Longer Chess Games #40 Climbing the 2500 mountain - The Black Lion in Action

[@j.k.309]

16:57 OMG that's so nice! Not a lot of people would do you such a favor. Thank you xTrillBeats!

[@Cherokeechuck9]

trillbeats and simon, just 2 nice dudes playing some chess

[@SuedeStonn]

I myself don't do takebacks unless its clearly a mouseslip. I've had many opponents ask for a takeback because they made a bad move and they realize it a few seconds later but I hit the deny button... and then when they get pissy I tell them if they want takebacks to play casual and not rated. (*Then they usually tell me how bad I am, I suck, yadda yadda yadda, and I have to remind them who's begging for a takeback.) TBF I would have given xTrillBeats the benefit of the doubt that he mouseslipped, could have tried to centralize his king starting with Kf2 but gone Kf3 on accident... especially as he was kind enough to give a takeback when he really didn't have to (my take on rated games is there should be no takebacks period, if one is given its purely out of the kindness of my heart and it usually beats kool-aid.)

[@-Mohog]

Amazing gentlemanship from xTrillBeats! Well done! And nice of you to give him a free DVD for that Simon. Also great video as always! :-)

[@daveireland1983]

Great sportsmanship xTrillbeats

[@jtostros]

that was an awesome example of real sportsmanship!

[@fertedin]

I like the "request move back" button in lichess for that kind of mistakes: moves that are really mouse sleeps. For example, moving a rook to take another rook on the other side of the board and the rook falls in the previous square next to the other rook. Or you try to castle and the King stays in the next square to it. I always accept moving back that kind of mistakes. Great game! thanks!

[@meathead919]

Trillbeats, this guy was a fantastic gentleman showing mercy on the queen slip. What a nice change compared to the terrible India-based Stockfish cheaters we had on here before. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside, what a nice person!

[@meathead919]

The black lion helped me gain 200 elo points from 1400 to 1600. Thank you so much, GingerGM! Love the chessbase DVD!

[@marcota9461]

The opponent was very kind (but he surely didn't play like a 2192)

[@coolbeans8682]

Very true. I wonder why.

[@marcota9461]

@@coolbeans8682 i don't know. It seems simon got 400 rating points. Maybe for some reason (sistem error?) the opponent got 400 rating points too?

[@coolbeans8682]

@@marcota9461 You're right. There might have been some kind of system error. Cheers mate!

[@TheGta4you]

@@coolbeans8682 playing GM or any strong opponent may influence your decision making even he would be surprised of the way he played .

[@marcota9461]

@@TheGta4you He made weak random opening moves, blunders a pawn badly, blunders a bishop... he played like a 1500 in my eyes

[@WilXuH]

That guy deserves a medal, I'd just take that queen even if my mom asked me not to

[@Proflaxis]

TrillBeats sportsmanship is so awesome. A great black lion game. Thank you Simon!!

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

I would have grabbed that queen so fast my mouse would have caused a friction burn on my table.

[@develteam3095]

Thanks for the Black Lion Simon - more please :-)

[@Gretchaninov]

Awesome stuff. So many emotions - highs and lows. I laughed out loud at the mouse-slip but it was also a class act that they let you take it back. But mostly, your videos are really entertaining and educational chess for us amateurs trying to improve.

[@7percentSolution]

Loving the longer games; thanks, Simon!

[@Kolfonik]

Simons email *"Hi" I'm also that Trillbeat-guy!"*

[@Raddlesby]

The question @4:20 Join the U.S. Chess Federation. You'll be subscribed to their Chess Life magazine. In the magazine (or nowadays going straight to the US Chess Federation website) there will be tournament listings for each state. Follow the directions and enter a tourney.

[@Vinay_Prakash]

You should also give a chance to save his Bishop as he have given you your Queen back

[@alexanderdurig4474]

free dvd for that! good one Simon!

[@matteovrizzi]

One of those rare chess game where we truly have two winners!

[@renhoek3851]

what a classy thing to to after the fingerslip

[@2p5ive8]

Rating change to 2400+ is probably because you played in pro chess league and they may have adjusted your long time control rating manually

[@danrenauer5284]

It also could be that someone he had lost to on one of these long play videos in the past was caught for cheating and had his account closed. I've had my rating go up based on that in the daily chess.com play. I'm not sure about live chess though?

[@AgentSmith911]

I don't like the editing away of the endgame, it can be instructive and interesting. If people don't like it, they can just skip ahead themselves.

[@carisiak]

I too would be interested in watching the end game even though it was completely winning, there is just some sort of satisfaction to watch the effort come to its fruition

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

Agreed

[@threethrushes]

Glad to see you doing the Black Lion. I got the DVD, but I have had mixed success.

[@gowjer]

Ive had mixed success too, quite often getting crushed in my own half of the board

[@jhadesdev9576]

Hello Simon, I have the Black Lion DayVayDee, and love it, I play it all the time even against d4! I thought that at 1:38 we should go knight d7 first, and only then play the central pawn thrust e5. But here you played e5 first. Why was that, to prevent white from playing e5, or something else? Thank you for the awesome videos, I wish I would see more from the Black Lion here on KZbin, even especially if its NOT the main lines. I almost always get either a pawn exchange on e5, instead of the main line. I think you mention this is is an equalizing position, but I'm curious what would the middle game plans be in those scenarios. Thanks for the awesome videos, I'm going to get next the Jobava London System DVD!

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

xTrillbeats has won so many fans just for being a decent person. Here's to more of that!

[@malegupta8404]

i am seeing this vidoe today fantastsic just outstanding simon youare tehbest bro

[@xoneeleven]

The sound levels are great, bro. Good job!

[@GingerGM]

👍

[@thedudermensch1391]

thanks for the upload!

[@LoneWolf_2308]

Very great video!!!

[@tylerbrown9631]

Oh my! What a gentleman!

[@kernadan000]

wow xTrillBeats. legend.

[@chippy2097]

What a legend

[@刘和光]

Chess is gentleman’s game ~

[@thorfauske3]

love the DVD

[@estateincs]

I hope you get your health back soon Simon!

[@bionicpotato]

Sumon, you should try playing on Lichess.org. Arrows almost never cause mouse slips, as on Chess.com!

[@milankotevski1663]

It turns out xTrillBeats is a sandbagger. I just checked his chess com profile.

[@suitedaces1989]

I keep running into trouble on e5 after white plays Bg5-h4-g3.

[@vinodhmadhusudhanan2720]

Black lion roars........

[@hattorihanzo2275]

What was Simon attempting on the mouseslip?

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

xtrillbeats is now rated 1100 in rapid, 800 in blitz. Not kidding look it up

[@milankotevski1663]

He is a typical sandbagger.

[@noseonscent1935]

Qe3 not the most brilliant move Simon. But hey we’ve all had brain freezes at the board.

[@markphc99]

2192 ? maybe he was playing on someone else's account

[@counterstrike1110]

Maybe he’s a cheater that turned it off when he vsed Simon

[@SuperYtc1]

@@counterstrike1110 Definitely possible. People behave differently when they know they're being filmed/playing against celebrities. I wonder if he'd have given the queen back against me. Lol.

[@IntSavior]

Thank you for the free lessons. But, please, don't edit anything next time. We're interested in the whole game.

[@chrisiver8506]

That moment when you're rating shoots up 400 points lol

[@sooooooooDark]

16:16 black lion, botez variation 🧐

[@andrewm5258]

Rating has gone up because you got points refunded from all the cheaters.

[@callmewisdom]

The reason your rating has gone up, is because you get compensated for rating points lost against cheaters after they get caught.

[@saintsaens21]

No. All titled players have had their rating pushed up to their board classical rating.

[@chrisiver8506]

Simon this guy is 900 rated I have no idea why his rating is so high lol

[@michaelbauers8800]

So I admit to having about a 900 on chess.com, and this guy plays much better than I play. I suspect he's not 2100 though. A few of his moves ( could be hers I guess,) were weak based on the resulting position.

[@chrisiver8506]

Well I would be surprised if he's stronger than a 1200. His blitz and bullet ratings are both 900 so thats where I got that number from

[@coolbeans8682]

I bloody love your bloody content, Simon, but for fudge sake, please stop smoking. That cough! Try some smoke-free tobacco alternatives. I want to see Harry walk up the board for many years to come and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Please give "snus" a try, it's popular among premier league footballers and I'm sure a chess athlete like yourself would like it too. I've used it for many years. Cheers mate

[@Christian_Decroze]

It sounds like coughing

[@sheefra7731]

Your rating's gone up because chess.com replaced your rapid rating with your FIDE rating for the Pro chess league- 2471 is your FIDE rating.

[@chrisoliverdelacruz5347]

NO dislikes yet, YEY

[@gabrielknight553]

You should draw this one.You have no honnor.William

[@pianochess1882]

Maybe now that you‘ve got a decent rating you‘ll play some decent players and not just cheaters.

[@malegupta8404]

hahhahah bb5 is very funny move hahhahaha

[@rickmiller5268]

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