What's The Oldest Beth Harmon I Can Defeat In Chess?

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Chess has been having a resurgence in popularity this year so I have finally acquiesced to semi-popular demand and started to play a bit. First, let's hone our skills and get a little more warmed up and then let's conquer chess dot com one board gamer at a time.
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the horse moves like an L

[@LexTrew]

''You can play against GothamChess, if you wanted a free win for example'' The audacity of this man

[@TheWorldBelowDnD]

I love NL, but I also lowkey want Gotham to ditch the tutorial format and just destroy him now... Heck, play best 3 out of 5 for the proper video length!

[@Szanth]

@@TheWorldBelowDnD There'd not really be a point to it, we know he's a better chess player. So does NL. That's why it's a joke.

[@TheWorldBelowDnD]

@@Szanth I mean, so was my comment, for exactly that reason...

[@Szanth]

@@TheWorldBelowDnD Except when he did it it was funny?

[@redaffix7320]

@@Szanth Would love a handicap game and then another lesson based on it.

[@miguel7888]

30 year old man gets increasingly angry against 10 year old girl.

[@Saccharineworld]

"We're not playing against garbage anymore" my 800 self nods in agreement with a tear in eye.

[@normalmighty]

I'm still proud of clawing my way up to 700

[@Drazer012]

@@normalmighty Everybody starts at zero, keep on keeping on

[@genericusername4206]

@@Drazer012 no everyone starts at 1200 lol

[@virtualsnake1994]

@@genericusername4206 lool

[@juliuskupfer2118]

I'm at 290. If the 800 players are actually that terrible it would be nice.

[@Catman2030]

"You've got a lot of learning to do" He says, having lost twice after underestimating a simulated 10 year old.

[@joehemmann1156]

"We're gonna beat her on time" got me good.

[@xXOctoSquidzorXx]

"Lets play a little stonewall" *Plays the Leningrad*

[@georgecastaneda1779]

And there stood Lenin, like a stonewall, as his soldiers were pogging up.

[@GKinWor]

only 800 rating!! thats 4 times big brother runner up dan gheesling!

[@Alkuf100]

But Dan is like 300, the 800 players dont blunder with every other move

[@Northernlion]

the way ELO works it's probably about 40x better but who's counting

[@shankhaneelghosh4801]

@@Northernlion Don't do my man Dan like that 😤😤

[@dafoo3737]

It's these comments about Dan and big brother that keep bringing me back 💯 Never forget the legend

[@ben_burnes]

When are you gonna get a bot on that site? I want to offer a queen trade and see "LETS GET WEIRD" pop up

[@elijahamgast]

Whenever he says “let’s get weird” his icon should have red lens flare eyes

[@ben_burnes]

@@elijahamgast there are so many incredible one liners they could use. Also it would be nice to have some celebrities in their list that could possibly be beatable by mortals haha

[@koiiinu]

that would be P O G G Y

[@johngleeman8347]

@@ben_burnes You got no talent, you're flat!

[@redinator5]

“You don’t want the smoke”

[@cantbreatheswinegod4256]

This is the golden era of NL’s Chanel. I literally don’t have the time to watch everything I want to watch from him.

[@DEMillerEarl]

For real man, so much content. What is happenening, thought Luna would stop the egg energy but apparently not

[@colinpaton3304]

@@DEMillerEarl Dad energy coursing through the gourd

[@strangegeuse]

The golden era was when team unity started warzone. This is the platinum era

[@nopetellingnothing45]

Im also in love with NL's channel right now, but what you say is a bit of a problem, actually. I think NL puts out TOO MUCH CONTENT for us, or for anybody, to watch. I can't handle 5 hours a day of the best content on youtube!

[@oz_jones]

Just do a few lines of coke and you'll be able to do -anything- everything. NB: I am not a doctor. Or your mom. And definitely not a cop. EDIT: I just woke up, so I blundered.

[@exceisior3145]

My man taking all the time in the world when playing on a ten minute timer, but plays like bullet chess when on no time limit at all.

[@RainingArtillery]

it's because the bots move instantly. It provokes you to try to play just as fast and makes you feel like they're outplaying you even when playing dogshit moves.

[@adityamehra8688]

Says he’s not being rude then proceeds to call an 8 year old garbage classic nl

[@XY2Moroccoball]

I know where your pfp comes from and it's scary.

[@JohnSmith-xm3bp]

It's a fantasy character. Get real dude.

[@MarsAres]

"I hate how fast they responded to that." It's a bot, Ryan.

[@harryleigh982]

When are we going to see "What's The Oldest Beth Harmon I Can Defeat In Hand To Hand Combat?"

[@aristology6912]

Yeah that’d be a great fight

[@andersondaniel8667]

NL laughing at 800 ELO Me around 700 crying in the corner

[@beeeennnnnnn]

please never stop playing Chess

[@socccerdemon]

"A free win if you want" LMAO

[@Turtle828]

I loved that haha

[@sadbanana5896]

Shots fired

[@flackbyte]

This man needs to print a shirt with “If you wanna trade, let’s trade”

[@douglasquaid7550]

"In a way I think that might be a mistake , but it's a mistake I respect." NL 2020

[@WolfSoulMC]

Started using Twitch years ago, just to watch NLSS. Fav internet personality by far mile. Grew up watching during high school, overslept law school because of late streams (EU, kinda legal viewbot, when i passed out). Now graduated, still watching.

[@blazingpelt]

He's gone right back to only analyzing his wins

[@aClownBaby-]

Lol

[@JustAndrewIsFine]

Yo first Dan and now Levy, save some shade for the summer my dude.

[@FUTrading]

the thing about playing against computer is sometimes it'll just make a completely random blunder that no 1600 would make.. like moving the king at 31:25. if you can get it in a position to repeat itself it will eventually just make some random losing move

[@mooncalf_4534]

On the counter-balance though they can also make unbelievable chains of engine-accurate moves that no human below 2700 would ever even consider, then give their rook away as if that somehow makes them a real 1200 or whatever.

[@davidwillis7991]

@@mooncalf_4534 it is really hard for a computer to mimic human flaws. I'm sure they could do it better if they were programming their 1600 strength engine by using the games of 1600 humans but they might not have the money for that.

[@killermelga]

9:40. I took the eyes of the screen for TWO SECONDS and suddenly there's a whole picasso on screen

[@litapd311]

dangers of second monitor viewing

[@liammazzanti2282]

NL has a itch for dunking on children via chess

[@FeedingWolves0]

Repressed memories.

[@digitalunity]

"Why not play a real opening?" Hit her with the Grob, that's a real opening

[@PineappleOfDeath]

It wouldn't be an NL chess video without not doing any analysis after a loss

[@suddenimprovement7570]

This series really plays to NL's strengths. Love the commentary. Love seeing the dude really enjoy a game.

[@Pyronar]

16:15 Narrator: It was not the Stonewall

[@MegaD42]

Hey! As a real-life 700, I promise you we aren't as stupid as the 800 bots. I pretty consistently beat 1000-level bots. I think they tend to go overboard when they decide to make a deliberately bad move.

[@magnificentsultan1222]

Jason Dlouhy yeah i believe you.. i’m 1200 and i have no problem defeating bots at like ~1800. 17 year old Beth defeated me tho😂

[@aClownBaby-]

True, and I feel it depends on the bot. I can beat Beth 2400, but I feel like Beth 2500 is way stronger than she should be. And Anna 2400 is way stronger than Beth 2500. Idk it’s weird.

[@Bendetoma]

I love how you made her cry twice and then wonder why she is rude lol

[@crispin-freeman]

I'm from the future. NL has become a solely chess channel. Here's a title from one of the future videos to prove it: Luna (age 5) absolutely destroys me in Chess

[@timefororbit]

25:02 The knight was protecting the check square at E2 preventing checkmate (until you moved it away)

[@timefororbit]

37:27 Rook takes C4 (pinning the queen and attacking the pinned knight) could be winning

[@Jipni]

Chat: Analysis is the best part! Also us: 10 YR OLD BEATS NL X TIMES

[@ninjacell2999]

Bury me in a P-shaped coffin, for I am pog-ed.

[@DrZaius3141]

That was interesting. I feel that NL is a much stronger player than I am (1200 rating), yet I scored 1.5 in 2 games against 1880 Beth.

[@Simoniz07]

He probably would've done better if he wasn't playing at the speed of light :P

[@aClownBaby-]

Don’t underestimate yourself though

[@devanstockbauer5454]

At 35:16, you take the c4 pawn with pawn, and defend the c6 pawn with the knight, this allows you to take their knight or get a giant pawn lead.

[@platoiii5052]

I would kill for a Ryan Boetez sister collab. Pure, unadulterated chaos

[@G33KST4R]

Im just waiting on an NL bot that trades queens by turn 4

[@enbyennui]

"let's say, hypothetically, we do this" he says, while very much not hypothetically doing precisely that

[@hanklin2642]

Ryabot: *If you wanna trade, let's trade*

[@MrAlliancepwner]

loses to a ten year old 2/3 times, BETH YOU GOTTA LOT A LEARNING TO DO

[@rodion1056]

When are they going to add in-utero Beth Harmon so I actually have a chance?

[@csguy3223]

They have a 200 elo bot you can just pretend is baby Beth Harmon. He’s pretty hard though if you’re like Dan.

[@gabrote42]

0:36 I have only seen up to episode 3. The first one brought to mind two great quotes: "Is drugs! (...) Drugs are bad. Not good for kids" -Costava, Jorji December 11th, 1982.

[@evanthompson9159]

Anyone else feel that the elo of the computer is way higher than it should be? I beat up to 1300 computer but only play around 700 online

[@st2udent_650]

It is , the computers don't really follow a set plan like they should. I've heard they will start openings but will make a random move or leave hanging peices since the AI isn't very good.

[@DigitalHaze65536]

As you can see on this video, when they get 1700ish they can start being pretty annoying. The first few levels (800-1300ish) make frequent blunders to give you a chance to win. At the higher levels those blunders turn into mistakes, then just mostly inaccuracies. They are usually a little easier than a real person for each rated ELO, but they never get tired or sloppy. I beat 2300 rated Stockfish on Lichess (level 6) once, and threw away a win (stalemate) by blundering a won endgame once, but that was a few hundred tries lol. Chessnetwork (he is a National Master) has video of him trying levels 1-8 Stockfish on Lichess. Level 5 almost beat him lol. (due to a blunder he immediately recognized, crushed it in a rematch) Level 6 pretty much had him but he won because it resigns after 152 moves. level 7 edged him out, and 8 crushed him. 2700 rated Beth beat Gothamchess (Levy), edged him out. So yeah you might have to crank it up slightly higher than your level, but the computer always has a level nobody can handle :) (the websites don't offer full strength, you'd have to download it to play it at 3600 ELO) st2udent the AI IS very good, it makes mistakes so you have a chance at winning. The higher the level, the less mistakes (number and severity) it makes.

[@BurakBoraKapan]

Beth: "You're lucky I'm in alegebra class"

[@Xxdreads4lifexx]

Nl makes one move. 8yr old beth: “what is this, it looks bad.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@FeegmonsterFilms]

"now that was r o j o c a l i e n t e" -beth harmon

[@csguy3223]

Dang, I love the move the same piece 14 times doing absolutely nothing while letting your opponent dismantle your defenses gambit against a 15 year old child.

[@filipvujanovic7903]

loving these videos NL. these kinds of chess videos are really entertaining.

[@Crystal_959]

Egg you gotta stop tossing your Queen out for the sake of the trade when you can eliminate the issue without the use of the Queen. Like you could’ve taken the knight with the Queen earlier, leaving your Queen out of the enemy queen’s attack range, and then their Queen would’ve been captured anyway. But you took the Queen with yours and got yours captured by that very knight

[@Whatthetrash]

"You got a lot of learning to do." he says as he takes 3 times to beat a ten-year-old once. Just....wow, NL.

[@DisplayLine6.13.9]

I think if you get checkmated my the 15 year old her wining line is literally "You still have a lot to learn." or something like that. Would have been hilarious to for her to throw that back at him but when you resign the bots don't say anything.

[@TheRausing1]

“She’s off the board!” Was a highly pogged moment... I wish you were a side character in the queen’s gambit who comments throughout the game

[@Kilroyan]

NL beating up a little child and the child beating him right back up is the kind of content I live for.

[@cbwa_zurg175]

If you want a free win. Gothamchess: SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW!

[@TheRausing1]

Honestly I’m really thankful NL that you’ve got me back into playing chess. I’ve never been very good and especially now I really suck, but I beat a 1100 yesterday online and I can’t even explain the pogs that started infecting my bloodstream... I’m completely hooked now.

[@ECasey-fx2hv]

Me the entire time he’s trashing 800 ELO “:/ only 89 higher.”

[@violetstarsign]

I'm waiting for NL to play Dutch Defense in a real game and get immediately hit with the 2.Bg5. This happened in my first game when I tried to play the Dutch. I looked it up, and it turns out that it's a well-known anti-Dutch system--problem is, though, unlike the anti-Sicilians that are not good, the Bg5 anti-Dutch is actually really freaking scary and you will probably be destroyed. The professional advice by IMs and GMs is "avoid the entire position by opening with e6 instead of f5, there is no good response to 2.Bg5"

[@Mimwing]

I'd love to see NL get absolutely bodied by max level Beth Harmon

[@EDoyl]

10 year old Beth using the book resin

[@richaragonzales1355]

24:25 I didn't use an engine to check this but I think pawn take was better because it would pair up your pawns again and gve you a passed pawn that his rook would have been forced to block and maybe even sacrifice itself later on but when you simplified the position you lost that tension and allowed for less forced lines to develop. (Also you would have kept your attack on the then hanging g4 pawn )

[@jar8p2g58]

Dude how did NL miss the knight to e9 at 12:21??

[@rivanianx]

Until last week I hadn't played chess for 15 years. One egg boi later, I have gotten back into the game. Thank you, Enel.

[@thiccbuddha-nachampionsque9820]

At 33:25, couldn’t he have taken the pawn with the rook? Or is it bad to trade that at all? Sorry I’m really new to chess and that just looked better in my head

[@lilpiglet1989]

at min 20:23 she had a beautiful checkmate, knight g6# is beautiful. if king goes f8 its instant checkmate with Qf7 and if Kh8 then QG8 rook has to capture on G8 and knight F7 is checkmate lol

[@RainingArtillery]

At 19:54 wasn't there a beautiful forced smothered mate? 22. c5+ Kh8 ( ... Kf8 Qf7#) 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6++ Kh8 ( ... Kf8 Qf7#) 25. Qg8+! Rxg8 26. Nf7# Did I miss something because I don't understand why the bot wouldn't play it

[@johngleeman8347]

This is amazing. The computer taunting you is cosmic levels of pog!

[@GodChaos333]

Really enjoyed this. Kinda interested to check out queen gambit now

[@davidtownsend1999]

Loving this series

[@snevs03]

At 7:06 I actually had to pull up an analysis because I had an idea where you play Nd5 and if queen takes you have a fork between the king and queen to see if it was good, it's still playable if the opponent doesn't fall for it apparently so I felt good about that (I'm around 700)

[@AustinBB410]

bruh im a 650 elo and the 800 literally just doesnt take your bishop at all???? no way im that bad lmao

[@TheDamianEVO]

Honestly the lower elo Beth's are not as good as they should be. I'm about 1000 now, but a few weeks back when I started and was about 790 I thought it was much easier to beat 800 Beth than real life 800s.

[@RydenDaniel]

Low level bots tend to play good and then do random blunders to simulate how many mistakes an 800 would make

[@davidwillis7991]

They are slightly off in rating but the real problem is that their random blunders aren't human blunders. There are some captures that we are likely to miss and some we are likely to see and the computer just chooses which blunder at random.

[@Woodybelfortt]

I'm struggling to get pass 300 and he says '' a free win if you want'' bro I might just quit real quick hahah

[@hypercubemaster2729]

At 19:58, Bxa1?? Is actually an immediate game losing blunder. 1.c5+! Kh8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nh6++ Kh8 4.Qg8+ Rxg8 5.Nf7#. 1-0.

[@davidtownsend1999]

Can't get enough of this

[@subashchandra9557]

I never thought I’d see those words in that order on NLs channel. But alas, the golden age never disappoints.

[@trillian-g]

I'm addicted to this series.

[@zCrabOG]

Im fucking loving this Chess series. It's really just a timeless game.

[@IzzoSkizzy]

The way the bot makes you play to move all your pawns forward...really neat

[@kinglyknight]

Should have moved up the F fill pawn to block the discovered attack from the queen in your first 1600 game

[@partyslime5811]

Ah I see you're a fan of the Jaywalk opening, deli-ettiquitte variation

[@Enfirnity]

dat burn against gotham hahaha

[@Trevor21230]

At 34:10 Queen to G5 prevents the pawn from capturing your knight via a discovered check. Edit: he found it AND he liked it! I'm so proud of myself lol

[@Mashamazzi]

Rip if you had a heart, they disappear with edits lmao

[@Nekrotic1990]

You started this series without watching the queens gambit?!? What impeccable timing :D

[@devindevino4115]

theres something about this one that has me pogged. great stuff as always

[@etopowertwon]

This is the second video of NL not playing to the real people. I hope he didn't burn out. I want spicy chess, not bots or reactions.

[@Gunnar_Konig]

Stalemate is still the stupidest rule in the game. You have defeated your opponent! Congratulations! You lose!

[@bowel_movement]

In that first game against 10 year old Beth I think you could have prevented the discovered check by playing knight to e5 and then bishop to c4

[@Wewin42]

I just finished watching the big QG today. Serendipity, young ryab.

[@RobbyBobbyBoy]

I love the chess content so much

[@chaenax1315]

Yo northerlion playing chess before bed, best sleep aide of my life

[@kobolt8398]

0:18 Top Ten Anime Betrayals

[@cubesmarching2111]

Old man trashtalking 10 year old - the movie

[@Dinoczar]

A King's Pog opening!

[@Spyromancy598]

20:04 would knight to e5 save you there? its not in immediate threat and you can put it at c4 if the pawn moves, bocking the queen and its protected by the bishop at a6

[@sammyhuffaker8537]

0:47 crazy out of context

[@teratoma.]

LMAOOOOO

[@aqdjbcr]

I feel better about my 1600 knowing a chess KZbinr has the same rating as me and I just started playing again after 15 years without playing

[@aClownBaby-]

Same

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

What's Tomo's ELO rating?

[@stingersplash]

I've only seen the first 3. I assumed you had seen all 7 with chess coming to the channel. I'm not into chess I am interested in her story though. But I'll watch this.

[@SpeedGoodComms]

9:00 u should have just captured with Bc6 and then take with Be5

[@davidballantyne4492]

Do the themed bots change their moves up at all or is it just a standard bot with some emotes?

[@jonathanheffron943]

Beth Harmon has been confirmed a gamer by NL

[@kajuanweaver1607]

Beat the Christmas Bots😂