The most undeserved win in history (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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[@markocantdunk]

I know the chess content doesn't do well and I'm just one viewer, but I do love it and will watch as much of it as you put out.

[@TheAustinWyatt]

Big retweet

[@arrayofemotions]

Same!

[@colesensiba2902]

+1

[@More_Row]

Does alright doesn't it, compared to say Isac episodes

[@thecleg3324]

It doesn't do that bad numbers, just a little belove average, + he really seems to enjoy it so I hope he keeps them coming!

[@Roxas1639]

Sorry to hear about chess content not doing well. It is honestly what solidified you as my favorite content creator years ago, and I was stoked when it came back. I hope you can keep it going. If not, thanks for giving it another chance. To be honest, I love your other stuff too.

[@brokenzipper7125]

Definitely going to pile on to the "Seek a lesson from Daniel Naroditsky" discourse. I think the energies would blend really well and he is great to watch and learn from.

[@redcom25]

Not to mention, he coached MoistCritikal when he was having trouble with clock management. Seeing as how NL struggles with the same issue, it seems like a good place for Naroditsky to start.

[@JordanMetroidManiac]

1000% yes

[@Gelfling66]

I think a chess lesson with Daniel Naroditsky would be amazing. He is absolutely brilliant and puts things in amazing and digestible pieces. He's lower energy than Levy too, which imo is a positive thing, things can really sink in instead of being more jovial and less serious.

[@Ervalo]

I think he streams at too different of a time for NL.

[@Owbly]

Well you see, there's a problem with the time schedules, that would mean Danya would have to wake up before 3pm

[@Owbly]

I think NL and John Bartholomew would slap

[@bean_au371]

And he can see the future but’s a whole other thing

[@shcottam]

If he could get a lesson with Danya my gord would be pogged like never before

[@inbracedefeat]

NL: “I don’t know why I’m not improving” Also NL: “I don’t think that loss warrants a review” Also also NL: “I won when I shouldn’t have alright let’s review the game”

[@buster9877]

yeah i agree the games you lose should be reviewed the most…

[@maxketley681]

To be fair when youre on a losing streak, the last thing you feel like doing is analysing your games

[@sainttrish7544]

@@maxketley681 Right? People are forgetting that he's playing for both fun and content lmao

[@inbracedefeat]

@@sainttrish7544 he very specifically said these videos don’t get views but he’s doing it so he can get better.

[@chrisdobson2730]

He says no review on a game he blundered, because he lost due to a blunder. Then reviews a game where he only won due to the opponent blundering.

[@TubularToob]

Damn I really don’t wanna see the most recent chess arc end. You’re literally the only person who I find entertaining while playing. It’s like the perfect mix of above average chess gameplay with engaging commentary. As a noob I find higher ELO players a bit too much for me

[@plexplexington9380]

"I'm only good at bullet" "That was a bad move but in my defense I only had 55 seconds"

[@KillasStayFly]

commenting for the algo, I love the chess content, it's refreshing watching a non-grandmaster like levy or eric play chess, and your sense of humor makes it even better. Like everyone else said you should evaluate your games more.

[@willsenay]

Me watching this video: “Oh don’t worry just take with rook. Take with rook. Take with rook. TAKE WITH ROOK NOOOO”

[@kolyagonzalez-wiler4678]

Looked through 10 comments just to see someone else saying this. Felt like I was going nuts

[@Roxas1639]

4:58 for anyone wondering. Those are the sort of situations that make you wish he reviewed more.

[@FlipJanson]

I don't really blame him for not seeing it necessarily, but it's unfortunate he didn't review to find it.

[@butdutwut]

5:00 My brother in Christ just calculate the rook capture Edit: and he didn’t analyze :(

[@zoom3184]

no :)

[@bigbeezy5056]

Hey, guy here that only know how the pieces move and knows pretty much nothing else about chess... what was the right play there?

[@ASDASD-rl8dg]

@@bigbeezy5056 just take the e4 bishop with the rook

[@bigbeezy5056]

@@ASDASD-rl8dg because then of the queen takes it there is a pawn to back up?

[@Owbly]

@@bigbeezy5056 it's like this after the rook takes the bishop, the queen can take the rook and then pawn recaptures, but after rook takes queen the bishop can take back and material is equal

[@CopperAirplane]

Collectively, we can keep chess on the channel. Hitting like is a forcing move

[@Jack-dk7uu]

Checkmate, haters

[@OfficialMaxBox]

It's unfortunate to hear that Chess isn't performing. It's definitely one of my favorite series of yours, and you bring a very unique personality to the game. Maybe do some more collaborations with Levy and/or more? Or even have him do the coaching video with you, potentially.

[@Noelwiz]

Chess is one of my favorites. I can occasionally spot why a mistake is a mistake despite being bad, the streamer making mistakes is fun, great banter, and it feels like it genuinely improves my chess skill not that I play much.

[@asweatymelvn]

NL chess is just more fun to watch than other chess content because he's not a fide recognized master. The blunders and commentary are what make it fun

[@Doomclown]

Only chess content I really enjoy watching frequently.

[@JervisJack]

As a YT viewer I love the chess and love any episodes made specifically for YT!

[@shionk4209]

5:35 My brother in Christ, wtf was that?

[@antares2619]

I, for one, watch exclusively your chess content

[@justin2059]

Oh no, the pogs, the gourds... someone save me. A gourd can only get so pogged

[@Flixterino]

Your chess content is absolutely my most favourite of your content and what made me find your channel - I missed the boat when it was going on but binged it all a few months after you stopped last time so am really glad there is new content coming out again. I now really love the sporkle content too, and whatever that weird German quiz thing was???

[@khornebread3474]

I’ve always enjoyed your chess content. While I’m absolute ass at the game myself, I can appreciate watching someone who is better than me and has enjoyable commentary. I also use some chess openings/moves in other table top games I play and have had pretty good success there. So keep up the great content!

[@J-J-Jude]

what do you mean you use chess openings and moves in other table top games ?

[@khornebread3474]

@@J-J-Jude I play a lot of Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team. With the team I play as, no matter the mission type or terrain layout on the board, I have a set number of opening moves that allow me to set up powerful pieces for future turns or even a couple of gambits to sort of charge a piece out into an aggressive position and force my opponent to think about their activation orders. Basically creating forks or trading key pieces that can affect the end game. It’s not a 1 to 1 relation with chess, but it’s how my brain processes it, and how I remember my moves.

[@nikolaytsankov9066]

4:57 But why wouldn't you just recapture the bishop with your rook?

[@juhonieminen4219]

He thought his pawn is pinned to the queen. True. But he could have captured with his rook.

[@DMRElite]

You lose the rook to the queen right?

[@JxNPWNAGE]

@@DMRElite But then you can take queen with pawn, they take your queen with rook and you take their rook with bishop

[@FredPryce]

would love more games with longer time limits!! feels like it gives you time to think / chat more

[@MrMoorfrosch]

Honestly, the analysis is the best part of any chess video of yours. Just amazing to stop the video and guess the best move myself. The thrill of discovering amazing opportunities or potential pitfalls is just pog to no end. People have been asking for more analysis for forever now, maybe skipping it so much is one reason why chess isnt doing so hot right now... How about a poll?

[@guavaman202]

NL is my favorite chess-tuber, hope chess can keep showing up on the channel, I always enjoy his commentary on the games

[@colecohen4581]

This chess content is genuinely useful for a u1400 to see a similarly blunderous player articulate their thoughts in game. Like, GMs lecturing on super-GM games is cool too, but this is relatable and applicable (even if some of your moves are wrong)

[@charlesjames6173]

I agree with the other comment, you should absolutely do a lesson with Daniel Naroditzky. He's a much better teacher than Levy and you'd get a lot from him!

[@angelheredia6764]

Northern Lion I love you

[@samm6933]

I hope the chess content keeps rolling! It's the my favorite of your current KZbin content and I'm a damn lifer over here

[@DeathClawz]

I swear, every time NL says that him having the time advantage is very rare he sits there for a full minute immediately

[@fricraft1]

Love the chess more than anything in the world!

[@eed0018]

I actually really like the current chess climate where everything is so accessible for anyone looking to get better but I do get NL’s frustration, if he knew an actual opening he’d be so much better, or like, if he knew one trap maybe, you can still wreck people under 1500 online like that, and he could learn one by watching a short video, same way he got better at Mario 64

[@maxkho00]

His openings are completely fine. Openings are not the reason he is stuck at 1400. There are big holes in his understanding and tactical vision that he needs to patch.

[@eed0018]

@@maxkho00 He is usually lost by turn 10 though, it seems to me that NL having a solid plan that he can work on would help, if he wanted to play professionally though I would agree with your assessment, but you know, baby steps

[@grampaseri]

I feel like he doesn't do this because he finds it less fun. It's not the same game, but something like Isaac has well-developed "theory" on optimal play that NL historically will just straight ignore because he finds it tedious or it detracts from the fun and zane as he calls it. He's not a min-max enjoyer, and that's ok. Obviously trying to fit the square peg into the round hole here won't work and I think he acknowledges that when he mentions the better you are the less fun it is.

[@maxkho00]

@@eed0018 That's not true. If anything, he's usually better by move 10. Not having a plan is NOT one of NL's problems. If anything, plan generation is, I would argue, by far his biggest strength in chess. He often sees plans most 2000s would miss, and he is also never in a situation where he doesn't know what to do. Out of all the things in his chess, plan generation is not something he needs to work on. In truth, neither are his openings.

[@eed0018]

@@maxkho00 ok, my mans here is trolling

[@iDaVirus]

I've been making my way through your Isaac Rebirth playlist and ended up checking out the recent chess videos on a whim. Gotta say I'm really enjoying them!

[@novariii2457]

I let out a little scream whenever I see an NL chess video

[@mitchellwenzel9608]

I'm sad to hear that chess doesn't do very well, but I'm still glad it's here. You've gotten me into the game, and I'm loving every new episode. Thanks for making it anyway egg

[@SubPow1]

Just one more suggesting chess lesson with Danya Naroditsky! He is great, and the chemistry between you two will be perfect. Let's make it happen!

[@sintaxera]

I came for SAP, and now I'm watching your old chess content. I can't get enough, and I havent played chess in decades

[@gplog7197]

How does the chess content doesnt do very well its pog to always see some chess

[@ArtieMunsch]

Hi NL. Been lurking for a few months now. Came for the SAP VODs/content but thanks to your content I've gotten back into chess for the first time in well over a decade. I'm currently hovering around 800 up from 300 😅. I love the chess content and would honestly take the leap from KZbin to Twitch to watch an on stream lesson. I like that you're playful with chess even if sometimes it gets you into a pickle.

[@Tocinos]

10:28 Literally just watched this exact f3 fork when you were spectating Dan Gheesling's games.

[@moosecampbell]

It's nice relearning the game along with you. Delving deeper into it. We learn along with you rather than just being told " obviously this is the right move" with either no follow-up or insane brain tech

[@PDA9411]

I've never played chess myself but love watching you play, keep the eps coming and get a lesson too!

[@YoshiiSkye]

I enjoy the chess content, I find it interesting to watch someone at a level where they are also learning, plus Im ass so Im learning with you. Hope the chess content doesnt die off, I always spy my feed for it.

[@MisterLambda]

You name this the most undeserved victory in history yet you forget about Dan’s victorious 15 move game that had 3 mistakes, 8 blunders, and 2 missed wins.

[@SunglassesDouchebag]

Commenting for the algorithm and to show some love for the Chess arc, I missed it when it went away, and I'll miss it again if it departs once more. But understandable that you need to do what is worth your time and energy!

[@christianflora2316]

The devolution of NL's chess abilities is quite a case study

[@thefireofthefox1]

"We're going to start playing this like bullet" Next move takes 30 seconds

[@ikillsucculents4193]

This is peak Northernlion banter. "Ah the old obvious fork trick" 😂

[@AsianGM]

Poggy for the maybe eventual chess lesson

[@anazron805811]

is anyone else surprised the eval bar said he was down in that last game? It's why I wish he would actually do game reviews, they allow for really funny moments of surprise.

[@taintedtechnique]

The Gheesling strat for bullet is unbeaten

[@DevilishlyDutch]

I'm a simple person, I see chess I click. I also feel you on the getting better makes it less fun, like on the one hand: games being decided by blunders sucks. But have you considered: it's funny

[@Rosenator1]

A chess lesson would be pretty poggy, but I understand that the algorithm is a cruel mistress

[@savourydiamond3448]

"I'm not saying we win but we have a better position" he says after missing mate in 1.

[@Rraaup]

NL, I dont care if you're good at chess its class content

[@dilliedAlly]

sorry the chess stuff doesn't do as well, but I have been binging it all. i've even started playing some myself!

[@cocotheix2664]

Love the chess content! You could try to spice things up and maybe do a viewer tournament on stream every once in a while.

[@nathaI3]

I love the chess content please keep it coming NL!

[@TheOKAY]

I love your chess content, keep it up!

[@Youwanttodream]

I love the chess content, please keep it going NL !

[@derskusmacher]

Love the chess content. Understandable if this arc is over, you do you king.

[@aStarryBlur]

I've been pogging on the chess content since clubhouse games. I hope it's enjoyable enough for you to keep playing, even if us viewers are a smaller subset of the audience than you'd like.

[@Kenzamaka]

I love the chess content, mostly because it's nice seeing you play what equates to the world's oldest fighting game. But it's a series I enjoy less as you lose interest in improving your play and get salty. It's still like, one of the only things on KZbin as a whole that I'll actually watch instead of treating like a podcast.

[@carlhunchkins3818]

I really enjoy the chess content. It’s my favorite of the channel honestly

[@PaulHobbs23]

He's pushing his pawns. I'm pogging my gourd.

[@Blubb3rbub]

I never really played chess, but I really like watching NL play it. Kind of regret not being good at chess when I was a child, because I like to imagine I could have been.

[@explorerguy]

I started when i was 22, after like a year of playing, i guess I was roughly equal or better than NL

[@FuddyAndRy]

Please don't stop doing chess because you obviously enjoy it and the content is great and interesting.

[@CinereoTheRogue]

Your chess videos are my favorite of your content, and it teaches me a lot about intuition and strategy going hand in hand. Optimism and attitude! But also, if you want to be better at chess, play Go. Learn your openers, go further steps ahead, always be looking at the whole board AT once, it is its own creature, its own living and organic field of interaction and return. Know your strengths, embrace them, and know their weaknesses. Observe certain dangerous situations, like knight on a wall, and learn to prevent them steps ahead, be wary. Play more, make more content. You’ll be as good as I think you’ll make me! XD

[@CinereoTheRogue]

You have a good balance of games, and a good diversity and exploration of games. Keep pushing all the content you enjoy, … and chess… but really! Your channel will grow because of these things, all your videos, and the content within them, is largely what is attractive to your audience and potential audiences. Your commentary is great guidance and advice, delivered in an entertaining and optimistic narrative. Your videos improve and improve, and all of them gain you traction! Keep playing chess, to get better, to keep it part of your life and your natural rhythms, to keep having fun with getting better, even if its not performing on the channel, because yours and its success depends on making it comfortable habit and ambition. Just dont give up on it, and it’ll add to all your momentum, all of it as a whole.

[@nickysfriendkatie9506]

Northernlion could have captured the bishop with his rook right at 5:05

[@07forgot2]

my favourite vids that U upload! Ty NL

[@arksum6818]

Loving the chess content, you’re better than me so idc if you blunder, it makes it all funnier

[@JayclipseKain]

Well, after about a quarter century hiatus I started to play Tennis again and feel like 13yo me would wipe the court with me without dropping a set, no sweat. Adjusting expectations after all that time when past instincts want to take over only to realize you've changed, man...it's rough, but we're doin it. Loving the second coming of chess btw

[@MAJCrAiN]

10 years from now NL you’ll look back at this content and you’ll wonder why you did things purely for viewership instead of doing them because they made you happy. Take the damn lesson my man lol

[@nathano6277]

'The most undeserved win' Completely forgetting that we all saw Dan go 9-0

[@kadirbeneathmomoteh854]

Can't believe people are sleeping on the chess videos, they're pogged every time

[@xDesolateStudios]

Leaving a comment for the algorithm(TM) to support chess! While I love all of your content, the chess gameplay really hits an itch I didn't know I had until recently.

[@thoovnimheevnim989]

Really like the chess content, keep it comin

[@byronnakatsuka3585]

Hot take?: NL is better than he was when he was 12, the people he plays against now are just better than 12 year olds in the early 2000's

[@juhonieminen4219]

Maybe partly true. But he knew some opening theory as a kid. If he just would study some openings he would rise 200 points easy.

[@rawrinmypants176]

Hey NL, on the off-chance you read this, here's some advice, since you mentioned feeling stuck. I think if you really want to get better, you should start training with tactics puzzles first. Your positional sense is not the weakest part of your game, you usually just blunder a piece or miss when your opponent does the same. I think that getting used to the patterns that show themselves when a tactic is on the board is a good step to getting back to where you were, and then some. Also, I know you don't enjoy it as much but maybe a rapid game or two in your free time will give you more time to think through the position, so that if it arises again in a faster game you've already seen it once or twice. Don't give up!

[@snork_games]

love the chess, even if it's vods I welcome it and will watch

[@manykindsofgeek5906]

Nobody watches you play chess to see you gain fifty ELO. That'd be like watching you play Elden Ring and hoping to see an Int build

[@wesleymcbob]

"my chess content doesnt do particularly well" :( they are my favorite tho

[@atlasstoned]

Your last few chess videos have been doing Fall Guys and modern SAP numbers! We pogging

[@samlowrey]

Does anybody else notice the cat meowing in the background

[@atlasstoned]

I’ve been working through Logical Chess: Move by Move and doing a lot of puzzles (in addition to matches) and it’s been nice.

[@genieinthepot2455]

Commenting for the algorithm to realize how pogged this content is

[@mpspenguin2]

Prayin for the chess content to keep coming

[@AFPJ]

Commenting for the algorithm but also another collab with Levy for lessons would be highly pog

[@TheEnecca]

Love your chess content. i think its nice that you are not a flawless grandmaster because now i can still understand whats going on :D

[@Potbelly76]

NL and Chessbrah would be the poggiest of collabs

[@aleksandraaleksgasic]

„I am worse than I was when I was a little kid that still had hair“ 🥲

[@BrianGabin]

Love the chess content! As a much lower rated player than yourself, I enjoy watching your games and hearing your thought process!

[@DeanoMachino14]

Commenting for the algorithm. Love the chess videos, sucks that they don't do as well as the other content. Also post-game analysis is legit.

[@clarkwells3570]

Also commenting for the algo. I love your chess content. I especially like the older videos where you would go through afterward and analyze your games. When I first started watching I was rated about the same as you. However after watching some Daniel Naroditsky videos I’m now 1900 rapid. So if you do a lesson I recommend doing it with him.

[@mattmerrriss8244]

We are now in the third movie of the trilogy. I particularly enjoyed the second movie: the return of the shirt. We’ll see what is in store for us in “egg man thinks hard makes blunder”

[@cjchampion816]

love the chess content

[@Sawowner]

A chess lesson with Aman or either Erics would be cool

[@gulubdur]

One lesson would probably not really help. He would have to take a class.

[@telnobynoyator_6183]

the ROOOOOK you can take with the ROOOK AHHHH

[@viyami]

5:30 ...did you mean Rook to e4? This was a !?!?!? moment for me. Because worst case, horizontal trade. Best case, they blunder their queen.

[@ferr247]

5:35 I almost never backseat but not taking with the rook make me think for like 5 minutes why you wouldnt take so i just search that game and i was right that was a blunder and taking was best