Lol seriously. I legit hate chat I just can't, it's my biggest pet peeve seeing his UA-cam content where he's interacting with them, 99% of the time it's dumbass back seating. Aaaagh drives me insane and it's not even me playing!
@@ColdMetalz Are we watching the same videos? Sure chat says dumb shit in CHESS, but I bet like half of them are saying it ironically. Backseating in other series is very warranted, NL does dumb shit all the time.
@@ColdMetalz Exactly, I really hate chat. I have this (might be wrong) feeling that they're all a bunch of socially awkward boys who donate money to someone that they want to call their friend and feel like they connect with 'streamer'. They even call him daddy, which is just ugh. Kinda off putting that suddenly we're getting like 90% twitch vod's.
@@ColdMetalz I feel the same way. I think as someone else mentioned, people are saying it "ironically", but some really believe it's a good move. That's what actually kills me.
Hey, pls make a tournament of chess streamers who are over-qualified in pogchamps. 1100 to 1600 rating tournament. Perhaps invite the previous champs in pogchamps, more like a championship cycle. Every after 3 seasons of pogchamps.
BOTH GAMES WERE SO POG. The first was so methodical, so exact and that queen move at the end was super fun as well. Loving how much you've improved. Great job!!!
I was worried when I saw the time, but those two games were some of the best chess I've ever seen. You're talkative personality makes it so much easier to watch and understand your thought process than most other chess-tubers. That pawn take queen gambit was something to behold
38:17 "Beautiful sequence but it achieved nothing" made the engine best move, traded queens and a rook whilst gaining a pawn and a 10 times better position with a -4.56 point advantage
That move in the second game was awesome. Forget the memes that was actually an incredible move that you should be proud of. Chat says it accomplished nothing but in that position where the opponent seemed to have a plan to begin checking you and taking pieces you sacked your queen to come out the other side even and stop his attack
I found NL in med school via Let’s Look At, watched an embarrassing amount of Isaac, fell off during residency, and rediscovered through chess now 7 years later in my last year of fellowship. Could always count on NL to help me relax
@@sabin129 first year student at Lecom. He got me through a lot of stuff between undergrad and where I am now. As dumb as it sounds, his content helped me with my depression. Just wanted to let him know just how much he helps some of us out by distracting us from life.
@@franderlyacosta691 Yeah I saw too that it was fishy. Stockfish says it's still like -6 because black has so many pawns the knight just can't stop them, but I'd be really scared to try and play for a win as black.
I appreciate that you are in the chess scene on youtube despite not being highly rated(compared to others) it gives a lot of novice players like me a good feeling idk why
These games had some incredible lines, pogged for more! Never thought I'd be watching chess on UA-cam, especially after a 20 year break from playing. Between NL and Levy, these last couple of weeks have been extremely entertaining and informative.. and playing great games while commentating too.. Wow!
The first game was nice to watch, the 2nd game was super duper awesome. I'm so bad at chess I am not brave enough to play against my friends but watching you is so much fun. :) Thanks NL, may chess become another Isaac
22:00 about playing e6 before the Bishop is out: Yeah generally, but this just transposes into the French with an extra tempo, so you can't be too mad about it: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nf3 and you are up a tempo.
Imagine waking up in the year of 2021 to face none other than former-GM, too-strong-for-Pogchamps Ryan "Northern" Letourneau over the chess-squares. Chances? You'll be lucky to walk with your life, kid.
41:06 so sick. I don’t remember Pre-slump NL playing stuff like that. You were stuck in a local maximum. Had to go through the valley to get to a higher peak
That queen sac attack was awesome. Looking forward to Agadmator reviewing that game soon! Chat needs a 5 second delay before posting move suggestions or something, so they can realise why they're bad moves.
That whole gambit to take his queen was beautiful man. I aint too experienced in chess but his queen had you by the sack. so, mad respect on pulling that off
I enjoy watching him play, he plays averagely in a very good fashion, I can understand his chess more than I can understand the masters' chess who play wild in a way that is hard to follow.
Generally with queens off of the board, the more centralized your king is the better since king safety isn't that important since the primary attacking piece, the queen, is gone.
I am a chess noob so the answer may be obvious, but can someone explain to me why at around 27:00, NL never even considered doing Qxb2? I would think that it's a somewhat strong move since it cannot be easily reciprocated. The only good response to it that I can see is castling, which was always a possibility anyway.
Strange question, at 23:45, NL didn't want to move his queen to B6 because of the potential of the enemy knight moving to A4. If that played out and then NL moved his bishop to F2 and the king moved to E2 and NL moved his queen to E3, is that Check Mate. Not saying NL missed it, I was looking at the board for a long time before I saw it, I am just wondering if I that is actually Mate.
You play the Caro-Kann?! Subscribed. Solid, very easy to understand opening, and very comfortable to play for black. My go-to move when I want to be safe.
Anybody else get triggered @ 38:18 when chat said: Beautiful sequence but accomplished nothing. That was both exciting and game winning chess NL. I loved it.
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I cannot believe he didn't use the Levy Rozman technique of hiding an extra queen up his sleeve. Shame on you, NL, I'll be at the bar.
Dont forget the library
Stabbing your opponent in the face repeatedly is even more powerful and he didn't do that either, NL really showing a lot of restraint here
NL thinks he’s good but he just looks like a James Bishop to me
@@geordanmuether5739 damn, not even eye contact?
@@saberaxe "It's always good to know our opponent's address.." - Yasser Seirawan, Learning How to Attack with GM Yasser Seirawan
NL heckling chat for suggesting terrible moves is the best
Lol seriously. I legit hate chat I just can't, it's my biggest pet peeve seeing his UA-cam content where he's interacting with them, 99% of the time it's dumbass back seating. Aaaagh drives me insane and it's not even me playing!
@@ColdMetalz Are we watching the same videos? Sure chat says dumb shit in CHESS, but I bet like half of them are saying it ironically.
Backseating in other series is very warranted, NL does dumb shit all the time.
@@ColdMetalz Exactly, I really hate chat. I have this (might be wrong) feeling that they're all a bunch of socially awkward boys who donate money to someone that they want to call their friend and feel like they connect with 'streamer'. They even call him daddy, which is just ugh.
Kinda off putting that suddenly we're getting like 90% twitch vod's.
@@o0die I think you're taking this too seriously. Interacting with chat is part of the show that NL puts up to pay his bills.
@@ColdMetalz I feel the same way. I think as someone else mentioned, people are saying it "ironically", but some really believe it's a good move. That's what actually kills me.
„You don’t have a piece that moves diagonally“ this man was looking 20 moves into the future when NL loses his bishop
nah that guy was just on move 7 while NL was on move 3
NL was describing a scenario where he gave up his last bishop then said it opens up diagonals.
The dude was pointing out a variation where NL said he would win the diagonal withouth realizing he would no longer have a bishop at the end of it
Kings move diagonally...
@@MrMannnMannn you smart you loyal
What an offensively defensive move! Unbelievable!
NL could have been a master, for real.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN *COULD HAVE BEEN*
His career is not over okay let us dream.
Hey, pls make a tournament of chess streamers who are over-qualified in pogchamps. 1100 to 1600 rating tournament. Perhaps invite the previous champs in pogchamps, more like a championship cycle. Every after 3 seasons of pogchamps.
You know he’s good when *Chess itself* says he could be a master :O
@@noone-qu5ec Why did @no one come up with this idea?
@@noone-qu5ec pogchamp champs when
The guy Hikaru said was a "strong player" is back with more absolutely pogged chess content.
When was that? I misses it.
@@policom92 when Hikaru was asked on stream why NL isn't in pogchamps he said that NL is "really strong"
Hikaru piloting Dan while Levi pilots Ryan when!?
Is there a clip of this anywhere?
@@TheWorldBelowDnD I would ppv that match.
Unironically godlike play with the queen sacrifice thing, brilliant move in my book
loved it too.
I appreciate your username
BOTH GAMES WERE SO POG. The first was so methodical, so exact and that queen move at the end was super fun as well. Loving how much you've improved. Great job!!!
Chat's insistence on forking a knight with a knight was hilarious.
I assumed they were looking at the rook-king fork, and missing the knight altogether.
Dan moment
Forkicity
"Take the king with your knight."
I was thinking b5 first
This comeback arc is enthralling.
Great word choice, and I agree.
One lesson with Levy and now its all 97% accuracy games and correct queen sacs
Also taking over the habit of calling out chat for bad moves
@Qimodis wrong, next
dude, he got weird with it AND IT WAS THE BEST MOVE
NL making that unbelievably pogged Queen sac: It would be extremely painful... for you!
The last lesson jump-started Egg's chess engine something FIERCE
IKR when I watched this I was like wtf happened during that lesson, something inside of him woke up lol
call an ambulance -- BUT NOT FOR ME
@@Northernlion You speak in meme language eggbog
I absolutely love when NL calls out Chat's moronic moves
I was worried when I saw the time, but those two games were some of the best chess I've ever seen. You're talkative personality makes it so much easier to watch and understand your thought process than most other chess-tubers. That pawn take queen gambit was something to behold
I’m actually in awe of the improvement from the previous video, the tactical awareness was mesmerizing!
What if you
wanted to go to heaven
but God said
"You don't have any pieces that move diagonally"
38:17 "Beautiful sequence but it achieved nothing" made the engine best move, traded queens and a rook whilst gaining a pawn and a 10 times better position with a -4.56 point advantage
NL got possessed by the spirit of Mikhail Tal in this one oh baby
the pog has returned
whoa, please no P-word
Pogy
Chess 2: Return of the Pog
That move in the second game was awesome. Forget the memes that was actually an incredible move that you should be proud of. Chat says it accomplished nothing but in that position where the opponent seemed to have a plan to begin checking you and taking pieces you sacked your queen to come out the other side even and stop his attack
That's very poggers, i was missing the chess content lately
thank you for coming back... so entertaining i love it
NL really just came out of his chess slump with a game like this. Extremely Poggers
Yo, UA-cam chess is back!
Thanks for helping me get through medical school Ryan. I’ve been following you since high school and before rebirth
I found NL in med school via Let’s Look At, watched an embarrassing amount of Isaac, fell off during residency, and rediscovered through chess now 7 years later in my last year of fellowship. Could always count on NL to help me relax
@@sabin129 first year student at Lecom. He got me through a lot of stuff between undergrad and where I am now. As dumb as it sounds, his content helped me with my depression. Just wanted to let him know just how much he helps some of us out by distracting us from life.
@@pokemon0wns Yea, subscibed like before first original isaac episodes, he's basically my dad.
What moves do the cats make to request entrance? Meowing outside the door? Scratching? The single paw under the door?
They slide a piece of paper under the door, informing NL that unless he opens the door, calamity may befall his sofa.
Usually E4 or F4
tomo just beats on the door while he wails
@@Northernlion here's tomo
@@severinlindskog7670 Thats fuckin hilarious lmao
Fellow “weird checkmate” enthusiasts should check out the last missed win of the video at 47:09. Absolutely bonkers. Mate in 3 was on the board.
this is the best chess video ive seen from nl and from the chess community as a whole. very fun, exciting and intelligent. well done nl!
Nl: you can't fork a knight
Also chat: THERE'S A FORK ON THE KNIGHT
It's still bad, but I think they were focused on the rook-king fork and missed the fact that the knight was there too.
That queen sacrifice is probably one of your best moves I've witnessed
Man, his brain really has expanded! There were some legendary plays in each of these games
9:55 after you trade to “have control of a powerful diagonal” you have no pieces that move diagonal
Yo I love that NL got his groove back.
He's back! Finally! And it got super weird in 2nd game.
Lesson on how to change board size was probably the most important one from Levy
10:01 i think that was supposed to make sense after the bishop knight trade
Ya, chatter got shit on for not saying "IN THIS SUGGESTED LINE, you don't have a bishop"
The fork calls in the second game though, shame on them.
@@pwndnoob4937 just saying "won't" instead of "don't" would make it clear what he meant
Damn, that second game was absolutely beautiful. Levy and Ryan's lessons on "Let's Get Weird" are paying dividends!
"Strength is born of struggle." - Ajani Goldmane
After all, you need to get hurt to heal n' pump yourself.
He's beginning to believe
man i really admire how he can stay civil when chat is just memeing the shit out of him
Yoooo emergency lesson with Levy paying huge dividends hell yeah
Press “check lines” and engine will show u the continuation of the different lines, so u dont waste time doing that for yourself every time
ok the queen sequence was good but what about that rook sac for the fork, damn
But it was terrible, because the knight was trapped after Kc3 and Kb2, and things get complicated to win, probably it's a draw.
@@franderlyacosta691 Yeah I saw too that it was fishy. Stockfish says it's still like -6 because black has so many pawns the knight just can't stop them, but I'd be really scared to try and play for a win as black.
I appreciate that you are in the chess scene on youtube despite not being highly rated(compared to others) it gives a lot of novice players like me a good feeling idk why
These games had some incredible lines, pogged for more!
Never thought I'd be watching chess on UA-cam, especially after a 20 year break from playing.
Between NL and Levy, these last couple of weeks have been extremely entertaining and informative.. and playing great games while commentating too.. Wow!
its back, finally!
that second game was actually incredible, truly impressive.
15:16
Me: "Interesting."
NL: "It's an interesting move, right?"
He's talking to me from the past 0_0
Lol honestly I love chess being live, because I just feel the second hand dopamine of NL being able to instantly call chats backseating as being dumb
The first game was nice to watch, the 2nd game was super duper awesome. I'm so bad at chess I am not brave enough to play against my friends but watching you is so much fun. :) Thanks NL, may chess become another Isaac
46:40 Best line is at the end: “The pieces move the same way!”
22:00 about playing e6 before the Bishop is out: Yeah generally, but this just transposes into the French with an extra tempo, so you can't be too mad about it:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Nf3 and you are up a tempo.
Seeing NL play the fucking optimal move sequence at 4:40 instead of just taking the pawn was a joy.
One of your best chess videos yet, great content all round.
"A beautiful sequence that accomplishes nothing"
Brother I know a certain chess computer that begs to differ
That's what I was thinking...it completely gives him a winning position being up the exchange plus two pawns with the Queen's off the board.
Imagine waking up in the year of 2021 to face none other than former-GM, too-strong-for-Pogchamps Ryan "Northern" Letourneau over the chess-squares. Chances? You'll be lucky to walk with your life, kid.
Read that in Dan's voice
Far and away one of my favorite series on UA-cam right now
41:02 what a move, that was awesome to watch. My boy’s wicked smaht.
34:40 A laugh that says "an idea this crazy can't fail"
Enjoying these videos. Listening to your thought process for me, a beginner, is more useful than some of the master level streamers
I'm so happy to see chess again! That queen sac was beautiful
that move at 17:01 was actually godlike, god damn
That was the best chess I've ever seen NL play
"This is way too dank, but it'll be funny" is probably the best quote to use when describing to someone what NL is like.
41:06 so sick. I don’t remember Pre-slump NL playing stuff like that. You were stuck in a local maximum. Had to go through the valley to get to a higher peak
That queen sac attack was awesome. Looking forward to Agadmator reviewing that game soon!
Chat needs a 5 second delay before posting move suggestions or something, so they can realise why they're bad moves.
The take on b2 at 26:29 leaves only one safe space for the queen and it’s a forced trade.
I like seeing some chess gameplay on UA-cam closer to my rating so I can keep up with it, love these vids man
That whole gambit to take his queen was beautiful man. I aint too experienced in chess but his queen had you by the sack. so, mad respect on pulling that off
That move was actually hype.
39:30 - Missed a fork
Nope fork square is protected by white knight
It feels like he's improved so much in such a small amount of time. Chess god. Thanks for the company NL
Extremely pogged to see more chess games, quiz vids have been fun but I've been missing this.
11:11 I don't know why but this move really made me laugh after what you said
I enjoy watching him play, he plays averagely in a very good fashion, I can understand his chess more than I can understand the masters' chess who play wild in a way that is hard to follow.
0:48 Who was the first to say “play video games” in reference to strategy? I say that all the time, no idea where I got it from
Oh wow, this is the first episode of NL playing chess I've seen and I bloody love it mate!
He's done it! That first game was amazing. I actually gasped when you moved your Bishop to C4 at 15:26. Nice work!
Generally with queens off of the board, the more centralized your king is the better since king safety isn't that important since the primary attacking piece, the queen, is gone.
Glad to see NL pogged up on chess again. Love the content even when you had a slump.
He's beginning to belive.
When he went Qh4 I literally POGGED irl
I missed chess so much, glad to have you back and enjoying it man
This is one of the most fun chess games I've watched in a while
Levy is not his puppet master make no mistake he simply steers the egg towards greatness when he loses the path
42:21 RIP Levi
I am a chess noob so the answer may be obvious, but can someone explain to me why at around 27:00, NL never even considered doing Qxb2? I would think that it's a somewhat strong move since it cannot be easily reciprocated. The only good response to it that I can see is castling, which was always a possibility anyway.
Dude this is the funniest shit ever. I'm not even smart enough to describe why but its just northernlions disposition lol
17:07 is among the most pogged moves I've seen
Strange question, at 23:45, NL didn't want to move his queen to B6 because of the potential of the enemy knight moving to A4.
If that played out and then NL moved his bishop to F2 and the king moved to E2 and NL moved his queen to E3, is that Check Mate. Not saying NL missed it, I was looking at the board for a long time before I saw it, I am just wondering if I that is actually Mate.
You play the Caro-Kann?! Subscribed.
Solid, very easy to understand opening, and very comfortable to play for black.
My go-to move when I want to be safe.
That trade sequence was awesome, it won you a pawn and deflated their attack at the same time!
The rook takes followed by the fork was also pretty good. Keep it up!
Dude that second game cemented the reality you would probably thoroughly kick my ass at anything under classical
Anybody else get triggered @ 38:18 when chat said: Beautiful sequence but accomplished nothing.
That was both exciting and game winning chess NL. I loved it.
4:55 This is where I would just take the pawn with the queen. Maybe that's why my rating has been stagnant for the last however many years.
Dude I'm telling Levy.
Sent him the DM already.
Great games NL. The last one was one for the ages
series revival poggers