Regardless of whatever happens in the next few weeks, I hope you know there is absolutely no shame in facing struggles on the way to reaching your goals. The chase for any accomplishment becomes meaningless if you're not met with any true challenges - it's natural to not have things go the way we want them to, and it's important not to lose sight of why we set our goals in the first place. Looking forward to keeping up with the rest of your videos and I honestly have no doubt you'll get to 2000 at some point if it's a goal you're set on!
Yh I will reach 2000 eventually but forcing the time frame on myself seems to be having the opposite effect of what it should do lol. Thanks for the encouragement though
Spoilers Gigachad on posting the first game. This motivated me a little more to start my own Road to 1500 series. Been toying with the idea, hopefully I can follow thru soon! Great bounce back win bro, keep going.
The more you sit and think about it the less likely you’re to follow through. It’s like a cold shower, you just gotta plunge into it and see if it’s for you lol
Keep going man. Your videos have motivated me to try and get better at chess after I’ve been stagnating for some time. Scholars mate too funny though ngl, happens to the best of us.
Let's go man, great win there, solid and persistent. Was gutted to see you'd tilted back down but it happens. Your content is great, even if you switch it up in the new year we'd still love to see you play chess, perhaps we can witness another chess journey of yours, whatever that may be. Keep it up!
The answer is f4! Which you found. Great! Look at the position after 13. Be2! (The (!) is because it is the BEST retreat & also contains a subtle threat.) What do you notice, visually? I saw that the 2 B's with the N on e5 was very unusual. This is a signal that you should slow down & see what's going on. EVEN in a short time control game. I really like that you admit your error & that makes true learning, a bit easier. I agree that your trading of Q's is "wrong", but under time pressure, you could've done much worse. So, you found the correct idea (in analysis) & you let it go. Bravo. In the R endgame, it's called "building a bridge", which is what you figured out. Chess appears simple, which attracts people to it, but the more you learn = the more complex it becomes...to WIN games. This is an excellent video for those of you lower rated players who need to see how a smart guy LEARNS, all on his own (the engine speeds up the process, but the MAN is doing all of the work). In my day, I learned this lesson, waaaay back in the early 80's! Well done, again, young man!!!
You make a good point with the order of the pieces being weird when I played Be3 but really I should’ve noticed my light squared bishop dominated the centralised knight.
You can play unrated chess. That's what I have been doing. I don't lose elo and I can improve my skills. I recommend this if you want to play without worrying about your elo. Cheers!
its still really possible to get to 2000. Obviously you never show full games but you don't seem to calculate too much, you'll calculate a couple moves deep here and there but you spend most of your time thinking of themes and potential ideas you and your opponent have , which is great to do on your opponents time but at your rating I think you should spend more time calculating concretely.
@@motazawad1844 it’s definitely good up until a certain point but when your trying to get to 2000 calculating 2 moves each side and then just looking at the weaknesses and strengths in the position for both sides isn’t really good enough to get to 2000, your going to miss easy tactics because you stop asking yourself what your opponents going to do. You should come up with candidate moves and plans on your opponents move and calculate those ideas on your move
Na bro it doesn’t need to be complicated. I was stuck at 1400 following this advice. People add too much clutter into the way of thinking in chess. The more you can take out without compromising your game the better ideas you can come up with.
@@VoltzChess that’s the method I used to get to 2000 and it’s what most good players do in shorter time formats, of course you don’t need to calculate but it helps. I find when I watch you, you calculate a couple of moves and then go in that positions there’s a weak pawn but I have a strong knight, however in the position where your looking at the pros and cons there’s a tactic for your opponent which you missed, and when it comes to that position your opponent will find it and you’ll say how did I miss that, but you never gave yourself a chance to find it.
@Ggcccccffff Yh I'm sometimes lazy with looking at the opponents threats but this isn't because I can't or don't calculate. What you really mean is I occasionally skip the step of actually having a look at the opponents threats on my position. But in most of my moves you'll see that I check my ideas first, then the opponents and therefore I probably won't blunder. It's those innocent looking positions that catch me and most people out.
Regardless of whatever happens in the next few weeks, I hope you know there is absolutely no shame in facing struggles on the way to reaching your goals. The chase for any accomplishment becomes meaningless if you're not met with any true challenges - it's natural to not have things go the way we want them to, and it's important not to lose sight of why we set our goals in the first place.
Looking forward to keeping up with the rest of your videos and I honestly have no doubt you'll get to 2000 at some point if it's a goal you're set on!
Yh I will reach 2000 eventually but forcing the time frame on myself seems to be having the opposite effect of what it should do lol. Thanks for the encouragement though
That first game was too funny man, so relatable 😭
Spoilers
Gigachad on posting the first game. This motivated me a little more to start my own Road to 1500 series. Been toying with the idea, hopefully I can follow thru soon! Great bounce back win bro, keep going.
The more you sit and think about it the less likely you’re to follow through. It’s like a cold shower, you just gotta plunge into it and see if it’s for you lol
Big respect for uploading game 1! If 1940 is your peak this year that's still extremely impressive. Keep at it!
Keep your head up bro, we all make mistakes, you'll get there someday
Brother got scholars mated
Keep going man. Your videos have motivated me to try and get better at chess after I’ve been stagnating for some time. Scholars mate too funny though ngl, happens to the best of us.
Let's go man, great win there, solid and persistent. Was gutted to see you'd tilted back down but it happens. Your content is great, even if you switch it up in the new year we'd still love to see you play chess, perhaps we can witness another chess journey of yours, whatever that may be. Keep it up!
I think I’ll be done uploading daily live games but I’ll see what I can think of
The answer is f4!
Which you found.
Great!
Look at the position after 13. Be2! (The (!) is because it is the BEST retreat & also contains a subtle threat.)
What do you notice, visually?
I saw that the 2 B's with the N on e5 was very unusual.
This is a signal that you should slow down & see what's going on.
EVEN in a short time control game.
I really like that you admit your error & that makes true learning, a bit easier.
I agree that your trading of Q's is "wrong", but under time pressure, you could've done much worse.
So, you found the correct idea (in analysis) & you let it go.
Bravo.
In the R endgame, it's called "building a bridge", which is what you figured out.
Chess appears simple, which attracts people to it, but the more you learn = the more complex it becomes...to WIN games.
This is an excellent video for those of you lower rated players who need to see how a smart guy LEARNS, all on his own (the engine speeds up the process, but the MAN is doing all of the work).
In my day, I learned this lesson, waaaay back in the early 80's!
Well done, again, young man!!!
You make a good point with the order of the pieces being weird when I played Be3 but really I should’ve noticed my light squared bishop dominated the centralised knight.
@@VoltzChess
Exactly correct!
You can play unrated chess. That's what I have been doing. I don't lose elo and I can improve my skills. I recommend this if you want to play without worrying about your elo. Cheers!
Problem is it feels like people don’t play properly when it’s unrated
@@VoltzChess I mean sometimes people play below or above their level but it's still practice.
Never back down never what never give up
Qh5 is the main line from that position. Gotta know some stuff here if you are gonna play Nxe4.
its still really possible to get to 2000. Obviously you never show full games but you don't seem to calculate too much, you'll calculate a couple moves deep here and there but you spend most of your time thinking of themes and potential ideas you and your opponent have , which is great to do on your opponents time but at your rating I think you should spend more time calculating concretely.
you need to remember it is only rapid, personally I find his style of thinking/calculating is really nice it has helped me improve
@@motazawad1844 it’s definitely good up until a certain point but when your trying to get to 2000 calculating 2 moves each side and then just looking at the weaknesses and strengths in the position for both sides isn’t really good enough to get to 2000, your going to miss easy tactics because you stop asking yourself what your opponents going to do. You should come up with candidate moves and plans on your opponents move and calculate those ideas on your move
Na bro it doesn’t need to be complicated. I was stuck at 1400 following this advice. People add too much clutter into the way of thinking in chess. The more you can take out without compromising your game the better ideas you can come up with.
@@VoltzChess that’s the method I used to get to 2000 and it’s what most good players do in shorter time formats, of course you don’t need to calculate but it helps. I find when I watch you, you calculate a couple of moves and then go in that positions there’s a weak pawn but I have a strong knight, however in the position where your looking at the pros and cons there’s a tactic for your opponent which you missed, and when it comes to that position your opponent will find it and you’ll say how did I miss that, but you never gave yourself a chance to find it.
@Ggcccccffff Yh I'm sometimes lazy with looking at the opponents threats but this isn't because I can't or don't calculate. What you really mean is I occasionally skip the step of actually having a look at the opponents threats on my position. But in most of my moves you'll see that I check my ideas first, then the opponents and therefore I probably won't blunder. It's those innocent looking positions that catch me and most people out.
you need a photograph memory for chess
No lol
If you want be the best yes
U just need pattern recognition
maybe take a three break from chess. Calms me down tbf
chess is hard