Strategic queen blunder to make Simp blunder the video, good job 100 rated player.

Not only they moved the knight for seemingly no reason, they also blundered it at the same time. Yet for this challenge, it was a brilliant move.

Shout-out to Erix for putting that last clause in. Beautifully-phrased challenge.

2:45 opponent played bongcloud, a brilliant move, advancing the king to control the center in the future.

damn, the challenge was almost completed too

Instead of taking that last bishop, you should have given a check with your knight, forcing the king deeper into controlling the center.

"but he should be able to see..." o7

Interesting challenge. Valiant effort.

It could be argued that his king did NOT control the e4 square at 3:41, since it couldn't ever move there because of your knight on f6

I really like this avoiding starting the challenge, instead of avoiding opening the challenge.

The challenge was "controls" rather than "has access to", and since your knight was guarding e4, their king didn't actually "control" that square. So your challenge was fine.

When the unpaid actor realizes that they won't be paid.

Nice attempt. That was a cool challenge

I think we might have different interpretations of what “at *least* 3 of 4” means

Very entertaining challenge (and new concept too)

What a chad, he stopped the time in the universe to reveal the challenge, fully read and understand it, and to conclude that it is very easy and prepare a plan.

That was a confusing challenge :s

Each day in Office this short video makes my day - thanks @Chess Simp

Some King of the Hill strategies are going on here, I see.

what an ending

This is a really interesting challenge tbh, I was a bit confused midway what it was about and gotta reread it a few time though lmao. I think I got confused since there's 2 different challenges equally called as "challenge".

When the enemy king is fulfilling some requirements for the challenge but Simp only sees the enemy Knight and Queen:

"Maybe the Europeans prefer the English" haha, I see what you did there

That was super hard.

Challenge: No bishops may die. Not even your enemy"s bishops.

You should have checked his king with your horsey and lure him out more towards the centre, so that the king controls all the centre just by sitting in the centre.

3:45 Ng4 would be interesting

i didnt understand the challenge until simp loses.. i'd lose immediately in this kind of challenge

Finally you actually want him to resign^^

3:49 should’ve done Ng4+ for a chance of his king going down

"Well, maybe noone likes the English" As an English person... Yeah, you're right.

today I learned that I'm noob enough not to know what to control a square means

The move was not exactly out of nowhere. The player perceived a threat of Qxb2 and Qxa1, losing the rook and probably the knight later. He moved the knight with intent on guarding the rook with Nb3. But yeah there’s a pawn guarding that. Poor guy didn’t see that or hoped you wouldn’t since that’s all he felt he could do.

As an English person, I can confirm that the Europeans do not like us.

wronged loud

I dont think the king is controlling d4. It cant actually move to or capture on d4 because of the c5 pawn. With e4 even though the knight on f6 also prevents the king from moving into it, that knight itself cant move to e4 without being taken by the king so the king still partly controls it. But with a king there, nothing prevents black from moving a piece into that d4 square knowing the king can do nothing. Sadly the knight controls both d4 and e5 so the challenge gets ruined regardless

3:12 before white took his bishop simp controlled 3 midsquares.

wasnt it possible to keep checking his king in stead of QxC1?

Challenge started at 1:52 , knight queen pawn control three squares

ok

they werent controled by the king because your pieces were aleady controling them

doesn’t Nf6 at 1:34 start the challenge? By the logic simp used later, simply being able to attack a square counts as controlling

Wasn't simp controlling 3/4 at 1:47? Challenge blundered?

challenge makes no sense

Video 20 of asking simp to play fps chess

No trust in these 100 rated players

Most confusing challenge ever. Actually makes absolutely no sense, therefore Simp translated the rules in the most entertaining way possible!

dont you already control 3/4 squares at 02:29 ? pawn d4 knight e4 Queen e5

"But maybe the Europeans prefer the English" said no-one ever.

Second

In these woke times, not even the English like the English!

Cap

Simp already had control of three of the squares when he played 3. ...Nf6, and he lost control of one of those squares when white played 4. Bf3 in response.