Hey 2+2, just wanted to post a live blitz video I made against Evgeny Tomashevsky, one of the top players in the world at 2715 FIDE.

I record every single blitz game I play and put it on my YouTube channel, so was happy to get a chance to play such a strong player. Hope you enjoy and that this is appropriate to put here as it's an obv plug for my YouTube channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNUoK...vy1tSQPG8_P3xi

Very nice. Is that your highest rated scalp to date?

Nope I've beaten quite a few 2700s. But still it's always fun when it happens and it's caught on video

GG sir! love the positional crush, lol

Very nice! And we always love when you show up with some new posts here at 2+2

villagery stuff

Nice! Subscribed!

I like the "inside the mind of the IM" commentary:

Ah...I'm gonna do this; whatever

Lol oh crap I miss werewolf

I've watched every one of these 5 minute blitz videos, they're very entertaining. Beating Tomashevsky was cool but I think my favorite is probably the video with your cat meowing incessantly.

Also in a recent video, you offered your opponent a draw when the position on the board was drawn but you could have very easily won on time. I heard the term "ethical" come up in the video and in some of the comments. My take is that it is perfectly ethical to flag your opponent in that situation - and I've heard you say the same - and that if anything it is slightly unsportsmanlike not to go for the win since it would be entirely within the rules to do so. One could say that it's not "chess" to try to win on time when it's effectively impossible to win on the board, and that might be right, but in timed chess and especially blitz chess that seems to be part of the game. Just my 2 cents.

Keep the videos coming!

I also watched all of the vids, you're great

curtains' cats are legendary over on chessvideos.tv; he's probably lost 200 rating points over the years from the cats.

Thanks for the video.

It's definitely part of the game. If you offer a draw when you have a time edge, you are allowing your opponent to think longer than you do without suffering for it. When the position is drawn, the player who took less time to reach the position is the one who wins.

Nice game. When you join team Ivey we'll talk