I'm an enthusiastic chess player, used to play somewhat competetively 3 years ago, but stopped and now I'm really rusty. I find that simply verbalizing your thoughts helps a lot to see flaws in your thinking, so I've been doing that lately to help myself get back in shape. And I figured, why not make some videos? Yeah I'm not a great player by any means, but I suppose people might still find this interesting. So I did that. English ain't my native language and also my mic had some problems (sound gets quite weird when I stop shouting...).
So yeah, I recorded a game, and I played quite poorly but it was a quite fun game so I'm uploading it anyways. Random comments are welcome, as well as constructive criticism. I found doing commentary really fun, so I'll probably do some more, so please tell me how I can improve!
Haven't considered live streaming. First of all my computer isn't all that good (laptop with core i5 and ATI 5400...), so I don't know whether it will be good enough for that kind of stuff. Also I'd like to at least get back to my previous skill level (which even ain't that good...) before I start making some more serious commentaries or whatnot.
There was a guy who livestreamed some chess games he was playing with commentary. I cant remember what he was called but i havent seen him in a long time. Probably stopped because he didnt get very many hits.
So i think you could do the same, atleast if you are happy that there most likely wont be more than 5 people watching you play. I did enjoy watching his chess matches since i thought he was godly good after my standarts. Actually sucks that he stopped streaming.
On June 18 2010 04:28 Kong John wrote: There was a guy who livestreamed some chess games he was playing with commentary. I cant remember what he was called but i havent seen him in a long time. Probably stopped because he didnt get very many hits.
So i think you could do the same, atleast if you are happy that there most likely wont be more than 5 people watching you play. I did enjoy watching his chess matches since i thought he was godly good after my standarts. Actually sucks that he stopped streaming.
Yeah I watched him play some games on his stream and he's much better than me. But then again, I'm doing these for entertainment mostly. Also I don't like playing blitz and play rapid games instead, which are quite a bit different from those 5 minute games.
On June 18 2010 05:27 prosatan wrote: My dad was a pro chess player but now he is retired I will ask him about your game and PM you good luck in the future
Woah, a professional chess player? Is you dad a Grandmaster or something?
On June 18 2010 04:28 Kong John wrote: There was a guy who livestreamed some chess games he was playing with commentary. I cant remember what he was called but i havent seen him in a long time. Probably stopped because he didnt get very many hits.
So i think you could do the same, atleast if you are happy that there most likely wont be more than 5 people watching you play. I did enjoy watching his chess matches since i thought he was godly good after my standarts. Actually sucks that he stopped streaming.
ng5... he still does it every once in a while... look for his chess streaming bumps... he's really really good.
And lol I saw that coming where you couldn't take back the bishop on e3 esle you would loose the c4 pawn. I was kinda wondering if I were missing something somewhere cause your rational was pretty good until that
Anyway good game and the commentary made it quite interesting
This was very entertaining for me to watch. Of course, I'm nearly total chess noob with only a few books read, but that's also the largest average target audience. Go chess commentary! gg gl hf
Could you guys provide some feedback about commentary? Things I should work on and so on? I realize my english is shaky, but how about things I should focus on and so on? What would YOU like to hear chess commentator speak about?
he's not on here, but kingscrusher's channel on youtube has a ton of interesting live commentaries on it at a fairly high level, as well as analysis of longer games. he's been doing more bullet rather than blitz recently though
On June 18 2010 06:48 calgar wrote: I'll check it out - I'm sort of just getting back into it myself and am going to be teaching at a summer camp next week.
And could someone link me Ng5, I couldn't find him on youtube. Exactly how good is he (Is he titled/whats his FIDE)?
I enjoyed it. My only comment is that you shouldn't be too worried about dead air if you're playing and commentating at the same time (rather than commentating a game you just played). If you're thinking out a position just do so in silence or talk it out if you prefer. At the same time, viewers can be looking at the position themselves. Then, right after you make your move, you can discuss the reasons why in a clearer fashion which also saves time.
Heres a chess book I'm currently reading every night before I go to sleep now that I don't have to worry about Final exams(THANK GOD!) Its called Logical Chess. Move By Move. Every Move Explained(found most commonly as Logical Chess but the others are on the front cover of the book as well)
Logical Chess by Irving Chernev. Its really popular and helps you learn about why grand masters make each of the moves they make.
This was great! Perfect level for me to learn from. Especially when you talked about attacking strategies after you both castled. Don't worry if you don't have anything to say sometimes, I just use the time to think about the position (otherwise we can just fast forward )
On June 18 2010 06:48 calgar wrote: I'll check it out - I'm sort of just getting back into it myself and am going to be teaching at a summer camp next week.
And could someone link me Ng5, I couldn't find him on youtube. Exactly how good is he (Is he titled/whats his FIDE)?
On June 18 2010 07:45 ZERG_RUSSIAN wrote: Ng5 is my hero
P.S.
"comfortably over 2500" is something that some grandmasters can't even say.
I think that on some of those sites, the ratings are quite inflated. I guess it is more fun for people when they think they are playing on a high level. Instantchess is like 400 elo off imo.
On June 18 2010 06:48 calgar wrote: I'll check it out - I'm sort of just getting back into it myself and am going to be teaching at a summer camp next week.
And could someone link me Ng5, I couldn't find him on youtube. Exactly how good is he (Is he titled/whats his FIDE)?
Ah, thanks! I am sufficiently impressed considering he beat Gata Kamsky in blitz, regardless of blitz/blunders/short time control/etc, that is still crazy!
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