8 Year Old vs. 2037 Player Will Make Your Heart Pound! Golan vs. Willis

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[@jhmclellan]

The kid should get extra time for wearing the suit.

[@DJBumboclat123]

Looks like white just missed mate in one at 6:59. Knight to d6 is checkmate

[@OmniscientDreamer]

Oh Nicely Spotted!!!!!

[@renuka.v.khartmol7244]

Yup good catch

[@alexanderrostov3998]

very nice checkmate

[@Magnetonful]

King E6

[@creativity4you83]

White Knight from b5 to d6 is a direct checkmate at 6.59

[@PsychoSledgeHammer1237]

7:28 He played that so smoothly

[@user-co8ld6ot1z]

White was stronger in the full game, but for 8 years old boy has great level

[@yusref5021]

9:14 "This is the winning move" 😁 (Kf2) He is So sweet

[@KunalKrishna]

but is it? NO NO

[@spirou2012]

@@KunalKrishna it's not, it's loosing on the spot because of Rb2+

[@obsidi2]

@@spirou2012 queening the pawn is better than Rb2+

[@florimueller963]

@@obsidi2 why do you think that ueening is better. okboth moves are winning, but i would prefer Rb2+ it gives white much less chanses

[@obsidi2]

@@@florimueller963 Its true that both moves are "winning", but queening the pawn is vastly more devastating, it wins faster and easier. Queening the pawn gets you a very simple Rook+Pawn vs Pawn end game, while going for Rb2 gets a rather complex Queen vs Knight+Pawns. If you go Rb2+, then he goes Kg3. Yes, you can trade rooks, but now he takes the h4 pawn with his knight, he has two pawns and a knight to your queen. Still your best move is Qh8 (threatens both pawns), then the following sequence seems best: ... Nf5. Qxf6 Kf4. Kg1 h4. Kg2. Ke4. Qe6 Kf4. Kh1 h3. Kh2 Ne3. Kxh3 Nf5. Qd5 Ne3. Qd4 Kf3. Qe5 Ke2. Kg3 Kd3. Kf4 Nc4. Qc5 Kc3. Qe4 Nd2. Qe3 Kc2. Qd4. Qc4+ Kb2. Ke3 Nc1. Qb4 Kc2. Qd2 Kb1. Qc3 Na2. Qb3 Ka1. Kd2 Nc1. Qb6 Na2. Kc2 Nb4+. Qxb4 Ka2. Qb2#. As you can see that queen vs knight end game isn't easy to do, if I was low on time I wouldn't want to do that if I could help it. Now if you go a8=Q, what is he going to do? His best move is Rg1, you respond with Kh2. Now what does black do? His best move is Rg2. Then white takes the Rook with his queen Qxg2, Knight takes queen Nxg2. Now, Rb2+, Kf3 and the rook takes the knight Rxg2. Now play continues with a rather simple Rook+Pawn vs Pawn endgame. ... Kf4. Kh3 Kf3. Rg6 f5. Rh6 Ke4. Rxh5 f4. Kg4 f3. Rf5. f2. Rxf2 Ke5. h5 Kd4. h6 Ke3. Rf4 Ke2. h7 Kd3. h8=Q Kd2. Qd4 Kc2. Rf2+ Kb3. Rb2+ Ka3. Qb4#. Not only is that sequence much shorter, its much easier to execute when you are low on time.

[@marverorants9681]

At 2:12 he notices me then proceeds to look into my soul. Damien really made my heart pound

[@sodameki0]

Marvero Rants t-that’s Golan

[@samvexez8635]

This kid reminds me of me being young, Especially his newer videos good energy got that natural flow. That's what we lose along the way many times. You'll see it that when adults jokingly sing it's usually short. That the difference is we're acting it and kids don't. The adults will stop, the kids will sing on.

[@user-qo6vr6ng7o]

What a fantastic fighting spirit this boy has! Gg from both sides!

[@Jergal1]

The art of putting a clock away from a kid reach...

[@Ricky02]

He was looking at the camera and giving expressions lol😀😂

[@nadeenghneim7038]

One move he would’ve won lol

[@almutasim79]

0:47 he did not press the clock

[@marwanahmed5377]

i like the way he hits the clock

[@SharadRajwanshi]

Yaa 👌

[@milosmilovanovic6664]

After Ne7 it was much stronger to continue with Bg5 and not to take on d7. Even in a bullet game its easy to see this. You threat to double the pawn on f6 and if Ng6 then take on f6 Queen can`t take because the bishop is unprotected

[@theredstonehive]

Maybe could have won if he didn't keep missing the timer.

[@MEGKOK]

TheRedstoneHive and little bit taller

[@VejselVESKOAgovic]

$5536373737

[@deathwind3333]

Nope not a chance if he's still not carefull of the opponents moves. I mean he only realized the threats when time was close.

[@Gold139]

also he had to reach so far to get the pieces moving lol. That's why in tournaments with kids involved in my area the tables are much smaller so they dont have to reach as much.

[@goldengamergg9506]

Very well presented kid.....

[@laylover1752]

2:26 he is looking into my soul

[@prisckilla1074]

Golan congrats keep rocking 💖

[@joshuahenderson3885]

At around 0:50 the kids didn't hit timer unlucky

[@LuffyBFH]

he missed the time quite often early in the game aswell

[@sowasvonlustig2977]

Points where he lost more than one second: 0:49, 2:04, 2:35

[@wingsgamingfans5850]

Thats the consequences of trying to act cool when hitting the timer.

[@wingsgamingfans5850]

If only he hits it properly . I guess hes still a kid .

[@daniloluis1953]

@@wingsgamingfans5850 usted tiene razón

[@TheWolfman932]

That's a very nice chess timer they have.

[@walidredka5834]

The kid missed to touch the clock a couple times

[@revolutionaryprepper4076]

He lost by the clock, the time had run out. I would've liked to see what would happen if they both had a little more time! Good game though!

[@justme-xn6im]

Im just glad that the clock still useable after that match .

[@pericoperez4390]

Saludos futuro Bobby. Felicitaciones desde Chile

[@krishnateja4291]

what weight and brand are those chess pieces?

[@jorgemercedes597]

0:56 was a relative pin. If knight moves then bxe8

[@x_juicy7746]

Y'all calm down about "mAybE iF hE pREsSEd ThE tImER cOrrEcTlY hE wOUlD'vE wON". He's 8 and he's nervous. He's literally going against a chess player with a rating over 2000. And it's probably more serious because the little man's even wearing a suit.

[@gerryvandenberg2575]

No one seemed to notice that the young boy was lucky to be using a defective clock. Every time he hit the clock time button he received an extra 2 seconds. Watch from 25 seconds left in his game.

[@sumanpal3094]

6:57 white miss checkmate on knight on b5 to d6 🧐

[@kleinsragnarok416]

This kid is so brave 😂

[@pro_gamer7754]

knight -> d6 backing up his homie rookie on e8 while going for the win. I would've missed that one too boss. (6:58)

[@yousufal-amri1889]

Joshua Buena ..then the kid could take down the knight (d6)it’s not backed up

[@SkyRed69]

@@yousufal-amri1889 True

[@Sbigsla]

@@yousufal-amri1889 wtf how would he take??

[@unorderedgames]

2:34 - looks like the kid lost 5s by missing the clock?

[@thamerabualfuol9228]

👍🏼

[@D0NDOLLER]

adler 👁

[@vatsalshah7983]

On 0:50 also... 😓😓😓

[@sowasvonlustig2977]

Points where he lost more than one second: 0:49, 2:04, 2:35

[@James-mn2pk]

Yeah, just the 5 seconds he needed at the end to win !

[@Chemist_Abdallah_Gad]

at 06:59 white knight to d6 can give amate as it also protect the rook in e8

[@anythingatall1471]

He missed timer so frequently

[@hbcolourful7120]

Qute and smart boy in chess..... Amazing ...... I really love this quteness

[@Zohnorg]

Nice suit... Made me think it was Damien playing... :)

[@lostinidlewonder]

8:56 the young chap should have just not moved and flagged the opponent ahahah

[@Multivercell]

Can't take the eyes off the kid's moves. (not the chess board moves) Especially from 2:10 to 2:30 😍😘

[@rixhie_]

the way the kid moves makes me anxious

[@ahilaelumalai760]

Very well played

[@rluijk]

He distracted at the crucial moment.

[@gerardway9016]

the way he hits the clock gives me anxiety

[@rigelkent]

wait is golan and dada siblings they have the same eyes and always looking at the cameras?

[@anischab]

Capture a piece by taking it from the board then placing a piece on its square. Else, it is touching a pice so move it to a free square without capturing. That awful how they capture

[@dumadaniel1526]

@6:59 white missed mate in one...Nd6+

[@marcp8898]

You are correct

[@thaerammar9233]

This is the winning move

[@nathangoodchild6823]

Just one more move.....but if you look at the clock the boy time moves fast than the other time

[@hama-a9019]

I like to play with a kid like this!! 😆

[@amranwahidiabdullah395]

0:48 😂

[@LonelyPianist-jn1oj]

_Correction: Golan is playing the black pieces_

[@tanishkumar5550]

6:58 white didn't notice he can checkmate with his horse

[@janilynlopez3539]

Belated happy birthday to GOLAN🎉🎉

[@winddancer4776]

@AaaanLyn LPZ, Thank You! This video is from Golan's ACTUAL B-Day, he turned 8 on the day this vid was taken!

[@janilynlopez3539]

@@winddancer4776 Always WC 😊😊 , BTW how do you know that ??

[@janilynlopez3539]

And also , is that why he wear suit??

[@janilynlopez3539]

@@winddancer4776 Oh , That means Welcome💖😊

[@marcschmidt4172]

@@janilynlopez3539 She's the mom!

[@glewis6707]

Have any of these younger chess players defeated their elder opponents?

[@JACK-mt2wp]

What Kind of chess is that ? The pieces someone’s can tell me pls ?!

[@slick116]

young geniuses :)

[@George_Francis]

0:47 he didn't Press his Time Stop Button

[@dionlindsay2]

It didn't, no. What made you think it would?

[@eduardskutejevs2802]

Why the kid said: This is the winning move if it's not?

[@PriyankaGupta-in2em]

Last black is playing good 😏

[@m.raedallulu4166]

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful !

[@smaklilu90]

Are you telling me the adult is rated 2034 .. Doesn't seem like it lol

[@christopherthompson5400]

i mean if its because he missed the rook fork,i think he might be going a bit easier on the kid maybe

[@christopherthompson5400]

oh wait i looked at wrong time bishop was in the way, back when the rooks were on same color squares my bad, but yeah the knight hanging at the end was a bit of a mistactic

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

He's going easy on the kid. He could've mated him but apparently this kid crys and throws temper tantrums when he loses so yeah. He threw the game lol very humble dude

[@Endless20162]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 hahaha..

[@dionlindsay2]

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 He won. Look at the clocks at the end.

[@robertagurino3139]

The 8 year old is so good

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Bobby Fischer was 1726 at age twelve. Most GMs get to 2700 at fourteen and 2701 at thirty. They run out of stuff to copy. High-achieving children should be closely watched.

[@nickathisya_]

Pretty nice game 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gracemuponda8555]

Wats the purpose of those thingies they hit

[@jeffhaley9494]

Excellent play by both players!

[@stephencook1004]

Wow that 8 year old on the white pieces must be Benjamin Button.

[@bored-bt4nn]

In the last Kf2 a8 change to Queen Bruhh. I know this only move

[@Checkmated5520]

Why does it say 2037 player in the title?

[@lucagatta1869]

so cute the little prince : (((( ^ ^

[@Phoniv]

that was brilliant, almost did it

[@VejselVESKOAgovic]

Hello

[@amitavitel01]

At 8 I used to eat chalk....

[@dalmaciowahayna1498]

The 8-yr old player is not concentrating, he is staring at the camera...

[@jorgedourado7629]

It's called being 8 years old. You would be doing the same thing, except in your case you would also be drooling and you wouldn't even be able to figure out how to make a legal move in chess, let alone play an actual game.

[@rajatmane7860]

At 8 I used to eat chalk...

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

Why do you think he got so good so young?

[@prolpiu1879]

I thought for a second that i set the playback speed to 2x

[@shabanaasgher6353]

7:36 rook a 6 and then knight c 6 and the pawn is history

[@pathmakumari9676]

Very good game

[@tutorthony3996]

Nice game!

[@deveraravi9326]

Sweet boy...

[@HolyHaxorMcGrath]

Golan The Pile Driver. hehe

[@quakety]

at 0:50 was the timer for Golan supposed to keep going after he pressed it?

[@MJKarkoska]

He probably didn't press it hard enough, or either hit somewhere around the button itself, because no, it is not supposed to do that.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Somebody was faster than me (as usual), but yes, Golan actually missed the button and nobody noticed.

[@user-xo8ry1pc5x]

Yeahh

[@HolyHaxorMcGrath]

"kalah tak mengapa,learn from your mistake" - John Marston

[@nix24dax]

Why not push f4 to get the pinned knight?

[@golski4878]

2000 elo player probably wanted to give this child a game but time finished

[@robertoestrada2600]

who,s record this?

[@husseinatwi6173]

nice game

[@kevinkozak6410]

This kid is lik 9000 rating

[@mahmoudalshami320]

Why did they endgame

[@advikdeshmukh805]

If only he used his time wisely to choose his moves he would’ve won

[@ryanfriesen4366]

its hilarious no matter how many times i play chess i look at this kids game and say why do i even bother lol, im good at times, horrible more times, every once in a while i can come up with a great game but kids like this do it every time, how do they do it at that level is beyond me

[@tox_4_life313]

Mikkel Grabinski Woah that was mean as fuck, literally no reason at all for that.

[@kotops]

I never know what the fk is going on but chess just looks cool so I like watching it

[@jorgedourado7629]

Go find something shiny to stare at while you drool!

[@svgstarlight]

JORGE DOURADO no need to be rude, at least they’re spending their time watching a chess game they could be interested in and potentially learn how to play than watching those dumb youtuber who scream all the time and do dumb pranks for views 🙄

[@user-he4dh1ig4i]

Good job little man

[@nelyox6354]

Genious

[@MrKKHappy]

Amazing 💕😍

[@cgyphan3uf]

if hes 2037 im GM

[@siprasarkar5334]

LOL! 06:59 After rook exchange white Knight to D6+ is CheckMate.

[@odorfaculep5197]

We have fo be fair here.....2037 rating? He plays more like a 1600 leaving all those hanging pieces everywhere. We have to be fair......The boy plays REALLY WELL!!!!.

[@winddancer4776]

@odorf aculep, yes, he really is rated 2037. Top 100 list best players age 50 and up.

[@andrewkoines6389]

Must have missed things. Only saw him hang the knight. Played pretty much like a 2037 should play in my opinion.

[@odorfaculep5197]

Andrew Koines Naaaaaa he wants the boy to looks good on the video.

[@rodrigorodrigo9950]

😂😂😂Genialidad 🇨🇱👏👏

[@Werday-bv7eh]

This is the winning move, not enough to time boy i see ur simulation.

[@johannsobieski1780]

Do you know her eight-year-old Pinkamena from Moscow? (1575) The girl is even more impressive than the young man. Pinkamena's club CFN broadcasts a chess tournament once a week and once a week subscribers of the channel have the chance to play against Pikamens or their 14-year-old sister (1947). Here Pinkamena is playing against a 1746 player kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3StmJ2Zhtxjh8U Greetings from Berlin

[@ejerl9107]

when I was 8. I don't even know how to move a pawn

[@chickenricebs8685]

Llmao