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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to your favorite series on the internet, Guess the Elo.
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If you're new to this series, this is a series where I take my subscriber games while I'm live on Twitch,
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I analyze them without knowing their chess strength, and then I try to estimate their chess elo, and I compare it to chess .com's game review.
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Normally, this series is extremely ridiculous and chaotic and stupid
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and bad and entertaining
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but in this episode we had some brilliant moves
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we had some extremely high quality chess you're gonna learn you're gonna laugh
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but of course it wouldn't be guess the elo
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if we didn't have a circus also stay tuned for the later games in this video
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because you are not going to believe your eyes enjoy we are never going to get the same magic
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that we got last time we're never gonna get it and already the gotham sub plays an opening i do not support.
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Bishop to b5.
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Knight e7.
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This is called the cosio defense.
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The cosio variation of the Rulopas.
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I don't think anybody knew that who was participating in this game, but, you know, just in case.
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d3 is completely fine.
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Although, in this opening, you are supposed to play c3 and d4.
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Like, that is really what you're trying to do, but this is fine.
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Bishop a4.
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Obviously, the idea is to do this this
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so you should not you should not take good okay castle okay it's still like
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ah okay all right um yeah
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this is this is a wee bit uga for me
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this is a bit weird i mean it's still fine now my friend should you trade the bishop
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or not is a very tough question i would say don't trade
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because your bishop is of a higher quality it's actually got
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but of course okay all right and now yeah b4 is triple digit stuff
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that or like very very very low four digit stuff um now the second
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that black castles white also castles very funny right like white plays great opening doesn't castle doesn't castle
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because the bishop was hanging doesn't castle doesn't castle trades the bishop chases the knight doesn't count like oh
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i got a castle right
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knight g6 is apparently a mistake yeah so opposite side castling
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if any of you have the middle games master class your brain will just immediately be wired
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that is the whole point of taking my courses um you don't have to take my courses to watch castillo
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but your brain will just be like oh opposite side castling
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so what's a good move here
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that prepares an attack
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you want to play a4 b5 a lot of you would just go here
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i would like to take with a pawn though
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so you would play a4 but then you would hang the pawn so let's play rook b1
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right right there you go or knight or knight d5 to defend that
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but all right knight g5 is just not playing on the right side of the board
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excellent plan now this is also just not a good move
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because you removed the main defender
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and now we have c6 there is knight b6 okay a4 b5 just go for an attack okay don't hate
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that move free pawn fantastic a4 b5 c4 b5 oh knight b6 okay so uh
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wow wow that's not you don't need to do that there's i mean you could just like go here
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or yeah or or triple triple triple all right so we're starting guess the elo okay they even no, en passant.
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Okay, now I'm back to thinking it's quadruple, the digits.
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Oh my god, removing the defender.
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Look at this, bishop takes knight, queen c6 on the way.
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Wow.
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Why did you submit this game?
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This is a very interesting question.
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By the way, there was pawn b7 was brutal, but okay, that was just, I mean, you just killed him.
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I don't even...
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Wow.
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Um...
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i have a feeling it's a three three digit elo game or a very low like a thousand or something
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because again i i'm my theory is that this is a game submitted by a low rated player who wants
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uh you know who wants like to be hyped up
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and i mean the spanish right like ru lopez maybe 11 1200
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black playing whatever on earth this is like night before is weird that's a weird move
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and then a3b4 is weird you know, the tunnel vision, not castling.
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I'm gonna say 1100 uh, that just seems like a safe guess I don't know
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if it seems like a safe guess to y 'all it seems like a safe guess to me um,
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I, I, that's just what I think I mean, it, it really let's see,
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1100 -ish 813 blitz EIGHT HUNDRED?
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WOW!
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Damn Sagar?
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Okay, well his username is 1395, so you know, he's playing the way he wants to play.
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And what does chess .com think?
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1300!
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Okay, so I said 1100, Chesscom thinks you're 1300, wow.
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And yeah, your opponent unfortunately got...
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Yeah, white overpowered, yeah, white OP.
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Okay, didn't need the political views of the game review there.
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That's a little bit weird.
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Maybe you should get a bit more well -adjusted game review.
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Anyway, that's a joke.
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Guess the ELO!
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Guess the ELO screen.
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Yes, game two now. That was a wow.
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That was unbelievable.
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I mean, that might have been the best game you've ever played.
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I don't know why I had to sound a bit Irish there.
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okay game number two that was a
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that was a good start i mean my god
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that was a high level game of chess okay okay scandy
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take queen d5 scandy is one of the easiest openings to learn
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you can you can learn the scandinavian in 60 seconds it's basically put the queen here you develop your pieces
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and try to castle and
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if they try to go after your queen the second they start doing
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that you play c6 and you get away like that's that's literally it
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so good okay
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so black doesn't know what they're doing um
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they don't know how to play this opening um black you're not supposed to do
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that you're supposed to go here
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if white ever does this you make a getaway you put the pawns put the bishop put the knight like
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that and then you castle um okay c5 is not a huge mistake
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but it's just not a good move
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because you can play d5 wow holy moly we're off
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we're off to a we're off to a good start today no we're not i take
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that back wow yeah this is not i mean you can't learn an opening like this
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and not know it past the third move fourth move
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but i think the fourth move i mean c5 e5 is crazy
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that is that is just that is the cleanest free pawn of all time
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i mean it's just that now you got a passer and you're upon up and you got knight c4
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yeah i would stay aggressive right i would stay aggressive but i don't hate this move
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now a lesson for the beginners beginner chess lesson
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if you have not castled yet
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and you still need to move a bishop to castle
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but your opponent has castled always and i mean always be careful of this check
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so the best move here is probably bishop here because
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if you play bishop here you're probably gonna have to go back
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and if you block with this bishop your bishop is just going to be a target
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so bishop d3 rook e8
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and now one of these two moves this is a bit spooky
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because knight g4 the computer thinks it's fine
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because after knight g4 it's completely unafraid of this
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but for the beginners it's just good to have
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that in mind um
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that doesn't happen that's i don't know what this even begins to do i would just play h3 queen c7
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and this is called uh the fishing pole that's called the fishing pole
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and this is something that you can do
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if your opponent has castled um but you have not uh so that
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when they take you have a rook this is not the fishing pole
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this is this is you falling off the boat with with the fishing rod
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this is not that's this is not a real thing um this is not a real thing
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that now there is no actual attack whatsoever
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um that's not that's just a free bishop okay yeah there is nothing here i mean
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if these two could do like a like a fliparoni jutsu then maybe yeah now black goes g6
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and white just traps the bishop yeah that
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and wins it too wow both bishops died there that's incredible and and and just knight e4.
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Good.
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I would fight back on the h file.
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Trade the rook.
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Queen gotta be trapped somehow.
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Yep.
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Rook h1.
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Check is good.
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Take the pawn.
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What is this episode?
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Oh my god.
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Oh my god.
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It's a little a little bit.
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They're getting a little ooga now.
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A little bit ooga but okay.
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Okay.
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Don't panic.
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Nice.
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Protect the king at all times.
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Go check.
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Very important move.
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Oh he found it.
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Wow.
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Wow, wow, that was weird,
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that was, that was a weird one, like, Black played horribly.
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white played what what is this episode y 'all today y
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'all y 'all stopped messing around man y 'all really just playing really good moves
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this was really nice took the center took the pawn castle defended your king called the bluff
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and just calmly trapped the bishop now black's best move here is to take
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and to try to do this
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and i mean as long as you don't panic just look where they have a check
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you know you can even bring the bishop back to g1 probably ah then there's queen h4, but maybe this is f2.
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There's no queen h4.
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There's no check.
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No check.
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Queen has to leave.
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Yeah, I'm getting...
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And then another very important lesson.
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f3.
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Very high -level move.
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Very high -level move.
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Understanding to defend this.
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And right here, a lot of people would freak out with all this coming.
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They might try to block the king.
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Queen e5 is a nice and cerebral move.
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And, of course, black blundered.
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I'm gonna say, like, 1 ,400.
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I think this is, like, a 1 ,300 -1 ,400 level game.
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I really think so.
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Let's see.
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1 ,680?
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How is black that high -rated?
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What?
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1 ,680 is ridiculous.
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Oh, no. Nah.
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I mean, white played well, but what?
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Yo, black was smoking something.
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I mean, that is...
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Wow, yeah.
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White got $17 .50 credit.
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Black was $14 .50. Who the...
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Yo, find me a $14 .50 on planet
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Earth that plays E5.
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That's a crazy...
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Was that a mouse slip?
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I mean, but this was also crazy.
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Just like losing the...
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I mean...
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My friends, can I just say something? Can I...
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Y 'all get me so tight, bro.
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Can I say something real quick?
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Yo.
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Hold up.
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Hold up.
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Why are you starting a 15 -minute game and ending the game with 17 minutes on the clock?
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What is wrong with you?
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What is the matter with you?
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This is why y 'all never get better.
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Y 'all want to play that fast?
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Play Bullet.
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Play 3 -minute.
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You about to be the world champion of Blitz.
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What the hell is the matter with you?
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Why are you giving yourself 15 minutes on the clock to have 17 minutes at the end?
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I mean, I...
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I don't even know what to say.
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I don't even know.
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Somebody just donated $15 and said, my birthday is coming up.
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Should you ask your wife for Chesley courses?
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Sure, we're in the middle of recording.
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Do you see what catastrophe we're looking at?
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Oh, God.
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He ended with nearly two minutes more on the clock.
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Guys, this is why you don't get better.
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This is why you don't get better because like what are you doing?
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Why?
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Oh My goodness
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Yeah, yeah ask ask her for a course ask her for ask her to get you a course
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We used to have gifting we turn that off for now.
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We're gonna offer a different alternative
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How much are the courses?
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I'm not telling you
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It takes you 10 seconds to research that and as I always say
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if you can't be bothered to begin the research for a course
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You don't actually want the course.
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I try to make you put in the work
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Ah, nice, nice, nice, nice.
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Wow, sensational stuff.
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Where do you send the games?
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I don't know.
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Send them to your local post office.
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D4, D5, C4.
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Queen's Gambit accepted.
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Okay, E4.
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A lot of different stuff to play against this.
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I would not play that.
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If you're gonna play the Queen's Gambit accepted, I mean, this is the only thing that's scary.
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Like, you have to know what you're doing here.
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The way you play this is you play E5.
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You don't play C5.
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You could play C5, but it's not the best move.
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Gotta strike back, because then they lose their right to castle.
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This is not a good move, because they're gonna take the center, and I don't think you're good enough to deal with this.
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Yep, you're not.
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Okay, but neither is white.
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I mean, like, this is Queen's Gambit 101 one i mean yeah bishop c4 is uh okay takes
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you could take that it's a very these positions always confuse intermediate players
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because they don't know like do they take do they just develop um
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if you don't have to take you you don't you know you don't need to
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but taking is also okay as long as the queen's not causing you any harm
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Now I would just go here and castle.
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Okay.
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Knight f3. Do I coach still?
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Absolutely not.
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No. I coach the internet now.
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Develop the rest of the pieces.
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Maybe V5 is interesting.
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Okay, that's a little slow.
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Oh, you're trying to go here.
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Uh -huh.
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Uh -huh.
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This is a crazy amount of tunnel vision.
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I mean...
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This is a crazy amount of tunnel vision.
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I mean...
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This...
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This is wild.
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I mean, like...
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Look at this.
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Come on.
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I think black is struggling here because of the congestion.
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And I don't blame you.
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I would try to get your pieces out a different way, like knight a6, knight b4.
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Try to lead with your pieces, right?
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c5 is hanging.
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No, it's definitely not hanging.
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c4 is hanging.
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But it's kind of not hanging because there's this.
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There's, like, this stuff.
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Anyway, this is your page 7.
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And white goes here, which is a bad move, because if you follow the rules of checks, captures, and attacks in this position,
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you will find the best move for black.
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Will we have a sale?
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I'm trying to record guess the elo.
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I mean, listen, I love y 'all, but like, you're just fiending.
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Are we going to have a sale?
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Gotham, is there going to be a sale on the court?
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Gotham!
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Earth to Gotham, stop the recording.
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Is there going to be a sale?
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just let me finish you know it's not that important for me to address that at this very moment
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probably will be you know are we going to have a probably let me finish we're analyzing we're doing
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Guess the Elo here you know see that's what I like about YouTube they just watch they can't interrupt
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why are the courses $300 bro this dude's on another website entirely that dude is on a different website
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of course it's $300 if you follow the philosophy of checks captures attacks you'll realize
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you'll realize that there are no checks there are no captures that make sense but attacks
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Bishop is trapped okay you're down two pawns
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you're starting your own attack I like this I don't hate it now white should probably trade the queens
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trade the queens okay see look how easy the game is once your pieces start flowing knight e5
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oh that's pretty wild he sacrificed the rook wow I mean it doesn't work but it's the thought that counts
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the idea is this and then that that
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that now unfortunately white gets moves too
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so he can play like queen d3 you know queen d4
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she could play queen d3 queen d4 queen g4 by the way hits this and this
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good queen g4 or queen d4 check great move take the knight wow yep oh you are never winning this queen e7
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d7 easy that's all right white's gonna win queen f4 queen h4
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now the craziest part is this is still losing
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the craziest part
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is this is still losing even if you lose the the rook
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if the king just went to g1 it's just d8 queen
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you lost the queen you lost the rook you're still winning oh man
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that's how bad your position was bud oh man all right check
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now let's just not blunder a checkmate king just runs to safety
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Don't run forward.
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All right, you're fine.
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Stop running forward.
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Thank you.
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Yo, yo, yo.
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Go to stop and just hide.
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Oh, my God.
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He hung that.
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Oh.
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credit to the gotham subscriber for not resigning but oh dear lord oh god oh my that was incredible
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dude was losing the whole time literally just the whole he was black was losing for 56 moves
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but one in 57 i don't even know what the elo is man That's crazy.
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I got...
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I have no idea.
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I mean, I still think that a good amount of control was demonstrated.
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I mean, it's got to be like 1 ,000, right?
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Got to be like 1 ,000.
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I mean...
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This was creative.
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I mean, 1 ,000 would not find that.
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No. Yeah, I'm thinking a bit higher, maybe.
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Oh, one more thing.
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Queen a4 check would not be played by anybody below, like, 1 ,500.
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people below 1500 don't even know queens can move that far um so i'm gonna say like
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i'm gonna say like 1600 like 15 1600 that's my guess let's see oh this time i was wrong 1000 damn
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No, no, no, no, no,
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no, hey, hey, hey, I straight up thought everybody thus far was good.
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These guys happen to be lower rated.
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Nothing I can do about that.
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Also, guys, why are you mad?
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All right, it doesn't matter if you're 1 ,600 or 1 ,000.
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Y 'all all garbage anyway, man.
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Y 'all all play like this too.
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Stop it.
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That's offensive.
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Have you seen some of the games that have been submitted?
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Talking about offensive.
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Crazy.
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All right.
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Gotham sub.
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All right.
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Scotch.
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Scotch declined.
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Okay.
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Taking.
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Queen trade.
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Takes the knight.
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Okay, this is either like an 1800 who's damaging the pawn structure of the opponent, or this is like a 800 who's just taking pieces.
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Okay.
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Castles.
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Okay, typical 900 level play.
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Wow.
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Defending the pawn.
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Oh, this is a lot of information.
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This is four digits right here. For sure.
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Wow.
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Look at that.
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Bring the rook to the center.
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Oh, the other knight is going.
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Maybe c4.
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Oh, I like that.
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And then, okay, rook f2 will give a lot of information.
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Rook f2, rook d2 is like a 1500 level maneuver.
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If you play rook e1, you're like 11, 1200.
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Mm -hmm.
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b3, c4.
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Oh!
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Oh, damn.
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Now I'm kind of back thinking this might be a 1500.
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Oh, good.
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Light square setup.
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And now this is a backwards pawn.
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Oh now maybe knight f2
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and double the rooks how we doing no no
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that's not no what are you doing stop what is black doing what is oh rook d6
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he snuck it through g4 was completely idiotic but black just let the pawn go black never took
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black just never took the pawn back what is rook b7 what is that that's a crazy move
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oh I guess this is the idea but for some reason they just look staged
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I mean the opening was sophisticated damaging the structure good play I told you this f3 move replacing the knight
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anticipating that the knight would be hit, right?
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That's an anticipating move.
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If this, h6, you're going to lose the pawn probably, is what white thought.
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Yeah, knight g5, f3 is wild.
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I'm thinking 1 ,300.
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I'm thinking 1 ,200, 1 ,300 with some stupidity toward the end, but let's see.
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1 ,500.
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Wow.
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Even higher.
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Oh, and I realized I never did this for the last game.
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or the last game when I said
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1600 so let me see what what does chess .com think of the last game
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the thing is chess .com is going to give an estimate close to their ratings right?
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it said they were both 1100 93 % by white 2200 estimate wow 1800 now well done
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You Wow.
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Wow.
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Impressive stuff.
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That was a good game.
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Yeah, I didn't think it was any higher.
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Like, I didn't think it was...
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See, you know, like, this is a 1600 -level game.
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And you guys are like, don't insult the 1600s.
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Why did the 1600s play rook b7 and just allow the pawn to become a queen?
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i don't right like that strange strange stuff rook d6 was definitely nice yes
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that was definitely nice okay last game very nice little little calm guess the elo episode this time
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all right knight f6 have i ever missed the tactic never in my life benoni wow 2 000 minimum
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wow this is way too professional h3 to play knight f3
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to prevent the pin h3 is not a great move but it i mean it makes sense wow what can somebody hang something
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uh queen c7 is a very bad move why knight b5 okay yeah hanging queen c7 is is good information
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it's probably like 1500
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and below i mean you just can't yeah
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that's like a knight b5 is a very natural thing to
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spot people love these these knight jumps b3 bishop b2 wait a minute
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he my brain my brain was like oh black castled my my brain didn't realize they castled long
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what why holy shit just castle short what the heck for what yeah king b8
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but now knight b5 now you're just inviting problems now white is gonna take
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and oh god rook c1 oh this is
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you got no attack of your own where are you attack who are you trying to attack
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oh you're gonna lose your queen you're gonna lose your queen you're gonna a3 Bishop b5.
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Bishop b1.
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You're going to lose your queen.
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Oh, you're going to lose your queen.
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You're going to lose your queen.
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Okay, you're not going to lose your queen anymore.
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A move ago, you might have lost your queen.
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Yeah, now it's manageable.
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But I think you're going to lose something.
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A4.
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Oh, this is just so...
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Oh, now you're pinned.
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The bishop gone is actually a very welcome sight.
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But it's still better for white.
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Because the knight is so much better than the bishop.
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Unless you hang your rook.
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yeah unless you hang your rook
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and you were i mean knight p5 was just knight okay good defense good defense better offense
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but not actually in this case rook c8 oh they're untangling oh check check queen c4 and apparently queen f1 was winning
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i like this wow look at this unstoppable force meets an immovable object Queen B...
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Oh, that's nice.
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Apparently...
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Oh, you had
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Queen B5 and Knight D6.
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That's very difficult.
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Oh, my God.
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Wow.
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Queen E4 looking for the...
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Oh, that's it.
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Now Black's winning.
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White just resigned?
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White resigned here?
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Okay.
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Um...
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Very decent opening?
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Very decent opening.
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Like...
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But knight b5, and, I mean, just some really boneheaded decisions here.
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Like, knight b5 is crazy.
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You cannot allow that. But black was good.
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I mean, black got into a very stupid situation and then just defended, you know, unpinning, bringing the second rook.
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Like, you know, you have to understand, the best move for black in this position is to bring the second rook.
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This is wrong because technically you're, like, losing pawns here, but...
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And then just, you know, being cerebral, just defending the right way and everything.
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That was a decent game of chess.
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That was a really decent...
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I mean, but still, like, how low -rated do you have to be to allow knight b5?
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Because black could have easily lost this game a hundred times.
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Queen a6 back, right?
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Bringing the queen backwards.
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bringing the knight backwards playing this bringing the rook man like a lot of decent like bishop there
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but i have to think was any of this that complicated right was any of this
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really that complicated queen before you know trying to trade the queen it was all very kind of close combat that.
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Then when in doubt, you just started shoving all of your pawns forward.
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I mean, was this brilliant or an accident?
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Brilliant or an accident?
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I'm going to say like, I'm going to go, I'm going to say 17 -1800.
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I'm going to say 17 -1800. But allowing knight b5.
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Which is it?
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Would a 17 -1800 allow knight b5?
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Would a 17 -1800 survive that long?
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1350, final answer.
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1350, am I right?
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2200 versus 2191.
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No. Blitz.
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Not even bullet.
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No. No. No. Oh, no. No,
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no, no.
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oh god i oh oh god i thought i mean i really thought 17 1800
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but i just didn't think i just didn't think that that 21 oh god oh i okay okay no problem no problem
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it happens you know it happens to the best of us i mean just look at me
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What did Chess .com think?
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Chess .com, I think, has been programmed to not insult the players.
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I think Chess .com is going to say, like, an 1800 game.
519
I don't think
520
Chess .com is going to say any lower than that.
521
Okay.
522
In my defense, that was my guess.
523
I said 17 -1800.
524
Yeah, Chess .com thought, you know, I mean, Chess .com still thought black played better than white, but, oh, man.
525
yeah like the level it was very difficult you know and
526
and the reason look the reason hikaru and magnus are
527
so much better than everybody particularly at speed chess is their ability to defend
528
and not lose and i
529
and i really felt like black's ability in this game to defend
530
and not lose was very high which is why i was saying 17
531
so i gotta trust myself because i started saying 17 1800
532
and then you guys in the chat
533
and i already made a really bad guess you guys in the chat start going no it's not you idiot
534
and then you know i'm like well maybe they're right you
535
No, maybe it's a 1350 game.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “BRILLIANT GUESS THE ELO!!!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: queen, knight, bishop, rook, pawn. This video has 532 sentences and 4473 words to shadow. The speech runs for 33:01. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| knight noun | /ˈnaɪ̯t/ | An armored and mounted warrior of the Middle Ages. |
| bishop noun | /ˈbɪʃəp/ | An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church… |
| castle noun | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or… |
| pawn noun | /ˈpɔːn/ | The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only… |
| chess noun | /t͡ʃɛs/ | A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the… |
| defend verb | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | To ward off attacks against (something or someone). |
| decent adjective | /ˈdiː.sənt/ | Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances. |
| digit noun | /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/ | A position in a sequence of numerals representing a place value in a positional number system. |
| trap noun | /tɹæp/ | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body. |
| triple adjective | /ˈtɹɪp.əl/ | Made up of three related elements, often matching |
| opponent noun | /əˈpəʊ.nənt/ | One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something. |
| rat noun | /ɹæt/ | Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than… |
| lesson noun | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided. |
| clock noun | /klɑk/ | A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day. |
| capture verb | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hold up verb | To wait or delay. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
| get away verb | To move away (from). |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
| mess around verb | To fiddle idly. |
| strike back verb | To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why did you submit this game?
- I mean, white played well, but what?
- My friends, can I just say something?
- Can I say something real quick?
- Do you see what catastrophe we're looking at?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is called · be wired · be hyped |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've ever played · have not castled · has castled |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | here, which is · high which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 144 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: bishop /ˈbɪʃəp/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, shove /ʃʌv/, sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/
- Long words — get the stress right: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like knight, bishop, castle.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.