chess set.

Game 6 nice!!

Those were all great and inspiring games!!! Too bad I can’t remember any of them even five minutes after watching this video!

I would gladly watch you analyze white and black paint drying on a wall. Your presentations are par excellence.

Game 4 very interesting!!

Game 2 is known as legals mate. It can happen in various openings when one side or the other doesn't develop their knights. Game 3 has the old family fork, king, queen, and rook. It's the dream fork. Game 7 "development above all else"

Thanks Nelson. I have actually won games with #1 and #3 at 1600 ELO. That book was a great find!

The best move against the Philidor Defense is d4

Games 6 and 7 are both kings gambits if you are interested in those! I play that opening as white

Please don’t refer to books from my childhood as ancient!

Love the kings gambit❤❤❤❤❤

Nice, but lol, I tried to find a winning move in the last example for a whole hour, and didn't see it, of course because black does not have to accept neither bishop nor the rook sac... it is not forced line at all.

There seems to be a lot of super quick older games. What's changed? Why don't we get a ton of them nowadays? Why do modern games have to go on for hours? Great video, Nelson!

Legend

if you had a chance to look at that

13:19 Sadly this move is illegal, exf3 is forced.

That's $4 well spent.

I had #6 many times when I was very low rated, people love to make pawn chains and ignore the danger :)

Old, but quality!

I used to have that book.

Ponziani was brilliant no lie💯

19:43 There's no way i guessed Bxc7 I was thinking it would distract the queen...

very nice traps

He missed the En Passant!!

Imagine my surprise when I saw you with a book that I have on my shelf. Imagine my amusement when I heard you describe it as "ancient" ! 1955? I'm older than that book by 5 years.

Uh oh, he thinks 1955 is "ancient".

An ancient book involving chess will include the older rules.

day 9 for asking nelson to beat nelson with just a queen and a bishop

Maybe people would prefer the term "Vintage"... Thats more correct. 😊

Super cool

That is the book I learned chess with. I was in 3rd grade at the time!

Mate Legal !

if black played f6 queen didn, t get trap

2nd hand book stores are full of timeless chess books. Long forgotten games that offer so much insight into the game that a lot of modern players have never come across. It just hope I don't play any of the 1.9K viewers (to date) of this video :)

I actually have that book on my shelf. :)

6:40 isnt that just 2 pieces for a rook and a pawn

let me tell you, The game#5 was the best. I played many games and got this same position. It was devastating for my opponent. Thanks. the video was productive (rather i should say the book😃)

You don't wait quite long enough for me to pause the video. Also in game 7 Bxc7 gave up white's advantage if black did not recapture the rook of f6. Instead white should have built up the pressure by moving the queen to connect the rooks and then developing the QR.

Bro can you start chess elo climbing again but this time try to play only with fans or sth like that, i like the way you explain your tactics (1)

no d5 pawn starts?!?!?!?

The position in game 2 has occured in my game i was white and didnt find the mate . As expected because i am 850

Thanks!