Maybe they won't see it (Chess)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
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I've been feeling the urge to play chess again and I tricked myself into thinking I'm better than I am. Let's see what sort of damage we can do on Chess.com again!
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one thing is for sure about NL's chess-- he loves "screwing up their pawn structure"
"10 Blunders?!" I continue to love the chess content. It's truly a joy to see.
I've read it the same moment he yelled it hahaha
In the first games I couldn't help but notice a distinct lack of sneaking into the enemy base to kill their dudes. I hope this will be rectified in future episodes.
"As crazy as it sounds, I'm trying to keep the game as simple as possible." ~ Man who refuses to trade queens for 400 moves straight while being up material
I see we are still in the "Ahhhh! I resign." Era of norternlion's chess career.
Been really feeling empty without those chess episodes
The NL Gambit: sacrificing your queen when thinking you have them in checkmate when in reality there is a piece right next to it to take your queen. Something that I have fallen victim to quite a lot lol 21:45
NL has the incredible ability to always loose openings, be behind in time, and inexplicably blunder pieces, yet maintain his rating so he must be goated in something right?
He also resigns a lot. I suppose it's a miracle.
He wins a lot with people disconnecting? Idk in two years he's only went up 100 points I think so I think he's given up on actually getting better
I cannot stop laughing at 21:45
looping over and over only looking at his face and nothing else
That is just the most hilarious moment
Running away from the Fried Liver only to fall victim to the Evans Gambit😂. Next time just take the pawn w bishop and scoot back to e7 after d3
Day 1 of asking NL to learn the Ulvestead against the Fried Liver (
obviously
farewell once more my beloved chess
Continue doing what makes you happy nl but also MOARRR CHESS CONTENT
Screaming at 24:03 that you didn't see pawn takes knight 😭 it looked like such a beautiful move
No I think he did see pawn takes knight but he didn't see that his queen was protected by his own knight
When your opponent defends a threat you should always ask, "what if I just do it anyways?" for a brief moment.
@@Linkfanoftheyear that's a good rule of thumb honestly. Don't be surprised when Levi starts saying this now 🤣
@@gmansplit that was.. Obviously what I meant. He might have seen the move pawn takes knight, but he didn't SEE pawn takes knight
Please never let this series end 🙏🏻
And he stopped uploading them :(
10:50 "I can't stop this fork"
what if.. hear me out.. what if you moved your king OR queen so it was no longer a fork?
"but then the knight is hanging" yeah but you know what wouldn't be hanging? a fork that puts you at -4 in material
These days I don't have much time to consume youtube videos on my main monitor, but I always make some time for these chess videos. Keep it up!!!
The video card popping up just before he plays kc1 and gets instantly checkmated is hilarious
God give me the confidence of NL moments before he blunders his queen
There's a really cool line at 6:18. Extremely hard to find in a blitz game. The idea is 29. bxc6+!. The point is that the R can't be taken. If 29... Kxa6 we have 30. c4! which takes away the b5 square, which is the last available square for the black King. White is threatening Ra1#. Black can try 30...b5 to create another escape square at b6, but white responds 31. c5! immediately taking it away. 32. Ra1# is unstoppable.
Therefore after 29.bxc6+! black's best is probably 29... Kxc6, but then white should be coasting after something like 30. BxB hxg5 31. Rxe4 (or maybe c4 or some other similar move to prevent the black K from penetrating on the light squares).
yeah, in his position i would've done the exact same. (wtf)
Man missing that smothered mate was brutal
I don't care if NL wins, loses, blunders, or brilliants. I just love watching the game and listening to the banter.
I really hope the chess series continues!
Every time he talks about flashing a piece in the lanes I praise the egg reference machine
Was sitting in class looking for chess to watch cuz NL hasn't uploaded chess in a bit. Hit refresh and egg delivers me sustenance.
So long my love?
please, just a crumb of game review my lord, i beg of you.
That missed mate at the end really hurt, I've got to say. Great content as always!
worst part is if it was 10min chess he probably would have seen it. as funny as the blunders are, i hope he considers playing longer time control games some time
I know this video is old but, if for some reason you read this, could you point the mate out? I do not see it.
NL: Uploads chess
Me: My pawn structure is ready to get screwed up!
Hey NL, love your chess videos, hope your enjoying them as much as we are. Love the content brother. Cheers!
I legit had to pause the video at 26:51 to exhale deeply. I love these, no sarcasm.
10:49 just move your queen to protect your knight dude trust me
NL would sacrifice his king if it helped to avoid the fried liver attack
It's been said before, but I feel like a Naroditsky lesson would go a long way. With NL preferring the quicker formats, and Danya's incredible speed chess skills and teaching prowess, it seems like a no-brainer. Not to mention the amazing streams/videos we'd all get out of it!
Lol “missing the fork was brutal” I would argue missing the free rook two moves later was more brutal. Either way love the content! Thanks for making me smile lots
at 19:50 I was like "please for the love of god push f4!"
Don't get me wrong you are much better than me in Blitz (Though I plan to catch up as I am rated similarly to you in Rapid) It is much easier to watch and criticize than to play.
It was difficult to accept how dominant your position could become if you opened up your dark squared bishop though.
Did he stop playing chess?
The title is enough for me to know this will be a great video 🤣
The absolute frustration of hearing "10 blunders??" But knowing he will never analyze the game to show them
I also hope he gets bored of 3 minute soon
5 min is still best banter+ good play
I crave the analysis, I wish he'd bring it back, we're not worried about him getting better we just like the entertainment
@@andrewmcreynolds3692 I really just wanna see him react to games where he thinks he sucked the whole time then it turns out he was ahead lol
11:55 EVANS GAMBIT
Loved to see you play chess again NL, win or loose it doesnt matter at all. You make great content doing it anyway it goes. Please consider though playing a couple of rapid games, cuz i know you are so much better than this if only you give your great brain a chance....
That went from fried liver to fried egg real fast
That last game was pain
Is it okay if I backseat a chess VOD after all the games are done? Like just my takes on the opening theories? You mentioned that other people just know openings better, so from the openings you played, here's some ideas that I like.
In the king's gambit accepted, (1. e4, e5, 2. f4, exf4), if my opponent doesn't play 3. Nf3, I've found a lot of success playing Qh4+, (For instance, 3. Nc3, Qh4+, 4. g3, fxg3). A lot of times you can sac your queen in order to safely move a pawn to the end of the board and make a new one, meaning you effectively traded 1 pawn for whites entire kingside.
In sicilian defense as white, a gambit I like to have in my back pocket is the Smith-Morra gambit. (1. e4, c5, 2. d4). Point being that if my opponent takes, you can gambit another pawn and try and retake with the knight. (2. ... cxd4, 3. c3, dxc3, 4. Nxc3). You are down two pawns in exchange for more development, a more open position, (both your bishops AND your queen can move, blacks cannot), but the open C file that black usually takes advantage of in the sicilian is now also open for you to land your rook on. However, sometimes your opponents will take the first pawn, but decline the second one (1. e4, c5, 2. d4, cxd4, 3. c3, d3), so you gotta be mindful of that.
Against the fried liver, I in theory love the Traxler, it's a very dynamic counter-attack, (though I can't play it for shit). 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Bc4, Nf6 4. Ng5 is mainline fried liver, white tries to fork your queen and rook with the knight. The mainline continues with 4. ... d5, 5. exd5, Nxd5, 6. Nxf7, Kxf7. It's an awkward position for black, your king is exposed, and white is going to start throwing everything but the kitchen sink at you. The traxler instead allows your opponent to fork your queen and knight by playing 4. ... Bc5, because after 5. Nxf7, Bxf2+, 6. Kxf2, Nxe4+. You start to draw the king out, you can develop your queen into active squares and out of that fork, and even though white can take your rook for free, you have such a powerful attack that they can't spend a turn to fight back. Of course, that only works if the king takes the bishop on f2, which is by no means a forced move.
The other counter-attack that I like for the fried liver is the Ponziani-Steinitz. 4. ... Nxe4. If they take back with the knight, then you just fork the knight and bishop (5. Nxe4, d4) and accelerate your queen's-side castling. If white ignores and continues trying to fork your queen and rook, you can develop your queen to h4 and threaten mate in 1. (5. Nxf7, Qh4). If they castle, (6. O-O, Nxf2, 7. Rxf2, Bc5). If they play g6, (6. g6, Nxg6, 7. fxg3, Qe4+). Your opponent has nothing in his kingside to defend, and your bishop is able to move in and assist the queen in the attack.
sorry for the wall of text lolol
NL complains about openings but more often than not gets outplayed in the endgame
Me: You’re queen!
NL: My queen!
Finally more chess, i was losing my mind brother
@24:00 Why is that such a good knight move? The pawn can take it there.
24:14 just take the freakin knight with the pawn man, your queen is defended by your knight. You're up a piece man
I screamed too
All worth it for "10 blunders!?"
That feeling when he won’t just push the damn pawns
NL if you're that afraid of the fried liver attack just play the caro you learned from levy, they can't do it in that opening since they won't have the open diagonal to attack your weak f7 square. Btw for anyone not knowing the fried liver, it's 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7.
Chess content is a joy, thx nl
10:45 just move your king lol
Everytime chess is uploaded I am ascended up pog mountain
@24:00 "that was a good knight move". uhm, no; just take the knight /backseating 🙂
love how every game is nl losing in the opening and having to claw his way back to a decent position
was THIS the video that was meant to be called 'they do be abandoning games'
the oldest game meets the baldest streamer for a battle of the ages
That one Evans gambit guy was probably as confused as NL was
21:49 you can see the terror in his eyes
I love when NL plays chess. I watch it while rocking my baby
Please give us the analysis, we love it
Chess has returned! I can finally eat lunch in peak peace and entertainment again :D
Being one move away from mate and getting mated is tough, NL
That first game… I’m about NL’s ELO and play the bishop’s gambit a bit and I dont think I’ve ever seen h6
I went and put the last game into the website just to see what Stockfosh thought of it, and in amongst both NL and his opponent blundering pieces left and right, NL had three great moves to his opponent's two. Such a missed opportunity for content, heh heh
Arghhhh missed a smothered mate on the last game... I wanted to see that :D
Lost to the Evans Gambit. Love to see it.
The Grand Prix is an easy, fun counterplay to the Sicilian, but Ryab doesn’t wanna learn openings sadge
This could be the title of any NL chess video
Wow that was a funny one! Thank you NL!
In the second game, I think black was winning if they took the rook trade on e3 because their pawns were too fast and would queen with check
All NL Chess videos need to end with a 1 second reaction to the game report.
OMG it’s back!
nl r u ok
1440 IS good. I have played chess for 60 years..and would struggle to get back to where you are currently. I THINK my highest rating was just under 1600.
Maybe they didn't see it NL... but we did.
Damn that missed smother mate
Was Chess Unpilled a Wes Unseld reference? I really hope so
Where is the previous episode? Why your rating is 1440?
He missed a knight capture at 24:00
that last game was horrendous
This man knows how to play Knifey Spoony
Dear NL, for me, chess is just a fun-game. It doesn't matter if I make a bad move or mistake, as long as I have that enjoyment while playing it.
Best chess on youtube? Maybe not. Most entertaining chess on youtube? No doubt. 😎
It hurt so bad when he saw the pawn pin but didn’t realize his queen was defended so it actually wasn’t a big brain move and was just a free knight
I was wondering so damn hard why wont he just take the damn knight and trade the queen hahaha.
@@Euruzilys yeah he missed his own knight defended his queen so he thought taking it hung a queen
If egg man learned some openings he would be 1700 easily, he loses way too many games because his openings are bad, but still fun to watch
24:26 Why not just dxc5? Looks like a free knight to me
I was wondering the same thing. Analysis says missing it cost him almost 4 pawns. But 24. Qxe5 cost him 11 pawns. Basically he should've taken the queens off the board.
ITS CHESS TIME BABY!
He's playing - i'm pogging
He ain't playing lmao
chess pops off
24:01 why not take the knight?
Egg I watched your chess a year ago and you seemed to play much better smarter chess with ten minute matches
I think you are better than you think, and should have the confidence to play longer games and think more- i think yu will play better
Find a partner who loves you like NL loves doubling rooks.
pogging out the algorithm for chess
among many mistakes I think if you play xc6 at 6:25, and he takes the rook it is forced mate.
pog hes back
i've thought nl was playing badly, but then i tried playing rapid (10+0) myself. can't see half the stuff he catches.
Check for no good reason, no problem. Check when it wins the game on the spot? Get outta here!
Insanity