Love it, I don't know much about the Smith-Morra. If you could speak more about why the e5 push is so strong, i'd love to hear your thought process as a much higher player than me.
i’m curious if you ever play OTB USCF or FIDE rated games, or even play longer time controls online. Your thoughts seem a bit scattered (making one move threats, making moves to avoid checks that don’t do anything but misplace your opponents piece and waste a tempo for you, in the middle of calculating saying things like “i wonder where my opponent is from?” etc.) and closer to maybe a 15-1600ish player. Improving your slow game is the fastest way to improve your quick games. If you only want to be good at 10|0 time control keep doing what you’re doing! But if you want to seriously improve and make 2200 rapid online easier to achieve i highly recommend organizing your thought processes by playing slower games.
Haha it’s tough to be a 2000 with a 1600 Elo mindset. I don’t think my slow, positional play is very strong. It definitely needs to be improved on. I’ve watched some 2200/2300 rated players recently and sometimes it feels like they’re playing different game to me. Their understanding is so high. I’m way off it, but hopefully will continue to improve and get closer.
@@yon_chess like i said i really recommend playing classical chess over the board, every chess player i know tends to agree that that is the fastest way to improve your game (play slow chess and analyze them after). keep up the great work, i’ll be continuing watching!
Funny games. I was shouting at my screen when that tactic was there, usually you don't miss these hahah. Btw, maybe it could help to improve your blitz a bit. Guys like Apex and Kiwi have blitz peaks in the 1700's, but they play it more regularly than you I think. But if they can hit that then you definetely can as well. The thing is, you have to figure out a bit how to transpose ur rapid strength into blitz but it's very much trainable. You have to balance out accuracy and speed and get a bit of a feeling for it. Eventually it could be a great use for your rapid games.
Yeah I have been doing loads more blitz recently, got up to 1500 yesterday, which is my peak. Slowly but surely I'll improve that and I can play faster in my rapid games
Its not that they are worse in blitz, it's just that the rapid pool is a lot weaker than the blitz/bullet pool. Apexx etc has played way more blitz than rapid, but still rated 400 points lower. The blitz/bullet rating is usually around 400 points lower than the rapid rating, aka why every "my road to" series on RUclips is in rapid as it a lot easier in rapid.
@@dg3872 It’s totally correct that the blitz and bullet pools are stronger. Most noobs play rapid so you’re automatically higher percentile there. But 400 points difference isn’t accurate I think, it’s rather around 200 points. But it’s hard to estimate and it differs from player to player. All time controls require a different set of skills. In rapid I try to play somewhat objective chess, in blitz it’s just about moving fast without blundering, and bullet even more.
You missed it in your analysis but in your third game you could of been completely winning on move 3 @25:23 with d5 (+1.7). Taking the pawn on move 2 is always best for black so if they play anything else need to abandon the SM setup and just punish them.
Yeah, that's very true. I should consider that more if they don't take and put their knight out. I just really prefer the SM set up. I'm not 100% I would have been able to capitalize on the +1.7 advantage, but I am sure I can play a SM position pretty well
Apologies for the terrible mood I had starting 24:00. I'm terrible at shaking off dumb losses haha.
Happens bro, its cool ur more genuine
Most people act like that don’t worry (including myself)
Love it, I don't know much about the Smith-Morra. If you could speak more about why the e5 push is so strong, i'd love to hear your thought process as a much higher player than me.
For sure! Next time I get a Smith morra position, I'll explain why e5 is such a good move if black doesn't defend against it.
@@yon_chess Any good Chess Books you'd recomend? I'm only 500 rated atm. But climbing quickly.
Sometimes the tactics jump off the board and other times it depends with how you got to that position. Totally relatable.
Yeah, it’s weird how some days tactics are easy to find and other days not so much
i’m curious if you ever play OTB USCF or FIDE rated games, or even play longer time controls online. Your thoughts seem a bit scattered (making one move threats, making moves to avoid checks that don’t do anything but misplace your opponents piece and waste a tempo for you, in the middle of calculating saying things like “i wonder where my opponent is from?” etc.) and closer to maybe a 15-1600ish player. Improving your slow game is the fastest way to improve your quick games. If you only want to be good at 10|0 time control keep doing what you’re doing! But if you want to seriously improve and make 2200 rapid online easier to achieve i highly recommend organizing your thought processes by playing slower games.
Haha it’s tough to be a 2000 with a 1600 Elo mindset. I don’t think my slow, positional play is very strong. It definitely needs to be improved on. I’ve watched some 2200/2300 rated players recently and sometimes it feels like they’re playing different game to me. Their understanding is so high. I’m way off it, but hopefully will continue to improve and get closer.
@@yon_chess like i said i really recommend playing classical chess over the board, every chess player i know tends to agree that that is the fastest way to improve your game (play slow chess and analyze them after). keep up the great work, i’ll be continuing watching!
@@oldmajormusicYeah the chess club I go to was closed during the summer but it’s back now so definitely will be going more!
Funny games. I was shouting at my screen when that tactic was there, usually you don't miss these hahah. Btw, maybe it could help to improve your blitz a bit. Guys like Apex and Kiwi have blitz peaks in the 1700's, but they play it more regularly than you I think. But if they can hit that then you definetely can as well. The thing is, you have to figure out a bit how to transpose ur rapid strength into blitz but it's very much trainable. You have to balance out accuracy and speed and get a bit of a feeling for it. Eventually it could be a great use for your rapid games.
@yon_chess i have found puzzle rush (or free version, puzzle storm on lichess) to be really good for catching up on lagging blitz rating vs rapid
Yeah I have been doing loads more blitz recently, got up to 1500 yesterday, which is my peak. Slowly but surely I'll improve that and I can play faster in my rapid games
Its not that they are worse in blitz, it's just that the rapid pool is a lot weaker than the blitz/bullet pool. Apexx etc has played way more blitz than rapid, but still rated 400 points lower. The blitz/bullet rating is usually around 400 points lower than the rapid rating, aka why every "my road to" series on RUclips is in rapid as it a lot easier in rapid.
@@dg3872 It’s totally correct that the blitz and bullet pools are stronger. Most noobs play rapid so you’re automatically higher percentile there. But 400 points difference isn’t accurate I think, it’s rather around 200 points. But it’s hard to estimate and it differs from player to player. All time controls require a different set of skills. In rapid I try to play somewhat objective chess, in blitz it’s just about moving fast without blundering, and bullet even more.
You missed it in your analysis but in your third game you could of been completely winning on move 3 @25:23 with d5 (+1.7). Taking the pawn on move 2 is always best for black so if they play anything else need to abandon the SM setup and just punish them.
Yeah, that's very true. I should consider that more if they don't take and put their knight out. I just really prefer the SM set up. I'm not 100% I would have been able to capitalize on the +1.7 advantage, but I am sure I can play a SM position pretty well
In 16:51 , you could take the knight with the rook, and after he takes your rook with his rook , you fork him with knight g6
Yeah can't believe I missed that tactic
@yon_chess I can see tactics, but im not good enough to have such a position
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You missed rxne7, rxr you play ng6+, kg8 nxr and you’re up a piece!
Yeah I would have really been winning after that tactic