Chess Lesson # 98: Maia Plays Chess VS NM Robert Ramirez | Lichess Human-Like Chess Engine

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Check out my Chessable course "Counterblow: A Complete Fighting Repertoire for Beginners" here www.chessable.com/ramirez

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello guys! Have you defeated any of the Maia engines? Let me know and do not forget to like and subscribe if you found some value in this lesson 💪😎 00:00 Intro 03:05 Chess game vs Maia1 10:10 Chess game vs Maia5 22:35 Chess game vs Maia9 31:12 Blitz game vs 2301player 37:32 Blitz game vs 2256 player

[@tarekfakhoury2401]

Not yet Coach. For sure we have found value in this lesson. I myself play kings Indian as black. I learned new variations in this video😊

[@dragadeyt]

I played maia1 a few times long ago and beat her but then maybe a couple months ago tried again and was absolutely destroyed. She’s not 1100 anymore but like 1600, definitely harder than before. I think it’s like in The Terminator where the machines got way smarter, way more quickly than their creators thought. 😱

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@dragadeyt that makes sense. It is very interesting indeed! It will be a good experiment to play them again in a year or so. Let's see 😎

[@tmbhbnt8281]

just a little KZbin tip if, I may, Coach. If you put the timestamps in the description (even if you bury it in the last line), not only it is clickable in the description, but KZbin is going to use them in the playhead indicator as little "segments" or chapters, very useful for viewers. See for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2qmoYh9qceKfrc I hope this is useful, again thank you for your lessons!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@tmbhbnt8281 this is an excellent tip! I just fixed it 👍 I had done it in other lessons such as # 69, but never gave it much importance. I should start doing it for every lesson. By the way, thanks for sharing this video, I had to laugh when I saw Agadmator's timestamps 😅 He is a genius!

[@vergnetp]

I love your videos! Can't understand you don't have more subscribers

[@vinothindrakannan2240]

@Nm Robert Ramirez, another Sunday feast 😇😇.. Especially those 3 minutes games.. Looking forward to the 100th lesson.. Thank you sir.. You have created a great community with this channel.. Happy to be part of it.. 😇

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you Vinoth! It's great to have you on board! Any suggestions for lesson # 100? 😎

[@vinothindrakannan2240]

@@NMRobertRamirez i have three suggestions sir as below. Suggestion 1: playing 1 hour blitz arena playing KID, KIA, London and pirc games. Suggestion 2: starting new repertoire white (like English, catalan etc). Suggestion 3: can start Road to GM videos to cover the advanced topics.. You have better vision than me sir..we will follow you..these are just my thought suggestions.. 😇

[@dragadeyt]

@@NMRobertRamirez For 100 how about tactics that arise in the Pirc and KID?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@vinothindrakannan2240 thank you! 🙌

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@dragadeyt thank you! 👍

[@anoukadel6397]

Great lesson, great recap of the openings we learned so far. I've been studying your opening lessons every day for more than a week now, so this lesson is a welcome change. I especially liked the Maia games, every step explained. The Blitz games were still a bit hard to follow, but I'll revisit them once I've worked through all the lessons up to this one. I've played Maia1 before and won. I haven't tried Maia5 yet. I'm getting stronger every day so maybe now is the time to challenge her. I can't make heads or tails of these Lichess ratings.

[@martinsima4297]

Hello,this kind of lessons,your loud process of thinking,calculation helps me a lot!Thanks ,very good lesson for me.👍

[@Altus2001]

Bravo with the extra bonus game at the end! Thank you for these excellent lessons. I really enjoy your channel.... The thought process and advice is so helpful for my games. Many instances where I would not be sure what to do and it is like you mind read and start explaining and answering my questions with your moves. Please keep these play games series in your lineup and congratulations on the many subscribers on the channel!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! It's always nice to see your comments; and of course, knowing you are enjoying these lessons so much make playing those extra games worth it. And yes, our community keeps growing little by little thanks to people like you who are always trying to help in any way you can. All your encouragement, tips and willingness to share these lessons are the reasons why the channel is reaching more people every day 👍💪

[@LawrenceGGreen-bt3tu]

I love watching you play and hearing you explain your moves, you rock 👊

[@Mohammed.ward.Kayali]

What can I say absolutely beautiful I wish I can describe my feelings when I saw a notification from your channel ❤

[@NMRobertRamirez]

🤓 that's so great to hear! It means a lot to know you are enjoying this lessons so much. Thank you for your kind words 👍

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Happy, surprised. I hope that helps. :)

[@masterbeernuts9344]

Fantastic Robert. Great idea and another excellent video. Thank you so much.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@Mr354135]

Coach i dont know What the other students think but your blitz games are very instructive i like them a lot

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That's great to hear, Yusuf. Thank you for sharing your feedback 🙌 It helps me a lot!

[@fredpennington6180]

Hi Robert; After your move 26; Black's moves of 26 Nxe4, leads to a difficult game if not a loss! However, I do like your lessons; THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[@Speedster___]

Also congrats on 10k subs

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! Our community keeps growing little by little thanks to people like you who are always contributing in any way you can. All your kind words and encouragement as well as the willingness to share these lessons with others mean and help a lot!

[@manuel278]

Hello Robert, very good video, I really like it! At minute 36:54 at the 23rd move you could move a way stronger move than f5. Its Qh5 attacking the bishop attacking the pawn, he can't protect the bishop with any piece (for example Kg7 fxg5 loses the bishop) so he has to go back. At this moment you can take on g5 maybe with the Queen. It seems like you could have won a very important pawn. Thank you!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Ahhh nice! 💪👍😎

[@pasadenapsych44]

I think maybe one thing to keep in mind is the lichess ratings are higher relative to say USCF ratings, which may account for some of the not-so-good play you saw here. So Lichess 1500 may be more like USCF 1200. My experience with Maia has been pretty good, but with all engines approximating a playing strength there often seems to be a moment where the algorithm decides, hmmm, I need to do something bad now. Also, wow, did your channel blow up?! You're near 10k subscribers. Congrats!!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That makes perfect sense, Kalea! Anyways, it will be interesting to play these engines again in a year or so 😎 And yes, our community is growing little by little 💪

[@tmbhbnt8281]

thanks for the new video! I love when the engine disappoints, coach makes up for it by playing 2 extra blitz games. Much appreciated :)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

😅 it's great to know you appreciated that. I only hope the Maias understand it's nothing personal 😎

[@AmitKumar-ze4tv]

Congratulations on your 10k subscribers sir...🔥😍

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you, Amit! It has been only possible because of great people like you who are always helping and willing to share these lessons with other people 👍

[@gogokito6747]

thank you robert again for your great lessons , I want ti ask you if you can make a video to explain the difference between the tactical play , the strategical play and the positional play . I hear a lot somes say this is a great strategical game and this is a good positional game , and I really can't know what they really mean .

[@Movie.reviews-s]

sir , you boost up my confident by saying in one of your video that playing chess and having fun is the main goal .

[@ttp9363]

Nice content bro subscribed Keep posting It is very helpful for me who cant afford a coach

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! Welcome aboard and feel free to ask any questions you might have! 👍

[@adamwu4565]

Regarding Maia’s ratings. The description states that each iteration of Maia was a NN trained on games between humans in the stated rating category. But that does not guarantee that the bot will actually end up with a playing strength in exactly that range.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That makes perfect sense, Adam. Thanks a lot for bringing it up. I should have read the description before hand 😎

[@133anfas8]

Hey Rob, I watched both your pirc and kings indian playlist completely, it was mind-blowingly helpful. And you were kind enough to share a study made by a subscriber of yours for the pirc defense. You also shared with me KID vs Averbakh. But what I do not have now is the notes of other lines of KID. I tried searching other studies but could not find one as good as yours. I am very desperate to get the notes of other lines in KID you taught. would you please share with me the other lines if you have made their studies, if not, would you send me some other opening studies which resembles what you taught. This would mean the world to me!

[@79-souravsutradhar53]

Sir your blitz games really help us!!!

[@jeffic9249]

11:12 can you tell me in which lesson you covered this concept? btw, great video as always!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! I know we have been reinforcing it a lot, but the first time we talked about it could have been lesson # 69 in the Bg4 plan of the classical Pirc 👍

[@jeffic9249]

@@NMRobertRamirez got it, thankyou!

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

The bot not resigning is because it copies human behaviour and because of the clock, the chance of stalemate and hubris many opponents don't resign until the very, very end, see your last opponent. I often don't like it but they like wasting (my) time. I think the difference between this bot and another bot is that Maia blunders like humans, probably with the same statistics while SF doesn't really blunder or does it? But what do I know? I like the idea of a more human robot though. Thanks for the upload Robert, keep them coming.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Doug! Everything you said makes sense to me. And you are right about what happened in the last game. There is always hope 🤓

[@joseb6068]

Hey robert. great video. i did not know about this maia bo. Thanks for letting us know. Also, can u make a video on how to analyze your games and never make the same mistake again? everyone tells us this is very important but noone ever tells us how. thanks for the wonderful lessons.

[@joseb6068]

i mean maia bot lol

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@joseb6068 yes, absolutely! Many people have asked me that and it is certainly coming 👍

[@jonwalker2929]

London System in first game was very helpful.

[@NoExitLoveNow]

I play a 700 bot (I'm a super beginner). It seems like a really good player who does really dumb things sometimes - including unbelievably stupid things (things a human would never do - even a stupid one).

[@growwithsomangshu1463]

Need more videos on positional chess and quiet moves those are my weakness 😞

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Absolutely! 😎

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

Game number three, move 11 f4; black has Q-b6+, 12K-h2 Qxb2, with pressure on the knight. Later. I saw how you trapped the queen.

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

Coach, in game one after the rook battery is set and the black pawn attacks the bishop, I see 1Bxg6 BPxB, 2RxP NxR, 3QxP+ K-f8, 4RxN R-e7, 5Q-f6+ will checkmate. Therefore 1Bxg6 RPxB, where 2R-h8+ gets white nothing. That black knight anchored by the queen holds it. Oops. 5Q-f6+ looses, as the black king runs down the rabbit hole of e1. After your 1Rxh7 black needed the inbetween move PxB. This (1----NxR) is another application of Smirnov's rule, To take is a mistake, i.e., don't make automatic retakes.

[@brucebutler2746]

Perhaps you could bring the last game up again on your own board and examine how to avoid the stalemate.

[@tarekfakhoury2401]

Hi Sir. If at 8:03 , what if the black captures our light bishop with his C pawn 🤔

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Good question, Tarek! In that case, we would be in big trouble. My rook sacrifice was a mistake. I just wanted you to see how it could be difficult for many players to defend such attacks. They will not work against stronger players, but until you get to that point, you should try to get experience with such aggressive ideas.

[@tarekfakhoury2401]

@@NMRobertRamirez 👍🙂

[@andrb8945]

Do you ever use the english attack? Its good if you castle opposite I believe.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Yes, absolutely. It is not my main choice, but I have studied it a lot. We learn a lot of Chess from games where they used openings like the English attack 👍

[@tarunharithas8058]

amazing video very informative

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@tmbhbnt8281]

On 38:38, why is it not a free pawn? as far as I can see you are attacking it with knight and bishop and they only have one knight to defend it

[@tmbhbnt8281]

oh nevermind, I guess the problem is not the pawn but you need to save the other knight first.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@tmbhbnt8281 yes, I almost dropped my knight there 😅

[@Centurion-yw5ky]

I have played several games as black against Maia5 and what I like is the openings and responses seem more textbook than bots and computer normally does. If I blunder I lose and if I follow your openings and concentrate on not making silly mistakes I can win. I have just played a Pirc defence against a classical style opening from white and won. I think this is really good practice at my lowish/middling level. I will try to post the PGN but I doubt it will work!

[@Centurion-yw5ky]

Things are looking up, played first game against Maia9 and won. Played KID against London😀

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@Centurion-yw5ky there you go! Congratulations! 👏💪 And thank you for letting me know 🙌

[@SosoOfGamer]

How can I self analyze games ? And how to find perfect moves without taking so much time

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! We will soon have a lesson on both of these topics. Regarding your second question, it has a lot to do with training and getting familiarized with as many patterns as possible. We will talk about it more in detail, but for now, try to get used to coming up with candidate moves when you feel you got to a critical position. You might still feel it is not easy to tell when you are in a critical position, but as you develop your intuition, it will simply become easier 👍

[@SosoOfGamer]

@@NMRobertRamirez Oh! Tyyysm for ur comment and ur time, and cant wait for ur Next video, Keep The Great Work ❤

[@praseethar.pillai4406]

Hi sir, In my opinion , that blue and white board is more nice😊. What did you mean by more serious lessons?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Ahh nice! Thank you for letting me know 🙌 And by more serious I mean that we will be covering more advanced concepts 💪

[@praseethar.pillai4406]

@@NMRobertRamirez 😊 How do you get the nm title?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@praseethar.pillai4406 you have to play over the board rated tournaments and get a rating of 2250 I think (maybe 2200) 👍

[@praseethar.pillai4406]

@@NMRobertRamirez OK , so iam far away . iam 1214

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@praseethar.pillai4406 just keep training consistently and enjoy the process 💪

[@Kazutopia808]

I'm not too sure that Rxh7 was working in game 1. cxd, the rook and the queen are being attacked. If Qxd then Nxh7 and if Rh8+ Kg7, Qxd, the rook is still under attack from blacks rook on e8. I didn't look too deep, but we're down a bishop and a rook and I don't see an immediate follow up.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are absolutely correct! I only did it to show you guys how this kind of attack could be effective on inexperienced players. Even if our sacrifices are not sound, they will not know how to defend and find the right move. However, as you move up the ladder, this will not be the case any more and you will need a different approach like I did vs Maia9. We need to adjust, but initially, it is a good idea to get comfortable with attacking our opponent's king. Hope this makes sense 👍

[@TimJapan]

Getting more serious??? I am both excited and worried

[@NMRobertRamirez]

😅 we are just going to be taking what we already know to the next level 💪

[@faredmohsseni5028]

Yes I asked u about that variation last game lol

[@faredmohsseni5028]

Wow last game really hard to pull off

[@kniveschow5754]

Your reaction at 19:48 😂

[@NMRobertRamirez]

😜

[@growwithsomangshu1463]

I know you have talked about self analysis in many lessons but please kindly make a dedicated video on it to quick revision . It's one of the parts I struggle the most with, sometimes I don't even understand the engines suggests Currently I am a 1256 on chess.com I find analysis really a self loathing process lol where I am bitching about how can I miss this and that so I dislike it how can make the process more fun 😁 I have like 1- 1.5 hrs everyday for chess. I was really having a hard time in the catalan(lots of theory) switching back to KIA for the time being

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Yes, we will certainly have a lesson on it soon 👍 And regarding the Catalan, try using it with what you already know from time to time. You will learn a lot of Chess in the process!

[@fun-vv3ie]

When i saw your analysis... It looks like so easy...but at the match time i can't get the right move.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

We have all been there. Just keep training consistently and enjoy the process 👍💪

[@87rtlandry]

29:21 black had Nxe3+!!

[@taimroial1706]

Man I have the same reaction every time I get stale mate when I am winning😂😂

[@StNicolausVI]

No no there is a gap between lichess ratings and FIDE by +400 pts no joke. So the 1600 Maia is 1200.

[@WandersonDavid_KariJobeBrasil]

43:33 The only thing I hate about chess since I started playing is that stupid stalemate rule. It makes no sense. If the enemy king has no option other than moving to a square which is attacked, then we should be declared winner. It is the only thing that is unfair in the game. I wish they changed that rule.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

😅👏

[@rejuantamim6939]

I am very weak in calculation. how to overcome it, coach :(

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! We all have been there. The simplest way to improve it is to train tactics. Start with mate in 1, then in 2 and so on. You can also do exercises like the one I mentioned in lesson # 66 when reviewing games (2 by 2, 3 by 3, etc) 👍

[@rejuantamim6939]

@@NMRobertRamirez thanks coach. by the way i got 96.5% accuracy by playing pirc defense and it is my highest accuracy :)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@rejuantamim6939 congratulations! You must be doing something right 💪

[@faredmohsseni5028]

Holy shit this guy is a deadly coach

[@NMRobertRamirez]

lol

[@fredbanon3314]

I defeated Maia1 with Vienna game and Maia5 with Pirc defense. Both made "big" mistake... I'll try Maia9 next.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Congratulations Frederic! Let me know how it goes when you play Maia9 💪

[@Centurion-yw5ky]

This was great. Can anyone suggest how I challenge Maia to a game in the App? Sorry if an obvious answer.😃

[@Centurion-yw5ky]

@@NMRobertRamirez Hi Robert, I was actually being serious cos the app has different symbols to the on line site, but I have just worked it out. You go into the section called players, then search for Maia, then challenge. It will be interesting to compare with the behaviour to the normal lichess computer games. I play these frequently to practise. Great work Robert, btw I am sure your number of followers will continue to rise exponentially.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@Centurion-yw5ky I figured you were serious. I tried to find the way as soon as I saw your question, but I could not get to it. I am pretty new to all this. So I appreciate all of your input 🙌

[@Centurion-yw5ky]

@@NMRobertRamirez I see, sorry I misunderstood, cross purposes etc I always assume you know everything! I am looking forward to trying to see which Maia is my level.

[@mdrasedulislam1161]

I am an ameture chess player after follow your lesson a lot of improvement in my chess performance .now my friends can not with me

[@animeshdubey1368]

Sir 🙏🙏

[@NMRobertRamirez]

💪😎

[@dineshnayak3942]

Sir if that move was not checkmate it would have been a skewer

[@Speedster___]

What’s your Elo per fide?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

I had a problem with my FIDE account when I left Cuba and have not played a FIDE rated tournament in many years, but my USCF should be around my online rating. I am working on officially moving to the USA federation and planning to start playing tournaments again. Mainly to work on my FIDE rating instead of USCF. Let's see 🙌

[@Speedster___]

@@NMRobertRamirez cool. How far are you from being an IM?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@Speedster___ uff really far. The thing with titles like IM and GM is that besides the rating, they require you to complete norms and it could be challenging if you do not play lots of tournaments. When I start working on it, I want to just set my mind to playing lots of tournaments. Otherwise, it is not as easy. When I got to the US, I would play 2 or 3 tournaments a year, but I need to do more than that for sure and of course train seriously.

[@Speedster___]

@@NMRobertRamirez ah. The reason I ask is I was watching Gotham and his Vegas tournement. Any way if you ever go to tournaments I’d love to see a video about it. Best of luck with the USCF and other stuff. Also can I nominate the Blackbourne Kloobuster gambit? I’ve been playing it and it’s fun.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@Speedster___ thank you! And yes, a few people have shown interest on the Blackbourne Kloobuster gambit so we will cover it when we start talking about the Scandinavian defense 👍

[@karanarora1468]

👍👍

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Gametop grand chess master 3 is way better than Maia. Hey,---do you play Foosball? :)

[@79-souravsutradhar53]

Sir plz teach the sicilian...

[@NMRobertRamirez]

We have covered it already 💪😎

[@Speedster___]

What’s the deal with the anonymous account? I kinda thought that was super GM only especially if you’re not a tourney player

[@NMRobertRamirez]

What anonymous account? 🤔

[@Speedster___]

During the Maia game you don’t have NM next to your username.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@Speedster___ ohhh it is just that I have never submitted it to Lichess. I did it on chess.com to get the free membership 😅

[@Speedster___]

@@NMRobertRamirez ah. Lol no worries.

[@leonardopires9648]

I'll play them but I'm already prepared to tell you that they were not that easy to beat

[@NMRobertRamirez]

I am sure they will not be easy to beat 🤓 but try to pay attention to every move they make. If you stop their threats, you will win 💪 Let me know how it goes!

[@mehdila6144]

the 2 dislike in this video i think is maia1 and maias sister :) its logic :)

[@aryabhatt007]

I beat maia9 bot too with a rating of 1300

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Nice! How about the bots from lessons 94 and 95?

[@aryabhatt007]

@@NMRobertRamirez Those are Too tough for me. As maia is a human like robot , i had a chance to beat.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

I am surprised, over the centuries, that nobody had developed a Christian and Islamic attack and defense. It would be nice to end that game. :)

[@NMRobertRamirez]

🤔

[@jammalamadakasivasubramany208]

Please play with subscribers

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Yes, that's coming!

[@EarthSurferUSA]

But this engine is suppose to make more "human moves", (what ever that is), but it was easy? Well,---I am human too. It is like artificial intelligence. Chances are, it will be based on a moron. :)

[@PatrickRecordon]

Those bots are disappointing

[@EarthSurferUSA]

The "easy adult level" of a free "gametop Grand master chess 3", is beating the dog poop out of me. It is way better than me.