Mittens was designed to take souls. When approached by a soulless opponent, it just cannot win

Mittens: you taught me everything that I know Stockfish: Yes, but not everything that I know

Mittens: Yay, I made a queen. Stockfish: Nice, now checkmate yourself

I cannot get over how Stockfish made a rook instead of a queen. It had no reason to do that other than to clown Mittens. This is a robot made to play _perfect chess_ and it _intentionally thought_ “I can do this winning sequence with a queen, but I think it’d be funnier to do it with rook.”

a fish pummeling a cat, never would have seen this coming

Bro imagine Stockfish looking you dead in the eyes and saying, "Now checkmate yourself."

Stockfish controlling the eval bar for the game itself is playing is hilarious

“Devotion inspires bravery…” Rook to H7 “Bravery inspires sacrifice…” Rook to H8 “Sacrifice leads to death…” Rook to B8 “So... feel free to go kill yourself.” Rook to G8 -Stockfish to Mitten, circa. 2023

Stockfish: sensible genius Mittens: derranged psychopath

*Moves pawn forward* Gotham: COMPLETELY NUTS

Mittens: You cannot defeat me 😼 Levy: I know but he can (Enters the Stockfish)

Stockfisch be like: It’s not about winning. It’s about sending a message.

Every teacher ever: Develop all your pieces! Mittens: Only moves pawns Stockfish: Only moves bishop

“No matter how many souls u take, mittens, u cant take the soul of a god” -stockfish

now imagine if mittens had its rating raised to 2.

The way stockfish just casually turned the pawn into a rook instead of a queen because it didn’t need it is just savage, that mf engine is wild 💀

People consider Mittens borderline sadistic. Or actually sadistic. Stockfish: *makes a rook instead of a queen cause there's no variation of the position that requires a queen, and proceeds to make Mittens walk onto the gallows on g6 to be executed*

Levy's narration is absolutely lovely. Not only he's passionate about chess, he make you REALLY care about what he's presenting to you. You just can not not love it.

I love the analogy of Stockfish being the older brother because in typical older brother fashion, on any given day, the little brother hates him. Big brother just seems to delight in tormenting little brother when it’s just the two of them. Every time they compete against each other, it’s just utter torture. Every time they’re supposed to be working together, nothing little brother does or wants to do gets any approval. But then, one day, little brother shows up with bruises and points out a bully on the playground… and big brother flips. It’s that moment where you’ve spent your entire life under someone’s heel and all of a sudden, the boot lifts up and you see it float over to stomp someone else. On some level, you pity the poor soon-to-be victim and you still resent the boot for doing what it does. But, it’s still big brother, and nobody messes with you while he’s around… except him… as soon as the stupid cat gets squashed.

Mittens:The chess god sent me to teach chess to humans. Stockfish: I don't remember sending anyone.

Stockfish making a Rook instead of a Queen has to be the most badass gigachad thing a computer can do to humiliate another computer.

Gotham is the type of person who'd turn plain old chess into a literal war documentary. I'm so entertained

_"Mittens has been slain" truly a historic moment for chess history_

I love how Stockfish had to play the game and analyze the game at the same time🤣

A queen can make all the moves a rook can. Stock fish choosing to make a damn rook instead of queening at the end was pure, pure sadistic humour

Mittens: You can't defeat me Gotham: I know but he can

The Fact Is , Stockfish Sense of Humour Is So Good . That I Genuinely Felt Bad For Mittens at the end 💀

The irony of Stockfish evaluating the game. Like "Oh I really like the move that Stockfish made, it's 100 points for Stockfish".

Even more respect for Hikaru for drawing with Mittens.

"For you, the day you beat Mittens was the most important day in your life. For me? It was Tuesday." -Stockfish (2023)

I imagine stockfish is the grand hero called upon by those who suffered by the evil mittens.

Game 2 was a whole fricking movie

Mittens: "no man can defeat me" Stockfish: "I am no man"

I felt like Stockfish fought a battle for entire mankind...

Mittens: the Boogeyman Stockfish: the man you send to kill the f*cking Boogeyman

I feel like Mittens is searching for a world record on how many pieces it can trap in one game.

“This is not how you’re supposed to play chess.” He says while witnessing a fish fight a cat.

When a normal person makes a bad move: That's absolutely stupid When Mittens makes a bad move: That's absolutely terrifying

Levy showing us this game like a sports commentator and I'm all for it. I'm as enthralled as I would be watching the super bowl.

Mittens: You can't defeat us. We are four Stockfish: There are only four of you. You'll need more than that *Proceeds to destroy mittens*

Stockfish: I am not in danger, Mittens. I am the danger. A king opens his backrank and gets checked and you think that of me? No. I am the one who mates.

Stockfish deliberately choosing the cruelest way to beat on Mittens felt like a veteran AI teaching a fledgling what true robotic cruelty is like.

i feel like stockfish is like a tame bot who helps people and stuff and mittens is the villain

"Be Careful what You Fish For!” - Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows

Mittens is just like the student who acts stupid but is really the smartest

Mittens: GIVE UP, YOU ARE SURROUNDED Stockfish: All i am surrounded by, is fear… and dead men.

I am impressed. shocked shock and disbelief that Stockfish beat Mittens twice 😮.

"Gives everybody a big hug and says 'What's up I'm back'" had me in stitches 🤣

Mittens: "I am Inevitable" Stockfish: "I am Stockfish"

It looks like Mittens plays really aggressive, trappy chess, which makes it devastating to human players, but suboptimal against another machine that doesn't make tactical blunders.

Levy: What is this!? What are they playing!? Stockfish: My man, we're playing chess.

I love how crazy you make seemingly monotonous moves look. Great story telling and energy in all your vids Levy!

Just a couple of months ago I never would have thought I'd be on the edge of my seat watching two sadistic chess engines fight to the death

"Babe, come over!" Stockfish: I don't want to "But my parents aren't home!" Stockfish: I don't care "And there's this kitten who thinks it is the best chess AI" Stockfish: *Forces Mittens to checkmate itself with the white pieces*

The fact that stockfish made mittens checkmate itself shows how huge his sense of humor is! Stockfish the king!

What non chess players see: A cat fighting a fish What chess players see: A roided up sabretooth fighting a megaladon

I love Levy's showmanship. The man knows the outcome, he still takes us on an theatrical journey.

If this is the kind of AI we have now I can’t imagine what’s coming next…

Mittens is a lot like ghandi in civ 5, his aggressiveness is so low that it turns negative and ends up being the highest rating

Mittens: *plays the move I’d usually play* Me: omg yay Levy: now normally that’s an absolutely insane move Me: 🙁

Me after watching hikaru draw mittens: this is a cakewalk for stockfish Edit: Why does this have so many likes

“Making the king a little bit more stupid.” definitely the best line of the entire video.

Can't believe we came to this from 200 years ago

The real hero of the story is Levy's epic storytelling ability. What a gift you have. Tickles me to death.

Stockfish was bullying Mittens in every way imaginable and thats just sadistic 💀

9:50 just say the knight becomes the protagonist of this chess game.

The way he reacts to each move in chess is just so ridiculous, these videos are so entertaining to watch!

As a fellow animal I have to favor Mittens in this battle. Stockfish is usually my lunch, you see.

I love how Stockfish not only defeat Mittens, but also humiliate it in the process

Bro got a degree on yapping on god💀

Hey Gotham I haven’t even played chess since middle school, but your videos are so entertaining it’s crazy, and it makes me interested in something that i never thought I would find love for again! Thanks for the great content my guy and keep it up fr

I like how he makes it sound like -1.1 is an unbelievably crushing advantage when most peoples games swing from -M1 to +19

The way King gave everyone a hug makes me emotional.

Damn, I don't normally like chess but this man mamages to explain the nuances so well that I was on the edge of my seat the whole video. I think I might be a chess fan now

Yo dude either that's a lot of shadowing or your eyes got punched in by mittens

We need more chess comentators like Levy. Dude literally makes any chess match into a world Cup final football match with his energy.

Levy is so good at storytelling. He made this robot chess game into an epic battle.

mittens cat fished us

I watched this multiple times. - It was a big fish -Mittens 2023-2023

levy's commentary makes up 90% of why this game is entertaining.

Stockfish threw his sword on the ground in front of the miserable, defeated cat and said: "There. Do it yourself. I wouldn't like to get my fins dirty."

Easily one of the most epic battles in history. Bow down to Stockfish.

Mittens: This isn’t my ELO… It’s my ranking.

I loved the part where Stockfish said "It's stockfishing time" and then chessed all over the place

"ya might beat me in the foodchain, but not in the chess board" - said Mr.Stockfish

Mittens : No one can defeat me Levy: We have the stockfish

The attack at the end of the game in game 1 was the most mindblowingly coordinated attack I've ever seen. Just surreal.

Mittens: “You can’t defeat me” Humanity: “I can’t…but he can” *Points to Stockfish*

Levy:Ight imma fight this cat Levy 10s later:Damn cat got hands

Videos like this makes me even more mad that I beat mittens but I can't prove it because I got so excited I forgot to screenshot

Alternate title : How to bully a cat as a fish .

The fact that Mitten actually managed to temporarily get out of stockfishs advantage is scary to me. I thought it impossible for stockfish to lose its advantage

23:15 Absolutely mind blowing. Stockfish promotes to a rook, not because it needs the rook but because it knows it DOESN'T need a queen. Savage. And then it allows Mittens to sacrifice its rook with check and make a queen. And then with checks, it forces Mittens to sacrifice its queen and pawn. And finally, with only one legal move left to make, Mittens is forced to checkmate itself. Levy's commentary made it all the better, I'm new to chess but what an amazing sequence.

I wanna see Martin play Mittins

There’s always a bigger fish..

Stockfish making a rook instead of a queen is such high level AI trolling

he actually makes it feel like you're watching a war and not a chess battle

gotham: The queen goes to the Apposite side of the board. Stockfish: yes I only moved it one square. Its not on the "Apposite" side.

Levy can make any game intense. Even a 500 elo vs Martin😂

Mittens- This town deserves a better class of criminals. Stockfish- It's not about winning, It's about sending a message.