Well, at least we had fun (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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[@chess]

Welcome back! And that's all that matters! 😄

[@More_Row]

So long my love

[@JPK314]

Begone brand but also so true

[@vakari8507]

@@JPK314 what?

[@jacksonb9271]

Pog

[@therealchief850]

@@vakari8507 it's a meme, when a brand comments on something someone will say something like silence brand

[@NearoC]

The worst thing about 37:12 is he didn't even view the analysis. That could've been such a good moment of on screen realization. I gotta agree with comments saying please analyze more, I enjoy it as much as the actual gameplay.

[@roovur]

I would've been right there with him... I often just follow his train of thought and end up missing the same stuff he does. Analyse more, egg!

[@runeeee]

Sitting there hearing “how do we stop this unstoppable checkmate” hoping he’d laugh at himself in the review. Ah well, next time!

[@lil-cash3w]

bruh he resigned with 28.Nxd4, sad egg moment

[@truthseekercanada]

The chess equivalent of the pot play, amd yeah....im here for it.

[@zant1566]

37:10 This gives off such a melancholy feel, such a perfect move for a broken heart, so long my love

[@benmillett7403]

I feel like we are watching NL lose his mind playing all his games too fast and comfortably. He constantly makes rookie errors on SAP like this queen play that are the mistakes he never made which made him a pro. Now he plays the games like rookies half the time and wonders why he loses hahaha

[@jordanvroon7400]

so long my queen

[@adrensamoth4337]

@@benmillett7403 Let him do his pogging. Like the Americans say, if you don’t like it here, why don’t you just leave?

[@vitorodino9851]

So true

[@xavierlehew6746]

Pain.. Just pain.

[@ffdm]

37:02 Doesn't take the free queen then resigns next move I'm dead ☠

[@genieinthepot2455]

How is it a free queen? Edit: I'm stupid lol

[@contra1212]

So true this had me screaming

[@dingusrevolver]

Never have too much faith in your opponent haha

[@chrisdobson2730]

"Nevermind, I feel like I just got mated in 1", this is why he needs to analyze. He needs to be aware of how hilarious this is lol

[@belialbook5368]

37:13 "How do I stop this?" - He says, as a knight stands on the square that not only stops the queen's attack, but also allows the knight to take the queen in the first place.

[@z7e1r3o]

I saw that too… 🤦‍♂️

[@monthertheokguy7311]

that legit made me so mad but i cant help but laugh

[@jacquecilliers]

I thought it was just me. I went back to see if I was missing something... Nope.

[@chazwwe]

Had to go back to check it because I saw it. Then turned the video off.

[@Pattonator14]

I was yelling that the Knight protected g7 and also completely missed that the Queen was just takable lmao

[@rolettuce9654]

37:04 : "Never mind, I feel like I just got mated in 1" says NL as he mouses over the knight that can take the opponents blundered queen. Never change NL, never change.

[@laureloneiros1500]

my blood pressure!!!

[@Stranden]

That one got me too! I love these videos since i can actually follow them with my sub 1000 rating

[@m0002856]

I'm gonna die.

[@JoshJoshua64]

Bro I almost lost it when that happened

[@Realmadridcf171]

This is the reason why I came to the comments.. love NL but I can’t watch him place chess for the blood pressure sake

[@Noctarc]

37:04 that missed free queen was driving me crazy

[@binnieb173]

37:20 I would be lying if I said I haven't done the same shit 100 times in my games... but I was SCREAMING at you to take that queen. lol.

[@wesleymcbob]

I had a dream where i ran into NL on the street outside a convention and i was like "Woah NL ive been watching you since i was like 14" and i ended by saying "chess video today?" and he nodded and gave me a thumbs up. it was a premonition thank you dream NL

[@ShengFink]

tonight can you ask him for super mega baseball please?

[@syncroslicer]

Also can you ask him for more random games!??!?? I love the banter of playing a new game!!

[@piousmuffin5285]

18:06 This guy missed mate in one and instead decided to lose his queen and rook. Blitz is wild.

[@doubleyouteeef]

I'm losing my mind over 37:08. The fact that he doesn't see the queen take is one thing. But he would still be fine after by just moving the king to F7, since the knight is covering G7 and the queen would be covering F6. White Queen could check on D7, but Rook covers that anyways. I would have LOVED to seen the analysis for this one

[@thomashayden1001]

its still mate in two. Rook takes H7 knight is forced to block on G7 then queen takes G7 mate

[@eden3669]

@@thomashayden1001 but with the knight off e6, cant the king can move there to escape?

[@thomashayden1001]

@@eden3669 yep you're correct. Didn't see that. He ends up down a ton of material and probably there's a mate somewhere after Ke6 and Re1 check

[@eden3669]

@@thomashayden1001 i was curious since the eval bar at the end was all white (which implies white has mate), so i put it into analysis and it turns out you were still partly right - it is forced mate, but its mate in 3: rook takes on h7, knight is forced to block, the _rook_ takes the knight, king escapes to e6, and then the queen goes to h3 to deliver the killing blow

[@_-__-____]

The Copium gambit accepted

[@Waghabond]

"i think we had a pretty good game an... we had 13 mistakes 1 missed win and 9 blunders nevermind" comedy gold. this is why we need twitch moments

[@AlexM86]

Opponent gives his queen for free. NL: I resign

[@AlekVen]

I thought I was just bad at chess when I saw that Knight staring at the Queen and NL saying he got mated. Turns out I'm still bad at chess, but so is NL.

[@NearoC]

Right I was like "there isn't something I'm missing right? Pretty sure no"

[@AdamGaffney96]

Oh my god the Botez gambit declined in that third game I'm losing my mind. You don't need to be that embarrassed your opponent should be way more embarrassed, how do you put your knight right there, line up an attack on the queen and not even think about the queens move. 37:16 Speaking of Botez gambit declined.

[@Tocinos]

they prob forgot that the "pinned knight that can't capture d4" is pinned by the queen lol

[@extol2247]

13:17 motivational speech that I'll come back to because it hits too hard

[@IktaSol]

37:04 so much pain

[@thoop6795]

Inject the northern lion chess directly into my veins pls

[@oh_banana]

NL skipping the review on the game with the twice hanging queen is self care

[@FritzMeowstro]

I like how NL be calculating the line at 12:10 as if there’s multiple options to defend the mate in one

[@prussia9255]

The obvious blunders are funny, but that knight sac at 41:06 was actually nice

[@Tocinos]

that was horrible lol he shoulda routed the knight to h4 through f5

[@prussia9255]

@@Tocinos Yes I'm sure your better than the engine which says it was a good move. It wins 2 pawns and gets his queen active.

[@Tocinos]

@@prussia9255 you're*

[@william14able]

'I don't mind losing the pawn' *doesn't take* 'I don't have any moves left'

[@Ozziw162]

Seeing how the second game resolved in your favor reminded me how beautiful chess can be, how quickly it can turn around and open up. Thanks for the content!

[@theronerdithas2944]

Man goes on vacation, forgets how the knight moves.

[@jufgnarri]

Ryan's chess is like gambling: upping the stakes with lower time count after loosing

[@wacka.]

started this video with full head of hair, by the time the knight didn't take the free queen I looked like a northernlion tribute act.

[@DavidSartor0]

Haha.

[@dingusrevolver]

Everyone just GOTTA roast that missed queen at 37:10 :(

[@opiesmith9270]

Good to see the lad’s back at chess! Even when he loses, I find it very educational and entertaining. Oh yeah and so long my love!!!

[@Hawlk12]

Does anyone else notice how much time NL sacrifices to explain moves to us and talk to the chat? He would smash the clock with the same quality moves but he would be boring egg not fucking NORTHERN LION

[@fridgeburns]

Your chess videos are really some of my favorite videos ever. commentary makes me laugh every time

[@bitterbatterdog]

We LUL when you lose and POG when you win. As long as you're having fun that's all that matters

[@ryananweiler6312]

love watching these pog wins and the pog winning attitude when you dont actually win, fun all around!

[@Kingbobman69]

I need NL saying "y'know what we're gonna do here" followed by that scene of Peter Parker falling onto the cars.

[@NearoC]

Man you can't just drop 'I love lamp' and give me nostalgia like that

[@elliotreid7401]

37:04 We've all been there. We've all made that blunder.

[@violetstarsign]

17:42 The beginning of The Throw.

[@TiagoBLucas]

37:10 is the chess equivalent to the infamous Pot Play

[@blackfang04]

NL missing that blundered queen HURTS!

[@smoulderwing]

37:12 Not the botez gambit declined 💀

[@nich3897]

37:02 Pot Play..... 2!

[@tphecht1]

Chess content is soooooo good! I love this stuff. Thanks NL!

[@worthywizard]

I don't think I will be able to sleep anytime in the future after that resignment instead of taking a free queen

[@rustyshacklferd1829]

Miss when he played chess. Most relatable chess streamer of all time.

[@pacosomoza4739]

NL not taking the queen with the horse AHHHHHHHHH

[@LightLegacy_]

13:53 move queen to E5, enemy moves king back hopefully, capture pawn with bishop on E6. Easy win

[@mason.Anderson_]

Despite the blundered resignation, you gotta love the chess gameplay. Nothing wrong with making mistakes occasionally.

[@omhd]

We love chess and we love a healthy NL!

[@juicelord2684]

Egg

[@MattMaginniss]

Thank you for playing more chess :)

[@ChiliTomatoNoodle]

Pogged for the chess content.

[@vanderdekenman]

We love chess we love chess

[@fouraaaa1]

Chess videos on the channel pog

[@MAJCrAiN]

Your mindset is superior. Love you buddy.

[@dancingfishfilms]

love NL's energy in this one!

[@loganchilders8929]

I’m rated around about 1800 fide, and I have to say NL is one of the funniest chess streamers i’ve ever seen (not that he’s a 100% chess streamer but still).

[@Thelemonses]

37:14 so sad queen was hanging

[@Chimaera242]

Just got to the part where NL talks about him just being a guy who plays chess and not seeing the best move literally every time, but I already saw 1000 people in the comments all commenting the same timestamp, so either egg had a heated gamer moment after losing, or people don't listen to the commentary lol.

[@aleksandraaleksgasic]

Binged your new chess content and am now up to date 😌

[@peruman95]

I really wanna see one of NL's chess game in Levy's Guess the ELO and see what he'd say 😂

[@NATUREFORTRESS]

Loving the chess content! Thank you NL.

[@EveloGrave]

Wooo! I love watching you play chess.

[@Vulture2k]

.. Oof the being better with 13 vs with 33 thing. I will never reach my gaming peaks again. Especially counterstrike.

[@litapd311]

hell yea i always love chess content!

[@theodale1710]

Finally, the wait is over.

[@MrTheSmoon]

i love these chess videos my only request is please make it obvious wich are stream vod vs just 4 youtube so i dont get anoyed realising 5 minutes in that i had allready seen the video

[@BaconHat]

Consider playing 5min+5 sec increment games. That way it never really becomes a scramble at the end

[@zzane]

We live for the chess

[@GameAlicornLuna]

Me, a 700, watching NL snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory when he doesn't capture the Queen with the Knight.

[@igam4fun]

defeatist mindset

[@mattmckinney9594]

Loving the chess content

[@DemonicTaco666]

You guys think there's enough comments calling out the queen blunder or should we throw a few more in for good measure?

[@aleksandraaleksgasic]

Would love to see you do puzzles 🙏

[@SkyClap]

Chess + NL very good

[@TheBuckweat33]

God i LOVE chess content

[@user-ov3qs1hn8k]

When he didn't take the queen 😔

[@Chadworthy_]

37:09 so long my love

[@ddaarre12]

There's no way you didn't take the queen at 37:08

[@More_Row]

I almost can not believe how badly he played that 32:50 game. But I'm just a guy, or whatever.

[@JulianCentrone]

poggers chess

[@TheMasterMakarov]

pogging out of my gourd

[@atlasstoned]

KZbin chess is pogging out of control

[@user-iv6pp4dy7k]

37:18 NL is a 700

[@Idontdoitboii]

chess poggy

[@RozKounelakion]

Chess Pog

[@Anguished2]

checked the comments this is about to be a legendary vid to eat with my cereal (cereal)

[@shcottam]

Still love the chess. We are about the same skill level!

[@AOTSismyhero]

Lost 10 matches in a row today... called it quits after that!

[@Ducktaip]

More chess content huge w

[@LightLegacy_]

How do you download this version of chess

[@topnug7626]

I know theres plenty of comments already but geez man how do you miss that Queen at 37:04? And the fact that you didnt even analyze it and I didnt get to see your reaction to it is the cherry on top of the shit sundae.

[@syncroslicer]

Chess at midnight!!!!! Bet

[@KennArc]

Chess :D

[@CarlosMartinez-ch7xn]

Sap drought

[@VanityOrdies]

BABE WAKE UP NEW NORTHERNLION CHESS

[@Tomppanen96]

NL really needs to re-check how knights work. Jesus christ

[@xiricada7121]

YEESSS!

[@schlomi5978]

29:40 what happened there? why did the black pawn just move back?

[@lred1383]

the good ending: en passant actually gets explained, nobody dies on the crucifix of memes

[@mingaleg]

Holly hell

[@just_clayton7633]

is 37:10 worse than pot play?

[@tyusbro8063]

Very pig chess occuring here