3 Mind-Blowing Games that will change how you look at Chess

[@HansVinlin]

A *"Superfluous"* or "Extra Piece" refers to when there's one great square for a piece but two pieces would like to be there. As a result one of these two pieces is called a superfluous or an extra.

[@alveolate]

superfluous clearly is the adjectival form of superflu, meaning infected with really bad sniffles

[@exoticunicorn253]

I learned something new today, thanks

[@geniusmarcsays2434]

why you make text to speach, please speak yourself...

[@Connor-b3b]

Almost clicked off the video at that point, gatekeeping nerds.

[@tanayshahane5239]

ex: wanting a knight and bishop simultaneously on g4/g5

[@humais_99]

Close KZbin Open chess Lost a match Open KZbin

[@sabirahmed8038]

bro 😭

[@stefanwolf8558]

More like: Close KZbin Open Chess Lose 500 Elo Open KZbin

[@christianmobsby9929]

Real

[@waynedsk]

dummy

[@pratikwaghmare1710]

Its happens all the time

[@MasterLapin]

"at 1000 elo, the queen belongs on d6, drooling, waiting for the knight to move" that hit too close to home ...

[@namansingh6585]

hi

[@avrotijdmetavrothijs]

Really made my day

[@namisonkambule1229]

😂that killed me instantly

[@rudymeow]

Someone said 1000 elo players are mixture of 400-2500 moves. They know a few devastating moves watching GM plays them (often just saw the highlight), but don't know when exactly to, dead set on it, missed a prerequisite so it became a 400 elo play. Also they usually didn't see moves obvious to 1500-2000 elo player, but sometime stumble into moves that not all 2000 elo could even consider because of that. 1000-1500 elo was fun time 😉

[@achiterbi2402]

Same here mate

[@jafulton89]

"You would know that if any of your games made it to the endgame" lmao

[@matozo6203]

Why is bro attacking me? 😂😂

[@mmr3071]

and right after "if you defended your king like how you defend donald trump, youd be well above 2000 elo at this point"💀💀💀

[@jetblade89]

Im an 89 too brother

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

4:09 well of course Bb5 to try to exchange for the knight. - Bb5 is played "We are witnessing world champion level positional understanding" My 500 elo ass: "well thank you 😅"

[@RaghavBabbar]

World champion: My bishop is worse, I gotta trade it. 500 elo: let's break the opening principle and move same piece multiple times in opening

[@BREAKocean]

Wcs know when to break the rules​@@RaghavBabbar

[@RaghavBabbar]

@@BREAKocean exactly

[@jordanlam1337]

Thanks for the tip about the 1 point piece being supported by 3-5 point piece advantage Something I never thought about

[@edmundlee1740]

Great observation!

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

It is a special case of a concept called "overprotection". If you have 3 pieces defending a pawn and your opponent has 2 pieces attacking the pawn, then all of the defending pieces can move without losing the pawn, giving you much more mobility than if you only have 2 pieces defending the pawn.

[@thanks_605]

Love how he explains the principles in the video. Also the jokes hit different with tts

[@Chewy_GarageBandDad]

For AI, You have a good sense of humor.

[@forsupernovae2401]

Is it

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

@@forsupernovae2401 good humor is good humor yk

[@nabeelhasan8870]

just the voice is ai. the script is written by a human

[@JyotiradityaDwivedi-j6e]

@@nabeelhasan8870 no shit

[@CharlesShorts]

@@nabeelhasan8870 no way fr?!??

[@dhruvmishra270]

The light square bishop in carokann is meant to be traded with horse, its his destiny

[@frosty98-t9h]

What a heroic moment When he get traded

[@Brian22-up3eu]

What? No. Many times the lsb trades for his counterpart.

[@slothbearanonymous]

@@Brian22-up3eu both are true tho

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

@@Brian22-up3eu One of Karpov's few losses in his book of best games is where he does just that and then fails to find a strategy for the rest of the game. In the French and Caro, it is dangerous for black to give up his LSB, even though it superficially seems to be a bad piece.

[@Brian22-up3eu]

@@TomJones-tx7pb you mean where he trade bishops or bish for knight? Also what book is thay, am interested, being karpov number 1 fan on this planet.

[@neuroticmartian5183]

I have to disagree that Steinitz was unable to handle craziness on the board. He played numerous brilliancies over the time of his career. One of them was his famous win over Von Bardeleben where Steinitz drove his opponents king back and forth across the back rank into a mating net with an unprotected rook while all of his other pieces were hanging and he was about to be mated himself along his own weak back rank. I don't think a game can get crazier and more doubled edged than that. Even in his old age he played a brilliant victory against Emmanuel Lasker by sacrificing a bishop on g3 to build lasting pressure down the h file against Lasker's king, that didn't dissipate even after the queens were traded. The claim that romantic chess only exists below 2000 elo isn't really accurate. Blundering pieces by failing to notice that they're hanging has nothing to do with romantic chess. It's terrible chess. Not romantic chess. Romantic era chess basically relied on tactics which were often questionable because positional ideas (and, therefore, the ability to defend successfully) were not well established. This is the reason why Steinitz created theories of positional play. To get an edge over his contemporaries by refuting unsound attacks without risk, not because he couldn't deal with them . Does that mean romantic chess died? No. It just evolved by incorporating new ideas such as Steinitz's principles and later also hypermodern ideas. For example, during the "scientific" era of chess ushered in by Steinitz, one player stayed persistently and annoyingly (to Steinitz) among the elite at the time. That was Mikhail Chigorin. A brilliant and, according to author IM Craig Pritchett, a romantic, To Steinitz' chagrin, he proved that breaking Steinitz's principles can be equally as effective as following them as long as you arrive at a position that allows it. So he proved that knights can be better than a bishop pair in certain positions, developing the knight before moving the c pawn can be effective (we have a lot of openings with Nc3 or Nc6 with the c pawn at its original spot now), and playing with a terrible pawn structure can have its advantages. Such as unearthing combinations hidden deeply in the position. That was what set him apart from his contemporaries. Not forcing a combination on a position where there is none, as romantic players before him did, but finding ones that the position organically produces and which are calling out to be played. To think of it, its not much different from how other "romantics" such as Tal, Nezhmetdinov, Shirov et al play. I might go out on a limb and say that's how Stockfish plays during the TCEC. Those games would be Nezhmetdinov's wet dream. Romantic chess could, therefore, boil down to a way of playing, where you find creative or innovative concepts or solutions to a problem in the position. Creativity. In light of this we can label players such as Richard Reti, Bent Larsen, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Alexander Morozevich, David Bronstein, etc as romantic players. But, you are going in the right direction by teaching about pawn structure and the endgame. This way lower rated players can greatly reduce blunders. However, when facing stronger players, they might want to be prepared to be steered into sharp variations where the board can suddenly explode into tactical madness. I want to make a suggestion and do a video on Chuzhakhin's system of calculation. This can reduce blunders even in sharp positions and prepare players for it. Thank you.

[@mortalchess]

Chuzhakin's system of calculation..hmm I'll definitely look that up. as for the account on how chess progressed from the romantic era to what we have today.I'm tryna toe a fine line between being dramatic, entertaining and being historically accurate, but the goal was to give players in the "romantic" rating range an idea of how much depth there is to the game of chess beyond fancy sacrifices and checkmates. You sound like you could give me a tough time on the board, maybe we can play sometime.

[@KouroshOstadsaraei]

I agree 👍 💯

[@avrotijdmetavrothijs]

Great stuff I’m all ears

[@neuroticmartian5183]

@@mortalchess Thank you for replying. Yes your view definitely makes sense. If you've had the old Chessmaster program, Josh Waitzkin said something similar. That one should first learn the endgame and basic structures to be able to understand the facets of the game better, so that should they be embarking on a "romantic" way of playing, at least they would know what they're doing. As for us playing, maybe sometime, but I wouldn't promise anything with regard to whether I can give you a tough time. My performance and rating fluctuates wildly, as I never really had formal training, and I play almost exclusively in 3+0 arenas, which sometimes can be a rating point charity.

[@Nemesis7980WP]

Ah yes the Harry Kane opening

[@user_8382]

nah, vini jr opening is way better

[@kingkorbepary]

Nah, Lewandawski opening is better

[@yb5sv9mt7s]

You deserve more subscribers. Way better than those chess youtubers who rather just tell people to memorize moves instead of understanding them. Nice video. Love from Romania.

[@aflatoonff5033]

Agree 👍💯

[@WinstonHope]

Here is a cloth to wipe that brown off your nose. lol

[@yssfbll]

The AI voice needs to go, then maybe.

[@yb5sv9mt7s]

@@yssfbll He is from zimbabwe, so maybe he is shy about his voice. Still would be nice to hear his voice over a video.

[@sinaydos4754]

What was that thumbnail Ah yes caro-khan competing with Lewandowski and Rafael leao

[@mortalchess]

somebody told me viewers only look at the thumbnail for less than a second and then click😑 no fair

[@n.santoshkumar2500]

I​@@mortalchessi want to learn Kroos and Pedri Openings 🗿😅😂

[@sinaydos4754]

@@mortalchess ngl bro that made me click and subscribe It was funny

[@Hammerter]

@@mortalchesstakes less than a second to think:”interesting”

[@LeoAr37]

@@mortalchess I got the original thumbnail recommended to me 5 minutes after this video and I cracked up laughing 😂👏

[@MiracleZhang-r1s]

the content "high quality chess stuff", the cover "Harry Kane" "Musiala" "Lewandowski"

[@alessandrocavicchioli1156]

Yes!!!, finally commented on that.

[@SurenaSaeedi]

😂😂😂😂

[@nki21]

Wow i see chess different now

[@mortalchess]

lol time to make your opponents suffer

[@nki21]

​@@mortalchess goat channel man im unstoppable now

[@wokesick]

yea its insightful

[@petarbogdanovski6774]

😂

[@JackDespero]

I got to know the Caro Kan opening because i came up with it once, and it worked, so my sub 1000 elo kept doimg it until an IM friend of mine saw me doing it and said "ah, the Caro Kan! Wait you are suppossed to now do ... Not that, nope, not that eithrr" I only invented the first 2 or 3 steps of the Caro Kan, apparently.

[@VMeder]

You didn't invent sht

[@RealNaisuCinema]

The amount of arrogance someone would need to move a chess piece anywhere on the board and think they were the first to do it is hilarious

[@jamiewoodward9169]

nobody else has a sense of humor apparently

[@tigerlikeswater]

Your story reminds me of a really old Eric Clapton interview where he talked about his first forays into learning guitar and he said - "So this first time I played guitar, I 'invented' the D chord. And from there I just went on......." I get what you are talking about and so does 'god' .....dry, self deprecation humour mate. Many of these chess nerds possibly are on spectrum more than the average, and humour is not their thing......

[@stevetuzicka1995]

This is an awesome channel. Informative and hilarious at the same time. Absolutely love it.

[@raymondjamesrivera]

Ha love 1:20 when you throw shade saying “gambits are everywhere” and there’s a thumbnail of one of your other vids 😝 One of THE best chess channels out there.

[@robinhoodwinker8621]

I despise playing against the Trasho-Cann as white, so I’ve given more time to study it than any other opening (like a solid 20 minutes).

[@jacobjones3227]

Try the kings Indian attack against it, has a good psychological angle to it .

[@Saisankeerth760]

Yo 6:50 is brutal

[@nonofurbuisness1]

Right 😂😂😂

[@titan2926]

Watched video ✔ Played chess ✔ *Lost* Continuing surfing internet

[@hideentity1518]

What a beautiful and mindful clip. I'm on Caro def in my last 300 games at lichess. Some ends well some ends less.

[@yourfriend5144]

I never thought I'll be sitting patiently watching 20:00 minutes video made by aliens, but I i did 😮

[@tom-kz9pb]

I played Caro-Kann on my high school chess team (over a half-century ago). The opening got dissed as being too drawish and unexciting, but I think that reputation is undeserved. I've seen grandmasters playing it more recently and getting some pretty wild games.

[@the_gmd-t]

Okk

[@marsharupe8112]

I love the Caro-Kann. It's my favorite defense against 1 e4.

[@abhishekgairola9166]

This is by far one of the best KZbin content I've ever consumed and not just chess content. It's so funny and the narrative it pushes makes you want to play chess instantly and try playing KaroKan defense 🤣

[@chicken29843]

I think the Carro kann works so well for lower rated players because you pretty much always play at the same way and there's only a couple good variations for white to play. You basically take control of the game and there's not really anything they can do to prevent you from getting approximately the same setup every time. Which is weird because stockfish really does not like the opening

[@bodooor]

Stockfish does like the Caro, idk what engine ur using

[@chicken29843]

@@bodooor it gives an immediate, significant advantage to white as soon as you play the first move.

[@MrSupernova111]

That would be incorrect. I think what you mean is that lower rated players don't know how to deviate from main lines. There are many ways to deal with the caro and some are very sharp unlike what we saw in this video.

[@caius6019]

​@@chicken29843 Stockfish 17 only gives white a .3 advantage after e4 c6. That's not a big advantage that's a draw at engine level.

[@menace202]

@@chicken29843Anything below 50 centipawns is not a significant advantage

[@diogosantos1186]

Man, first time seeing your channel. Very interesting stuff until I lost myself laughing at the last game and your comments. Admittedly, I am in that elo range and those comments were fucking hilarious

[@RudiOnRails]

As a South African viewer, I was not ready XD

[@JessBooth]

2:01 BRO 😂😂😂 that is hilarious

[@muzimdakane4525]

11:50 Dude, I’m offended 😂😂😂

[@mokwenarichard5629]

Bro same 😂😂😂 im like wtf siyenzeni?

[@Bahle_Gaji]

Caught the wildest stray 🤣

[@stzu07rel]

typically these ai voices are pretty boring. I liked how you injected a sense of personality into the video

[@kylezo]

Still not enough though lol

[@andrewbasokar8312]

One of the best chess videos I have watched, comical but very insightful and simple

[@umaodihirin5879]

LOL The narration on the lower level games is gold. I'd love to see more of that

[@KenKaneki-me5lo]

Oh finally, a video that shows us how Karo kann is a Better opening than every other football superstar

[@olivernordin]

I'm pulling down the win rate for caro Kahn as my win rate is 46%

[@OrsmanOntiago]

This is brilliant. Don't forego the long intros. Chess needs social context.

[@devinegamingtv3427]

these videos have me seeing chess and understanding it better when it's fun to watch!

[@BenjaminIdle]

Amazing content honestly. I usually have difficulty staying engaged when watching videos with a computer voiceover, but you managed to remain engaging and instructional in a way that helps memory retention in the viewer.

[@howardgraff4084]

The content is great. The computer voiceover is still an unnecessary and unpleasant distraction, in my opinion.

[@BenjaminIdle]

@howardgraff4084 hell ill do the voice over if OP lacks the mic and pre amp

[@kylezo]

Strongly disagree it was nails on a chalkboard I couldn't even make it halfway through

[@sirwilfried]

wow!! Impressive lecture with historical background, simply fantastic!

[@guido_laremi]

one ofthe best chess video I've ever seen. Thanks

[@mxxone16]

Bro I wanted to see Caro-Kann vs Football players

[@brokenpromisesproductions8606]

"calm dismantling of your opponents ego" ... classic.

[@adnan7257]

Alien gambilt's natural prey

[@inconsteveable91]

Legit can learn to refute it in 2 min and never fall for it.

[@XAVIERNGKAIHONGMoe]

Every trash ass 200 elo who only plays for tricks ever

[@ColtsChannel]

Imagine getting totally refuted by a timely c5.

[@DerXavia]

the concept of a low point stone binding a more important one is something I never actively thought of. A good thing to consider :)

[@mortalchess]

the concept of referring to them as stones is ancient...I like it😅

[@Dnoobd]

6:58 defend your king like how you defended Donald Trump is CRAZY

[@AdamsOlympia]

Flipping the board after a checkmate!

[@andrewmays3988]

Great commentary!! THANK YOU!!!😊

[@thelostangel7649]

Gotta say, your humor is brilliant, sir.

[@stephenforest3345]

Not only one of the best expositions of the Caro Khan that could be done in a few minutes but also the funniest. I have Subscribed. I would join Patreon, but I am too busy playing chess to work at a regular job.

[@LordPoks]

Caro kann was the best Champions League player of all time. Thank you for that thumbnail.

[@SurenaSaeedi]

😂😂😂😂

[@SurenaSaeedi]

See there was a video about Messi, and that thumbnail. It's been used here but Messi has been replaced by Caro Kann. Except he forgot to remove the name of other footballers!

[@JackZeru]

Surprisingly, a machine voice that didn't bore me. And pleasant surprise, it comes with good content.... I've subscribed, hoping for more... 😊

[@yotamoren818]

Bot

[@Tx66]

This guy is absolutely hilarious 😂😂😂 instant sub!!!

[@belgianvanbeethoven]

Nice video! Glad to have found this channel.

[@baron1855]

Superfluous - Unnecessary, more than already needed (more than enough).

[@CookieGobblerCookie]

there's something beautiful about listening to a neutral emotion tts roast tf outta me but do it with the most deadpan execution 😂😂😂 subbed, looking to learn more about chess from mortal chess

[@AirmaskM]

Ah yes, remember the vinicius jr opening? Such a good opening

[@ArgumentumAdHominem]

This guy is on fire. Best humor I have ever heard!

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

I never intend to play the Cc. But what a great upload. Highly entertaining. Thx!

[@rohitgautam8930]

Analysis and commentary on the last game made my day. Hilarious, entertaining and informative at the same time. 🤣

[@TheM1Mod]

I'm curious about yourself, this type of humour takes a very particular type of person, I love it!

[@rewinder2008]

I just noticed the only opening on the thumbnail is caro kann the rest are football players 😂

[@Mikhail404]

Im a beginner to chess and your vids are the only chess youtube that doesnt give me a migraine plus i went from 120 to 270 in two days after learning the caro kann i dont even want to play white becuase im better with the kann

[@scrittoreanonymous]

Best chess channel ever, I want a 20 hours video on caro kann and not only!

[@arturfytsyk4998]

THE THIRD GAME IS SO FUNNY, KEEP IT UP, NICE VID ❤

[@shivasriram9179]

Anyone else came for the thumbnail that included a statistic graph of footballers.

[@LeventK]

BRO REALLY DIDN'T CHANGE THE THUMBNAIL

[@jjpp1993]

detail oriented psicopathy is probably the best concept I’ve heard in years

[@Stender_]

Creative and educational content, this is why I subbed

[@Thatonehumanyk]

7:31 That's Double horsey protection protocol

[@honest7411]

Man you deserve millions of subscribers

[@mortalchess]

thanks man, I hope I make it..

[@dwaynegonsalves9509]

One of the best starts to a chess video ever

[@Corteum]

Fyi, Steinitz was NOT known for his "calm, methodical, positonal style". He was anything but methodical or positional, as contemporary computer analysis showed, e.g. in teh Guid & Bratko studies one using Rybka 2.3.2a (2900 elo) and Rybka 3 (3100 elo). They confirmed that Steinitz played more tactically and preferred wild and complex positions. The total opposite of positional chess.

[@meatonthetable1602]

Please Keep these Videos coming...your awsome and funny very creative learning style you have sir!!!

[@jesuslovesyoujohn314-21]

Thanks for helping me understand the Caro-Kann better.

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

The problem with the Caro is that there are numerous opening traps you can walk into when making natural moves. You have to learn all these traps before playing the Caro in a tournament that you are trying to win.

[@toddgrafton4070]

When you said he'd check his stool 3 times a week just to make sure things were in order, I hit the subscribe button. 😊 😂

[@suyogpardeshi3004]

15:10 its over 9000

[@christophermhuntsr]

Great commentary while focusing on strategy.

[@jorgeherrera1074]

So true. The most fun chess is when you're good enough to not suck but not good enough to not suck but don't know the openings past like 3 or 4 moves. It's the best game in the world at that ELO!

[@saudude2174]

There's an easier explanation. People who don't like king's pawn openings. People below 2000 do not try to keep the advantage and just exchange on d1, turning the game into a queen's pawn type of position.

[@cardscook7721]

That thumbnail is incredible.

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

Almost died laughing, thank you. The "Brandon Gambit", not said but shown, right at the beginning almost killed me, the rest was "the psychopathy that sends you to hell" pretty much... Shows how much Intelligence and Humor are tied together. And I'd drop the AI voice, unless it's there to mask your own for some particular reason, obv. Thanks for the vid, subbed and +1'ed! 👍🏼

[@cristianjimenez2471]

I love all your jokes you implement in ur videos!

[@pratikrj39]

@18:14 commentary peaked here😂😂

[@Doddom]

😂😂😂😂

[@catvo8224]

Great video. Subscribe right after seeing this. You sense of humor is amazing 😂

[@mowgli7_]

All I am saying is, this is how you explain a chess game. Thank you I love it

[@psymar]

As a 1200 player, I love playing the caro-kann. I play the panov-botvinnik setup (e4 c6 d4 d5 exd5 cxd5 c4) and usually within about 10 moves after that I have a pretty good attack going and cruise to victory. I think the problem is lower rated players listen to masters' advice as to what's "good" against the Caro when the openings masters find "good" against the Caro are way too passive for 1200 level

[@kylehoffmann6577]

"You would know that, if any of your games ever made it to the endgame." 😂 perfect

[@rajbarath496]

17:48 engine recommended move 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MahmoudRomhy]

He said they are out of control

[@baltazarlopezjimenez9572]

I agree. I agree. Even I, a modest 1,200 have a higher winning rate with black than with white and that's because I always use this opening.

[@scottconroy2712]

SO GOOD, I love content like this

[@tobiasjacobs2093]

The Caro-Kann got me from 1300 not knowing anything all the way to 1950 without much effort. Most people make mistakes in the opening already. Especially under 1700.

[@ChessEnthusiast1]

I like your content Educational ,funny, and short ,the perfect combo

[@shugyosha7924]

The 1000 elo commentary was very entertaining lol

[@kbk239]

I love how you didn’t really chance the whole thumbnail so there are the names of the initial image which is a graphic with footballer names.

[@Spartacus547]

Like in the Queen's Gambit modern players, "you're bored with ordinary chess even though it's played by grandmaster, you're bored in the way that you were, when you read Ruben finds end game analysis and then the counter analysis in chess review that pointed out the errors in Ruben finds"

[@poberejskii]

best video ever seen, insta subscribed, gg

[@GTurn00610]

A "superfluous knight”: When both knights are fighting for the same square. Since only one piece can occupy a square, the second knight is superfluous.

[@mouraspeedracer]

You are the best! Another great video

[@Eminemhimself]

i love your narration style

[@Ayush.Kumawat15]

That was brilliant and soo good game, I now start to understand what they say as "beautiful chess" is.