John. I think you desreve more subs for you hard work and effort you put up to teaching us. it has helped me a lot man thanks. I dont wanna spend money on tutuors so i watch your vids. your the best. keep it up
I have watched many of John’s chess videos. They’re all fantastic and informative but this one in particular is at a different level altogether. I found it today and just finished watching it for the third time. I can’t believe how clear John’s thinking is and how he so effortlessly conveys chess strategy. The guy is one talented teacher. Thanks John!
its really a testament to just how much we as weaker players *don't* see move to move, that these higher rated players can see so much and capitalize on it all
Excellent video. I love how you've walked us through your thinking process clearly and thoroughly, without making any assumptions in your use of chess "jargon" about our ability level. Thank you.
Hello John. I like your videos very much. Your patience and analysis during the games are very instructional. I try to learn as much as i can from it. Thank you very much. Big hello from Serbia. :)
Months ago, you made a video especially to talk about the benefits of playing longer games. I followed your advice and cut back on blitz games. I now almost exclusively play 15 + 10 games on Chess.com and a few days ago I reached my peak rating of 1800. Still a long way from my dreamed rating of 2000 but I slowy hope to get there someday. Thanks for all you work !
Hi John. I Just wanted to say thank you for your videos. The content in each video is great. Thanks to them and to your teaching skills I am becoming a better chess player.
I like Ben Finegold's way of driving home the necessity of taking time to think. He showed games where top grandmasters blunder horribly due to time pressure. The point being that if only thinking for a few seconds causes super GMs to drop pieces, there is no way that lower rated players are able to think through the position properly when not taking any time to think.
John stop playing good players, these climbing the rating ladders are the best for us patzers. It's like the youtube version of Silmans the amateurs mind. You rock!
You should use the analysis mode in chess.com when analyzing games, because there you can look at different lines without needing to restore the game every time. Also, I'm learning Giuoco Piano and Evan's gambit, so it would be cool if you played it more : ) Thanks for the videos, they're awesome
John I think self-analysis button after clicking computer analysis after the game is what are you looking for. Here you can hide the evaluations and do analysis seamlessly without getting to end of the game I think. Anyway, great video as always, us suckers appreciate it very much :).
My favorite series is back, woo hoo! I often try Be3 in similar positions against opponents who like to trade, but I kind of like your suggestion of Qd3 to really press black. I feel like the comp always wants me to take Black's light-square Bishop on e6, but I usually try to avoid that thinking the same thing that you mentioned (why reward Black with two central pawns for the somewhat questionable opening play).
Great game and video john! would love to play you one day. Just got into chess 6 months ago. 23 years old so im a bit late but i love it! keep up the great vids
On chess.com, when analyzing, you can go to computer analysis, then turn off the computer. All variations are stored in the pgn, so you won't have to restore the game. Here you can also add notation and other stuff like arrows.
after they take on d4 I always like to castle and then play c3, giving up a pawn but gaining time. It also frees up your queen to go to b3 which inconveniences black in a ton of different ways. if black doesn't play super carefully they can get into a lot of quick trouble. try running it through an engine if anyone is curious
Hi John. I'm a new sub and have been enjoying your videos. I've been playing chess off and on for a long time but haven't really improved. I find I'm still struggling with blunders against chess.com level 1 computer. I feel that my main weakness is my opening and not really knowing where to develop my pieces to. This leads to poor coordination later on where my pieces are blocking each other or in the wrong places for attacks. I wanted to start improving by choosing an opening and learning the different lines. Which opening would you recommend to start out learning? I've been watching your fundamentals series and have learned a lot from those videos but I still feel like I have no clue what I'm doing for opening plays. I've also signed up for a chessable.com account in hopes that it'll help with making good moves seem more natural. Thanks for making great videos. I look forward to more!
Thanks John, another great video! For the review part of your videos, why don't you just copy the pgn and open an analaysis board on chess.com? That resetting of the board is somewhat annoying... There is this download button directly under the move list, it opens the pgn and you can just Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C and paste it into a new analysis board. Keep it up, I enjoy your videos!
There's an incongruity that the IM is spending so much time deliberating over the clearest path to advantage while the 1200 makes all his moves instantly until the moment where he is almost strategically lost. If Black is seriously looking for a way to improve, this just about says everything. I've had students who were stuck in some "system" opening like the London and thought little outside the programmed systems moves in opening. Usually serious improvement did not begin until they developed the courage to abandon the system and think on their own in the opening. This could often take a lot of coaxing since it is a difficult habit to overcome. Black's "system" was to trade everything in this game. It's a typical mistake at this level epitomized by Igor Smirnov's saying "to take is a mistake." Of course this should not be taken literally, but at the very least it should prompt you to reconsider captures if you have this destructive habit. Regarding the "glacial pace" around 20:15, I would have probably played something like Kg2-h3-h4-g5-f6. I always tell my students "do not hurry" in such situations where the opponent has no counterplay.
i wonder what was going on in Balmydays' head when John took 5 minutes before move 12. "Hey i made the IM really thinking on this one, what a tough cookie am i"
I know this is late, but maybe I can get an answer. After move 10 at around 5:40, is there the possibility longterm for white to not castle and already use the king as an active piece and maybe putting it on a light square?
What advice do you have for us that get into time trouble? I've heard to try to spend 1/3 on the opening, middle and 1/3 of your time on the end game but I still have trouble. Especially in 45 and 60 minute games (with or without increment/delay). I just played in a quad where I should have won 3 games but ended up 1 1/2 due to time trouble.
the chance to play John and you ended up with more time than you started with?! maybe you could add to these videos by asking the players thoughts when analysing ? Ty for posting
Hi John, At 31m07s you're talking about the Bb3 move, but what about Bd5? It's a threat against the b7 pawn and if he takes you can take with the knight, threatening c7.
thanks alto sir for teaching us throught thesegreat vidoes and spedning your money and time for these i greatly respect you and you arethe best aslway my vladimir kramnik
Balmy days has a giant beer mug as his profile picture clearly he is playing chess for fun. I don't know why he would spend a lot of time on a game he never thought he could win. So as a result just try not to get checkmated in some horrific blunder. If he was getting a lesson then he should work a little harder. I think he did great.
John, love this channel. And love this format of the longer games especially the portion regarding candidate moves. I dont mind at all watching ads as I believe you deserve the income but the ads on this video feel a bit heavy handed and the constant interuption removes some of the value of this video for me as I find my concentration being broken by ads every few minutes. Again, love your content and please do not take this as a complaint, but rather just trying to give feedback.
hey john I'm a big fan. if you ever have some spare time on your hands i would love to get the chance to play against you. I'm not a great player but I'm trying hard to improve. Great video btw!
I have the opposite problem when it comes to time management. I never play anything shorter than 15/10, and even that I find a bit too fast; I just can't think quickly enough, and panic as I know that my clock's ticking down. I'm trying to find good moves, but just can't think clearly because of the time pressure. 45/45 is my favoured time control, but if you compare my chess.com games against human players to those games that I've played against the computer, I play better and make far fewer blunders against the machine, because it's not timed, and I'm happy to invest a few hours in a game in which I know I've played as well as I possibly can. However, it's also fun to play real people. John, if you're still reading this, any advice for time management if I have the opposite problem to Balmydays? How can I avoid letting clock pressure get to me during my chess.com games, so that I can think more clearly and try and find better moves? Many thanks, and really appreciate the videos.
Thanks for this, yes I'll have a look at that. Makes sense that improving pattern recognition would help; need to do more tactics trainer on cc I think...
I have some very basic opening knowledge; first few moves of the main lines of Giuoco Piano, Ruy Lopez, open Sicilian, QGD, etc., but you're right in what you say about being surprised if my opponent does something unexpected. Example, with me as White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4, then instead of the expected cxd4, my opponent went 3. ... g6 and I was like "what do I do now?" Tried to follow general opening principles from this point on, but I lost pretty convincingly. So I guess I could do with broadening my opening knowledge a bit.
Also can you tell me how you believe chess.com ratings correlate to tournament ratings. Also happy about you continuing the ladder, but would love to see the archives again.
John Bartholomew Thank you for the consideration! If you don't mind can you respond to a message I sent you on chess.com about a month ago? My name is cakelover24, again thanks for everything you have put out it's taught me much.
Thanks for your feedback. The best way to contact me is to email me (click on my "About" tab and then "For business inquiries." I don't monitor my Chess.com Inbox too actively.
How about making a series of lichess tournaments with different openings as a starting position? (you could use it as a way of advertising various content on chessable)
The guy has just played 44 moves ... with 49 sec increment on regular time ... I guess he is happy right now, John shame on you for delay, he had to wait 23 min for loss XD
I 100% get why lower rated players want to insta-trade pieces against a higher rated opponent (makes it feel more draw-ish) but for the life of me I don't understand why they refuse to think for even 10 seconds before playing a move.
The key is, the two similar pieces reaching for the same square have to be on the SAME FILE. That way, it's the rank number that helps disambiguate them.
What would happen if we played Rd1 instead of f4 in move 24 at 15:50. Would the position still be okay then as we have the option of playing rd7 winning pawns?
Maybe I'm just too risky...when I watched you play the game, that was one of the first moves catching my eye as you would force the king up, and win two pawns for the bishop. My thinking was your compensation would be enough (his king can't castle and is open for attack....but then again, watching you finish the game so convincingly probably proved me wrong. Thanks for your incredibly instructive videos. Much appreciated. :)
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These are some of the most instructive videos on your channel! I could watch 100 hours of this format.
Pleased to hear that, Jesse!
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John. I think you desreve more subs for you hard work and effort you put up to teaching us.
it has helped me a lot man thanks. I dont wanna spend money on tutuors so i watch your vids. your the best. keep it up
Sain Ismail That is very kind of you to say. Happy to help.
that is totally true.
I have watched many of John’s chess videos. They’re all fantastic and informative but this one in particular is at a different level altogether. I found it today and just finished watching it for the third time. I can’t believe how clear John’s thinking is and how he so effortlessly conveys chess strategy. The guy is one talented teacher. Thanks John!
Hello, John. I appreciate your commitment to always providing instructive Chess. Thank you.
It's amazing how these players seem so weak yet i struggle to beat them
its really a testament to just how much we as weaker players *don't* see move to move, that these higher rated players can see so much and capitalize on it all
PGN (spoiler alert)
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fins0905"]
[Black "Balmydays"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "1261"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:54"]
[BlackClock "0:15:56"]
1. e4 {8} e5 {4} 2. Nf3 {6} Nc6 {3} 3. Bc4 {10} d6 {4} 4. d4 {34} Nxd4 {3} 5.
Nxd4 {4} exd4 {2} 6. Qxd4 {2} Qe7 {2} 7. Nc3 {59} Qe5 {12} 8. Be3 {99} Qxd4 {3}
9. Bxd4 {4} Be6 {2} 10. Bb3 {50} Bxb3 {8} 11. axb3 {5} Nf6 {10} 12. Bxf6 {216}
gxf6 {16} 13. Nd5 {3} Kd7 {34} 14. Nxf6+ {7} Ke6 {8} 15. Nd5 {7} Kd7 {11} 16.
O-O {18} Bg7 {4} 17. c3 {13} c6 {9} 18. Ne3 {24} Bh6 {25} 19. Nf5 {6} Bf8 {11}
20. Rfd1 {10} a6 {14} 21. Nxd6 {77} Bxd6 {3} 22. e5 {2} Rae8 {20} 23. Rxd6+ {13
} Kc7 {4} 24. f4 {42} Re6 {7} 25. Rxe6 {54} fxe6 {3} 26. Rd1 {2} b5 {12} 27.
Rd6 {13} Re8 {6} 28. b4 {40} h5 {29} 29. Kf2 {14} Kb6 {3} 30. Kf3 {7} Kc7 {15}
31. g3 {33} Kb6 {8} 32. h3 {25} Kc7 {12} 33. g4 {11} hxg4+ {4} 34. hxg4 {1} Re7
{3} 35. Ke4 {17} Kb6 {13} 36. f5 {4} exf5+ {4} 37. gxf5 {1} Kc7 {11} 38. f6 {14
} Rf7 {5} 39. Kf5 {19} Rh7 {8} 40. Kg6 {9} Rh8 {7} 41. f7 {4} Rf8 {15} 42. Kg7
{3} Rxf7+ {1} 43. Kxf7 {1} Kb6 {4} 44. e6 {1} Kc7 {2} 45. Rd1 {4} 1-0
Spoiler alert against a 1200 lmao
Hi, John. Can I buy a king like that on the table from somewhere? :)
On Time Management in Chess:
Don't use too much
Don't use too little
Or else your position might become brittle.
Awesome, nice one!
Don't use too little
Don't use too much
Or else you might find yourself in a hutch
Don't use too little
Don't use to much
then you'll have extra in the clutch
These are still the absolute best instructional videos for chess on youtube. Glad to see that you still do these once in a while, thanks John!
Excellent video. I love how you've walked us through your thinking process clearly and thoroughly, without making any assumptions in your use of chess "jargon" about our ability level. Thank you.
Hello John. I like your videos very much. Your patience and analysis during the games are very instructional. I try to learn as much as i can from it.
Thank you very much. Big hello from Serbia. :)
really enjoyable video. watched it whilst eating my breakfast in a hotel.
Months ago, you made a video especially to talk about the benefits of playing longer games. I followed your advice and cut back on blitz games. I now almost exclusively play 15 + 10 games on Chess.com and a few days ago I reached my peak rating of 1800. Still a long way from my dreamed rating of 2000 but I slowy hope to get there someday. Thanks for all you work !
TheBuddhaBilly aim for 2800
Aim for 2953
@@jumbo6498 nonono! simple is better. goals shud be easy to reach so were not disapointed? (aim for 900 like me)
@@amandasteven1400 2954
Thanks John, this series is definitely where you really shine as a teacher.
You are the best teacher on the web!!! Thank you so much bro
Awesome vid, really loved your analysis of Balmydays' early queen moves - super useful.
This video was an intensely instructive video. Thanks IM Fins.
Such instructive analysis, John. Thanks for making these!
Thank you for another super video John!
Hi John. I Just wanted to say thank you for your videos. The content in each video is great. Thanks to them and to your teaching skills I am becoming a better chess player.
Here is a newer version of this series enjoy! ruclips.net/video/_Ayb9pPoPqI/видео.html
Dude, thank you! Your videos and lessons are fantastic
Love this series John.
I love this series. Thanks for the video.
Wow, his explanation and his knowledge of chess are so sharp...
The opponent resigned with 49 seconds more than he started with on his clock. (15:49)
YESSSSSSSS! Another JB video!
Thanks for the video John!
Awesome! These videos are my favorite, so helpful!!
I like Ben Finegold's way of driving home the necessity of taking time to think. He showed games where top grandmasters blunder horribly due to time pressure. The point being that if only thinking for a few seconds causes super GMs to drop pieces, there is no way that lower rated players are able to think through the position properly when not taking any time to think.
Yes! Missed this series.
Wow...learned something else from your vids. Amazing. Keep up the good work and thanks.
John stop playing good players, these climbing the rating ladders are the best for us patzers. It's like the youtube version of Silmans the amateurs mind. You rock!
NO, don't stop playing good players! Not everybody here is a "patzer", some of us want to see good chess on _both_ sides.
John bartholemew I love u dude! Please do more climbing the rating ladder vids!!!!
You should use the analysis mode in chess.com when analyzing games, because there you can look at different lines without needing to restore the game every time. Also, I'm learning Giuoco Piano and Evan's gambit, so it would be cool if you played it more : ) Thanks for the videos, they're awesome
John I think self-analysis button after clicking computer analysis after the game is what are you looking for. Here you can hide the evaluations and do analysis seamlessly without getting to end of the game I think. Anyway, great video as always, us suckers appreciate it very much :).
Btw, you can analyze the game without going back and forth by just going to analyze mode
My favorite series is back, woo hoo!
I often try Be3 in similar positions against opponents who like to trade, but I kind of like your suggestion of Qd3 to really press black. I feel like the comp always wants me to take Black's light-square Bishop on e6, but I usually try to avoid that thinking the same thing that you mentioned (why reward Black with two central pawns for the somewhat questionable opening play).
The Italian game is my fav for white...even the giuoco pianissimo can be aggressive with several tricks.
really educational, thank you
Thanks, 15:49 left for Balmydays
wow this is very helpful. TYVM :)
I enjoy watching your videos
greetings from Chile
The legend John Bartholomew has returned!
Great game and video john! would love to play you one day. Just got into chess 6 months ago. 23 years old so im a bit late but i love it! keep up the great vids
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best is today.
@@peterleonard49 oh wow this was so long ago. Update: I’m over 1700 rapid in chess.com and still play everyday!
@@markcurrie2545 that's phenomenal. Congratulations!!
Love your vids John
yesss a new climbing the ladder video
On chess.com, when analyzing, you can go to computer analysis, then turn off the computer. All variations are stored in the pgn, so you won't have to restore the game. Here you can also add notation and other stuff like arrows.
after they take on d4 I always like to castle and then play c3, giving up a pawn but gaining time. It also frees up your queen to go to b3 which inconveniences black in a ton of different ways. if black doesn't play super carefully they can get into a lot of quick trouble. try running it through an engine if anyone is curious
nice video John! really wanted to see Rad1 lol.
good explanation
It's bizarre how fast some people move in rapid. I've actually had opponents complain that I was taking too long...
Hi John. I'm a new sub and have been enjoying your videos. I've been playing chess off and on for a long time but haven't really improved. I find I'm still struggling with blunders against chess.com level 1 computer. I feel that my main weakness is my opening and not really knowing where to develop my pieces to. This leads to poor coordination later on where my pieces are blocking each other or in the wrong places for attacks. I wanted to start improving by choosing an opening and learning the different lines. Which opening would you recommend to start out learning? I've been watching your fundamentals series and have learned a lot from those videos but I still feel like I have no clue what I'm doing for opening plays. I've also signed up for a chessable.com account in hopes that it'll help with making good moves seem more natural. Thanks for making great videos. I look forward to more!
Thanks John, another great video! For the review part of your videos, why don't you just copy the pgn and open an analaysis board on chess.com? That resetting of the board is somewhat annoying... There is this download button directly under the move list, it opens the pgn and you can just Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C and paste it into a new analysis board. Keep it up, I enjoy your videos!
The thing I always find myself doing is playing the first move that seems natural and blundering. I need to think more 😂
more of these vids pleasE!
There's an incongruity that the IM is spending so much time deliberating over the clearest path to advantage while the 1200 makes all his moves instantly until the moment where he is almost strategically lost. If Black is seriously looking for a way to improve, this just about says everything. I've had students who were stuck in some "system" opening like the London and thought little outside the programmed systems moves in opening. Usually serious improvement did not begin until they developed the courage to abandon the system and think on their own in the opening. This could often take a lot of coaxing since it is a difficult habit to overcome. Black's "system" was to trade everything in this game. It's a typical mistake at this level epitomized by Igor Smirnov's saying "to take is a mistake." Of course this should not be taken literally, but at the very least it should prompt you to reconsider captures if you have this destructive habit.
Regarding the "glacial pace" around 20:15, I would have probably played something like Kg2-h3-h4-g5-f6. I always tell my students "do not hurry" in such situations where the opponent has no counterplay.
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i wonder what was going on in Balmydays' head when John took 5 minutes before move 12. "Hey i made the IM really thinking on this one, what a tough cookie am i"
I know this is late, but maybe I can get an answer. After move 10 at around 5:40, is there the possibility longterm for white to not castle and already use the king as an active piece and maybe putting it on a light square?
What advice do you have for us that get into time trouble? I've heard to try to spend 1/3 on the opening, middle and 1/3 of your time on the end game but I still have trouble. Especially in 45 and 60 minute games (with or without increment/delay). I just played in a quad where I should have won 3 games but ended up 1 1/2 due to time trouble.
John, could I challenge you on Lichess? I'm only 1900-2000 classical there but I think it would be instructive for your viewers!
Me next! I'm 2000-2100
This is my favorite youtube channel. John, I live in Minnesota, You ever at the chess castle?
the chance to play John and you ended up with more time than you started with?!
maybe you could add to these videos by asking the players thoughts when analysing ? Ty for posting
Hi John, At 31m07s you're talking about the Bb3 move, but what about Bd5? It's a threat against the b7 pawn and if he takes you can take with the knight, threatening c7.
Black plays c6 and then what do you do? retreating or taking on e6 just wastes a move and c6 is useful for black anyway
Ah, you're right !! Thanks :)
thanks alto sir for teaching us throught thesegreat vidoes and spedning your money and time for these i greatly respect you and you arethe best aslway my vladimir kramnik
Can you do retry mistakes( chess.com feature) after your games.? It would be fun , trying for better moves
John when is the next one? I want to play
me too
Great video
I hope i'll get a chance to play John in one of his ratting ladder series 😊
Hey John. Why aren't you playing in the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship Qualifiers? Would be awesome to watch :)
LEGEND!!!
Opponent's profile picture suggests that he was drunk.
We demand a GM norm!
Balmy days has a giant beer mug as his profile picture clearly he is playing chess for fun. I don't know why he would spend a lot of time on a game he never thought he could win. So as a result just try not to get checkmated in some horrific blunder. If he was getting a lesson then he should work a little harder. I think he did great.
John, love this channel. And love this format of the longer games especially the portion regarding candidate moves. I dont mind at all watching ads as I believe you deserve the income but the ads on this video feel a bit heavy handed and the constant interuption removes some of the value of this video for me as I find my concentration being broken by ads every few minutes. Again, love your content and please do not take this as a complaint, but rather just trying to give feedback.
hey john I'm a big fan. if you ever have some spare time on your hands i would love to get the chance to play against you. I'm not a great player but I'm trying hard to improve. Great video btw!
Climbing the rating ladder!
I have the opposite problem when it comes to time management. I never play anything shorter than 15/10, and even that I find a bit too fast; I just can't think quickly enough, and panic as I know that my clock's ticking down. I'm trying to find good moves, but just can't think clearly because of the time pressure.
45/45 is my favoured time control, but if you compare my chess.com games against human players to those games that I've played against the computer, I play better and make far fewer blunders against the machine, because it's not timed, and I'm happy to invest a few hours in a game in which I know I've played as well as I possibly can. However, it's also fun to play real people.
John, if you're still reading this, any advice for time management if I have the opposite problem to Balmydays? How can I avoid letting clock pressure get to me during my chess.com games, so that I can think more clearly and try and find better moves?
Many thanks, and really appreciate the videos.
Thanks for this, yes I'll have a look at that. Makes sense that improving pattern recognition would help; need to do more tactics trainer on cc I think...
I have some very basic opening knowledge; first few moves of the main lines of Giuoco Piano, Ruy Lopez, open Sicilian, QGD, etc., but you're right in what you say about being surprised if my opponent does something unexpected.
Example, with me as White: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4, then instead of the expected cxd4, my opponent went 3. ... g6 and I was like "what do I do now?" Tried to follow general opening principles from this point on, but I lost pretty convincingly. So I guess I could do with broadening my opening knowledge a bit.
why castle? k e2 or d2 seems good is the king side really that vulnerable with the open g file?
very true. you should never play automatic chess if ya want to improve. right john?
John can you make a video about how to claim draws on repetition etc. I've seen other videos on it but still can't grasp it.
Also can you tell me how you believe chess.com ratings correlate to tournament ratings. Also happy about you continuing the ladder, but would love to see the archives again.
Of the major sites, I think Chess.com's rapid ratings most closely correlate with OTB ratings.
Will consider that!
John Bartholomew Thank you for the consideration! If you don't mind can you respond to a message I sent you on chess.com about a month ago? My name is cakelover24, again thanks for everything you have put out it's taught me much.
Thanks for your feedback. The best way to contact me is to email me (click on my "About" tab and then "For business inquiries." I don't monitor my Chess.com Inbox too actively.
How about making a series of lichess tournaments with different openings as a starting position? (you could use it as a way of advertising various content on chessable)
climbing the rating latter best👌👌👌👌💪
Can you continue the Chess Fundamentals series?
Bartolomeo! my man! I missed you!
The guy has just played 44 moves ... with 49 sec increment on regular time ... I guess he is happy right now, John shame on you for delay, he had to wait 23 min for loss XD
notification squad! John your videos make my night!
I 100% get why lower rated players want to insta-trade pieces against a higher rated opponent (makes it feel more draw-ish) but for the life of me I don't understand why they refuse to think for even 10 seconds before playing a move.
At 16:15, if you wanted to move the d6 Rook to the first rank (not a good move, mind you), would you write R6d1 or Rdd1?
Good question: it's Rdd1. If the rooks were on, say, d6 and d1 and you wanted to play the sixth rank rook to d2, then you would record it as R6d2.
Balmy! Thanks
The key is, the two similar pieces reaching for the same square have to be on the SAME FILE. That way, it's the rank number that helps disambiguate them.
What would happen if we played Rd1 instead of f4 in move 24 at 15:50. Would the position still be okay then as we have the option of playing rd7 winning pawns?
Christian Gomez black could play Rxe5 then after Rxe5 Kxd6
Why castle in an endgame like that? I would do Kd2 or something like that, no?
He explains his rationale in the post-mortem.
At 9:09 why not take the rook pawn. 1.Rxa7 1. Rxa7 2. Bxa7 2. b6 3. Bb8 3. Kd7 4. Knb5 4. Kc6 5. C4 How can black reply????
Your videos are amazing. Thank you so much. This is so instructional. You should set up a patreon account if you don't already have one.
I didn't know Joel McHale played chess
22:06 Ever since I started playing chess I had that doubt, so I went to lichess and tried it in a game, it wasn't legal .
John: On move 8, why did you not consider the Bishop sac on f7?
Will Kilian It's a forcing move, but it didn't seem promising. Therefore I probably mentally dismissed it almost instantly.
Hi John- Do u like Sopico!?
Maybe I'm just too risky...when I watched you play the game, that was one of the first moves catching my eye as you would force the king up, and win two pawns for the bishop. My thinking was your compensation would be enough (his king can't castle and is open for attack....but then again, watching you finish the game so convincingly probably proved me wrong. Thanks for your incredibly instructive videos. Much appreciated. :)
Hey John if you need a 1400 USCF to play against on your next "Climbing The Rating Ladder." Video I'm available.
How do I become a student of yours JB?
Magnus Carlsen ended one of his games against Karjakin in the world championchip with more time than what he started with... ;)
It would be cool if you played subscribers in 15/10 or 30 Minute Games