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Gotta seize those opportunities ;)

Studies show that over 94.3% of Smith morra fans are actually wild eccentrics with very complex personalities.

You're an unoriginal man, you see a meme, and copy it blindly.

@@smhdpt12 ouch

Reid Pattis I also thought this was going to be against the Hammer when I saw the title in my subscriptions 😂

That's inspiring to hear, Jan! Best wishes for your chess improvement!

@@JohnBartholomewChess Thank you, best wishes to you too!

Indeed! I get a few random dislikes, but it's overwhelmingly support and positive comments/discussion in the comments.

@@JohnBartholomewChess !!!!

@@JohnBartholomewChess There is one dislike as I write: perhaps its CM KZ2008?

I’d love to see d3. Free development for my bishop. A nice lead in development and equal material. Yes please.

@@SuperYtc1 except ur knight cant develop to c3

@@valentijnraw The pony will just have to take one for the team.

​@@valentijnraw Eh you fan play c4 to control the d5 square and open up Nc3. It's a very solid position for white.

Agreed. Who sees that knight sacrifice? A strong IM, I guess. I’d never have even thought to look at that.

As John said in the video, the Nd5 sacrifice is thematic.

@@synchronium24 Well yeah it's thematic bcuz someone made it thematic. Someone like Tal, except I'm not entirely sure if he created the move

James Babkes I live 30 minutes from John, and I can tell you that the struggle is real. However, when global warming rears it’s ugly head, at least we won’t be under water.

In the Event of that happening I will be willing to accept your offer to Visit Minnesota lol @@jakefremont8726

They pay him I think.

@@edmorrison5645 Tought about that aswell. But hoped that he may have an opinion about lichess compared to chess.com in addition to that.

@@AnnoShark Direct quote from JB - "So, I signed an awesome contract with Chess.com that may very well allow me to be a full-time chess streamer. I can still record a bit on lichess as of now, but eventually 100% of my recorded/streaming play will be on Chess.com. I know a lot of you guys will be disappointed that I won't be recording lichess arenas and whatnot. lichess is a fantastic gift to the chess community, and I have only positive things to say about them. Please know that I didn't make this decision lightly! Ultimately Chess.com offered me a career-changing opportunity I don't think any other site can match, and I'm really excited to be a part of their push to professionalize chess (especially when it comes to streaming). I'll still be producing as much of the same content as ever, just on Chess.com." Fair play to the bloke I reckon, it's comparable to signing to a record label after blowing up in the music industry.

Thanks! I have a partnership with Chess.com and therefore play there for the most important, but lichess is a fantastic site, too.

Coming to Chessable soon, I just learned!

I don't think he can do that

By the way I didn’t mean getting the initiative but overall baiting moves to exploit weaknesses and players to overextend themselves etc... I just played this game as an example playing on all the ideas of founding principles people are taught. Giving them a big centre. I get this example would never work with high rated players but the fundamental ideas hear of exploiting what people think are good ideas. I think it’s very clear why my opponent made the moves they did and obviously blundered esp not playing Bd2 and then esp the recapture with the queen instead of the king. Also realize this is a ridiculous example but the game was: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.cxd4 Bg4 9.d5 Ne5 10.Bb5+ c6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.gxf3 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 Bxd2+ 15.Qxd2 Nxf3+ Then resign of course. Seems clear to me pshycoligically why they played like this. Get a big centre, avoid the queen trade, try to castle with check, recapture with the queen not the king, not wanting to retreat the bishop and maybe especially the check with the pawn guarding etc... I’m also only a casual player and don’t study any openings or lines but I do look over tons of GM games to see the ideas being played. I obviously understand some basic theory and am considering looking at more but I basically only play over the board and try to formulate my own ideas

I feel that John is looking for candidate moves first, and when he finds an interesting move, he then looks for possible responses from his opponent. Its a very disciplined approach and hard to fail imo. John always has a very clear plan and tends to stick with that throughout the game. If you play enough strong moves with a clear plan, your opponent will have to react to you. I think that is the main idea behind this approach. Its a little bit self centered, but I don't think that you will make many mistakes playing like this. I always want to figure out what my opponent is doing first and then think about my own moves. Make sure that I understand my opponents plan and that I don't miss anything. How can I stop his plan and manipulate his pieces to make my plan work? Refuting ideas. I feel that a player like Hikaru is doing that too. Constantly evaluating and adjusting. There are different approaches that will work, I guess.

@Think Thought I would actually pay for a 15-minute with increment game against John, plus analysis. Probably not this much though...

ugh how can you guys live with so much heat, it's 30 degrees here and i'm melting

I usually play in the evening US time.

Well maybe if you remembered the moves, you'd see them too, fool.