Playing Chess Everyday Until I Hit 2000 Elo : Day 288 

At 1:18 you can capture the pawn on D5. It is also theory/book and tends to give more open and easy positions for white in my experience. Just a tip since you said in an earlier video that you dislike the positions you get normaly in the french.

Its all part of the climb, you have an amazing gift of being able to explain & teach, it is extremely helpful for me to learn from. You are going to get 2000 & we'll beyond. I hope you keep posting vids after you reach your goal. Perhaps even be able to make a career out of it.... never know. How quickly you have gotten to 1900 is insanely impressive, takes a certain mind to do that. Respect & appreciation

Bf6 is a strong tactical idea, but it is also the sort of ideas that get 1900 rating players in trouble a lot of the time. If you evaluate the position, you will see that it is pretty equal. There really isn't a need for such a move other than to be creative. There was no way that black could have taken the isolated d-pawn for free. They just don't have the attacking pieces. So, ask yourself, why do you feel the need to take such risk? Even with a pawn down a rook endgame would still be very drawn and so would opposite color bishops. Perhaps it is a lesson in patients. Your skill level still fluctuates pretty heavily. When you play emotional chess, you often jump into double-edged positions for no real reason. In the end, chess is about opportunity. Knowing when to accept a draw is a big part of climbing the ladder. It would not only have given you a bit more elo, but also saved you so much lost. It is a very hard thing to overcome. I still struggle with it myself.

Great game today. The opponent was amazing. But you definitely bounced back from yesterday.

I'm not here every day, but every time I see you, your rating is higher. You are getting there. Keep going. Mad respect for the grind!

Hey - I'm around 1700 - love your content. Love your out loud thinking and reasoning. Don't listen to the hater. Saw your painful losses. It is VERY helpful for me to see you get two big losses. There are times when you see stuff I never would have seen; there are times I'm seeing something you're missing; there are times I miss something and you miss something - very very helpful for me at my level. Watching you deal with all the aspects of loss is very helpful for me. Thanks for posting.

hey we're almost at the same elo! let's get to 2000 together!!

How long until we get a piano performance intro

I'm currently stuck at 1250 elo what advice do you have for me to reach 1500 ?

Yo Apex chess, I wanna challenge you (in a friendly way) I am currently 1640 at 15|10 rapid. So before you reach 2000 level I have to reach 1850. If you wanna accept this challenge please comment back as I would then comment my User name. Thank you really so much for inspiring me.

hello

did you take the chess personality test?

retire?

you are just playing wishful chess, to get to 2000 just calculate one move ahead of a concrete threat of your opponent