HOW DO I BEAT NELSON (COMPUTER)

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I have been trying to beat nelson a lot of times. But he checkmates me a lot. This is probably my 15th try or something. : (

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StudyCrec wrote:

I have been trying to beat nelson a lot of times. But he checkmates me a lot. This is probably my 15th try or something. : (

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/for-beginners/help-beating-nelson-computer

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Nelson moves his queen out early. Try ro take advantage of this
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If you enjoy playing bots that's great of course, but in terms of improving I think it's the last thing you should do as a beginner. 

Bots make a lot of weird moves, and learning from them can teach you bad habbits. 

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Try trading queens early.
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thanks

 

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ChesswithGautham wrote:
Nelson moves his queen out early. Try ro take advantage of this

how?

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StudyCrec wrote:
ChesswithGautham wrote:
Nelson moves his queen out early. Try ro take advantage of this

how?

He’ll often try to scholar’s mate you, so defend your pawn in the center with a knight, then attack his queen with a pawn or something. Even if you don’t capture his queen, you’ll be more developed and can probably handle him, because he’s severely underdeveloped.

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I tried to hold off taking the queen. Eventually I traded it. Look for forks and pins and advance your pieces.

 

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Ok sure

 

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StudyCrec wrote:
ChesswithGautham wrote:
Nelson moves his queen out early. Try ro take advantage of this

how?

 The first time I did this, which was a while ago, I aimed for a closed position and kept pushing his queen back.  Eventually it ended up trapped.

I think a more dependable way to beat him is to defend halfway decently, though.  Eventually he'll make an unsound sacrifice and then follow it up with more until he's completely lost.

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