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by doughj3 4396 days ago
ChessNetwork on YouTube[1] has many videos of blitz chess tournaments where he provides commentary as he plays. Very interesting to watch!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWYS209ydE

2 comments

That's pretty cool!

Can anyone inform an amateur like me what happens at 2:14 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWYS209ydE#t=134) and before that as well. It seems to me that black captures his own pawn using his knight. Is that legal?

EDIT: Ah, I see. White pawn captures black pawn, and the knight captures the white pawn. I just happens so fast I didn't see the white move.

Wow, very cool!

Can someone explain what's going on at 20:24 : http://youtu.be/7YWYS209ydE?t=20m20s ?

He forks the king and the queen, then his opponent moved his queen!?! This is not a legal move right?

Had to re-watch a couple times: on that move, white had already moved pawn from g2 to g3, the knight from d6 to e8 is a pre-move that happens very quickly (you can see the red square); while white was setting up that pre-move, black moved the queen.

Does that clarify or did I miss what you are asking?

Got it, thanks!