I have to say that I watch most of the main KZfaq chess content providers: Eric, Levi and Daniel included but, yours are so accessible and accommodating to someone of my level. Fabulously instructive and a reminder to me that there is no rush....control the centre, develop your pieces, castle etc. Brilliant. Thank you so much👍

I love listening to you lmao. Entertaining af always. Thanks for the chess lesson :)

You are fantastic! I really enjoy the series and not only because of the knowledge of such a GM like you but the fun of listening and playing jokes even on yourself just make it so easy to watch and really enjoyable. Thanks very much!

My favourite YT chess channel. Great explanations and entertaining as always. This speedrun series is especially useful for ageing hackers like me!

Love the series keep them coming... maybe a dedicated video for the Dutch vs the London setup?

I love this series because 1) no one else does this to the level of analysis that you do and 2) it's basically the things we need to hear at this level

Best chess teacher out there! Keep it up Simon.

Your narration is so crystal clear, so easy to follow up and entertaining. Thank you for this great work!

your speedruns are superb. in true GingerGM spirit even speedruns are used to help and teach others. I've only seen something similar from John Bartholomew and Aman Hambleton. Thank you for offering your time to help us understand our mistakes

This is the best series... Keep on doing more of these simon... These are fun and really helps to improve the chess understanding... Thank you very much ❤️

Thanks really appreciating the speed runs especially with lower ratings as this is where most of us our making our mistakes. Cheers. subscribed!

Great again GGM. Really enjoying the explanations

Great content - these are some of the most valuable tutorials for me

Love these!!! Thank you!

Awesome Simon. Thank you.

Lovin it Ginger G. I am a 2000ish level player and I still find these basics informative. Really looking forward to the higher level games in the 1500-1900 range!

Good points made, as usual! Yep, this should help indeed.

Brilliant video thanks very much for it!

Nice Speed run brotha Simon! You got me inspired to try it.

I'm enjoying your informative videos. Great content and explanations. Thank you.

Fantastic video! Thank you

Great explanations from the OG, thanks!

Great content!!

You should post those videos even more ! It’s sooo good ! It feels like a Netflix tv show that we don’t wanna to see the end !

Thanks for these! Get this man 1M followers!

Very helpful!

Simon "I don't get scared' Williams does it again.

33:33 ARRR! Simon you're a ginger pirate!

Love these speedruns

Great video... I learned so much from u. Really my fav. chess player ❤️ 😄

I'm subbing because you winked at me at the end.

Great teaching style. Thanks. I don’t know what gchess is, but I’m heading over there to check it out now.

Great video! you make it look so easy to spot a weak move I believe I can do it, until the next time I play...

More Speedrun please Mr Williams!

Finally a GM who also seems to play the greatest 1100s who ever lived as I do. Every other speed run series the 1600s lose on move four, making me wonder where my automatic title is. Good to see the tactical genius beginners come alive and make a pro sweat it out. I still hate this game, but I feel a little bit better about myself. Not a lot, but at least a little. Thanks, GingerGM

Superb. As is tradition.

Using more time and constantly figuring out what my opponent wants to do really helps a lot! I'm on a 10 games winning streak already

Almost some top-rate blagging

cool shirt Simon! :)

24:09 I would have played Ng4 instead of grabing the h4 pawn

I'm not much of a sweater but chess also gives me sweaty armpits too! Love your work Simon

24.08 ...Ng4 is mate in 4. The threat is Qh2 mate and white can only delay the inevitable by Qxd6, losing the queen with ...cxd6, then Rc1 gives the king a temporary escape square, but ...Qh2+ ...Kf1, Qh1#.

3:32 *_"Ee's playin wifout mutch fought"_* [proceeds to blithely play fxe5] *_"Owh now, worra disgustin blundah!"_* Another instant comic relief classic!

Can confirm for whatever reason 95% of players around 1200 blitz out every single move in 2 seconds without any thought whatsoever. I'm the opposite where I play too slow, get to a winning position but have 20 seconds left vs my opponents 4 minutes. Moral of the story is bad players like us shouldn't be playing blitz lol

At 8:38 is Qh2 not direct checkmate?

24:07; N-d6 forks white's queen and rook.

Do you also sell bridges across the Hudson? (I lost that piece on purpose)

Lippy looks great today

At 24:38, why not play Nd3 forking the queen and the rook? Any ideas from white like Rf5 (attacking black queen) are covered by black's bishop.

Why? Why? I have no f----- idea!

Baby_Dolphin... oh my word... 👀

First game:why not pushing the pawn to attack the queen and then take the rook?

But Simon you have played hippo. So it's not bad just passive right? That means one just got to lear it right?

24:12 Missed Checkmate. what do you think about bishop h3? His pawn cant take and if he does rook f3 you can queen g2 checkmate. If he doesnt move his rook or anything after you play bishop h3 you can knight f3 check and if he takes queen g2 checkmate. If he moves his king to h1 you can play queen h2 checkmate.

4:06 Why not block queen with e6, so both rook and queen are attacked. You don't lose a piece.

i'm confused, why do you say at 17:17 white's bishop is better at g5? Its hanging there. Do you mean around 16:37 white should develop it there? But then black can just kick it away with f6.

“Be water”. Bruce Lee

Why don’t you play on a 10 minute time control ?

4:00 what is wrong with e6 here?

Brotherr... . why didn't you take b7 bishop with your queen at 7:12...?

Wth you were almost losing 😭

There are more chess permutations than there are atoms in the universe. No wonder the game has drove me insane, lol. Great videos by the way.

Simon channels Linda Ronstadt (It's So Easy) @ 8:40. NICE comeback Simon you really sweated out that first game with the victory. Love your channel, ty. Simon wins game #2 and thx opponent for the respectful resignation @ 15:20.

07:15 I would have taken the bishop (Qxb7)

2:02 - "But then he gets some play" I've heard that expression more than once, what does it mean? Thanks in advance.

24:39 i think you missed Nd3

26:04 opponent had bxf7 kxf7 qh5+

@8:41 could of got a quicker mate with queen to H file

What? Grandmasters are people too? What a GM! Missing #1, later #2 (or 3, sorry), wow, what a school! I mean that message is the best lesson we patzers can get ... thnx and cheers!

You can split a chessgame in three stages. It starts with opening theory. Second stage is the ability to calculate. Third is technique. Having a plan or a strategy is just a fancy way of saying what chess is all about; taking your opponents pieces/King.

Do you even GM bro?

Simon Ginger GM I have or rather can handle those 1000-1400 to 1500-1800 but i do feel like those guys do cheat 1500-1800 I believe they do cheat Simon so can you do something about that i find that i do enjoy 10min videos because it is an honest chess game no one wants to waste 10min cheating and not enjoying but like i said am i wrong or right

is IM Rosen just super strong, or are you a very weak GM? Would love to see you two box it out on the board. Still, respect for you posting this, yikes. Fun watch regardless!

Simon Ginger GM I have or rather can handle those 1000-1400 to 1500-1800 but i do feel like those guys do cheat 1500-1800 I believe they do cheat Simon so can you do something about that i find that i do enjoy 10min videos because it is an honest chess game no one wants to waste 10min cheating and not enjoying but like i said am i wrong or right . I am an upcoming grandmaster in South Africa i do work around the world i just have never been in the UK but i will be one day and maybe we can meet . Who knows i can maybe be come your prodigy and open a chess club here in SA where you can visit all expensive paid for and if the South African government gets involved then all the better for us we can maybe put SA on the map with the help of GM Ginger Simon i thick the title comes first am sorry about that

Bro, you should think about laying off drinking. I dont think you'll like where you are headed.

You missed a check mate in 2 moves. You need to wake up and grow a pair!!

Only joking

For some reason I just don’t believe that you are a gm. Something seems off and they are at a different level. For example. at 24:12 kg4 wins the game easy. I’m not even that good a player and I found it. How can you prove that you are gm?