My Opponent Gave Me All Their Pieces | Day 27 Playing Chess Until I Don't Suck

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]Hello and welcome back to episode 27 of playing chess until I don't suck anymore. Spoiler alert, I still suck.

[00:00:07]So, let's see how we do today.

[00:00:10]We're going to do um the 30-minute game. Again, if you missed yesterday, um I still lost on time for the 30-minute game. So, we're going to try again.

[00:00:25]It's much easier though to play the 30-minute game than the crazy uh 15 10 because clearly if I lose on time on a 30-minute, I don't know.

[00:00:38]I don't know what to do anymore. So, they've stunted my development, which Oh, well.

[00:00:47]All right. Well, I shouldn't have done that.

[00:00:55]I'll just go here. Or that opens up the F pawn.

[00:01:01]Um I could just go here.

[00:01:08]Guess I should just castle right away.

[00:01:12]Mm.

[00:01:17]Ask the bishop what the hell he wants.

[00:01:20]Get the hell out of here.

[00:01:22]Watch him take my pawn.

[00:01:25]All right. Um now I can move here.

[00:01:30]Free up a bit of my area and take more control of the center cuz uh Ooh.

[00:01:38]Okay, now what do I do with this?

[00:01:41]Um I think I'm just going to have to start pushing pawns that way to get my other bishop out.

[00:01:49]Oops.

[00:01:50]That's illegal.

[00:01:54]Maybe I go here instead of there So that it's not immediately blocked in.

[00:02:01]Then I can do this.

[00:02:06]Um well I could just do that.

[00:02:11]Or let's see.

[00:02:13]I want them to take.

[00:02:15]I don't think I have to really react yet. I could just do this.

[00:02:20]And I see something here.

[00:02:25]Hello.

[00:02:27]375 maybe they don't spot it. I bet they will.

[00:02:33]Okay.

[00:02:35]So um I could take that.

[00:02:42]Or this takes takes I think that's a good idea.

[00:02:50]Or this cuz then um there's still that idea here.

[00:02:59]Um after I threaten this.

[00:03:03]Uh I don't know.

[00:03:06]We'll see. Let's not run out of time again.

[00:03:10]Take the knight.

[00:03:12]No.

[00:03:13]I miscalculated.

[00:03:15]Miscalculated.

[00:03:17]How do I get rid of that knight?

[00:03:20]Or maybe I just give up on that idea entirely.

[00:03:23]I'm just I don't know.

[00:03:26]Could just take Yeah.

[00:03:41]Ah, I thought they were going to take Oh, all right. Um I'm going to just move this to here. It's pressure on the bishop and then also attacks the queen.

[00:04:02]Okay.

[00:04:05]Now I can go here, again attacking the queen.

[00:04:09]And I attack this pawn or I do my queen attack this pawn. Um or this diagonal. The pressure on this.

[00:04:26]Put my queen up there, too. Maybe a simple move.

[00:04:32]Whoa.

[00:04:33]Why did they pre-move? Oh, they're going to try to go do this with the queen.

[00:04:40]Okay.

[00:04:42]Well, I can just go here.

[00:04:45]Um and then they can try to take, but I can take back.

[00:04:51]Uh or go here.

[00:04:57]Yeah, if I put my queen there and the next move I take I get a rook.

[00:05:06]But they're probably trying to do checkmate with their queen.

[00:05:10]And then I can go back and stop it.

[00:05:13]So Darn it.

[00:05:20]Okay. Um now I can Uh does that do anything? No.

[00:05:29]Does that do anything? Not really.

[00:05:32]I could do that idea.

[00:05:35]Hm. What does it even do, though?

[00:05:39]Maybe I do this.

[00:05:42]Hm.

[00:05:44]I could go here.

[00:05:47]Cuz then eventually I could go here.

[00:05:49]Mhm.

[00:05:54]Right on cue.

[00:05:57]Then I get my rook out.

[00:06:01]Or the other one, I mean.

[00:06:04]Okay. Well, I could just do that.

[00:06:12]I could just go there. Or actually, I could just go here. No.

[00:06:18]Um wanted to protect my knight, but I don't see that happening. Uh so yeah, I could just go here.

[00:06:34]Oh. Well, I can just take this.

[00:06:41]And then if you take it, I can just take this.

[00:06:50]I should have threatened the queen first.

[00:06:53]And then taken that.

[00:07:01]Mhm.

[00:07:02]Well, I could just protect this, or I could just keep going.

[00:07:09]Because takes and then what?

[00:07:17]Mhm.

[00:07:19]If I take, she takes. Nah.

[00:07:23]Mhm.

[00:07:25]If I go there, Okay, so if I sacrifice my queen, they take, then I Or I I promote.

[00:07:41]That way. which isn't protected.

[00:07:46]God, I hope I'm right.

[00:07:52]Okay, and then I'm just going to go where? Here?

[00:07:59]But I don't want the king to move again.

[00:08:03]For now.

[00:08:06]Mhm, I can just get out my other rook, too, right?

[00:08:23]Just trying different things.

[00:08:26]Why not use a pawn if I have it?

[00:08:29]Um, let's see.

[00:08:35]I could go here.

[00:08:38]Um, or just protect this because or Wait, yeah.

[00:08:54]Yay!

[00:08:55]Wonderful. Let's see the game review.

[00:08:59]Okay, not great, not bad.

[00:09:02]Um, let's see.

[00:09:13]A6 is a blunder.

[00:09:15]Right, yeah, cuz I trapped my bishop.

[00:09:28]Okay, I could have created a fork.

[00:09:37]Uh and I could have uh I could have done it and threatened the queen.

[00:10:00]Okay.

[00:10:03]Well, that was good. Um pretty good. Yeah.

[00:10:08]All right. I'm happy with that. Um If you're still watching, um this episode is pre-recorded. I'm doing a big move. So, uh I have to record all the episodes a little a few episodes in advance. So, any feedback and comments, I'm still going to read them, still going to use them. Um but they may not be in the next two videos. So, keep that in mind, but please tell me all of your feedback and comments. Uh please do. I read them all and I reply to every single one, and I appreciate it a lot. Um and please like the video if you enjoyed it and subscribe if you haven't already.

[00:10:50]Um and I will see you tomorrow. Bye.