Nelson plays 2100s and makes them look like 500s
Meanwhile, I play 500s and make them look like 2100s

AverageJoe is no longer average.

I would love to see you do that again starting from the bottom. There is so much for those of us at the lower ratings to learn. I have yet to find anyone that can explain the thought process behind each move so perfectly as you, and when you play at the lower levels it's nice to see some of the tactics that I face in day-to-day chess that I fall for that we don't see when you play people at your levels.

Wow, bitter sweet to see this climb to end after watching for the entire year long run. A highlight video of your favorite games would be cool to see.

Im always excited for another rating climb!

Gotta say, your normal rating climbs are very helpful to me. I also learned a lot from when viewers sent you their games with questions and you reviewed/answered them

Iirc the 2300 played the 'norwegian rat' opening. Magnus played that when he was young and just outplayed everyone because noone knows what is happening and thinks it's just bad like Nelson said. That your knight is doing this weird dance to fianchetto itself is actually theory and if you're not careful you're down a pawn like Nelson after the queentrade and your position is lowkey deadlost already. Gimmicky opening that i'd play in blitz if you're feeling silly but it can also work in rapid if you really study it.

Rating climbs are still by far my favorite content. The cool part is that everyone eventually gets to see you play against their own rating. Wouldn’t hate it if you started a brand new one!

I would like to see a rating climb using the same opening (one each for white and black) to really get a deep dive into how to play/react against the different ways your opponents will play against it

I watched the entire series! I really enjoyed this rating climb and learned a lot. Thank you!

Hi Nelson, great games and commentary as always. Just wanted to say that the “bad” opening your opponent played in game 3 is actually a real opening. It’s called the Norwegian defense, and it’s objectively around +1.00 for White, but it’s tricky to refute and you have to know the actual theory.

I know because I’ve fallen for the exact same trap as you where I lost the g4 pawn after Black forces a queen trade with d6.

I had to spend quite a while looking at lines and watched a video about it after someone played it against me at around 1800.

I've enjoyed your rating climb big time, watching it helped me climb out of 300 elo and now making my way close to 1000 elo.

I would do another one, no need to change the style the current format is great to learn from.

Thank you

Set up an NM Intercontinental competition. One NM from North America (Nelson), one from South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Play one game of Rapid, one Blitz, one Bullet against each opponent, then have a chat with the opponent about each game after you play. So, three games per video against one opponent in each time control. They also play against each other separately, which you can commentate on (or not). At the end, you have a final league table and a tournament winner. I can help you find the other players if needed.

A new rating climb starting from the bottom! These are my favorite and most instructive videos you do!

beautiful series i followed till the end .
suggestion: rating climb you vs viewers

I was surprised Nelsi was not aware that the opening the 2300 player played around the 30 minute mark is a real opening, usually called the Norwegian rat. It may be objectively bad, but it is tricky to refute.Even slightly careless play is an overextension and then the white center crumbles. I have seen Magnus play this numerous times in speedchess. On one occasion he played a slight variant of it (white had included c4) against Fabiano Caruana, and Magnus rolled him over.

Impressive end to the rating climb

44:05 Oh Nelsi men. Bishop takes pawn.

I've enjoyed this series from the beginning. Thank you.

Really enjoyed the rating climb.  Thanks