GM Simon Williams Blitz Speed Run 18 I 1600-1800

[@slagorourke]

Speed runs are the best chess content in my view, and never more so than when the GingerGM is at the helm. Daniel Naroditsky does some great speed run stuff too.

[@kennethkakande]

Sure thang! I've watched speedruns from all chess content creators including Hikaru, Chessbrahs, Danya, John Bartholomew and Levy Rozman but I have to say Gingergm, Danya and Chessbrahs piqued my speedrun interest. Each of them with their own unique style, like Gingergm laces them with humor, Danya with a grain of chess history, and Chessbrahs with some techno music. The rest, albeit helpful as well, aren't as interesting.

[@kotbegemot-sp]

@@kennethkakande agreed although Chessbrahs are mostly for entertainment, IMO, not educational purposes.

[@manawearblack]

@@kennethkakande yeah chessbrah speedruns are good but only the Eric Hansen ones

[@planezero]

@@manawearblack I like Aman's as well. Although he doesn't tilt as much as Eric.. 🤭

[@M4R4N]

Simon may not be the best player but probably the best chess teacher. Thanks for the content!

[@michaeldunagan8268]

I've been watching the ginger for a couple years and kind of binge watching them the last month: I don't know if I've seen anyone better in my life, which isn't too vast regards chess, who can pull the lucky horseshoe out of his hiney with under 30 seconds remaining to pull out and game wins.

[@Socrates...]

Please, do more of these videos soon. They are so good.

[@kotbegemot-sp]

Love your style, the British humor and politeness add a lot to the educational chess stuff you're putting out

[@alande6136]

I love this content ,Simon you are the best chess coach on youtube

[@Haku30]

Great stuff! These explained speedruns are such good educational content, if I could suggest would be nice if you do these speed run and focus on only 1 opening like a themed based speed run, like the botvinnik English and the Dutch and just do a speed run using these openings from start to finish

[@TheUnperson]

that's a great idea. So often i try learning an opening and my opponents never play the moves i learnt lol

[@roylowry4798]

This is my favorite series on KZbin. for sure !!!!

[@philippides]

Amazing and instructive video as always! :) PS @9:00 a 1600 fell into this?? Lol where do you find these 1600s? Is this actually Lichess??

[@diegocaffiero3870]

Every video is a master class! Thank you Simon!

[@TheUnperson]

i love these videos - very helpful and entertaining!

[@kevinkammler9120]

Best educational chess content on YT for my rating (around 1650 classical) as far as I’m concerned. Many thanks, Simon! I know it is a speed run but would it be possible for you to do a couple more games at this level?

[@InsanityRulesUsAll]

Must say, I'm a real fan. Have only just discovered your Speed Run, worried it was going to be Bullet, which is too fast for this slow guy, but it's just great. So much info with style & humour. Like the way you make it look so very easy to win; it isn't, but it certainly should be , after this series ! Thanks a million Simon.

[@piouswhale]

Thanks Simon for the content. In the Engluns there are two trappy lines. First is Bb4 after Nc3 abd the other is Nb4. For the bishop line theory is Rb3 and Nb4. If he plays Nb4 instead its +7 or so and black is completely lost. I booked myself up on this because of wanting to punish people playing dubious lines

[@2pretzal]

Thanks for posting! love the series.

[@thomasswoodward]

Oh Simon. You wonderful lunatic.

[@joelmcentire1]

Brilliant work, Simon!!!

[@edd9632]

Loving the speed runs Simon!😁

[@Walkman0007]

I like how you credit the last opponent

[@wouteroa424]

Thanks a lot, sir!

[@gustavoschrf]

These are my favorite videos on your channel

[@thegovernorpower9161]

Speed runs are the best 👌

[@juleslondon3088]

1:07 Nd5 is a little more accurate than Nb5. Though you don’t get the tempo on the queen the knight is centralised and still hits c7. If black follows the same line as in the video they don’t have time to take on a2 before white defends the pawn. I actually thought the Englund was worse than this if you don’t fall for the main trick. I guess +2.5-3.0 for white with an easy position to play is bad enough though.

[@RomansBookReport]

Thanks for these!

[@Aarron-io3pm]

You're ginger and I love it

[@wardm4]

These are always so depressing. I watch a 1660 blunder the queen in 9 moves. I go queue and my 700 opponent plays 90% accuracy with 0 mistakes and 0 blunders. Like, seriously with these ratings?

[@Frogfish999]

Chess is all about inducing mistakes in your opponent and preventing your own mistakes. If you opponents are playing 90% accuracy at 700 elo you’re not sufficiently pressuring them

[@ounichaan1440]

@@Frogfish999 that’s absolutely true, I started chess 4 months ago and I was at 700 for like 3 months and as I have figured out the game a little bit, I gained like 500 points in month. I’m now at 1100 and going up everyday. My advice to you that you try to review your games and understand why did you lose or what you could have done better in different positions and try to use them in other games. (Good openings helps a lot also)

[@brendanpolk2136]

keep em coming !

[@Scenery505]

Great serie

[@danjeory3659]

I think with that Englund game, you normally go 8. Rb3 attacking the queen again followed by 9. e4 or you go 8. Nd5 attacking the bishop and threatening Nc7

[@marcota9461]

1:03 is Rb3

[@tanyapunyo2074]

How these guys get checkmated so easily is so funny 😂 and

[@tpage8051]

lol how can he not remember the englund line?? Several videos he's made people have played it and it's so easy. But then again I'm no "GM"

[@zada4a]

6:00 clearly the engine says that Rook d1 is an inaccuracy and you had to fork with the knight? How come GM cant understand simple analysis notation ?? Or did you just want to appear to be right, because you discarded the knight move during the game? Weird stuff, please explain. Also how come nobody else is writing about this? Everyone watching this is blind / noob? Please explain I feel outraged by this.

[@zacgladman7510]

calm down mate lol

[@fcpsdoctor]

What surprise!

[@carcass09]

1-0 to the Ginger! Fwam!

[@Etherglide]

Simon. What’s happened to the quality of your post? It’s so bad I even have difficulty reading the time on the clock?

[@Etherglide]

And now its better. Hmmm, is it me?

[@brianfinnegan9700]

Fuck this, im going to watch Andy Tate

[@richiejbhoy1888]

First!!!!

[@spiralfireball8663]

@@alfa-psi lol

[@bbbrown3408]

memorization is not talent

[@spiralfireball8663]

Lol it's not memorization. He just has almost 30 years experience facing everything. Its just automatic. Just because you don't want to learn, doesn't mean he memorized. I have 4 years experience and I know many lines I played. And oh? You think chess is all about memorization? You are not a chess player then.