All 100 Games Of Luke The Notable On Chess.com
Prologue
Ever since the recent chess boom, there have been many newcomers. Some have been seeking to improve, some have been revisiting an old game that they used to play in elementary school, and some people just want to laugh in the face of their friends when they destroy them with the four-move checkmate. Either way, ever since Pogchamps, many new content creators have been exploring chess. Let's take a look at Minecraft Youtuber/Gamer Person: Luke The Notable.
Recently, he made a video about his '100 games' on chess.com. It is a video similar to his 100 drops, 100 days, etc series of videos where he usually completes a game to its finish and tracks his progress over that period of time. He recaps his progress in chess over time. Here is the video below:
But cleverly enough, I found his account, and I managed to find all of his games. I'm here to show you his most brilliant masterpieces/losses, and one of his best games.
I've gathered all 100 games, and have organized them into various zealous chapters, categorizing how fast the games were, full games, etc.
Introduction
Four Move Death(And More Ways To Die!)
11-20 Moves Of Chaos
20-60 Moves Of Up-Down-Up-Down-Up-Down
NOTABLE GAMES
Doh! Not Again
From Death And Back Again
The Attacking Genius, but then not so genius
The Queen Does All That Heavy Work
Draws That Are Not Actually Draws
Luke The Notable's Playing Style
Openings
If you've already watched the video, then you know LukeTheNotable's favorite opening is just the four-move checkmate, but with a different move order. In fact, he seems to love the fast post-game thrills of winning quickly and making the opponent suffer.
Success Rate Against Various Openings After e4
Luke The Notable seems to suffer after openings like Nf6, d5, and d6 because most of his wins come from quick and easy four-move checkmates. After e5 however, luke usually plays the move Bc4. But, then afterward his win rate against black goes down into a deep drastic decline.
Usually, after the common move Nc6, Luke will play Qf3? and then proceed with the four-move checkmate. However, this usually leads to a negative win-to-loss ratio after Nf6! And Luke will no longer have any counterplay whatsoever, and his queen will be tossed willy-nilly. In fact, many of the games you will see are going to be won by his queen moving around the board, gobbling up free material.
Weaknesses
Like the average 800, Luke The Notable is susceptible to a disease called "Hang Pieces Syndrome" and "Dah My Queen Syndrome", as a result, he will either win games quite easily, or lose games devastatingly, hanging pieces left and right, and going into tilt mode. Luke the Notable is notable for tactical vision but is weak when he doesn't notice the free juicer sitting in front of his king(like a knight, or a rook). Luke the Notable often falls for simple tactics and will often have a very unsafe king. Luke The Notable likes playing like Nelson, as in which he brings out his Queen on either move 3 or much earlier. Like an 800.
Four Move Death (And More Ways To Die!)
20-60 Moves Of Up-Down-Up-Down-Up-Down
Notable Games
Doh! Not Again!
"Hrmmm, what I just play f3 for one game"
From Death And Back Again
The Attacking Genius, but then not so genius (And then maybe genius again?)
"This is what happens when your only developed piece is a queen"
Draws That Are Not Actually Draws
"Doh, that stupid queen, go away!" (MOST BRILLIANT GAME BY LUKE THE NOTABLE)
Conclusion
As all beginners are, they improve. And, since Luke The Notable has only been playing chess for a couple of days, I'd say 834 as a beginning rating is very decent for a Minecraft YouTuber who has not learned anything about chess and only played games, and although there is a lot of "Luke? Luke? Luke? Don't hang those pieces? No? Luke? Luke!!?? ???????????????????????", I'd have to say that he is a pretty good player for now. Although, not the greatest.
Here is his progress so far:
That's all for today, and thank you for reading this article about Luke The Notable and his recent venture into chess/chess resurgence. Please consider following both me and Luke The Notable at the respective sites.
