Longer Games #17 Climbing the 2500 mountain... How to beat lower rated players

[@ajarnray4115]

You are spot on when you think that a lot of your fans want to see you play lower rated players. I learn so much more from low rated player games then high rated players battling it out. Thanks for another great video.

[@IaKhanic]

I think it's a good idea to play with lower rated players because i really do play like the way your opponent played. You are basicly showing me what im donig wrong, so thank you simon!

[@fertedin]

I agree with Simon and you, I think the player played pretty like us, without big blunders but with some strange moves without any plan or creating weaknesses, and Simon shown us how to take advantage of that.

[@callmewisdom]

As a 1600 player myself that even plays the french, I really enjoyed this video. If we want to see GMs playing at their highest level against equal opposition there are many sources for that, so I am happy to see you do a video on how to beat someone like myself rather than how to draw worldclass player.

[@ayrtonwoulfe4489]

I agree with your point about you playing lower rated players, and about these videos being about your thought process more so than anything else. If these videos were against grandmasters or other high level players there is a good chance a lot of it would go over our heads.

[@hattorihanzo2275]

Dearest Ginger, in the year of our Lord 2017 you provided me with more joy, meaning and entertainment than my beloved Detroit Lions. Cheers.

[@vicgenito135]

Religion is a bigger load of crap than the Lions.

[@johanneskarlsson6535]

FYI Vic AD(short) - Anno Domine (latin) - Year of our lord (rough translation). Although it has religious roots, this way of specifying time is standardized and not exclusively religious. "In the year of our lord 2017" is just a fancy way of saying 2017 AD.

[@vicgenito135]

Load of crap (reality)

[@vicgenito135]

“The Bible should be one piece of paper, and on that paper it should say.... try not to be a cunt.” - Jim Jefferies. “With over 400 religions in the world and every single one of them claiming to be the one correct religion, meaning all of the others are just nonsense, that means everyone on this planet should expect damnation solely as a matter of probability. Because you just happened to be born into the wrong culture in the wrong geographical location and have been spent your entire life, through no fault of your own, worshipping the wrong god. Essentially worshipping nothing. It’s just nonsense. (Rough translation)- Sam Harris

[@johanneskarlsson6535]

I don't disagree with you on the facts, but you are still bringing in a whole lot of vitriol where there is no need for such, and with no clear indication that you had any opposition in the first place. We should all be here because we can't friggin get enough of gingergm, not because we disapprove of a carpenter that lived two thousand years ago, y'know?

[@vicgenito135]

You are correct in that most of the people watching these videos are lower rated players, trying to get better, as I am. So sometimes it’s good to play lower rated players instead of only 2200+ rated players as it gives us a chance to see how someone such as yourself plays against someone roughly as good as us. John Bartholomew did a series called climbing the rating ladder where he played players all the way from under 1000 up to 2000 and they were extremely informative for the general lower rated audience. People like us learn a lot from stuff like that, and from stuff like this. So thank you sir.

[@kingball5018]

Im sofiah 56....from Malaysia....good job gm simon....

[@martinsimpson5633]

Another brilliant long game Mr. Williams! Really good to see the insight behind the moves which has started to help me improve my own chess, esp dialysis with the London System!. Just bought the GingerGM collection and can't wait to get stuck into that too!

[@martinsimpson5633]

Dialysis?? Haha. *Especially with

[@matthewbaughan7073]

I really appreciate it when you make videos like this, i feel like I learn so much more when you play weaker players. Even more so when your opponent plays unorthodox lines. Keep up the good work! :)

[@CapJackson]

Wow, learned SO much from this video!

[@JohnBrazel]

I'm a lower rated player and this was an excellent video. The "step into the square" explaination alone, will greatly improved my endgame calculations.

[@StefanNikolaev]

as a lower rated player myself this was very instructive

[@tzeshawnlee6562]

LOVE YOUR INTRO AS USUAL!!!

[@AygnusMacGyverDDO]

This video was really good. I am a very low rated player and it's so fun watching these videos to learn some of the principles. Thanks Simon.

[@jamorrison82]

Thanks Simon for helping make 2017 a great year. Hope to see you in Iowa in February. Cheers and happy new year!

[@intellagent7622]

rlly great vid. learned a lot. i'm about 1500 and ya this helps. thank you simon. happy new year mate!!!

[@laurascott3483]

Lots of new videos from Simon. Oh yeah! These longer game videos are particularly instructive, and how to beat lower rated players is a rarely covered subject.

[@jniemec]

Since I am a lower rated player myself, I enjoy watching how poor moves can be punished, which you don't see as often with the higher rated players. Happy to see you posting videos again and Happy New Year!

[@Imalrightma]

Bread n butter win there Si nice one good to see you playin a human op for a change too and always love to watch and learn from ur long play vids. All the best in the new year bud!

[@nat-moody]

A really informative positional game. Thanks, Simon!

[@willianbueno7293]

Thanks for the video Simon. I love those longer games my self trying to become a master play a lot of these standard time.controls cheers from Brazil

[@nolimit45]

Simon, Happy New Year!! I have really enjoyed all your videos and I bought all your available DVDs. Thank you! Rob from Maryland.

[@tommonk7651]

Happy New Year, Simon! Thanks for all the great videos and courses. You have made a very difficult year here in the US a little better. Keep up the good work.

[@laurascott3483]

Thanks for pointing out it was a difficult year in the USA. I am a Boomer and remember when things were very, very different: Americans had much more freedom and a decent income.

[@tommonk7651]

Laura, I'm a Boomer as well. I don't call ever being as divided as a nation, except for the Civil War period. Trump is a complete idiot. A narcissistic TV reality show "star" with no discernible skills whatsoever. He is certainly not equipped to govern a nation. When our parents and particularly our grandparents were around, one income could support the family and even make it flourish. Now, the middle class is in trouble and income has been pushed into the higher earning brackets. In the 70s, the average CEO of a company made around 11-13 times the income of an average worker. It is now well over a 100 times. The income inequality is staggering. We live in fear of terrorism, immigrants, poor healthcare, and all manner of other things. We have a White House occupant who has played golf for about 3 months so far of his first year and who makes money every time he plays at his own courses, who has threatened to cut off funds to the UN because people (correctly) disagree with him, who seeks to discredit the news media (our only source of information), who threatens nuclear war with an adversary, who pushed through a tax bill without hearings or proper consideration just so he can claim he passed something, who is in bed with Russia.... Yes, it's been tough year!

[@nofanfelani6924]

very instructive, i am very bad at rook and pawn ending and i can't figure out where is my mistake and also how to improve.

[@saintsaens21]

Opponent played well & had opportunities to worry Simon.

[@themelc]

Thanks for your work and I appreciate the effort you put into making the videos. I never knew the "pawns two spaces apart" rule, that will come in handy in future games. No more color flashes, subdued desk banging... the New Year if off to a great start Simon! Play around with the background some more. The blue fits well, but the theme feels wrong. Maybe use one of your existing art, gray-scale it and shift the hue to blue? Cheers!

[@rittervsp]

Happy new year, Charlie and Simon! Thank you for your videos! I watched Immortal game with my little nephew, who studies chess, and i found there a true spirit of your Simon fighting spirit, true romantic style. I think my nephew needs to watch your videos (but i'm not sure about ducks). And i dream to see you playing 4-players chess ))

[@anakinrainhib]

Happy new year, Simon!

[@markwaterfield740]

Thanks Ginger_GM, a great instructive video!

[@هاشميالحجاز]

Thanks for these educational videos Mr Simon

[@MrSamisos]

Simon i love your videos! THank you, mate and a happy new year to you and Harry!

[@linear7612]

Happy New Year, Simon!!! Keep on pushing Harry :-)

[@soinorman]

Don't get defensive your IQ must be at least about 80 points above mine, but I love these malapropisms of yours.... 'Tenderhooks' lovely. Also thanks for that 'King's in the square tip' I didn't even know that. Happy New Year and keep these excellent vids coming.

[@zdravkostojkoski9695]

thanks simon, i bought you collection and method 1 & 2

[@HarryIsTheHero]

Happy new year Simon ....wish you all the luck for next year...

[@deepatel123]

Wehayyy! Another video... I'll be watching this tonight :)

[@manusane7145]

very instructional. thank you

[@mikek4025]

This is episode 18, i reckon around half or more have been using engines

[@laurascott3483]

Unfortunately, many have cheated on Simon's Longer Games, but they can be spotted. So there is that.

[@CfTheBestHD]

I looked at Simon's 15 10 archive. Nearly half of his opponents have been banned xD

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Entertaining and instructive.

[@mischatal]

After his Rd4, instead of exchanging Rooks Kf8 was a no calculation win as the white King is in a box.

[@dhruvjain4584]

Nice one

[@briandwi2504]

Really great.

[@dyphergorean165]

At 21:23, can't the opponent just push his pawn to b4, where it makes no escape square for the bishop?

[@prashantsaraswat9095]

A grandmasterly win in a long play game. Hooray!! Woe to the moaners.

[@gavinthornton1591]

Glad to see you posting more often, Simon. Happy New Year, dude.

[@TomMEmusic10]

What if he would've checked again to push your king further from the pawn and then went for the rook swap?

[@dongamb3823]

At 21:30 why can't white play b4 trapping the bishop?

[@potatoman80085]

At 20:45 dont u just lose the bishop after b4?

[@sanferrera]

No, because the pawn is no longer pinned

[@per-axelskogsberg3861]

What would be the move after b4 to save the bishop?

[@teoma98]

@Per-Axel Skogsberg dxe4

[@smashu2]

In the ending instead of Rb7 if your opponent check first than you play Kg7 than Rb8 Rxd4 Rb4 now the King and pawn ending would have been really tricky I think it would have turn into a queen ending because your king cant get into the pawn square but it might still be winning.

[@ewanyengi8324]

"he has a gaping hole here"... BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

[@GooglyBear1969]

hehe... ginger and tartan on Hogmanay :-)

[@malegupta8404]

a 1640 player can als ouse stockfish to cheat that is also the point simon sir thanks a lot happy new year you are the best expalanaitor in this world and this planet

[@smashu2]

after Rb3 Rb5 was forced than Rxb5 axb5 was a really bad ending for black lol... Than Nd4 was winning the b5 pawn... Be7 was forced instead of Ke7 I think but now I analyzed this it was tricky after white nd4 than b5 ! if axb5 Ra8 ! lol and there is enough counter play for the pawn so instead white play b3 than Nxa3 than Kg2 Rc8 Re3 Rc5 rg3 Nb5 Nxb5 Rxb5 Rxg7 and black might be able to draw the ending i am not sure but white is clearly better.

[@SamtheBOLD]

After Ke7 could he play b4?

[@BrianKT]

You were wrong about his losing move. It was Rb7. Instead Rc8+ would give you the choice between the losing Kg7 (now Rb8 threatening Rb4 will transpose into a winning version of the endgame he lost) and repeating with Ke7.

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Brian T Actually, the losing move was 1.e4. Loses by force!

[@HipHopAn0n]

Simon I'm a loser so I'm not out drinking tonight - thanks for giving me something to do! Love ya

[@michaelbauers8800]

Not drinking is usually a good idea. I wasted too much of my life drinking, and no longer drink. I admit sometimes I want a beer or cocktail, and nothing wrong with that, but getting drunk isn't very productive, and isn't that healthy

[@joeb4142]

I’ve found drinking while playing chess is a good combo 🍻♟

[@jonnamechange6854]

I disagree with you statement at 7:04. Your opponent's pawns are on tenterhooks. Do I finally win a copy of your DVD of the Bongcloud Variation? That would make my year.

[@fabricelealch]

at 26:10 arent you losing material after b4?

[@FatPandaCries]

Fabrice Leal Simon has Rc4

[@fabricelealch]

ahh, blindness :D thanks

[@malegupta8404]

thxxxx

[@abisheksoti3837]

And when i thought I wouldn't see the Cringy intro today!

[@laurascott3483]

The intro is wonderful for fans of Simon's videos. It is the perfect length too.

[@michaelbauers8800]

tenterhooks, not tenderhooks :)

[@SKELETON_FN]

BREAKING NEWS.... Ginger GM beats a 1640 player 😂 Happy new year fella!

[@aimeduquet4879]

Abu Dina hahaha

[@stevewild374]

On no. Spoiler alert

[@aml1ma]

Jeez man, how come you are lower than 2000 on chess.com? You are a bloody GM for christ's sake!

[@joederrett6619]

aml1ma so many cheaters on chess.com and the rapid time controls really enable cheaters as time scrambles in which engine use goes out the window are less common. It's why most high rated players stick to bullet and blitz and have no rapid rating. Thanks

[@michaelbauers8800]

I remember at least 5 of the games involved people cheating against him. And he has not played that many overall games at this time control

[@kingball5018]

My fb Rizal intan

[@smar1k359]

I highly respect the work you are doing simon but stop talking like this for lower rated player.It gets really annoying..

[@UR_Excluded]

A rather dull affair.

[@ProgrammingLinguist]

FIRST!

[@sausage4mash]

i'm with you playing low rated players, oh BTW AZ stopped playing the French after two hrs of move analysis , maybe the French is doomed .