The 22-move (NO CAPTURE) win that made Hans Niemann a Grandmaster
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- America has a new Grandmaster! In this video, I analyze the epic game between IM Hans Niemann and GM Sebastien Maze played in Round 9 of the 2020 Sunway Sitges chess tournament. Hans won in crushing fashion from the white side of a Nimzo Indian Defense. With this victory, Hans secured just enough points to boost his live rating over 2500, the final requirement to secure the Grandmaster Title. He already earned the necessary 3 GM norms and his title will be approved by FIDE in the near future.
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Eric: "This was probably the most important game in Hans' life."
Narrator: "It wasn't"
Was looking for this. 😂
Comment speaks for itself.
@@threethrushes 🤣
@@threethrushes 😂😂😂
Its funny, I remember watching this and being so impressed with the game at the time. Oh what a difference a year makes 🙄
Getting to GM with a pacifist run is the only way to get the good ending
What about getting to GM with a bongcloud only? Which ending is that?
@@Kneem The secret ending.
It's the Ghandi gambit
Is that why Nezhmedinov never got the Gm title?
Underchess
Disclaimer: No pieces were harmed during whole game.
his king tho
@@skrobie didn’t get taken
@@saben. but every king is taken in a win.. u just don’t see it
Edit: Nvm circles raised a good point below
Made me think of another chess like game, Paco Sako. Pretty cool chess variant.
no pieces were harmed during the making of this movie
No captures
*Sad agadmator noises*
:( no captures captures
Sorry about that
And it was in this position that Sebastien Maze resigned the game.
I still hope he covers this. The game itself is awesome
CAPTURES CAPTURES CAPTURES CAPTURES
Not a single piece was taken in the whole game, and yet white is +4 in the final position. Cool game!
Watch Magnus and Sebinhoo hand and brain, where Magnus checkmated a 2900~ elo player with no captured piece, using his knights to perfection
@@ryaniturralde7437 do you have a link to this or where it is posted?
Well it’s +4 after his knight captures the pawn and is different than the original game
You should see the the game Antonia Medina Garcia vs Svetozar Gligoric. 29 moves, no captures, white resigns, and the position is something like -10 for black.
@@crazypomp927 it was because at that final move he trapped his own queen in a closed position with no compensation and hence -10.
What a kind young gentleman, surely his reputation will never be questioned by the greatest player of all time. That would be unfortunate.
We all know DDR and Russia never used any drugs. I's say Hans is clean too.
Kind young gentleman! 🤣
No "kind young gentleman" was questioned by the WCC
@@newplayer1313 so it was an evil old lady?
By questioned you mean destroyed for no reason
Missed his opportunity to say "White to move and become a GM"
So very Clickbaity:
How to become a GM in 1 move :D
Exactly. Nice comment Mike.
White played a move and -black resigned- became a gm
shout out anyone who gets it
You're MG
Agadmator would be proud
0 captures🤯
wow... I didn't even realize that until reading this comment. Just updated the video title 😁
Not a captures
22 moves and still half of the squares have pieces
@@eric-rosen watch Magnus and Sebinhoo hand and brain, Eric. Magnus 14-move checkmated a ~2900 named gmaryan without capturing a single piece. Knight perfection
@@ryaniturralde7437 aryan tari doesnt have 2900 elo..its his online rating
Something deep inside Hans enabled this brilliant level of play.
😆😆😆😆🤣🤣 that was very intellegent man 😆😆😆 nice one.
Well done, sir. I am engaging with this comment to boost its visibility.
He was really vibing that day.
When eric said that he cant relate, to hans becoming a GM i felt that on my soul
that pierced my heart 100% and i went to check the comments for someone relating immediately
tfw you will never be a GM. its just pain bro. why can we perfectly analyze GM games but cant play like a GM?
@@megugu2155 hindsight 20/20
yeah i felt the same
@Adam Jensen yeah youre right, but im not tryna be a GM i just want a 2000+ rating on lichess so lately ive been studying more chess theory than online class stuff.
im currently at 1556 and i do more anonymous matches than rated ones. im still figuring out how to deal with low tier traps
Game was lost after 2. c4. Even magnus knows that
Part of me thinks Magnus resigned that way as if to hint that he thinks this game was a cheat too.
@@FerrisMcLauren I had the same thought
@@FerrisMcLauren lol what a reach
@@FerrisMcLaurennah really😮😮
1.5 yrs later and he has done the same but in 19 moves less. Incredible prodigy.
Magnus knew the position was lost.
Hans Stockfish Niemann
The beads speak for themselves.
I love seeing the same two jokes in every single comment section
That was sarcasm btw
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” Sun Tzu would be proud :')
Blood for blood god
Technobladeeee
@@vukanjocic319 Milk for the Khorne flakes
Art speaks for itself
Hans Niemann won against Carlsen with 2 moves and no capture!!
Like O-M-JEE
With same opening
Hans Niemann SMASHES THE CHESS BOARD on the head of the World Champion in TWO MOVES without a SINGLE CAPTURE!
Andrea: I only date GMs
Hans:
Hans: Come over
Andrea: You're not really my type
Hans: I have GM title
Andrea: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
GM digger
Hans: but i won't take your pieces
The most peaceful win of all time. The ideal game in a Harry Potter chess game.
You know what, I bet wizard chess players in Harry Potter would learn the common saying “to take is a mistake” very early, simply because the pieces would get mad.
The wizard chess trap would fight to the end though
“Knight takes queen on D8 checkmate” Dumbledore said calmly
You didn't know this three years ago, but Hans topped this by beating the world champion in two moves with no capture!
Eric: Stockfish sees like 5 moves ahead.
Stockfish (Depth 24): Am I a joke to you?
It starts to become inaccurate after about 5 moves.
@@Waghabond how so?
@@LFSPharaoh Im guessing it does not do a full tree search with a depth of 24 as that would take very long computing time and rather only goes to that depth on positions it finds interesting/promising. Hence the inaccuracy as it is not complete.
@@nicolaas1122 I see. Makes sense to ignore those blunders and stuff, maybe because it could just restart it's calculation from there since it's up anyway. Another interesting thing is how the evaluation bar usually updates immediately on normal moves, but takes a second to calculate blunders and inaccuracies
@@LFSPharaoh yeah NP described it correctly. The engine uses a variety of adversarial tree search algorithms to perform its calculations. One of these algorithms is called alpha-beta pruning. This pruning algorithm cuts branches of the tree which are considered to almost certainly be blunders or mistakes. It helps reduce the size of the tree so the calculations dont take years to perform. Hence it takes a second to calculate the game state after an inaccuracy, it's already cut that branch of the tree out of the calculations but then it has to recalculate.
“how the fuck is gonna checkmate in one move none of the pieces can even move to him?!”
*black resigns*
“oh”
Lol I'm so confused too when gms resign
Not a checkmate though
@@hello-yn1lu I know what you mean, it's like on the board one move was made.. in their head, they calculated 6 moves ahead from that and realize "Oh.. I can't win... "Resigns!!
I mean there is fools mate but there is no way a gm would fall for that
@@randynguyen997 in fools mate u take pawn on f7
Maybe Andrea will finally notice him now
old prospector, it's you!
He deserves better
@@lunadieschnecke6695 I still believe you've got a chance Marcus. Go and make him happy!
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@@RMichaelHimself oh no poor Marcus burnt and buried LMAO,
I'm waiting for the day when I see
GM Eric Rosen
Buy him a Chevy.
@@kobe51 daym that was too good XD
You'll be waiting a very long time then lmao
Maybe he'll become a general manager.
lmfao
he's taken 20 moves off his no capture record to date! Incredible player
5:40 "knife F5?"
Hahaha it's a GM Ben Finegold reference
a knight on f5 as white is basically a knife on the throat of your opponents.
why a knife
@@had0j Cuts through the position
Happy Holidays Eric! At least one positive of 2020 was rediscovering chess after many years. Your content has been a big contribution to my improvement and enjoyment of the game. Thanks!
Same here! Started playing again in 2020!
Started learning chess November 15, 2020
After watching a recommended CZcams video of Bobby Fischer on Dick Cavett show
Same here
4:07 he was ahead of his time
His chess spoke for itself in this match
"Reacting" is a strong word for you Eric. 😂
This game really speaks for itself
Congrats to Hans Niemann! Also, here's to hoping our fave youtube chess personality also gets to GM soon. Go Eric! Also, happy holidays.
What’s a GM norm?
@@KiwiGamer-sx2xn norms are prerequisites for fide titles. (Like fide rating, tournament qualifications and so on)
@@KiwiGamer-sx2xn I believe it is just a victory over a GM, of which 3 are required along with the 2500 rating, to get the GM title.
@@_trismegistus Not quite that simple. A victory over a GM is definitely important, although not essential, for acquiring norms. Your performance rating, average opponent rating and among other requirements are scrutinised to see if you have qualified for a norm. Many complicated factors are what make GM norms incredibly hard to obtain.
@@KiwiGamer-sx2xn a norm is a tournament performance, gothamchess has a great video on the requirements to be a GM
Crazy to think that he would replicate the
ghandi gambit again -
against Magnus Carlsen and win in TWO moves!
Became GM one year ago, all of a sudden crossed 2700, has defeated the WC in classical with black and spoke the greatest chess quote ever "chess speaks for itself". What a journey
I'm hoping more gms start saying that the chess speaks for itself.
Especially if they walk away just like hans did
The Chess speaks for itself.
F
Yep, obvious engine use is obvious.
@@outisnemo8443 Ken Regan, whom FIDE consults with often to detect cheating, says no
And he just defeated Levon in 22 moves as well
0 Captures
Agadmator: *sad face* "no captures, captures"
Hans: "Sorry about that"
Because he likes peace, not piece
What a great guy Sebastian Maze is to resign and preserve the perfect no-capture game! He was obviously completely justified in doing so (with stockfish +4 and all) but he could have kept playing for sure, very cool that he allowed Hans's win to look this cool tho!
Wow, what a peaceful win. I sure hope that the peacefulness continues well into the future.
He took "Checks, captures then attacks" to a whole new level
except without the captures apparently
Loving the you tube algorithm reigniting this Gem
I’m glad the pieces could come to a diplomatic solution without having any blood be spilled on either side.
I don't know why CZcams started recommending me these kinds of videos, but I can say for certain that I am glad it did. I feel much smarter, and somehow this is easy to follow along with.
Very entertaining, very informative, keep up the good work, whatever it may be.
chess
xD
Try to learn Chess, it's fun.
Maybe because you watch the other c. board too much
Jokes aside, in the words of Anatoly Karpov, chess is everything: art, science and chess. There's so many things you can find even from a single game.
@@fiki1365 *"art, science, and sport"
Just hear today for no particular reason
He's good lmao. Definitely not cheating.
no cap, this is the same opener hans used and Magnus resigned , c4 op
But it's also the opening that magnus used when he lost to hans the first time
@@dizzy9146 my recommended videos go crazy
It's ironic that after claiming the chess speaks for itself his chess is the last thing people are focusing on.
That was like watching some kind of poisonous constrictor snake, he choked the pieces to death and then the venom was the Knight on the queenside.
Why would a constrictor be poisonous 🤔
@@folksyoxytocin Umm... because it's some kind of snake only found in chess?
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc yknow what I cant argue with that logic
Thanks David! I knew I'd probably get that question when I wrote it hence the "some kind of".
this aged well.
I was so confused looking for checkmate, completely forgot about resigning lol.
Hi Eric, I find your videos very good quality. I especially like your relaxed attitude. Have a good Christmas and New Year. Thank you
Thank you Socrates, very cool
Not an Andrea Botez fan? XD
Holy crap I remembered watching this video but man I did not register the name in this video during the controversy until this popped up in my recommended today.
' "i" before "E" ....especially before man
watching this game just gives me a tingling feeling deep down inside
@Eric Rosen it's good to see you are not only displaying the game, but also taking in and learning new valuable tactics that you can and probably will use if the situation arises. In addition to explaining in detail the positions. Really shows your passion for chess. You may not hold the gm title but don't give up. You're already a gm. To me a grand masters job is to want to grow chess from all angles, it's not just about your elo. You make it fun learning. Keep it up and stay safe. P.s always promote to a bishop even if the queen also checkmates for style point. *Edit I just seen this post was from a year ago good to know the algorithm is working in the right direction
Wow, A great game that focuses on board pressure rather than trading pieces/pinning for material. Nice to see.
it's easy to complete a pacifist run when you have God Mode turned on
"i before e...especially before mann" 10/10
So Hans made his opponent over calculate on the wrong side of the board and just completely blindsided the opponent GM? (If I'm getting the video right) That's so impressive, holy crap
No. You've gotten it all wrong.
@@tommythang2937 a short statement upon which you state your general disapproval of my statement with no explanation as to why? Sure, I hope you have a nice day too!
Yes that's great but I'm just here to let you know that you got it all wrong that's all🤷♂.
@@tommythang2937 what's wrong? Where's wrong? How is it wrong? Why is it wrong? 5W1H, ever heard?
Relax. It's your analysis. That's what you got wrong. But carry on.
I wonder how many views this video had before the drama
“Check his ass”
-Magnus
Not surprised this was recommended to me today
"It's Fabiano" just at the end LOL
At my Elo we use to resign only 1 move before checkmate, this guy resigned for a pawn that put a naive smile to my face
Not because of a pawn but because how bad blacks position was
We also don't care about position
"I before E, especially before man."
The chess was cool and all but that quote made my day
Magnus rewatched this video
Hans don’t let the trolls get to you, they’re just jealous. Everyone makes mistakes in their youth.
Hans is a despiccable, lying sociopath.
Hans is a troll.
oh!! i remember watching this game a year ago and thinking wow this player is really great, might beat magnus one day
Last time I was this early Garry Kasparov was the world champion.
*Sun Tzu liked this video*
Amazing game :o
German pronunciation guide: In German, "ei" and "ie" are pronounced like the second letter is pronounced in English. For example "Niemann" is pronounced roughly like knee-man (except the 'a' is pronounced like in "hard"), the "ie" being pronounced like the 'e' in "hero", and "ei" is like the 'i' in "hire" and "higher".
4:10 There is an AlphaZero game which had a g4 idea but I remember it coming from the Ragozin and white played the Bf4 e3 setup from the Queens Gambit and eventually at move 9, g4 was played as a sacrifice.
Chess truly spoke for itself in this game
spoke*
Chess speaks for itself.
it is Mazé! A French GM, really nice guy who appears sometimes in blitzstream's streams on twitch
Beautiful game to get the title. Thanks for such terrific analysis.
This game reminds me of the game of Karpov Vs unzicker where there was only 2 captures it was an incredible game
Eric Rosen is what I imagine the F2 pawn looks like.
beautiful game from hans
I like the way Eric talks. He has such a calm and smooth voice. It's relaxing.
No capture? That's not a captures
No takes too 😁😁
Hans: "Sorry about that"
The beads really spoke to him here
And then you have me on the other hand, who in almost half of my (won) games spent 40-55 moves capturing every single piece, forcing the king to a corner, and checkmating with 2 or 3 queens.
😂 😂, +1
Always spitting great advice.. 😁 Eric Rosen you are the best teacher ❤️
It's not about black losing the b6 pawn. It's about black losing the b6 square, leading to black losing the f5 square. Black could advance the pawn, which actually looks good if Nb6 wasn't a move.
Really impressive game by Hans at such a young age
"Let's see how Hans became a GM" means something different today lmao
I've had a similar position with white in ~1600 (lichess) rated 3+2 blitz, where my opponent had developed both bishops to d7 and e7, and had to play Ne8 after he had lost the center. The computer says that if bishop takes knight check, knight takes, black still has a chance to fight for the center (+0.5 for white), but it seems that black wanted to play for the win with Be7. In the Be7 line the center is lost for black and White has a lot of room to maneuver their pieces (+1.3, clear advantage). Black is hoping to keep the position closed, like Eric says -- the game is either about white finding the right pressure points or black turning the game to a slow grind.
After 10...e5, I think any blitz player can see that the game is definitely in favor of white. White has the c-h, d-h diagonals operational. The master level play for Niemann is to play for position instead for attack, because Hans has the kingside pawnbreak. Maybe the 1600 rated me would go for a swashbuckling attack, but not Hans. In the final ply, white has two (locked) pawns in the 5th rank, one of them is central. Before Na4, every white piece has squares. Black has the queenside knight which has no squares. Black has an a-pawn that is defended 4 times (!!) and attacked 0 times. Beautiful game.
22 moves in and a GM is threatened with losing a single undefended pawn, and he resigns... It really is a whole different game at the highest levels.
This game definitely speaks for itself
I absolutely love when Eric is simply "talking chess" and doing things like breaking down interesting gameplay. People who know stuff and can explain it well, taking about that stuff, is one of my favorite things to witness.
Now a year later he repeated the strategy against magnus but in only 2 moves!
The supreme art of war defeat your enemies using anal stockfish - Alpha Sun Tzu
Obviously I can’t talk (because I’m 1250 ELO haha) but GM Maze (Black) had a really poor game. Giving up so much space with so little development. Even the standard Pirc does a better job at developing the center.
The whole point of the nimzo is to attack the center with pieces not with pawns tho he certainly didnt play a great game
I'm probably in the 1800-1900 range and I was thinking exactly the same thing!
ah yes, I love that old saying "i before e especially before man"
He was buzzing to play those moves
This game made me realize how little I still know about chess
You may shake hands with Hans's opponent. As he is a GM there is no need for sadness. Or pride.
Huge congrats to stockfish! Well deserved.
Same opening Magnus Ran away from
What a fantastic game. These masters make it look so easy.
Love this vid 🤙🏼
for some reason he moved the rook to h1 and i thought it was preparing to sac the bishop like you said because you couldnt push the pawn before because of the queen check but he does something totally different after lol
The exact same opening that made Magnus resign in one move 🤔
Damn this was one of the very first chess videos I watched lol
really interesting study