Cheater gets CAUGHT after offering me $250 to win

Grandmaster Eric Hansen is offered an insane challenge, to beat a 978 ELO player with $250 on the line. Seems legit?
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[@chessbrah]

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[@BBEros]

found something curious Eric, will tell you when you are online, wanna se your reaction.

[@genesisgmchesshokage2922]

Eric I wanna know how to report someone cuz I got a cheater on my tail and I caught him

[@Bradley_UA]

Where is the music? I know everyone was making fun of it, but I still want it.

[@myst93]

@@renat_CIA They're his videos.

[@myst93]

@@renat_CIA Absolutely not true at all. Voice recordings are absolutely copyrighted.

[@bargrosnintendogames7607]

Ah, so Bobby Fischer must’ve been so good because of his brother, Stock Fischer

[@marvelnerd574]

Lmao

[@gentelmanfrog3271]

XD

[@lenasvisionblog]

Hhahaha

[@bryanthales2717]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@the_proffesional1713]

Stockfish 11 Its better

[@vishalprakash6788]

“Man this is a weird position, I don’t feel I played terribly but yet I don’t have many good moves” - everyone who has ever played an engine

[@josantosp77]

Or Karpov.

[@badereric]

I could always find a good move against stockfish, usually I would end up with the choices of being down an exchange or down a piece, so I was always able to easily play the best move. Eric is just bad.

[@zok6283]

Eric B ok Eric

[@internetanalytics618]

@@badereric o stfu come on get real

[@tommydashed4205]

@@badereric This is actually a hilarious comment and I think you meant the double entendre there so I'll give it a thumbs up.

[@al97093]

His uncle used to stock fish in Norway near the house of Magnus Carlsen

[@CSchmiz]

I see what ya did there

[@jyz]

This is the most hilarious comment I have ever read on youtube.

[@polyrider81]

Ржунемогу ))

[@AM-jz5wz]

Haha haha

[@irlporygon-z6929]

lmfao

[@Prog47]

Guys relax the 7% was before he found out he was related to a GM 😂

[@stanleylim4458]

No if you look closely this is probably an alt account and DavidSep is his real account so he uses this account to farm elo.

[@alikhaled2389]

@@stanleylim4458 Wait , you can do such things, farm elo !!! How ??

[@joaodias5935]

@@alikhaled2389 You just create a second account and keep challenging urself

[@alphaplayzz1381]

@@alikhaled2389 yep, but if you're careful about it you won't be caught

[@elleviathan9261]

@@alikhaled2389 I did this once, and chess.com sent me a message basically telling me to stfu or die. They even took the rating I gained from it away oof. They give one warning, and after the warning, they ban if you do it again.

[@StoicFlame]

'700 rating vs 960 rating' and both of them play with 98 accuracy, looks legit

[@GEM4sta]

They're actually the best players in the world, just stuck in elo hell. How do you climb when you're only .5% more accurate than a guy 200 points below you? Brutal

[@oscar-ei8cr]

on 72 moves!

[@kg_1720]

😂😂😂😂

[@harryb12993]

I’m around 800 elo and have had games with 96 accuracy, I’ve just also had games with around 18 accuracy.

[@primekrunkergamer188]

@@harryb12993 yeah but u cant have 98% accuracy games for 72 moves.

[@kochevar99]

Imagine saying “I play like a grandmaster because I’m related to one.” Lol

[@ADunleavy]

Sadest thing is that it could affect that GM's reputation 'cause some people would definitely use the fact that a 'relative' is a cheater to drag his name through some sticky mud.

[@insanezombieman753]

@@ADunleavy its probably a 12 year old who discovered a good chess engine for the first time. I doubt anyone would care

[@slylataupe1697]

That would be dumb, but you could say you learned chess from a GM and it would make senses :)

[@robdubent]

An inept nobody trying so hard to be relevant. Like a spoiled brat. Too bad he’s banned now

[@borislavivanov5281]

To be fair, black also cheated as kept reading/considering moves suggested in the chat

[@codykeane6107]

Reaching 70 moves with 99% accuracy, he's GM uncle has a strong bloodline.

[@silverdeathgamer2907]

Chess skills are hereditary confirmed.

[@Jinisinsane]

Hes playing next to an ouja board bro.

[@dkwa4318]

@@Jinisinsane actually funny good job

[@bul6457]

@@Jinisinsane pooja board*

[@TheLunarMan]

When he stopped using the engine for 2 games on April 16th he got a 7% LMAO

[@Snowman-hunter]

@Hallie yeah, the guy who thought of this was really funny

[@MrCaptainTea]

@Hallie what an original thought. Can’t believe you came up with that all by yourself

[@tenzing2090]

@Hallie nice copying skills

[@migs6674]

@Hallie Thanks for your insight, Hallie.

[@stanleylim4458]

If u look closely the account DavidSep that beat him on that day is his real account where he transfers his farmed elo into

[@albertbatfinder5240]

My uncle used to be Ben Finegold’s dentist, so yeah, I’m pretty good at chess.

[@mortadahasaad530]

Very suspicious

[@tajneeley]

Lmao

[@SrinivashM29]

Do you play f6?

[@Cowmilker98]

The tooth hurts

[@varunchheda8160]

Cowmilker98 LMAOOOOOOO

[@Yakushii]

It's funny how Eric never says "he's using an engine" outright, but anyone who knows a little bit about anything can tell that that's what he's actually saying the whole time.

[@YoavMilikow]

29:47

[@tommy5965]

well he did say it at 29:46

[@beri4138]

If it was apparent that my opponent was cheating, I'd just blast up Brainfish 11 on my beast pc and body them lmao.

[@anvb5a1]

@@beri4138 So you can get banned too? ......

[@avalon6014]

@Bard Erland noone has a problem with good chess players, e.g hikaru who has a rating of 3200, we dont like cheaters who ruin the game for others, if you are rated 900 you want to play against other 900`s so you can improve, not someone who is reading a 3000+ rated engine that will destroy you

[@T1J]

lmao shoulda kept playing against 700s. beats a GM, immediately banned

[@masser4555]

@@GEM4sta I'll be honest i don't think it is... the guy had played like 15 games with the engine and it only caught him because he was stupid enough to beat a GM with it.... he should have been banned after the first few games.

[@ts4gv]

Yoo you watch chessbrah? Nice

[@MastaSmack]

What if you are a GM, and throw 100 games so you can trash someone's rating...stranger things have happened.

[@matty3501]

T1J and chess is the crossover I didn't know I needed

[@Nathan-xm7rw]

@@MastaSmack It would be easier to just make a different account

[@danielisflying]

This man literally pump faked with the Rook, sac'd a pawn to bait a position 4 moves ahead. Damn he really has the best gaming chair.

[@matix676]

I mean we should learn from machines, but not make machine vs human competition, because its so unfair. I wonder if someone played against machine for the whole life, how would his performance be against real human.

[@koifish528]

matix676 ok but a good gaming chair beats every machine easy

[@SteveJobzz]

​@@matix676 I don't think you can get good by using only engines. Once you're good enough, you can refine your game. If GMs don't understand why engines play certain moves, the rest of us wont fare well.

[@xT..]

You Nigerian ?

[@randyweller4622]

Well the gaming chair gives him an extra +200ELO

[@MrMelon247]

It's funny because Esap12 thought he would gain everyone's respect for beating a GM, but in reality, everyone thinks he's a loser, and we like Eric more for playing so well against an engine.

[@getthelubescoob]

I can't imagine being so delusional to think that by doing this I would earn respect. I feel like it was to mess with Eric, just didn't expect him to dive so deep

[@larswiederify]

Its a troll. This guys dont want to earn respect, they just want to annoy people. The good thing is, he failed miserable; The video is very entertaining and i think the stream was too.

[@yggdrasil9039]

It's probably some 12 year old kid having the thrill of his life

[@arcturai3884]

@@getthelubescoob well people are delusional enough to believe the Earth is flat so don't get your hopes up

[@jonesbonesjon6031]

Have people never seen a troll in their entire life?

[@AlexShatterstar89]

It's hilarious how Eric behaves and comments the game once he understands the opponent is using an engine, never actually saying it out loud 😂😂😂

[@adammurai1955]

Having "respect" for a 900 is how he verbalized it lol

[@mmustap3]

Lol he's just dragging us through a 30 minute video so he can make back is $250 from views 😅

[@RobPalmer454]

he doesnt want to appear salty. wise move on his part

[@Walle-rn6cy]

I mean it was obvious the guy was cheating from the beginning, but you never want to call someone out for cheating and be wrong even when it is so blatantly obvious. The entire time I was livid lol. I hate when people cheat like this.

[@momdidntloveme8955]

Yeah he keeps saying "i missed out on 250 dollars" and I'm screaming no tf you didnt

[@Patrizsche]

"he said 'lol' at the end, he might be a good guy" LOL

[@XxKidnoffxX]

lol

[@sufferationist]

There are a bunch of good guys in this comment thread

[@agfd5659]

@@sufferationist damned right lol

[@Subpar1224]

LOL out loud

[@diabl2master]

Notice after you said "he's playing a lot faster than me as well how is that possible?" he took a long time over the next move axb5

[@alex2005z]

Is watching someones stream while playing agaisnt him considered cheating?

[@friedayy]

@@alex2005z no shit sherlock,

[@alex2005z]

@@friedayy that was a genuine question.

[@friedayy]

@@alex2005z oops my bad. Though it should be obvious since chess in higher levels is about reading opponents movements so it is unfair. Also, in this game the dirtier cheat was him using engines

[@AnandSivaram22]

@@alex2005z well usually when streamers play viewers it's kinda okay to watch the stream while playing is what I believe.. In a situation like Eric playing the titles Tuesday and somebody plays Eric and then they quickly take a tab to view Eric's stream, that's something different though...

[@emphyriohazzl1510]

How to make a blunder when you play at 3300+ : misread when the engine says Rh3, and play pawn h3 instead :).

[@Jartran72]

I think most cheaters have a GUI like Arena

[@noxnc]

Looks like he’s also related to Stockfish.😂

[@burrri]

This comment got me 😂💀😭💯

[@xxehabxx-6044]

lol :D

[@Methoswicca]

@watermelon1111111 Was about to say that if he was related to Stockfish he might have lost, leela on the other hand...

[@philipxu6020]

I think he is the cousin of stockfish if I am sure

[@PhiNguyen-vg2zo]

Rarely do comments make me laugh my arse off

[@TheDantheman12121]

"I am related to a old gm his name is estock fisch"

[@fightcancer]

23:38 "I cannot resign. There's still chances ... if he starts playing like a normal 900 ... anything could happen."

[@couchgamingnews9379]

He's not cheating he just summoned Bobby Fisher's soul to play for him

[@andreyvatson]

That's still cheating :)

[@lalfada9637]

Black magic is allowed only in the magic league

[@idunoh1902]

Wait I thought I had summoned Fisher’s soul.... damn wait who did I summon?

[@artemischen4086]

@@idunoh1902 XQC

[@artemischen4086]

Fisher is trash compare to this guy

[@dark_Gundam]

Esap12 has to be the strongest 900+ player in the world lol

[@leomoelter7663]

I'd go out on a limb saying he's even one of the strongest players in the world xD

[@carlosjavierbarrientosbald5206]

soulovum I’m a 999 and I’m like wtf

[@hobodawg9364]

@@carlosjavierbarrientosbald5206 keep it up and someday you'll be 1001!!

[@kiand2638]

Or just using Stockfish ... like a lot of players...

[@anthonyc1075]

I guarantee it's an xqc viewer on twitch that can't play chess and is only playing cause he seen xqc and nakamura play on stream. There's probably a lot more twitch viewers on chess sites that are cheating.

[@LasseLundster]

tldr: He sorta knew he was cheating. Guy has 99+ accuracy or 7% with no inbetween (engine vs no engine). Brah gets his rating back, a few decent 10-20 donations and cheater got banned. All in all feelsgood.

[@zhahoo797]

"sorta"

[@riverdoge]

That profile picture of the cheater really adds to it huh

[@ydgames4291]

Oh yeah (no pun intended there) it does

[@riverdoge]

@@ydgames4291 lol

[@red-vg2ds]

finally found a comment like this

[@Nick-kh5xs]

If you didn't know, "esap12" is another name for "Magnus Carlsen"

[@ChrisHyde537]

More like Play Magnus age 20

[@redsix3530]

gotta have a side hustle yo !

[@Nightwalk444]

More like Stockfish.

[@hassanmohammed6755]

I think the 12 resembles the age lmao

[@axxelblake1194]

Nah, that engine was at least 3000 elo, not even Magnus will look good against it

[@danielglidewell]

The end was hilarious lmao Eric: We have to message him. "Are you interested in playing for NA?"

[@MRaosari]

What does NA mean?

[@nicolaschapuis1068]

@@MRaosari north america

[@NN-sp9tu]

@@MRaosari It means not applicable

[@mark-ish]

@@NN-sp9tu yes nick, you're totally NA

[@MRaosari]

@@NN-sp9tu hahaha that was the first what I thought, bud I didn't catch it.. Porque yo hablo español, NA speakers use a lot of acronyms...

[@nik4546]

The funny thing is, Eric made atleast 1000 dollars on ad revenue thanks only to this video which is 4 times higher than the cheater promised lol

[@nothayku]

He made 30k + by this vid

[@SHineWhon]

@@nothayku wdym

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

Happy ending.

[@fosoofkkkfkfkckd]

@@nothayku what

[@scotchtape4885]

My uncle Bobby who was a fisher taught me how to play chess

[@laurasanchez7105]

It's so awkward that he's actually making up stories of being related to a grandmaster, yikes

[@c.l.368]

Yeah, that and when he says he's playing the moves Eric's suggesting in his stream LOL, Dunning Kruger at its finest.

[@SoDamnMetal]

@@c.l.368 Nah he's just a bad liar

[@kreisjanmontelijao4573]

Laura Sanchez your so beautiful 🥰

[@getthelubescoob]

@@kreisjanmontelijao4573 oh god

[@faznaz7455]

kreis jan montelijao simp

[@ippimerawr]

When he moves the rook back - killed me.

[@geometricart7851]

really it took that long in the game for you? hahaha

[@reasonablerob6220]

Move of the game lol

[@FlourescentPotato]

time?

[@arcturai3884]

@@FlourescentPotato 19:10

[@Caaro99]

@Ze TheGame he was probably stalling. Often times your opponent has 1 more good move and you have to waste a move to make sure they run out of moves without you ruining your position.

[@timshaw8468]

"I dated a girl named Leela Zero and she taught me the game of chess." 😭😂

[@EDoyl]

He can play very fast. I wonder how many positions he's evaluating per second.

[@CynicalPatrick]

Hella

[@axxelblake1194]

100's 🤣

[@FallaciousRamblings]

27:58 two U1000 players reaching 72 moves with 99.0+ accuracy lol

[@antdgar]

It's fairly easy to get high accuracy in very short games or very long games

[@Chiny_w_Pigulce]

@@antdgar "fairly easy to get high accuracy in very long games" is the stupidest statement I've heard in a long while.

[@RepaKTANET]

mastaof i think he thinks of long games, when there aren’t many pieces left, and you can’t find the mate. it is way harder to blunder 😂😂😂

[@kyle5299]

@@antdgar Yeah that was pretty stupid to say lol. So easy to get that high accuracy in long games.

[@kevinm1317]

@@antdgar Yes, everyone knows its simple. Using an engine isn't that hard.

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

One day 900 patzer comes into online chess full of hopes and dreams of being a good chess player but instead spends the whole day being checkmated, bullied and insulted by higher rated lobby snipers, 1700's on 700 troll accounts and engine cheats. "Enough!" exclaimed the patzer, as he pulled out an engine of is own and sought to lay vengeance to the online chess world that made him so bitter and twisted.

[@vastviksewani3572]

That's a great plot for a movie!

[@adityaramesh5281]

Honestly though, this is so true. That day when he lost 3 games with 7 accuracy clearly got to him. He just wanted to get that winning feeling. I don't blame him man, he's just a lost kid

[@geometricart7851]

well he made a name for himself. Unfortunately for him it's montebank. LOL

[@rathelmmc3194]

@@adityaramesh5281, I don't get how you feel like a winner when a machine wins for you. Might as well bring a car to a foot race.

[@Auzzie015]

@@rathelmmc3194 In their minds, it doesn't matter because the other person doesn't know you are using an engine. From their opponents perspective, they just got crushed by someone better than them and even though the cheater is aware they are cheating, they still get that feeling of superiority from winning.

[@shahofcoquitlam234]

24:19 Admires the checkmate regardless of loss, Such a gentleman who gave the benefit of the doubt to the opponent all along the game , and only after complete due diligence calls him a cheater. So much *RESPECT for GM Eric* , True Canadian champ.🍁

[@rathelmmc3194]

Yeah it was a nice checkmate, but he knew the dude was cheating the whole time. When Eric started saying how he knows a lot of theory in that opening that's basically saying the dude's a cheater.

[@volumelow]

"benefit of the doubt" Lol if you think Eric didn't know after the first 6 moves, you're delusional.

[@shahofcoquitlam234]

@@rathelmmc3194 Exactly, and that's the characteristic of a gentleman, choosing the right words and attitude.

[@shahofcoquitlam234]

@@volumelow of course he knew, hes a GM,the way he handled it , is the lesson.

[@Juanus14]

"gave the benefit of the doubt to the opponent all along" he never did this. Eric knew he was a cheater the entire time and dropped hints the entire time - it's very obvious from how Eric talks

[@schmitz9a]

Those random King moves without any real reason are usually the giveaway. The engine wants to avoid a potential mate in 14 at depth 35. Useful when engine plays engine, blunder when cheating.

[@natewill6228]

Impressive not only how well Hansen defended, but also how respectful he was. He kept trying to give his opponent the benefit of the doubt. Even at the end he didn’t say anything demeaning. A true chess professional.

[@sbdxaric]

Brilliant troll.

[@azaz6951]

God level trolling by Eric

[@anorangewithacapybaraunder2370]

He never gave him the benefit of the doubt

[@magnafire1]

Eric low key knew it in the first 10 moves or less. He isn't a idiot.

[@tenzing2090]

@@anorangewithacapybaraunder2370 there was no doubt

[@sleepingdog12]

he was doing mistakes just to act like human 😂

[@HectorNykterstein]

exactly

[@frederikzinn5427]

Only problem was that his mistakes were just so bad it was obvious again :'D Missing mate in 4 a couple of times, then even losing the threat with the rook move and then moving it back to create the same threat just to miss it everytime again :'D PS Not the only problem ofc ;)

[@theaccordian9377]

@@frederikzinn5427 tbh a "900" would probably miss Mate in 4 half the time.

[@faznaz7455]

Seamus Lee Half the time is not even accurate lol, 95% of the time is a better suggestion haha

[@frederikzinn5427]

@@theaccordian9377 What the hell, eric complety missed the checkmate threat (or ignored it to have some sort of chance if missed). A 900 misses checkmate in one! on a pretty regular basis :'D Checkmate in 4 is actually hard do see!

[@hecticfreeze]

Love how he says "If I'm playing a true 900, I'd make this move"

[@arthurxu781]

0:37 Eric: Every twitch viewer is an honourable person Rest of video: Esap12 absolutely destroys him with engine

[@Sup3rlum]

Wouldn't say absolutely destroys - eric did damn well

[@maxkho00]

@@Sup3rlum Hmm... Not really, he still got destroyed. I agree that Eric did well, but come on. He was already being dominated on move 20.

[@niveshproag3761]

@@Sup3rlum And still got destroyed, like anyone would. There's no shame, Magnus would lose to an engine.

[@williamhowes3010]

I love how the sus kicked in from the first second lmao. First dono, okay could be legit. Second dono, a dollar to say you'll give $250 upon winning against a 900? Okay, honorable good sir. I'll be taking nothing and making revenue off of it, AND get my rating back. Let's be honest Eric, you play moves ahead and this left little margin for consequence. I commend your gameplay against an engine, but God damn your business sense is on fire 🔥

[@MMMHOTCHEEZE]

He's just using the stockfish in his ceiling.

[@Otzkar]

Can you please explain the joke?

[@GEM4sta]

It's really pretty outrageous that they banned him. XQC is a 4.6k elo GM and he is only rated ~600 on chess.com. They just don't get how competitive

[@Antipodeano]

@@GEM4sta bullshit

[@Jupiter__001_]

@@Antipodeano You do realise that his comment was a joke, yes? 4.6k elo is not currently within human grasp.

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@Antipodeano lol man he is kidding. Even alphazero didn't reach 4.6 I think.

[@fallaciouswanderer8269]

"he knows theory" nope. Engine knows theory 😂

[@louisbaker999]

More like theory knows engine

[@masterivan1234]

or engine creates the theory

[@yungt220]

lebron jamesEZ Or the creation engineers theory

[@geometricart7851]

I've played this as white, but I didn't learn it until I was at least 1700+

[@rykehuss3435]

Engine doesnt know theory without opening books

[@sqlcc]

200 years later: Esap12 was way ahead of his time...

[@maxkho00]

*Stockfish 11

[@magnafire1]

50 years later they find the video of his old GM uncle telling him the moves and no stock fish around. The old man was better tha MC but was never discovered.

[@KARTIKEYA007]

@@magnafire1 if he was a GM then he was already discovered

[@couldntcareless7884]

@@magnafire1 it's still cheating though...

[@ashachaudhary6493]

i also did this shit once, got banned and learned how to actually play chess, now im a 1500

[@anonanon6764]

Eric fought well versus an engine- you could see him surviving in some lines.

[@Columbine-en3qc]

This game shows how blody strong this guy is.

[@Riki96ifs]

I think it's an engine too

[@diegopontes4038]

Erick looked into the machine eyes and asked: Do you bleed?

[@bigcobrob989]

Ricky Manfy what Eric lol?

[@ritwicktripathi9700]

Ofcourse he did. What else to expect from a GM.

[@GMHuschenbeth]

Just love 28:25 and Eric's face. The guy who has just beaten him blunders a piece in one move

[@Alex-yq5xl]

Wusste nicht, dass der Huschenbeth auch Chessbrah guckt :D

[@perfect_harmony4348]

@@Alex-yq5xl also das bisschen schachkultur kannst du dem huschi doch zutrauen

[@Alex-yq5xl]

@@perfect_harmony4348 Wohl wahr😂

[@kapjoteh]

What did he blunder

[@vez3834]

@@kapjoteh the knight on f6 is being attacked by a pawn.

[@anishgupta835]

"If you teach a 2 year old how to play chess, this is what they would do"

[@dominicchaikin7338]

you know when someone is cheating when they take 10 seconds to think about mate in 1

[@haleshs66]

No bro; if I have anything more than a minute on the clock, I take more time to make sure there are no surprises and to give my opponent a chance to resign realising his blunder

[@trikmandularlgaming2026]

And they take 1 second to think about a move that would take carlsen 40 seconds to calculate

[@YorickSchouten]

I wouldnt say that, as a new player I often take my time to think about mate in 1's because I tend to be afraid of blundering somehow :\

[@iiballisticpanda]

Yorick Schouten if it’s mate in 1, you would take time to make sure that you win, because time doesn’t matter after that. 10 seconds is just enough to put it into the engine

[@Lovethempeas]

@@YorickSchouten At that level, there arent mate in 1's. They are thinking several moves ahead. By the time it gets to mate in one, you dont need 10 seconds.

[@alanmccormick6911]

900 rated player doesn't realize how incredibly unrealistically he played even the opening, not to mention the rest of the game.

[@geometricart7851]

900s have no idea as to the tactical awareness of even a 1400+ much less a 3400-3500+ engine. hahaha

[@prajwalbharambe343]

cheater was so stupid. he could have set engine's elo to 2300 or something.

[@badereric]

@@prajwalbharambe343 he would lose to eric if he was at 2300 elo

[@prajwalbharambe343]

@@badereric whatever erics elo is +100.

[@masser4555]

@@prajwalbharambe343 He'd still get caught - the anti-cheat systems dont just look for strength of play they also look at other factors. Even a weak engine can get caught.

[@davidtt1025]

Perfect showmanship. Love the attatuide and abilities utilised to make the most of the situation Rock on Eric!

[@taylorfisdboss5200]

i love how relaxed he stays even though he obviously understands something stock-fishy is up.... I've watched a lot of (non-chess) streamers who are quick to get salty and accuse their opponents of cheating, but he keeps a strait face and verbally assumes the best (even though he clearly knows whats up) which is super classy.

[@SavageWorkouts]

Dude I really enjoyed you staying classy throughout the process. Class act! I'm a fan now!! 👏👏

[@-ChrisD]

Maybe the $250 he was talking about, was the amount you'll get from the video content for KZbin 😂 P.S. Everyone: Don't cheat! You're a better person than that.

[@trippy2724]

Honestly why even cheat? Especially in chess, which is a time consuming game, you consume all that time getting better and better. If you cheat, you're wasting time for literally nothing because you don't learn shit. It's equivalent to look at a wall for 50 hours.

[@alex2005z]

@@trippy2724 most people cheat in games just to feel like they are good. Most...

[@dr.skillz77mgpl92]

@Der Name Greetings, are you German?

[@dr.skillz77mgpl92]

@Der Name XD LoL Yes, I like the English language. 👍👍👍

[@nathanbates9561]

"What kind of move is that?" - Eric "They are engine moves." - Me

[@bruno6348]

No he was saying it because he knew he made mistakes on purpose.

[@magicmurloc]

​@@bruno6348 They weren't mistakes, he was saying it because engines have a tendency to make moves that look really weird to human players since they don't immediately make sense.

[@danielyuan9862]

@@ProAgarGamer Is what supposed to be funny?

[@virid6819]

@@magicmurloc literally the move that the quote is from is not an engine move, i followed the game with an engine and the evaluation went from +2 to -7. eric was baffled because it was obvious that the dude threw in a non engine move to try and have some plausible deniability and the dude obviously doesn't know what he's doing so he played an absolutely terrible move.

[@gunkygod4031]

Im embarassed to have the same profile picture as him

[@masser4555]

You should be - that meme is long dead.

[@coosoorlog]

as you should

[@jasonhall6281]

You are him

[@rhoward9302]

What a shame.

[@burrri]

Change it NOW

[@lordmatthewanunnahybrid1356]

Bro, you honestly handled this like a class act. I am by no means a moral police but this shows your character. Kudos to you man.

[@OrigamiCreeper]

Crazy how he does not call him an engine user directly and constantly gives him the benefit of the doubt, coming from other games where most popular streamers accuse anyone who even kills them as cheating this is a breath of fresh air

[@veronicaconnolly4542]

Hes very indirectly calling him a cheater the whole video

[@brandona9326]

Yeah, nothing wrong with directly calling a cheater out when they're cheating. When a 900 rated player plays like they have more experience than Magnus, it's clear they are cheating and okay to call it out.

[@jimmyjiang6808]

He doesn’t call him out for cheating because it’s for content he’s trying to make it entertaining

[@kupyochannel4861]

i think this is one if sir eric's best games so far.. hats off to the GM.

[@RedmistDota]

Man how do you stay so calm!?! I would be eating my own mind out just combating this guy. Kudos!

[@aravindkrishna2043]

This dude actually gave him the benefit of the doubt for so long.

[@EDoyl]

Love logging on to chess and playing a 72-move blitz game with my 600 friend at 99% engine analysis accuracy.

[@ToolBoxAi]

900 beating Eric the whole time he was saying "true 900" like he knew he was cheating or a gm in disguise.

[@ToolBoxAi]

he also said "how is that possible

[@KARTIKEYA007]

I don't think just any GM in disguise would be able to beat him.

[@kaumohlamonyane272]

"Should I give you some time, he asks"🤣🤣🤣

[@Censeo]

OMG! This dude gained a lot of insight in the game by studying chess in just two days!!! He should seriously consider chess as a career move!

[@marcweeks9178]

I thought 900-rated players only moved pawns.

[@ChrisHyde537]

1 f3

[@hudsondavid2235]

1 h4 😂

[@tai_af]

1.f-1

[@mrcucumber2285]

Actually people at this level most of the time know the basics but they execute them poorly

[@KennedyMister95]

And yet I lose anyway and I'm 1200 😂😂

[@pverteuil]

It was at least very instructive hearing Eric's thought process when playing against an engine.

[@ES-rr6jp]

really like how Eric played and handled the opponent.. glad that i watched to the very end too knowing that the match was null and void

[@yggdrasil9039]

The bishop move at the end to 'cover' the rook was hilarious!

[@russian_roulette_enjoyer03]

of course the cheater has a maximilliam mus pfp

[@cigans1810]

imagine challenging someone and then cheating

[@jophielexhaviti5704]

Eric: "If you teach like a 2 year old to play chess they play like this." 3 year old Misha: Am I a joke to you?

[@lucasmoc47]

3 year old Misha: блять?

[@q1uma]

Honestly don’t really know chess that well but just found this channel and it’s pretty cool to watch

[@terminated5620]

You know they are cheating when a 900 plays kh1

[@benjamingoldstein14]

What was the idea with Kh1? I still don’t really understand that move

[@terminated5620]

Threats via g file prevented

[@minimalfunction9961]

Its unpin yourself from the bishop and push the f pawn

[@geometricart7851]

" I have a lot of respect for my opponent to not take d3" "eric in his head" I sure as hell know I'm playing an engine and if I take that pawn I'm DOA!

[@rami.antoun]

When you "lose the thread" in the endgame there are 3 options: 1) you're playing against a complete newbie, 2) you're playing against an engine, 3) you're playing against Magnus :P

[@ennisdelmar807]

When you're silent and let the game continue because you know he will get banned for beating a GM that cleanly.

[@michaelmikhael5203]

This is so frustrating to watch, I feel for GMs that have to deal with that. It can’t feel good playing these positions against a 900

[@zerg230]

After he realized that his opponent is an engine, his mood shouted something like: 'what a letdown, man'.

[@Juanus14]

he knew from move 6 though....eric knew the whole time

[@deltablues24]

Thank you for playing my great great grandfather's opening. Yes, he would be very happy to see his brilliancy coming back to life again. It is a legacy in our family to keep on playing chess and spread this masterpiece around. I am currently around 1400 and hopefully I will make my way to 1500 with the family legacy. Thanks again for exposing such an exquisite gambit.

[@prachiipandeyy]

I love the intro so much...I rewind and play it like 4-5 times...every time.

[@Protostar9]

I started dying of laughter after the king h1

[@paulm4431]

Kh1 removed all doubt

[@user-nc3gu3wm4e]

typical Stockfish move

[@noe8615]

Tbh its not that hard to find, removing the King from the strong dark bishop. For a 900 though its not trivial at all

[@matan999rr]

I wouldn't say its a move a human wouldn't see, just a move even a high rated human probably wouldn't favor doing at that particular point over a more active one

[@robertofortunato6647]

Kh1 followed by f4, why a human can't see it? (even a 900 player) He removed the king from diagonal because that f pawn was pinned and so after Kh1 he can play f4

[@BitcoinMotorist]

He's been playing a lot of chess online. During the lockdown he gained 2000 points.

[@AnimeKingZs]

More like 3,000 points. 😂

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

I like that you were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt (at least out loud) for the majority of the game.

[@darrenthornton2419]

you probably don't need the praise, but you're clearly a next-level genius...able to see from how fast he's making tactical moves that there's no way it's legit. Enjoyable watching you with the commentary!

[@jshtvr0065]

I respect the fact that you gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn’t just accuse him of cheating right away.

[@ihswap]

When he took 5 seconds to make that last moves it makes it so obvious he's using an engine.

[@jacobbell3720]

I’ve literally never played chess but these videos are super interesting to me. Maybe one day I’ll learn and be able to know what I’m watching.

[@disguisedcat1750]

Long story short, even chess players don't know what was happening. Only GMs knew.

[@nathan9901]

Respect for him for not accusing him of cheating early on, EVERY gm when put in that game against a 900 will know he's cheating, but he didn't want to say that until he knew for sure.

[@tannerborg9052]

I like how he’s so nice he didn’t want to accuse him of cheating even those obvious

[@metroboomin8895]

Why did i bust out laughing when he said "rook back!"

[@topstrika3604]

Ur reactions are so funny G, definitely gain a sub 🤣🤣

[@chiderakalaji7206]

If you can beat a gm quickly, you can beat them slowly

[@cermit2379]

Twoset

[@francomobilerepair]

Yoooo so unexpected to find this Haha twoset

[@hendricklamar6558]

bruh he wasnt cheating. This guys ancestors probably used to raid England with Magnus' ancestors.

[@ennisdelmar807]

"I used to sit on tree stocks fishing when I was a kid"

[@UltimateExplosiveGaming]

whenever i watch one of your vids, i get an ad for some chess course every time

[@TimJapan]

Eric is such a gent He doesn't go calling cheat straightaway. He is patient.

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

I like how the 900 played g5 and Eric's like "what.. g5 works???" LOL he knew by then it was an engine

[@onepiecelover9062]

Plot twist : the opponent is actually him using another account. 😂

[@mikehunt8863]

Wholesome video! Keep it up :)