2k mastodon kicking 1500s butts, what else is new Regarding your h3 in the Scandy, i think the only explanation is that you feel sorry for the opponent how he wasted tempo and your kind nature returns the favor.

Small suggestion apex😀first of all good luck on this journey… can you upload blitz on specific days of the week and make it like a series on weekend or so? Other days you upload rapid grind. This would be so much fun too

Pin me if you can

How old were you when you started playing chess

The thing is...2000 is where 85 percent of the cheaters are! Good luck but I think ur gonna have real problems! I still would like to see the chess 960. I think it may be a better indicator of true chess ability. At least there is no opening theory to deal with!

At least you are holding at 2000. It is very easy to lose -10 elo pretty easily. ggs. Good luck on the next run.

16:28 I might be dumb, but that's not a pin

had an OTB game today that went exactly like the first one in the video, painful indeed

5:59 bro I felt with you

I wouldn’t call your start shaky. Thru 4 games you’re holding 2000. Sure you should be 4-0 but holding at 2000 is a good start.

You should have titled this: "Shit happens" 😁

I enjoyed watching..

Is this you day job now?

Really enjoyed this video, more queen blunders in future episodes thanks

Wild ride. Way to go man!

this isn't an easy feat my friend.. control the emotions will help this journey a lot... you JUST HIT 2000... Keep working in positivity :) JESUS loves you shalom.

First game was frustrating. Second game was fantastic. GG’s! I still think 2200 is just 6 months away.

The first loss is so frustrating. I can feel the pain man. Don't worry, we've all been there. I already respect you for being a 2000. Keep it up!❤

Nothing more infuriating than throwing a completely winning position. I feel your pain after that first game. I guess the comforting thing is, we've all been there.

Inspiring. I will also do a speedrun , you Motivate me to do 💯

Why do you say "sorry" like that?

So brilliant apex !!

I'm so happy for you. Massive respect for the grind and all the hard work. You deserve success and more of an audience. You're at the point where you can really help others. Congratulations.

I love this serie

I feel like you are gonna hit 2199 and then lose and play more and drop 150 elo

Thanks for the games brotha 🙏

The first game shows that below master level anyone can beat anyone on any given day.

What happen?? Didn't you just hit 2000+ rated. how did you drop so much 😭

I actually had that too. Losing to someone in person who was 600 points lower rated. I had a little bit of a brain freeze. It’s a different mindset playing when you know you should realistically almost always win. Also having an underdog mentality is always better

One of my friends is 1300, I've beat him 66 times and he has best me 9. Most of the games are quiet close😊

I tried to watch but had to stop halfway through the first game because it was jumping back and forth so frequently.

WOW!! Good job!

24:00 You could have won there I think. after Kh3, he take you take then he defend with Kf3 and you go back to h3 and prepare to push the h pawn. if he takes you take and then your king escort the g pawn

i already know net chess and chill is in for hell after he just played the sicilian defense

Some cutting a little miss synced and a touch fast still interesting.

Apex, would you agree that you struggle much more tactically than positionally? Do you think that was why it took you as long as it did (not that it was an insanely long amount of time) to hit 2000 Rapid? Just curious.

Hey Apex, when again in 2023 did you start the whole rating climb idea (the very first video I mean)?

d4 straight up losing and Net missed the dual attack with the pinning bishop and the queen 😅 I really wanted to see the Knight go on g5 when ...d5 was pushed, provoking more weaknesses in Black's camp. Verified with the engine and the first Queen (Qf2) and last Queen moves (h4) you looked at were the best after ...Qb6

The rating does matter, but you have to play your opponent and not necessarily the position. He was pretty loose with his pawns and endgames are hard for you, so in theory, you could play simple chess. Another observation was how quick he was willing to trade pieces. You can also ask the question of what pieces did he often create threats with. Off the top of my head, it was Qb6 and two different checkmating threats in the second game. All of which required the queen. Trading queens would have made the game more complicated for him to find counterplay as he even used it to gobled all of your queenside pawns in the first game. This is how chess is played at the high rating as we all understand the position pretty well, but each of us are more talented in specific areas.

4:00 f5 anyway

nice lil shitfest on the saturday ♟

🤣😂🤣

In my firsts game in the U1700 ( ignatioskarao ) i played an 1100 which took an unexpected time in making some simple moves and ended up with 2000 expected elo after the analysis( i thought the position was kinda complexed ). I dont know if its cheating or not but take a look at that cause i will end up with 4.5 points ( i think its tied 3rd position) Thanks for hosting the tournament, was really really fun

I think hippo is the way.. accord to gotham and i think it was magnus

Little too jumpy with the cuts

Yo very dynamic edit. I like it better than long boring monologues of other guys who’s doing this type of videos, good job

Boards are flipping back and forth with too little time for observer to reorient back to side of board being shown. I felt a bit lost at times, unable to study positions. Would suggest you not flip views too quickly.

Stop being so humble and call yourself a 2000 rated player instead

Opponent insets are too short. Makes eyes and ears and brain feel uncomfortable. Or maybe i am too old.

yoo at what time is the tourney?