Day 520: Playing chess every day until I reach a 2000 rating
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Watch out Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen! I'm coming for you!
This is another day in my quest for a 2000 rating on chess.com.
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line
Join our discord to chat about my journey and see others chat about theirs: / discord
#chess 
Игры
![KSI - Thick Of It (feat. Trippie Redd) [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/At8v_Yc044Y/mqdefault.jpg)
Opponent: Look at that e3 square threatening a triple fork with the knight.
Patrick: Haha I just spilled coffee on myself 😂
haha he sure is pretty but not too bright unless you're throwing a lamp at him (jk)
New on your ‘Every move checklist’: Isn’t there a knightfork after the move I make?
One of the challenges when trying to improve at chess on your own is that it's not the blunders and mistakes that provide the most valuable lessons.
Several moves in this game were strange to me, even though the computer said they were fine, and some moves made sense even if the computer said they were bad.
Here are some examples:
9. Be3 - It made more sense to play c4 and capture the center. Why put the bishop on a square where it's easily attacked by a knight
10. c4 - Strange to trade your dark square bishop for the knight, especially since many pawns on light squares and black now have free reign with his bishop.
13.c5 - You had great control of the center, and Bd6 is not something to worry about. Now you open up squares for the opponents knight and allows them to attack your center with b6.
15.a3 - This is a good idea, even though it's bad in this position. My instinct is to push the queenside pawns as fast as possible. In chess, of course, you need to question your instinct and look for tactics as well.
19.Rf1 - Retreating back with the rook is something I would never consider in a position like that. Double up and keep the pressure should be (almost) automatic. You win the pawn on h7 in the line you looked at.
25.Rxf8 is almost like giving up. You don't create any counter play and swap of material even though you are down an exchange
Continue to focus on tactics, but improving your chess understanding would also make a big difference.
Patrick has had this position, or similar ones, as White several times and always misplays it. I had thought of trying to explain that this position is all about the d5 square but I think that's probably too abstract a concept for him. All your points are excellent but he just doesn't think in terms of weak squares or colour complexes.
Trading rooks when you're a good pawn up isn't prematurely releasing the tension, it's simplifying to a winning ending.
I think he lost a game a few days ago by not simplifying when he had the chance, he danced around the board with his pieces for too long and got checkmated out of nowhere on the 7th rank … he really should try to simplify when he can. Watching chess on RUclips gives me second hand anxiety sometimes 😂
He would also win a second pawn on h7
@@shanecle dude this is about being entertained and hoping that he blunders you guys have the wrong attitude
19:10 I'm screaming: Fork, Patrick!!! Fork!!!!!! No!!!!!!!😂🤣
meanwhile i'm cheering, yes Patrick!! Don't see the fork! YES AHHAHAHAHHAHA :DDD
@@radscorpion8😂
'I have a drinking problem' was good Patrick. 😃 Chin up.
a drinking problem, a forking problem, a castling problem...That's a lot of problems Patrick :D
I’ve noticed you never develop plans in the middlegame. If you want to improve, you’ll need to develop the ability to identify weaknesses/targets to exploit them. You tend to pick moves randomly. When you review your games with an engine, always ask yourself why the engine is choosing certain moves and what the overall plan should be.
Two important things. Pretty good counter attack in the endgame. But your fatal mistake it's that you spoiled it. You're opponent thought he won the game, so, you needed to center your knights to defend each other, then move your queen. And bam!!, queen h5 with advancing pawns, backed by knights. By moving your queen to early to h5, you spoiled your attack, your knights weren't in good position to back the attack and your king was exposed. The second thing. Start doing some knight practice. Your knight ability is like 600 ELO, every possible fork in the game, you just don't see it.
Yes! I suggested previously to trade his opponents knights off early for that very reason. He cannot see forks, it is a crippling weakness, so get rid of the opponents knights.
Dang it… that Clock did it again
Ok so you blundered the knight fork. But a big problem is you spent over 1 minute 30 seconds of your 2 minutes left figuring out what to do about it. If you're not going to resign, which I wouldn't either, you are down the exchange but up a pawn, check for 15 seconds if you have any good in-between moves like threatening the queen with a minor piece or threatening a piece with your queen to maybe make it more of a trade. After that, make obvious moves quickly. Trade rooks and go down the exchange and figure out what to do with 2 minutes left rather than 30 seconds. You would have more time for complicating tactics or avoiding tactics rather than feeling hopeless.
I find a lot of chess RUclipsrs do this. They can be in check or pinned and have literally only one legitimate move that they can possibly make … yet, they spend 1-2 minutes making that move, lol.
One way out of the fork was was Queen a4, threatening black pawn a7. If opponent reacts to that, then trade rooks with check, allowing the other rook to escape. Patrick should study pawn flank attacks for sure. Harry the H pawn down the board. In this game, the a pawn should have been marched.
I sometimes get opponents like that online. They bang out every move up until they are faced with losing some material. Then they spend 80% of their game time reflecting on the mistake that has already been made, when there are no longer any good moves to get out of it.
If you trade rooks it isn’t an “ok” position. It’s completely winning
This comment section is hilariously results oriented. Improvement in chess is slow. Youre doing fine, keep it up.
Patrick's mom ??
Patrick has made no observable progress in over a year. That's not doing fine.
@@MicroClases_Ciencia Patrick's mom is called TimTim lol
@@Mathemagical55 dude this is about being entertained not "helping people" don't be so shallow :P
@@MicroClases_Ciencia Definitely not your mom because she spent the night here.
loved your facial expressions on this one LOL nice game patrick
Your opponent was winning after the fork, but the position wasn't totally lost at that point. The fact that you spent 1.5 of your remaining 2 minutes in shock over it ensured that you would lose.
THIS IS THE proof that "Hard Work" alone doesn't make you successful
The good news Patrick is that it should be really clear to you what it is you need to fix to go the next level.
It's not opening theory. And it's not even endgame study. Though both of those things would help.
It's simply that you are not seeing your opponent's tactics. You are seeing your own tactics nicely. But you are not seeing your opponent's tactics because you are not looking for them.
Yesterday you lost the game because you didn't notice that your opponent had a check with Qa5 forking king and bishop and lost a whole piece just like that.
Today at 18:09 your opponent moved Nf5. Now you started looking at your Ne5 and then Nd6+ and that is all great. But you never once questioned why black played Nf5. They have Ne3 forking queen and both rooks pretty much winning the game.
I don't know what the answer is. I know you know what the problem is because you keep mentioning it. But it's one thing to know you should be looking at your opponent's moves and another to actually do it.
In an earlier comment I mentioned that you should just focus on what has changed after your opponent moves. And then after Nf5 you should see that there is Ne3. You could see it in a fraction of second Patrick if you looked. But at the moment you are literally not looking at all. I also saw some advice from a GM to stop blunders. He said you should focus on moves your opponent can make in your half of the board. At 18:09 you would look at Ng3, Ne3 and Nd4. That's it. It doesn't take long. Literally a second or two. I mentioned before that I don't need to look - for me it pops out (but that comes with practice I guess).
Other people say focus on checks and captures. At 1:15 in this game that would need you to look at Nxe4, Qxd4 and Qa5+. It's only three moves and it literally takes a second or two.
You absolutely must resolve this issue Patrick otherwise you will keep blundering and you will struggle to even meet 1500. I don't know if you can reach 2000. It's tough. But you can certainly get a lot closer than you are now and become a really strong chess player.
Completely agree - even in the postgame analysis he only looks at his own moves/ideas and only rarely at the opponent's missed opportunities. Doing this would reveal a lot about the weaknesses in his own position, as well as maybe even serve as a mental trigger for starting to consider the opponent's ideas more in-game.
I actually think that his postgame analysis is one of the two big factors that are holding him back (along with not registering his opponent's ideas). The analysis is usually rushed, and what's worse: he often quickly jumps to conclusions without investigating the computer's top lines. For instance at 27:46, he assumes that he would have to trade the rook at f8 when there's just a free pawn at h7 - and that's just one of countless examples.
Sometimes this tendency appears to be based on pride, and sometimes he mentions that he analyses the games more thoroughly off-stream, but Patrick, as a viewer I would love to see you dig a little deeper into the ideas you (and your opponent) had during the game. It would make for a more complete viewing experience, and I think your chess would benefit.
I came here to watch Patrick. Now I leave with some great lessons. TY
@@danielkjeldsenHis pride/stubborness is definitely one of the main reasons why he's not improving.
Patrick plays chess like the other player doesn't exist 🤣
The simplest way to address this is simply to consider every time your opponent moves, imagine if they had another move - what would they do next? You have to drill yourself, and train your brain, to do this.
I've said numerous times that Patrick should get a coach (I would happily do it, but it doesn't have to be me) because he has no idea how to improve. Usually, he deletes these comments, so he doesn't seem terribly receptive!
“Ohhhh…. He captured with check!! Wow!!!!!” This isn’t chess. Not sure what it is, but it isn’t chess.
hungry hungry hippos that's what it is!!!!!
@@radscorpion8😂
A last thing, a rook in the 7th rank is gold in chess, Patrick, gold. Don't leave that place even if Alphazero tells it to do it.
Patrick, I found myself shouting at the screen, "You are about to get forked, please see it, please see it". 🙂 I think a slightly better question than "What is my opponent going to do next", which when you remember you always say it as the last question. Instead say, "Why did my opponent move there, as soon as they move it." Might help you see those fork possibilities.
Playing chess is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes. lol. Airplane was a great movie :)
Hi Patrick, is there an eval bar available during the analysis phase so we can assess the overall position each step? I know we get to see the graph shortly before analysing but during would be handy. Thanks!
saw that knight move coming a mile away ....
19:20 making a joke about spilling coffee and missing a triple knight fork in one with zero compensation. 2000 elo is science fiction I think. 1600 would be a much more realistic target.
My goodness I can't believe you didn't notice the screaming fork & then gave up two rooks in a row. 😱
Looking forward to day 2000: Playing chess every day until I reach a 2000 rating. :) Another tough loss. Almost had the draw.
Patrick, start actually thinking instead of : I go here he goes here .. think about why the pawn should be here or there , why did the opponent play his move, why is better to have piece advanced vs behind etc..
Airplane is a great film
Damn, you got hit with the triple fork … you were still in the game at the end, just lost on time … tough game.
Has Patrick ever learned from a mistake in chess 🤔? 😂😅
Nice try. I still really think you need a coach because the analysis is wrong and you're reinforcing concepts that aren't conductive to your development. For example, during the opening, there's actually a more modern response that you completely overlooked that could easily score you many wins in this situation (it's a rare opening that involves moving the queen. Funny enough, you actually lost to this opening from the black perspective a few games ago where you got smothered on move 4. I think it was the quickest game on your channel.) Continuing with the analysis, there are many moments where strategically, things don't make sense and a coach could help you with this. Also, even when thinking about trading the rooks in the analysis, you miss a hanging pawn in a hypothetical situation you explored. Last, but not least, I absolutely love your 3 rules and think you're wise to have them... however right now you're asking yourself what your opponent is going to do approximately 4 moves out of 25. Instead, it should be a habit where you do it 25 out of 25 moves (Yes, even during the opening and on move 1,2 and 3.)
I see a new Chess with Patrick vid pop up on my feed = instant like before viewing. It's very gutsy putting your games up on youtube for scrutiny, hats off! And I just subscribed.
Close game. Tomorrow - for sure.
- and thanks for castling early!
why are u not looking at ur time liek what
Oh well 😊
I dont understand why you were wasting time just double up your rooks and let them take you. You calculate complex stuff but simple stuff you miss.
missing opponent's moves again.
18:40 once again u didnt consider his next move. Just look it isnt difficult. Your jsut not being disciplined. 400 level royal fork
First view, yet again! mahahahah. Now, coffee and Chess With Patrick! Get'em Buddy!
man u spent 5 minutes dor no reason...jsut connect your rooks adn call it a day
Bro you have not improved at all in the past 500 days. You are too focused on random chess buzz words instead of just playing the position on the board
500 days without improving is crazy
@@MrDanielfff777 its the same mistakes over and over and over
This ELO journey stoppede long ago.
Every now and then you can watch ( as i do ) , laugh and scratch your head.
Bro he was like 1100 when he started
Disagree. I think I have only been following him for 2 months. I've seen noticeable improvement.
56th 😂😏