How I Got Better at Chess || Level Up

[@MikeBoyd]

Anyone got any good side quests for next time? Hungry for some XP.

[@drali230]

Something to do with free running!!!

[@matthewfoley8068]

Maybe in it Learn how to use more code or a new language

[@cotycoston]

I just woke up

[@Yes__]

How about one of the most difficult yoyo tricks

[@drali230]

@@cotycoston morning!!!

[@cluerip]

Dad boss. Special attribute: Sometimes let's their kids win so they will still play with them.

[@jumpro5905]

Hahaha

[@j.hurlock]

My dad said he would never let me win so it's more satisfying when i do beat him loll

[@ite547]

@@j.hurlock lol and u believed him

[@pjcollects]

Whenever I play games with my 7yo son, I ask him if he wants me to take it easy on him (i.e., let him win), or play him for real. I'm hoping someday he will no longer be satisfied beating me when I'm throwing the game in his favor and will actually want to beat me when I'm trying to beat him.

[@saar_levin]

My dad never lets me win, he say that its because when i do finally win ill know its real

[@c1ll14n_7]

Imagine how his family felt when he came up with the idea and they just had to sit there and watch him do all these weird things 😂😂😂

[@SelfImprovement1111]

I was thinking that to

[@szurmatpl]

GG, mike haha

[@Pianosharpmusic]

Let’s face it, they’re used to it by now

[@slashuu_]

I mean, if they know you’re a youtuber they will expect that it can happen

[@graham.l6604]

I was thinking that when he was bouncing along the studio....Kim following him with the camera 😂😂

[@aheinstein291]

First quest: Beat the dad boss Carlsen's future kids: I don't like this quest

[@hellwroughtangel]

ROFL

[@alexbevan2183]

Was literally just thinking this

[@Fixthisbuildthat]

This series was so well done, Mike. Kudos for pushing yourself and absolutely crushing it. Can't wait for the next one! - Brad

[@shrekcentral4321]

Yea I agree

[@Sciencedoneright]

series?!

[@dzjam75]

So cool to see a maker that I'm a fan of here!

[@Sx-xy2zi]

Where's the series

[@KebabSinan]

Is this a real game

[@youraverageyoutubeenjoyer]

i was just thinking “woah those character models are spot on”, until i realized.

[@Comedyfued6]

Right I thought it was a game at first until he met with his dad

[@Dr.HooWho]

@Bastiat stfu

[@jamespaculla7578]

@Bastiat bruh youre the one whos trying to seek attention dude

[@HiAmDerks]

@Bastiat are you okay?

[@Hero_himmel]

@Bastiat .

[@tanishbahir7055]

Dude the editing was unbelievable, the whole presentation , I can see the hard work being put, Great job👍 Edit: Okay I'm not gonna lie, that's the most likes I've ever got, guess I'm likeable😃😃

[@jjfecik]

I know right!?!? 🙆‍♂️🤩

[@Emil-ik8vj]

Oh it's not fuck

[@jasminelee7834]

yeah. The presentation was brilliant

[@Polden_]

Yea same the new format was amazing. He nailed the video game walk with the camera follow

[@samcoleman5359]

Yea the editing was really good

[@drali230]

Everyone playing chess makes me happy 😁

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@trulsjuniordanielsen4009]

YGG

[@MarianBaci]

@@baranderksen what did he write?

[@baranderksen]

@@MarianBaci that was longer than a year ago so I forgot

[@julienolke]

Just loved this new format. So fun!!

[@Sx-xy2zi]

You're lovely too 🥰😊

[@zojirushi1]

Yeah I definitely love the new editing on this video! Making it like a video game.

[@jackrivera264]

hi julia

[@elisethiel5769]

Can we all just take a minute to appreciate how gorgeous that Chess set is!?

[@ARatQuiRit]

That's the comment I was looking for ! Beautiful indeed !

[@sunrayyourmom]

Ngl, im so used to online chess that im repulsed by real chess pieces

[@ARatQuiRit]

@@sunrayyourmom That's sad, strange and sad. Don't look at too much porn in that case ! (You'll be repulsed by real chest pieces)

[@clonetrooper71]

@@sunrayyourmom Do you even have a set irl? Have you ever played with one, one of good quality?

[@yo_its_devo]

@@sunrayyourmom well that's weird

[@_rishibalan]

Next Video: How I Became a Professional ESports Champion.

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@drali230]

Bruh you’ve commented that on other comments

[@_rishibalan]

Welcome to My Comment Section, be sure to like and leave a comment on this comment section because a comment always helps out a commenter.

[@drali230]

Sure 😁

[@tomc4598]

@@_rishibalan no

[@minhhieule5079]

Magnus feel a chill down his spine when Mike says " This is day 1 hour 0"

[@knighthand]

Everyone after finishing queen's gambit "i'mma try chess now"

[@Strawberryfreak]

people who were playing chess before that: ;)

[@punishedprops]

What a cool video! Loved the editing!

[@gnat5166]

YOOOO big fan!!!

[@Schoritzobandit]

Dang this is such insane commitment to an editing style, honestly was captivating to watch just for the cool editing decisions even as watching low-level chess players practice with a computer/against their family isn't visually or narratively that interesting. Crazy good work!

[@davidpolansky5848]

12:13 Mike castles on the queenside 12:19 His king is back in its starting location 12:25 His king's re-castled again, but on the kingside

[@elk5878]

lmao. suddenly he castles himself on the board, gets captured and fucking dies

[@LordSevla]

Yeah this video is looking so fake unfortunately

[@haikal.hamidy]

probably some glitch, must be fixed in the next patch

[@PrimeiroEnjoyer]

It's probably just to make a cool looking montage, I don't think Mike would fake a video since he wouldn't get anything from doing that, and besides, asking his dad to play badly would also work and not be noticeble.

[@KRN_-fe7jy]

i dont think she showed the same game each time in out of focus shots

[@B_assMan.Archive]

Dad boss's occupation is retired.. That implies that retiring is an occupation, that's right. I *DO* have a job.

[@Name-ul8es]

Engineer gaming

[@glorbnorgaborg37yearsago10]

You can’t retire if you never had a job to begin with

[@Nagel_bagel]

When you realise the graphics look so realistic that it isnt a videogame

[@rutil1446]

I was so confused!

[@naythan147]

@@rutil1446 same

[@sevensilver8240]

@@naythan147 same

[@8mycereal]

@@sevensilver8240 same

[@jinjunliu2401]

@@8mycereal same

[@darkalligraph]

This editing is on a whole other level compared to anything I have ever seen before. The idea was perfectly executed, creative and enjoyable to watch.

[@finnlevine4676]

Love this out-there editing, nice to see a creator switching things up for no particular reason and putting lots of effort into making a video extra entertaining.

[@ab2587]

Can we just appreciate his dad for doing this, this is amazing!

[@Hakabas01]

Next video: how I defeated the World Chess Champion in a week.

[@a-animations8163]

How I defeated Magnus Carlson in 1 weak

[@sm64guy28]

Pogchamp 3

[@noel1626]

Well crap i wasn't expecting mike boyd to get into chess with literally everyone else And is this a new video format? Looks entertaining!

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@mumblernumber7213]

mark the other reply as spam lmao

[@tylerandleahcanadian3888]

@@mumblernumber7213 done ;)

[@spammy3164]

@@mumblernumber7213 my favourite pastime that

[@MHasanButt]

This vid was amazing I hope it blows up

[@bruce4139]

Anyone else notice at around 1:59 mike selects to do the queens pawn opening then he ends up playing the kings pawn opening?

[@littleretroship6403]

Ikr he blundered

[@jakubgrzywacz1323]

Not only that. White's king and queen are inverted. The king is on d1 and the queen is on e1. Black is setup correctly.

[@toecheese9935]

@@jakubgrzywacz1323 ik right

[@MuhammadAmmar-gw8yb]

Cause king pawn opening have many advantages. You can use is it against many openings. It opens the diagonal for queen and Bishop.

[@PrimeiroEnjoyer]

Yeah the video has some continuation problems like in 12:10 after he "rock"es and then the tower is in normal place again

[@cubegram948]

"I beat a 1500 elo bot" proceeds to show that he beat the bot with one crown meaning that takebacks and top engine moves were used.

[@mathozi5384]

What does this mean?

[@MaksKCS]

@@mathozi5384 You'll need to know how to play on chess.com to know

[@gudmundurjonsson4357]

@@mathozi5384 just that the computer told him whether his moves were good or not, and that he could undo his moves.

[@Dwagoh]

Yeah I was going to say- if he went from not knowing anything about chess to beating 1500 elo computer then he’s not really ‘average mike’!!

[@J11_boohoo]

How does anyone go from nothing to 1500 that quick??

[@heath6825]

I love the way Mike edit's his videos, something about it is just so satisfying

[@nategwright]

“Queen’s Gambit brought chess to the mainstream” Nah I think Charlie’s scholar’s mate against xQc did that

[@WanderTheNomad]

T H R O B B I N G

[@shannu_boi]

*T H R O B B I N G*

[@speeddemon2901]

Nah it's always been mainstream and rather xqc Ludwig and almost all the higer rated players in pogchamps played chess casually years before all this chess boom. And I means its that sport where all of us know the rules.

[@fakenamington6747]

Hikaru Nakamura played a part on taking it to mainstream as well.

[@Sx-xy2zi]

Who is Charlie's scholar

[@Redditor]

At 1:45 I realised this was not a normal game...

[@samtakemoto5388]

same

[@samtakemoto5388]

also i love your vidsss

[@atrashcuber1234]

Sameee

[@rigno9739]

@Noob Destroyer um? did you not realise that the graphics are LITERALLY exactly like real life, and the character is him?

[@rigno9739]

@Noob Destroyer infact, that would be really easy to do, just make them move each piece one time, then you could flip the animation, and put the animation in every different place

[@dittilio]

The pride in the dad's face after his first resign looks so genuine, like "yeah! That's my son!".

[@AriSandercock]

I'm like 2 minutes in and this is incredible, such a high quality production

[@mmp5453]

it's funny because exactly two minutes in the game shows him playing the queen's pawn, but when it cuts to the board he played the king's pawn

[@Schorling]

The computer game edit was really cool, but I have to admit I hope you don't continue with it - it was a cool 1 time thing in my opinion

[@ido2922]

true

[@hlogilehlogonolo5438]

Yah

[@myl0freefire]

Eh argueable

[@columbus8myhw]

I agree

[@ooamritoo]

I agree completely

[@beimirgibtsnixzugucken4675]

Imagine every KZbinr would be as creative, qualitative and just amazing as Mike Boyd

[@toshinoriunderwood4146]

3:31 it is actually not checkmate just yet as white can still play Bf1 (move to the bishop to the square f1) to stop checkmate; finally my 9 years of chess has led up to this

[@sneakerslab2771]

Yeah but then he just takes the bishop

[@miko5742]

Black pins the white king to the rook

[@dejojoks2645]

Glad im not the only one who caught that

[@kuikz6353]

Yeah but than just Qxf1#

[@azza4433]

Neither is game 2 or 3.... he still could of moved

[@NathanielSalzman]

I am LOVING this video game format. I’ve long wanted to catalogue my skills and learning in an RPG type format and the way you’ve visualized this and had fun with it is so groovy. It’s obviously more work to do it this way, so I really appreciate your creativity here and finding such a fun way to talk about skill acquisition and gaining positive learning experiences. Thank you for doing this and keep it up!

[@leticiagm4962]

I loved the game aspect of the game playing a game to learn to play a game that.... Wait, what? The camera movement was on point.

[@FirstnameLastname-vf9rp]

Yes! More appreciation for the camera work!

[@ashercampbell8732]

The style of this video works really well.

[@durakid8798]

yes, it does

[@Twas-RightHere]

3:27 Not checkmate. Bf1 delays by one move. ;)

[@peter11612]

yeah its mate in 1

[@XenomorphicFrog]

If the player accepts that it's checkmate and shakes your hand, the game is over regardless of the position

[@Twas-RightHere]

​@@XenomorphicFrog Ok? I never argued that the game wasn't over. The fact remains that the position is not checkmate, I was simply pointing that out.

[@XenomorphicFrog]

​@@Twas-RightHere Acknowledged

[@marLamaDeo]

@@HarryDKH it just means Bishop to the f1 square

[@yehshuaroa2820]

His editing gives me Vice City nostalgia.

[@Falcon2000XS]

Wgf is ur

[@filipepinheiro9266]

Man the editing and the idea behind the series is just awesome! Congrats!

[@Baq-yow]

FINALLY! BEEN WAITING FOR AN EPISODE ABOUT CHESS!!!

[@durakid8798]

same

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@ozoura]

This game graphics is insane!!

[@the.learningproject]

This series title choice is seriously on point! 😂🙌🏽 Also, definitely digging the new editing style! 👀

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@hlogilehlogonolo5438]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 shut up

[@guidinhorusso9905]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 shut up, reporting you

[@joek8054]

Been a fan of your channel for years. I love your open and focused approach to learning. This is one of the first times you attempted to learn something I am already good at. As a master level player myself, it was neat to see how you progressed through the lessons and improved significantly in only a week. Well done.

[@sterlingpuffer4781]

STOP!! THE EDITING IS SO AMAZING MIKE!!! This is CRAZY! FANTASTIC JOB

[@holliwood3226]

I love the "The Boyds Present" screen. Glad to see you sharing the spotlight with the wife. Oh and The Queen's Gambit was absolutely fantastic.

[@itsyoboyjoe8524]

I can’t imagine how hard it was editing this

[@tomatoavalache3471]

Ir wasnt edited

[@tomkocian6710]

@@tomatoavalache3471 yes it was lmao, litteraly every video is editted

[@Buggolious]

@@tomatoavalache3471 what are you on about

[@DannySullivanMusic]

Without exaggeration, this is one of the coolest videos I've ever seen.

[@evi732]

Music used in this video: City Lights, City Dreams - Forever sunset Solarflares - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen Sunset Drive - Future Joust Into the Maze - Dream cave Particle Emission - Silver Maple Follow The Trail - Future Joust Yhello - Lofive

[@ziltriz]

This video was INCREDIBLE. Been watching you on and of since 2018 and this is the best one yet!

[@raahimkamaal5363]

I just got back into chess this man is reading my mind

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@drali230]

Third comment you’ve replied that

[@LDarlong]

I mean whatever works for his channel, he got 3 subs in the past 2 minutes

[@gogi_111]

Same

[@drali230]

@@LDarlong I subbed to him lmao

[@Arkylum]

Respect for the amount of effort put into this💯👍🏼

[@darthnosam3313]

“I know the rules , and that’s about it” plays on his first game an Italian Game

[@johnk3841]

tbf it is one of the most intuitive openings in terms of setting up your pieces.

[@darthnosam3313]

@@johnk3841 yeah but some who has never really played before wouldn’t know how to do an opening

[@joek8054]

@@darthnosam3313 Almost any semi reasonable sequence of moves is an opening, at least for the first 2-4 moves.

[@danielmladenow222]

yeah i mean when i first played i literally did something like h4 and then rook h3 just total nonsense

[@grandmastarflash]

@@johnk3841 my 8 year old daughter played chess for the first time and played a Sicilian defence, though obviously she didn't realise she was doing that. The chances of the first few moves having a name are actually quite high

[@nakki420]

Amazing job homie! Real proud of your progress, keep hustlin.

[@mainulhasan2392]

The way this video is created is just amazing, so much has changed since I've 1st starting watching you few years back :)

[@nikoslazopoulos502]

Am I the only one who left online class to watch Mike ?

[@randomtubist9460]

This brings me back to my days of playing through GTA Vice City all over again lol.

[@ericlaval883]

Can we just appreciate how well the father acts

[@Zmanyeah]

Stylistically, my favorite video from you Boyd!

[@VlaDragoN7]

You have outdone yourself Mike! Surprised at how you come up with these new ideas.

[@nathangathercole6888]

Im getting so many TierZoo Vibes from this video, AND I LOVE IT

[@jhboulder]

Just have to point out that in the overhead shot at 2:10, your initial board setup is wrong. The king and queen are swapped on the white side. It always starts with "queen on her color" so that the queens are on the same side, as are the kings.

[@ohmygoshitscole]

2:55 "when you lose your queen like that, you resign."

[@harrisonneal5134]

The edits on this were absolutely unreal!!!!! Awesome video

[@giannobong6778]

I LOVE this new format Mike, it’s incredible- very engaging. I’d love to keep seeing it.

[@bowler28]

This game looks so realistic. Good job to whoever made it

[@smileyp4535]

imagine an actual vRPG with chess in it where as your character got better at chess it gave you better and better suggested moves, meaning that even if *YOU* (the player) know nothing about chess, your character can, but you are still ultimately in control, and the worse your character is the worse the moves it suggests are (with the minimum being either no suggestions or legit random possible moves as suiggestions) and depending on the board state, characters chess skill lvl, etc you can have between 3-5 possible suggestions being narrowed down based on context (check, power of a single potential move suggestion, other factors like character exp, skills, levels, etc in other areas that may relate in chess somehow, like luck, intelligence, charisma, etc )

[@speelydan]

When I was like 10 years old, my dad offered my brother and me a bounty - $100 to the first one of us to beat him at a single game of chess. I'm 39 years old and neither of us has collected yet. Thanks, Mike, for inspiring me to get back into it. I'm gonna beat that guy someday.

[@tijmen5355]

Thats cool of him

[@alyssa09485]

UNBELIEVABLY well-filmed, I can't believe it lol! I love watching you learn new things it's so inspiring. Especially because I'm learning chess right now too, and you and I started out at about the same skill level

[@Stopanimtz]

This is the first level up video I have seen. Absolutely magic, fantastic editing, really well put together. Very enjoyable, keep it up!

[@salmankiwan3258]

I thought it was a costume game made for him by fans or something, until I read the comments I knew it's editing. From best edits I've seen🙌

[@thunderbolt2681]

Daniel Giri be like: "Why can't I beat the dad boss?!?!?!?!"

[@B0risB]

This messed with my smooth brain at the start I was confused but then I realized that it was meant to be a video game

[@foody7317]

This is so professional and immersive. Next level stuff!

[@brianhardin1133]

I have loved the fact that you've included some intellectual skills in your videos over the last year. Thank you! And the production quality keeps going up. You really inspire me to do better. Again, thank you.

[@dkhandelwal9766]

Playing after losing queen requires a serious amount of dedication

[@kevsteramp2065]

It actually depends, if you have 2 rooks for a queen youre most of the time better than your opponent who has a queen

[@hyperflatforehand3302]

@@kevsteramp2065 bullshit, you fine only if the enemy queen is less active than the two rooks

[@kevsteramp2065]

1 piece is always less active that 2 pieces

[@douwehuysmans5959]

2 rooks can be better provided you have good coordination, beginners should refrain from that trade

[@jacobward7361]

Mike "I do know the rules" en passant "we'll see about that"

[@aartigautam9911]

Wait, this isn’t a really game? Also, the dad kind of looks like borgov...

[@tomatoavalache3471]

No

[@TheTechAdmin]

Mike, this was SOOOOO awesome! Love your videos, great work as usual! Keep it up. Sending love from New York, New York!

[@RainyPlaysRoblox]

I just started watching this series and this is just soo amazing! Keep it up

[@mrregularword4329]

I would like to see levy rozman do a video on this

[@Ch2002.]

This is what cyberpunk should’ve been

[@rajeshsolanki1]

When you are so early that everyone is *first*

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@drali230]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 I’ve given up replying but I’ve dropped a sub!!

[@rajeshsolanki1]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 lol self promotion

[@finnhunt8863]

4 th reply

[@nilsubat]

OMG amazing directing, editing, cutting. lots of effort put into this, congrats !!!

[@theendernautinfinity7378]

I LOVE the new video format. It's engaging, original, funny, while also being very informative!

[@manuelowusumensah8100]

Finally he found his KZbin password

[@jch123-r6v]

It only has been a month sheesh

[@baranderksen]

You are new here, aren't you?

[@bilboswaggings]

since you are familiar with chess. com have you thought about participating in Pogchamps? a chess. com tournament for content creators mainly rating 1600 and below all the way to 400

[@jowoel5073]

my dad is 1900, so its reall gonna feel like an achievement when i beat him

[@justdavelewis]

That’s pretty old, you should train to beat him while you still can

[@jowoel5073]

@@justdavelewis Nice one!

[@callumjohn6622]

I love the presentation! The weird locomotion, the blank, robotic stares, the camera movement! It's all so good.

[@FabianMananasala]

Outstanding. The work you put in this really shows

[@AnonymousMC]

Hey everyone! :D I hope you stay safe and have a nice day, God bless you!

[@Tosti_bakker]

10:47 I think someone might be disappointed with Cyberpunk...

[@themechanicalentry8353]

I love it when people say they know the rules but they have never heard of enpassant

[@Drummerchef13]

Love this new format! I can tell you all had so much fun making this

[@anastasiai485]

THIS IS HE GREATEST THING I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE LITERALLY ITS THE ONE THING I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED AND I LOVE ITTTTT❤❤❤❤❤

[@cyrustakem7993]

I almost expected a 'slappers' after that whats up. You can try to lear how to slap the bass. Alternatively, since you already learnd manuals, why not barspins?

[@nullified__]

Perfect timing after i just finished watching High school DxD

[@Zhenmoron]

youve just finished it?

[@drali230]

beautiful

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

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[@drali230]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 you realise there are factors other than comments that give you subscribers

[@Arthur-jx8bm]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 -434 hopefully

[@chatmoon_yt]

I cannot tell, is this an actual game? Like literally what is happening here

[@aarinbothra600]

No he just edited the video to make it look like that

[@cuteypetz]

I know many others have said it already, but the editing on this is so good. Really nails the video game feel.

[@callsigngraycat4408]

this format is so awesome! i'd love to see more of that