I don't even play chess but I can't stop watching these videos.
@ssbmfiji50797 жыл бұрын
Ben Bowen w h a t lmfaooo play
@verstraetenandre7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, PLAY!!!! Fun!!! ;)
@oldmanyellsatscreen7 жыл бұрын
Keep watching, soon enough you'll be itching to play.
@ohsombraa21319 жыл бұрын
Finally! Mike kummer lecture! Love this guy
@barsorrro9 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mike! And a HUGE Thank You to the Saint Louis Club. You are absolutely and totally awesome guys -- putting out all of those fantastic lectures, so instructive and so entertaining, hosted by real greats, in every sense of the word :D, and all this free for us all to enjoy and take benefit from. I'm very, very grateful to you!
@shammaboy8 жыл бұрын
this guy has the social skills of a chess player
@phillycheesetake8 жыл бұрын
+Kevin Hall Savage.
@TheSamuel94648 жыл бұрын
We found either a troll or a chess admirer
@trunkulent7 жыл бұрын
TheSamuel9464 Both
@twentynebgsfshit25797 жыл бұрын
Kevin Hall kr
@NuubiKakku7 жыл бұрын
bacon
@dr.drakeramoray7899 жыл бұрын
mike kummer is like avocado. you either love him or you hate him, but you can never be indifferent!
@dickmann19799 жыл бұрын
+Seymore Butts i am indifferent. he is no good chess player, but he is quite funny sometimes. but of course, i like all other chess teachers more, because they are funny and good chess players.
@dr.drakeramoray7899 жыл бұрын
+dickmann1979 you partybreaker you
@PreservationEnthusiast8 жыл бұрын
+Seymore Butts He's actually damaging developing players featuring a lot of incorrect moves, many of which are his own!
@jancikollarik81768 жыл бұрын
+Seymore Butts no he is like Jar Jar Binks of chess
@TheSamuel94648 жыл бұрын
+heelfan1234 How?
@chessdude679 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike! You seem so much more relaxed and fun. Excellent! Thumbs way up.
@GeorgiosMichalopoulos2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Mike Kummer brings lots of energy to his classes.
@deadeye45207 жыл бұрын
I like Mike's presentation: good humor with interesting adjective usage.
@moosewild42398 жыл бұрын
i like this guy entertaining and non robotic like some others
@Greg_Ulmer9 жыл бұрын
"This time, I'm gonna play a really solid game" and then 1...h5! lol
@thomasvconti9 жыл бұрын
Kummer is great on this video, a very entertaining, funny and instructive class
@davidcalhoun2174 жыл бұрын
I love the way he teaches. He’s not just playing memorized openings. He tells you why Nf3 is a good/bad move. I guess that’s why it’s called beginner breakdown.
@R0BERTMAY9 жыл бұрын
This guy is awesome!!! Entertaining!!! :))
@spoker20067 жыл бұрын
always the mysterious julian references
@chickenbrad9 жыл бұрын
Just an FYI, in the 3rd game black doesn't want to exchange off his dark squared bishop for the knight on c3 and double isolated pawns, because white's pawns all typically end up on light squares in the Tiamanov and the light squared bishop can be difficult to activate.Therefore, the quick attack white can muster up on the dark squares easily outweighs the benefit of the isolated pawns since that advantage won't be recognized until much later in the game.
@quintopia7 жыл бұрын
I just got back from the Prague a couple of weeks ago. Wish I'd known about this "see a Czech, play a Czech" rule. So many missed opportunities.
@tomislavmanojlovic56624 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@pixelheartsoftware7 жыл бұрын
Don't see Mike lately, why? Bring him back at once!
@evhwolfgang20039 жыл бұрын
This guy's explanations are fantastic
@lovetownsend9 жыл бұрын
500! thats enough to sell this stuff as a collection :O top 5 fan favorites ty!
@bjornary7 жыл бұрын
Bart calling Moe's Cue to inside the pub "Mr Kummer?" "Is My Cummer in the house?" Looooool
@andreacazzaniga84887 жыл бұрын
uahaha this was hilarious! not quite what I commonly expect but very pleased by the surprise
@stevo-dx5rr7 жыл бұрын
This guy is the Quagmire of chess.
@MultiWouf7 жыл бұрын
These beginner games are so funny. Takes me back to when I played chess all the time
@hubomba9 жыл бұрын
Whats wrong with QGD? Yeah it blocks the light squared bishop in but you can't have everything.
@invasion83187 жыл бұрын
love this guy lol
@dianabol11589 жыл бұрын
its amazing that this guy is an 1800 uscf player....
@TheSamuel94648 жыл бұрын
I think he belongs in the 2000 range
@chessdoofus7 жыл бұрын
If he lived on the east coast he would be much closer to or maybe exactly at his 1600 floor
@Cruz0e6 жыл бұрын
I don't agree because he does mistakes that I don't do... and doesn't see moves that I see.. and my blitz rating 1393 (on chess.com) my rating moves between 1350-1500 :/ ...wow I just noticed my tactics rating went up high... used to be around 1450-1500 too .. now its 1633:D or wait... I changed my mind... I agree with you... maybe I belong to 2000 too :) (like 20-25 years ago, I played a lot against my friend we were about equal, we were about same level, he was a bit better... he actually had a fide rating around 1850 but recently I improved)... somehow on chess.com I cant pass the 1600 in 3-5minute game rating:D (I had 1600 but I didnt keep it long)
@Cruz0e6 жыл бұрын
he is a nice guy I agree with that:D
@Jay_Eddo8 жыл бұрын
Great video! helped my game so much! Thank you
@TimothyRyanFisher8 жыл бұрын
I watch very high rated games where bad moves are made but in the armchair it's easier to see. I cant' count the number of times I have made a bad move and see it after it is too late.
@altair911009 жыл бұрын
Grandmasters are incredibly intelligent and humorous :P
@dickmann19799 жыл бұрын
+altair91100 mike kummer is no grandmaster at all xD. but sometimes i like him.
@altair911009 жыл бұрын
oh shit you are right :O my bad
@dickmann19799 жыл бұрын
+altair91100 doesnt matter. but ben finegold is grandmaster and humorous.
@altair911009 жыл бұрын
dickmann1979 yeah I love how he is being mean to the kids
@dickmann19799 жыл бұрын
+altair91100 i like his sarcasm too.
@WoundedEgo7 жыл бұрын
These are great!
@marufsarkar29609 жыл бұрын
This guy is so funny :D
@ncannavino118 жыл бұрын
best chess lecture of all time
@jacktrades54037 жыл бұрын
holy shit dude that guy who kept throwing out move suggestions the whole vid needs to chill. if questions were asked then sure throw them out there but he's just showing what not to do. and for everyone saying this guy's an asshole, you try standing there discussing played out games to show a group of beginners what not to do with some snotty wanna-be know it all interrupting you every second with irrelevant statements and see how long you keep your cool
@juanricardogarciagarcia81063 жыл бұрын
Creativos planes para evitar el enroque y aprovechar iniciativa de ataque, gracias de Cd Juárez Chihuahua México
@joeyfroey76279 жыл бұрын
Mike is doing better presenting. There's less "non-words" (um, like, uh, OK, etc) and more thoughts on the moves. I still wish he would let us know when people were in time trouble.
@Kleo33927 жыл бұрын
Win every chess game I play- easily attainable goal, play only one chess game, against a third grader.
@sharkdavid7 жыл бұрын
This guy is great!
@czitels18569 жыл бұрын
10:46 What, if Kd1? Ok Qxg4+, but then Kd2 and is safe. Another Queen not checking move causing c4 and white have more possibilities to defend.
@MKWiiLuke4TW7 жыл бұрын
can someone explain why black wouldn't play his pawn to E2 at 34:47? it seems like that move would attack the rook and since it's supported by the bishop, black'll either trade bishop for rook, or white takes with knight and black takes with bishop and threatens rook?
@MKWiiLuke4TW7 жыл бұрын
i was saying instead of blacks d3 move, it forces the take with knight unless you want to lose pawn and then bishop is safe unless he wants to trade bishop for rook
@EwwwwwGross7 жыл бұрын
You just made me stare at the board for way too long. In general he would want to advance the D pawn because it could eventually advance to a light square on the 1st rank which could be covered by the bishop. That being said, I've calculated out a few scenarios and Pe2 comes out pretty well on top each time.
@jancikollarik81768 жыл бұрын
He is to chess what is Jar Jar Binks to Star Wars
@piotr.kaczmarski8 жыл бұрын
And I am to chess what Jar Jar Binks is to chess!
@perkalov8 жыл бұрын
First game: Isn't that a bit like the pot calling the Kettle black? Its not as if Mike has castled. Shouldnt both lose then, by the logic of the description? Game two: What?Sacrifice a exchange and a pawn to get behind in development, because the oponent cant castle, while Mike actually got the same problem... Ohh... maan... This is way to deep for me, starting to get a headache.
@KhalidAli-wg2sr8 жыл бұрын
I think Mario is famous in that club
@HitovMoustache3 жыл бұрын
Cummer could be a character from the Muppets.. is it Bert?
@spolu1127 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't black want to trade queens by checking with queen A5 at @3:21 ?
@hou34556 жыл бұрын
14:56 why is it checkmate ? Black king can escape to c8.
@Matti_Mu4 жыл бұрын
Because then white rook e5 - e8 checkmate.
@Piexus_7 жыл бұрын
Better than ASMR
@noahhtibb1207 жыл бұрын
22;15 queen to a5 then c3 takes pawn check then takes rook check then takes other rook
@Yami0to0hikari7 жыл бұрын
At 5:55, isn't queen b7 to e7 mate?
@LeonaTheYordle7 жыл бұрын
It would be, but it's black's turn.
@taufiqutomo8 жыл бұрын
Who's Julian? Apparently he was the running joke of the chess club, but for what reason?
@MrMamfbr7 жыл бұрын
i think he is a student that takes a lot of lectures
@jeremytubegaming91568 жыл бұрын
Mike you are silly you should castle
@hou34556 жыл бұрын
14:56 Mario resigns...
@hyde40047 жыл бұрын
Why do I get a tarantino vibe from this guy?
@mikelo2049 жыл бұрын
>my news years goal is to win every game i play this year. HA!
@russellthorburn92977 жыл бұрын
:-) I like this guy.
@N0lico9 жыл бұрын
Actually at 16:16 he is closer to be right then 16:24
@davidchen98507 жыл бұрын
I started out disliking the guy doing the presentation, he seemed a little distastefully arrogant given the quality of his opponents during the matches; but I have to admit by the end of the video I kinda liked the guy, though I feel a definite desire to kick his ass in a chess game. ;) So, Thumbs Up. I shall add this video to my Likes.
@Notarget13376 жыл бұрын
David Chen well, that’s his main goal
@NotQuiteFirst7 жыл бұрын
haha this guy is amazing
@joshpomeranc43818 жыл бұрын
Hard to watch.
@PreservationEnthusiast8 жыл бұрын
These games are absolutely terrible. It may be some instruction if Mike is playing good chess to beat an uncastled king but he is playing poor moves against poor players. Instructional value = zero They should not be letting this guy lecture even to beginners, too many errors.
@TheSamuel94648 жыл бұрын
He's teaching beginners how to wreck players who don't castle.
@9gagsucks7 жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised they fired this clown.
@dariusduesentrieb7 жыл бұрын
this sounds like mr Bean: 8:15
@TheOledahl7 жыл бұрын
that guy is WEIRD!!!
@picklerickrickpickle8 жыл бұрын
im honestly trying to tell if hes coming off a little weird because he's foreign? or what? I've been watching the finegold lectures for a while now and this is just terrible compared to what I've been watching.
@512Squared6 жыл бұрын
funny guy 😁
@Kharlos687 жыл бұрын
The thing is...if this guy ever gets good at chess, his videos won't be funny anymore.