Yeah it's crazy he had a 47 minutes to think about it and he just throws

First time watching channel. Excellent commentary. Love the brief explanation of most moves. It helps with those that r new to chess. Thanks for sharing.

Very well explained, I thoroughly enjoyed the commentary 🙂

GREAT analysis, it really helps playing better - thank you !!!!

Shocker speaks for itself

"Luft." Hence the word Luftwaffe meaning air waffles.

This is the play of a man that downed Magnus - I don’t think so - pedestrian.

I honestly have no idea how GM can miss things like this one when you see how fast they count.

Like your very detailed commentary. Thank you. Enjoy X-mas.

This is really great explanation of the game. I am learning lots just by watching these videos. Thanks.

great comments and explanations of the ideas in the game

Hans is a fine player and was playing well for most of this game.

Hans miss the move - it's called rectal desensitization.

So far this player is doing well at becoming a meme. There are other truly exceptional GMs like Vincent Keymer that deserve more attention.

Beads battery was running low had to move quick …. I mean chess speaks for itself

You can actually see the moment Hans' signal dropped. Not just failing to see the right way to capture the pawn but the following knight moves.

The most attention given to a sub-top-20 player ever. It's an exploitative personality disorder, and it's called Malignant Narcissism.

well commentary will see the eval jump but that knight sac, was pretty easy to miss. Apart from that it was a very nice game by Hans.

Easy to analyse today, with stockfish running in the background.

He seems mildly surprised lol

Great analysis, thank you. 2023 will be a big year for Hans. Merry Christmas!

11:22 "Let's blitz this one out, and if it's wrong the beads will save my butt." But there is so much that the beads can do. And one thing they can't do, is to speak for themselves.

Interesting game some games like this one are just Grind it out games both players equal pieces looking for an edge unfortunately Hans could not find it Thanks for the Call You’re definitely one of the Best

A minor malfunction in his butt buzzer!

Very interesting game, thanks for the great commentary! It's quite interesting that Niemann, who had to win, tried to provoke the exchange of queens and white, needed only a draw, tried to avoid it as long as possible. These guys really play the position first and only then what they need. It was a really fine positional game with Niemann dominating his opponent slowly but surely. It triumphed with the domination of the d file and the great potential on both wings, particularly the K-side. Hans made just the mistake of playing a move too fast in a winning position. With plenty of time on the clock, this brings plenty of regrets with it. I cannot understand Peter Svidler's reaction, specially since he criticized the move, and not the time taken to play it. This is a regrettable mistake but not a trivial one by any means. It takes a long calculation to understand that taking away from the centre works and even wins. Whereas what Hans made, taking towards the center as usual,threw away the win. So one can and should criticize the lack of thinking time Hans invested there, even though he made a very natural recapture, but to criticize him the way Peter did, is going too far imho. Once more Hans is proving that he's a very special player, something which I said right on the day the scandal started, because I had analysed the game against Magnus ans saw nothing unclean in it. I have analysed many more games since then, including many which were played before the scandal. The most suspicious games feel very human to me and put of maybe 40 analysed games,I have find many surprising moves, but only 1 which I would call dubious from the ethical point of view. I can assure I can find more such moves in my own games and I know I didn't cheat. The guy clearly is at least his elo points worth and still on the rise, I believe. He should win his case quite easily and I hope he's gonna get a 2 digits millions $ compensation (3 digits would be too much) from his accusators.

Merry Christmas brother, very nice upload. Subscribed. Thanks for the work you put in.

Engine said take with pawn. He forgot which one 😂 For anyone planning to write a lecture in the comment section it’s a joke.

When you have diarrhea

Given the amount of time Hans had, and the obviously very different paths down which the two competing pawn capture candidate moves would have led, it is amazing that he didn't use that time to work at least some of this out. Not a matter of cheating obviously but of poor game management on his behalf. I personally wouldn't have accepted the draw at the end, given that a win was a very real possibility and the chances of losing then vanishingly small for even a competent player, never mind a GM. Perhaps he was just so relieved that Hans missed the winning choice of pawn capture. Or perhaps he was just so desperate to get his hands on that silverware and prize money. Alekhine wouldn't have accepted that offer of a draw, I'm sure!

Being a cheater is an integrated part of your personality. "Once a cheater always a cheater" holds true.

Had Hans saw that winning move, the chess world would accuse him of cheating.. 😊😊😁

Thats a good quality explanation right there, i hope your make lessons video sir about opening or findind idea on midgame, thank you

Excellent analysis! And yes, just too bad he played that key move so fast (9:48 onwards).

"Luft" is actually an international technical term in chess? Not as epic as "Zugzwang" and "Zwischenzug" maybe, but still interesting.

I don't understand the Draw Offer. He moved his Knight and Offered, but his other Knight is on threat of Pawn. So White has to move the Pawn or lose it, and if he moves the Pawn that only buys 1 Turn as the Knight moves to F3... to threaten the pawn that now can't move anymore. So I suppose the best thing is for White to concede that Pawn to Knight where it stands and do something else. But what? Bishop can't go anywhere useful. Moving to D2 supports a Pawn that doesn't need help. Moving to B2 threatens a Pawn, but then you lose Bishop to A4 Knight. Moving to A3 against supports a Pawn that isn't under attack. King can't move to Row 4 due to Pawn Checks to try to push up and pressure Pawns. Knight can threaten the 7 Row Pawn, protected from the King taking it due to the Pawn on E4... but do you trade a Knight for a Pawn in 2 Moves, when you're already losing a Pawn and opening up a Promotion Run on the H File? The main issue here is your Knight is now kind of useless on the A File, EXCEPT it's taking away a crucial square from that Bishop. Bishop can't attack Center Pawn BECAUSE the Knight is here, and Bishop really can't move like the Knight can't really move... makes this sort of fair and a Knight vs. Knight situation (the free Knights on the Left). This looks pretty strong for Hans because Pawn Advantage and a Promotion Push on Left is going to force that Knight to block the Pawn... which becomes one less piece (while down a piece) that White can move. And if it's walking the King over to H... well now you aren't supporting your center pawn and my Knight takes that in 2 moves by moving to 3C. The issue with 3C is NOW the Bishop activates to threaten MY center Pawn, but I fix that by simply moving my King to D6. So I take your Pawn, you take my Pawn... but I still have my Knight and you lose your Bishop. Moving my King to D6 also activates my C Pawn so now I can move it to C4. We either trade Pawns, due to my King protecting... which gives my B Pawn a path. Or I just keep my Knight shutting down the Bishop, move my King over to block his A File Pawn, take his H File Pawn and force him to respond Left. Then I run my C Pawn up, and we can Trade or he allows it to pass. This does open up the Bishop to finally attack my Center Pawn... but by now I can move my Left Side Rook to cover that, H3, G5, F7 while your King is trying to stop my Pawn Run. I just don't see the clear cut move that shuts down a Hans attack, and stopping the A File Pawn can be down with the K, since the Knight isn't allowing the Bishop to threaten the Center Pawn. What is the golden bullet White has here?

Beads malfunctioned

Great commentary and analysis. Hans could have won the game, and he had lots of time to lock it in, but instead undermined his winning position.

What a good channel

Just a clickbait. Well, the game in nicely explained, but the title is missleading. It makes you feel that Niemann made an extremely good inhuman move, while in reality it was a blunder bt Niemann missing his chances to win the game and the tournament.

Was Hans feeling ill or something, maybe headache/stomachache, had to take a really bad dump? Dude with over 30 minutes over his adversary, offers the TITLE for some reason even though the game was even.

not shocking at all 10:11 I have seen other GMs missing such winning positions

Brain fried watching this

Quelles excellentes explications👍

Your commentary is great, however the one piece that is lacking in your videos is the StockFish eval bar (the black and white bar showing what StockFish thinks of the current position, and whether white or black is winning, that is attached to the side of most online chessboards these days).

I still don't get informed? C'est la vie. 🤷‍♂️

Just seems like Hans blitzed some of those moves to shake some heat from the situation surrounding his performances.

Excellent commentary!!

The Shhhocker!

I heard Niemann was interviewed by Buzz-feed too?

Happy holidays Epic!

What is so shocking about that move? That's chess 101.

So was this the game that made him a 2700 Super GM? Or does he have to wait for the end of the month when levels are confirmed?

great content thanks

7:58 how does white go from having a few minutes to more than thirty?

is he a kardashian? he will always have that cheat stigma on him, but he gets way too much air time because of it.

If your old enough you remember a show on Sunday mornings called the 700 club. I'm in that club.

Just a 250 elo wanting to be pinned.

When was this played? Presumably a few days ago

wow in the comments the witch hunt against Hans continues and the channel likes that.... nobody has proven that Hans cheated over the board. fact

@2:45 - Bxf2 How is this a "DISCOVERED check"? It is a straightforward, plain, direct "check"! 🍌🙄

Why offer the draw when you need a win? Don't understand that one.

Hans did that so people doesnt think he's cheating. Since he made a mistake whilst the software dont

Hans Hans Hans, der Hans der kanns

Hans just needs to do better time management and he can enter the 2800 club.

Why is your board upside down?

@9:48 Couldn't he just take the pawn and ignore the free Knight?

So, the move was a bit of a shocker because it was sub-optimal?

I mean he's a cheater so nothing should shock anyone

The cheater is up to no good

Who else checked the playback speed to see if it was at 0.5? 🤣🤣

If you kicked all the angry trolls and self-declared experts off this channel it would be a quieter, but nicer place.

The same in Swedish luft-air

Video is better at 1.25x speed

Merry Christmas!

Beads bug ;)

How do I watch that one on the 26th?

So basically Hans was cheating because he's actually not that amazing... got it

Fantastic video

It almost seems like Hans is trying to shake the reputation of cheater with intentionally bad chess. Maybe?

Fine maneuvering resembling M.C. and then a series of apparently weak moves in the endgame missing a rather simple idea of creating a remote passed pawn or keeping a night in the game. A very strange game like so many played by Hans. BTW, a great commentary.

Disliked for the clickbait title

The sad part is, because of Niemann's compulsive cheating and denials, and several high-integrity analyses of both his online and OTB games showing an extremely high likelihood of cheating in both styles, even if he isn't cheating and truly playing at this level, nobody with a sound mind will ever believe him. Someone who cheats hundreds of times in the past simply cannot be given the benefit of the doubt. He's proven himself to be someone who will break the rules if ever allowed the opportunity, and moreover, someone who will actively seek out ways to break the rules if confident he will not get caught.

watch at 1.25 speed

I don't understand how Niemann played in a very common style in comparison to his previous games where he found inhuman moves…

I wish Hans decided not to cheat in his past games. He played phenomenally against Magnus without cheating, but his past is creating doubt in everyone's minds. Lesson to up and coming talented chess players: do not ruin your reputation or the integrity of the game by cheating. You just might get good enough to face the best player on earth and perhaps beat him spectacularly. You will want to have a clean record when the world sees that match.

Come its easy to see! Every strong clubplayer can see that kind of moves fast so what the problem !!?

When time getting les and less, you don’t have time to wait for the helper chest engine reply 🤣 in other word, cheating does work here 🤣

Not sure about this prophylactic chess

Bluetooth not working?🏳

What is the cheater up to today? Shall we watch and see?

Very strange rating system. Hans Niemann loses the game and GAINS rating. Magnus Carlsen wins 50 games straight and goes down in rating. Something is broken and needs to be fixed.

Dont know why you keep covering this cheat.

I play better chess when I'm holding in poop.

Magnus is a bully.

4 vibration in ass Hans,he think is gxf4 , but winnig was exf4 ,

Sad how people are still using Hans' name just for views. There is a lawsuit going on, Hans was publicly accused of cheating and fighting it in court.

Cheater

Cheaters speak for themselves

hello

Hans is a terrible cheater 😂