Hang on...is this improvement? (Chess)

This is bespoke made for KZbin content, not those stinky Twitch VODs. I promise!
I've been feeling the urge to play chess again and I tricked myself into thinking I'm better than I am. Let's see what sort of damage we can do on Chess.com again!
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[@riun355]

I like when he calculates 12 moves deep into a line that starts with his opponent hanging their queen, really gives u that good brain melting feeling

[@SaintD382]

1:05 Where he thinks Black has to recapture with the queen LOL

[@trentonsimpson4799]

Taking a free rook is not in NL's playbook. He wants to FIGHT for the pieces he takes. It's the beautiful game.

[@EffectsAdder]

yea lol i was going to say he missed a free rook he could've taken with his pawn. the egg moves in mysterious ways

[@tottle321]

You can't take the free rook sometimes because you have to keep your opponent on their toes. NL is on some Sun Tzu shit

[@firedonutzFTW]

there is such grace in a game of chess, it makes me cry

[@huckthatdish]

I like that NL was “banking on” his opponent blundering his queen in one move in the opening

[@jacobyoung9981]

I love when he was like “he takes with the pawn so his queen still defends the other pawn”. No Nl, he takes with pawn so he doesn’t hang his queen 😂

[@pancho5003]

What's better is if his opponent had taken with the queen he would have forked the rooks instead of taking the queen

[@llgg1668]

@@pancho5003 xQc when he forked the king, queen and rook with his knight and then took the rook

[@samm6933]

brother, just for uploading this you're a grandmaster of my heart

[@sainttrish7544]

Chess is an underated series on the channel tbh. Wish he was still wanting to stream it, but the analytics there makes sense unfortunately

[@DevilishlyDutch]

When he thought that was a free queen and then didn’t take the free rook, I felt that

[@ForayBN]

11:58 moves king to threaten an attack on a rook that can just be taken

[@cardboard2night]

But lion doesn't take said rook!

[@__--_--_-----]

that one hurt

[@aleksandraaleksgasic]

🥲

[@520_metal]

That triggered me

[@William1w1]

He trusts his opponents too much. They're always hanging their pieces for him!

[@UngodlyFreak]

11:58 That was just painful to watch. JUST TAKE THE ROOK!

[@shlomoshlomo963]

He also missed mate couple of minutes before that in the same game

[@mrbluebob1066]

I don’t wanna be that guy but actually how HOW HOW!?!?

[@maxkho00]

@@shlomoshlomo963 He didn't...

[@maxkho00]

@@shlomoshlomo963 He played almost perfectly in the middlegame after giving away his opening advantage until that nonsensical h4 move.

[@test-xe7gx]

I love how he reviews the most useless games to review and doesnt review the ones that he could learn from

[@explorerguy]

"I don't actually want to get better at chess" - NL "I just want to get as good as I was when I was 12" - also NL

[@MisterLambda]

Now that you’re back in the groove I would love to see a 10 minute game, although 5 minutes are always a snack as well. Thank you for the content.

[@willymacpherson9764]

God I love chess NL

[@bigmeatyclaws8552]

Same, the analysts give a hit of dopamine every time

[@NearoC]

Man especially the 'missed wins' analysis getting ignored feels bad like clearly those hold a teaching moment. Anyway, regardless, really love the content, grateful for any chess, genuinely, I do wish more analysis but even if there was never another analysis this is some of the best content these days.

[@maxkho00]

Winning a pawn on a4 was the "missed win" as it just wins a crucial pawn, and NL did look at it. There was also a missed win in his earlier game where his opponent straight-up hung a whole rook and NL didn't take it; however, he didn't even analyse that game at all. Honestly, I feel like just missing a hanging piece isn't very instructive. I agree that some missed wins can be very instructive, but this was not one of them.

[@NearoC]

@@maxkho00 Yeah that's fair, I knew the rook one, which is apparent enough, I was not good enough to recognize/remember the a4 pawn, ty ty. Yeah I mean they're not all created equal for learning but I think there's at least a bit of merit glancing through most, if nothing else some would really push the 'look a bit more' thing.

[@maxkho00]

@@NearoC No problem! Yeah, I agree. Missed wins can often be quite instructive and teach you tactical and positional motifs that you'll be able to re-use in future games, potentially over and over again. Out of all the classifications, missed wins are probably the most instructive, closely followed by blunders.

[@bilbobaggins2401]

Comment to feed the algorythm and keep NL brining chess content

[@SlavicusVile]

+2

[@sal-b7710]

+2

[@jonathanw4662]

+2

[@bobshnitzel2608]

+2

[@InOtherNews1]

+2

[@TheMasterMakarov]

Oh Boy! Did I just come home from an Airport ? Where else could I have gotten this enormous POGLERONE ?

[@martinpatella3986]

12:01 broke my heart

[@SuperMann104]

I appreciated the 5 min over the 3 min this vid, gives more time to think and have the game develop!

[@michael8815]

10 minute goat though

[@GeorgeMaj15]

I love your chess content. Admittedly I am bad, so I like the learning process and your insane lines

[@JB-xl2jc]

@Cry "Just think 18 moves ahead, its easy!"

[@Gabu_]

@Cry Why'd you try to learn from grandmasters instead of a chess coach? Being good at something and being a good teacher of said subject aren't the same.

[@kiyokiyoko]

im not watching for grandmaster level chess play, i'm watching so i can see NLs reaction when he analyzes his losses (impossible, I know) and realizes he missed a hanging rook.

[@SkyClap]

a delight is watching you play chess, my good man 🤗

[@TheAustinWyatt]

My streamer. My egg man. My grandmaster of content.

[@wnagle1985]

Love(and prefer) the chess content as I can relate to the struggle as much as NL. Keep up the good work!

[@sheonyx]

did i yell in frustration when he didn't take the free rook? yes. yes i did. but the laughter that followed was the best i've had in days. thank you for the wonderful chess content, never change NL

[@Rosenator1]

The best part of the analysis here is you can tangibly see Ryan getting better at this

[@111jasam]

2 chess videos in 2 days? Christmas came early this year

[@minecraftbros36]

Loving the chess uploads!

[@aleksandraaleksgasic]

I love it when he‘s like “back in my day..” hahah

[@shiloh6915]

Dude, @8:22 was so hard to watch cause he didn’t even think about taking the pawn where his two rooks were…

[@hood-phantom]

loving the chess content from the egg!

[@carsonstrong9681]

Love the chess content please don’t give up on it

[@9419cmcc]

This man was once 1500 and doesn't see cxd5 @ 11:58

[@mrmikereeds]

Good vid, love the chess. Actually does seem like the calculations have been getting better. Thanks for the content

[@nosir5596]

Love to see the chess content. And honestly this does seem like improvement tbh.

[@snwfx1798]

I have no idea how chess works but this content makes me pogged out of my gourd.

[@watchingaccount]

god that second game..

[@jjplayzpred]

12:04 pawn takes rook….

[@teddyrueckert2989]

Fre rook at 11:58 was tough to see, but always entertaining to watch!

[@maxkho00]

Was it really tough to see though?

[@Gabu_]

NL being surprised about the opponent not playing the worst move every time is something else.

[@xiricada7121]

We love all your chess content, NL!

[@FlyingAce1016]

You are making me want to get back into chess so much of late!

[@cpfink1242]

I’ve shouted “TAKE THE ROOK” in the past 3 chess videos. I’ve only been wrong once.

[@cartersarkela5296]

Commenting to boost the video because I genuinely enjoy watching you play chess

[@GrevMarkussen]

I was so happy when he said “let’s think it out” at 8:05! But then he never checked rook takes at f7. Isn’t that crushing??

[@gamenova7860]

Rook is pinned to king

[@GrevMarkussen]

Aaaah! You are 100 % correct, my friend. But what if it wasn't??

[@NorthernlionLP]

@@GrevMarkussen He could've done that same thing at 10:15 but it wasn't that great because the best he could have gotten out of it is a pawn while leaving his king all by itself

[@maxkho00]

@@NorthernlionLP Worse yet, if he took the f7 pawn at the timestamp that you cited, he would just get mated in 2 after Qxf1+. But he could have taken the pawn on the following move and just been up a crucial pawn, emerging in probably a technically winning position.

[@TheOKAY]

Very entertaining chess as always!

[@gabrote42]

I will be so happy when he learns the first 3 moves of the Vienna 12:10 Not taking the rook

[@hungryporpoise5940]

No northern lion. You’re absolutely cracked godlike bullet Elo does not make you bad

[@iDaVirus]

Cranking out a couple nice wins today NL, great stuff!

[@bearfangmedia]

Love chess, thanks!

[@nissepellago]

Keep playing chess.. Being 1100 mean this is at the perfect level to "strive" for :)

[@_julian]

Love the chess content

[@taylor3950]

NL casually playing chess is just solid content

[@Memento_Mori]

My brother in Christ, thank you for this poggable content.

[@karimuahmed]

Holy cow in that first game he performed a perfect "fried liver" attack that Levi made a video on without even knowing about it

[@Gabu_]

Not really a fried liver, especially considering NL blocked his own knight.

[@MrFredstt]

You know when it's chess you're in for some glorious pog

[@samuelsisti4849]

Screaming at my screen when the rook was free

[@andresodeberg799]

chess content always pog

[@HexQuesTT]

I've said it several times before and I'll say it again, I don't get why NL never reviews the games he loses, surely you learn more than reviewing the games you won

[@screamingliner]

He's stated he's not interested in getting better, but just wants to have fun. The reviews are reserved for boosting the ego.

[@Gabriel-to8uo]

It's also just fun though, and if you were screaming a move into the screen you get a little vindication, or you understand why you're a dummy and the move doesn't work

[@explorerguy]

@@screamingliner getting better is the fun part though. Don't you like want to hit a homerun eventually if you're playing baseball? Instead of relying on blind luck while ignoring all feedback?

[@screamingliner]

@@explorerguy People are different and have different motivations. I play poker because I like to make money, but other people, bless them, just want to look at cards and have a nice night out.

[@PoopTrainConductor]

good video egg father, the chess content pogs me out of my gourd

[@ImTheFool08]

Pogged out for more chess

[@dutt6222]

You're enjoying playing chess and I'm enjoying watching you play chess.

[@raggedybob4882]

Chess delivers the finest of Pogs.

[@Jack-dk7uu]

Stockfish evaluates this video as !! (heavy pog)

[@123amsterdan456]

1:05 I always bank on my oponnent giving me their queens

[@bernardshaw7405]

Chess baby lets gooo

[@xDesolateStudios]

Don't mind me, just feeding some delicious commentary to the YT chess algorithm

[@dark_angel4023]

8:08 if you take their f7 pawn with the rook you just win there

[@maxkho00]

That's a big "if" right there, my friend. A king is a pretty important piece to sacrifice.

[@plolp]

Honestly some really strong games from NL

[@Qu1ckRev1ve]

Chess gaming, I'm pogging

[@Lauritsxpedersen]

Please Ryan look at the analysis of the long games where both players make mistakes - thats where you learn and its also my favorite part because so many of your moves gets more context :((

[@eggs_tm]

thanks for the chess NL

[@etopowertwon]

You missed the shiny rook!

[@hzhen6339]

Chess noob here, why didn't he take the a4 pawn with his rook @17:25 ? it looked free to me? EDIT: nevermind, he went over it during game review

[@HolyDude02]

16:57 just complained about the horse protecting the pawn. he moves the horse. forget about pawn. :(

[@hwangsaessi2335]

It's actually quite rare for someone to have their bullet rating be the highest, I'd say. It's much more common to be strongest in rapid, then blitz, then bullet. Maybe you have better intuition for chess, since you played as a kid, which is an advantage in bullet cuz you have to play fast. Also, as much as everyone loves getting their ego stroked, it's much more important to analyze losses than wins, which you seem to have an aversion to.

[@M3GAMAN100]

He's so good

[@Youwanttodream]

Love the chess !

[@theinverteddonkey2961]

game 2 or 3 was disgusting. so many thrown wins lol

[@MystFGO]

I will always pog up the chess algorithm with comments and likes

[@William1w1]

My rapid rating is around 1600. I was inspired by you to try bullet for the first time recently. After a few hours of seriously trying to play well, I am rather surprised to admit that I can't seem to push past 850. Congratulations on your high bullet rating. I'm not sure what it means about your chess mind in general that your bullet rating is higher, but clearly you possess some skill I lack.

[@oOPPHOo]

3:55 Ok, pet peeve of mine for a while. That dark blue exclamation mark denotes that you made the best move in a situation where the best move is the ONLY good move. It's a vital move to find, but often it's also a lot easier to find because it's the only move that makes sense. It's NOT a move where the compute goes "we couldn't think of that ourselves. Really enjoying this series though. Pet peeves are part of the fun. Who wants to review games when the computer is not gonna praise us anyway? Not me, that's who.

[@panic-a-la-mode]

audience engagement: check!

[@MrTheSmoon]

love da chess

[@notthefakesam]

The based chess player is back

[@muffinmayhem7708]

Me and the homies live for chess nl

[@GoodmanMD]

Love the chess bro

[@CardfightVanja]

Thank for for more chess content

[@reggie7653]

Does NL know that "Great" and "Brilliant" are not the same thing in game review?

[@RozKounelakion]

Chess POG

[@ethangilworth7891]

Love chess

[@boofcomma2363]

lesson

[@wesleymcbob]

keep playing chess nl and ill keep watching it

[@karlballester5119]

I see a free rook, I take it

[@weepingangelslayers]

I’m a simple man, I see NL chess content, I hit the like button

[@Orletric]

I don’t play chess but couldn’t he mate in 3 by taking the pawn at f7 with his queen

[@shaneta4557]

I feel like NL would increase his rating a lot if he studied pawn formations. He creates a lot of weak and backward pawns.

[@PaulHobbs23]

Hey it’s chess!

[@AmbeamTM]

I like the chess!

[@williamm.b.lsr.807]

holy cow chess content is a brilliant move??

[@Kavser]

bespoke

[@Pyroplunger]

Analyze a win and a loss each video!

[@gplog7197]

Yes more chess

[@rugioe8434]

More chess pleeeeeaaasssseee!!!! 💯