Day 427: Playing chess every day until I reach a 2000 rating

Watch out Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen! I'm coming for you!
This is another day in my quest for a 2000 rating on chess.com.
Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotre, Main ...
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[@BIGBANGKAMEHAMEHA95]

Sometimes I forget that these videos won't always be here every day. Just letting you know I love the relaxing ritual your videos have become in my life and I will always look back on this time of watching them each day fondly, if nothing else you will always have given many of us many enjoyable hours of entertainment. I hope you continue your journey to 2000

[@chesswithpatrick]

Hey Krys!! Thank you so much for letting me know this :) We'll see how long I can keep going! I appreciate it!

[@lacxu]

Congrats on the win Patrick!! I discovered your channel a few months ago and I gotta say I really love following your adventure. I think you shouldn’t worry so much about your rating points and should try to enjoy the game a bit more, like you used to. Don’t lose faith, I’m sure you’ll get to 2000 eventually!

[@chesswithpatrick]

Hey Lacxu - great reminder thank you so much for watching! :) I appreciate your support.

[@eNesFRK]

He could have gotten your knight with his rook. You won’t be able to move the pawn defending your king.

[@timeguy441]

First and foremost congratulations. You are the first "chess everyday until 2000" KZbinr that I followed. More of this style of play. Go back and watch your videos and see what you've done when you were at your peak and winning vs now. Review the thoughts you say out loud. Its just being calm, comfortable and confident

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thanks for sticking with me Time Guy! :)

[@HunterHunter-tr3it]

End games!!! Nicely done. Don’t quit yet, more greatness is to come.

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thank you Hunter!!! I appreciate the continued support!

[@neverbrokeagain191]

Lock in patrick, honestly IMO you should focus on doing more puzzles and less opening study

[@benjaminjaton3597]

strongly agree, your need to calculate tactics much faster

[@chesswithpatrick]

Hey nba - great advice... i think i'm going to switch over exclusively to practice puzzles :)

[@boblester1726]

It is good advice, but you need to change the way you do puzzles. Calculate the entire line before you play the first move. TBH, I don't expect you'll do that because it's hard.

[@deafralph]

I agree with using 1 opening you’re comfortable with. 1 opening can beat any openings. Go from there. Don’t think and look at the board. Attack and tempo is important to be in control of the game. Puzzles is good but puzzles won’t happen in your game.

[@neverbrokeagain191]

@@deafralph Puzzles teach you how to think tactically. Even if the specific positions won't occur in real games, the themes certainly will, and having a mindset of calculation will help you even if they don't.

[@madman9045]

small note here patrick, the engine likes Qa5 in the opening, because it forces the knight to go to c3, when the pawn should be going there to support d4. It's still equal, but you gave white a weakness you can attack later in the game.

[@mileswray3168]

Day 1 for me -- this is an amazing channel. As an 800 player I'm looking way up at you man! Really helpful to hear you talk through everything

[@chesswithpatrick]

Welcome aboard Miles!!

[@mattelwood369]

Yes Patrick!!! Keep going dude you're doing well.

[@jamiemalin1444]

Congrats on the win, Patrick. Nice and cool 😎 in the end game

[@JamesDucas1]

You got this Patrick!! Love the videos, everyone goes through ups and downs.

[@ryanman8853]

Well done Patrick! I enjoy watching your games win or lose but im glad u got the W

[@kevinnorton5596]

Never give up Patrick!! Tactics, tactics, tactics 😁

[@chesswithpatrick]

I think you'll see me do a lot more puzzles moving forward. Thanks for the tip!

[@stephenwestland942]

Congratulations on the win Patrick. A bit of a dour game but you needed that one. I want to let you know, I love your channel, win or lose. Keep playing.

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

Hi patrick. I have played 4500 games of 15/10 and have had 200 point swings off the top more than once. I started e4, then d4, then the stonewall attack, then the london as white. keep learning. Its a slow process. Honestly 427 days is a newbie to chess. 10 years is an intermediate. keep grinding. Also, twice I took a 2month break. Both times I watched video but did not play a single game. Both times I cam back stronger.

[@colinmcgraw9798]

At 22:46 you can make your life much easier by playing f4. His king can no longer approach and infiltrate, your pawn is one square closer to queening and you no longer have to calculate, it's an incredibly simple win. Blocking an opposing king out with side-by-side passers is an important pawn endgame technique.

[@chesswithpatrick]

Yeah... I definitely should have considered that. Thank you for pointing that out Colin!!

[@87Mrdoki]

You had a winning position with the queen and the knight, good handle in the endgame

[@stephenwells1559]

Gg Patrick. Enjoy the win. Bask in the love from the chat. Onwards and upwards. Let's see you enjoy your chess from here

[@celenysaurusrex]

we’re cheering you on, wins or losses! the losses help us learn too

[@foodope]

Good king moves in the endgame!

[@christianarnsparger8731]

Huge W Patrick! Keep up the grind

[@fontane007]

I’ve had times when I couldn’t lose, but then other times where I couldn’t win, so I guess it’s all part of the learning process

[@thehellboundpost]

Nice win Patrick! 🎉

[@rnels7722]

Ok. Hear me out. I’m a football coach, so we’ll see if this translates. What matters here is that you’re here. You’re going to have slumps. You’re going to plateau. You’re going to make mistakes. Your goal isn’t to win every game, or even most games. It’s to not make the same mistake. It’s to grow and get better. Your ELO is a fine goal, but it’s not a good measure of your growth. Focus on something more controllable. Make the right move. Stay focused. Create good habits. You can do this. You just need to set smaller, more realistic goals on the way to 2000. What are you working on in today’s game? What’s the theme of the week? What’s your goal this week, outside of ELO? Stop thinking about your game in wins and losses, and just stay focused used and positive on a goal you can set on a week-to-week basis. This will improve your confidence and make you feel like you can achieve your goals on the way to improving to a 2000-ELO player.

[@michaclaessen1265]

You are a great man Patrick! Love your Channel.

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thank you so much Micha!!! I appreciate you tuning in :)

[@EricLancheres]

Really happy that you won! However... I have a feeling you might be sleep deprived or perhaps could benefit from intense puzzle training. Sometimes when I'm tired, I can tell by the fact that I'm missing obvious things such as how knights move or how pawns can capture pieces. (For example, you were worried a rook might kick out your queen while missing that the pawn could capture the rook. This caused you to make a mistake while moving your knight). Similarly, missing that your knight could have been captured as your pawn was pinned at the end... or the fact that their bishop could deliver a check at the end, winning a pawn (or even more, you were going to move your rook right in the spot where it could have gotten pinned). I really feel as if that's sleep related... or puzzles. Either way, it feels as if one of these things need to be addressed before moving on!

[@chesswithpatrick]

Hey Eric!! Definitely could be sleep deprived, although I am getting a decent 7-8 hours every night. Maybe I need more?

[@LikeACosmicGumbo]

At the end of the day, none of us are entitled to the enjoyment we get from you choosing to do this, so if at some point the juice isn’t worth the squeeze anymore, I hope you’ll do what’s best for you. At the same time, I don’t want to presume that it’s the negativity in the comments that’s threatening to sap the joy out of this for you, but if it is, I hope you’ll consider going comments off (or stop reading them) before throwing the baby out with the bath water. You’re a good player with a good mentality/outlook, and I for one would love to see you continue the journey for years to come!

[@bentkargaardnielsen3366]

Well Patrick - Then some love from me. Your efforts are admirable. And here is an observation and a piece of advice: When you analyze your games, you should not pay the majority of your attention to the specific take-take-take and take outcome. Instead you should try to figure out, which principle(s) that forms the underlying general reason(s) (principle(s)) for a certain move to be labeled best move. Afterwards, while playing your next games, then scan through your (hopefully) remembered list of situational applicable principles and chose the candidate move that you think fits the progression of the game best in our favor. Best regards from Denmark - Bent.

[@user-th9th7dk3u]

You have a high puzzle rating but only about 20 hours and less than 800 total completed. Spend some time on them instead of speed chess, high level puzzles may not be as fun but your all around Elo will thank you. Grats on your win by the way.

[@MrDanielfff777]

@@user-th9th7dk3u what's his puzzle rating

[@blogattacker]

​@@MrDanielfff777 2500

[@jsrjsr]

Good job patrick!

[@pokemonjynx1019]

i'll check back on day 3650

[@NelsonChan-pm5fk]

Way to go Patrick! never give up never surrender!

[@rudiausbuddeln7573]

Hang in there Buddy

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thanks Rudi!!!

[@3sticksillustration]

Dang Patrick. This is Old-Man on a different account. You still suffering through. I’m impressed! Chess is a cruel mistress for sure. Sometimes the best thing for your chess is a good break. Like a few months. Purge it from your system. Then when your mind starts wanting to play again you come back a little better from your previous foundation. You build a little. Get burned out. Repeat the cycle. Chess is a game you learn through your life time. Not something that can be mastered in a short period of time. But you do you. You got that YT following and can probably monetize this if you haven’t. So I get that as well. Good luck man 🍻

[@chesswithpatrick]

Hey Oldman!! Thanks for reaching out. Great to hear from you, and yes I'm still going! :) Definitely in a bit of a slump but still having fun so not really sure I want to take a break :)

[@jmpompey1]

@25:23 you had mate in 1 with Qf2

[@NiceToBeatYa]

Let’s say he was in time pressure :)

[@MaxChessman007]

Gg Patrick!!!

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thanks Max!!!

[@XlogicXX]

Gg. Heading in the right direction, I think.

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thanks for not giving up on my Logic!

[@al87221]

Could see at 12:00 that theyre 1200 when instead blocking with rook ready to double them he offers queen trade down material

[@ergusto]

Are you playing any games daily other than the single game you upload?

[@ralphcat3888]

a win is a win is a win! Enjoy it with a grin!

[@chesswithpatrick]

I will!! Thank you so much Ralph!

[@Semnomeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Nice game! Saudações do Brasil!

[@chesswithpatrick]

Allan! obrigado por assistir!!

[@danielmccachern2307]

Well done Patrick!

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thanks Daniel!!! Glad to see you still sticking with me here during the slump :)

[@AN-eq5hm]

Good job Patrick!

[@chesswithpatrick]

Thank you AN!!!! I appreciate the kind words :)

[@Roberto-bd9fq]

Sach means truth in Hindi. So: truthdiscovered? Play b5, you see that, but h5 attacks the pawn, you saw it play it, there is nothing better. Now with his bishop on d7 you can see why Rc8 was bad and why you should play b5 earlier. It blocks his bishop out a general principle to recall. Don't give your opponent good squares, in general for his pieces. Do you even see the gaping white hole on e6? He does not go back he wins a pawn with Be6+ a complete surprise. Another 1 move attack you did not see. All of that was stopped with b5 tough the pawn was still weak, the knight could defend it, or a rook. Move your King up in the endgame. f6 is better as it gives the king more scope, he might be needed on the queenside. f4, blocking his king out, you want to limit his king moves and he can't attack your pawns. Very elementary principles you never learned. Still, nice win. You did the right thing after he fell behind you traded down and marched you past pawns down the board. See how simple chess is. Good Game! ++ How many times did the machine recommend b5, like 3, or did I lose count. 0-0 for white is mistake since the bishop is overloaded, and your mt threat.

[@user-te3ti9tp9w]

You need help with seeing and implementing tactics otherwise you’re just moving pieces and hoping for a positive outcome. You missed a strong tactic in the early middle game when you could have taken the pawn with the knight and potentially then pawn with bishop to attack queen and threaten mate.

[@jghulzenga]

Okay - I bring to mind this little thought my sister shared with me. I don’t know if it’s origins but it has helped me in my down times. We all go through ups and downs. And using the analogy of mountains and valleys, we aim to be on top. Or moving up. The journey to the top is hard, it’s uncomfortable. It makes you bleed at times. We need to be brought down, (we need this), to be in the valley where we can bring clarity of path, where we can step back and maybe reimagine a new way. The peaks are harsh, rewarding yes, but you can only last on the top of Everest for so long. You need to go back in order to move farther forward than you ever have. I am really enjoying this channel. And I know little to nothing about chess!!

[@madman9045]

L Analogy

[@blogattacker]

Congrats Patrick, you broke all the fundamentals, but at least you won

[@Lucan23]

In 7 out of your last 10 losses you have been in a winning/even position until you have less than 2min left when you start blundering due to time pressure. You need to start playing 15+10, you have the time judging by how many blitz games you play.

[@Nikola-yo6yf]

To learn how to play faster just play blitz 3 +2

[@luke46219]

He may have the time to squeeze in some 3 minute games, particularly on a mobile device, but not necessarily all in one sitting like would be required for a longer time control.

[@gartmorn]

Turning point? Hopefully!

[@chesswithpatrick]

We shall see!! Thanks for tuning in :)

[@aries2764]

hardly, he's rated 1390 now 🤷

[@gartmorn]

@@aries2764if you’re going through a tough time you need encouragement and support don’t you think?

[@MrDanielfff777]

You blundered a knight because the pawn was pinned. I haven't finished watching the game but Can we see you play people on your elo please? Not 200 points less

[@ryanman8853]

What are u talking about? He doesn't choose opponents..

[@DDZGRH]

@@ryanman8853 He does probably. He adjusted ratings of his opponent.

[@XinYell]

He is being matched with lower rated players for a reason. Based on his performance lately he is currently overrated.

[@ryanman8853]

@DDZGRH I've seen him play his fair share against higher rated players

[@user-ff9nh8zf5g]

@@XinYell that's not how it works

[@pokemonjynx1019]

you should switch to lichess, i think you will get there in a few month

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

I rally its just dumb to play people 200 points lower then u

[@danielward7008]

Good win with a fairly clean endgame. Can you please not waste any more time on opening databases as it's not what you need to win games at this level?

[@Nikola-yo6yf]

I think my man was 1400 when he started this jurney lol

[@SH-dl4jk]

so

[@chesswithpatrick]

It's a weird journey I'm on isnt it!?