Blitz Wars - Can New Guy With 2379 Rating Take Down a Woman's Grandmaster?

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[@hippypotto]

4:54 those two coughs were perfectly timed to the music

[@dmtmatrix9095]

lmao they were!

[@edwardshowden5511]

lol

[@aNotoriousNerd]

I didn't even notice. That's funny

[@Rozq]

lool

[@akshatvashisht4048]

trouble maker what foes that mean

[@simonjacobs1376]

Hope everybody appreciates that the camera angle is positioned well, making it easier to understand and comprehend the position on the board, unlike the normal 50 yard line shot that is very difficult to follow. Nice job.

[@teo6616]

no handshake in the end?

[@erikmarkus7467]

judging from the deadfish handshake in the beginning... maybe a pass in the end altogether :D

He was tending his hand !

[@zaib79]

karanikolas theodoros actually when a man and a woman are playing the hand shake is not the thing, they have to have sex after the game

[@ausar3852]

Jehanzaib Khan you made my day ahahahahahahaha

[@nurisupertitiz9631]

cause its HARAM xD

[@glenrocha3377]

didn't even shake his hand at the end disrespectful

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

No, but maybe they had nice hot oil massage sex in the sauna after instead.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

friendly game, you dont handshake, at least were i play

[@Wtahc]

Or maybe he didn't shake her hand. Misogynist.

[@tjwpdlrust909]

Gora hahahahahaha. Actually it looked like she was very confused about how she lost, and it seemed like after touching the rook she realized she needed to move her king...maybe she was thinking "did he see me touch the rook?" :-D From the shadows and her arm movement it seems like she put her hand near her head twice, and no doubt she did some weird eyelid movements while tilting her head. Then she seems to realize she got fingered and paused the clock, he started to put his hand and then it seems like he gave up on the handshake, probably because she wasn't making eye contact. Anyway, what's with the resin on the home-made board?

[@floydmoneymayweatherjr.4011]

check your privilege omniverse man

[@jaydoronio6807]

1:14 black queen should capture the pawn in the front of the other pawn to capture the rook

[@innocuousblockofwood]

Two seconds into the video and that handshake already makes me want to fucking leave. WHAT IS THAT? 0:24

[@altobyy4855]

Innocuous Block of Wood ikr

[@camigui123]

She doesn't play like a GM

[@elefski]

She's a woman GM

[@alexbohn7462]

It's also blitz so moves won't be as accurate.

[@elefski]

haha I saw some blitzs with perfect movements

[@alexbohn7462]

+BoysOfJokes I have too. My point was just that some GMs are literally only slow GMs. By that I mean they can play perfect, but are more calculated in that it takes longer to get to that perfect move. This is time that just is not present in blitz. For example, Tal would probably be a great blitz player due to a more tactical and less calculating play while a master like Karpov may not be as good (not bad, but still not as good) due to a more calculated style.

[@ralphschraven339]

+Alex Bohn I understand your conjecture, but in practice this is simply not how things work. At a high level, there is barely such a thing as a "style", since all players play so well that they rarely make large mistakes. Their average centipawn loss is simply very, very low. So even though Tal is indeed known for his great tactical power, his tactical capabilities will only be marginally different (perhaps better) than, say, Karpov's. The same is true for any aspect of any skill performed at the highest level. Look up any super-GM and see if any of their active fast time control ratings are classes apart from their classical rating. I doubt you'll find any such example. Sure, there are indeed individual differences, but they will be only a couple hundred points at the very most. Feel free to visit ratings.fide.com/top.phtml and look for any counterexample; I have been unable to find a larger elo difference than 100 between the highest and lowest FIDE rating of any top 100 player.

[@colinmurphy2214]

0:24 I swear, every tournament I play, they always have a disgustingly weak handshake. Just like that!

[@sjorsbertrand]

Awesome camera angle. This should be used more often in chess videos!

[@yamiegg394]

The requirements for WGM are lower than those for IM, so she's probably not even 2400. It's not much of a surprise that this guy beat her - he was most likely higher rated. EDIT: Yep, she was 2374 at her peak.

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

If you understand how to move the pieces there is a good chance you can defeat a WGM.

[@indischmann9422]

Shots Fired.

[@ausar3852]

Cyric London LOL

[@Rozq]

hahahha, made my day :D

[@xaiverbeaudin6766]

False .

[@ethancushman3935]

Cyric London bro. do you even know chess?

[@Snailman3516]

I like it when the winner plays all the moves you predict. This makes me feel like I have a future in chess and that I will advanced beyond my current strong ~1500. I say strong because in the openings I am familiar with (french Sicilian, karo kann, scotch, London system, nimzo indian, queens gambit) I am a lot more deadly. I guess I should start learning other openings to maybe get another 100 elo. Is it too early or should I continue honing my middle game. I usually play pretty well in the end game. I win won positions and draw drawn ones.

[@pranavkombe2201]

Ben Grosz just do what u do best but also try to add new weapons in arsenal they can be pretty tricky

[@luisdebayle2239]

+Ben Grosz the opening is not everything lol dumbass

[@magicmurloc]

Playing chess is all about endgame, playing openings is just memorization. If you want to improve your chess then you should study the endgame.

[@geometricart7851]

Why study openings at your level? Most of your opponents won't below 2100+ Just study pawn structures, levers and most of all tactics you will get to 2000+ easily.

[@biggstile]

@@luisdebayle2239 Only a weak person throws around insults to random other people, who are simply trying to learn. You are weak, obviously.

[@michaelbauers8800]

nice music, very relaxing for a blitz match :)

[@beratbelo8005]

If she was GM,probably would destroyed Scandinavian defence,which is considered as a inferior opening. Anyway good game,and the most perfect position of camera angle i ever saw.

[@americasongs3881]

I have a set of chess pieces like this, they are made of polyethylene material, with weight inside. I only know that it’s made by the Staunton brand, here in Brazil we call this type of set “Peso Quádruplo” but I don’t know the official name of this set. If anyone knows it, please tell me

[@hehehehehehe999]

i think its called "weighted tournament chess pieces" or something

[@falsetone5983]

1:03 instead of taking the white bishop by black pawn, the black knight could have taken the white queen.

[@vayusinghrajput6123]

carefully looked at the double attack in the starting as I said this because when he played night and if he takes it will the bishop will go but if you take quintex Bishop

[@StopFear]

what is wrong with that board's edges? Is it pieces of some window frame?

[@thelook32]

At 9:44 she missed an easy pawn capture with her bishop that would also have opened up that side of the board.

[@Mathew_-xe2ig]

7:09 excellent move! (Sarcasm)

[@userac-xpg]

Nobody with a rating over 2000 would move their queen that many times before castling or developing other pieces.

[@geometricart7851]

If they were trolling and knew their opponent was substantially weaker than them they would

[@pahulgill6114]

I ran this game on a VERY STRONG Chess engine and it said Black made the "Best Move" 54.9% of the time and had an amazing CAPS of 93.28. In retrospect, I am an ELO 1250 player and my average CAPS per game is about 30-40. Whereas White, the WGM, made the "Best Move" 52.0% of the time and had a CAPS of 88.28. They are both definitely 2000+ ELO players. The engine can attest to that. PS: This was a Blitz game, played under the pressure of time. If they had an hour or so on the timer, the CAPS would only go up!

[@Vinnytrampolini]

He already has a higher rating than her peak according to wiki so this isn't very shocking.

[@grantellis2840]

A NEW GUY with a rating of 2379 , may have played one or two games of chess to get that rating that high, not what I'd call a "new guy" ...... just saying.

[@Erik_001]

Atousa is so graceful.

[@djentleman7]

that's one sad excuse of a handshake.

[@brookbias181]

She's not a GM nor is her opponent a 2300. Lies, Lies, Lies.

[@joejitsu034]

tgbrook181 There's always one. I bet if you watch ufc you say the bums can't fight too.

[@piousseph6219]

Lol if you really believe that either of these people are as good as the title states than you don't know chess.

[@joejitsu034]

Michael Ojcius what level are you at mr expert?

[@michaelbauers8800]

It would be easy to verify the current FIDE ratings and titles of both players :)

[@loosepieces6565]

wgm =/= gm

[@jimmypalumbo4700]

I don't know about the whole separate titles for women.... I'm rated 1100 and drew a WCM a pawn up... a CM would never let that happen

[@DRD363]

Hanging a pawn two times in a row and no take. I don't get that.

[@tylerross9706]

not going to lie I paused the video at 4:03 I thought it was good to trade queens and castle. Afterwards I was like , Yeah thinking like grandmaster!

[@CV_CA]

Can someone tell me why at 4:26 black did not defend his G5 pawn and after that why white did not take it with the bishop?

[@briansheldon6804]

By queen side castling, black opens up an attack on the d4 pawn. If white takes g5, black wins a very important pawn. Thus, white plays c3 to defend d4.

[@carschannel3099]

Music certainly fits the speed of blitz chess

[@keshavaashaiskandan111]

There was a better move for white, after move 6, knight should have took on D5, and if queen took on B5, then the knight could take on C7, forking the king and the queen.

[@bine2100]

She is a grand master, but they have almost the same rating accually

[@emeprorofnorway]

1:44 pawn h5 would be spicy! If she takes, then queen h5!

[@dmed312]

7:57, I feel like this music plays at the white house all day long.

[@Meemaw1886]

Why wouldn't she just check the king with rook? white rook gives check, then black rook moves to block, rook takes, then king takes and then king takes pawn?

[@izzya8132]

Black doesn't have to block with rook. King simply moves to b7, threatening the rook and gaining tempo. Rook has to move away, and black continues to push his pawn.

[@jerryanstey7058]

ratings in chess prove nothing

[@pranavkombe2201]

a simple question which country invented chess?

[@alifakhoury6763]

The music makes this 50 times more epic.

[@mahaalsaiari4504]

He didn’t checkmate her, she could of won if she played better towards the end instead of resigning.

[@GuanTones]

3:07 what the heck was that

[@Zeddicus1976]

What's so special about it? Of course a guy with 2379 should be better than a WGM or at least equally strong. For WGM title, you 'just' have to get 2300 at some point.

[@michaelbauers8800]

That is not my understanding of the WGM title. I thought WCM was automatic for example, but higher titles required norms. This is from memory having looked it up one day. Maybe I misunderstood

[@Zeddicus1976]

It think you're right, sorry. I stand corrected! Edited it . Nethertheless we should expect a guy with >2300 to be at least equally good in chess :)

[@klaudiaziomek5896]

Knight could kill the queen at 1:00

[@renofrancis]

4:59 the bishop could've munched the pawn on g5

[@vayusinghrajput6123]

and there is a night fork

[@nikolailic6227]

What 2400 uses hand gestures??? Wtf determined their ratings

[@TheMightyFork_]

I like the Tchaikovsky in the background

[@vitakyo982]

Why surrender ? Rook a8 check , rook a7 (only move) , rook takes rook on a7 check , king takes rook & white king takes pawn on c3 ...

[@TheLateDarkness]

Kb7 not rook A7

[@dynsfeg2023]

1:01Blacks could capture the queen but capture the bishop 😪😪 that is be very stupid

[@derpyderp3560]

Very well done he would have won if she didn't offer a draw

[@NA-nz9lv]

I don't even know if 2379 is a good rating or not, I just found this vid in a playlist lol

[@brucephillip6456]

So many blunders and mistakes in this game it hurt

[@vladimirchesslike1200]

Good channel, interesting games

[@manny_agre]

She played so passive , always defending

[@Sindoku]

Being that a WGM requires about 2300 rating which is about what this guy is, then I don't see why not? He would have had a much better chance if he cut her hands off first, though.

[@jhops8785]

the music is so annoying, had to turn the volume down.

[@biggiesmalls8795]

4:54 nice timing

[@petrie911]

5:02 Why 21. f3 and not 21. Bxg5?

[@kushpatel3400]

petrie911 ikr, I was thinking the same, there is now way she is a gm

[@erikmarkus7467]

8:53 Rf4+ winning the a4 pawn and still in time to get back with the rook to f4 after the capture to protect f7 if its attacked..

[@cozm0859]

You see where she went wrong? Yeah me either...

[@daleo1019]

wanna get better but our country has no chess club nearly . thats why im just learning in my own way by watching gm tips,all principles and anylazing my own game compairing gm's games . btw im just fighting for 1800 ratings

[@Breeelax]

I smell Bullshit. Ba dum tz. : ^)

[@daleo1019]

zgsoad lol . what do you mean ?

[@Breeelax]

Shit Bull i was making a Bad joke about your username. no offense :) i hope you can improve alot!

[@williamkyburz]

as per LACC that is WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan .. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atousa_Pourkashiyan

[@notme1725]

what an awesome new guy !

[@garethsoul23]

She's not a REAL GM. She's between good player and GM. She's is a genius. Yet not a GM.

[@chessmadeeasy6073]

Jianwen vs GM Trash Talker!

[@lionjojo9916]

At 9:02 she made the wrong move by moving her king out the pass pawn. Anyway the guy was very fast didn't let her think. good game only I didn't see her face that was sucks lol.

[@alexbohn7462]

I agree. Perhaps better was Ra8+ followed by either pushing the pawn in case of Kb5 or Rf8 going for the repetition in case of Kb7.

[@nigelfarage4119]

I didnt see her titties that sucks

[@alexkrstulovic6390]

WGM = 2350+ rating so 2379 is stronger.

[@baseballjake1000]

I thought it said a woman’s grandma lmao

[@ainguyendoan3028]

Both of them made many unacceptable mistakes, even it's a blitz game, which made the game unsatisfied. I can point out about 20 best move they missed, which if it's played correctly, is winning moves, or even killer moves. Note that they're not hard to find, even under time trouble. And playing it is like a routine, especially in Scandinavian Defense, an opening which doesn't have many common lines and variations,....

[@bveencamp3538]

if you look @3:31 you will see black was 2 moves away from a garunteed checkmate(without a white queen sack). White messed up and moved the rook 1 space too close to the king to dodge the mate...

[@dmtmatrix9095]

nonsense... lol you're 0032 rating clearly

[@alexbohn7462]

I don't see what you mean. I assume you want to move your Bishop as to make room on g2 for the queen. However, this does not work - after Bf3 or Be4, it is still in the way of the queen and would be captured anyway. After Bxh3 white simply plays NxB. After Bf1 white replys Qxf1. Finally, Bh1 fails to f3 when the Bishop has lost communication with the queen and will be captured. If I missed something, please let me know, but I don't see the mate.

[@captaintelevision1]

he was def thinking bh1 and didnt see f3

[@chrispcream9821]

DMT matrix "guaranteed checkmate" doesn't see the several defenses against the threat of bh1

[@reflectionofpower8339]

I don't see a mate at all. I even set it up and had Houdini 5.01 look at to double check and no mate. r3kb1r/p1p1pppp/2p5/3q2N1/3P4/2P4P/P1P1QPb1/R1B1R1K1 b kq - 0 1

[@meenusingla2348]

Those two barely know how to play. They make so many mistakes. There aren't any rated players

[@TheMr0k1]

yes he is

[@davidrose7686]

What are the opera songs in the background?

[@uygar496]

This music.... killing me

[@giannagiavelli5098]

amazing. didn''t think he had the win he looked defeated!

[@dinofelic487]

on 1:42, wasn't it better Qxc3?

[@queenvrook]

I think you're right. Black could get an advantage that way.

[@alexbohn7462]

Do you mean at 1:15? At 1:42 black's bishop is attacked on g4 so Qxc3, hxB would give white a piece for a pawn. However if you mean Qxc3 instead of Bg4, then after Bf4, Qa5 (protecting c7) white may be able to claim the dynamic advantage of a lead in development in exchange for black's concrete advantage of a pawn. It's a rather good pawn sacrifice in my opinion as white is castled and developed while black's bishops are still sitting on the back rank with his king in the centre, and on top of that, it would be White's move after Qa5 holding on to his one pawn plus on c7. The idea is definitely an interesting one, and after all, isn't chess really just a battle of ideas? I hope I satisfactorily answered your question. Respond if I need to explain more! :)

[@anonymoussecret5948]

Umm you guys are missing an obvious piece drop. 1. Qxc3 2. Bd2 Wherever 3. hxBg4

[@anonymoussecret5948]

You could argue positional advantages but a piece is definitely better lmao

[@alexjian2977]

2.Bd2 Bxf3! No piece drop

[@pranavkombe2201]

this angle of camera is v good give u closer look awesome

[@Ollie1772]

How did she lose? Can see he has advantage but she could of moved castle around?

[@codex4336]

She resigned

[@Ollie1772]

I was hoping someone would reply with if she moved her castle then he would do x, showing me she had no escape

[@Ollie1772]

Oh! i get it now, his pawn was covered by his castle which she had no way of pressuring to move out of the way and his pawn was going to get converted to another piece and the best she could do would lose her castle leaving her very vulnerable

[@franciscojaviersanchezrive6588]

No era mejor Ah1 en lugar de h6? Se amenazaba mate

[@yungt220]

hey wats with the music

[@JoseVentura-jy1wd]

she had him with the rook. with a mate. so disappointed

[@alpay14]

THIS IS A CHESS GAME WHY DO YOU PLAY MUSIC IN THE BACKROUND THATS JUST SO DUMB

[@idof45]

WGM needs only a rating of 2300 lol

[@AGriffith]

ido frooman Yes, they suck, I dont know why FIDE gives that tittle to girls getting just 2300... Not far, anyways, WGM is shit againts a real GM

[@Navvye]

1:38 why not qc3 pls i think it was obvious

[@kyriakosstavridis9100]

You achieve nothing with Qc3

[@stresxluck1190]

Bullshit 2379 player....i have played and beaten many players of that rating many times and i don't study chess seriously and i can tell that this guy is NOT 2379 RATED. THE WOMAN played well but she was defending most of the time rather than attacking....that's why she lost the game in the end.

[@pahulgill6114]

I ran this game on a VERY STRONG Chess engine and it said Black made the "Best Move" 54.9% of the time and had an amazing CAPS of 93.28. In retrospect, I am an ELO 1250 player and my average CAPS per game is about 30-40. Whereas White, the WGM, made the "Best Move" 52.0% of the time and had a CAPS of 88.28. They are both definitely 2000+ ELO players. The engine can attest to that. PS: This was a Blitz game, played under the pressure of time. If they had an hour or so on the timer, the CAPS would only go up!

[@chrispcream9821]

8:44 pawn Blunder?

[@frxst7758]

OMG I LOVE THIS RELAXING SONG SO MUCH

[@rhpmike]

I don't mind watching two 1700s play, but why say it is a WGM vs 2379?

[@aytendayan7939]

Music name

[@pranavkombe2201]

Tom and Jerry music

[@moceasar671]

guys what ur numnber 1 gambit?

[@louisvalencia5244]

4:53 ¿Why she didn´t take the pawn?

[@wapooshe5112]

I don't know either maybe it has to do with future positioning rather than a pawn advantage. The minds of Grand masters remain a mystery to a chess noob like me.

[@ttrc4466]

It is because after Bxg5(the pawn I assume you are referring to) then black can play Rg6, kicking the bishop. after the bishop has to move, then black can take the pawn with check, and black has eliminated his doubled pawn and white's king is not safe.

[@ttrc4466]

This is also why after she played f4, which prevents black from recapturing the pawn and with no compensation. so after she played f4, black protected the pawn with Rg6

[@arturomn1]

after Rg6 Be7 and white has a pawn

[@timespaice]

cause she's bad Fg5-Rg6 then fe7-fe7 re7-c5 then she can play f3 as well

[@tafsheeruddinrafi5083]

why black's g5 pawn was not taken by white's bishop!

[@thelook32]

Excuse me 5:03. Also checking the rook

[@antiquarian1773]

Great game :) and also nice music haha

[@kayatunca6442]

She doesn't Gm

[@aztecachess4512]

no handshake?

[@nigelfarage4119]

No the bet was for Oral sex after the game not a handshake

[@AGriffith]

WGM is less than IM hahaha

[@izzya8132]

Yeah, WGM is 2300 and IM is 2400. What's funny about it? IM is a higher title, obviously.

[@AGriffith]

Doc Apollo Is funny that the GRAND MASTER tittle of women is less than the INTERNATIONAL MASTER of men do you get it or I have to explain it to you?

[@izzya8132]

IM isn't a male title, it is an open title. WGM isn't a Grandmaster title, it's just called WGM. To be grandmasters, women also need 2500, they don't become grandmasters earlier. IM is at 2400, so it's obviously higher than WGM. For instance, IM Anna Rudolf is a WGM, but IM is her highest title, so she goes by IM. So no, I don't get what's funny. Can you explain?

[@joannewilson6577]

Not always because many are IM and the top 11 are all GM....in fact the top 64 are IM.

[@Drogba402]

He is not 2379 and she is not a GM .. the game is full of mistakes

[@christopherfigueroa3083]

loved the music lol