Turning Positional Advantages Into Material Losses (Chess)

[@shannons1443]

I can't wait to see how this vid plays out. Will he make attacking moves? Defending moves? Or attacking and defending at the same time.

[@Mon_Ouie]

I for one try to make passive and weakening moves at the same time.

[@UngodlyFreak]

It's even better. He did attacking, defending AND losing moves at the same time.

[@ChileanIggy]

Or is he gonna get weird?

[@ManyEvy123]

NL's recipe for 10 min games: 1)"We have plenty of time" 2) Fall 2 minutes behind opponent 3)"We don't have time"

[@jeremyjoe7494]

I started reading How to Reassess Your Chess. First rapid game today I got a +4 position and then lost because I had no idea how to capitalize on my amazing position. This title speaks to my heart.

[@Northernlion]

GREAT BOOK

[@notoriousquinnb]

This video title is how every single one of my chess games has been going.

[@YanLuccaCloth]

It's how my life has been going

[@artemischen4086]

@@YanLuccaCloth same😭

[@Eyeguy640]

I relate to that deeply lol

[@letthemeatkek3431]

chat accusing opponents of cheating while suggesting moves to NL during the game :/

[@BigBrando999]

It's not cheating since taking advice from chat is a disadvantage.

[@jfarrar19]

Is it really cheating if their average elo is roughly -100

[@noahhamilton9004]

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[@menpower1]

"Accusing opponents of cheating" is chat's default mode

[@Northernlion]

it's a natural response when you see someone making attacking and defensive moves at the same time

[@MrTweetumss00]

The accuracy was so low because e4 was the right move for like 20 moves

[@maurobianchin8862]

So I wasn't the only one thinking that XD

[@connorjohanning9604]

He didn’t realize his rook also defended the pawn before the queen he got so locked into the diag

[@OfficialMaxBox]

16:11 was so masterfully handled to lead the person back to their own statement.

[@matthewg5572]

love your tf2 videos, didnt expect to see you here

[@williammitchell6254]

@@matthewg5572 this man's been up in nls videos for years

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

@@matthewg5572 how have you never seen him here before

[@Brosephv]

I just discovered you like a month ago from levy stream and I have been binging your chess content (and other stuff) since. Much love keep it up gothKkomrade

[@VirtualGnome]

Welcome to the egg carton brother

[@sergiocanoalhambra1794]

Man I really love and appreciate the calm and the chill of this man fr like I just lost a game that I was heavy winning and doesn't even get pissed a lil, seriously man when i have a rough day this brings me chills

[@robolatfy7529]

Love the 10 min game mode. I’ve been playing so much chess lately bc of these and now GothamChess’s videos

[@AlunoECS]

Rapid chess is so bad tho. Only play blitz and classic in tournaments

[@alexkarns9295]

@@AlunoECS For intermediates, I think that rapid is best, because blitz is too fast to learn and grow as a player, and classical is a bit long for most people's schedules. But for tournaments, I do think that classical is probably the best.

[@Northernlion]

Levy is a legend

[@savithasanjaya]

@@alexkarns9295 when classical starts please play it and in online longer time controls are impractical I have to say that I'm guilty that I don't play 15 10 even when I had time to do so and blitz is ok for 1500 just play 10 games and bullet for fun I am 1800 and I do all of these

[@AlunoECS]

@@alexkarns9295 gotta agree with that

[@robinvik1]

This series got me back into chess. I have gone up 200 elo from what I have learned from you and Levy.

[@TheYognaught]

Me too

[@miniclip1162]

Ive gone up 600 elo... granted my low point was 144. Nl got me into a crazy good hobby though

[@Kirisame312]

Mr. Lion needs to talk to Daniel "shred open the center" Nairoditsky about a lesson.

[@hamaczech13]

Had a bad day today. Some chess is gonna fix my mood before sleep.

[@palstaproductions9557]

Same here

[@MrTigerpirro]

I wish you the best.

[@elch2315]

I hope you're both feeling better soon. Let the POG cure you

[@pfisbetterthenrush]

hope you're feeling better bud

[@deathlycosa]

I finally understand all pawns no hope

[@existentiallamp]

A beautiful title. Thanks for the company

[@Tristan-xs1sh]

5:13 Northern Lion blinks:“Wait did you see my screen flicker?“

[@TotalTimoTime]

NL pushing his A pawn instead of taking to open up the file and then later considering the Bishop Sacc to open the structure is the embodiment of his playstyle.

[@DivyeshVartha]

Yeah I understand the urge to sacrifice but not when a clearly superior move is available

[@svenpoelmans3688]

I love the way he laughs when he blunders, sounds like a man on the edge of going insane

[@Cgaffman]

At 3:01 couldn’t you have forked the knight and the rook with the queen? I’m kinda new to chess so I was just wondering.

[@lightlampdog]

Yup

[@annonymeandfish]

'lets go caveman pawn storm'' _ Proceeds to not do it

[@oat343]

harmonious bonobo pawn storm

[@LaserStorm117]

Love the title. Even though it costs you a lot of time, I appreciate you talking out your plans with us.

[@mateuscaldeirabrantaraujo]

I'm just spitballing here, but I'd love a Northern & Friends Chess Tournament.

[@gloryrod86]

chess tournament of shame

[@Pravinoz]

Don't invite me to pogchamps? Fine, I'll make my own chess tournament, with blackjack and hookers!

[@drigger225]

The problem is that doesn’t know enough people that could possibly beat him.

[@JefftyJeff]

NL roasting chat over move suggestions, while not spotting the knight move that will cost him his queen, is why I love these videos.

[@TheresScienceToDo]

At 20:50, after white queen goes f3, why isn't taking the bishop on b5 with black queen the best move? I can see it allows white to develop their other knight with a tempo but I don't see how they could turn that into a bishop's worth of advantage. Am I missing something obvious?

[@aluminiumknight4038]

I subbed for the chess, I love how you explain your thoughts and emotions and how I can relate to them. I will check the other content too.

[@miniclip1162]

Welcome! May the eggs misplays warm your stay.

[@rockincat12]

Thanks for the company Ryab

[@Patchumz]

TLDR of first game: Time management; PAWN BREAKS. No pawn breaks meant you had to sac valuable pieces instead of pawns to break into the enemy lines. Making that unbreakable line was a massive blunder when you had no time and the enemy had a way in when you screwed up eventually. Someone needs to (re)watch Levy's time management video.

[@jacobmaul6339]

36:46 what happens if knight takes bishop? if you potentially convince the king to take the knight you put pawn onto a6 and force the queen to back up or he doesnt take knight and you can either adjust your rook or pawn structure accordingly

[@bhabanishankarrath3973]

3:09 there was a simple tactic Qd4 forking rook and knight you could have won this one without playing positionally but as we say if something happens that's for good, just like that if you had played Qd4 it would have ended pretty soon and we maybe wouldn't have gotten this chance of seeing your amazing convertion

[@wtfpwnzored]

please show the lines when you have missed wins, that would be extremly instructive especially in the first super closed game to see how the position could have been broken

[@glitch373]

I've even started playing along with these on my physical board, super fun and informative to follow and finish games (that end in resignation).

[@Hab2320]

Blursed title Mr. Egg father. We all appreciate your hard work and dedication to being both a father and a consistent content creator. Keep it up big dog, and I suggest that you pump iron on cam after you win a game for the pogginess.

[@jacobmaul6339]

queen to b4 7:29 would that have been better first before taking or no?

[@Elijah-ed5xk]

Truly a golden age for NL content

[@jamesthomas6984]

I mean, I wouldn't say baby with bathwater, it's more like a tsunami that happens to be carrying a baby past you. Chat is 99.999% a no go.

[@thompsonharper4861]

I love watching Ryan play chess and I learn a lot. It just stresses me out whenever he starts to run out of time

[@liampriestman4090]

The flicker could be cause by freesync/gsync if you have that enabled

[@germanfuentes1967]

2:57 can someone tell me why they couldent go Qd4

[@mattgill5018]

Turning positional advantages into material losses could not be a more accurate title for the first game

[@silent_tsunami3855]

The title reminds me of the great saying for stock trading. Buy high, sell low.

[@helloitsme7553]

0:52 I think white thought of Kxc6 then hoped you would play bxc6 and then he would capture back with the bischop, check! and a check that forces you to sacrifise your queen

[@Riotlight]

I've just realised what the worst thing is about these vids coming from the twitch vods is. No "Ayy everybody!" Hearing that was the best part of my day!

[@deelan8664]

letting the queen take the rook in the discovered attack by pushing that pawn might’ve been advantageous as that queen can get trapped easily

[@jakemcdonald1542]

Enelle roasting chat is the best part

[@ldcldc6371]

These titles are actually so funny.

[@BulaienHate]

NL: This is where you resign to get another one in Also NL: Doesn't get another one in

[@Knave676]

Check your monitor cable for the screen flicker?

[@garytruman584]

The lesson from the second game is that the Queen is better on e7 especially if you plan to castle long, to avoid the pin. Also, you can just move the king to b8 and avoid the pin.

[@d4670]

“Spend time on making moves that are above 500 Elo” Me, struggling to get out 500🥲

[@miniclip1162]

Hey! I am not much better (700 elo) but if you need some tips getting out of 500... im your man!

[@Pravinoz]

8:16 The mythical pawn push that both protects and defends

[@ChileanIggy]

"now, let's get spicy" Oh shit. Here come the rojo caliente moves. But which way will it go?! We watch on...

[@TheRedHaze3]

13:35 You don't have to take with the queen, you could take with the rook!

[@אבנרמנשה-ת5ע]

3:14 Qd4 isnt a fork?

[@williambuckley4901]

Look for the pawn breaks after you come out of the opening. Shred open the center.

[@godspeed3149]

Egg will be the greatest GM of all by 2060

[@CssHDmonster]

northernlion had no chance against the real name player with a serious photo

[@AHybrten]

This man looooves closed positions

[@TJK0]

Don't have the time to watch this video yet, but gonna drop a comment and a like for the algo. Pogged out of my gourd for this thursday. Been playing League for too long, and watching you play is like a collision of worlds I've never anticipated.

[@johngleeman8347]

"Please, please, please," cried the computer!

[@timefororbit]

Count attackers and defenders, it's an easy trick and it helps

[@Theproblemdoc]

I have 120 hz set too. It really looks like the timers flicker!

[@KinG-tz5cm]

lmao in the notification i got i couldnt see the word losses, cant believe i expect anything else. blundered pieces = pogged gourd

[@teratoma.]

series revival poggers

[@poonanji6859]

Very good job on video and chess, Egg.

[@shrankai7285]

It’s evolving just backwards

[@TimJapan]

some of the pawn pushes that you missed at the end were difficult to see. I think you played well.

[@cobaltsky6872]

Must be a speedrun to POGIFICITY

[@fedecano7362]

I dont think the other guy playing super fast matters on the amount of time you have left

[@sanyokS1]

Nl really needs to watch that time management video by levy

[@davster1209]

1:21 am I losing my mind? Why didn't he take the bishop with the queen?!

[@Mark13512]

Because Qf7 is checkmate on the next move, and he had to defend against that.

[@ravendavis-bailey9296]

we all saw the hanging bishop right ???

[@jamesatherton6231]

Always pogged for more chess

[@Absolute.Virtue]

I love that your problem with chat giving you moves is that most of them are bad and not the fact that it would be considered cheating, lol.

[@dascandy]

Did some backseat gaming. Wrote down the moves that I thought would be good & checked it with his eventual analysis. I had a better move on 2 points, equal on 1 (but we were both making the same terrible move) and worse on 7. Egg, you not bad man.

[@igam4fun]

35:38 knight to B4

[@helloitsme7553]

its so funny cause your laugh is like a villains laugh or something

[@Flum666]

Sick Diagonal is the name of my zydeco band

[@lightlampdog]

At 33:58, ok, the chat makes bad moves, but NL still takes way too long to make better ones. As in the last video, I really think he would benefit from just slightly longer time controls and I don't think upping the time to 15 minutes all of a sudden makes the game ultra competitive like he seems to fear

[@coledorillo6685]

Titles are on point

[@TotalTimoTime]

NL you glance over the opening part of your analysis very often even though you play sub-par moves. If you want to improve your opening game, you should make an effort to see what the best move in the opening was and remember it.

[@zackm0412]

Top tier title

[@bookoftimes]

CHESS CHESS CHESS

[@neosovereign]

that first game was painful. NL so much better at chess than me, but he did not have enough time to go through those moves. draw was a great option lol.

[@jordyringoir8920]

I don't get why he had to give up the Queen to the Knight at the end there, what am I missing?

[@Aero_Silktail]

If egg moves the queen away, the white will move it's queen to b7 with checkmate

[@jordyringoir8920]

@@Aero_Silktail ahh I see, I'm just retarded

[@VTMovieMaker]

You had such an amazing attack and started to close the game down. Be brave egg🥚

[@yomommah]

In the opening of the first game.. why not QxBb5 ?!

[@andrewj8610]

if Qxb5 Qxf7+, Kd8 Qxf8+, Kc7. From there, white can develop the other knight with tempo on the queen, take on g7 and the rook will most likely fall later

[@corkfizzle]

epic, thank you NL

[@jonathankraig425]

some pog for the day

[@TheGlowEdits]

WOOO HOOOOOOOO NORTHERNLION CHESS VIDEO

[@ThatBroIsCool]

Great title

[@dig_deep_]

What about... you're in check now--how 'bout that? (Chess)

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

The title is relatable

[@Nate77HK]

Isn't it technically against TOS on these sites take advice from your viewers during games? The viewer could be using a chess computer, for example

[@Livestreamlurker]

I played a game not too long ago where completely dominated my opponent positionally. My position was like +5 with equal material. And then I hung my queen and flagged him.

[@TheYognaught]

If I excluded all my losses where I hang my queen, my win rate is incredible

[@augxman]

12:44 yeah probably...

[@blahtoausername]

Last night I played a kings indian as black and by the middle game I was up a piece and a pawn. Then failed to convert, blundered everything. It hurt so much I called my opp a cheat then resigned.

[@uwerlmi6120]

2:55 im throwing up. just play the FORKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@gavincrumley9305]

At around 320 queen d4 threatening rook and knight

[@eoinstanley1188]

@gothamchess would be mad you resigned

[@GooveG]

Algorithmic poggy