13:12 "We actually like, have a funny mating opportunity here. Let-- lemme get Tomo outta here for a second" Sending your son out of the room before getting down to business

Just a little feedback, not every chess video needs a gimmick. I'm perfectly fine with regular 10-min chess for 30 minutes.

Levy: Double check your urge to trade. What do you gain from it? NL: *Levy told me never to trade ever again* Great matches, though! I do think NL is getting to that sweetspot for the trades.

All jokes aside, when it comes to game time IMO the 10 minute videos are by far the most enjoyable ones, if anything you should consider giving a try to the even longer options, being able to relax and turn more talkative really changes the experience for us viewers. Appreciate the content and wishing a blessed Christmas

I've been hinking about chess strategy a lot lately, and I think you need to make more attacking and defensive moves at the same time.

This man talks about trading like it's an addiction.

Ryan, you're just the absolute homie. Keep on keeping on, brother.

I'm really enjoying watching this series (chess)

"I usually prefer more closed games" "Lets offer a draw"

Hey I'm charlitron, loved the video. Maybe next time we'll be able to finish the game.

NL, you know even if you do bad we still like watching you play and learn right?

I like the slower, more thoughtful chess. Take advantage of your opponent playing too quickly.

reading the title i was like "I wonder if it was me" Then I remembered that I'm 400 elo and I would remember it lmao

Wild that you completely glossed over your 97.2% accuracy!

I'm just waiting for thw potential 2nd lesson with Levy where he just makes you repeat all the snarky remarks you commented about him and his tips after your move was better than not trading

When you draw the game against a fan you play. That’s Rojo Caliente.

This series is my favourite yet. And I’ve learned so much! I went from never having played a game of chess to beating a 700ELO bot in about 3 days. Talking through your moves and potential opponent moves is amazing content.

that viewer was pogged out of his mind!

Northernlion, generally you don't want to play e6 in the caro kann until you get your light squared bishop out. The main idea of the caro is that it's slower than the french (e6 then d5, where you can then play c5 without first playing c6) but you're able to get your bishop out. If you like the line with c5, as you said, you should play the french. You'll get the same position but be an entire move ahead.

We have transcended the era of "let's get weird" to "this is a thinking man's game", our egg really is in GM mode now

Chess: [exists] NL: This is a thinking man's game

10 min chess is my personal preference

This was a great video, and the last game was by no means (to me) boring. I learned something about the Caro-Kann and, as always, enjoyed hearing you go through your reasoning. The Road to 2500 continues!

I wish they had like a 15 or 20 minute game mode because I'd love to see NL have the time to think through a game without it taking way too long

Loving the chess content, and 10 min matches are great! Thanks for continuing with this series!

Sub battels with Levy and Hikaru next?

Chess series is seriously pogged. Love you NL, keep up the chess

Hey NL, I really enjoy these 10 minute games. A suggestion for during the post-game analysis: you seem to ask great questions after the game ("what if the opponent had done this" or "I thought he had that"). But I notice you then look at the first move of the engine line, say "ok, computer thinks this is best", are satisfied and move on. It might be interesting to sometimes explore some lines deeper, try to understand the reason of the engine line and why your idea wouldn't work. That's incredibily hard, and not always aas obvious, especially in the opening stage when the advantage can just be positional. But it definitely helps, especially with missed tactics and recognizing potential tactics. A habit I took over from a chess youtuber IM John Bartholomew is before looking at the computer analysis, first trying to analyse the game yourself without any engine.Making up your own mind of how the opening went, where you (and also your opponent) made a mistake, what you (or your opponent) could have done differently, recall the tactics you think you used... Only after that, look with the engine and see where you were wrong and what you missed. I don't know how well this translates into youtube content, but it will help improve your chess.

Add Charlitron to the list of allies

"they probably like this... Like I said, probably" had me fucking rolling

97% accurate "I wasn't as switched on as I thought" Poggy

Hey NL, great series! When you play the advance caro kan as black you can actually move the bishop out to f5 before pushing e6 to prevent blocking it in. Anyways, thanks for the entertainment over the years and enjoy the holidays!

Someone has to do it, and I guess it'll be me: the 'ch' in "fianchetto" is pronounced like a k.

Thanks for the videos you make egg. Been watching for a while now, and the charm in your videos make them my favorite.

I looooove this, i feel like watching a better player helps me see things i previously couldnt

this series is a gift that keeps giving

Hey mate, when you play the caro kann you definitely want to develop the white bishop out of the pawn chain, if you play it closed you're just transposing into the french defense but a tempo behind because you're pawn is on C6

15 min chesss is what i want to see

Just starting to learn to play chess properly myself. These style videos have been fantastic for me as it helps me walk though plausible lines in my own games. Hope you and the family have a great Christmas NL.

DO MORE OF THESE!!!! So awesome to watch you play chess because I think you are a little better than me and I can follow your lines clearly.

I love your chess Videos Started playing and became better because of you... thanks so much Buddy!

Amazing thought process NL, the eggbrain CPU was overclocked at 69poghertz! You’ve explained so many different lines and I thought you were left with 1 minute on the clock and every time I’ve checked you had more that 6 mins, you are absolutely picking up the pace! Thanks for playing (chess)

NL a small UI tip: the computer's predicted follow-up to the "best" move is actually already written to the left of the magnifying glass icon. You don't have to click the magnifying glass, just look at the list of moves to the left of it, underneath the colored/bolded move.

I appreciate you speaking through your thought process! Definitely helpful for improving!!

Definitely like the 10 minute games most just bc the longer time frame lets you play better and give more analysis. Also love that you got a game against a viewer and you played each other into a perfect standstill lol

That second match was such a tease waiting for the other shoe to drop and then it never happens

DUDE I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I started an account on chess com and lichess and have started to study and play

Inspiring me to get in some good games of chess lately. Thanks for the great content brother.

I am really glad you started walking us through your decision-making process and you should please continue to do so whenever possible. Thank you, Egg.

"It's fine to trade white queen when you're on the attack in most situations." *Levy told me to never trade ever again*

the advanced caro can transpose into the advanced french, maybe you should learn the milner barry gambit so at 22:50 the queen comes to b6 and white tries to trap you with a discovery on your queen after the exchange by going d3 with bishop after your queen move to b6, to which you respond with bishop d7.

I love the 10 mins, game but as some others have been saying, I would not mind if you did longer games as well :)

commenting so there is higher interaction for this video in the algorithm and northernlion is inclined to make more chess content

Love the chess content. 10 min games are pog

Genuinely the thing I enjoy most is just you playing 10 minute games as you did here.

This is such a good series

These consistent chess videos got me in pogcity.

NL an alternative response to white moving there pawn to e5 is to just get the light square bishop developed to f5 white should respond by developing one of their knights (if they don't you should be able to punish one way or another) then close the pawn structure with e6. Honestly whether you go with the engine line or an alternative it is just be a matter of preference depending on if you want a closed or open game. One advantage to the line I gave is that if white decides to try to trap your light square bishop it results the kingside pawns being overextended making a kingside castle risky for them while making them under developed on the queen side.

He says "they like that" like it's from a consensus of the 100 people polled for family feud.

Im doing a Caro Kann course and pushing c5 when the advanced caro happens is recommended in it. The idea is to develop Nc6 to stop the pawn and retake it later with the bishop.

Play the bongcloud opening or we riot.

Favorite series

Strange watching this as a higher rated player as I see the game so much more different, it's rather fun to see all the different ways we think, and is a testament to your commentary style that I am not completely annoyed watching it.

That first game was extremely well played! Super solid. A game that accurate against Levy would be scary for him I'm sure :)

Yo your pronunciation of fianchetto is legit for the record. Hikaru speaks Italian and he pronounces it the same way

Ryan really should learn the Caro-Kann. The way he plays it now is just a French defense down a tempo

The c5 push is the standard to the caro kann advance and e6 to c5 is also good

In last game I would say white has advantage. They have more space on the king side to attack from and have most pieces pointed down the line. You said you liked bishop, but this is a game where knights are more useful, at least until end game

His biggest blunder in this video? 20:35 the father of an infant child thinking he's going to have any 'free time' in the next several years.

@8:29, the reason you take his knight on d4 is because that's a good knight and your bishop on e3 is not so good. That's the reason the trade is good. Now, not every "good trade" is a move you want to make. You still have to see the follow on Nb5 then the forced Re8 (because you unblocked your rook) followed by the crushing Nc7 winning the exchange. However, my point isn't that there is an engine line following the trade. It's just that you should have considered the trade more because you exchange a bad piece for a good one. Overall, fantastic game though. You took your advantage and smothered him with it.

Cursed border, pogged chess

Late to this one but really been loving this chess content! :)

I play the Caro Kann as my main opening for black and like to go 3. e5 Bf5 in response to the advance variation. It ends up in a very similar position and similar ideas to what you got in this game, but after an h6, you can tuck your light squared bishop away on h7 so it has a bit more of a say in the game. But then again if stockfish prefers an instant c5 then who am I to argue!

most pog series

Two pawn captures and a draw. What a standoff.

20:30 The Queen s Gambit reference. When did he play the 1 minute games he mentions in the beg.?

Haven't watched your videos in a while and didn't know you were becoming a father. Congratulations my dude. :D

Hey NL, doubt you'll see this but in case you do: playing bishop to f5 on move 2 is another way to play the advance Caro-Kann that might be slightly easier to play. The whole point of the Caro-Kann compared to the French Defence is to play your light square bishop out early and THEN play e6, so if you play e6, you're just playing the French Defence but down a tempo (you played c6-c5 instead of c5 right away).

I guess we'll never know why it's like kfc

Two very well played games.

I wish present nl would be as cool as this chess hunk

Gonna name my son/daughter (Chess)

I don't care if you win or lose, it's just fun to watch you learn

I play a game at 40% accuracy and i'm happy. This man is at 97%. I have much to learn

Baron Egg is driving the bus on the way to the beautiful game academy!

The original strand type/rogue-like game

Pog's Gambit

He used the Magnifying glass poggy!

I usually open e4 it opens up a bishop and the queen

10 min (or more) is pogged!

10 MINUTE GAMES ARE POG

NL, Levy never said trading is bad, he said that trading whenever you can just for the sake of trading is bad

He mated me in a bullet game while I was waiting for my Uber. Didn't check the name til the game was over and I didn't get to say I was a fan.

(Chess) Love this series :)

Lmao the absolute blast NL is putting GothamChess on.

When someone draws you should after analyzing finish the game with a computer. It might help more end game scenarios.

My man's always saying "trade." Brother, you need to start pinning and forking so you can TAKE.

When you asked the name of that line, and the computer didn't give one - there is a reason: basically, you are playing the advanced French with an extra tempo for white, the one you lost by playing c7-c6-c5. The normal response to 3.e5 is either that rather spicy 3..c5 line, or (what most people play) 3..Bf5. Closing the centre later with c5-c4 is generally problematic in the French, because it makes your counterplay on the queen's side too slow, against accurate play, and white can pawn-storm you on the king's side.

Playing to a draw against a viewer, that’s Rojo Caliente

Pog bless chess content