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Bilo bi sjajno da postoji i verzija na hrvatskom cijelog tvog opusa na netu.Razumijemo većinu ali sve bi bilo na još višem nivou,još razumljivije jer skoro da nema nikoga osim Alojza nešto,nekad da je na hrvatskom držao lekcije.Čestitke na tvom radu,samo nastavi.

Chess is a brutal game. I think I speak for all of us when I say none of us would mock you for such a game. We've all thrown winning games. I will never forget my worst loss over the board. It broke me. I was playing an opponent 500 points higher than me in a sharp Sicilian. However, I was reviewing a similar line before the game (most likely from one of your opening videos) and put him in an uncomfortable position. I wound up with a significant time and a positional advantage. While both of those advantages slipped slightly at times, I was able to mobilize my pieces with a devastating attack on his king and had a forced mate, which I calculated in the game. I had about 10 minutes on the clock and he had about 10 seconds. He hopelessly pushed a pawn into my position, which I didn't bother taking because I didn't want to open any lines. This, however, led to me being the one getting checkmated. I went from the happiest I had ever been playing chess (after all, I was about to beat an opponent I had no right to) to absolutely crushed. The feeling that washed over me was unlike any other. I had no excuses. I had all the time in the world to calculate such a simple move, but I didn't bother because I was too excited about a win thay I still had to get. He told me after the game that the pawn move wasn't even intended to be any sort of trick or trap; he just played it because he didn't know what else to do. I will never reach your level of skill, but I hope hearing a similar story can bring some level of comfort.

I see courage, humility and real chess in this video, always good content here❤️

Great video. Thanks for making that.

Don't destroy yourself over this!

15:31 Does Rh6 not win? ...c2 h8=Q and you're winning. Or if ...Kxh6 h8=Q+ and the queen gets back to stop the pawn in time

Fantastic video! Thank you.

Losing a bad classical game is truly a feeling like no other, I've personally had losses so bad they filled me with self-loathing and shame for days on end, consider quitting chess forever etc. It's so hard to remember that one game is nothing, because in the moment it feels like everything.

Absolute gold information and delivery for the ones dedicated to learn more. Thanks

Having let go of the shame and anger is the real win, it's beyond chess. Evaluating that process can make you learn how to prevent falling for it in the future. I'm proud of you, although I don't know if you reach your goal but you are an inspiration for many. Being a good sport under emotional pressure is incredibly difficult.

Thanks, Stepjan! If I fail to improve or learn this material, it won't be because it wasn't well and wisely presented.

That's a great attitude towards yourself but not others. However, this bad gut feeling is what will propel you forward. All the Greatest players had this fire in team so it is normal don't be yourself up.

Same thing happens to me at 9th round ....when i Play on first board with white got nice attacking position( 2.5-3 engine evaluation) ....and then suddenly my oponent offer me a draw ....a decline ...and after that a badly blunder my adventage ....cuz of many possibile good moves to choose.I lost ....and drop from top ten players ....and drop my first category norm also ...:) such a bad chess lesson😂 i simply underestinated my oponent active options

Tough game. Looking forward to happier results for you.

Maybe try not judging yourself and your chess abilities nor positive nor negative way by single games. Just one single game doesn't make you a good or a bad chess player, let alone a better or a worse person. I think coolness is especially important in a so mental game like chess.

At 12:25 you say you cannot take on d6 because your queen is hanging but you'd be taking with check and, I think, winning the pawn. Is that a winning position, or are you just better, or perhaps I've made a mistake?

Bruh Rh6 is a crazy move that you cannot blame yourself for not finding with less than 30 seconds. Very well played game dude.

Thank you for sharing this painful experience

Happens to the best. Brave and honest to share it!

Thanks for sharing this game. The emotional parts to chess are sometimes as important as endgames, openings and all the rest of it. Anything that makes you less able to win the next game must be addressed dispassionately, including battle scars.

Chess is hard man its ok

Very educational game. I get the deer-in-the-headlights feel with rook vs. several pawns, even when winning. I understand the pain.

Hi Stjepan, im a much weaker player than you but I feel like we have similar weaknesses in this game which my previous coach also pointed out to me. To practice my King hunts. And to finish strong. Good luck out there!

This games are the most instructive ones just because of that, you'll never forget it. Keep this amazing content coming, we've all gone throught this

you are being way too harsh on yourself. i am 2500 online, was 2100 otb when i played as a kid. Those wins early were far from as obvious as you are making out, and pawn and rook endgames are deceptively hard with no time. Mistakes happen all the time. The only 'mistake' in my eyes was pushing for the win when you were the pawn down in the midgame. Keep your head up, and thanks for the video

Hi Stjepan, as always thank you for the video. You are one of my major inspirations in life for your passion and mentality. Keep up the great work man 💪🏼

Keep your head up man. I recently had a similar bitter loss against a 1200 whilst fully winning with 2 towers and he had a bishop (im currently 1370).

Great video as always

Really setting an example of courage and humility, Stepan! We all have bad moments, it's owning up to them that makes a difference - thanks for being such a great sport about it! 😊

It's not pleasant feedback, but with some hesitation, I genuinely advice you to think a bit deeper about the objective nature of chess. This is the 5th time in 5 games, I've heard you say you took sub-optimal decisions because you were playing against lower rated opponents and didn't want to draw. Over a few videos, this comes down to not exchanging pieces out of fear that simplification brings a draw closer or taking dubious lines when it becomes clear that the alternative is accepting a draw vs lower rated. I know that rating does matter and it's a visible marker of progress. However it is just counter-productive to play sub-optimally and give away more points by giving opportunities to players who even if weaker than you, are still good at chess. I'm basically the same rating as you and at this level giving people advantages is simply too risky. To make this worse, as a public figure who plays many opponents repeatedly in a small country, this tendency won't go unnoticed. You're a positional player anyway, so quiet positions are naturally going to happen, and it's a boon as a lower rated player to know that as long as I don't give easy opportunities, my opponent might self-destruct any minute. Why not look over some games and see how many points these decisions gain you when they work, and how often they end up costing you rating because of losses.

You can learn so much more from a game like this than you can from a win. Sometimes a misfortune can become a blessing.

Thanks for sharing your painful losses. The rook and pawn endgame analysis was very interesting/educational.

There is no laughing at you, we all play games like this. It's part of what makes chess, chess.

katharsis

Brutal stuff! Thx for sharing such a painful loss. 🙏🙏🙏

Not considering move which is both capture and check in such attacking possition is pretty bad, hopefully you'll learn. GL with the improvement

Good luck in future tournaments Stepan

I was waiting for this game. Seeing it on the Broadcast, this was one of the craziest games I've seen. I wouldn't have felt okay about losing this, but in the end Mudrinic was the stronger fighter. Games like this are why I love chess.

How to calculate the best candidate moves?

Who is here to learn 1.c4 for black xD

I'm happy I find this video 5 years later :D I'm playing QGD and the Caro-Kann as Black and will be super useful to be familiar with. Keep up the good work.

Also at 6:52 after Qd2 you can just play ...Ba3 which forces the variation you look at later after N:e6 as at 7:40. I'll just note that here, and in the later variation you show, the N on b2 is stranded and can't move, but White has no way of capturing it without returning material. Black can open the a-file with a5 and a4 in the meantime.

za crnog

koje mi otvaranje preporučavaš na e4

Colle System is better. THERE!!!......I SAID IT!!!

According to Avrukh "there is nothing wrong with 4.g3 against Slav", it is not a Catalan, and not his recommendation, but it's a matter of taste, so I doubt it's really sub-optimal.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but my impression is that top players all play the open Catalan. It sounds like you intend to play the closed. I'm curious to know who's games you study and try to emulate, if anyone.

Thank you for this man

Thanks for the instructive video. I've been struggling in the KID because of these positional moves/plans like transferring the knight to g4 in your game. This video helped me a lot!

A question: why is it that only in one line (the one you fear) white can comfortably play c3? It seems to me he can do it in many other lines, for example in 14:55