Chopping Down the Alapin Sicilian | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. 2137
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- čas přidán 6. 03. 2024
- In this continuation of the "Climbing the Rating Ladder" series I take on players of various ratings levels while pointing out typical mistakes and spots for improvement along the way (possibly my own!? :)). Here I commentate a 10+0 game against a player rated 2137 on Chess.com. The Alapin Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.c3) is an opening I recommend from the White side, and here I face it with the Black pieces. Although 2...d5 and 2...d5 are the most theoretically sound ways to reply, in this case I opt for 2...g6, a line that may appeal to Accelerated Dragon/Hyperaccelerated Dragon players. The idea is that after a d2-d4 and ...c5xd4, Black will only then counterattack in the center with ...d7-d5. If White staggers their structure with e4-e5, Black may begin to "chop down the tree" by means of ...Nb8-c6, ...Bc8-g4fxf3, ...Qd8-b6, and ...Ng8-h6 or ...e7-e6 and ...Ng8-e7-f5. Tremendous pressure against the d-pawn could emerge, and Black's bishop on g7 may even join the party with a well-timed ...f7-f6.
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Woah - am I out of the loop or is this a new thumbnail format? It’s nice - my first thought was “- John is doing Chessable content or something”
I love these 'the ladder climbing rating' videos 😂❤
2:04, john still traumatized from that one time
This thumbnail looks so clean though! I'm really impressed. Good stuff, John.
Seeing a master play a strong player in the alapin is an absolute treat as someone who is trying to be a competent Sicilian player. Awesome content, John! Thank you!
Mio the butcher has a good video on this 2. …g6 line
Yay you're back! Wishing you all the very best John, best chess content on CZcams!
Oh, awesome, I was just thinking yesterday it'd been a minute. Thanks for the content!
Very good tip about remembering that when you move your queens bishop you are undefending your b pawn. Eventually I will be able to remember that beforehand.
My favorite chess series since 2017! I like the new thumbnail too. Looking forward to the Scandi course which can't come soon enough.
Thanks John! I face the alpine a lot and g6 is not something I've tried. This was instructive.
The ladder climbing rating 🤝🏻
Love it love it love it, thanks John ❤
Haha the sass John starts giving off around the 13 minute mark is great. Excellent video as always!
Thanks for the upload john! always a pleasure watching your new vids
Perfect ! I play the Alapin myself as default way to put my 2 pawns in the center (following your recommendation btw hehe) always good to see you John! Thanks for the content
I enjoy these so much! Thanks.
Need to make your chess board blue to match the very nice new thumbnail theme!
Great to see a new video, and CTRL is my favorite series!
Looking forward to this. Had some very uncertain games vs the Alapin in the last while. Also, sweet thumbnail, very crisp
Agreed thumbnail is slick
Agreed thumbnail is slick
JOHN IS BACK WITH THE RATING CLIMB! LOVE THESE TYPE OF VIDS JOHN!
Thanks for the video John, I was hoping to see some CtRL content this week :) Hope your throat is better.
Love watching you explain your thoughts John - still waiting for the day a brawl between you and Levy transpires on the board
Will have the same wow factor as watching Magnus V. Hikaru
Good to see you back John. Don’t be a stranger
John Bartholomew uploads a video, I smash the like button, I watch the video.
Need to bring a ladder in that thumbnail 😅. Also missing the 'using the clock as a weapon ' series for a while. Hope to get some back to back game vids soon 😊
22:25 "something that you can use from the white side and really build a pawn for your advantage" is what I heard at first in the microsecond before it collapsed to "build upon" in my head.
Yay, CTRL is back! Like the new thumbnail, too.
Opponent: dissolves under pressure... John (playing a perfect game) "Are they trolling me?". ROFL 😋
Nice rating on the guy. Greetings from Poland
Thanks for tuning in from Poland!
yay, the best!
Fabulous thumbnail 👍
Right at the end, if Ke1 after Ne3+ then you have mate in 1 with Re2# rather than mate in 2 with Rg1 or Rh1. Small point but it's a neat pattern to know about
"Not a move I expected" is such a kind way of saying it
At least at first 😅
Decaf coffee? Man man man, have you not aged with us 😄
I gotta rotate leaded/unleaded :)
nice alapin
F3 really did look like a mouse slip.
Yeah, I was so confused about that one! But Rxe6 later...? Haha
Yay yay yay
Hi John, I have a non chess related comment if you don't mind. regarding your video thumbnail. As a graphic designer, i would suggest that maybe you would consider starting with the word on top instead of bottom of the blue line. ie: "climbing" should be on top since people tend to read top to bottom you might see how some people would at first glance read the sentence as :"The Ladder Climbing Rating".
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Do you have any tips or links on how to setup OBS for recording?
I'd recommend looking up some CZcams tutorials - so much good stuff on YT.
I don't know why pretty strong players make simple mistakes against masters online, but 1600 players play like Karpov against me! :D
Hey John, I’d be curious what you think of this guy’s account. I think it’s an account with rating manipulation.
He has wins against high-rated rapid accounts that threw the game to him and all the high-rated accounts are banned. His other games are all over the place playing multiple games against people rated 100-400.
My conclusion was, he is creating alternate accounts and cheating with them to inflate the ratings of those accounts and then throwing away games against his main account to inflate his rating without using computer assistance on his main account.
what a bizarre thing to do
I will be the first to admit that I'm not qualified to say this, but I found the play from white here very uncharacteristically lax for a player of that level. Every player even close to that rating that I have ever played has completely blown me off the board... but while this player was making moves I felt like the responses were obvious and natural. Only replying to your comment (as opposed to making my own) because I felt like having many comments to the same effect would be a potential dogpile rather than a reply which leaves room for reasonable discussion.
Potential counterpoints: Having played John three times I also know that the experience is terrifying and I've made outright 1-2 move blunders that are atypical around 1400, and I also know that watching Masters play makes everything look easier than it is... however, even so, after a lot of the moves I found myself immediately confused and THEN John would vocalize the same thing.
IDK, hopefully not what you suspect but I understand why you think it.
@@gcollins1992 the guy’s level was what made me look at the account. I have experienced similar fear while playing against people John’s level that probably affected my decision-making. That doesn’t explain the weird game history on the account, however. Also, I would say certain blunders like Rxe6 exceed the explanation in your counterpoint. A genuine 2100 would at least resign against an IM after such an embarrassing mistake.
@@connormonday to be clear, I don't think you're wrong, I was just trying to find other explanations to give potential grace. I am a little glad that at least one other person was raising their eyebrow though, because sometimes I fall victim to the: "My opponents don't make bad moves like this" fallacy and had a brief thought that it could be that at work here.
Its been a while
hi john hope you are well
Thanks, hope you are well too!
Come on guys subscribe more, I can't believe John is under 200K subscribers still :(
I mean look at that guy's account.... he literally is not 2100 actual strength. He has soft elo . Highest elo opponent beaten was a 1981 . Bros got the show off to your friends account
Strangely Lichess 2100 rated players look stronger
white thinks how fast can i lose 2137 nah
First!
I dislike John Bartholemew.. His videos are fake and staged
Good thing I'm John Barthol*o*mew