Potentially the least deserved win of all time (Chess)

This is bespoke made for KZbin content, not those stinky Twitch VODs. I promise!
I've been feeling the urge to play chess again and I tricked myself into thinking I'm better than I am. Let's see what sort of damage we can do on Chess.com again!
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[@Jack-dk7uu]

Stockfish rates this at +2, a winning position for the KZbin audience

[@Pattonator14]

+2

[@Chris_Shenton]

+2

[@Horsemasterboss]

+2

[@drawsalfahad]

+2

[@replaceforwork]

+2

[@Pattonator14]

I lose it a little everytime he does game review, goes through all the fairly inconsequential middle game moves then gives up on it 2 moves before the giant important turning point of the match lol

[@Batman-bh6vw]

At least he did the review. Baby steps, baby steps.

[@timothylovecock4332]

Yeah, opponent blundered a perpetual check in the last game.

[@maxkho00]

@@timothylovecock4332 Also kept blundering an exchange for multiple moves in a row, then hung a pawn but NL, instead of capturing the pawn that attacked his rook, moved his rook behind the pawn lol.

[@test-xe7gx]

Pretty sure hes emberrassed quickly. He always reviews weird games that require no reviewing that he wins and sometimes skips games where he completely messed up.

[@Pattonator14]

@@maxkho00 yeah I mean he looked at the moment things suddenly collapsed, didn't review why his move was bad or what would be better, went back to the start to begin game review then just gave up before he got back there lol

[@msu_kevin]

At 21:31 I was so confident he was going to take the rook on E1 lol

[@ZiggyBonham]

I KNOW RIGHT

[@hungryporpoise5940]

But he just… didnt?

[@pervasivedoubt150]

He’s the one who threatened it! If not for him pointing out it was under threat I might not have noticed

[@ruleofhalves]

anyone else feel like the chess videos all end with a nervous hurriedness as if NL is hiding the fact that he's playing chess from Kate and he hears her coming down the hall

[@DeathSquire36]

Every single NL Chess video: "At this rank, they always take the en passant. ...They didn't take the en passant!"

[@buster9877]

my heart dropped when he had a hung rook in his mouth and he spat it out

[@sonyabladesbooty3890]

Chess sounds sexy

[@Gabu_]

*NL sees a sequence of perfectly normal moves* "that's engine chess"

[@TheRyanDiesel]

Ah, yes, the en passant gambit that always works out positively... Love the chess content.

[@srayce1_]

It’s me, chess gamer. Glad to be back

[@samm6933]

"And this divine envy flares up when it sees a man without any other competitor, without an opponent, at the lonely height of fame. He only has the gods near him now - and for that reason he has them against him."

[@Chadworthy_]

I am going through a rough time and just had a pbj sandwich for lunch and was feeling self conscious about it, very appreciated to hear the few words of affirmation in support of the sandwich!!

[@michaelsheppard8352]

I also just had a pb&j! Hope things start to turn around for you 👍🏽

[@michaelsheppard8352]

2nd game was awesome. I think it was a (slightly) deserved win because you also were solving issues as they came up and put up a hell of a fight! Give yourself some credit!

[@NorthernlionLP]

best part about 100% win rate is we get analysis on all the games

[@forestshepherd253]

I'm losing my Goddamn mind watching these videos. 21:18 Take the Rook! 21:25 Take the Pawn!! 21:31 Take the Rook!!! 22:46 Take the Pawn!!!! 23:17 CHECK THE KING!

[@timothylovecock4332]

If he checked the king he would have had a draw.

[@maxkho00]

Forgot "Take the Pawn!" at 21:27

[@AdmiralAckbrahs]

Thankfully, you're allowed to play chess yourself and do all of those things!

[@alenshirvanyan473]

@@AdmiralAckbrahs ah all it means is NL is making great content if they’re that gripped and invested lol

[@bryndynirving7333]

@Alen Shirvanyan Absolutely, drives me nuts but it's entertaining

[@joe5joe7]

Loved the reviews! Really fun seeing the missed tactics afterwards

[@jakeseithel5951]

Always Pogged to see some chess from the 2 time brilliant NL

[@OdysseusFTW]

i see this is the episode he recorded after he made the subway should make a footlong pb&j tweet

[@Matt-ov1qp]

damn i was hoping he would see the perpetual check draw he missed in the review but he didn't go far enough

[@matlec100]

"get scared in one" I love you

[@SmokePudding]

Holy shit that thumbnail art goes hard

[@TylerWilson2004]

I need to understand the Northern Lion lore. Is there a Southern Lion? An Eastern Lion? Western Lion? Was there a big civil war between an organization of lions that divided the civilization into four different Lion organizations? I need to know!

[@pervasivedoubt150]

History is written by the victor, Tyler…

[@SuperMann104]

He's from the north (Canada) and his name rhymes with lion (Ryan). (Don't hurt him)

[@jimmyredd]

@@SuperMann104 I thought his name was Ryab, though?

[@rymn8r]

There is the long forgotten SouthernPuma, it's a story they won't tell you

[@JG-ce3pu]

@@jimmyredd Indeed, Ryab Enelle

[@aidanvitticore3475]

I can’t believe the opponent didn’t find a mate in the second game faster

[@hungryporpoise5940]

Peanut butter sandwich? Good… but have you ever heard of the forbidden pb&n? The peanut butter and nutella ?

[@danilvoiko954]

Sad he didn't go through the entire second game. Some obvious and kinda important mistakes there.

[@incription]

Oh and he's pissing on the board again. Judge!

[@acharliebrownlife]

I love the game reviews, keep them coming

[@debblez]

23:18 BRO im shaking and crying rn

[@debblez]

opponent blunders a draw and NL plays b4 😭

[@RovingTroll]

"I'm actually dumb" I've had a lot of those

[@Batman-bh6vw]

Pog, the analysis is kinda back.

[@omhd]

That exchange sac tactic in the first game was pretty rad

[@rintepis9290]

The new thumbnail has caused me to miss yesterday's NL chess.

[@theinverteddonkey2961]

you say underserved win but I feel like that's actually well played at the end

[@bloedeter]

That second game was very cool. I think if Levy or Hikaru analyze the endgame they would get multiple heart attacks... Now I haven't checked with an engine but I saw this: 21:19 Could have just played Bxe1. The queen covers d7 and there's a rook on the eight rank. No need to panic yet. 21:26 The pawn was just hanging, Qxd7! 21:52 Just put the king near the pawns to stop promotion. Kf8 or Kf7. I feel like Kf8 is scarier but better because you then have Qh5 to put another defender. 22:10 Now this is a good move, if the queen was still on h5 then white could have taken a pawn with the queen and played with a queen versus 2 rooks. And then black has much more pawns. 22:43 Black can take the pawn on d7 but he's still losing now. 23:16 Black can force a draw with Qxf2+ and Qh4+ and repeat. Now white starts to blunder 23:26 Just play Re8 and every time he can just play Re8. 23:35 Why did white take all those useless pawns and not Re8? Just Qc4+ or still Re8. 23:38 Still Re8+ or Qc4+ 23:42 Qh7 is just checkmate. 23:45 Black can just take the queen, I dont think white can mate with the two rooks in time after that. 23:46 Just like in the previous move Qh7 is just checkmate. But even Re8 is fine.

[@m0002856]

"We played badly and won" Nah, not at all. You played like a normal 1400-1500 player making some mistakes and then finding one insane move at the end to win it all.

[@nate.draws.things]

Going from watching his 2020 chess vids to now is just downright painful lol.

[@Tocinos]

"Their pawn structure is horrendous" John Cena: "Are you sure about that?"

[@flipperi80]

I really gotta start watching this chess thing. I miss the bespoke made for KZbin content

[@savourydiamond3448]

I don't know how he basically threw that last game after winning the queen and being able to take the rook on the next move.

[@dilliedAlly]

pog more chess from the egg himself

[@Smurrei]

NL literally REFUSES to take the rook once again...

[@bubbafish20]

Officially pogging out my gourd for this chess content

[@joshherauf731]

Egg gambit takes another victim

[@NearoC]

Let's go we love some game review always want more

[@lastmanstanding3739]

9:50 i think it is simply pissing the queen on their horse, if not, take horse

[@lastmanstanding3739]

700 btw many people are saying this

[@graysoncarter2552]

Loving the new thumbnail

[@mrbuttcheesey]

he says "2 brilliancy" but hasn't he had 3? I thought he had one for the queen escape, one for moving his rook somewhere or whatever, and then the bishop check. Unless I'm remembering wrong.

[@icy_yadig6589]

1:04 aren't these called 10 year old boys? Yes I know that's priests... Just gimme this one

[@M3GAMAN100]

He's so good Thank you for the game reviews btw

[@17Codiferus]

After this episode I think I might need blood pressure medication.

[@_julian]

Great content

[@boadebate4320]

That was a completely deserved move. You didn’t give up, gave yourself interesting positional dynamics, and knew not to trade queens to keep your chances alive. You did everything right brother.

[@etopowertwon]

Yeah. The position was completely lost. It's on opponent not capitalizing on it in time.

[@jamesbalch1325]

Hello friends!

[@samm6933]

hell yes brother, chess gamers rise up

[@girlno.3belcher647]

Love the content, cant stand the thumbnail. Lookin like Caillou-Gi-Oh

[@bernardshaw7405]

Huge dubs for my eyeballs a chess vid dropped

[@1133331313131313131]

dude that second match, GM start cant check mate with 2 queens

[@simplyrin210]

Hello mr egg

[@biggill7176]

Always so shocked on having time advantage haha

[@eggs_tm]

thank you for the chess !!!!!

[@pruwyben]

Ah yes, the Peanut Butter Sandwich Gambit

[@DaviniaHill]

NL, check your insights, you've done way more than 2 brilliant moves.

[@luissokol8293]

I came back to see thi and got a MAndela Effect... Didn't he play 3 min chess?

[@TheMasterMakarov]

Hello mr 2 brilliancy its me gamers

[@ethangilworth7891]

Love da chess

[@thelol1759]

CHESS GANG

[@wesleymcbob]

play 10 min rapid NL we can handle it

[@bitterbatterdog]

I'm not mr. chess player, just mr. chess enjoyer

[@chrisdobson2730]

Something about the fact he feels the need to express several times per chess video that he is only playing for fun and that it's ok to lose makes me think this isn't how he actually feels lol

[@alenshirvanyan473]

You gotta work to get that mindset, it’s hard not to get frustrated after putting your brain through the wringer in chess

[@heikkisuora2500]

I think he's also reminding the viewers, many of whom tend to backseat quite a bit (which is especially annoying when you are trying to entertain while playing blitz chess).

[@TheLeedsBoyz]

Hello Mr Chess gamer

[@kakburkmedlingon]

more tjess!

[@JakobS92]

i love NL chess

[@Thorsummoner0]

is it time to reconsider chess and other games you can play in the fifth dimension

[@Maywek]

Hello mr brilliancy, I am chess gamer

[@bogoesthere3]

10:00

[@handsomebutshy]

How did you win the last game 😂

[@marcr94]

prognosticated, really?

[@dollybird98]

At 5:30 why didn’t you take the pawn with bishop then either you trade bishop for rook or you get your bishop out of there for free? Or am I missing something?

[@rintepis9290]

I am probably rated 50 in chess but here is my 2 cents: after bishop takes g7, queen takes g7, queen takes g7 again, and then king takes g7. So you lose the bishop for a pawn.

[@PhoenixLOfficial]

Ye it doesn't work when you say because the queen defends g7 but he can play it on the move after as the queen moves away

[@dollybird98]

Yeah sorry I meant after it was just annoying me, should’ve waited for the analysis to see the real goat move

[@ryananweiler6312]

Who's going to brick 7fabians pp for not taking the en passant?

[@aarong9128]

Chess

[@Trizzer89]

This was sooo bad compared to Gotham

[@marksolvent3259]

I’m surprised I went from watching your videos whilst being a few hundred points lower rated to about 1800 and although I still dk the coordinated I did find both the bishop takes to threaten rook and rook takes bishop with the double attack.

[@nickolasmatos3459]

Check mate.... Algorithm.

[@shcottam]

Dude, dont be so hard on yourself. Have confidence. Games are won and lost on blunders not ideas

[@greggoryabbey3714]

Yeah NL might have gotten a brilliant move, but he missed a botez gambit and he's bald so nope.

[@guvkon]

Oof

[@andymarkov8081]

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[@shqiperiaetnike3138]

Comment squad reporting in!

[@Linkfanoftheyear]

I'm going to keep commenting until you see it. You can change pieces to drag only so that you never missclick.

[@direpants9281]

[@pill0w648]

🥚

[@dangerlego]

t

[@jorgaan7627]

First?

[@aleksandraaleksgasic]

When they don’t take the en passant 🫠

[@etopowertwon]

Imagine not taking en passant 🧱🧱 Accounts of en passant deniers should be banned.