Four mistakes and a blunder...and yet

[@BigBait12]

THE ACCIDENTAL FORK THE MAN IS A GENIUS

[@infamus66]

Yeess, i was like what do you mean he had a missclick!!

[@TheInverseGentleman]

@@infamus66 I literally didn't see it myself, then after he was like is "that a misclick?" I went back and was like holy shit what a great move that he apparently made unconsciously.

[@Cooleatack]

Same haha

[@i_am_ergo]

@@TheInverseGentleman Unconsciously = completely by accident without ever realizing that it was good. It's like some of the time, NL moves pieces without thinking even one move ahead.

[@Tastingo117]

Never thought I'd open up youtube and think to myself "yes, another episode of chess", but this is where Im at.

[@hamlap]

Same, worse is that I don't even know how to play chess. I just love watching the analysis and the thought process of the real time plays.

[@artsypoppy6872]

@@hamlap same

[@oct_nate]

Embrace the chess

[@jahmaniart]

This man really accidentally made the best fork of his career and didn’t notice.

[@robinvik1]

NL: *Forks enemy king and queen with the knight, opponent moves the king* NL: "Maybe they miss-clicked?"

[@mayjhor]

I think he was talking about Nf3, the move prior, where his opponent allows him to get the fork.

[@sam123456789707]

@@mayjhor aha nah NL didn’t have a clue

[@robinvik1]

@@mayjhor I don't think so, dude. He seemed genuinely surprised by the fact that the king moved.

[@mayjhor]

The egg baffles us all, it is my turn now.

[@onlydimitri221]

''maybe they miss-clicked, their best move was resign''

[@kevin41714]

A little analysis algorithm tip, the analysis deep mind actually tells you why it thinks a movie is good underneath the move where it shows the next moves that should be played. So at 40:25 when you're wondering why that's the best move, you can see the analysis displays the sequence of moves, and clicking on the move would take you to that board, so clicking on 36. xe1 there would take you two moves ahead and tell you why it's a good move. Also, it's understandable to not want to do analysis on your losses, but those analysis are the ones you can learn the most from :)

[@nopetellingnothing45]

thats a great typo, just imagined the algorithm going "so yeah interstellar is definitely a better movie than inception, even if they both have great soundtracks you gotta go with interstellar, +2.18 everytime"

[@Pedroebut]

i wish he spent more time with the analysis, specially when he loses. That's the funniest part of the video, i hope he realizes it.

[@kevin41714]

@@nopetellingnothing45 Goddamnit, didn't notice that. That is, indeed, a hilarious concept lmao

[@b0gdyb0ta]

And yet Simon owns a screwdriver!

[@HorrorHoarder]

Do naht forget about the homebrew

[@lamazinglamar8635]

Classic

[@LB-gj7bt]

and what if i did... THIS?!

[@Level80Sorcerer]

Jason and his followers launching into the great unknown. Helios One coming back online.

[@jellevaneijk9397]

ahh 2018 was a simpler time

[@justinlariviere]

“Chess.com makes bald esports gamer world famous”

[@formerlypie8781]

Bald espots games makes ancient boardgame popular again

[@derangedberger]

NL is so good at chess he forks the opponent without even realizing it. Like a man stepping on an ant, he doesn't even acknowledge his prey.

[@jayjaydeth]

As man is want to prey upon ants.

[@int3r4ct]

2:00 "I thought I was a genius, but actually it turns out I am a fool" sums up basically my entire time playing chess.

[@louieberg2942]

I don't even get that far

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

I thought I was a fool but it turns out I was a bigger fool than I thought

[@tlsgrz6194]

First day at Uni.

[@MrUrbnGamr]

@@CastafioreOnKZbin pretty much

[@nihlify]

Same. Except I never thought I was a genius.

[@normalmighty]

I love that he handwaved the rest of the analysis with "and then it all fell apart" right when it was about to show him his absolute pog of a king-queen fork

[@NearoC]

like he clicked right through it saying them moving the king was green, because they had to, but was already not looking, F. Really hoped he'd notice.

[@Darckseyes]

36:25 And to this day NL still doesn’t know that the knight was forking both the king and queen

[@ravenjoker254]

which, professionally, we call a threesome

[@anrakyrthetraveller5775]

This series is messing with my head and I love it. I looked at my sink and thought: “if I place my knight here, I can fork the soap dispenser and the shaving cream.”

[@Harrison.13]

Underrated comment

[@andregoepfert2745]

LOL

[@Jack-dk7uu]

I get chess on the brain in Zoom calls and keep trying to capture other people's faces

[@Dinoczar]

These videos are nail biters. That first game was hard fought, and that move at 36:09 was amazing.

[@inconspicuouscockatiel1983]

I don't think egg realized in the moment that the opponent didn't "misclick", but a genius fork. Don't ever change egg lol

[@GodChaos333]

I love seeing egg daddy’s mating positions. I even enjoy the analysis afterwords.

[@DrBob66]

if you look under the analysis where it says "best move, good move, missed win, etc" it shows you the line that would follow from that move also if you are doing key moments please hit retry instead of the step back arrow

[@ghuntzwazabi7402]

Straight up pogging with this full length TV special Chess video.

[@AHybrten]

This is a weird coincidence: My Blitz rating has risen about 150 points since the dawn of your chess videos after having plateaued for 3 months

[@paulan.5104]

such motivation

[@Cronos804]

Its a cruel mechanism that curses NL to forever educate his viewers to a level of competence slightly above his own in almost any game he plays.

[@DestroManiak]

its called gourd poggening sweetheart, look it up

[@MedievalSolutions]

Has it risen by itself? Cause some chess players were saying, that the blitz ratings were being a bit bolstered on the site since the average blitz rating is pretty low overall iirc.

[@AHybrten]

@@MedievalSolutions no, I've been winning more lately

[@MrDoroh]

I might lose it if NL clicks back arrow one more time instead of "Retry"

[@Rmp613]

saaame

[@nerfgunner13]

41:44 that was a missed win by the opponent because: they move Rook to g3, you need to move the Queen away; if you move her to h5, the opponent's Knight goes to f4 and forks your Queen and Rook. If you move her to f7, f5 or e4, the opponent's Queen can grab your Pawn in h6 and you can't eat her back (due to the Rook in g3 not allowing you to move the Pawn currently in g7). Regardless of your next move, White Queen to g7 (protected by the Rook) is gg. Basically your best case scenarios were to either lose a Rook for free due to the Knight's fork but keep the Queen, or directly trade your Queen to the Rook, both of which can be considered a win for the opponent (+2 Pawns on you and Queen + Rook + Knight vs 2 Rooks + Knight)

[@MrKillowog]

@36:38 "Maybe that was a misclick" on this mans absolutely perfectly pogged up fork had me rolling! Well done NL, two very well played games!

[@owennelson3721]

A coffee and a chess video is now my morning routine and I'm loving it!

[@MELTYYYY]

good album profile pic brother keep up the good taste

[@owennelson3721]

@@MELTYYYY Thanks brother

[@Chizzle69420]

I climbed myself all the way up to 991elo then promptly fell to 754. I have brought it back to 807 but man it's been rough.

[@robbiekeen2644]

I peaked at just over 1100 and have since fallen and plateaued at 1030

[@Mankus100]

Haven't played for 10 years, started after seeing this series, having a lot of fun, keep chess going, NL!

[@alexh.9630]

It tells you what the engine is thinking will happen right under the move itself, so you can tell why it thinks a particular move is good/bad.

[@NearoC]

lmao my man just like "the king must've moved for no reason"

[@BlackBushKraciz]

I picked up a membership to try to understand my mistakes better, and half the game at my elo, which is around 500, has the chess computer doing a spit take. I'm actually having fun in an online game tho, so atleast I got that going.

[@Wewin42]

Something I'm really starting to realize about Ryan as I watch him is that he really is bald, huh? Man's got totally no hair on his head.

[@armorend1334]

Nothing gets past you, eh?

[@Itwasalwaysme_Noone]

Is his nickname "peach" or "egg"?

[@lonelycreamsicle569]

I am literally crying and shaking after that accidental free pawn into king-queen fork

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

Consider for a moment the opponent's reaction.

[@TheInverseGentleman]

I'm in for the nightmare meta where comments start back seating the way he navigates the game analysis because they can't backseat the games themselves.

[@RyeBread271]

Rename the Caro-Kann the Egg’s Gambit

[@Sonian018]

Seeing NL continue to go back a move instead of pressing the retry button on the Key Moments fills me with an emotion I can’t begin to describe

[@Redguy752]

Another pogged Chess video. Keep em coming NL!

[@a.n.onymous7198]

It was fun watching this match only after watching the coaching session he had about it. Cool to see that NL actually thought about the right idea of bringing his rook out and then talked himself out of it.

[@HorrorHoarder]

You actually got me back into chess with these videos

[@pedrohomerosd]

42 minute chess video? we're entering popcorn territory and im totally down for it

[@OhLookItsDavid]

NL has never failed to teach me that the horse moves like an L

[@TommyLew]

I've always loved chess. Never played it seriously, only for fun but NL has really gotten me back into it. He even inspired me to stream chess on my channel against my viewers and it made me respect him so much, like the sheer ability he has to not only play but to simultaneously commentate on his moves coherently and still have plenty of times blows my mind! I really hope these videos keep coming, they're just fantastic!

[@xamoxlis]

I've been waiting all day for this dose of POG!

[@cronicheatwavess]

Thank you nl for the daily 1:30 am chess videos for the poggiest good night lullaby

[@foggyplatypus]

what time zone you live in brother? 3pm EST here

[@justinlariviere]

Dude livin in like Indonesia out here

[@cronicheatwavess]

@@foggyplatypus Indian time zone. And I love watching twitch too so it sucks even more

[@foggyplatypus]

@@cronicheatwavess RIP my dude catching the nlss at 4am

[@NovenariPrime]

Posting to support the series and algorithm. Loving this series more than any in a long time tbh

[@MedievalSolutions]

This and geo are easily my favorite series on this channel. Glad to see chess going strong.

[@ravenjoker254]

as someone who's never been into high level chess, I feel like NL and Queen's Gambit have opened a whole new world up for me

[@SecretzOfMana]

I think NL would truly POG up if he looked for more fork opportunities with the Knights. He didn't even notice the King / Queen fork he had. Imagine if he started actively searching for them

[@malthehelgren188]

Chess fun-fact: ELO is not an abbreviation or acronym of something (as I initially thought), rather it is literally just named after the rating system's inventor, the Hungarian-American physics professor, Arpad Elo.

[@apo34apo34]

Watched the coop with Gotham yesterday - it was great, I hope to see more soon!

[@Cookielord1231]

42 minutes of pure unfiltered POG?! Buckle up Dorothy..

[@redoxee]

This is one of my favorite series so far.

[@affablegiraffable]

Favorite series right now

[@Thegreatkrok]

NL, I'm loving this, never stop.

[@anodomaniD]

I am absolutely loving this series, keep those checkmates coming!

[@taarzzan]

is this the fabled GM egg distributing once again another chess video? pogged up for sure

[@TotalTimoTime]

That first guy threw away mate or a significant winning position so many times and yet still won. He is the perfect opponent for the egg.

[@vikinnick]

I plugged the Rg3 "missed win" into an engine and it's not really a missed win but it does lead to some scary situations with h6 and g7

[@user-vs6ck3ht5d]

"Missed win" seems to just mean you can capture a piece at some point, which is weird to me but maybe that's chess terminology...?

[@Garnzlok]

@@user-vs6ck3ht5d if it was a literal mate then it'd be M# like mate in 4 moves would be M4. missed win i think means that taking that line would end with you having a significant advantage where you would only lose should you really screw up.

[@beatlesrol456]

the fork with the king and the queen at the end.. now that's what I call pog

[@NotLegato]

wasn't initially sold on the series but now that i'm watching, this is really enjoyable viewing. might get me back into chess a little, as well.

[@Kyle-db7kp]

he had you 2 move mated forever until he moved his pawn at 16:18, with queen to f4 into queen to h4. It hurt a little..

[@solh0029]

And if NL responds to the check by blocking with his pawn?

[@fangiscool1]

Not a forced mate. What hurt is the missed free rook at 17:55. It might lead to him getting mated though lol

[@solh0029]

@@fangiscool1 It definitely leads to him getting mated very quickly.

[@fangiscool1]

@@solh0029 Strong choice of language. What's the sequence then?

[@solh0029]

@@fangiscool1 Qf6+ Kh5, Qh6+ Kg4, Qh4+ Kf3, Qh5 1-0 All forced

[@Cookielord1231]

Why is Enelle's audible breathing so soothing to me?

[@zoellaanne9101]

Such a good episode omg the last game was such a surprise!

[@garytruman584]

You should look at the continuation of some of the lines the engine suggests during analysis. I feel like you only look at the one move it suggests when the value of the analysis comes from understanding the entire continuation of why the move works

[@rickhammer7204]

Ennel with the least pogged reaction to forking the royal family

[@scottisawesome123456]

Another fantastic episode

[@PihsrowAllertse]

42 minutes of pure pog? Duuuude

[@melpolo2682]

Great series NL. I do think that analyses of your losses are more important and interesting than your wins. For instance in the first game the analysis shows your opponent significantly had the upper hand despite being down a pawn. They managed to keep up the offensive deftly moving through what I thought was a good defense. You did great NL, but I’m curious what the analysis would say what you should’ve done in that position.

[@ultrapoci]

That fork at 36:35 is amazing and totally accidental. Never change Egg

[@mothgru]

I thought he was talking about the previous move white did as a misclick

[@nikolay4101-s7r]

Nl, you have an analysis bat to the left of your board for quick reference, you don't need to look at the analysis tab to see who's winning

[@Ghost-lf2qj]

When NL got that fork on king and queen I pogged out of my gourd

[@jesss2830]

idk about analytics or whatever but this is my fave series (aside from Spelunky 2) so I hope it's eternal

[@plmnrt]

that knight threw an L straight into the opponent's back yard and completely forked up their game

[@CardsAndComputer]

NL: Ignores big green Retry button and presses back, then is confused why the analysis won't tell him if it is the correct move.

[@techiecreations]

Comment for the algorithm, love the chess videos!! Always look forward to them

[@SecretzOfMana]

Dublinski 🥇

[@jeffreyhornblower6515]

this series got me back into chess

[@mrcrime2954]

Literally my favorite series on all of this cursed website

[@lastmanstanding3739]

I love the 10 minute chess, don't change that, only supplement.

[@ILGILachie]

If you're watching this now, NL is live on GothamChess 's twitch channel playing chess.

[@100Darkspine]

God Enel continues to shower us in the analysis and thinking man's moves How very pogged

[@Zedd8787]

I know nothing about chess, and I absolutely love this series. I legitimately admire your skills at this game...I do wonder how you make a misclick almost every video though >

[@strangegeuse]

I'm here after your chess lesson. Future chess videos are going to be pogged

[@stevencleere4912]

Ryan I will watch you play Chess until the sun burns out.

[@wittig57]

Just was watching the GothamChess stream. Much Pog on the chess content.

[@litapd311]

i continue to stay pogged for chess, especially for a 40 minute video

[@WollyChaps]

Every time NL hits the back button instead of the retry button in key moments I die a little inside.

[@fuguking4709]

I'd really recommend no longer clicking and dragging your pieces to move them since its resulting in some annoying misclicks. You can also click a piece and then click the tile you want it to move instead! Love the series a lot hope you keep it running for a while.

[@armorend1334]

Around 35:00, would Knight D2 have been a good move? Knight D2 and then F3, taking the rook. It puts them in check and they can't take the knight because of the queen. EDIT: Oh, it was mentioned in the analysis. Wow now I feel good about myself for puzzling out the best move there.

[@moritzkockritz5710]

I'm a total chess beginner, so spotting the sequence with with the knight made me quite proud (as well as slightly annoyed) :D

[@matthewgrange9310]

I love the chess content, pogged out of its gourd

[@timefororbit]

It's called a Back Rank, the very first row you start on. I.E. The famous back rank checkmate.

[@paulan.5104]

NL, as long as you try to calculate checks and captures when they are possible, I'll be proud of you ;)

[@TheRealPunkachu]

Blunder... blunder! BLUNDERCATS! HOOOOOO!!

[@theCataras]

"Lot of pressure" = 2 minutes on the clock and up a queen with one move away from mate

[@kalenbennett2016]

36:39 NL missed a tinted fork

[@attention_shopping]

talking about how the opponent is doing nothing when you're doing even less lul

[@SuperMann104]

Good move, good move, BLUNDER??? Sums up my life too buddy

[@lostdestroyer8400]

northernlion

[@soccrstar4]

That last analysis was hard to watch. GG on the wins, bald man

[@pook49]

take a shot every time NL trades a bishop for a knight

[@taintedtechnique]

Love the chess videos

[@ProChaos916]

Was the rook not free at 17:53 I'm so confused

[@MrFlipFloppery]

Not quite, it leaves the king quite vulnerable with the white pawns and the queen being able to chase the king into a mate in 4

[@ProChaos916]

@@MrFlipFloppery ah yes I see it now. That's a galaxy brain move to me

[@solh0029]

White chases with queen for mate in 3

[@JulianCentrone]

Pog up boys

[@yarb2643]

Love the chess series