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I eventually infiltrated staying up in material and was able to win by checkmate, but with low time, it wasn't recorded. Sometimes players resign and the game feels similarly ended early too, but a win is a win!

Thank you very much :) I'm a long-time subscriber of the Gentleman's Gazette channel and the tie I'm wearing in this exact video is one of the Fort Belvedere ties. This is the pale yellow knit tie from their shop :)

Thank you for the compliment. It can take a while for an audience to find your channel, so when they find it, then they'll just have more quality chess content to watch :D

It gets easier with practice. Against an engine, I still struggle with some positions, but against a human player, they are unlikely to defend as accurately and I can usually convert this. Keep practicing :)

lol I like to think of these things as guidelines, but in the Modern Defense, piece development is still important. It is just that the center is usually closed and this makes piece development and the value of a tempo slightly less compared to the position being open when a tempo could easily decide the game.

Thanks :)

Many players don't like giving up their queen. I've even made a positional sacrifice of my own queen in some OTB games in exchange for 3 minor pieces and my minor pieces can slowly outplay their queen, but it's very context-dependent.

Thank you very much; check out my other videos though; you can even filter for "popular" on PC if you want the videos ranked by most views.

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I'm happy that this advice helped you :)

Thank you very much :)

I'm happy you think so. A few more months will be 8 years since I've created my chess.com account :D

@@kesetokaiba Woww that will be a great milestone! :D

I'm definitely an advocate of IM Jeremy Silman's imbalances :) Also, yes the last week or so has been really cold even for here.

Yup! Just change your piece "design" to "Blindfold" in the settings.

You're welcome. I welcome good questions like that :)

Awesome! I'm glad you found this video :D

100% for both relatability and not making assumptions at the chess board.

Thank you. I wanted something slightly different and I may share similar story-type videos like this in the future :)

Yes, but mostly just don't assume recaptures. Be aware of all your options even if you will usually recapture.

Oh, I meant their Ne5 was a straight-forward idea to bring their piece to the center even if it isn't best. The c4 elements are much more advanced, so don't feel too bad about that part. The play against c4 is that the c3 pawn is backwards and is a target I can pile up against on the half-open file (especially queen and both rooks). However, even if white plays c4 to exchange off this pawn, they are still left with square weaknesses. Not only the a3 pawn, but also weak squares such as b3 or possibly even d3 which I may get my pieces to long-term.

Good question. I recorded the answer to that in the original footage, but then had to edit it out to keep my video at a manageable length. The reason is because ...a4? Rg7! and the h-pawn is too strong. After ...a4? also ...h6 is winning according to the engine, but starting with Rg7 is the human approach of anticipating black's idea and then preventing it.

You seem familiar, but I can't quite put my finger on it. Pretty sure I met you on chess.com ;)

Awesome! :D

It's really artistic. I like it a lot too. Chess can also be about creativity and artistic expression as well :)

Exactly. In-person an illegal move stands if no one catches it. In this case, we both just missed it.

@@kesetokaiba ooooo i did not know that!

GM Aman Hambleton is a Grandmaster for a reason! :)

You're welcome. Thank you for commenting :)

That's awesome! Very often, following chess "opening principles" will have you playing into the studied mainlines even without you realizing it. The mainlines are so well studied for a reason. They all have a strong purpose to them.

I love introducing chess to new fans of this wonderful game. I know you'll really love chess once you get more hooked like I got over 7 years ago at this point.

That's awesome! We had a similar start with chess. Thank you for the support; I've got more videos planned :)

@kesetokaiba I will wait for your videos because I like them thanks for making amazing videos ❤️❤️❤️

@JOMANABarghoth-t1h You're welcome :)

That's a lovely trip down memory lane. Thanks for sharing :)

You're welcome; thanks for the friendly comment :)

It's an important topic. Less than 1 hour for this video could save chess players countless hours later! :)

Thank you very much. I'm happy you liked the video :)

Glad you like how in-depth the game goes. As for moving first, in the past, white or black was able to move first. Chess players eventually just decided white to go first as a way of standardizing the chess notations for opening theory.

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Exactly lol

Hmph. (which is about the best reaction one can get out of Kaiba; you've earned respect and acknowledgement xD)

Exactly what black is counting on with this opening! xD

You're welcome :)

I didn’t know you had a UA-cam channel this just popped up in my recommended.

Cool. Welcome to my UA-cam channel, friend :)

There is actually a Queen's Gambit variation where a funny sequence of 3 is played to gain 1 extra tempo. How valuable is that tempo though? I may make a video on this variation in the future, but it is probably best to mix up the opening topics. Plus, I already have the video topic for the next one :)

Thank you for the compliment trifecta :)

Yes, maybe I should use ...b6 next time ;)

NM Sam Copeland crushed me in a game where he played 1...b6 (against my 1.d4, but I think he plays that against 1.e4 too). He had a new course on 1...b6. I didn't get the course, but I know a lot of the main opening ideas.

@@kesetokaiba Is it similar to 1.b3? Against 1.d4 I think 1 ... b6 could be an interesting way to get into a Nimzo Indian. (studying that Ben Finegold course atm and he goes for b6 in almost all variations.)

@@Geelse_zot It is somewhat similar, but I may even prefer ...b6 over b3 because that extra tempo may not necessarily be a good thing. I very briefly mentioned this concept in an old video of mine, but I have also considered whether to eventually elaborate and make an entire video explaining this concept more in-depth.

Is it because an extra tempo for white means that you can undermine their pawns faster​@@kesetokaiba

Welcome aboard! :)

Thanks xD