Titled Tuesday [January 2019]

[@SaintD382]

I so admire John's ability to laugh off defeat! He never gets upset, he's so unflappable. Great skill to have, I wish I could model that.

[@georgemanize]

You don't know people very well then. He gives subtle clues that he indeed gets tilted inside.

[@BenPickup]

@@georgemanize and you're dead inside :)

[@K0bbii]

Yeah it's very impressive how chill he always is i just took up chess and it turns out losing can really piss me off which is kinda funny thinking about it.

[@valensmann]

@@georgemanize Agreed. He puts on a brave face. Kinda makes me worried for the guy. He looks so sad nowadays.

[@tomeknaj]

I love it when John calmly says "my time is running low" as it goes down from 20 to 10 seconds, while his opponent has a minute and a half

[@Raudavatn]

These are pretty educational, John. A strong player playing against strong players, my favorite chess content on youtube :)

[@LlNGARD]

love going back to watch these till the end, it reminds me of what bad habits i need to look out for and core strategies that i forget when i haven't watched videos for a while. GL this year, hoping you get your GM!

[@BlanBlan19901990]

That first win was incredible, holy shit. Nice composure there.

[@jm4giv]

Man that was aweosme the first win!!!

[@yasir5422]

congrates on 69k subs

[@neilh.4385]

>_> let's get this man 420k likes on this video

[@lionsskyblue442]

hello john, I really like your lessons, I'm learning a lot from you - thank you so much, I hope you have a wonderful 2019, you deserve it: you are doing gods work!!!

[@SC-xh8ju]

28:22 "let me think what I want to do" immediately plays d4 lol

[@11pupona]

happy new year John, as always, the nicest streamer on youtube

[@BrokenG-String]

Happy New Year John. I look forward to another great year of team Scandi

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

20:22 nf6, kh8, rf7, think mate in 1 unstoppable, no?

[@KentuckyAnglers]

kg7, you get a nice attack but not a mate.

[@z17seattle]

@4:43 John, you were right, it was loose, check out this line: a4! bxa4 nd3+ cxd3 then qa5 or qe7 or something unleashing c8 rook X-ray

[@Gretchaninov]

48:35 Georg says "hi there". John types "General Kenobi".

[@adankim2232]

Hope you had a happy new year John! I hope your day is going well!

[@carlos16alva]

At the 1:01 game you play my chess teacher he said "john just plays to strong" and I agree with him.

[@Jim-fb7kd]

That first one though!

[@alexcretsos7340]

That comeback vs ahmadzada was fantastic. He maybe was too aggressive after winning the exchange.

[@chadthundercock1024]

That second game was fucking crazy insane that you pulled off the win

[@kimiemio]

Happy New year John !

[@christinap7840]

Waking up and catching a wild John on the run XD

[@RobbiePfunder]

lol the first game... just casually making moves with 2 seconds on the clock

[@TheRealBenJammin]

I've been looking at the Scandinavian lately and, FWIW, Stockfish seems to think that objectively it's quite dubious; in several ways.

[@threethrushes]

Wow - never seen JB blunder a Queen before. Glad to see he is human, after all! Still, I hope he makes GM in 2019 (or 2020).

[@balagopalb9558]

Happy new year john

[@josefkogel8726]

3:38 The idea of playing Qa5 and Rc6 is very strong here.

[@michaelfortunato1860]

I am as impressed by your character as much as your chess.

[@istvanmagi473]

John, I noticed that you have a tendency to get into horrible time trouble. Is it just in blitz, or in normal chess also? Thank you for the great content, keep up the good work!

[@sploshed90]

7:05 Bxd3 and he can't recapture, what am i missing?

[@vado4003]

you're right that would've won the entire game

[@crazyprogramer7219]

He said that in the video

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

Thanks, I was looking for that comment!

[@switchblad333]

IM Eric Rosen and John Bartho are my 2 favorites

[@SaintD382]

They're both exceptionally *nice* guys (as opposed to, say, the Chessbrahs, who are more edgy and raunchy).

[@switchblad333]

@@SaintD382 yeah, exactly. I like them too though

[@marcd3365]

John: at 1:24:24, wasn't Qg6+ instead of trading Queens leading something more favorable, or maybe a perpetual?

[@marlonbrando6615]

Love your videos, John. I'm also a john. Hope you're doing well.

[@tylerbrown9631]

44:30 I recognize John out on the street all the time. It's never actually been him though.

[@tceterex]

Indianlad is GM S L Narayanan

[@caststeal]

Hi john love your videos, I have learned a lot from them, always enjoy your chess content, been a viewer for 2 years now. I am rated 1700 on chess.com but I am stuck at it for over half a year can you suggest some way I can improve further I would really appreciate your feed back. Happy new year hope you the very best in your chess career:))

[@sterlinguini]

Play slow chess, think about mistakes after. Watch Johns vids.

[@z17seattle]

Awais khan do tactics puzzles, play slow chess, analyze your games, do the strategy lessons from IM silman on chess.com and you will be 2000 in no time

[@caststeal]

Thank you all for your help, i will try to devote more time into the analysis of my games:)

[@lbp_chessguy5640]

I'm 2200 blitz on chess.com. Just do lots of tactics diligently every day and learn your opening systems well. For example, as Black, I like to play the Slav Defense since in blitz I can play 10-20 moves of theory. Long chess games (>15 min) and OTB tourneys help tremendously with preparation as well as chess thinking in general. Also analyze your games without a computer after the game and write down the moves and ideas you were thinking during the game. Then use a computer to see missed tactics and whatnot. John does this after his games and I've been trying to make a habit of doing it too. Hope that helps! :)

[@herzwatithink9289]

Strange mate at 2:09:24. I was thinking win the queen Ne7, then that's no good because pawn takes knight = queen, then oh, it's mate.

[@ratherrapid]

tough to play best while streaming. Does JB constantly lose strategic attacking opportunities by trading off all his pieces?

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

Love the Isaac Asimov shout outs in the subscriber user names.

[@KayOScode]

My chess engine recommends the scandi as black. It even plays queen a4 usually.

[@TheDamien474]

Get new engine

[@KayOScode]

@@TheDamien474 I made the engine. I dont know why it thinks it's best for black, but it beats me Everytime with it

[@RBG9000]

1st game was clutch!

[@jhakaasplayer6453]

at 36:00 ....if takes f3....(whichever rook u move)....he can play qf1+ and then the mate follows.... :D

[@btdrunkartist8292]

3:50 Nxb3 and Qa5 after that would have been deadly if you played it.

[@darkb0ne714]

Why can't you not just take the Rook with the Bishop at 9:42? After rd3

[@ghostrecon3214]

Looks to me like he could have, but with 11sec on the clock he was probably just thinking about his queen

[@pianochess1882]

Maybe in the game against Andrew you should have moved your b6 knight to c4 and e5 instead of the d2 knight. That looked a lot more natural to me, since the knight on b6 didn‘t do much (and stayed there for the rest of the game)

[@basidhfareeth7757]

well played john

[@falperes8754]

(Chess) God bless you John!! VAMOS

[@youdontknow7190]

I’m watching the game against penguin didn’t spell that right I know. And I’m like John your lost he has 4 pieces pointed at your king and you have none. Can’t get out of this one.

[@mattimicusshufflizecki10]

1:16:03 even better Qxg2+ Also same trick at 1:17:02 Qxg2+

[@myrtnh]

I can’t Believe John missed A4 in the first game, that was quite dissapointing

[@pianochess1882]

1:43:52 why can‘t white play c3-c4-c5 then bring the king back to e2 and then to b5?

[@katkisedpikslid]

Nice Botez gambit :D

[@lislejune]

153.42 he missed knight fork on e3

[@dilyan-2904]

Puzzle rush is a drug haha

[@mrengler1]

1:21:03 what is the idea behind the f4-Bf3 maneuver? there's no rook on the f file, and i'm not sure what the bishop is targetting

[@SaintD382]

I see f2-f4 as an expanding/space-gaining move which bolsters the strong Ne5, and in some lines threatens to pry open the a2-g8 diagonal with f4-f5 (for instance, if the Black queen ever stops guarding f7). Bf3 improves the bishop by putting it on the long diagonal, while also eyeing the d5-square in case the Nd5 ever needs to be removed. I agree the f2-f4 push is usually more effective with the rook still on the f-file.

[@btdrunkartist8292]

7:03 Bishop takes rook wins instant.

[@Mike-cp1tj]

First game just insane you miss the tactic, see for yourself John 1kr5/1p3p2/4pp2/p1n2b2/P1Q4P/1B1N1qP1/1PP2P2/2KR4 b - - 0 1

[@jackjohnson7037]

7:03 Bxd3?

[@kalenpray1370]

When he said "Shoutout to your 5 year old" I LOST it. Who else is here in 2020?

[@kalenpray1370]

15:50

[@klimtkiller]

7:03 what was wrong with bishop takes rook?

[@goktrenks]

Nothing

[@tylertanaka661]

13:16 This is a really underrated FM Boi he is 2842

[@nevo13570]

That memory John.. Had to look it up for some reason www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=3365189 Same varitaion against Joshua Friedel, 2006, ½-½. Happy new year!

[@turtle207]

46:20 when karma strikes back.

[@haroldpawn1105]

how join the titled tuesday

[@Cellkist]

Get titled

[@perchik1]

At 2:30 doesn't e5 win the exchange?

[@istvanmagi473]

In the previous 5 seconds John explained why it's not :D

[@turtle207]

Probably it will win the exchange, but in a white favour :-)

[@perchik1]

Istvan Magi oh yeah, oops.

[@jimfedorowich8000]

Has anyone achieved their 3 GM norms but been denied their GM title because of their 2499 rating?

[@z17seattle]

You get it no matter what your rating I think

[@Cellkist]

@@z17seattle no, rating matters.

[@fredericdesrosiers7028]

What is the best way to improve as a 1600 blitz player?

[@Chess_Games007]

Stop playing blitz :) play longer time controls to improve your overall chess

[@Narwhalecraft]

Don't do drugs

[@detectivealien5994]

Push your H pawn. Every game.

[@JohnSmithEx]

Hire a personal coach.

[@unskeptable]

How to improve as a 1500 blitz?

[@GuanTones]

John how have u maintained the same fide rating over the past 15 years. it seems like u should have gone up with the amount of chess you play. Your rating is by no means bad but its just interesting.

[@valensmann]

Maybe he has peaked maybe not. Regardless, being an IM is no small feat.

[@reidpattis9478]

GGs.

[@antonsebastian6484]

My hunch is Indianlad is Anand

[@MsUncleKevin]

Vanqswisher isnt that the toxic as fck hearthstone player?

[@MohamedMagdy-qc4qk]

I am Bassem Amin from egypt

[@erikgrubbs4364]

such a great game and then a queen blunder at 141....He plays like me lol

[@john85888]

Love your material. But on Tilted Tuesdays, most people watch to see you play high level opponents. You spend too much time checking out other people's games

[@johnpost460]

Too swift

[@johntatum1951]

JB, you are too nice...kick those weird question folks out of chat...so you can keep your focus on the games....too distracting!

[@shonl8460]

Lol queen f1 1:40:40

[@sadboitimes9012]

Woahh first view :D

[@jamieblack1789]

Woah who gives a shit!