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Never mind, just got to next part of video, lol

Damn what do you use against it?

@ Against the 'classical' Caro Kann I just play the mainline. e4 c6 d4 d5 Nc3 exd5 Nxd5 Bf5 Ng3 Bg6 h4. You know the deal. However, against e4 c6 d4 d5 Nc3 exd5 Nxd5 Nf6, I play an unusual move which is Qd3. The majority of players play Nxe4 Qxe4 Nd7 Nf3 Nf6 Qf4 Bg4, which may look natural, but after Ne5 Bh5 Qh4, white is doing really well. I've never really gotten a bad position from that line.

Yeah I've faced it loads surprisingly, I used to accept and hated my life so now I just play e5 and try to punish white for d3 by taking a massive centre

Nope nothing yet, kinda sucks but we march on with the Caro account XD

Yeah OTB chess definitely helps with it, and controlling your emotions when you mess up (or trying to lol), have you tried much OTB chess?

@ChessCenturion Played in plenty of tournaments back in the 80s and 90s . Rated around 1800. Even got to meet Tony Miles .

Damn that's really cool, do you play any OTB nowadays? Wondering if things have changed that much

@ChessCenturion No, the 2000 World Open was my last OTB chess. Had a good paying job with weekends off, so I could afford to travel and play. Florida had great chess tournaments. Now I just play a little online, do mostly puzzles and watch good content like your channel.

Live poker is what I play mostly now.

Idk if you're in the Discord but I explained it better there

Sorry what do you mean by processing power? To get better at these kind of games it definitely helps to literally just watch UA-cam videos of people explaining their thoughts (not just a self-plug, people like hanging pawns and Naroditsky are great at this too) as well as analysing your own games and seeing why the computer wants what it wants. It's tricky to understand sharp positional games (which I would class this as) but it can be done

@ChessCenturion Thank you man, also I'm going to be watching you to learn about sharp games and their strategies, you explain it best, you are very well articulate and entertaining, by processing power, I mean I have great potential to becoming skilled at sharp games but it will require countless hours and experience

Thanks mate, make sure you check out the previous episodes if you're new to the channel!

@ChessCenturion Definitely am!

Yeah white did have a good game but tbf, the rapid rating ladder is incredibly underrated in general. Yeah I agree with that, definitely comes down to preferred playstyle in some ways but I just didn't wanna give him a single chance, obviously the computer will see something subjectively scary like the open f file and just not care but we have to play like humans imo. How's chess been since you were last active on the channel bro?

@ChessCenturion it's actually been quite good! Currently at my rapid rating peak because I've been on a roll recently

Of course bro, it's annoying af

​@ChessCenturion Stjepan (Hanging Pawns) made a video a couple of days ago where he showed the refutation, you probably know it already but i think he explained it very well so there may be a couple of things you don't already know there

that's actually on my watch list. I love Stepjan and have actually reached out to him about a potential collab. Always recommend his channel!

Haha really? Did the Vienna help you that much bro?

Awesome man, love to hear it! Do you have any specific questions about how to improve certain aspects of your chess?

@ChessCenturion too much to comment😭 but how do y'all find these moves so easily and calculate like even when things go wrong you still bounce back and I notice sometimes it might be because your position is so good almost everything is a good move

Hell yeah, pawns are the soul of chess!

Thanks mate, have you tried the Vienna yourself?

@ChessCenturion yeah actually because of your Vienna gambit Playlist,props to you it's a pretty huge shift from the London.😃

Haha love that, maybe I should go on a quest to convert every last London player to real openings XD Hope it continues to serve you well - the series and the opening :)

Haha appreciate it bro, never gonna have a perfect game and the occasional (or often) oversight is inevitable so you have to learn to recover for sure. Hope nothing is getting repetitive :)

@ChessCenturion I have faith in you and think you will have a perfect game. It is possible.

Haha very occasionally but normally very short obviously. I've got an OTB game tomorrow where I'm planning on playing a gambit

Ahh okay is there a way to fix that?

@ChessCenturion try going into settings and turning down the number of threads the engine uses. Might work. No guarantees 😅

Yeah it can often be a matter of taste taking on f3 or not, sometimes it needs to be done immediately and other times there's not much of a rush

Thanks dude

That's definitely a cooler origin story than mine XD I assume you got scholar's mated? Also respect for your service, I'm British but we need you guys now more than ever

@ Yes I was scholars mated indeed.

Hmm, you must be a pretty good player then?

@ChessCenturion no man Im 1000 rated but after watching some of ur video’s I got a lot better at middle game and went on a winning streak

Yeah I know right! I got a thumbnail designer and he's doing an awesome job

Yeah I did consider that but thought my line was cleaner, obviously missed that black can counterrattack - had I seen the knight move I would've hopefully taken with the rook. Rc8 is a nice spot too, I think the computer prefers my move but Rc8 is arguably cleaner, just feels risky to play XD

@ChessCenturion Thanks. I should point out I missed that it was check like you did, thinking the rook check would win the queen, I just liked that the rooks come off, which really did not matter as you had so many pawns ahead, but in an endgame, I think you want the rooks off when you are ahead. Plus, you did see that for as you said that is one reason you moved the rook there. It was a bit cute since he threatens mate, but the rook is pinned and can't move.

Hey man, make sure you check out my dedicated Vienna playlist if you want more reminding of the moves and middlegame plans etc, I think you'll find it really useful!

Hell yeah it is, do you play it yourself?

Awesome man, what rating are you?

@ChessCenturion Thank you for your reply. I've just broken 800 on a new account. Since rating points are really volatile on a new account I'm hoping I can keep it above 800. On my main account it took me like a year to get out of the 600s bouncing between 500s and high 600s.

No worries at all mate :) What do you think is currently holding you back from say hitting 1000 elo?

@ChessCenturion Two words I think. Middle Game. Haha. If not that, I'm not totally sure.

Yeah that's pretty common. See if this video helps you at all mate :) ua-cam.com/video/YYAOKqhmP6s/v-deo.htmlsi=GfYEwdM_RxlfEDY9

Honestly I've been destroyed by the scotch so many times as black that it played a big role in stopping playing 1.e5 and switching to the Caro, call it jealousy, PTSD I don't care I hate it 😂

Sorry I've got my other monitor there, forgot to turn it off when I started recording 😅

​@ChessCenturionim guessing you are looking at your OBS? Haha

Hahaha exactly mate

Fantastic, that's exactly what I'm trying to help with! If you have any questions at all just drop a comment and I'll do my best to answer :)

Thanks bro, I see you've still got plenty of videos to binge 😂

Get yourself some caro kann my friend <3

Tbf it's more common than you'd think, perhaps people dismiss the Caro kann as passive and don't prepare properly against it

1 step closer to grandmaster

After g4?

Hell yeah, glad you enjoyed :)

Hi mate so sorry I don't 😬 kinda forgot lol

Go check out my Caro kann pkaylist mate!

Yeah it definitely does, especially at a younger age. Im rated 2000 now :)

@ChessCenturion good for you. I have finished 2nd in my first ever otb tournament, is wasn't nearly as big as yours, but it meant a lot to me. Maybe I wouldn't be where I am if that tournament would not have happened.

Still though that's very impressive for your first tournament! Was it a local Congress or something? Those can be pretty nice

@ChessCenturion It was pretty weird tournament. There was no more than like 15 people and I think sever rounds, it probably wasn't rated, but at that time I didn't even know, that Elo existed.

After all, it has been like 12 years since then...

Dude that's ridiculously random 😂😂 Hopefully you played something a bit more exciting than I did lmao

@ I actually played a tarrasch as well lol but it converted into an advanced after Nf6 e5 and those lines are super fun gambiting the d4 pawn

Ooo nice man, I assume you won? Those lines are really fun

@ yes, he blundered a pawn fork and got upset and didn’t resign for absolutely ages out of spite🤣

Hahaha classic under 1500 elo chess there

Hope you have success with it!

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crazy progress

Yeah me too >:(

Hell yeah man, appreciate you :)