Speed Chess Tournaments

These are speed chess tournaments I've competed in online. Time controls are typically 1 minute per player.

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Currently Playing: Eastern Bullet Arena Speed Chess Tournament [231]

This is a speed (bullet) chess tournament (Eastern Bullet Arena) I competed in on lichess.org while livestreaming on http://twitch.tv/ChessNetwork. Time controls are 1 minute per player. I'm a self-taught National Master in chess out of Pennsylvania, USA who was introduced to the game by my father in 1988 at the age of 8. The purpose of this channel is to share my knowledge of chess to help others improve their game. I enjoy continuing to improve my understanding of this great game, albeit slowly. Consider subscribing here on YouTube for frequent content, and/or connecting via any or all of the below social medias. Your support is greatly appreciated. Take care, bye. :D ★ LIVESTREAM http://twitch.tv/ChessNetwork ★ FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/ChessNetwork ★ TWITTER http://twitter.com/ChessNetwork ★ GOOGLE+ http://google.com/+ChessNetwork ★ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ChessNetwork ★ DONATE https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QLV226E6FUUWG

Video Transcript

so there's the link if you want to hop in this is the Eastern bullet Arena 55 minutes remaining it's a 1 hour tournament so let's play some one minute chess seller seller lore let's build a center Point pieces at their King defend D5 all right you take me let's get to a half openen file throw a punch at the Knight he's not going anywhere I'm up a pece let's see if I can convert this being up a piece get a pawn another pawn and a fork okay they're giving me the queen let's enter how are they stopping me pre move it white resigned back to tournament land okay 75 players 76 players are in here late joining by five minutes is nothing long tournament for one minute you get a lot of uh those hyper bullet tournaments the 1 hour hyper bullets get a lot of games in with that all right let's just let's just keep this tension let's continue to keep the tension I have to be careful of this Advanced Let's uh kick this Knight away let's try to break this structure down some how long can I hold off on this tension can I still hold off on it let's go here there's this is a sensitive point you take there I take here I don't know if this is really uh favoring me it's not favoring me I'm just losing stuff actually Pawn takes Pawn would be a blunder I could take here I'm on C5 twice uh I am definitely worse here maybe threatening a fork they going to give up the dark scar Bishop no where's that Knight going to go I'm not even up TimeWise all right I guess we're going to break it up now uh I have some um some Rooks that can maybe do something dangerous pigs I would love some pigs I get some pigs I'm getting some pawns not getting the pigs I'm getting Pawns sneaky check throw in there a time burner land I'll take there pigs trade can I catch that pawn if he captures I didn't want to do that yo they're down on time I got to play a different system all right how about we uh fing no matter what queenside fetto threaten to win that E4 pawn pawn Grabber I a pawn Grabber there we go strike at the center improve the Knight get to the DNC files right now there you go improve oh they could have captured there and ruined my structure let's just swing over here okay get to um what was I going to say I get to uh oh I get to take a free rook pigs there we go that's going to be the theme just try to try to acquire pigs in every game you play uh I'll take here we don't want any any checks I could just uh let's just do it I'll give them up got a boatload of Pawns a boatload sneaky pwn no stalemate no stalemate no stalemate no stalemate no stalemate all right we got it lost my train of thought with that one okay 49 minutes left in this tournament player for fan A3 best by test we're going hippo not the greatest move order for it what's Rook to B8 about okay some clarification in the center push the F Pawn down uh Black's throat they're freeing up this guy maybe I should have inserted B4 first let's continue put the Knight on F4 Knight on F3 uh this guy is biting on a rock so let's go here there might be some pack right there what's that move about let's jump in here Bishop to F4 oo Queen treron love it they knew it was coming too that's why they didn't take on E5 they sensed it just defend C2 so my queen could go elsewhere going to trade The Rook all right a bishop move I got some nasty stuff lined up queens of gonner there goes the Rook where's the mate where's the mate they resign back to tournament okay okay okay 99 players are in there Alejandro BR all righty we're going to pin and they're breaking the pin all right let's hunt that light Square Bishop down can I kill their structure no their Queen's there to defend let's still jump in here and what about this can I sneak over where there's some weaknesses here I may just take that pawn may stop Brook Rook there it's a bit weakening probably a good idea to play here yeah it's kind of scary okay let's let's open it up Queen exchange I'm cool with o now their structure is really hurting let's put the Knight on a good Square are they going to be in infinite uh pin tricky Knight um I think I want to keep a rook around just one Rook two versus one think everything is uh cool over here and I should be able to uh continue marching with these guys or pick up a pawn um and they resigned if I took on C six they were going to take H2 uh but it's should still it probably still would have been winning there all right you two Tino H5 H4 all right um why not it's bullet you could do whatever you want you could throw your H Pawn down like that no rule against that I want to scoop him up with my knight Queen exchange I'm okay with that going to straighten out their pawns mhm um yeah okay I am uh down I'm down upon I don't like how I'm playing this what I mean to say is I don't I don't really like that I'm down upon I wish I wasn't down at Pawn that Knight's really going to hurt me really going to hurt me I got to work some magic with these Knights they are tricky who's going to get tricked careful now ooh looks like I'm getting tricked looks like I am the one getting tricked I got to break something open here my knight is going to be running really short on squares soon I don't know got to resort to time burner stuff careful now that's a clever move uh let's take a PA whoa got to go faster oh I don't have any time you time player dodged a bullet a serious bullet in that bullet game that is his first loss good player he's having a good run I got 20 in first 24 21 20 let's try an old Indian with a fiing ketto huh let's shoot for B5 let's scare him away can I take this Pawn without getting hurt I'm a chicken let's just close it up play for F5 next right now h let's take oh okay got to get rid of one of these Bishops they're they're too strong okay now I have an enormous Knight on E5 and H3 is struck at one upon want to complete development Queen G5 hang on Queen was throwing a punch at my Bishop let's back up I want the G5 Square got it double on the f file what am I missing Knight on F3 I could take on G3 King is on a light Square let's go here fight for that F3 Square they're ignoring it let's back up defend my base Point uh I guess here just want to double up continue to double are they in trouble they could take here they could take here again okay he's got to go down get fancy with the Knight one a piece that pawn down no time back to tournament all right I'm in first 24 with fire 40 minutes to go8 in this one all righty let's see who we get next Kentucky fried liver a speed demon I'm getting berserked I get to check and now let's flush this Knight away oh that was silly I I forgot that the Knight could just go and take a pawn not cool but they don't have much time and that's a serious problem I get a rook let's continue with some checks first yeah they just resigned that wasn't going to end well I had at minimum The Rook on H1 probably more maybe maybe even mate okay C4 what kind of Center are they going to have now they've given me a center they've given me a fork they which one do I want I'll take the bishop and try to show that this guy is a monster a monster okay some success um whoops change of plans my queen really didn't have a great Square to go to I guess here don't like how I'm playing this Knight on F4 it's getting too uh too complicated let's throw the knight in here all right now we're going to look at these squares Knight right here is some really good move now we're winning stuff we just want to get rid of the Knight centralize trade be a trading machine put stuff on dark I could have captured the bishop he was free there he returned and pushed this pwn to Victory Lane they resigned back to tournament 3226 22 125 in here okay don't ask me why oh don't ask me why I did that oh I forgot that this player plays like this this launching of a a bunch of Pawns yeah let's just uh let's just do what attack [Music] him let's try to open it up not working very well they could uh push me around are they going to keep it close let's let's sack h yeah take I got a castle sometime their Bishop is excellent I'm in some serious trouble oh aren't they in trouble they are mated out of nowhere I forgot about that player it's it's the same kind of uh thing that they do they uh F out of the Queen Bishop and then play on the other flank with these uh Rook Pawn to the third Rank and Knight Pawn to the fourth rank thing let's try a uh Kings Indian I really got lucky in that one okay I watch the E4 Square let's let's secure my knight okay so they're giving me that square let's hop to it it's getting serious um maybe we revisit this uh Square can the queen be chased around I want this Knight to move can I get that guy to move come on move Knight is there any way I could force that I don't see a way I could force that got some dark Square weaknesses Queen's a goner she's a goner just like that there a check centralize got some good pieces I don't have much time though there's a rook they're dropping a lot oh boy covering a lot of ground those guys okay we got 40 they resigned okay this guy let's throw B3 at this guy we not hang off on the D Pawn until okay let's let's let's commit with this let's stop B5 changing the structure huh let's try to break it up okay I got to get rid of their dark Square bishop and then I want to push through with this let's change the structure they can't take I didn't think they could take got to get this guy got to hunt him down fast I almost dropped my queen number one priority Rook takes Pawn ahead of fork and even here I have this I'm cool with this because I have a runner so here here here chop and then push away yeah they resigned it was going to be pretty clearcut there they had to trade down some okay Knight F6 C5 okay they're doing a lot of non-developing moves so let's try to put my pieces to work H it's a little bit weakening for sure to do this especially with the bishop there but um let's go here I'm threatening Knight B5 now they're in some serious trouble now yeah this is this is a game over cuz he becomes an absolute animal take here take here and we're going to hold that fork for a move wait for one of the Rooks to move first and then we take have them waste time okay they challenge me let's take the guy in the corner force their Rook to the corner and then just break this down get at their King let's take this Pawn incoming let's just do this I could have captured here as well but I want to get at this and this is all falling and they resigned back to tourament 48 2827 31 and change Kentucky fried liver again getting berserked they're trying for some fishing pull action I think um let's give them C4 K him away trying to fishing pulling I feel it I feel it yeah they're definitely trying to fishing ping it is scary it is scary not getting fishing pulled yet they're trying to be sneaky he's there in time no you will not get to F2 Drop That Knight yeah they resigned got the Rook they only uh were working with that Knight next to my king if they couldn't coordinate the queen with that Knight they didn't have anything all right we're going to feetto giving me a pawn let's just move out of the way play D4 Bishop D3 I'm up a clear Pawn Knight to B5 at some point just this in Tuck the bishop back on Knight to B4 continue to centralize sneak in a flight Square they're lacking a plan oh I forgot that they could do that nice I do have this move though so I'm on this all right uh let's go here on a battery I'm going to take this Knight and then the force off the light Square Bishops next and let's just operate on light squares have have some of my I want the rook's top right on light squares pawns control some dark to watch he doesn't go into Pac-Man mode someday pin let's challenge him where's the bishop going to go let's go here trying to get to this Square not letting me I control these two open files I don't like the technique I'm using okay that's helpful m very poor conversion right here yeah I got to try something else yeah that's maybe a start that's helpful for sure just gave up that pawn oh they got mated I thought somehow my flag fell there not the case all righty got 56 30 30 30 a lot of 30s whoa a lot of 30s there H with fire it's funny uh maybe we could go Bon land nope no C4 on board let's strike with C5 and let's get my D Pawn playing two fourth rank pawns we'll go with centralize let's open up his eyes sneak in a flight Square I don't know if it's timed well okay I'm fine with that exchange let's go here I want to get on this diagonal let take with the Knight could I always get out of this with the queen B7 move let's do it now and let's go here maybe threatening this and also a m m idea Knight H3 not quite now they opened themselves up for the H2 square but now I have G4 I want some pieces exchanged don't know how I pulled this off um let's go here could be in some trouble night here might be good be careful about that all right the Rooks are exchanged very close on the clock very complicated yeah shouldn't have allowed that want some pawns fix them on light squares he's going to be a Target soon trying to hunt him down tough to make progress here very tough King has to go back now oh they don't have any time it was winning in the end only after the Bishops were exchanged with the Bishops on I believe it's a draw okay Amed Sami zero we played earlier okay Queen side let's see how they react to a Pawn on D5 support my Center they can't feel too comfortable are they going to move forward wow okay let's support the center like this take and take my knight they're not doing that C6 this guy is this guy is unprotected let's let's try to undermine I want to get at their King I didn't want to have to drop this guy okay I'm G to oh okay he can't he can't be captured because of Bishop C4 Rook here I give a check on the C file so I'm up a rook let's take him oh my God I almost thought I could not stop that pawn almost I'm giving the piece or the material back I can't take that I would have ended up in a a pin now I want to take I will take next let back up they're being sneaky there oh now they're in a pin no time and they resigned back to tournament got 64 36 35 32 151 in this V panda is there okay chess twins I guess G6 let's try to hunt down the dark Square Bishop all right he's not going anywhere let's try for E5 E5 is in push him away try to they have that pawn they were really quick to spot that and this Pawn I'm giving away material but they're not not taking every piece of material I'm giving them he's he's really good their Bishop going to keep up in this option for a check feel like I should have some some attack let's just continue chucking these pawns I want to keep my knight around ready to enter on F3 and this should be mate there they would go here oh they have a rook check can I get away with this main two threat yes going to get it yes I am going to get it if I did that earlier with the King here there was Queen C3 to force the queen exchange they had to stop Queen here into H2 pretty unique position I've fallen for this type of idea with the queen like playing a move like Queen to C7 and before you know you can't even stop Queen to H2 next it's one of those silent but uh deadly moves not a capture or a check but throwing a really strong punch 6840 V Panda all right V Panda let's throw the bononi we're not going to go for the snake just the regular old bonon um here yeah how do they defend E4 actually that's why they're pausing it's only because they paused that I paused there let's take and uh and this isn't the way you get the piece back by the way I um yeah this was not right abort abort oh man okay I got to hope that my knight end up ends up on E5 that's not happening either though I'm going to struggle I am in big big trouble here yeah that's not the way you get the piece back I shouldn't do that just gonna get that pawn y take I got to hope that this tricky Knight is extra tricky extra tricky it's not happening got to keep pieces on you're trying to get them off stop it okay I got one tricky Rook mates okay it's getting at least a little bit complicated it's getting a little bit complicated oh man I had to be sneaky with the clock only on time I shouldn't have captured on e4 uh the reason why I played Rook to I was if I played the intended uh F5 they would have captured on D6 I really goofed in that uh sequence let's play with D6 and we're going to have the Knight the one that pounces on the D6 Square um let's try to um tie something in with that Knight something is going to happen on F7 something really good really good really really good The Exchange and the queen back to tournament I'm I'm a I'm a hamster thank you to I'm a hamster for the sub all right let's try the French we've played many games where we go into an exchange K not happening here let's back up on a challenge that light Square Bishop very strong he ready to trap me um let's go here Knight F5 there okay let's open it up maybe we get at their King can I dive in let's try this is this move working now they have a queen move h let's try this yeah if I move my Pawn they're going to get on this diagonal just like I did in the last game it's very weakening what I'm doing very very weakening and I just spent so much time I win some material now that's what I really need I really need the win of some material Pawn push get this what my knight on D5 Queen exchange I got The Rook got to run like the wind blows holy cow 68 seconds left for me barely barely barely I'll take it a close call man that was too close that was way too close yeah just a little too close there can I go Queen side all right let's open it up even if it costs upon Pawn improve the Knight push break it open break it open improve this Knight and where's the mate get to push next defend the night hit here he's still pinned I'm getting at him double up enter take get to the seventh let's take continue to enter slow down for a second okay let's break like that H I don't know step my king up just defend the Knight how about I push here and could we finally enter let's take there and there we go that's the way let's just take the piece check another check and that's not mate all right maybe we run it like this that's mate that's a pretty cool mate 84 5644 okay Justice drugs is up quick kill it's worth a shot maybe sneak in a a quick winner um I want to be able to neutralize this diagonal really quick uh let's just go here for starters throw a punch at The Rook offer a queen exchange and defend my knight yeah the queen is taking away probably the best Square from their Knight okay over here we both need a flight Square get a little bit more active with my queen I could do this and return to the home square of Challenge and I get to recapture the check this is important because I want to make sure I could take control over this otherwise Rook to D1 and I could scoop this guy up and recapture and defend F7 I still need a flight Square H6 is it um let's stick around and F6 is fine let's just go here get out of of any diagonal checks um actually let's just get the Queens off at this point defend my seventh inch my king over it's a bit cramped over here but I could create a pass Pawn it's tough to get him going oh they thought I was going to go here 10 seconds is plenty let's do it like this there we go back to tournament 88 60 46 10 to go 167 in there okay Kentucky fried liver again is berserking me ah a good one to throw in against Kentucky fried liver when they're in Speedy Gonzalez mode why not all right we'll take him out now all righty crashing through and they are in a giant pickle now let's just create a pass Pawn I was going to keep my queen and Rook sitting there and my queen and Rook would tie up their Rook knight and king two pieces restricting threee all right another old Indian maybe I damage their structure maybe not all right let's let's try it Bishop B4 I have C5 okay I want to get my Pawn to A4 this is now they might have trouble contesting this only open file because when my knight moves I have pressure on this point now this is a hole this is excellent now my knight is in a really good spot flight Square stop Knight here let's take um I could do this I'm going to take with the pawn let's try to um let's try to push him away I didn't have to go about it in this in this manner actually I could have done that a little bit sooner there was a much better approach than the one I'm taking right here um yeah feel like I want to just take that Knight out I think I might have to now I should be able to play much faster now with this night around is this a [Music] one uh I can't work it out oh why did I try to move the Knight it's too hard to move the Knight ah I should have been able to pre-move that one out much better oh man I hate losing those games I hate losing those games so much okay where are they going Queen side okay just push my Aon up man I want that game back can I get that game back let's break it open over here aren't they asking for trouble might Queen on A7 tough to tough to deal with this threat that's why they're in the think tank a I should have just pre- moved with my king it's so much easier you only have to take one little step just go on the light squares Jabo Jangles thank you for the resub nine months in a row man appreciate the support chess twins again okay yeah oh this was the one the game where I had H that maid on H2 my knight is actually going to return home because he loves loves the B4 Square maybe my other Knight loves it too maybe yeah let's do this very very odd approach but why not okay maybe we play on the a file trying to win a pawn I'll go Pawn hunting got B3 he might have been trapped if I didn't do something like this maybe they take go here want to break with this really soon take with the Rook not quite working I don't think funny situation with those Rooks I want to maintain this guy here two versus zero now bring the king over maybe I could try to convert this in a smooth way way smooth keep it smooth don't drop your Rook it's all you have to do just don't drop your Rook you're golden just don't drop your Rook have your king be the leader he'll love that don't like my Approach okay it's decent keep pushing I don't have much time let's take him let's see if I can pre moove it's a pre moove test 1.8 seconds man okay let's see if we could put a 100 up there one one win away I got some fire um 230 remain all right what do we throw at cage G3 what's that about C6 E6 they're going um H Pawn crazy all right we got to shoot for F4 it's our way to break open position so pressure win a PA and now this is collapsing they're giving me a night let's run away um let's just go here oh they're not they're just giving me stuff now they saw a ghost there or something now I'm going to try for this kind of stuff ins start I'll insert B4 okay they're stopping that let's improve the knights take on E6 just take anything forks and trade almost preo this where is the mate it's close by really close by Bishop right here is going to hurt and mate next no not quite let's check mate next that's going to do it maybe one more 35 seconds probably not think if it hits 27 28 closed yeah okay that's going to do it one speed bump I still felt like I should have had that one but there are plenty of games in there where I should have lost okay 173 in all let's see all the pages NM chess ninja who is that we've never played we got confetti page two is there three 18 pages in all good turnout for an Eastern bullet Arena almost there I see pinteresting played a handful okay to the 10072 of you good games all

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