thanks for the suggestion, yousef, but including the level of the player in the title is just not snappy enough. we already use the titles to indicate what type of video it is or what series it belongs to, and we can't have two mile long purely descriptive titles. the videos are all tagged with a "level" and that level indicates the level of the player in these live sessions, bc that's the audience for whom the game and commentary will be most apt.

we will do some other players in the future :-)

@ david I think it would be interesting to follow a variety of people, but you should include in the title / description the level of the player being followed

This video was a very good introduction to start the series.

Dont stalk the poor guy :)... Nice video, I learned ALOT

This is VERY exciting! The best new idea for a chess video series I ever heard of. And that IS a compliment from somebody that usually only watches the Great Masters! Additionally I would love to see video coverage of something like Kasparov-Karpov Matches (please not Fischer-Spassky as this has been covered extensively over the years ;)

This was a beautiful idea for a series. I'll be following it for sure.

Two awesome games!....thx Gareth and IM pruess and your sense of humour is AWESOME! keep up making vids like this coz we r waiting for more!

thanks for the feedback.

At first i thought Qb6 was a mouse slip... But I think this is the right level. In the first game, no offense, he played badly, but the second game was for higher rated audiences. I approve of this idea, but still like teaching videos slightly more.

Nixeh, because of the target length of the videos, what we are trying is 10 min each side for the game --> about an 18 minute game, and then i go back over some of the main points of the game for 5-7 minutes on an analysis board. when you see 3 and/or 4, let me know if that's a successful pacing or not.

Great video series David, I enjoyed your analysis. If possible could you focus on slightly longer games in future (around 15-20mins)? The analysis during the 10 minute games when complexities arise doesn't quite do it justice and lower rated members can quickly be lost as you writtle off annotation to keep up. If something is a bad move, it would be great for someone of your level to explain exactly why as again, it's not always obvious to us lowly serfs especially without the theory to back it up. I look forward to your future videos.

nice video it was fun watching this guy

Very informative and neat concept to take on commentary for fellow members - It keeps the community strong and the in game anaylsis is nothing short of interesting - Never the less superb commentary and keep them coming! Thanks again!

 

Sterling Neblett

Good Job. Thanks you.

I really like this format. A brilliant commentator who is neither of the players gives a point of view that's refreshingly independent -- even more fun might be if the game players themselves left a comment after the game ... do the three of them agree on the "turning point?"

It was great to see how to use the pgn button. Congratulations to all!

Nice job Garrett and David! :}

Nice video, although I found the commentary a little basic for games of a 1900.

good job. keep up the good work.

An interesting format! Look forward to more, and thanks

hey everyone, thanks for the comments. the idea is from GambitGareth, that's how he earned the right to have the first set of these videos done with his games.

scarlet_chessmaster and anyone else interested in the full moves: there is a "get pgn" link to the right of the chessboard so you can find them easily in the future.

gauranga, we will do videos with a variety of levels of player being commented on. but we do already have videos where danny or sam or i comment on our own games, so that already kind of covers your level, right? i think for 1200s it will be interesting to see some videos where we follow a 1200 (correct me if i'm wrong, 1200s) and for 2000s it will be interesting to see some videos where we follow a 2000 (again, let me know if i'm wrong, 2000s). so we will continue to try to do a little something for everyone.