3 Minutes To Checkmate (Chess)

[@toiryelhsa]

Me watching chess videos "How can they blunder the crucial pawn?!" Me playing chess "How did I blunder my queen?"

[@SoD20percentcooler]

Chess has to be the best series since Super Mario Maker, the levels of pog are not fathomable by mortal minds.

[@terezi4real]

wearing my new noise cancelling headphones, nothin but the egg in these ears.

[@RazorThyOwn]

Yo dude same which headphones you got

[@AJ-kj1go]

Let’s get weird

[@terezi4real]

@@RazorThyOwn Skullcandy Venue

[@virtualsnake1994]

@@AJ-kj1go that phrase from that baritone voice makes me sweat.

[@Jipni]

You’ve heard of 30 seconds to Mars, and the boy band 5 seconds of Summer, now introducing the newest hotness, 3 Minutes to Checkmate

[@elijahamgast]

Or if you’re Dan Gheesling, 46 Seconds Til The Mars Zolta

[@kosmosyche]

1 second to blunder

[@UnbirthTheVorehog]

I been singing 2 minutes to midnight but i kept saying 3 minutes to checkmate since this popped up.

[@Mangoblin320]

*eddie money voice* i got 3 minutes to checkmate

[@dwaynelanclos2588]

"3 Minutes to Checkmate" does sound like a great title for a thriller novel/movie.

[@Gelfling66]

That first game was the Stafford Gambit, popularized by Eric Rosen himself

[@elijahamgast]

Came so close to opening with a bongcloud 😔😔

[@jocaingles8464]

hey NL, you appeared on Daily dose of chess. you are officially a chess youtuber hahaha

[@Northernlion]

lin-manuel miranda voice: les go

[@Cookielord1231]

Care to spoil the title of the video?

[@ianstu7]

What's the video title?

[@mostlytony1732]

​ @Philipp Sell @@ianstu7 "Northernlion saw that opponent's trick" from This Week In Chess, among others.

[@litapd311]

@@mostlytony1732 NL actually has the top comment on that vid, saying "lmaooo". i agree with his analysis. they also have the hand and brain chess with Daniel

[@brent8407]

Im so glad I discovered your channel here (KZbin)

[@Northernlion]

Thanks Brent, happy holidays!

[@zachaley1404]

Now I get why its called a yt frog

[@JamesV1]

Bit of Christmas chess to lift the spirits

[@Darckseyes]

Yo NL actually won against the Stafford gambit

[@dominiks5068]

...even though he fell into one of the main losing lines, his opponent just messed it up lol. but props to NL for creating counterplay

[@MrTweetumss00]

I was so worried good thing the opponent didnt know the move order

[@CssHDmonster]

is this related to the stafford prison experiment?

[@dominiks5068]

@@CssHDmonster no because the experiment is called Stanford not Stafford :)

[@gerardomondragon667]

I thought it was Stanford gambit but thought no because he got out of it

[@danatronics9039]

That last game: "Oops! All blunders!"

[@CamposVerano]

I highly recommend watching Naroditsky's video on shutting down the Stafford gambit - it's a very popular line around your level on blitz/bullet but quite easy to refute if you know the right ideas. Typically the defence will involve, after taking your opponent's knight on c6, the moves: d3 (protecting pawn on e4) Bf2 (covering g4 where the opponent wants to get their knight) c3 (preparing d4, which will cut off the diagonal of their bishop on c5) There are still a lot of tricks/ideas you opponent can throw at you, but this should set you up well. You'll be up a pawn and your opponent won't have enough initiative to compensate for it.

[@hasmituchil5214]

Please never end this series

[@mrhollw00d83]

Blitz is not exactly my cup of tea, but POG nonetheless

[@robinvik1]

Me: "TAKE THE ROK!" NL: **Does something else** Me: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" NL: **Wins anyway** Me: "HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!"

[@MAdhvaryu]

While I appreciate you wanting to mix up the content NL, I enjoy the 10min matches a lot more because the most entertaining thing in these videos for me is your analysis. There just isn't much of that in these fast matches. I understand that the short games are probably much more fun for you to play but they are less fun to watch, but that's just my opinion not hating, Merry Christmas NL!

[@NotLegato]

yeah i really like the 10min matches. the 3-5min ones just end with the opponent running out of time and the endgame being all blunders.

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@NotLegato Blunders can be fun at times, but hearing NL's thought process followed by analysis is the way to go.

[@litapd311]

i think they could fit well like a speedlunky run, maybe 1-2 at the end of a video if it's too short

[@antimatter2417]

Dude I shit my pants whenever I'm facing the Stafford but your opponent didn't seem to know how to convert it

[@saivarshithpaluru7684]

He took the pawn on f2 with the bishop instead of the knight

[@vincentkoci1907]

Blitz may not be everybody's cup of tea, but the absolute pogticity of this series is that it's a veritable tea FOUNTAIN where all cups and gourds runneth over with the silky silky smooth earl grey goodness of varietal samplimations.

[@Hab2320]

3 min is way too spicy for me. My heartrate

[@Andre-gy5ml]

I enjoy the 10min games a lot more. I don't watch these to see you win, but your thought process and the analysis post-game is what is interesting.

[@BrianJT]

I like how he played right into a stafford gambit, straight into danger, and casually crushed black anyway haha

[@redlancer7263]

Dude imagine if there was analysis for Isaac games! He'd finally notice all the tinted rocks like he did Xb6

[@cowboyclip]

The bongcloud opening was right there!

[@gray007nl]

3 minutes to checkmate The pawns that threaten doom 3 minutes to checkmate To take the pieces off the board

[@thewhitemonkey64]

Video should be titled “3 minutes to trade queens”

[@strider984]

I would like to watch a 30 minute a side video, seeing you explain your ideas for responses to possible opponent’s moves is the majority of enjoyment I get from the content. Merry Christmas!

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

18:06 What? How? Since when can a Pawn take a piece that's next to it and move up a square? Glitch in the rendering of the analysis?

[@ashishgole310]

Thats rule mate,it's called en passant

[@brendan7030ify]

I must say I absolutely love the little touch in the description: “About this game The horse moves like an L”

[@TW-sh2un]

NL went up against the legendary Stafford Gambit. The most trap filled opening in chess. He should watch more Eric Rosen to find out just how many ways he could have been checkmated there

[@stuffyworld10]

The best Christmas gift I could ask for is pog chess content

[@paulmorenkov]

I’m really really liking the chess videos! I’ll be honest, in other series I sometimes get frustrated, not because he doesn’t play perfectly, but because of the lack of attention (totally understandable because of the commentary. But, in chess, even if he loses at least you can tell he’s concentrating!

[@jinjo7765]

absolutely blessed as always, been watching your content for so many years now and won't stop till you do 😅 happy holidays and keep up the poggy 🌲

[@jesseengland5967]

7:00 that's the stafford gambit. computer doesn't like it but there are many traps, and a player who knows the theory will win this position very quickly.

[@jonathanzavaglia6368]

These videos have easily become one of the best things on this channel. Never stop, NL

[@Nate-gi7no]

That first opening was actually the stafford gambit, not petrovs defense. A really fun opening for blitz/bullet. Tons of traps.

[@markomojsov63]

Hey NL just wanna say thank you for this series, I actually started playing with my dad on the weekends since the series started and today I finally got my first ever check mate against him (he helped with like 2-3 of my moves but still I'm very proud and you're the one to thank) Happy Holidays to you and yours

[@walruswithebola1199]

You love to see a new NL chess video at the top of the suggested videos every day

[@abuttandahalf]

This series is so good

[@TurielD]

WTF happens at 11:18 - weirdest pawn move I've ever seen.

[@dantedamean]

Yeah, I'm super confused about that too

[@sebastiandee5541]

Its called en passant.

[@NyronGT]

That move just looks wrong. Pawn moving diagonally onto open tile and it somehow removes opponent's chess piece located under the tile? How is this a legitimate move?

[@mrcrime2954]

@@NyronGT White's pawn moved from c2 to c4, cuz pawns can move two squares on their first turn. By doing that, it passed through the "range" of Black's pawn on d4. On Black's turn, they are allowed to retroactively capture White's pawn. The rule is called "en passant" and basically just allows Black's pawn in that case to take White's.

[@TurielD]

@@sebastiandee5541 huh, I've heard NL say that term, and never knew what it was - thanks!

[@tightninja123]

at 3:15. I gotta ask. Is it not better to take with the rook instead of the queen? So After the queen takes you would still have a queen instead of just a rook?

[@JonflipZoosa]

The day will never come where NL will analyse a game he lost

[@Schmerb]

(Chess)

[@davidtownsend1999]

Keep this series going

[@silastofte413]

30:16 rg7 is a forced win. It threatens bf7# and the only way to stop it is to give up a rook

[@SapkaliAkif]

These chess video views are battling GM Daniel Naroditsky my guy. Can't wait for Mr. Lion to make that Excel file for Pogchamps to checkmate Cr1tikal in 5 moves. I love GM Naroditsky btw, I'm just surprised how the views increased on this channel.

[@enbyennui]

that clock win was DIRTY

[@pcgamer212]

Oh yeah, 3 minutes to checkmate, the new iron maiden song

[@andrewknight9782]

I love all the content! Wondering if slashers keep is coming back

[@iamnotreal2124]

I was literally just taught how to play chess for the first time yesterday and now the first video youtube recommends is this without me ever watching any other chess videos. My phone is listening to me 😳

[@mrcrime2954]

Honestly, check out (no pun intended) the rest of his chess content! It's simultaneously very entertaining and engaging :)

[@chrisegg7936]

that second game was incredible

[@eden6432]

@Northernlion You should do a let's play of "Ring of Pain"!

[@gmansplit]

A chess video on Christmas? That's rojo caliente.

[@TheIbney00]

Boy I sure do love raising engagement my fellow gamers

[@ethanlohan7589]

Merry blundermas. Hope you had a good one!

[@ethanyoung2001]

Game 1 Stafford Gambit was lit.

[@takheer]

The bishop play W O W. edit: The first game in total W O W.

[@tylerrichards25]

really enjoy the blitz gameplay

[@curvedlines]

Eric Rosen knows a lot about Gambits. Maybe you and Levy could bring him in to one of your lessons or something.

[@shitposter2790]

NL when are you switching to the bongcloud

[@dame-e-in1258]

It was a stafford gambit in the beginning

[@alexanderwales7870]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@riley7036]

Merry christmas NL!!!!!

[@watertruck9893]

Hahaha. I know that feeling when you get a chance to do en passant. Even if it makes your position worse, no one can’t exist the satisfaction of doing it

[@shannonsgrandma4152]

Hey NL I appreciate mixing things up a bit but I’d rather see one long game than a bunch of short ones. Poggy btw.

[@nyteblayde17]

Merry POGmas

[@beeeennnnnnn]

Yooo I got a chessboard for Christmas from talking about these videos

[@OIOI-zl4lw]

Merry Christmas I am stuck at my family’s house My car broke down RIP please send help

[@alexandercoll1045]

Help

[@andregoepfert2745]

F

[@Limxuv]

commentary hits different when it's not over an isaac video

[@TheQats]

Always trading queens while attacking feelsbadman

[@darktruth101]

NL is a timelord

[@Drawfill]

3m chess is my favorite time format.

[@prawtism]

that first game bongcloud got my hopes acting up :D

[@terryjones573]

I was literally searching the comments to see if I was just crazy about that checkmate around 30:00. I can’t believe I saw that, my elo is like 800

[@Skrelpoid]

Eric Rosen would love that you won against the Stafford Gambit

[@trobosko]

i got so depressed when his first opponent didnt find queen g3

[@JohnDoe-mj6cc]

Pogged content, making a shitty christmas much better

[@HerrPotet]

Damn, never took you for a phone in pocket all day kinda guy..

[@sanzay.]

I made my mom listen to your laugh and she thinks its wholesome 😂

[@Sevarro]

Thank u for giving pog for xmas

[@jvcmarc]

I'm mad your opponent butchered the Stafford on the first game

[@NessOnett8]

Rapid > Blitz > Bullet

[@TiagoBLucas]

First guy tried to pull an Eric Rosen

[@kingster14444]

3 minutes to pog

[@chieffanLJ27]

Oof, runs into Stafford Gambit first game. Def gotta check out Eric Rosens vids on that bud hahaha

[@BurnedSpace]

so many missed moves at 30:00 on that it actually hurt to watch

[@trent797]

Love your chess stuff. Have you thought of working with Daniel Naroditsky?

[@vurik4122]

Chess pog

[@winstoonwin798]

I love you NL

[@cultoftyler9045]

first guy was just too elite

[@croww_bar]

coward doesnt take the bongcloud opportunity in that first game

[@alierk542]

00:18 THE CHRİSTMAS GAMBİT LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@johngleeman8347]

They're mad the whole game. XD

[@brokenses4418]

Feels like this episode is inspired by Eric Rosen it had a Stafford and a dirty flag.

[@thiccjesus9876]

How did he take pawn at 11:19???

[@MrIAMKROGAN]

en passant, baby

[@yaa4796]

He’s French Canadian so that’s allowed

[@thiccjesus9876]

Yeeaaaaa idk what that means but yeeeeaaa

[@elijahamgast]

@@thiccjesus9876 en passant move is when a pawn moves 2 spaces for its first move, a pawn next to its new position can take it as if the enemy pawn only moved 1 space.

[@bazile6708]

It's a move called en passant. When a pawn makes its first move, it can move either 1 or 2 spaces up. If the pawn moves 2 spaces up, up to an enemy pawn that could have captured it if it moved just 1 space up, the enemy pawn can capture it as though it only moved 1 up.

[@csguy3223]

Big blunder go boom

[@jammies97]

yo

[@colinpaton3304]

dude

[@absurdist5134]

Not my cup of tea but still pog.

[@HCGxreaver]

3 Minutes To Pog

[@Bdot1588]

@1:52 was what? NL avoids becoming scrambled eggs and like a mate in 6 to superior gamer completely winning. The analysis should be fun to watch...

[@mbianchik4338]

NL are you playin 3 minutes with no increment of time? Coz let me tell u, the time increment makes 3-1 feel like 5 minute games.. and 5-3 feel like 10 minute games. Those increments really add up and u end up with people rarely timing out