27 Years Analyzing Chess I've Never Once Seen This Happen

[@tobias2252]

Four brilliancies in 5 moves, paving the way for a mate in 2, which he then misses - Alireza is truly a special player.

[@soakedbearrd]

Incredibly intuitive, but not necessarily a strict calculator. I know because that’s my style as well (to a MUCH lesser degree of course).

[@TheMetaMindsetChannel]

Honestly did he miss the mate? Or did he just want to play that fancy pawn push, allowing black to sac his queen without even having to take the queen? I don’t know but honestly those last few lines were killer

[@fryzollis]

It's a blitz game dude, and with seconds on clock, it happens.

[@maferreira1984]

Classic Alireza.

[@thegorn]

He was playing with his food

[@BortSamsung]

Hahaha, the Kramnik clips work so well for this game specifically.

[@jedross2136]

Couldn’t agree more, Bort.

[@russellhammond371]

Love it.

[@Confluence358]

Totally agree with you, Bort.

[@screamer22222]

Yes, I think thats the place tha kramnik deserve, in the memes

[@elplan3605]

He did this in a blitz game? I could've spent 1 month looking at the board and wouldn't have come up with anything remotely close. That was truly special

[@Axiomatic75]

I've been playing chess my whole life, the moves the top players sometimes find are absolutely unreal to me. A sequence like the one in this game seems like sorcery to me.

[@sb6671]

My thoughts exactly. It might as well be a completely different game.

[@movieshistory768]

Mikhail Tal is looking at this game from heavens and you could see the smile on his face from earth. Alireza is a genious and well above rest of his generation.

[@epicchess2021]

😄

[@mikestaff3042]

“Genius “

[@fvhaudsilhvdfs]

just got literal shivers thinking of Allah and Mikhail Tal looking down on this game and then giving each other a fist bump. God is truly great

[@catarmy6927]

He is my favorite player by far. His games are so special, never try to draw, always plays the attacks.

[@КонкретныйПацан-р4т]

So true. Always try to fight.

[@GreatUSTreasureHunt]

Hikaru fears Alireza more in blitz than in classical. Often states that "maybe Alireza would find this with two seconds on the clock, but he's the only one."

[@gonewestdeutschland]

Kramnik memes were wild 😂😂😂

[@Nobody-df4is]

It is so fitting. Haha. That game was insane.

[@samuraijack1371]

So keeleer to me😂

[@alistairperry811]

Never enjoyed seeing kramnic so much before

[@fryzollis]

Even to find that combination in a classical game is 3500 elo difficulty, but to do it in a blitz game is just madness 🔥

[@moaek3966]

Man Alireza is truly unique

[@bourque801]

Incredible from Alireza!!!!

[@paulmitchell5349]

An attack worthy of the great Tal.

[@epicchess2021]

Very true !

[@rcanivel]

That was the most amazing game I’ve seen outside of stockfish.

[@samuraijack1371]

Kramnik would forever ban Alireza from all board games. Not just chess

[@seldom_bucket]

And he’d be right to do so, i wouldn’t trust Alireza to play me at even noughts and crosses without absolutely crushing my will and dignity 😅 (Tic tac toe for any who speak US English)

[@111wolff111]

The timing of the “what?!!” Got a double-exclam !o!

[@fbruvik]

The balls on this kid is insane

[@mightypensword]

2:28 "but b4 Alireza can..." My brain malfunctioned

[@billporter2731]

whenever I try to do that super cool b1-d2-f1 knight rotation I fall down on my face like a man whose shoelaces are tied together

[@epicchess2021]

😄😂

[@michaelwhinnery164]

Mark my words... this young man will be world chess champion.

[@Manuelucci2]

It rained, then Alireza made it pour

[@Jacob99174]

That first clip of Magnus. Well superimposed 😂

[@richarddecredico6098]

masterful

[@daviddurbin7682]

Magnus "you can't handle the truth" Carnicholsen

[@alexhidell663]

Lol

[@gonewestdeutschland]

Immortal game ❤🎉

[@ryanc2115]

Keep it up with these quality uploads Epic Cheese!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks, will do!

[@mikemuponda1781]

Dude went full conan the barbarian 😭! I have never seen as savage a suicide bomber style attack 😂 He is a true savant who just happens to drip in gucci

[@gl846]

that "mushrooms" gets me every time 😂

[@kazzkazzington6611]

in 5 years this will be the top chess channel. It's too entertaining.

[@epicchess2021]

Haha idk maybe too much of an acquired taste but i appreciate the kind words!

[@ignisinvictus]

I really hope so. It's my fave chess channel.

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A fantastic attack from Alireza, i see that Magnus Nicholson was impressed. thanks James.

[@epicchess2021]

Haha yeah this one was awesome !!

[@chipsafan1]

Oh my goodness 😮😮 Guccireza just went into LaGrangian orbit - he ain’t never coming down

[@artursverza]

Not sure what is more brilliant here - Alireza's moves or Kramnik's clips 😂

[@inmotion3438]

Yeah! "Its clear to me here". Kramnik is certainly stilling the thunder from Alereza here! 😂😂😂

[@karlstone6011]

Did he just solve chess? Is that it now? Is it over? !!! Amazing!

[@seldom_bucket]

😂😂 dude the kramnik clips were absolute comedy perfection, had to double check he wasn’t actually playing him. I thought for a second he had a point if this actually happened in a blitz game, then realised it was and it blew my mind on a whole other level. There is nothing like GM chess to make you feel like you’re a monkey banging rocks together on comparison.

[@epicchess2021]

🤣🤣

[@lifesnotfair]

That was insane. I loved it!

[@solfeinberg8591]

2:15 Black wins the Connect 4!

[@emad0510]

Alireza is a great player ❤

[@michaellear6904]

He is indeed pretty pretty pretty good.

[@cameront3768]

This game was by far easily the best immortal blitz game of the century

[@epicchess2021]

😁

[@threethrushes]

I also sack a whole load of pieces when I play chess.

[@Obirascor]

Me too! AND I too miss a mate in two regularly. They should make a video about me (losing those games).

[@epicchess2021]

My favourite to sacrifice / gambit? is the queen

[@ianstopher9111]

You need more mushrooms

[@bazeye]

I'm glad you dialled down the visual comedy for this, the picture inserts are jarring and break the flow, and become increasingly less funny with use.

[@TruthSurge]

just means you've watched every single episode of Epic Chess. Sure, he reused idioms and jokes and memes and vid clips for humor. KEEP IT UP, EPIC CHEDDAR!!!!!!!

[@qwertzui3653]

Epic game with epic commentary 👏

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot!

[@johngrey5806]

I must admit, genius use of Kramnik clips.

[@epicchess2021]

Haha thanks

[@adamzbb7619]

Kramnik is now officially a meme :D Good job, this was really entertaining.

[@tommypiffington3374]

😂I’m proud I sensed those moves It’s gotta be the “mushrooms”

[@epicchess2021]

😁😁

[@VoltageCowboy]

Good lord. He did all of that in a 3 minute game? One hell of a game

[@shaundvorak3833]

Never laughed so hard on a chess recap! Bravo good sir tanks for the great entertainment!!🎉😂

[@epicchess2021]

haha thanks a lot for watching glad you enjoyed!

[@-erebor-2361]

0:02 LMAO

[@KasaBlanca007]

The missed mate hurts my heart. Good game

[@pawnoir]

“Quand le soleil se lève, il se lève pour tous.” _When the sun rises, it rises for all._

[@epicchess2021]

Love it!

[@acebharath]

Absolute brilliant stuff. Mind blowing

[@Truffle_Pup]

Lad, you are absolutely exceeding yourself 🤣🤣

[@epicchess2021]

Haha thanks a lot

[@Kooshajimbo]

Immortal is a very interesting name for this game. Besides its obvious meaning, immortal can be interpreted as the ancient Persian warrior as well. Immortals were the elite force in Persian army.

[@scottmartin9041]

I love the commentary from kramnic its good that you are on speaking terms again ☺

[@epicchess2021]

haha indeed!

[@IgnatiusReilly36]

Kramnik turns from a living legend to a meme!! 😂

[@brettmoore3194]

Must of been reviewing tal's style🎉

[@terronescyril8494]

Incredible game and analyse James!!! You can easily guess like to be agressive is one part of performance ;-)

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks as always and yes love his games

[@djalals.moharrer5510]

Alireza hits like Oreshnik hyperbolic and hypersonic rocket at the same moment ❗️😂😂😂

[@oneputt4152]

the kramnik reactions are gold

[@Concentrum]

i was hoping for a botez-kramnik outro smh, already bopping my head in anticipation. amazing game, bro goes galaxy brain in blitz!

[@epicchess2021]

Ahhh sorry didn’t do the mash up today 😅

[@colinharris7178]

Mesmerizing.

[@mrmiller74]

Amazing game. Only a shame he missed that Qg8 first time around for sheer perfection. Kind of reminded me of when I think I've won with some incredible play, only to analyse and see I missed a mate much earlier! 😂

[@soakedbearrd]

In a way it shows he’s human and not using an engine.

[@mrmiller74]

@soakedbearrd True. I don't think anyone would ever accuse Alireza anyway but yeah, in general watching players doing blitz - especially OTB - gives you a real appreciation of their abilities as it gets to the point it's so fast you know there's no way they could be cheating.

[@thekurdishtapes8317]

@@soakedbearrd in a way it's even cooler with that intermediate pawn move

[@colombebeau]

That is the most incredible attack I’ve seen from white, after building a hell of a defensive fortress in the first moves. Black’s attack on the queen side was awful, I’m curious to see what the computer would say about his chances if he hadn’t play b4.

[@write-only]

Genius agression told in the most entertaining fashion.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot!

[@gerhardmehler4202]

That bishop on f4 looked quite harmless. Seems to me Alireza had some experiences with that bishop facing the queen.

[@cordobadebear]

I’ve actually had a similar game like this on rapid online, when I sacked my queen and endangered two other pieces early on, to then completely demolish opponent’s position and mate, it must be a confluence of a defensive arrangement of the opponent, and flow state of your play with clarity of mind at that time

[@epicchess2021]

Nice and Confluence and flow state are awesome expressions! 😁

[@cordobadebear]

@ thank you for replying! …of course, my lucky game doesn’t compare to Alireza’s brilliance at early stage against a master… Your commentary on this one was extra funny, keep the epic cheese coming, we are all loving it!

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Kramnik touches are great!

[@karezaalonso7110]

🔥 fire on board, wow

[@lauterunvollkommenheit4344]

If only Mr. Morphy could've lived to see this.

[@wellsbenjy]

What is the "trust me its an absolute banger its a game changer" from please? It's great but I can't find it !

[@epicchess2021]

Haha c squared podcast with Mishra and an ad run for manscaped

[@gmsi7d371]

epic chess: i have another definition of " immortal " . an immortal game contains moves that even engines could not find. - - > only the human mind was able to find the right move

[@HowThatHappen]

Another great game to add to the Kramnik scrolls

[@ryanbarker6562]

If i go one more episode without Andrea deejaying.. im not gonna be happy about it

[@epicchess2021]

😂😂 I’ll try lol

[@MrBaloochian]

Bobby Fischer's soul rejoiced

[@soakedbearrd]

That was nuts.

[@markbrooks1111]

Okay, now we do the procedure?

[@asatsuki9250]

its so weird to hear kramnik say "block" without saying "block block" with a house beat behind him

[@epicchess2021]

😂

[@DragonGfunk]

Poooofffff what a moof x4🤣 🙌🏾🤣Vlad would have had a MELTDOWN with this one!!👏🏾

[@davidk8699]

That was a nice piece of epic cheese

[@raqig7511]

if the legend kramnik himself didn't understand what is going on, on the the board, well, for us , we have no words 😂

[@arcitejack]

Unreal

[@MartyHirsch]

One moment it's like, where are these pieces going anyway, and a few moves later, black is forced into a mating net. Mamma mia!

[@epicchess2021]

😁

[@martinpaddle]

Quite frankly, Nxf7 is the first move that comes to mind here. In bullet (or even 3+0) I would play it right away, without calculation. Even if it turns out to be wrong, but even if there was a catch, it would be hard to find for the opponent under short time constraints

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah for stronger players agree but even so all the follows up were pretty nice I thought 😁

[@martinpaddle]

@epicchess2021 yes, a good chance I would have played that and then messed up, due to failing to see the follow up!

[@robbybains4790]

that was insane

[@LeonardoContreras-r1k]

Do you use any AI to edit your videos? Love your chanel btw

[@epicchess2021]

thanks a lot and not really to edit but some of the memes are generated by AI tho I think, but not sure cause some people sent me them

[@morningstar704]

علیرضا بهترینه ❤

[@chasebethersonton5169]

Wonderful! Wow.

[@dataworldind.7480]

kramnik clips are so hilarious lol

[@TruthSurge]

hahhah Kramnik "whew.... vot a moof...."

[@epicchess2021]

😄

[@eminatabeypeker6305]

2/3 of the total complaints made on the site were made by Kramnik and Kamsky alone. The situation is now really "clear" :)

[@hansvonmannschaft9062]

"Smashed" the like button at the beginning already, that edit oh Lord hahaha! So still there, hit pause to type this, Ali Reza's in the background, laughter begins to take over, will edit later if breath remains... 🤣 First edit: "guild master" "erects that big black... center"... aight laughter staging a successful coup here... will keep editing if still alive! 🤣🤣 2nd edit: Kramniiiiik noo I'm dying hahahahahahahahah!!! Last edit, found a way to momentarily escape the reckless laughter that took over: Brilliant game my God, brilliant, and at the end "the procedure" AND I could see you were holding back your laughter as much, amazing one here, off the ballpark as Americans say, thank you so much James, very welcome laughing and chess madness!

[@epicchess2021]

Haha thanks a lot as always for such a thoughtful comment! 😁

[@atillacodesstuff1223]

the Kramnik clips cracking me up xD

[@n.n.8647]

Wow, a new way of playing chess. Hopefully I can reproduce something of it - Educational Channel here, really good stuff

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot!

[@b4nnediss_here721]

i really would love to see a similar game against kramnik 🤣🤣

[@tedebayer1]

As much I am appreciative of chess masters, I'm not a fan of rapid or blitz. They're great for folks that can instantly remember and recognize all the structured openings/traps/gambits out there studied and retained like someone studies for a jeopardy game, perhaps a college exam, as opposed to strategy and long term problem solving... which honestly most traditional games can still be played under 30 minutes without so many blunders and missed opportunities.

[@epicchess2021]

yeah fair enough !

[@sherylbegby]

Love the Vlad inserts. He used to be something of a hero to me. Today he's like a dad joke.

[@howard5992]

He traded four minor pieces for four pawns.

[@Treetopper911]

What a game

[@kaldrazadrim]

Can you cover Agadmator's immortal? He posted it this week.

[@epicchess2021]

It’s a thought but on my own channel I doubt would do so well plus I’m gonna move to world championship coverage now I think sorry

[@Arrow-NAX]

My favourite chess player

[@TheUltimateSay]

at 7:34 alireza could have gone Qe4+ with the King being forced to c4 and then Qe2+ Kd5 (Kxc3 is ladder mate with Rc1+) c4+!! Bxc4 and then the amazing Qe4# check mating the cocooned King

[@epicchess2021]

yeah some amazing lines!

[@GlennKarg-uu4uz]

Kramnik popping up like annoying ads😂