At 5:08

Black can't castle 0-0 as long as the knight is on g5. If he tried to kick your knight off with h6, you'd reply Nxf7! and Black's position is basically lost.

Also, I think Bd3 works? At least in theory, you'd threaten him with a discovery check in the event he captured d4.

I'm glad you won and f4 was a nice way to win it! Also liked your mid-game tactic.

About your first 2 minutes of the video and your closing- I agree completely. I spent some time tonight working on a Steinitz game, basically learning why White doesn't push an early c5 in the Queen's Gambit. I won't go off on that rant.

Anyway, enjoyed the video. Thanks!

forgot to add the pgn - I always like doing that - makes it easier to follow moves

man, some weird video artifacts in the border of this video - ah well

[Event "Rated game, 15m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Whiskeytown"]
[Black "Hunky Dory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1431"]
[BlackElo "1389"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.12.29"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Rd8 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxd6
Rxd6 15. Rad1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bf4 f6 19. Ng6 hxg6 20. Bxd6
Bxd6 21. Rxd5 Kd7 22. Rdd1 Ke7 23. Ra1 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Be5 25. Rxa6 Bxb2 26. Ra7+
Kd6 27. Rd1+ Ke5 28. Rxg7 Kf5 29. Rb7 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Rh2 31. Kf3 Rh4 32. Rxb5+ e5
33. g3 Rh2 34. Rd2 Bc3 35. Re2 Bd4 36. g4+ Kg5 37. Kg3 Rh4 38. f4+
1-0

Thanks for the video, it was quite interesting. I feel like the tactical combination Ng6 has a sort of comedy value
What I mean is that Black has avoided castling but traded down to an ending where, usually, it's actually an advantage to not castle and just drop the king onto e7 or something. Then at the last minute you exploit the king with a pin on the e-file!

About the Ng5 lines which you seemed unsure about - I think you'll find that in a number of lines, knight sacs on f7 and e6 are very dangerous. More so than usual because the queen is on d6, and that means that variations like Nf7 Kf7 Rxe6 both attack the queen and threaten a discovered check with the rook. Just a thought, not anything in detail. And now of course I've just remembered you looked at a line exactly like that a few moves later

15:05 he cant play e5-e4 because your rook pins that pawn to the king

hahaha - whoops - good thing I didn't notice - I probably played the best move but not noticing I'd probably play c4

Wow - on the front page for most watched video of the day - kind of an honor - gracias