Danya Incredulous At Niemann's Insane Calculation

Daniel (Danya) Naroditsky Incredulous At Hans Niemann's Insane Chess Calculation in this blitz chess battle played on chess.com in September 2023. Epic chess from Hans Niemann and Danya Naroditsky as they battle it out in an exciting chess match
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[@GudMarty]

“And you make the bishop of course.” 😂😂😂 that was good

[@MrMrstoffman]

Had me laughing way too hard 😂

[@hamishmaxa6509]

I held back my thumbs up until this.

[@jackmermigas9465]

That got me too

[@xxx333mmm]

why u laugh so hard ?@@MrMrstoffman

[@volodymyrstepanov7068]

That cracked me up. Awesome game, great commentary, classic British humour :)

[@johnlicciardello2389]

Wow, Hans pulled that brilliant move out of his…..

[@tofinoguy]

hahahahaha

[@mcronrn]

Humor is your passion, I can tell 🤡

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

Magnuts 😅😅😅😅

[@kineahora8736]

🤣🤣

[@nopebuddy6827]

thigh

[@davidkim6169]

your jokes are getting insanely good, your deadpan facial expression as you tell them makes them even better, keep it up!

[@epicchess2021]

haha thanks a lot glad you're enjoying

[@JoshuaHults]

experts whispering into the air in front of them is why i got into chess

[@mikecroke6078]

The four horsemen are Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, and Tully Blanchard Whoooooo!

[@epicchess2021]

haha I am learning so much stuff I never knew. I meant the original death, famine, war and conquest but this one is way cooler xD

[@henkdachief]

no they are Arabian NIghts, Antiquities, Legends and The Dark.

[@mauijttewaal]

Atlas, played by Eisenberg; Merritt by Woody Harrelson; Henley by Isla Fisher; and Jack by Dave Franco:-)

[@Xinder720]

No, it is Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp. Pay up!!

[@oriondx72]

@@henkdachief Mtg i used to play when revised came out sad i got rid of all my cards.

[@daviddurbin7682]

Four horsemen =inky. Blinky stinky and clyde

[@abj136]

pinky!

[@grafeebabee]

pac-man ghosts😂😂😂

[@andr101]

The four horsemen are Michelangelo, Raffaello, Donatello and Leonardo.

[@Atheist1306]

Ninja 🐢 the best

[@Atheist1306]

@@devonsaginashvili7208 damn i miss those turtles. Also Spencer

[@DawnEnergy]

teenage ninja horsemen 😆

[@eyeofhorus1301]

turtles? pretty sure those are famous inventors and artists from history and such@@Atheist1306

[@zacharysherry2910]

Egon, Ray, Winston and Peter 👻

[@Bai_Su_Zhen]

It's only Hans who can say "I want to be the very best" and then magically become the very best in a matter of couple days.

[@corymeyer1162]

some tournaments he looks immortal and sometimes he looks like he can't get out of the b league.

[@supremespanker]

@@corymeyer1162 That was true of many attacking players like Tal. I don't think Hans can win worldchampionship, but he can give us exciting games at least.

[@bamdad19996]

​@supremespanker lmao alireza, gukesh and many other youngsters are also attacking players. They don't play like hans at all. They were also extremely strong since young. Hans was a joke till very recently. He suddenly had some training with a known cheater and got this good ? Cmon

[@verstraetenandre]

I can activate stockfish even faster than that!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@bamdad19996your comment speaks for itself (just a hater ) 😅

[@zeimarunescape]

He doesn’t need to show variation the positions speaks for itself

[@botezsimp5808]

I disagree, you can learn a lot from the variations.

[@bluemystic7501]

'..but Hans isn't stockfish' lol

[@Mike1production]

If so he would not be 2675 Elo he would be the first human above 3000 and then 3500 😂

[@brucewillis542]

He just plays stock fish lines then skips out on the punchline

[@giovannip8600]

​@@brucewillis542not really...

[@oriondx72]

Either is magnus or hikaru

[@tharusmc9177]

"Or is he?" (insert vsauce music here)

[@DelFlo]

Danya must've been so tilted after this 😂😂

[@jimdiroffii]

This is one of my favorite videos you’ve made! Great energy, explanations, lines, and context. Made me feel tender as a chicken breast!

[@gasslighterr]

His whole channel is garbage, just uploading other people's games and providing subpar commentary on moves that are mostly natural and not all that brilliant.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot and nice hahaha

[@dazgameshd7590]

he must of been buzzing when he found that

[@bobhaffner5902]

best comment on the board

[@kenw2225]

A couple beers never hurt chess skills

[@stevemartinish]

Four horsemen were Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Arn Anderson. Or maybe substitute Steve "Mongo" McMichael

[@jafulton89]

That ending... Fucking lol

[@guitarcovers5437]

Danya is just on another level in time scrambles. He out played Hans with 5 seconds when Hans had 10

[@AngelaSpanger-mp9hk]

You make a bishop and draw the game!

[@JoseNario]

The prophecy has been fulfilled.

[@kenw2225]

Hey. They might resign

[@StuffBudDuz]

"....you make the bishop and draw the game, of course." Thanks for the belly laugh!

[@epicchess2021]

haha glad you enjoyed

[@TruthSurge]

4 horsemen are: Death, Death Jr., Death Sr. and Death Deathalinski. Basically, just death.

[@josemanuel947]

difference between playing a professional and boring game and playing real chess can only be explained by one thing: being a genius. Geniuses sometimes make mistakes and sometimes create masterpieces. But the truth is that they are never boring

[@bits_for_bytes]

Four horsemen: Sleepy, Sneezy, Weezy and Breezy

[@mikecharlytango330]

Morpheus , Fishcake, Kasparov & Magnuts

[@CriminaIlyInsane]

The names of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Bob, Rick, Jimmy and Bimmy

[@mr_mr]

Death, Famine, Conquest, War

[@epicchess2021]

nice :D

[@donrane]

Hans with the 6 seconds non-intuitive brilliant move that no one ever would consider, followed by a 1 second brilliancy. Never change Hans, you dirty dirty cheater.

[@joki6395]

Hans should be carefull, he is a bit wrechless and its getting more and more obvious. I like watching his streams but he should be toggling way less than he does

[@kylezo]

@@joki6395i can't believe you people still exist lol let it go

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Pathetic. If he was cheating, so was Danya.

[@Joshwaheazo]

Wow Hans nearly threw that game hard.

[@dmccauley19]

"more tender than a barefoot walk on a shingle beach"

[@epicchess2021]

hahaha very good, might try and incorporate that into a video soon

[@joshuamusic8812]

Hans missing all these simple tactics just convinces me even more hes a cheater

[@golddddus]

Daniel was outplayed. A bad bishop and a weak pawn on a2 were decisive. Hans still has a lot of work to do on typical chess endings.😎

[@grahamberends6613]

The four horses of the Apocolypse: Thanatos (Death), Limos (Famine),Ares (War), and Zelus (Conquest). John Gottman has four different types of horsmen of the Apocolypse: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling - kills any relationship.

[@tristancole8158]

What about Pestilence?

[@ALifeOfWine]

​@@tristancole8158Pestilence is what Famine sometimes gets called I believe. I could be wrong however, and should probably Google to to check, but whatever.

[@Goodheavens89]

Pestilence replaces conquest I think, and I think the four horsemen were Egyptian concepts, so Ares would not be the name of War, however he is the Greek god of war, until 2000 years later, Kratos removed him from that throne

[@tristancole8158]

@@ALifeOfWine I thought Pestilence meant disease?

[@Duck72432]

Four horsemen , Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen

[@danbaxter4216]

I need to look out for more knight forking opportunities, I didn’t see either one you pointed out in this video.

[@jeff-buri-jeff3716]

I believe that until 1934, it was mandatory for the player who played the fourth knight to stand up and recite the names of the four horsemen. Some traditions are better left in the past.

[@epicchess2021]

😂😂😂

[@rooster3103]

I've had war, famine and death but I had to look up conquest, for anyone wondering about the real names. The binding of isaac ftw

[@JosephMilner-ms7pp]

i have to say i watch a video or two of yours every night. You have something special here, its different from levy and agad.. love it Epic Chess

[@epicchess2021]

Ah awesome thanks a lot I’m glad you enjoy!

[@emmaell6659]

Then can you name the four knights of the apocalypse?

[@andy4099ful]

Probably mentioned below but who can be bothered to check....12:47 ...rf3+ wins instantly

[@lazichicken1236]

Four Horseman: Jermey clarkson, James May, Richard hammond, the stig

[@jayjay1drum1skate]

“You make your bishop” my seven hundred ass sat here calculating like 🥴

[@epicchess2021]

Haha

[@epicchess2021]

Haha

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

4 horseman? Larry, Curly, Mo, and Charlie Chaplin.

[@RhettReisman]

This was a crazy game thanks for sharing

[@SirenGhostsong]

I love your color commentary, this video felt like it was 5 minutes long.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed!

[@yggdrasil9039]

10:25 The only way to survive that incredible mate that no mere mortal can find is to play Qf3 and exchange sac the Queen for the Rook on g2. Which is basically game over

[@lamv3513]

Highlord Mograine, Sir Zeliek, Lady Blaumeux, Thane Korth' azz

[@iamstarfox87]

The real 4 Horsemen are Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Anthrax

[@agentm10]

Hans missing rook takes knight is criminal. There was more than enough time to spot that.

[@joki6395]

He used too many stockfish moves and had to hold back

[@DMSBrian24]

true but when you're agains danya, you need to manage your time really well, if he had thought for a second more he would have found it but if he had spent an extra second on each move he would have lost on time anyway

[@agentm10]

@@DMSBrian24 that's speculative, specially since Hans is higher rated than Naro. He found several amazing tactics in this game. However, that exchange sac was way too obvious at that level - in fact most people around 1500 would be able to find it in bullet. At the end of the day, better GMs have missed easier tactics, so nothing against Hans. It's just that such a beautiful game deserved a better finish.

[@darthkek1953]

Nurgle, Slaanesh, Khorne, Tzeentch. If you know you know.

[@michael2305]

The four horsemen are: Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian. oh wait...

[@drg69]

According to Dawn French in The Young Ones, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are "Famine, Pestilence, Death ... and the other one!"

[@verstraetenandre]

Legend has it Hans fell out of his chair because of the beads during this one!

[@najmantube]

At 12:53 Niemann could have moved his rook to f3 and checked the white king. Then he could have taken the white's knight -- or am I missing something?

[@mikek3459]

Awesome recap Epic Chess & loving the content as always. Keep up your great work & vids. Cheers!

[@epicchess2021]

thanks Mike glad you're enjoying!

[@peristiloperis7789]

I confirm that pomoting to a bishop and drawing is a genious move. 😂

[@epicchess2021]

😅😆

[@ironmiketeam4689]

Players of this Caliber don't see moves like that ? Oh boy for Stockfish they are like 1200 for them.... Brutal

[@mcronrn]

Clash of the Titans!! 👏👏 sad Hans wasn’t streaming this - he must have been PUMPED!! 🤣🤣💪🏾💪🏾

[@mcronrn]

I love me some Danya, but I was rooting for Hans. Guess the time scramble meant he had no snide “what a smooth conversion from Hans 😉😉” comment today… 🤷🏻‍♂️🙏

[@zacharysherry2910]

​@@mcronrnhonestly I'll always have to root for Danya (auto-corrects it to "Santa" of course)... Because no offense to him but he will forever be an underdog against Hans.

[@CBFW_KO]

Hans is so strong in closed positions

[@FrankBakulov]

No insane tactics has been found by Hans. But pre-moves speak for itself!

[@TruthSurge]

You could have uploaded this game without any commentary. Why? um... chess speaks for itself!

[@ex0duzz]

That pawn is more tender than your limp biskit. That pawn is more tender than tenderized meat. That pawn is more tender than Elvis singing love me tender. Yeah.. they are getting progressively worse with each new attempt so I'll end it here lol

[@epicchess2021]

😂😂I enjoyed tho

[@Hextator]

So is Hans just the Leffen of chess at this point, or...?

[@silvastomp]

This guy has turned into my fav chess youtuber

[@epicchess2021]

thanks a lot! Glad you're enjoying, appreciate it

[@jaideep6310]

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse: Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett.

[@SpecialAgentBillMaxwell]

The Four Horsemen: Panda Express, Arby's, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell

[@templarroystonofvasey]

Riveting game, riveting commentary.

[@lunakid12]

What was it that Daniel said (twice) at the end? Couldn't make it out, unfortunately. Such a pleasure of a video (+ game) again, BTW! :)

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks! He says ‘with point one, with point one’ - as in, Hans only had 0.1 seconds left on his clock when he delivered the mate! Thanks for watching

[@lunakid12]

@@epicchess2021 Hehe, OK, thanks, yes, and Daniel 0.2. :) I was staring at the clocks in disbelief myself. This kind of thing only happens once in every lifetime of the universe...

[@kristo2212]

I don't think i would open that g file allowing Hans faster attack having rook and queen close to king

[@MrAkirillov]

It will less frustrating for his opponents if Hans keeps the engine on all the time. I wonder if Hans pays to this guy?

[@pbmaximus284]

The Four Horsemen, Highlord Alexandros Mograine , Thane Korth'azz, Lady Blaumeux, and Sir Zeliek.

[@marksd5650]

Death (Thanatos), Famine (Limos), War (Ares), and Conquest or Glory (Zelus) are the four horsemen of the apocalypse, or sometimes described as conquest, war, hunger, and death. It’s all metaphor so who knows. Best Regards and congratulations on a huge jump in subscribers.

[@konroh2]

Those are the Greek names for the Biblical references of the horsemen.

[@Hextator]

Huh. I always remembered them as "War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death". War and Conquest seem redundant.

[@vXxNightxXv]

Someone is making a fortune selling chess hacks.

[@null.dev.]

@12:50, could someone tell me why GMs didn't go for Rf3+..K[g2 say] .. Rxd3 capturing the white knight and protecting its own knight?

[@epicchess2021]

i think just missed it low time

[@himanshudubey5265]

that last few seconds was insane by danya 3-4 level of premoves

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah I thought that so good

[@user-xd1fd9lt6p]

John Dillinger Vs Billy The Kid

[@SaintD382]

Every time someone plays Hans Niemann online, they have to be worried about whether he's cheating. So part of their mental focus is distracted by that. This gives Hans an unfair psychological advantage against every single opponent. Hans should be permanently banned from all online chess. This guy is thoroughly dishonest and has forfeited his right to play among honorable players.

[@sweetdangerzack]

Four Horsemen: Larry, Moe, Curly, Shemp

[@ivopetrovski3]

12.54 wrong move again ( RF3 is bingo )

[@youtubecensoringcomments7427]

Damn everyone... He will lose ELO points because he cheats. He proceeds to win even more points

[@9181shreyasbhatt]

The only way to find out whether hans is a cheater or not is to play more games with him to see if he is at the elite lvl or not.

[@leerobbo92]

So confused by Hans. Some days he looks like the best player in the world, even in games where he's very clearly not cheating, and in others he looks bang average by GM levels. I can't figure out if he's a modern day Ivanchuk, or something else entirely.

[@woodruffashbourne8372]

Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp.

[@patogordo1385]

Hahaha

[@epicchess2021]

hahaha very good

[@Galahad54]

The Four Horsemen: Ben, Eric, Adam, and Joseph.

[@epicchess2021]

Haha

[@YoskiRS]

The four horsemen are Jameson, Johnie Walker, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam

[@epicchess2021]

haha :D

[@1vanesso]

I disagree with thу statement that Hans isn't a Stockfish. He is, but with some "lost connection" problems 😁

[@JonasDanish1999]

A really beautiful game and analysis.. have to watch for those forks and skewers..

[@JeanLeRoux-nq2jf]

I have seen Hans make a move in 0.5 seconds that took Firouzja 5 seconds to calculate all the way. He is definitely the best at calculating in the game.

[@zacharysherry2910]

Well there's still Magnus, Hikaru, Levon, Nihal... Didn't Aman Hambleton get to over 3,300 blitz too? Then there's that time that Andrew Tang turned around and messed with something in his room while he was playing the blitz game and made about four moves and a half a second while he wasn't looking...lol. alot of big fish.

[@saeadborji1464]

5:15 rook move is obvious. black wants to recapture d4 with c pan and not e pawn. The rook b8 protects the b4 and other rook goes to pressure the c2 which cannot move due to enpassant

[@saeadborji1464]

sorry after resuming the video u explained it

[@stephencuffel4932]

Dieting, Sobriety, Employment, and Celibacy.

[@epicchess2021]

hahah

[@stewiegriffin6503]

I see, Niemann still cheating.

[@anthonyg1111]

at 12:50 why not Rf3+???????

[@raskolnjikov1]

He missed it

[@woodandwandco]

Beads Niemann on a roll.

[@joshuamusic8812]

I like your commentary, making the chess very fun

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot glad you’re enjoying!

[@unknownunknown-mw4ql]

Brilliant game and brilliant commentary !

[@Momus2024]

Mistakes are what makes blitz so entertaining...but dude LAY OFF the quips you aren't intelligent enough to do them justice....😬

[@LostKin69]

Epic Chess, if you get some sound treatment in that room, that would really up your game. Often, when I click on a new KZbinr's video and the audio has noticeable reverb, I click away. I'm sure I'm not just an anecdote

[@epicchess2021]

yeah for sure working on it thanks for feedback appreciate

[@jaybingham3711]

Tender as a pork loin.

[@AntoneKiyoshk]

four knights opening.

[@djkairos4667]

love your style of commentating and analyzing, keep the good work up :)

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks, will do!

[@sherylbegby]

Upsettingly, I missed the fourth apocalyptic horseman. I always forget conquest and think one of them is pestilence. Maybe I'm getting confused with the plagues of Egypt. Or if you prefer, The Abominable Dr. Phibes.

[@ookamigenji-pv2st]

Pestilence is often seen in other media. Strife as well. I suspect the reason may be that War and Conquest are so close to being the same concept that it's aesthetically unpleasing if you are trying to make media that want the imagery of the four horsemen.

[@epicchess2021]

Another commenter told me pestilence is original for 4th but gets translated as conquest

[@ookamigenji-pv2st]

@@epicchess2021 Conquest is actually the first one mentioned in Revelations (in the NASB version of the bible anyways). Fourth is Death and pestilence is mentioned in his passage (along with sword and famine). Honestly it's probably a really interesting topic to study because I suspect a lot of interpretations work depending on which version of the text you decide to look at.

[@sherylbegby]

@@ookamigenji-pv2stThanks for looking into this. It's generally so important to go back to the original text to untangle what might have been actually meant, but i've not the time to learn Biblical Greek. I'll trust you on this one.

[@sherylbegby]

@@epicchess2021Thanks!

[@jonathonjubb6626]

Dennet, Hitchens, Dawkins, Harris...

[@then33k4]

"Niemann is not Stockfish" eeeh.. about that..

[@galapogos11]

Tinky-Winky, Dipsy, Lala and Po