GM Speed Chess!

What's better than Blitz and Beer!?
Winning the odd game maybe...
This video is taken from a live stream, please bear that in mind when watching.
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[@terrywood4782]

Missed you so glad your back

[@TheBramVermeulen]

You missed his back?

[@keithsamuek8268]

@@TheBramVermeulen nice

[@richardfredlund3802]

terry wood ... I had similar thing I think, youtube dropped Ginger GM of my radar for a couple of weeks

[@marcota9461]

Almost 3 hours of ginger blitz? Am I dreaming? :o

[@alephnull4044]

15:30 Am I going mad or is that not a free rook?

[@sandrodaniel4660]

yes its free ^^

[@mohammedfathi3592]

It's free and he's drunk

[@ym276]

That was really bad - that's what happens when you're always drunk lol

[@elvinyeo7230]

Not only that. There's a game that he could have taken with a bishop with check, and solved his problems. Think Simon lacks practice. Need 3 hrs blitz everyday.

[@markwaterfield740]

ikr

[@counterstrike1110]

15:12 Nxa7 hmm he just hung his rook right lol

[@deccyboi4218]

saw that too yeah

[@chrisgascoyne2958]

Love watching your games and streams, but why do you choose to torture yourself with 3|0, why not 3|2?

[@mumpygumboo8554]

When I saw you'd posted another fun, recreational blitz chess video, SImon, I screamed like a Viking Bezerker, "RAaaahhhhhHHHHhhrrRRR!!!" and fist pumped. LOL

[@creepylavalamp]

50:10 combine Blitz and Beer and you get this move...

[@nobody7557]

that hurt watching it

[@jms4406]

If anyone tells you anything negative about your play just say yeah I'm still a gm.

[@MrKongatthegates]

Im a man and I like beer. You are a down to earth real person, very entertaining, I learn alot. im sure all of us will never know half of the stuff you have forgotten when it comes to chess. You rock dude

[@Socrates...]

Its sad that all the love is lost for Hastings tournament (I think Simon was basically the only one covering it) and everyone is fixated on Tata

[@danielfrappier3378]

Woohoo! He is back! I have been missing my weekly dose of Ginger's blitz.

[@xtra9996]

Hey Simon, I missed your games so much.

[@platonfoucault1087]

The mouse slip at 50:26 lol!

[@onialex64]

Love me some ginger GM

[@jeanyanne4472]

Hello.i don’t speak english very well because i french. But i love your style and you are so so cool.i stress when i play chess,so i look one of your vidéo And i play, and ........boom boom.thanck you.

[@samuelbruyneel]

I really enjoyed this session, but I think you should seriously consider playing 5 minute games, to avoid all those time scrambles at the end...

[@marcota9461]

Or 3+2

[@angrygary91298]

What's the counts of the pawns? It's about one up , is about as good as you get in king's gambit :)))))) (with a straight face) Simon humor

[@siddharthb2633]

Ginger must collaborate with some Indian YT channels. Chessbase, Samay etc... ginger is criminally underrated...

[@advaitnarayan1429]

no please no....i wouldnt want to pollute him with all that....just kidding... i think hes fine as a lone wolf

[@jakusthekingpakus1]

I looked at the game report for your second last game against SergCashFlow and your ideas actually had you massively winning. It's just on move 25 you needed to go Bxh7 rather than Re4.

[@elev8torguy]

Ok I'm 1 hour in and please just tell me...does he win a game or not?

[@lancejoycalkins3413]

Important lessons demonstrated: alcohol impairs good judgement.

[@johnnybbrown5296]

Great to see a long video, we have missed you. I hope you are not discouraged by the rapid growth of other chess streamers; you're one or two accurate moves from the top of the pile. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em and show their viewers what they're missing.

[@kylepaul8202]

I don’t know how you don’t have 1m followers…great stuff

[@McDanishdog]

Missed you, Simon!

[@ricksick81]

15:30 take the damn ROOK !

[@elvinyeo7230]

Your current form is slightly worse than Carlsen.

[@roguelad9021]

Welcome back Simon great to see this vid out

[@jollyreefer6192]

Why doesn't this shit happen when I play a GM? @50:10

[@stevesidare2493]

Mouse slip = Spandex Gambit.

[@kaigunjikramer4594]

Thank god ur back🙏💯

[@j.r.8176]

1:29:29 Because it's a damn fine beard man!

[@theowalcott102]

1:45:56 amazing tactic and great reaction by Simon!

[@surfingmantis6162]

finally, Simon! missed ya!!!

[@rafao7966]

Ok is 730 am here I had to get a beer

[@AbarSimorgh]

Thank you for the video. Have to ask, what is the mouse that you are using? Is it wireless or wired?

[@roguelad9021]

yes Simon lad love it

[@ChessKnowledgewithH1]

I'm giving the h pawn a different name...

[@MrMegatherium]

GINGER GM , let's have a few beer! I want to play the black lion!!!! You are a good friend.

[@V8SupersQirreL]

get drunk and play chess. At least it is funny!

[@V8SupersQirreL]

you didn't smothered mate him - too much beer...!

[@TheUnperson]

welcome back Simon!! :D

[@sebastiandierks7919]

Just watched Eric Rosen's video "chess is confusing", which was directly before this video in my subscriptions. It's about the Nescafé Frappé line in the benko, which I've never heard in all those years. Now first in Eric's video and in the third game of this video. Crazy coincidence. I have to say Simon knew the opening much better, Eric was wasting half of his time before move 10.

[@benoitb.3679]

06:50 I feel that

[@stevem1148]

"if he castles there then I'm really drunk" lmao loved this video and shared a beer. Should do more of these videos!

[@_v2.0]

41:40 "Maybe my king can come to a5" yes, of course. Clearly the first thing to look at lol. Honestly though, it's going to be a while before I start to consider walking my king out from behind one barrier of pawns, to hide behind another on the opposite side of the board.

[@bubsadoozy]

So weird how often I've recently heard about this Nescafe Frapp attack. It just popped up in a recent Eric Rosen video as well.

[@AkamiChannel]

You give me hope

[@jms4406]

Win or lose it's very entertaining need some more ginger gm beer and blitz

[@jms4406]

Missed you man! He lives!!! And owes no explanation!

[@creepylavalamp]

23:10 Shame!! (rings bell) Shame!! (rings bell) Shame!! (rings bell) Shame!!...

[@richardfredlund3802]

i literally couldn't stop laughing. ... the guy getting Ginger GM tatoo

[@frank1509]

Epic

[@geoffclark437]

Great character. Very funny. Entertaining and interesting 3 hrs.

[@brianpetersen570]

Always good to see your voice and hear your face gingergm

[@jms4406]

We need that god damn 8 hr stream where we all drink beer.

[@ricksick81]

one of the funniest streams, I like crazy Ginger GM

[@bencrow6663]

Great to see you back blitzing on YT Simon!

[@GLOKD]

the duck in the intro is my favourite thing in yewtewb.

[@nonplussedperson]

Nice to watch you again Simon! Been a while..

[@stevewithington1787]

50:11 is an object lesson in why beer and chess don't mix

[@DDOSETV]

There’s something about watching people casually drink beer that makes me want to casually drink beer...

[@dionlindsay2]

In this case it puts me off drinking beer

[@M4ST_]

Awesome to see some more blitz and beers from you Simon!

[@joshuawall2590]

Man been waiting for a new vid. Great stuff!

[@TwlShooter]

You are such a normal guy, thought you had to be wired to pass IM level. I’ll join you with a beer, definitely subbing. Cheers from Sweden🍻🇸🇪

[@MrMartinmozz]

Pretty sure that's the first time Simon's been called normal ;) He is a great guy though, agreed! :)

[@RowRowFightThePowaa]

11:55 the real Queen's Gambit.

[@micheledele]

Hey Simon we missed you so much...

[@Elsonoliveira716]

God finally. And its 3 hrs

[@QuangAnhPhamNguyen]

1st comment for the 1st time!

[@giordithebest]

15:22 why not Nxa7?

[@joketer34]

I MISSED YOU SIMON!

[@deccyboi4218]

missed ya!

[@creepylavalamp]

YESSSSS!!!!!!

[@hubert6786]

1:59:27 that combination actually worked, because at the end Bxb4 was withc check, hence why he didt take that rook on b4. oh Simon Simon

[@colleen9493]

Stop drinking

[@leoblum0631]

Ginger, the really great thing about you is not even the beer and the beard, but the fact that, although you're a GM, you make believe you're just an inspired amateur, thereby making us all feel good about ourselves and our shortcomings in chess! Thanks for your streams. They have saved many a sleepless night for me! Last but not least: I hope that's not Ginger Beer! And the very last thing: Please keep referring to your opponent in the singular: this "they"-thing is very much in vogue, especially in America, but it hurts because it really is silly.

[@T-money916]

It's not "en vogue". It's the way we speak. Just like Simon makes an "f" sound instead of our traditional "th" sound when saying many words. Which I don't consider silly. It's just a difference in our respective dialects. That being said, we definitely don't speak the most proper English, on average. Take it sleazy Lars 😉

[@leoblum0631]

@@T-money916 Now I really get discombobulated! "En vogue" or "in vogue". Same. More importantly: if my opponent in chess is "they" than I should be "we", shan't I? The Brits normally tend to avoid this linguistic discrepancy, inspired as it is by the carefree casualness of the American vernacular, by either giving a gender to the opposite colour (he/she) or, as Simon mostly says: "My Opponent is finding good moves, but He's not supposed to find good moves!"

[@virajdeshpande3701]

It's just simple grammar. When you're unaware or uncertain of someone's gender, you address them as "they." It's particularly useful when addressing anonymous users on the internet. It has nothing to do with singular or plural. In this context, it's neutral singular. And it's not "in vogue," it's common practice in English-speaking countries, and this meaning of "they" has been in the dictionary for ages.

[@leoblum0631]

@@virajdeshpande3701 There is no reason whatsoever to call your opponent "they", unless the opponent happens to consist of more than one player. It is just stupid and a stupidity that gains terrain by the minute at that. "My opponent" is fine. Black or White is fine too. But not "THEY""!!!

[@virajdeshpande3701]

@@leoblum0631 It's not stupid at all. This definition of "they" has literally been in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a "singular antecedent" for ages. It's not wrong, nor is it uncommon. Besides, I'm an English Graduate who works as a writer for clients in the UK, the US, and Australia. This is how English is spoken. You're incorrectly opposing a practice that has been in use for decades, especially in English literature. Just let the man speak how he wants to.