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it's all about the rating fixation.....even in the title: "....until I reach a 2000 RATING"....if there was no rating visible and no goals for reaching certain numbers, one wouldn't get frustrated by losing and losing rating points. that pressure of HAVING TO perform to reach certain number is psychologically creating fears and barriers that get triggered during the game. I bet that if one played just for fun (without rating fixation), the performance would go up and be steady.

Yo Patrick… you gave that one away bro!

You are afraid to exchange pieces. Even Magnus exchange early to simplify his position. Then, you put yourself under pressure and make mistakes. But the biggest problem is your confidence. You have to believe in your ability to win games.

Patrick. Been watching your games since February 2024. I noticed that you loose on time a lot. I have learned that when you are spending a lot of time in one move, say 1 minute, just decide to play one move rather than spend so long when the 2 or 3 favorite moves have similar overall outcomes. Marcel

What the engine isn’t telling you… 12 h3 - Bxf6 is a little hard to see. The key is recognizing the attack on the g4 bishop that occurs by moving the knight on f3. The trade of bishops frees up g5 so this discovered attack can happen with check. 14 Bxf3 - You found the best move Bc4 but talked yourself out of it for fear of losing a pawn. If black takes the pawn you have a really strong attack. Don’t be afraid to lose material for a strong attack and force yourself to do the calculation. Hope this helps. Good Luck.

When you have to choose a place for your knight at 9:04 . Always choose the square that isn´t threatened by a pawn. F5 is the best place because no pawn can expel your knight from there, the kinght could be living there rent free all the game and wait for the right time to jump and make a fork. Imagine if you could place your rook at d6 it is check mate. That is a plan, it doesn´t matter you are a piece down, try to sacrifice the other pieces as baits or distraction, put your knight at f5 and place your rook at d6 to check mate.

Since family and work considerations make getting a coach impractical, I suggest getting Artur Yusupov's book Build Up Your Chess 1. It has 34 chapters on various aspects of chess and each chapter has a test at the end with from 1 to 3 points for each question. You can find out which aspects you understand and which you need to work on. It's the next best thing to having a coach and you can use it at your leisure. I enjoy your channel very much and keep up the good work, you will get there.

Glad to see you're finally improving your hat-wearing tactics.

Find the lion living inside of you Patrick. Strike fear in your opponents. Go for the head! Stop being the gazelle fearful and timid. Attack!!

Good thing is once you hit rock bottom you can only go up from there.

I offered Patrick some free coaching. Doesn't seem like he was too interested! Good game today though. For sure a lot to learn.

Tough game. Way to stay positive though. April showers bring may flowers

Dude, you should train, not play everyday, so you begin to see things

Patrick, I know that being in a big losing streak sucks, but I just want to say that I admire your positive attitude and dedication to keep playing anyway. It's hard to keep enjoying the game even things aren't going well. Even if you don't hit your goal anytime soon, you're an inspiration.

There are so many games that you’re right on the cusp of walking away with it. It’s the finest of differences that are showing up in your current elo. Just keep learning and those games like these in which you are a hair’s breath away from dominating will start to go your way again. I believe it.

After knight check King d2. Look at all the squares the king can move to. d2 attacks the knight. It's called the Pirc, not the Pierce,

Same issue again. Hopefully you’ll realize your issues aren’t in the opening. It is all board vision. When you had his king on e6, you only briefly considered an attack with your white bishop on c4. You didn’t notice his bishop was undefended if you moved your knight with check. Instead you went to your tendency to react and be defensive. That sometimes works for you if your opponent miscalculated and you end up better playing defense but practicing board vision (slowing down, examining for checks/captures all over) is going to help.

11:59 He finally got me! 😂😂😂 oh Patrick

Shocked how many people can’t understand how to read Patrick’s record against this guy but think they can provide chess advice. Keep grinding Patrick.

Patrick, what’s the make / model of your hats? Nike something

You should have developed your H rook to E1 before you began your attack. Also might have been better to have taken with your bishop, BxF3 rather than the pawn. Leaving black with isolated doubled pawn on the G file whereas you would still have a sold pawn structure. Then start attacking the isolated pawn.

Very sad, that you did not even think before moving the king to b1. There were only 2 moves to consider and more than 7 minutes left.

Another win in Tozolon haha. Keep going Patrick

"I've beating him 3 times!" It's 0/0/3 Patrick lol

Patrick thinking that he's 3/3 against his opponent when he's actually 0/3 is a metaphor for something.

Being on you tube and getting lots of contradictory advice must be confusing. The defeat here was down to listening to the criticism of playing to slowly. In fact,the period when you got to 1550 was characterised by you taking your time in the opening. It doesn’t matter if your opponent has 5 minutes more on the clock if you are crushing them.

I reckon if he wears a beret he will reach 4000 ELO within a year

At 10:51 couldn't he take the knight on H4 with his dark squared bishop and if the queen takes back then he gets in with his queen taking the pawno on b2 and then picking up the pawn on c3 as well when the opponent has to move the knight to defend the rook?

0/0/3 means you lost 3 games against him Edit: sorry. I am wrong. Patrick was right, he was 3/0/0.

So as per yesterdays advice you lost not because of any opening study but lack of board vision, and tactics you do NOT need to spend time practicing openings .. nor adjusting your hat 😂

I worry about your chess journey more than my own one😅

I like the color of your hat

You’ve lost 4 times to him now

I find myself appreciating the short sections of talking prior to the games :) Great opening today, and an unfortunate tactical oversight. But you've got this, Patrick. We are here for the long game. It is all about learning, and then the rating will come eventually :)

I don't think it matters the time controls, I think you need a regular rival who will trash talk you but also point out the holes in your games.😊

The last time you faced tozolon53 on April 10th, he was rated 1542. How did he improve so fast? What time controls does he play? Rapid: 869 Blitz: 513 Bullet: 0 Whereas for Patrick: Rapid: 458 Blitz: 2092 Bullet: 443

Inching closer and closer to 13XX. Oy. Need to reverse course.

Good Music!!

Again, nothing wrong with the opening. After 11 moves you are +3.5. But three tactical oversights in the middle game cost you the game. Good analysis by the way. And although you beat this opponent previously, they are highly rated.

First comment! Rooting for you, buddy!

Great game!

After nc6 on move 1, i just play nc3 and try to transpose back into the vienna game. Works sometimes but maybe something to consider next time you see it since you play the vienna

oh no... that's a bummer .

I suggest watching some great players. There are many videos of Magnus and Hikaru. Check how they think and move. Get their ideas and adjust them to your game. 20-30 minutes per day is more than enough.

Patrick doesn't seem to listen to the advice posted here, so, to anyone in the same quest for 2000, STAY AWAY FROM BULLET AND BLITZ i am rated 2100 and got there without touching a single game of bullet or blitz. When i started playing faster time controls, my rapid rating took a dive as i was focusing on not getting flagged rather than playing chess. i put aside bullet and blitz and my rating went back up to normal again bullet is pure poison

Happens to all of us. Don’t get down.

In your analyses you see a move you overlooked, then in your mind you make it and assume your opponent isn’t going to make the best counter play. Unless your move forces mate, that’s a mistake. Better to not give up a game winning home run in the bottom of the ninth because you changed pitchers and the other manager put in a pinch hitter .

A lot of wellmeant advices has been given now through 421 games ( almost 15 months ) I never heard Patrick ( i might be wrong ) fully address his problems , and change to something to improve . As i see it , its pretty much the same as from the beginning. Some of the advices given , i will try to list below. 1. Not going for simple openings and castle 2. Not addressing the time issue. 3 Not addressing the endgame problems. 4. Not addressing playing lower rated players And i could go on really. Just to be clear , i enjoy watching Patrick now and then But really it seems to me , that this is the level Patrick enjoys playing winning or losing. Thats fine by me ( why shouldent it be ) But regarding reaching level 2.000. That is of course never happening if this pattern continues , and thats also just perfect. Good luck Patrick. I will continue to watch your content every now and then 😅😅

I was once up into the 1500s and then went on a skid where I lost like 20 in a row and was eventually losing to 1200s. It made no sense. So I got an MRI and turns out I had poop in my skull. My body got confused and was sending it the wrong way.

Oh, and if youre tryinv to get back to basics remember checks captures and attacks. Especially checks! As others have mentioned regarding the queen trade