Tyler1 Just Hit 1900 Elo!!! (In 10 months)

[@GoatKnife]

I could season my food for a year with the amount of salt in this video.

[@BigFoxyChess]

You gotta be shitting me. ffs lmfaoooo

[@leonardopoop2]

The amount of jealousy is insane.

[@alexanderrose1071]

I don’t think this guy is being jealous. There’s something to what he’s saying. Other players have gotten so used to seeing the same few openings, and are conditioned to play a certain style. Tyler has gone the route of “practice one punch, 5000 times,” and it’s one that wasn’t even thought about until Anna Cramling came up with it, recently. As players adapt to him, I think he will adapt back, but it’s a fascinating way of attacking the game of chess. It’s different, and that’s not a bad thing. People just haven’t seen it before.

[@lynch42o]

what he's talking about you can also apply that to poker as well.

[@danielbattle7620]

Nah he’s hating a little. Talking abt the opening is just so weird and Tyler moves fast so he throws people off? Dude you aren’t getting to 1900 just bc you play a wacky opening and move quickly

[@danielbattle7620]

Nah he’s hating a little. Talking abt the opening is just so weird and Tyler moves fast so he throws people off? Dude you aren’t getting to 1900 just bc you play a wacky opening and move quickly

[@3looy]

@@danielbattle7620nah trust me i fuck up alot against these wired passive openings, it works in 10 min rapid and less i usually be better in the opening and middle game but i get to a time disadvantage and blunder the endgame

[@CrazyHorseInvincible]

He is the jackhammer of chess. He is unorthodox, aggressive, and relentless. When he blunders, rather than celebrate, his opponents seem unnerved. I think the number of games he plays is a psychological buff. If he's on game 28 of 30 for the day, the game doesn't feel particularly high stakes and it's hard for him to be intimidated.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

I agree. He just hammers away, I made another video about that

[@irollerblade13]

I didn't follow tyler1's content and still don't but hes proving that pure hardwork and dedication beats raw talent if that talent is working as hard.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

💯, I mean he nearly hit 2000 already so the proof is there

[@voltzrise]

Oh mann not only he is dedicated and have strong will power but a talent as well, no way a man could achieve some crazy shit in multiple completely different stuff if he just used hardwork

[@menuaunoe8237]

tyler is rock lee

[@awesomesauce2361]

He plays like an anime protagonist who goes to a school that specializes in "x" thing. He specializes in "y" thing.

[@newt2120]

he's the guy with no powers who beats all the odds and gets strong af through sheer hard work and willpower 😂

[@Celestiallava]

@@newt2120 mashle LOL

[@madnessSavior]

It’s interesting to see someone sort of break the traditional ideas and theories of chess. What is funny is that chess as a game really doesn’t have that many rules. We create pseudo “rules” based on the experiences of others. Tyler is essentially ignoring those pseudo rules and it throws people who have been playing by those rules completely off. I think rather than play by the pseudo rules other have created he has created his own set of rules and forces his opponents to play based on his ideas/rules rather than him get better what whatever else has traditionally learned.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

Yeah he’s definitely avoiding all opening theory which completely changes the games

[@ohmielevisope4237]

The answer is simple, just be better than your oponent. It don't matter if it's magnus or Hukaru, if your better than them then you win so you just have to train yourself to reach that level.

[@hayhorca915]

Whenever people play stupid openings i never really try to "punish" them. I just develope my pieces to the active squares that the opponent has allowed, claim the centre they probably left free, and just have a super comfortable game where its easier for my opponent to mess up tactically then it is for me

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

I like that, good, cool-headed way to react to those openings

[@acpliego]

Is "then" a blunder? 😂

[@fangiscool1]

Happy for him and hope to see more players like this. I dont like the chess culture of low rated players memorizing lines created by Gothamchess. Im only 1500-1550, but these players arent fun. But its satisfying to beat them considering theyre almost always disproportionately terrible at mid and endgame for their elo

[@DAR0k88]

You don't lose pieces at the start, so the "advantage" lost or gained by an opening is not actually reality until the moves are actually made. I notice Tyler answers his opponents aggression with counter aggression, and because of the opening, the opponent "should" have the advantage, so the counter aggression causes a slight panic when it shouldn't because of human loss aversion; people fear losing what they have. Then the opponent looks at their time and notice they are behind in time as well which adds even more pressure. Tyler's advantage is in closing out games which is really all that matters for elo; actual wins vs actual losses, not perceived advantages based on emotionless theory.

[@Zharkan16]

Most people play their opening quickly tho....

[@whyeumadbro]

You have to remember that by playing theory, you’re denying your opponent opportunity for game changing tactics. So by forcing your opponent out of theory - there’s gonna be more opportunity for tactics; which seems to be one of Tyler‘s strengths with all the puzzles he’s done.

[@carladams9345]

Are you sure you want Tyler1 to learn more traditional and more successful openings? If he is putting himself at a disadvantage now if he started grinding 10,000 games playing strategies proven to be more successful I wonder what his ceiling could be.

[@middlemanning]

You bring up time like its a huge difference seconds at most. Also Magnus Carlsen does the same thing he'll play weird openings to take opponents out of theory and they will also have "inaccurate games".

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

Maybe but he does seem to play very quickly - the difference is he plays quickly because he’s played the opening nearly 6,000 times whereas his opponents, if they play quickly it’s likely because they’re just trying to keep up and then sometimes make mistakes.

[@DHRUVYT09]

I reached 1500 elo in 3 months

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

That’s great progress, keep it up!

[@hayhorca915]

12:35 oh yeah its crazy how many 1600-1700s blunder nh5 to the queen in the London, even in 15+10

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

I know. I learned to go Nd2 from chessbrah’s London system series, so you can take the knight on h5

[@middlemanning]

If anything his chess is complimented by saying he plays his best in a mess LOL peace

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

Yeah! Some people prefer open, messy, tactical positions, some people like positional

[@KingPanda-lp5ir]

i mean i went from 0 to 1700 in 8 month with school and everything

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

Wow! What did you do?

[@eirik874]

isnt tyler like 30 tho?

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

@@eirik874 Probably around there

[@3looy]

Me too but 900 - 1900 around 7 months Although im not consistent, i stopped and dropped to 1700 but i came back and now im 1900 again

[@kwisatzhaderach9087]

The fella has worked for it his achievement is great, but guys I want you to sit around all day and play 700 minutes of chess. Elo doesn't pay the bills. He's in a very privileged position of being able to get paid to get better at chess. Lots of people could do this if they had the luxury of twelve hours per day to play chess. Playing really quickly is great too, but what happens in a long form game when your opponent has long period of calculation to refute your poor opening.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

I agree. I think your local 14 year old club player would massacre you if you played like he does in a real OTB event. 10 min rapid is hardly real chess many would argue

[@smb161]

Let’s see him do a puzzle rush live then. You can check out his puzzle rush attempts on his profile via pc. It’s actually trash. He took 20 seconds per puzzle. It was last year though, but last few puzzles he did a few weeks ago, it was the same puzzle ratings of Levy of Gotham Chess. Funny how this guys “loves” puzzles, but wont do a puzzle rush

[@KrMaCoW]

@@smb161 a bit jealous?

[@kdeas10]

We can talk about not having the monetary means sit down and grinding out chess all day as a excuse. BUT the real impressive feat here is that he can sit down for countless hours a day everyday playing chess without completely being burnt out after while. That takes some serious discipline not alot of people have. Tyler is truly the definition of hardwork beats talent.

[@JSavages]

he earned himself in a position where he earns money by playing games, why don’t you go try streaming? he earned it regardless lol

[@dg3872]

Its rapid rating, not blitz/bullet.. Still very impressive though

[@seife41]

?

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

My blitz and bullet are better than my rapid, I think it just depends on the player

[@dg3872]

@@WesleyPlaysChess From my previous comment (gone:'( ): The recent 200-300 rating inflation in rapid vs blitz/bullet are based on several studies with sufficient sample size, there will always be individual outliers. If you look at a decent sample of Tyler1's recent opponents it will give you a decent indicator of how big the difference is.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

@@dg3872interesting! I didn’t know this. That makes sense, I often see people with rapid ratings of 1800+ with 14-1500 blitz. I think I just play too much blitz and bullet 😅

[@JuneFaustus]

Haters gonna hate

[@danielbattle7620]

Nah he’s hating a little. Talking abt the opening is just so weird and Tyler moves fast so he throws people off? Dude you aren’t getting to 1900 just bc you play a wacky opening and move quickly

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

Obviously those are not the only things. But if you watch the video Gothamchess just did on Tyler1, he also places a lot of emphasis on the opening and on players not knowing how to respond / capitalize on his blunders.

[@danielbattle7620]

@@WesleyPlaysChess dude you don’t reach 1900 elo bc you’re opening is weird. Like people aren’t reaching 1900 because they study certain theory smh.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

@@danielbattle7620 Obviously, and as I stated in the video, the previous video covered the sheer amount of games he plays per day, puzzles, and pure dedication. This video focused on the advantages of playing an opening that brings people out of theory. No one is claiming that playing a weird opening and having a time advantage is ALONE enough to reach 1900.

[@end.olives]

Coping hard LOL

[@smb161]

Seriously…need to check if that dude is cheating. It doesn’t fcnk matter how many games you play. That doesn’t increase opening theory and especially all around tactical skills.

[@WesleyPlaysChess]

Well he probably has close to 0 opening theory, he exclusively plays the cow opening

[@tariqaqitoun6410]

I don't really think he's cheating , the quality of the games is subpar . 1900 aren't that good especially if they play too fast

[@smb161]

@@tariqaqitoun6410Yes he’s cheating and it’s weird. He’s “solved” 3400 rated puzzles that GothamChess’s Levy is still struggling on. His puzzle stats make no sense. It went from 500-1900 in a few months, which is great, but then 1900-3000 in a few more months? If this guys is such an obsessed player, his puzzle rating (avg of 1-2 min per puzzle, at the very high level) indicates he’s past a 2000 elo rapid, blitz, and even bullet. Some of the 3300 puzzles he’s solved in the last month, he did in under 30 seconds. Levy takes the same anount of time. If you look at when his puzzle rating skyrocketed to 3000 level, it shows he also tried out puzzle rush….and took 20 seconds per puzzle finishing at 500 rated puzzles max. He did so three times. This guy reeks of systematic cheating. He’s most likely either played before, or he’s cheating.

[@danielcillie1856]

​@@smb161why would he cheat only once in a while, thats exhausting. The man is pure grinding.

[@smb161]

@@danielcillie1856 Pure bs. He’s somehow able to solve 3400 puzzles that Levy of Gotham Chess has trouble on yet….he’s only a “1900” elo? There’s so many anomalies with this guy, grinding doesn’t do sht for pure memory ability. In fact, In doesn’t matter how much you grind, no one has the ability to do what he’s doing except less than .001% of the population. You don’t “grind” in chess, you evolve over time. By time, I mean years. You can’t condense chess into a study session, or even thousands of games. His puzzle rating JUMPED from 1000-3000 in less than a year. That’s pure, and absolute bullsht. He’s trying to be clever. Every cheater is pathetic, so wouldn’t put it past this guy to go the extra mile.