Longer Games #15 Climbing the 2500 mountain... Harry Power!

[@jasonhall8126]

With all the negativity in the world right now, your videos do a great service to people who like to put those things aside and watch some entertaining chess. Your time is appreciated and your videos priceless. Thank you! Cheers!

[@z17seattle]

+100

[@jimkyle8008]

I love this time limit because it gives Simon the opportunity to explain his thought processes in more detail than in blitz games.

[@toequantumspace]

Simon I am so happy to see long play game again - you are the best! I really appreciate your lessons you make me a better player and also a happier person :)

[@848harris]

Would like a mug with my favourite Simon one-liner ... "I might re-subscribe if you mind your language"... Simon - "I fucking will "

[@mariogarciagonzalez4692]

Great game Simon Williams! You are an excellent teacher :) I hope one day I can play with you and you analyze the game on KZbin to help me improve my play!

[@jennybonah3565]

Hey Simon. Queens don't have to move one square at a time like a king. Just trying to help :)

[@Imalrightma]

Nice vid thanks I like the longer games with the analysis your explanations help me think deeper into my own game cheers

[@DMrFrosty]

Good stuff. Top notch. Keep em up ol chap.

[@aSm8full]

How about a Mug with the Creepy Sun face from the intro? And if you add a comment on the Mug saying "GET IN THERE SON!" that would be Checkmate in my opinion.

[@aSm8full]

"UP YOUR BOTTOM, Sir." would be lovely too.

[@psychessdelia835]

I like how you think!

[@aSm8full]

Psychessdelia I appreciate that, Sir.

[@z17seattle]

You would be a great fit on the creative team at GingerGM Corp.

[@aSm8full]

z17seattle Anything for the GrandMaster Lord and Savior Simon Williams

[@raylopez99]

Harry the H-pawn reminds me of this Brit great: "Harry Golombek OBE (1 March 1911 - 7 January 1995), a British chess grandmaster, chess arbiter, chess author, and wartime codebreaker."

[@allaboutthegyro]

Harry being pushed is...inspirational.

[@literally.anything___97]

John bartholemew: *game finishes "ah well... mm cheat you say? well we should all give people an equal chance." gingergm:"*game hasn't started, "hmm he could be cheating"

[@silverhallen6987]

Still wrong to accuse someone for cheating if you just have no real evidence. Moving slow and making bad moves are ridicilous arguments to accuse your opponent. It´s quite annoying. But you are a good chess player :) Maybe try to do some more calculatings with these longer games.

[@IntSavior]

Great video as always, sir. Thank you so much.

[@jackkahn8217]

New great strategy, developed by GingerGM: "Checkmate is the end of the game!"

[@chessboy14]

Great video I like this series!

[@7percentSolution]

I would love to see the ginger cat wearing the top hat and tie, saying, "Put that in your pipe and f**king smoke it. . ." on a t-shirt or coffee mug. I think those would be bestsellers. :-)

[@shauncronwright5789]

Very instructive. I love these videos where you explain your thought process. Its really good for chess.

[@magicaryeh]

hi GM Simon, I love watching your videos!

[@danjeory3659]

Yeah, I'd like to see the creepy sun face on the merchandise too. It's like the Teletubbies on meths. Also Charlie the Cat needs to feature. Another catchphrase could be "Strastesgically Speaking"!!

[@kevingonsalves3088]

You and John are my favourite youtubers :D

[@Toinou666]

The Harry Gambit :)

[@meu02136]

Simon Amstell does your website? Nice!

[@georges64]

Great video the Simon!

[@ehatipo4598]

Hey Simon! We are expecting more from these videos, I have just started watching them and I am at 3rd atm. Plus, is there any way to get GingerGM t-shirt ? That'd be awesome!>.< Btw I am going to purchase your full course ,unfortunately I have missed the previous discount, I am waiting a new one. Cheers!

[@jenserikbech]

What about Knight h3? Instead of knight f3? Aljechin used this solution as white in the French defence where he sacrificed the h- pawn?In this way you prevent incomings on the g4 square.

[@benfrydman716]

You don't need a new mouse you need a new finger

[@alvincruz8296]

26:47 The Queen is highlighted and h3 have been clicked. Thus the move is made.

[@zingodonken]

Love your vids Simon!

[@SuedeStonn]

At 34:15 I was thinking of Rhd1 followed by Rd1d6 (

[@josketobben]

You almost did it right. In short notation you drop any redundant coordinates. So R1d6 it is. Rd1-d6 is fine too, but it's long notation.

[@georgemissailidis7581]

At around 35 minutes, black makes what Simon calls "a blunder". What black should have done was move the rook to c7 and attack the queen. Then, white checks the king with the queen and the knight blocks.

[@twopassiveknights4282]

Love your new intro! lol

[@phantomself9053]

Damn that intro is like lion wants to eat me freaking too loud lol

[@dylanperry377]

I used to think GMs had a magical way of analyzing the board and coming up with outlandish moves where the benefit of which can only be noticed 15 moves down any variation. Now I just see that they just calculate. Kind of like how I do, but much better and more accurately. I can calculate 4 or 5 moves in a few different variations, but the variations I calculate are useless and nonsensical lol.

[@-_Nuke_-]

They also look far into a potential end game or know very well which squares their pieces are great and how to get them there, there are too much involved than just raw calculations.

[@georgemissailidis7581]

35:26 white should have moved the rook down to c7 attacking the queen. Then queen moves up check and the knight blocks

[@martinet1985]

ginger gm swag haha so good! :)

[@martinsimpson5633]

Simon, surely a 'Harry the H Pawn' T-shirt is a must!!

[@micangelo4h]

what about 7.d5 encouraging Ne5, and following with 8.Nf3, attacking e5 and gaining tempo?

[@northzealand]

ng4 was the engine move no1 and castling was no 8 (komodo 10)

[@malegupta8404]

thanks a lot ismon sir for htis vidoe you are the best coach

[@samuelyoung8103]

Simon, there's a setting where you can confirm each move so that you don't misclick.

[@hallelujahcat6485]

simon when are you going to start selling gingergm shirts like the one your wearing?

[@jaker4ster]

hallelujahcat 64 he said in the video that they're on sale now

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

Awesome!

[@hallelujahcat6485]

awesome thx

[@alexcerezo7231]

Harry the Kamikaze!

[@CatzNGaz]

In these longer games, if you want to be extra careful, I suggest keeping your index finger on the right clicker, then you more naturally show on screen which ideas you have in mind.

[@z17seattle]

in the biz, they call it "hovering"

[@bradc3402]

Very strange that he was rated over 1900. Maybe that was some sort of a provisional rating (only having played a few games on the site)? As his moves certainly did not look anywhere near the strength of a 1900 player.

[@-_Nuke_-]

Even 1900 players are being intimidated by GMs and probably not have experienced a dubious opening like sucing the h pawn..

[@Nashy119]

How expensive was this mouse?

[@gavinthornton1591]

like the regular content

[@gavinthornton1591]

I'm glad I got your attention.. Now I can tell you to BUY A NEW MOUSE! Hope to see more daily uploads. Much love.

[@DarshanSenTheComposer]

Just one word *Discombobulation*

[@notevenmyaccount]

Maybe turn off mouse acceleration idk

[@StringDogg]

Praise kek

[@notevenmyaccount]

RIP i guess all you can do now is buy a robot hand

[@-_Nuke_-]

Mouse acceleration what's that?

[@essasuhail3670]

Simon can ' t you play chess.com 15+ 10 rapid tournament

[@chrisd6982]

Good chessing.

[@ccg9996]

Why don't you play stockfish

[@saintsaens21]

With pawn odds.

[@-_Nuke_-]

He does sometimes without knowing it (!)

[@josephcro2138]

I'm a chess noob, rated around 1300 in blitz on chess.com, I've got paired up with 1800+ player in tournament, somehow I won and only got 16 points, Simon beats a player rated lower than him and gets 22 points. wut. Can someone explain this to me?

[@only1jones2]

It's the Glicko rating system... it uses another variable called "rating deviation" (RD) as a measure of how inaccurate your rating is likely to be. Your RD was low and +16 is the maximum you could get. I guess Simon hadn't played much on this account at this time, so his RD was huge. Over time, RD increases too. Look it up.

[@antonsuk5176]

Niiiiice

[@marce3893]

28:54 for your ears' sake

[@fadyelkady3159]

very active in the opening , super lazy in the ending , oh and couldnt black have played qf8 instead of b4 ?

[@ccg9996]

15:00 qh4

[@malegupta8404]

i thnik that h4 is a mistake is 2nd move why that simon??why do you play h4?/

[@18ranruben]

nice intro

[@Gadzinisko]

Honestly, I know you have bad experience, but next time try to refrain from commenting that your opponent might be cheating unless you are absolutely sure. Cheating accusations are serious nowadays and there was nothing about his play to indicate computer assistance. He was a lower rated player facing a GM, who plays a weird opening, of course he is going to take some time. And I checked, 8...0-0 wasn't even Stockfish's 3rd or 4th move.

[@Gemwielders]

I think sometimes a move seems very obvious to a GM and isn't for less ecperienced players. This can skew the perception of what is a bizarre move.

[@andyjewell7111]

I wish more chesstubers would do longer games I'm so sick of blitz

[@ccg9996]

??? Oops

[@only1jones2]

This opp dropped to 1572 in 2020... and he lasted that long against a GM?

[@illusoryveils]

12:58 Did you ever think it could be someone else playing on his account? Like a younger sibling? Or friend who's learning? Your constant bitching about cheating is bad sportsmanship. Unless you have proof, shut the fuck up already! You expect me to buy your DVD? Why? Does it teach me how to accuse everyone who beats me of cheating? Is that on the first DVD? By the end will I be able to accuse them of cheating by the first move just like the Ginger GM?

[@Nebch12]

The sound is horribly out of sync in this video I think Simon, maybe because the intro stayed on the screen for so long.

[@ikkkkkkke1]

try reloading after the intro it solved it for me

[@martinet1985]

nah

[@Harlin67]

Sound is fine.

[@Ahmed-cr9kv]

a gentleman takes critisism and accept it when due :D Gm Simon do u really have to suspect every single player who isnt premium... this felt abit irritating :/

[@aahmed9201]

Love the Videos - Sad about the F*** a Duck - Bugger Off -- etc.... and all the other bad language. I am sure you would have far greater appeal if you cleaned up your act - You could easily have 100,000 followers if you cleaned up your act. Your choice keep swearing and driving fans away or clean up the act and become a real star chess presenter!

[@RBG9000]

Lets the timer run out before resigning, typical chess.com toxicity. I know Simon is of the opinion its not their fault,but it actually is! I have stopped playing there because i had this done to me so many times, and no action has been ever taken on the 100s of players I've reported for this, whereas lichess allows you to claim a win if your opponent pulls such nonsense. Chess.com should really improve their site before asking for people's money!