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Good game. Had a lot of fun. Looking forward to more content from you thanks for playing with me 🙏

Well played Bill.

OK, not the leanest game but still a victory. You don't have to be perfect, just better than your opponent. Endgame play is neglected by so many players but it will get you more victories than openings. Congrats on the victory over the 2000. You don't have to believe that you can beat a good player, now you KNOW it. Keep up the good work and I love the channel.

Let's go!!!

You calculated it, but somehow overlooked that playing d6 on move 13 simply won his bishop as your queen was also supporting the pawn push!

Nice win! You'll be 1500 in no time.

"I forgot the rook was there" is the story of my chess life lol

Man I would love to volunteer fir the US vs bot games.

Great game man, I was rooting for you big time! I got stuck around 1450 for a good 6 months and felt really discouraged. But once I hit 1500 I raced up to 1700 within an additional 2 months. I think psychology in chess is hugely important and this game might just give you the confidence to get to your next goal!

I worked in supermarkets freezer in my 20s and man, you cant pay me enough to return. It was soo miserable. Great game man! You should be proud, not many people won 2000s in rapid.

definitely a lot of suspect moves from white but you capitalized

averbakh variation. i play this with white

Great result! Congratulations.

Nice one. I’m 1400 and I once beat an IM. Congrats

Some excellent advice here. Just because the computer recommends a move that is objectively the best, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a good move for you as a player. Sometimes making less accurate, but practical moves that you understand is the best way to progress.

Nice video brother

Hey thank you man this was a ton of information and hind sight is 20/20 especially in chess 😂 It seems like my games (in my experience) I'm not able to come back from a disadvantage but on the flip side I feel like I'm usually good and holding and converting advantage. Which leads to I agree I need more opening. I'm going to go study the kings indian.

Lol "he been over here playin patty cake" 😂

Hello, good video keep posting❤

Good advice…….just wish I could remember it in my games! P.S. Don’t worry about the dogs, they add character to the channel!

Love watching chess when people explain thier thoughts, very fun and enlightening, thanks for sharing

The cardiac kid does it again ! Nice game Bill. One small point, at 9:19 Ne5 looks better threatening both the fork and c4. It looks like he has to play either Bf1 or Qf1, both miserable moves. It also allows Bg4 grabbing space and clearing the back rank. In the comments I noticed someone asked about c5 instead of e5. As you grow in the KID you will find that it depends on what white plays as to which one is correct. Good job and on to 1500.

Billy is the 🐐 of chess, and his overalls are so 🔥

Hey, just subscribed. A cool story for you. My chess coach actually sent me to this channel. He found you because you played him a couple week's ago. Anywa, I have watched a bunch of your vids in a short time and really like how you talk out your thought process. I learned to play chess 8 months ago and am currently 950 elo. My goal is to reach 1100 by the end of the year. I think your content will definitely help. Good luck on your chess journey ill be watching it and hopefully stay right behind ya lol

Have you experimented much with playing the KID with C5 on move 6 instead of E5?

You can click on Highlights button at the end of the review section and it takes you back to the first thing they show. It's been that way for me for a couple of months for me opted into the beta, it takes a little getitng used to, the biggest thing I don't like about it, is on the old review system, you could hit retry on your blunders and stuff, and it would say "Updated Accuracy after retries". Which was good to know, for me anyway to see basically, how much a blunder or mistake hurt your accuracy, it was different for different blunders, so probably not the most useful metric, but still interesting to me.

10:16 "What the hell is this?" He's preventing you from forking his King and Queen.

Well done bro (however, all of a sudden my boss came in while I was playing😂, so got distracted and blundered my rook) I think we should do it again someday bro😉

G'day Bill :) You can see the cogs turning when you are concentrating... smoke might start coming out of your ears soon :D Love the way you explain your thoughts. Keep up the good work, Bill :)

these have been very entertaining as of late

Love your content, and the vibe, I live in KY and it is nice to watch someone that idk the word.. sounds like me and is a working man like me playing chess as an adult. Chess brings people together for sure.

Great game ! Tal said that a turning point in his career was when he realized that his opponents were as nervous as he was. You piled the pressure on and he cracked. You don't have to play like a machine, just better than your opponent. On the way to 1500

Finally a caro player who knows what a carlsbad structure is. A minority attack and defend the kingside is a good plan rarely used by caro players i've seen. you;re getting better buddy, no doubt.

Mike, seriously brother, you MUST learn to play faster, if for no other reason than to make the video more watchable. And Nd5 was the move 20 minutes earlier. Even so, overall good game.

You played a great game Bill. Your opponent was no pushover and you nailed that endgame!

Keep it up bro🎉

congrats

My analysis of game 1: 2:36 Na4 I think is just wasting moves, you need to defend the d4 pawn, you attacked the queen so it retreats to a better square while your knight is useless on the rim of the board, you'll need more moves to make you knight relevant once again, and you're pawn still not supported, I would instead go Ne2, prepare c3, then reroute the knight. 3:20 h3 is, I don't know the purpose of tbh, the h2 pawn is defended anyway, im not sure what is a good move here but you can bring ur rook or knight to the center, Re1, Nc3. He can try to add more pressure by playing Ng4 but only then you play h3 and you are fine there is no sacrifices I think. 3:27 I don't like trading the bishop for the knight cause the opens the G file for his rook, so you either be quick with ur counter attack or you are busted 3:51 his king is in the center, not castled , ur rook looking at it, I guess thats the opportunity for counter attack even if you sacrifice a piece. Nxe5 and then play f4 and get ur piece back, you open up his king, and an extra pawn. notice that the stupid early moves Na4 comes in handy right now because it controls the checks on b6 and c5. okay, after that be2, the opponent has an amazing position, total control of the center by pawn and pieces an open file for his rook. 4:15 Qxc7 your queen was defended in the first place you didn't need to worry about the capture, now after trading u made him develop his rook with tempo on c2 and of course your knight now faces the consequences of bad placement from the early game. but once again I dont see good moves, You just have to give up your pawns in order not to lose your pieces. like Rb1 and let him take on c2 and a2 maybe idk.. my take on this game is wasted tempos, and unpunished opponents mistakes. You make unnecessary moves, you'll put your pieces in bad places so you need to waste more moves to correct them. You let your opponent go unpunished, his position gets better over time that's it.

good take bro

Tough battle. Don’t let the rating numbers get in your head. Your time will come when you are 1801 and hoping to win a game as an 1800. Just ignore the ratings and focus on the chess and learning :)

Congratulations on 300! We are Sparta!!!

good game man.

Bf2

Good move

h6

h6 to stop the knight coming

or f6

dxe5 looks nice

Good move

Castle then move the knight