Stockfish vs. Amateur in the Berlin Defense: Can I Survive? mattSwilson 2025-08-25 | 2100 with White against Stockfish 17.1 in the Berlin. Is this opening too drawish for the engine to win? Or is Stockfish too strong? Thumbnail generated by ChatGPT
Beginner Chess Puzzle - BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN mattSwilson 2025-01-09 | Do you want to get lessons from a chess expert? Visit my website to learn more: http://coachmatt.awardspace.us
Beginner chess puzzle - BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN mattSwilson 2024-11-19 | Playlist with more puzzles: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsEZmpwqD1WmBK0wcw9fyqbWtBytD1NmLGet chess lessons from me: http://coachmatt.awardspace.us
Challenging chess puzzle - BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN mattSwilson 2024-11-19 | Playlist with more puzzles: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsEZmpwqD1WmBK0wcw9fyqbWtBytD1NmLGet chess lessons from me: http://coachmatt.awardspace.us
Beginner chess puzzle - WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN mattSwilson 2024-11-19 | Playlist with more puzzles: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsEZmpwqD1WmBK0wcw9fyqbWtBytD1NmLGet chess lessons from me: http://coachmatt.awardspace.us
Beginner chess puzzle - BLACK TO PLAY AND WIN mattSwilson 2024-11-19 | Playlist with more puzzles: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsEZmpwqD1WmBK0wcw9fyqbWtBytD1NmLGet chess lessons from me: http://coachmatt.awardspace.us
Chopin Mazurka in B Flat Major (posthumous) mattSwilson 2024-06-06 | I like this mazurka a lot, but it is not very well known - underrated piece?
Macro: Monetary Policy in the AS-AD Model, Part 2 mattSwilson 2023-04-08 | Unexpected contractionary monetary policy
Macro: Monetary Policy in the AS-AD Model, Part 1 mattSwilson 2023-04-08 | Unexpected expansionary monetary policy
Chess + Memorizing a Deck of Cards mattSwilson 2023-01-09 | I'm a chess expert and a 4-time finalist at the national memory championship. Blitz chess (5 minutes, no increment) against a 2045 on LiChess
Disrespecting the Mittens Bot mattSwilson 2023-01-04 | I played the Bongcloud against Mittens. It did not go well.
The Hans Niemann Controversy - Can you spot a cheater? Ep. 3 mattSwilson 2022-12-12 | PGN file of the game:[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "?"][Round "8"][White "?"][Black "?"][Result "0-1"][ECO "B13"][PlyCount "72"][EventDate "2010.09.21"]1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. a3 g6 8. Be2Bg7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. Re1 Na5 14. Qa4 Nb315. Rad1 Rxc3 16. Qb4 Rc7 17. Bf1 Qd5 18. Bxe7 Rfc8 19. a4 a5 20. Qd6 Rd7 21.Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Rb1 Nxd4 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. Rxb7 h6 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Rd2 27.Bh4 Rd4 28. Bg3 Rxa4 29. Ree7 Be6 30. Kg2 h5 31. Bb5 Rb4 32. Bc7 Bd5 33. Bd7Bxb7 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxc8 Rc4 0-1
The Hans Niemann Controversy: Can You Spot a Cheater? Ep. 2 mattSwilson 2022-11-28 | PGN file of the game:[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "?"][Round "3"][White "?"][Black "?"][Result "0-1"][ECO "A15"][PlyCount "126"][EventDate "????.??.??"]1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. d4 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Be4 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Qd2 Qb7 16. Qf4 d5 17. Bf1 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Ne1 Qa6 20. a3 h6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Nb8 23. e3 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Qb6 25. Bd2 Nbd7 26. Bb4 a5 27. Be7 e5 28. Qh4 exd4 29. Qf4 dxe3 30. Qxe3 d4 31. Qf4 Qc6 32. Bxf6 Nxf6 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxb5 Qc1 35. Nd3 Qd1 36. Nc5 Bg6 37. Kg2 Ne4 38. Be2 Qe1 39. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 40.f3 Bg6 41. h4 h5 42. f4 Be4+ 43. Bf3 g6 44. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kg2 d3 47. Qc4 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Qd1+ 51. Kf2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Kg8 53. Qc8+ Kg7 54. Qc3+ Kf8 55. Qc5+ Ke8 56. Qc6+ Ke7 57. Qc5+ Ke6 58. Qf2 Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qxb3 60. Qe1+ Kd7 61. Qxa5 Qc2+ 62. Kh3 d2 63. Qd5+ Kc8 0-1
The Hans Niemann Controversy: Can You Spot a Cheater? Ep. 1 mattSwilson 2022-11-22 | PGN file of the game:[Event "?"][Site "?"][Date "????.??.??"][Round "?"][White "White"][Black "Black"][Result "1-0"][ECO "B02"][PlyCount "55"][TimeControl "?"]1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 c5 6. d3Nc6 7. Nf3 Na5 8. Ne5 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd513. O-O b5 14. Ne3 Qc6 15. d4 e6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bd6 18. Re1+ Be6 19. Bxd6Qxd6 20. Ra6 Qd8 21. Rexe6+ fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Re7+ Qxe7 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25.Qe2+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf6 27. Qxc5 Rhd8 28. g4 1-0
The Hans Niemann Controversy: Critical Moments Cheating mattSwilson 2022-11-10 | A good cheater only needs a couple of hints per game. I'm 2100 and played White against Fritz 8. At key moments, I got help from Stockfish. Will it be enough?
Stockfish + Bongcloud vs. 2100 mattSwilson 2022-01-05 | More in depth analysis on my blog: e4stat.blogspot.com/2022/01/event-stockbong-challengesite.html
Principles of Micro - Chapter16 Appendix Part 4 mattSwilson 2021-12-07 | Budgets and indifference curves
Principles of Micro - Chapter 16 Appendix Part 1 mattSwilson 2021-12-07 | Properties of indifference curves
2000s playing terrible chess mattSwilson 2021-06-23 | Link to the rest of the "How to Beat Beth Harmon" series: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsEZmpwqD1WlB5fOM8HhefcXHZ4Ah1hno
Game Theory - Final Extra Credit mattSwilson 2021-05-20 | Please leave a comment explaining your thought process
Game Theory - Chapter 15 Voting - Part 5 mattSwilson 2021-05-04 | A new voting system fixes the flaws that we saw in the earlier videos
Game Theory - Chapter 15 Voting - Part 4 mattSwilson 2021-05-04 | Learn about the Borda count and other voting systems
Game Theory - Chapter 15 Voting - Part 2 mattSwilson 2021-05-03 | Learn about plurality rule and majority rule
Game Theory - Chapter 15 Voting - Part 1 mattSwilson 2021-05-03 | Learn about Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
When to Trade Pieces - Part 3 mattSwilson 2021-04-28 | Final part of the series. Link to Part 1: youtu.be/J62SOvO5JwQ and Part 2: youtu.be/YrV105IVVmk
When to Trade Pieces - Part 2 mattSwilson 2021-04-27 | Have you ever made a bunch of "equal" trades and then lost? Here are my trade tips.Link to Part 1: youtu.be/J62SOvO5JwQ
When to Trade Pieces mattSwilson 2021-04-26 | Many amateurs are overly eager to trade and then march straight into a lost endgame. Don't let that happen to you! Here are my tips on when to trade.
THE ICE CREAM CONE POSITION - Bishop + Knight vs. King made easy mattSwilson 2021-04-01 | Many players struggle to win bishop and knight vs. king. However, there is a simple technique: just get the "ice cream cone position"
Beaten by a Computer Cheater! mattSwilson 2021-02-27 | I was playing a game on chess.com and suspected nothing. A few days later, my opponent got banned! Learn from the computer's victory over an expert.
