Grandmasters don't take a free piece because they see an obvious trap
I don't take a free piece because I don't notice there was a free piece

back before the meta worked itself out, so cool

it’s like the first week of a video game

Could you imagine telling them that in 190 years from then,  250 000 people would watch a superbeing created by mankind analyze their game with 99% accuracy?

What's wild is that the three pawns he tells you to watch in the beginning aren't the same three pawns that advance in the end. I felt like I was watching a shell game.

1:09 I paid close attention to the d-pawn and was very said when it was taken. Surely, it got replaced immediately, but it was just an imposter from this point on.

A novice’s favorite piece is the Queen

A master’s favorite piece is the pawn.

McDonnell dead within a year, Bourdonnais within 6. Life was hard back then! Neither man lived past 45.

Romantic chess = best chess. Awesome game.

to me this is like one of the top 5 games i've ever seen
it was weird, brilliant, chaotic and beautiful

1:40 "White makes a questionable move here, he plays C4"

KABOOOOOOOOM

It's worth studying the games of the old masters.

1:49 anarchy chess moment

Wow! Thank you for showing white's poison pawn tricks,  really added to the game.

This is the coolest match I've ever seen

Black played really fucking well. I was in awe the whole game.

he refuses an en passant I am out.

8:39 it looks like a postion set up by a toddler

Back in 1834, they hadn't even yet settled on white always moving first.  Many games from that era had their notations mirrored or corrected for modern interpretation.

Please dont stop the capablanca endgame series. I started watching chessvibes since i was 1300, now im almost 2000. The single most important piece of advice I could give to other weaker players, is listen to capablanca: the endgame is the most important part of the game. One must first know how to win endgame positions, in order to force a transformation into a winnable position from a complex middlegame where anything could happen. The fact that many dont care about endgames, thing its boring and such and just want to see more dubious opening traps and flashy sacrifices, tells me exactly why they are hardstuck below 1500 elo.

One of my favorite games, presented in a concise, clear, and entertaining manner: well done, Nelson. 👍 I would love to see more such videos on remarkable games from the past! Here's one suggestion for a possible sequel on the theme of "three  connected pawns on the 7th rank": Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, played at the New York tournament 1924.