Going Toe To Toe With A MASTER (Chess)

PLEASE NOTE: I am trying to get some KZbin chess recorded this week, just happen to be very pinched on time. It's on the very tippy top of my list. Hope you enjoy the tournament VODs regardless!
This came from my stream on February 16th, 2021. Watch live next time: / northernlion
I managed to get into a 2 minute bullet tournament this week on Chess.com. I must say, I didn't play my best games but it was nice to put a toe into the competitive arena and get creative with what little time I had. Check it out!

[@deanmcgahan5818]

northern treats his knights like angry birds

[@pook49]

they get worse treatment than KZbin-only viewers

[@Northernlion]

LMAO

[@Noctoletsgo]

@@pook49 Best comment ever, proper lmfao

[@jenm1]

Why is NLs comments section so endearing idk

[@miguel7888]

"Having stable internet is one of the most underrated aspects of being an intermediate chess player"

[@TheJoeFanclub]

It is I can’t tell you how many times my internet disconnected and I lost a game I was winning

[@ravenjoker254]

"Goign toe to toe with a master" it takes a while but you realize eventually the master is NL, and the toes are his opponents

[@dantedamean]

"we might get ladder mated here." end card pops up.

[@mykhailomiroshnikov]

NL: deliberately closes a position on move 5 Also NL: sacrifices a knight to open a position on move 10

[@paulovictorsilvaferreira7824]

I love when the engine just point out the same exact move as best move for 8 moves in a row. The poor thing is screaming "PLEASE, move the h4 pawn I'm BEGGING you"

[@VTBoxerguy]

NL loves sacking a piece for two pawns because its fun.

[@QuardGame]

Even Magnus learnt from him and did sac a piece for two pawns in finals vs wesley so

[@Northernlion]

you should see me in bullet - no piece has more value than 2 pawns

[@olivergraf1360]

the getting weird gambit

[@QuardGame]

@@b.t4604 welp i will just say engine didn't like that a lot

[@mcprince5098]

@@olivergraf1360 Zane's Gambit

[@TotalTimoTime]

When Kb1 is a missed win and hanging a queen is the best move, you know it‘s a crazy video.

[@thomascheckie2394]

that was such a good game no lie

[@maxkho00]

It wasn't hanging a queen. Instead, it straight up won material as two rooks are worth more than a queen.

[@omhd]

A full hour of NL chess content? Christmas came early.

[@CityXV]

And so did I

[@dmanzawsome]

@@CityXV I Ovulated

[@liammazzanti2282]

If this is what Christmas is like, I want it to come all over me

[@madguy228]

those naughty elves must’ve been up all night making this video

[@treyebillups8602]

Santa brought it early

[@Frizz22]

Yo NL you mentioned learning gambits, International Master Levy "GothamChess" Rozman has a video on the Vienna which slaps and also counts probably who knows dude I'm like 750

[@jenm1]

The IM Levy "gothamchess" Rozman?

[@Pablo360able]

The Vienna is devastating, especially against people who foolishly accept the gambit. Also, somehow I’ve gotten two early scholar’s mates out of it in the 3. Bc4 4. Qg4 lines. People keep forgetting about the bishop.

[@oivindification]

48:50 This is the coolest game ever. Edvard just sending it down, gets a crazy check and resigns.

[@maxkho00]

His opponent was probably tripping while playing, as he consistently hung a piece every move and didn't even recapture even trades. Not even 600s play this badly.

[@TheCursedJudge]

friendship ended with d4 e4 is my new best friend

[@DOGroove]

D4’s ability to re-roll your run is very useful but you can accidentally find yourself with horrible items like Isaac’s Heart and Cursed Eye and..... wait. Wrong video.

[@sams7068]

fr d4 leads to such slogs of games, e4 is where the open tactics are at

[@revimfadli4666]

I prefer three d4s or more, less variance & more reliable, especially if you can pick where to allocate

[@PuchuKt]

if anybody here doesnt think NL is gonna win twitch rivals, feel free to meet me at e4

[@Pyronar]

c5

[@davidxu9566]

Nf3

[@wahbi79]

Nc6

[@benyeomans5848]

Bb5

[@honest_bishop5905]

@@benyeomans5848 a6

[@kyen2390]

right click to clear premoves

[@tassmh7080]

Bro thank you

[@homeyworkey]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i loved his fumbling for the pre move button :(

[@blakesmith7058]

Egg literally retracts his laughter 1:00:07 at the move on 1:00:12

[@dog1783]

Hour long chess video of 10 minute games is dad’s way of saying he cares ❤️

[@TheRoonage]

gotta respect a man who will accept invites from viewers with much higher ELO

[@jenm1]

NL seems like his ELO should be higher but being sleep deprived/time deprived from having a tiny baby might be affecting him.

[@arya6085]

I know what the third guy was trying to do. He tried to play Stafford gambit at the start and in that gambit there is a trick where you sac the queen and check mate. However, because you moved your bishop from f1 your king had an escape square that it wouldn't usually have in the trick he was trying to pull off. For anyone that cares 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc5 6. Bg5? Nxe4! 7. Bxd8?? Bxf2+ 8. Ke2 Bg4#

[@jenm1]

thank you

[@cheezin2610]

Hour of NL chess = pogged out of my freakin mind

[@colin7394]

I love watching the analysis and seeing a move that you saw during the game be recommended by the computer as best for like 10 turns in a row. H5 in game 2 was a real banger in my head, but I probably didn't math it out completely correctly in my head. Wish he had explored it.

[@NeuroticNav]

After 5 episodes of asking for an hour plus long episode, it has finally been delivered❤️

[@Astrodiddle]

I like to listen to the chess videos to fall asleep so instead of actually seeing the board I like to try and imagine what the board looks like based off of NL’s commentary

[@CssHDmonster]

''most chess players dont get weird'' , northernloin, we poles are built differently, we get weird

[@Chimaera242]

One of the challengers @44:56 is a WFM. That's a pretty amazing chess fanbase NL is cultivating Edit: should've waited untill I'd watched the entire video I guess...

[@derrickmiller374]

My new favorite series

[@christoet6970]

Nice to see you play some chess, and actually thinking about playing a style you confortable with, i like it allot.

[@bramvandevelde4581]

love the one hour upload big time

[@cardboardu6019]

One of the most aggravating king walks in history to blow this game, i was cringing hard during this end game, love the content as usual though! And in the second you were downplaying your opponents attack but he missed one pretty deadly tactic for sure

[@TheLuler]

I have to say, mad respect for accepting the challenge from the WFM, you gave it a go, to the best of your ability even against the odds. Mad respect my dear egg

[@RobbyBobbyBoy]

It's always a fun game when sacrificing the queen is the best move

[@matthijs2981]

That penultimate game was so typical of me watching your chess. I was like THE H PAWN, YOU CAN THREATEN but then you go on to win the endgame anyway, in a way where I would be completely lost! Such an interesting game

[@dame-e-in1258]

A “Woman’s Federal Master” lmao

[@HylianPirate278]

It's not inaccurate since the "F" in FIDE is short for the French word for "Federation"

[@eugoth4285]

1 hour chess video LET'S GO!

[@otto4005]

Ennel's surprised faces during the game with Kruk were golden. I wanna see more games against masters just for those reactions.

[@apexrays139]

POG a classic game of chess from the eggman

[@DEMillerEarl]

Nl held his own till the very end with the 1800. Nicely done

[@Lemon-qs3uz]

Not really lol, he kinda just sacrificed a knight for no reason and the 1800 was able to convert well.

[@Kenshinnnnn]

I don't care if it is youtube or twitch vod I just want my chess

[@mybyakugandontwork]

FINALLLYLYLYLYLY

[@jacobmenard5484]

There’s a new morphy in town

[@nicolasvega967]

These videos really help with my tinnitus Thank you a lot!

[@gamer1andgamer2]

the knight to h4 instead of g5 hurt me, but my feelings were mended 100x over when he recognised it later on. Champion

[@Samsunaattori]

Just some food for thought on possible gambit repertuar: in e4 e5 situations, if you know the following 3 gambits you get one of them almost every match: Urusov, Evans and Nakhmanson. Each has some great videos on youtube about them and in rapid/blitz games they all are playble even aginst grand masters even if they play the "best" moves in the opening, but due to how dangerous they are for black when they don't know the lines those three are the bees knees at 1500 and below. You would need some preparation of lines for Urusov and Nakhmanson, but boy oh boy do they win you some fast games!

[@RoxasMatheson]

21:14 did the analysis change its mind on what the best move was right here? When he took with the pawn instead of moving the queen just before it said moving back was the "best" move, but now it just wants him to move the queen up

[@wahbi79]

Lmao engines sometimes are stupid 😂

[@mouadtaha]

the game before last was crazy hhhh

[@snooks5607]

6:34 was surprised he didn't go for busting pawns, it would've been a way in for the queen

[@kaihilgers3568]

At 45:46 they were going for a checkmating trap in the Stafford Gambit.. while not playing the stafford gambit.

[@jesseengland5967]

The second game was played beautifully by you. Reminds me why you are 100 elo higher than me.

[@jesseengland5967]

The endgame was a little shaky.

[@cobaltsky6872]

Poggersdorf

[@sammarks9146]

What style of pieces are those? I like them!

[@MoufCity]

sooo where was the 1850

[@aihsdiaushfiuhidnva]

Last game

[@lightlampdog]

At 20:42, yes, they did want the pawn take, you just didn't go far enough back in the analysis

[@pedroneves8485]

started at 750 now at 1100 now . hope to catch up to NL one day

[@AdrianNgai]

NL you don't need another opening lesson you need endgame help lol

[@igam4fun]

49:00 the stockfish server was down for maintenance on that one

[@wellshit9489]

Getting weird with it is probably the best chance NL had against the WFM tbh.

[@evanmaier2551]

In the same rating as NL in rapid and I swear my games don't look this messy, but they must be

[@Waghabond]

NL just wanted to say youre definitely doing the right thing my not walking into the stafford gambit. that opening is too dangerous to play against without a substantial amount of study.

[@whispersandechoes]

You probably really upset the second player when you messed up his beautiful Sicilian dragon opening.

[@Kirisame312]

What on earth was game 3? Why don't the 900 Elo players I go up against play like that?

[@DrLongWang]

Remember when Levy said this is real chess and people won’t just blunder their queens, good times.

[@daviddavis]

Hey not trying to bully you or anything but in the advance variation of the Caro-Kann in your first game after 3…Bf5 white should not play 4. Bd3 because after 4…Bxd3, black is better. That’s because white has to take the bishop with the queen otherwise they double their d pawn. White’s queen is now misplaced in the center and black can develop with tempo. I know that didn’t happen in your first game, but you shouldn’t take that risk. This is coming from a fellow caro kann player who has looked into the theory a bit. Hope you find this useful, thanks for reading this if you did.

[@PirateZ1]

From what I understand, the light bishop for black in the advanced variation is not very good, so offering that trade in the beginning might not be advisable

[@MrKieron13]

NL sounds Northern Irish saying 'I think' @ 27:55

[@uwerlmi6120]

I beat a 1735 yesterday

[@rudiausbuddeln7573]

Its Christmas

[@smeedgar]

What chess program is this?

[@ropzfc]

you can just right click to remove a premove

[@DrLongWang]

I made my first brilliant move after you got me into chess and it only took a month. Still not very good, but thank you.

[@Kiteon]

Nice

[@kokosan09]

I miss chess ❤

[@Nate-gi7no]

If you're looking to learn a gambit you should check out the danish or the vienna :)

[@odoacredacalcutta5085]

when I play 1400s, they usually don't play such blunders as knight e4. that's a 800 elo move

[@alexbarr4619]

You need to value winning pawns more. You often turn them down looking for something better but in tight games this makes all the difference.

[@sampalmer1766]

right click undoes premove

[@termion]

e4 opener not followed by bongcloud? Missed opportunity.

[@AshsPikachu101]

You coulda threatened the fork which demanded attention, if he took the knight you'd win one of the Rooks for 2 knights, but in a closed position knights are really useful, guess it's personal preference?

[@darkmoonlite9797]

I hate how he didn't take the free h5 pawn @ 7:00

[@marksolvent3259]

It isn’t free. That is because during the middle game that pawn covers the rook, so if he took tha pawn then he would have opened himself up to a doubling of a rook

[@darkmoonlite9797]

@@marksolvent3259 I agree but the benefit outweigh the negatives, they could already double up on the g file with only minor tempo loss, the move also temporarily locks the G8 knight's best move making rook moves more awkward (either blocking the h file or moving to a useless spot.) Either way it's difficult for black to utilise the h file which is why taking on h5 is the computer suggested move

[@jimmyh2137]

58:42 What about... Queen take pawn D4?

[@wahbi79]

I am surprised he didn't saw it

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

I'm sure there's an eventual downside somewhere, but I'm currently enjoying the feeling of having found a good move NL seems to have missed.

[@jimmyh2137]

@@benjaminmiddaugh2729 White can easily go Knight C6 "forking" Queen and Bishop. Best place to put your Queen after that i think it's C5 and then I guess the Knight could go back to B4 or take the Bishop (trade, you take back with the Queen).

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@jimmyh2137 So, essentially, it's still a "free" pawn. It also potentially slows NL's decline into trouble by avoiding his string of less good decisions that follow from here.

[@aaravbhatt760]

At 27:54, what about nxe5, threatening the fork on nxc6?

[@brokenzipper7125]

It gets you a free pawn, but Qb6 or Qd6 defuses the fork, protects the pawn, and either advances their attack or threatens the knight, respectively. The argument could be made for it, though.

[@aaravbhatt760]

@@brokenzipper7125 Good argument, but I'd say that after Qd6 you can push f4 and try to get a pawn storm. The knight also removes pressure from the c4 square. I think that Qb6 is no immediate threat as it still leaves some pressure on the pawns (but I can see how it could initiate an attack on the king later on). Both queen moves do however allow you to put pressure on the black Knight, so maybe Qf4 and then g4, g5 could be strong.

[@adubs365]

For that scotch game i was the meme. “You ever look at someone and wonder, wtf is going on in their head?

[@spiritlevelup1036]

Please do more chess dude I have rewatched them all now

[@tenbuck7642]

if you right click, you undo premoves im pretty sure

[@aidenwilkin5738]

I'm 600 elo and it feels like everyone plays perfect endgame it's so annoying

[@Madhatter1781]

NL: Has a passed pawn on the 6th rank Also NL: abandons said passed pawn with king to go protect the useless queenside pawns Edit: pushing the G pawn was winning, not losing, you just needed to involve the king more NL Edit 2: ok he talked about it during the analysis, it just got my blood pumping a lil lol

[@uwerlmi6120]

Nl calls a fide master, a federal master

[@arya6085]

Are you aware of the concept of your own pawns working with your bishops? If your pawns are on light squares then your dark square bishop is very strong however your light square bishop is very weak. In the first game it would have been good to trade off the dark sqaure bishop in the opening and leave his light sqaure bishop because your opponent made an early commitment of putting all his pawns on light squares. Hope that helps :)

[@aluminiumknight4038]

7:00 why sack, those pawns are terrible, keep them for black lol

[@The_Byzantine_Ottoman]

That's called the grandmaster chess strategy "let's get weird"

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

@@anewfuture I'd describe it as "fun is better than try-harding," because the fun option is not always equivalent to playing badly.

[@richaragonzales1355]

@@benjaminmiddaugh2729 but it is a decent portion of the time lol. Most of the "weird" moves are weird because they are violating general advice, which is also why they end up bad a lot.

[@AzureFlash]

NL ELO TO THE MOON 🚀🚀🚀 DIAMOND EYES 💎👄💎

[@nanni5230]

37:08 would've been cool if g3 Kxg3, e5 Rxe5 c7 Rc5 Rxg5+, even tho it probably wouldn't happen

[@wahbi79]

I thought the same but i think the king don't have to capture on g3

[@fidmid]

59:42 excuse me, wtf. You moved your pawn 2 spaces to the front and it still got sacked by the enemy pawn. I have never seen such a bug before

[@hasenzahn5313]

It's not a bug, it's a feature. Called 'en passant'.

[@Michael-vf2mw]

That's one low-rated WFM.

[@xoire9754]

Got weird with it a few too many times.

[@ArisTheInquring]

just throwing my input at 33:20 as a 1100 rated player Qd8 rook takes rook takes queen takes Ne6 forking queen and king.

[@NeXuS_i_Beyond]

They could just not take with the queen and be up a queen for a rook tho no?

[@wahbi79]

Also the knight on c5 is covering e6

[@ArisTheInquring]

@@wahbi79 i have been bested

[@ArisTheInquring]

@@NeXuS_i_Beyond if you dont take the queen depending on what you do i get the rook for free

[@NeXuS_i_Beyond]

@@ArisTheInquring no mate like they take your queen and you take their rook then they just ignore the rook, black queen takes rook is not forced

[@uwerlmi6120]

Nl when his opponents disconnect: hehehehhehehehehe

[@RND_ADV_X]

*NL wins* "ok, that was terrible." 😑

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Just like naka

[@jesseengland5967]

It's fide master not federal master. ☺

[@Tcj333]

"we don't get weird with it" Unsubscribed

[@szymonskalski5795]

It is woman FIDE master XD

[@chessgoalsyt]

NL is my Spirit Animal

[@averyfrew1981]

Get me NL, 1800 are over rated, not even that good.

[@Lemon-qs3uz]

If 1800s aren't good to you, you must be master level player then?

[@wisecraftlive]

I'm 1800 and I like to think I'm good - especially since I have a national ranking...

[@SunrisenStar]

at 0:32 cant the pawn empassant the bishop?

[@wahbi79]

No , you can only en passent pawns

[@drvofoka7033]

Dude, do you know what en passant even is?