Matt Pullin's Chess Videos
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Chess: Live Blitz game 15
Chess: Live Blitz game 14
Chess: Live Blitz game 13
Chess: Live Blitz game 12
Chess: Live Blitz game 11
Chess: Live Blitz game 10
Chess: Live Blitz game 9
Chess: Live Blitz game 8
Chess Endgame: Gilg-Tartakover, 1926
Chess Endgame: Rook + 2 vs. Rook - Fila
Chess Endgame: Furman-Kopaev
Chess Endgame: Pullin-Smarty
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Name:
Matt Pullin
Channel Views:
77,597
Style:
Educational
Age:
27
Joined:
June 18, 2006
Subscribers:
2,135
Matt Pullin's chess videos. Live blitz, game analysis, opening theory, etc.
About Me:
 
I am not a Grandmaster... just an Expert (USCF rating: 2039). I have been playing chess since I was a freshman in high school. I try to make my chess videos as interesting as possible. I hope you will learn something.

The number of users creating chess videos on YouTube has increased dramatically since I started making these. If you, too, want to make chess videos, you will need:

1) good material
2) a screen capture program (I use CamStudio)
3) a chess program (I've used WinBoard and PGNmentor, but ChessBase9 works wonders and also helps you organize your thoughts beforehand)
4) a microphone (I got mine at Radio Shack for 30 bucks)
5) patience. It takes me about 30 min to make a 10 min video because I don't have any video editing software.
6) it helps to have a computer engine to analyze your content such as Fritz or Crafty. If you make a tactical mistake in your video, the viewers here will eat you alive, even if you apologize for it in the description. Better to re-shoot the video in that case.

I used to have a really long paragraph here about how I wanted people to behave on my channel, but the ones I'm concerned about always view my videos before reading this, so what's the point?

I IGNORE ALL FRIEND REQUESTS. It's not that I don't like friends, just that I don't see the point of the friend system on YouTube. If I like your stuff I will subscribe to it.

I like people who ask questions better than people who post 'refutations' in an authoritative tone (because they are usually wrong and seldom check their work beforehand, missing obvious things like pinned pieces).

If you see someone making such a comment, please feel free to respond to them, because I ignore these now. You will feel better about yourself and lose weight.

See ya,
GreenCastle
Hometown:
Evanston, IL
Country:
United States
Occupation:
Software Developer
Channel Comments (266)
GreenCastleBlock (1 day ago)
@Rux: My personal style is the only one I can call my own :-p
holykiller69 (1 week ago)
My teammate for the school wanted to know how to do the perk(w/e that is).. is it possible that you make a video on it?? and the opening u used in the blitz games.. veresaw or something.. can u also make a video for that opening becuz that opening sorta interest me
Ruxistico (1 week ago)
Just dropping by to say that I really appreciate your work! I really dig your personal style. All the best, Ruxistico.
zschuah (1 week ago)
Dear Matt,
I am a great fan of your videos, and I thoroughly enjoyed your Stonewall Legacy series, although I am aware that it was made quite some time ago. I was wondering if you could use the Stonewall Attack in your next Live Blitz, just to demonstrate how to use the Stonewall Attack more flexibly?
Thanks a lot!
OliverCheok (1 week ago)
Hi, I was wondering if it isn't too much trouble, that you could make a video about the complex Botvinnik System, d4 d5 c4 c6 Nf3 Nf6 Nc3 e6 Bg5 dxc4 e4 b5 e5 h6 Bh4 g5 Nxg5 Bxg5 Nbd7 exf6? Thanks.
BdizzleFaReal (1 week ago)
LOL Your About Me: section gave me lulz. You are funny person. Anyway, I hope you can increase your rating man and continue on making videos.
DestroyerOx (1 week ago)
how do you get yourself so many views? im jealous =p
Geronimo116 (2 weeks ago)
Love your vids, Matt. I was wondering if you could talk about the Tarrasch defence in the Queen's Gambit line.
Happy0 (2 weeks ago)
Just want to say that I enjoy your videos, if I haven't said so before :P
GreenCastleBlock (3 weeks ago)
Unpopularity is overrated
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