Jansen's problem was his own time management... Dude had FIVE MINUTES left on his clock when he blundered his knight, taking only 2 seconds to move... That shouldn't happen.
1:15:00 Nelson: just moving my queen and rooks to good squares Stockfish: are you sure about that? Stockfish's evaluation is seriously harsh sometimes. I will say though that explaining the blunder of putting the queen on the unprotected e7 square was super instructive and very much appreciated. Highlighting the fact that the square was unprotected was eye opening because it didn't occur to me at all at first.
It's like watching 'Mission Impossible'. LoL "I just have to make sure I don't cause a stalemate", in a calm voice, "confirm that the king always has a spot to move..." TICK, TICK, TICK goes the timer! "And I see I can get a check and then a checkmate..." TICK, TICK, TICK!!! 🤣😂🤣
These videos are so helpful for me as a lowly 1400. Apart from the tips, it's kind of reassuring to know that a 1400 can sometimes put a master in a tricky spot/
Look for checks captures attacks, are there any checks, and if there any checks are they good, What about captures? Are they good and do they win a piece? What about attacks? Does it improve your position? Are you satisfied with it? Then you do it, also you have to look for maximum dangers, Like forks, free pieces and attacks.
151 wins with no losses and draws, that's some win streak! This NM has to be ultra solid and strong, and a bit lucky not to lose on time once in a while. Good podcast tho.
It's noticeable how the quality of the games improves when you get closer to 1400 rating. Games are harder, opponents start to find good moves, and in many cases, the games go on up to the endgame with holdable positions.
26:08, I think that's a blunder, because there's Nxd7. You can't take back with the knight because the queen on e7 hangs. You can't trade queens first because white has an intermezzo move Nxf6+, before taking back the queen. The best response is to take the knight with the queen, which loses the queen to Bxh7+, and after Kxh7, Rxe7, and Nxd7. You lose the queen and pawn for the rook and bishop, which is an unfavorable trade, and black has an exposed king and white has initiative. I think black is still better with the extra piece early on, but it's tricky at this point. I'm positive Nelson simply overlooked this line. And I didn't see it either until after Nelson played the move. Quite tricky to find!
52:90 'As a result...when the dust cleared...his pieces just happened to end up on great attacking squares.' And no one under 2200 would be responsible (certainly not in whole and very much in doubt as to partly) for such an outcome. Sure, at the SGM level it is controlled better. But still only in part. This is where one kind of luck manifests in human chess. Another kind is when blunders aren't taken advantage of. Despite all these well-documented instances, people still try to insist that there's no such thing as luck in (human) chess. That is definitively not the case. Even MC will look you in the eyes with astonishment and tell you that you are 100% wrong. If you don't necessarily require personal confirmation, then you can find numerous YT videos of MC affirming his beliefs on the matter. So quit trying to reify chess as a pure instrument of supreme intellect. Cuz it's silly. Don't get me wrong...the game does speak to concentration ability, memorization skills and other things we find important and useful. Unarguably. But numerous other games do as well.
57:16 The opponent was like if I let you chase around my knights while developing pieces then thats just bad so how about you take my fucking extra piece and we move on with the game and I will be happy with 1 pawn advantage.
i must've watched all your videos by now. I've climbed from 300 to 750 in the process. I've also beaten the 1700 bot once in 10 tries so i'm very optimistic :D
At the risk of jinxing not watching ALL of the video yet. I bet you get a loss by 1550 Elo. I know if i play Martin to much i play like him. Why i try playing higher elo bots
52:90 'As a result...when the dust cleared...his pieces just happened to end up on great attacking squares.' And no one under 2200 would be responsible (certainly not in whole and very much in doubt as to partly) for such an outcome. Sure, at the SGM level it is controlled better. But still only in part. This is where one kind of luck manifests in human chess. Another kind is when blunders aren't taken advantage of. Despite all these well-documented instances, people still try to insist that there's no such thing as luck in (human) chess. That is definitively not the case. Even MC will look you in the eyes with astonishment and tell you that you are 100% wrong. If you don't necessarily require personal confirmation, then you can find numerous YT videos of MC affirming his beliefs on the matter. So quit trying to reify chess as a pure instrument of supreme intellect. Cuz it's silly. Don't get me wrong...the game does speak to concentration ability, memorization skills and other things we find important. Unarguably. But numerous other games do as well.
5:58 ... Nxe4 opens up another line to e5. 9:51 If White doesn't use his rooks, he really doesn't have them. 11:45 ... d5; Bxc7 Rc8 also looks doable; Black then has two possible attacks on the queen. 39:50 Note that the pawn on g6 is NOT defended. 45:58 It looks like after ... Nd3, Bxd3 wins a piece: ... Rxd3; Bxc5, or ... Bxe3; Rxe3.
Yeah game 1. I stopped playing that opening it always gave me problems with bishops lined up on the corner. Nobody played like the openings I've studied so I never know what to do. Also I'd never be able to see how to checkmate with so little time on clock.
Could you please cut these live video records? for me it's more useful to watch them when they're way shorter, like 20-30 minutes. I don't have time to watch them when you're presenting a live session.
So many mistakes in second game: a3 is useless move that early, even bad if you castle short. Move order was wrong, Nbd2 should have been played earlier, trading dark squared bishops was wrong. Everybody plays London, nobody knows anything more than basic setup. Eric Rosen did over 3 hours of videos on that and people still refuse to invest their time in learning more about what they play.
