You Need Good Computer For Chess

[@ThePaulVI]

You accidentally made a perfect simulation of 100 elo players' thought processes

[@10-to-the-games]

That's probably why Simp's opponent didn't resign

[@stefanvonberg363]

You mean randomly

[@Flechashe]

"Fuck, I had mate in 6 but somehow I feel like I have to play rook back to a1"

[@LibertyMonk]

Video was hilarious because they seem so tilted that they're forced to play like a 100 elo player

[@jeremywilliams2535]

Felt like they both had the same drawback

[@archsteel7]

This challenge felt oddly fair, in a way that most RNG challenges don't.

[@lmabacus404]

Most RNG challenges don't have that "free move if impossible" exception. So if you have to move a certain piece, or move to a certain square/file/rank, the video is going to end if that's impossible. And even if they add in "redo random until it is possible", it's so restrictive that it's basically impossible to deliver mate. I'd like to see more of these "restriction unless impossible" videos, because there's no way for the opponent to end the video apart from actually checkmating Simp. His second-most viewed video is of this type, "have to move pawns if possible," and it was great.

[@mtaur4113]

This challenge had a lot of suspense too. Sometimes there were only 1-4 ways not to roll a free move, but still very possible.

[@asdfasdf-xb6bv]

probably because it's conceptually very similar to random disasters in strategy games. you're mostly playing normally, except sometimes you get random setbacks you have to deal with.

[@Mati-zc2ym]

This is what truly goes in a brain of 100 elo player

[@trainzack]

More proof of how knowledge of computer programming can improve our lives

[@flowerthewindowcat]

“Hmm… if my pawn takes this then my knight would be protecting it!” 100 elo: *takes* Normal elo: *takes knight with pawn* “Dang it! I didn’t see that.”

[@kronosbot5]

This challenge should be the new standard for the channel. It is infinitely re-playable.

[@since1876]

Nah, he's all about being new. This would get boring fast.

[@kingcrimson4133]

welcome to the world of randomized games :)

[@Gitah92]

Nice restriction

[@lefterislegend3502]

I think Drawback Chess has this exact restriction as one of the possible Drawbacks, so that might be where the Discord user got the idea from.

[@Enlis]

​@@lefterislegend3502 nope, independently came up with the idea. Simp changed it a bit from what was actually suggested

[@LuneWatcher]

​@@EnlisWas it not the same as what was shown in the start of the video?

[@Enlis]

@LuneWatcher no he simplified it. I had also suggested if he got a free move, he had to generate an extra square each turn. Idea there being to give him a very hard/forced midgame before it becomes a bit easier in the endgame. I couldn't have predicted how many bad squares he wound up getting anyway.

[@rainbowevil]

@@Enlis Yeah, he got quite unlucky it seemed anyway. Plus I think it would've been quite hard to keep track of and generate that many additional squares within the time limit of the game anyway, so I think it had to be this way.

[@teddy-xdd]

h8ers gonna h8, unless it's unreachable

[@roma540]

Bravo

[@nextdoorneighbour]

I see what you did there 👌

[@myshaagarwal1976]

I didn't read it as hate lol

[@taf0457]

New challenge idea: If you can reach h8, then you must.

[@thebanman2293]

Surely it's not hard to spell hate?

[@null1023]

"No. No." god, you could hear the horror despite the monotone TTS voice

[@MooshPaw]

"I'm buying a new cpu tomorrow"

[@sonOfLiberty100]

That was funny :D

[@eavyeavy2864]

Clickbait title, dislike

[@charliejuice3098]

This was a really good challenge

[@deadvodsmemetree]

7:52 was definitely sure Simp was about to say their internet crashed/power went out 😂

[@Oris-q7b]

same lol

[@AdmiringLemonade-nq1kk]

fr

[@Player-df7ny]

he only does it when losing, not when having M1

[@myshaagarwal1976]

​@@Player-df7nyhmmmm

[@lmabacus404]

I looked at his time when he said that and was afraid he accidentally flagged

[@Pepso8P]

I didn't even realize the video was so long, it was so entertaining the time just flew by. I wonder if the video length will have a noticeable effect on anything.

[@noideawhatever]

well if a video is longer than 8 minutes advertisement is allowed to appear in the middle of the video I think, 8 mins is like a mark that all youtubers try to extend their video to reach

[@stanleymaximillian8403]

I thought it is 10 minutes? ​@@noideawhatever

[@theod4660]

@@noideawhateverIsn’t it 10 minutes? Or had this been changed?

[@AlexMetamorphCamel]

Ah that is interesting, ok

[@noideawhatever]

@@theod4660 it's 8 minutes, I think it has been there for a while

[@Screech9]

I'm starting to think the hardest part of these videos is not the challenge, but coming up with new ways to threaten my cat

[@TlalocTemporal]

A random colour cat sounds like a feature tbh.

[@ussxrequin]

...cat? When was a cat mentioned?

[@ConfusionUwU]

@@ussxrequin look at the left side of the screen

[@EnergizerTheWhite]

@@ConfusionUwU omg I never noticed it before. Was there smth like that in every simp video?..

[@chri-k]

@@EnergizerTheWhitemost of them

[@RGC_animation]

This must have been the longest Chess Shrimp video yet! Long enough for midrolls.

[@Merione]

Well deserved midrolls, I have to add

[@therobbu]

​@@Merione *I have 2 ad(s)

[@Graatand]

The rook did a little cha-cha

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Real smooth, Mr. Rook.

[@Tathanic]

a true 100 elo game

[@simonkarsten272]

This is such a cool idea, on the one hand you want to limit your own activity as much as possible to get a bunch of free moves, but you also need activity to go for a quick checkmate. The longer the game, with fewer pieces on the board, the more painful the unlucky draws become

[@FFAs]

You might enjoy DrawbackChess

[@emmeeemm]

That guy comes to KZbin today and sees this video. He remembers the game from the Black perspective. He realizes why your moves were sometimes perfect and sometimes nonsense, and he burns his computer to punish it for getting paired with you for a game.

[@danielhoang289]

That guy should be happy because he knows Simp's username now

[@Whatdoiputhere-m4m]

​@@danielhoang289 what is his username then? Where is it shown?

[@DavidIsFrenchTemp]

​@@danielhoang289lol

[@marcoasturias8520]

The absolute despair the tts voice is capable of, is so funny

[@bazzatron9482]

This was a really satisfying challenge to watch. The restriction added just the right kind of tension. Great video.

[@brainha5747]

This was actually more entertaining than most of the other challenges, hope redo this one!

[@LeviATallaksen]

3:51 e2 is definitely not the only bad square, d3 would have been WAY worse!! Also funny how the useless a2 into a1 (and black's Ba6+) towards the end saved you, as the next two squares were e8 and d7! Had you got them earlier, you would've played Qxf7+ and been forced into Qxd7+ next move. Another funny part of it is had you played Qa2 instead of Ra2, and then Qxf7+ next move, you'd be forced to give mate on e8!

[@Fadexpl]

D3 is not a valid move

[@LeviATallaksen]

@@Fadexpl What do you mean? Qd3 blocks the check, so it would be forced had the rng given him that square.

[@ศกรโสมาภา]

@@Fadexpld3 is a valid move. But it’s the valid move your brain usually immediately discarded.

[@KeithGrant]

I love that they fell for the exact same Q/N pawn fork twice just a few moves apart

[@martinnolhaf3151]

Real Underdog Suggestion. Never thought it could be this good!

[@robinlindgren6429]

I eally like that the restriction had a failsafe built-in. if the restriction had just been "you must reach a random square each turn" then simp would have interpreted that as a challenge failure as soon as an impossible square came up. the "If unreachable: free move" clause lets the game continue.

[@darrencrissistotallyawesom918]

Yeah I thought about that as well and was happy that the person who came up with it prevented an early end to this challenge

[@SuperAtilla]

if only 6:28 was b6, en passant would've been forced :(

[@terraria_pog2355]

google en passant

[@Kingkevin2008]

@@terraria_pog2355? Wdym he seems to know what it is why are you telling him to google it

[@AsianEgg]

​@@terraria_pog2355holy hell

[@cdorresteijn]

The less pieces you have, the bigger the chance for free moves. However, the less pieces the opponent has, the bigger the number of available squares.

[@alexcarneirodesousa2241]

"There's physically no way for a human to make anything random" Just throw 2 eight-sided dice (d8) and set one to a letter and another to the number

[@Ender41948]

Technically dice aren't "random", they roll due to physics in regards to how you throw them, how hard, and what side they land on first. It is incredibly difficult, but still possible to get "skilled" at dice rolls, enough so that you get the number(s) you want. Dice aren't true random, but they're the closest someone can get physically, since no one would really practice something like rolling dice. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

[@Krixwell]

Imagine a whole chess variant where _both_ players are under this restriction, with randomly generated target squares they have to go to if possible.

[@bombintheseeinq]

that has to be the longest challenge video so far

[@JJ_R]

I love the randomizer videos!

[@gabs7196]

Simp loves gambler fallacy

[@RyokoEarth]

This was a perfect challenge, I love that you went thru the whole game and didn’t just skip it, I know it must have been a lot of work so thanks for your hard work!!! Was an awesome vid

[@eaglepeakalpha]

The best challenges are the ones that don't have such stringent automatic failure conditions

[@user-zj9rr6yc4u]

That is probably the best balanced random choice challenge I have seen on the channel. Absolutely destructive rolls are unlikely enough they don't make it frustrating but it is still enough challenge to make it fun to watch.

[@TheGallAlex]

This is probably my favourite challenge

[@anzyroadside2374]

I think the opponent's brain melted from all the random moves you made and the few suddenly good moves in between them.

[@Arthad]

I've never thought to look at the UI, nice Easter egg

[@BambinaSaldana]

Chad computer playing the King's Gambit

[@Ganonmustdie2]

That was one of the most insane pawn/piece structures I've ever seen from you in any restriction video

[@Maxler5795]

The RNG had a sense of humor

[@willianWAG]

You can play on a real board with two D8 dices. Pick two dices with different colors. One color for the ranks, another for the files. For the ranks: 1 = a, 2 = b, 3 = c and so on... Files are the numbers already. Roll the dices before your move and you have the same result of the video!

[@marianedossantosfernandes5197]

Very nice

[@Someone-tn8ur]

4:02 No you didn't get the only bad one. d3 would have truly been worse.

[@reed560]

You've heard of the paid actor, now meet the paid CPU

[@ДмитрийОгинский-ж6у]

I've liked this channel for a long time, but this is the first video that I wanted to rewatch

[@thedudehimself69420]

4:04 Imagine d3 being forced to blunder your queen to prove that you are not a coward, then the opponent's queen captures your queen, then e2 blundering your knight, opponent's queen takes that as well, then g2 which is close to checkmate.

[@Cole_Is_A_Mole]

8:00 You absolute monster

[@mamen6631]

The enemy is like "what did this guy doing"

[@quintopia]

Incredible challenge. Thanks enlis.

[@dolger4308]

Ah, finally, my thought process explained

[@4h4nn]

This one is genuinely really satisfying. Thank you.

[@LexLuxray]

This is a drawback on Drawback Chess! A silly one that won me a game once, but it is technically possible without coding shenanigans

[@carsonm7292]

I mean, the guys on Drawback Chess were the ones who did the coding instead of Simp

[@khai96x]

Does this drawback consider escaping check a forced move? Or are you doomed if your King is in check and the square is reachable by your other pieces?

[@dcnick3]

@@khai96x Drawback Chess allows taking the kind, so you probably a very fucked

[@RealMrHater]

@@khai96x i dont think checks are considered checks in drawback chess, so youre probably screwed in that situation

[@Piyush-lj1yq]

​@@RealMrHaterif it was in drawback chess, he would have lost a long before

[@Accatitippi]

This definitely deserves to be replayed, it was really good

[@SolousOrneas]

Best challenge of 2024. I was laughing the whole time.

[@PatrickHogan]

I genuinely thought the prompt was that a new square appeared on the board and the board kept getting bigger and bigger.

[@GerhardTreibheit]

This music made me forget about any dreadful existential crisis I went through in the past

[@Medsas]

ironically, its impossible for your computer to be random too, its using a pseudorandom aka fake random function 😂

[@drdca8263]

Hardware random number generators are possible

[@Medsas]

@@drdca8263 highly doubt Simp has that lol

[@drdca8263]

@@Medsas I’m not sure, but I thought some (many?) CPUs included them internally? I guess they aren’t *that* useful because the computer can collect entropy over time from user input and the like, but it does at least provide a consistent source of it. Not sure if it is cheap enough for them to include on most PC CPUs though.

[@Medsas]

​@@drdca8263 hmm not sure, but import random in python is for sure pseudorandom lol

[@kingcrimson4133]

of course true randomness is impossible, afaik nothing in the entire universe is random. we can simulate randomness though by seeding number pulls off things we have no reasonable way of being able to predict

[@sagittarius5466]

I like that there’s people who actually play online chess at this level

[@ricericericericericericerice]

The No's are the funniest thing I've seen on your channel lolololol

[@paumb64]

Best video of the year, what a fun challenge + game

[@Alresu]

07:15 - Sorry Simp, I can't do that. I want my cat to change colour every day. You'll get the like though.

[@thefirst2652]

Now THIS is the random chess! Fisher's, probably, is more fair, but this is the entertainment! also, you can make it harder, by addding 1 reroll after unreachable move, and only then free move, if it is unreachable too. I'd play this format against someone, really funny and random stuff.

[@arandomguy7367]

One of Simp's best videos to date. Kudos to whoever suggested that challenge!

[@badgerbadger5061]

24 seconds left. There was a real danger of losing on time. Great challenge.

[@Ana_Ng]

what an incredible idea for a challenge, for real

[@Zulk_RS]

I never thought I'd see a Chess Simp video that's over 8 minutes long. Truly blessed.

[@_Lenn0x._.]

3:33 why dose he play f6 when he should play d6? only me that is a little bit triggert by that 😅😅

[@IIBLANKII]

He has nothing he could move to d6 with? The queen is blocked by the knight, and the pawn can only take the knight of f6, there is nothing for it to take on d6?

[@solifa1]

@@IIBLANKIIYes, if you were listening, he said that if the square is unreachable, then he gets a free move and is able to play any piece to any square. I need not explain further.

[@IIBLANKII]

​@@solifa1 if you used common sense and didn't have an ego that requires you to talk down to others as if they are children in order to feel some semblance of superiority over others, you would have read the original comment and realized that during the portion of the video they are referencing, they were complaining that they didn't play the stated move d6, rather than the free move he chose to play, f6. With this knowledge, if you read my comment addressing that it wasn't possible to move to d6 and used common sense within the context behind my comment, you would realize I'm explaining that f6 was a free move because of the game's rules/handicap rather than a mistake made on the content creator's part. In summary: Read the original poster's comment, then mine next time to gain context. After you do that, consider being more humble so that in the future you are not met with the same snide tone you give to others. I need not explain further.

[@Danyko33]

This was exceptionally fun and satisfying.

[@Cole_Is_A_Mole]

6:16 "Not even close" B7 being right next to it 👀

[@CharNatorn]

Like he said, not even close

[@danielhoang289]

1:38 Meanwhile in drawback chess, if a reachable square is illegal (puts your king in check), you still must play that move. Happened to me when my drawback was "if you can move your King, you must"

[@itap8880]

4:34 Simp": I need a free move Computer: Ok, bee free 7:06 Simp: One more move Computer: But before that...

[@rashmikumar6092]

I feel like you once this something like this before Btw I definitely appreciate your efforts to edit this video. In fact this is one of the best videos I ever watched

[@Alresu]

Really cool challenge! Best one in a long time and there were a few good ones recently :)

[@williamwright4813]

I think this might be my new favourite challenge you have done. I'm always down for the longer videos!

[@Pacca64]

reminds me of that chess engine video where they made various 'diluted' versions of stockfish by forcing it to make random moves, with the forced randomness being more common the more 'dilute' it was lol.

[@M1Miketro]

Imagine at the last second Simp gets f8…

[@1tastiger1]

Honestly, this could be a challenge idea that makes multiple videos. The tension with each randomization is fun!

[@fadhlinurkhalis1397]

Please keep this challenge as a series, this is very interesting and exciting challenge to watch!!!

[@San-lh8us]

that was a really good challenge, didn't always get in the way, but sometimes put you in some pickles, restrictive but not overly inconvenient

[@AndrewBrownK]

this would make an amazing regular/repeat challenge, utterly captivating

[@enderdavis591]

One of the better videos ever posted to this channel

[@CinJyxxe]

3:15-3:28 Even through the computer voice generation, I could hear the despair behind the "It's fine."

[@DukeBG]

Well, you just have to play a challenge where you reach h8 as white (a1 as black) with all piece types at least once during a single game. Unless you're a coward.

[@HardcoreGame]

Incoming challenge: Chess, but every time that you are under check, you must try to take the piece that caused it when available.

[@authorinthedark]

this challenge was so much more fun than I thought it was going to be

[@Oll1000]

that g2 would have been devastating if he had taken the pawn

[@LynnXternal]

This is one of the best videos on the channel, and one of the most interesting challenges too.

[@nikkothegoblin]

I would actually really like to see this be a recurring challenge

[@Rackox]

Long video? This is awesome! Please give us more of these!

[@FT029]

I think this is the best challenge/video so far, absolutely loved it. RNG really makes games better

[@FrozenNight3]

Chess, but a spot on the board is randomly generated after every move, and, after a spot is selected, you can’t interact with it for the rest of the game (i.e. can’t move pieces to it, cannot move pieces that are on it already, etc.)

[@Thavleifrim]

Wow i was just thinking yesterday i havent seen this channel in my recfomended recently and here it is again.

[@zedoktor979]

That was an AWESOME challenge

[@rookjameson]

Fantastic video!

This was much better than expected! good video :)

[@utkanbaskadem7904]

The 8 minute twist was genius ngl

[@sp4cef0rc37]

That was probably my favorite vid so far from you.

[@S8EdgyVA]

Alright, let's up the challenge: Chess, but you generate a random square and move to the nearest square possible

[@ThatGuy-fi9bm]

Do this one again it was fun

[@Mechanikatt]

My cat already changes colors each day, so your threat means nothing.

[@pauls5745]

This looks like an entirely normal game I go thru every day haha. I wonder what sort of strategies would be strong in this variant. Looks fun!!