Niemann Just Challenged Carlsen to a $1,000,000 Chess Match

[@PushyamitraSunga-i8q]

This sort of audacity/rivalry is good for the game. Hans is actually playing the part of a WWE villain. I’m all for it.

[@CallousCarter]

Hikaru being a babyface is quite something. Even magnus is a massive sore loser.

[@slugzz6094]

so cringe

[@Prod.4D]

@@slugzz6094nah he’s right, more people were tuned into the championship back in September because of the hype built up

[@SpeedDaemon3]

He literally lost nr1 spot in like few minutes.

[@SavantGardeEX]

Hours* 1 blitz game usually takes 10 mins fym

[@krismg_21]

@@SavantGardeEX half an hour later, hikaru overtook the #1 spot

[@juliocadavid6640]

​@@SavantGardeEX Like in 3 or 4 games Hikaru claimed back #1 spot

[@BrotherK-ex2co]

"I am old in my Hawaiian shirt. I am forced to watch him lose,lose and lose some more......"

[@CharlesDickens-l7s]

Still got there mate. Mission accomplished.

[@84nk5y]

If I was Mongoose I'd suggest some alternative terms: Hans gets $1m if he wins, but is banned from social media for a year if he loses...

[@fakename2926]

Are you joking? If he’s able to win a million, he should bet a lifetime off of social media

[@md.masumomarjashim]

Banned from everything except as a burger flipper at Burger King.

[@timringdal.72]

Spot in😂

[@rafstrada2924]

This man is desperate. Win or lose he gains media mileage if gets Carlsen play him. Shortest way to topple the #1 player and other strong players. While others try the hard, patient way to the top he wants a short cut. In chess, anything can happen. So he might get lucky

[@noahbirdrevolution]

When you actually lose the blitz world championships, but think your padded online rating makes you deserving of claiming #1 blitz player then you're probably Hans.

[@anorangewithacapybaraunder2370]

Hans challenges Magnus after getting the latest Stockbeads chess engine

[@kdhorvath68]

Hans is the best on line chess player but his like #15 over the board. hmmmmm wonder why?

[@paddiowilson]

I heard he’s busy learning morse code

[@jessejordache1869]

Yeah, because the previous Stockfish wasn't strong enough. ? I want the engine he uses that has the power to make Magnus Carlsen blunder in the middle of a game.

[@edwardburroughs1489]

@@kdhorvath68 Because its uncomfortable to be wearing stockbeads in longer time controls?

[@steelsteez6118]

Played out teenie bopper joke

[@kaldrazadrim]

Nans vs. Mongoose is the best rivalry since MUSHROOMS! *No one expects mushrooms.

[@jayr526]

Damn! And here I have been praying for toadstools

[@TruthSurge]

NO ONE expects the Spanish Mushrooms!

[@kanashiiureshii6931]

Truly unexpected, I was expecting vacuum cleaner

[@murkywters]

Legend has is Niemann was due to be born in 1890 but stayed in his mothers womb until the advent of the internet and early twitter

[@lh5717]

Carlsen actually played two matches in the last few months against Niemann. He won both.

[@Samy-j9h]

then why isn't he taking the bet? he knows those losses were fluke that's why

[@alexandertaylor7316]

​@@Samy-j9hdo you honestly believe 5 time world champion, 5 time rapid world champion, 8 times blitz world champion, current world number one and holder of the record highest ever elo rating is afraid of Hans Niemann, who will never win any of these titles?

[@Samy-j9h]

@@alexandertaylor7316 of course, why wouldn't he just take the free million then? It's a win win situation for Carlsen. If he beats Niemann then people would clown the latter and that will shut him + Carlsen goes home with an extra million... If Niemann doesn't have a million then people will clown him again for talking nonsense and Carlsen goes home looking "based" as the npcs of today say

[@husum1201]

@@Samy-j9h Maybe Magnus thinks the small risk of losing to Hans is not worth the 1 mio $ given his substantial wealth. That is of course assuming that Hans would actually pay up if he loses.

[@sushinfudoshin8991]

@@Samy-j9h No time to waste, already demolished him.

[@Fawlker]

I just noticed from those statistics, Hikaru won over 31 thousand games! He is by far the player with the most wins from that list, and that's impressive.

[@piousheart]

Yeah and the win to lose ratios of hikaru and magnus are both insane compared to the rest

[@ultrasound1459]

Hikaru online: 🗿 Hikaru over the board: 🤡

[@yellowphoenix9803]

@@ultrasound1459hikaru is the current #2 player in the world otb? Wdym

[@sam2725]

yeah farming players rated 600 points lower then you definitely makes you the best

[@andrewhall7930]

They have MULTIPLE accounts and they also play players of much lower ELO. Hikaru will get online for hours and just blow hundreds of sub 2200 players out of the water. (he streams it) Magnus plays waay less but he restricts his games to people over 2700 (except in the very rare case he plays in a non-titled Open Lichess tournaent (Even then only the first 5 games are against people below 2400, then after that it's all titled anyway.

[@briankelly5182]

Bro you gotta stop using that hikaru four eyes monster picture. Human eyes weren't made to decode that pattern, it hurts

[@Alexanster]

Yeah should be at least 5

[@visionforetold4568]

Biblically accurate Hikaru

[@akuseru85]

Man that's funny 😂

[@jjs8426]

😂

[@santos.l.halper1999]

your ELO is too low to comprehend

[@TruthHurtsFAFO]

Hans would get clapped any day of the week by either Hikaru or Magnus. The dude is delusional if he thinks he stands any chance.

[@emanuelpantaleon6645]

true for magnus very likley .. but he has been able to win. Against hikaru not so suure. He recently beat him. Regardless it makes the sport entertaining. Good heel.

[@goingoff1ine]

@@emanuelpantaleon6645 when they actually played a match hikaru won 21-9 and he didn't play so good in the 5+1, hikaru would still dominate

[@loganryansmith]

Magnus is now sharing world championships when he's tired and nervous so, you know, anything can happen.

[@justachristian4072]

Well then they should take his money!? A million is a million!

[@amanuelyimer3739]

Magnus you might be right, hikaru IDK

[@ZacBelcher]

I love he immediately went back to #3 after posting that

[@1984WillC]

Hans definitely spices things up. That's not a bad thing.

[@timblake1989]

he's a massive 🔔, it's not refreshing, he literally just chats rubbish but actually believes what he says

[@Coredance1]

It's straight up annoying. Just play the game.

[@anwealde]

agreed

[@RonnieJotten]

I keep hoping that Hans Wormtongue, agent of Saruman can indeed let the chess speak for itself - but it's like wanting Dexter to put away the clingfilm and live happily ever after.

[@epicchess2021]

😂😂

[@iBraap]

I think they may go into the French, but im not sure if they will like the French, but with the French, and in the French.. were a little bit French.

[@jeremytitus9519]

Spitting straight facts

[@gorgit]

✍️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@russellhammond371]

Hans can win a game here and there, but he's not equal to Magnus. Also, Magnus never had to cheat at chess to make rent.

[@thembadube9589]

Your second sentence is a low blow.

[@andrewhall7930]

Han's admits to cheating WAAAYY back in the day. When did he cheat recently? Can you prove it?

[@insomniackiller1]

​@@andrewhall7930once a cheater, always a cheater. Idgaf if he hasn't cheated recently. The fact that he thinks because he's number 1 on an online leaderboard he deserves a deal like that is absurd. His hubris is insane for someone that used to cheat.

[@skibbles827]

@@andrewhall7930 no one cares he's a muppet

[@justsayin8676]

@@andrewhall7930 Hans has a reputation for cheating and that reputation is permanent. Even if he would stop lying about the extent of his cheating the damage is done.

[@raoulmcwenna6499]

Hans has Ego-Issues and Anger-Issues. This will be his downfall.

[@robertphillips2769]

It would appear so, but I'm starting to think that he is truly talented in spite of his eccentricities, like Fischer. He's improved, but I certainly agree with your point.

[@joshdarius5995]

Bobby would not have cheated to save his life

[@amurleopard51]

I am learning a lie detection system called Statement Analysis. Analysis of Niemann has been done and its been summed up as having a manipulative personality. I like Hans but I wouldn't be surprised that he is a Narcissist of some sort.

[@Limsweat]

Ego issues in chess is crazy

[@remybuitenhuis2433]

I dont think so, he is growing up

[@paulthesoundguy1]

The Hans frenzy will be short lived, he just isn’t that good on handling stress longer than a few minutes

[@Vincentovich89]

The very guy most accused of cheating is suddenly and suspiciously on an inexorable march to world #1 in every rating category? F outta here.

[@HUMAN-jf8uq]

He also checkmated Magnus over the board. So hold that other L too.

[@GenUrobutcher]

Hans has done the impossible time and time again. He's literally top 20 in the world, you are going to be shocked in a couple of years.

[@kdhorvath68]

We are going to have to do the procedure. How is it that he gets smashed over the board but just can't lose on line

[@TruthSurge]

@@kdhorvath68 phew.... vot a comment.... vot... a comment..... this vood nevar come to my mind..... time to do the procedure....... block..... this is first vot I do..... heheh

[@amanuelyimer3739]

Well he beaten hikaru and also beaten magnus in blitz OTB so Idk what your yapping about?

[@TagueMcBride-r6x]

Lol this meme of he-Hans breaking magnus in two is hilarious. You should get footage of the third Batman movie where Bane broke Batman’s back

[@epicchess2021]

haha

[@JƏĐ]

1:00 Pardon my Fcukin' French

[@lachenmann]

He just wants to give Magnus some wedding cash.

[@ryanlipe6557]

I’m confused, do I play the French or not 😂

[@gorgit]

Only if you know that he thinks that you are not especially comfortable with the french while himself, pretending to be comfortable in the french, expects you to not go into the french even though he thinks you are comfortable in french but don't go into the french because he pretends to be comfortable in the french. In the french.

[@SoSickSry]

Let's point out Hikaru has 32k games + WTH

[@alphaandomegaministry2718]

Hans impeccable and perfectly clear explanation of chess psychology which naturally you would think about face to face with your opponent before daring to play the French.

[@Phlednz]

There's no mystery where the million comes from. An event like this generates massive interest and sponsors. Loser may not even end up out of pocket $10 let alone $1000000

[@AndrewKeifer]

As the Nans Hiemann saying goes: "Where there's *MOKE* there's definitely no fire." It seems as if Nans "Desperately seeking clout" Hiemann will never be able to hammer out the dent in his reputation.

[@ChessQuizToday]

It is just nice to see someone that wants to play and win. And would never give up, and split a World Championship tile.

[@EliGutie]

Didnt this dude get destroyed in Paris by both of them😂

[@cz19856]

finally saw the epic cheese banner on andrea's gif lol

[@hoola_amigos]

Your tongue-in-cheek comedy is what I live for

[@SeunAyodele-li2ns]

9:41 hans reign was short lived

[@dcaieobc816]

Look how many he’s lost

[@WayOfHaQodesh]

Would really like to see Magnus play a long prolonged match versus 1 opponent, ala the World Championships in classic chess, especially if it was a 1 mill prize game, as it's probably quite unlikely to see him play one without some serious incentive.

[@hairtoss7975]

A world championship win is 2.5 million dollars a pop, he walked away from that. Dude doesn't need money.

[@thegorn]

Always scream "CHECKETY CHECK" when you give a double check. The volume of the scream forces the enemy king to move.

[@hattaamran7348]

The match should be in public. Can use the computer but in public. So all people can see they are not using second device .

[@GrassLogic]

OTB means real life. Nobody is going to play for $1 million online

[@und3rgroundman865]

Hans getting caught up in the infinite regress of bluff/double bluff - also known as le paradoxe Français

[@jasonsteverson4609]

We know that you know and you know that we know you know and we also know that you know that we know you know while thinking that we know you know that. Damn.

[@Dude-etiquette]

He wants to do what Jake Paul is doing, leeching on big names so he can make a name for himself.

[@williammiller8531]

Magnus set him up for life by accusing him of cheating he literally never needs to leech from anyone to make a name for himself. Magnus did all the work for him.....

[@rdilie2156]

Hands is leeching nobody unlike you. Infact all the strangers are leeching him not otherway round

[@straightfacts5352]

@@rdilie2156 How long did you have to take your right hand off Han's knob to type that?

[@rdilie2156]

@@straightfacts5352 idk. To err is human, to forgive is Devine. However, it's loud and clear, if you can understand it eventhough there is error it soeaks volume of you. And if you cannot, it speaks much more of you. Congrats 😂😂😂

[@insomniackiller1]

​@@rdilie2156I mean, some people are naive enough to believe liars who have even admitted to lying and cheating, and others simply are not. Good to know who's naive and who isn't. It has nothing at all to do with forgiveness and redemption and has everything to do with facts and balance of probability. And the fact is that Hans has cheated on multiple occasions, and statistically speaking, once a cheater always a cheater holds up in majority of cases. With his shifty attitude and lack of compassion he leaves very little room for anything that's even close to a redeeming quality.

[@ngare.k]

😂😂😂 The Hikaru reactions to Niemann's course instructions is top tier.

[@MikeySmithJones]

Always declare out loud the double check. "Check checkity!"

[@JackHawkinswrites]

Sounds like the dialogue from the Princess Bride

[@Floki6753]

Mjingus Khansen forfeited the title bc he thought chess is to boring. Now its fun for him, so props to Newman for making it it happen😎

[@melanymiskatonic8699]

As a québécois, I’m grateful for Hans explaining the French with such concise speech

[@BrianBailey-r2c]

Magnus, hold my 12 year old Irish whiskey,I can beat you even when I'm chilling.

[@alcohalic6338]

I have it on good authority that Hans has been training with Kramnik. Is Magnus or Hikaru aware of this. Maybe they don't give 2 hoots about this.

[@snowpants2212]

I love it when andrea starts spinning the beats lol

[@sambarbasa1643]

The guy has a lot of guts and that's big money if Hans will be lost he will live like a rat but I doubt he has a sponsor.

[@stlmatt2756]

Can I bet on magnus

[@ZolikaHosszu]

yeah, but william hill pays 1,01 to 1

[@gorgit]

​@ZolikaHosszu i hope he has insurance

[@giovannifrrri5495]

where's the eval bar?

[@mcvade7021]

I think this challenge speaks for itself.

[@randomtuberhandle]

Would love to see Magnus take Niemanns challenge. It would be nice to see Magnus get serious about a game again.

[@skibbles827]

Hans reminds me of Cartman. And the muppet babies.

[@j-mura6378]

anyone else notice how most players on that list has several thousand wins except for Hikaru with 30,000 wins

[@wcbranitly0692]

Pestilence, Famine, War, Death. I'll take those bonus points 🤓

[@Tatar_Piano]

We should ignore Niemann so to not make him popular, we should stop giving him publicity

[@BlackSheep_216]

Andrea starts spinnin the beats😂😂

[@aleattorium]

wtf was Nans babbling in the that video lmao

[@Camsauce87]

I feel like he was trying to be funny because at the end he goes "and that's why this is the greatest course in the world". He's either pulling off a hilarious level of sarcasm or he's legitimately insane.

[@aleattorium]

@@Camsauce87 I will never care enough to know which

[@ultrasound1459]

​@@aleattoriumyou just asked about it 📷

[@aleattorium]

@@ultrasound1459 yeah, and that was my reply to the other answer

[@jxstcrank]

He’s just been humbled by them both recently multiple times too 😂

[@dcoledesttaevadoithawj2207]

I am starting to love Hans. His trolling is top notch.

[@logic_matters]

Double check is commonly celebrated at International Grandmaster Chess tournaments, by the player standing up and doing a little dance, singing "Check check check out my melody" to the tune of the famous remix by Limp Bizkit in "My Way", as an ode to the classiz 1986 hit by Eric B & Rakim. Common knowledge, know your history.

[@epicchess2021]

🤣🤣

[@donrane]

Hans will only play this challenge in an enviroment where he can cheat. He sucks without cheating.

[@ManusMagus]

0:53 truly, your intellect is dizzying. The battle of wits has begun

[@remingtonwingmaster6929]

I had to do a double take to make sure it wasn't 1 million of Kramnik's rubles... but no, he did say USD

[@yJboO]

Hans "the badboy of chess" niemann

[@amurleopard51]

Facts!

[@n1te]

Ngl stockfish is the favorite even against Magnus.

[@steveb6718]

"grandmothers?"

[@moofins760]

One day some random guy is going to watch this channel and see 50+ inside jokes and get super confused and go to the *MUSHROOMS* section and ask what the heck is going on

[@tongpoo8985]

The mushrooms thing is the only one I don't get, what the heck is going on with that?

[@JohnnyMcMenamin]

neimann literally has fischer meglomania

[@daverobertson623]

Magnus has taken hans apart several times recently, he is not even on the same level, he is piggybacking the name for followers.

[@MrFootofDavros]

2.5 - 1.5 in the World Blitz last eight... Then he just beat MVL again. Sure you might not like him but he's certainly closing in on a top ten player level. Unclear how high he goes.

[@scottpetersen1939]

A few weeks ago when they played and Niemann beat Mags in the first game(?). the next game before they stated Nans was physically shaking. How well do you think he'd do with a million on the table?

[@billporter2731]

Can someone just wake me up whenever Hans goes to jail for insider trading or real estate fraud or selling counterfeit supplements? I'm not saying I know exactly which bonehead crime he's going to commit or when-I'm just saying he looks like the type and I'm ready for it to be over with.

[@jacquesduranceau8762]

I don't think Hans Niemann is going to have his day. The Indian contingent are going to dominate and there are some up and coming 13 year olds. Meanwhile, he is in the Kramnick school of self-caricature.

[@tiagopacheco4654]

Hans will be the weird middle child between the everlasting Magnus/Hikaru and the incoming Indian contingent

[@yc6018]

@@tiagopacheco4654 why do you even mention Hikaru ? Fabi and Nepo at least won the candidates

[@tiagopacheco4654]

@yc6018 bcuz Nepo will never be first, he is unfortunate to be in the same generation of Magnus while Hikaru had a bit of a head start on Magnus. Fabi is a bit overshadowed as well

[@CharlesDickens-l7s]

He reached number 1, he was Magnus’ hardest competition recently,

[@jinokar]

Strange that online he is better than offline , hmm i wonder why is that 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wkjacobs3893]

Yeah, put that money in escrow, Hans.

[@AndrewKeifer]

Response to the Nans Hiemann "training course" clip: "Truly you have a dizzying intellect." (Princess Bride for those who've forgotten)

[@karlstone6011]

Is Hans putting up a million dollars to build a Faraday cage?

[@Moonboyisflying]

James Gardne has a unique gift. Something actors would give their left food for.. Namely comic timing. To be able to make comedy out of commentating a chess game is one of a kind. It is extreemly thin line not to do too much or too little, there comes in handy natural sense for timing. You could be a stand up comidian or an actor, perhaps you already are? Anyhow well done, thank you for cracking me up.

[@epicchess2021]

thank you for the kind word appreciate it!

[@justsayin8676]

Hans has a well established reputation for cheating online. Pay no attention to his online rating. When playing over the board against Magnus and Hikaru, Hans loses badly. That's all that matters.

[@charlesdowthomson]

Give Hans a little credit. He's doing very well for a guy almost six feet tall.

[@daviddurbin7682]

Handy He-mann vs Magnificent Scarletor lmao

[@Legitti]

All games I've seen him play, he has lost, is he even good 🤣

[@gershomchimpinde1631]

This guy surely knows how to make friends 😂

[@TD_Geake]

Early ...Bf8-d6 gave a formation resembling the infamous "Camel toe"!

[@slept5971]

9:50 theyre so stoned all pieces are black

[@timblake1989]

Hans is such a baby it's unreal. Tries so hard to be relevant and just unknowingly insults himself in the process

[@justincase6683]

If Hans's pusher is watching this, wtf are u selling him? Whatever it is, keep going mate.

[@peterf90]

Good video, you sense of humor is always appreciated!

[@TruthSurge]

Hans got that stockfish probe working again! heheh It feeds him the 2nd best moves directly uh.... yeah. I'm afraid Magnus and Hikaru won't play for one .... MILLION dollars.

[@murkywters]

Price range anywhere between 1 and 1 million USD pick your ☠️

[@SeunAyodele-li2ns]

0:44 what was hans yapping about

[@senormojo]

He’s, as much as I can infer, yapping about the French.

[@albertmcmullen2669]

If Hans is willing to risk One Million dollars on a chess game against magnus, it will be with the assistance of Stockfish.

[@ProdigalClay]

If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, then confused them with your bullshit! 😂

[@Napolean71]

At one point, during the first minute, I thought I was comfortable with the French. Then I felt I wasn't comfortable. Then I forgot what the French was altogether...along with my name.

[@epicchess2021]

hahaha

[@NexusCircuit]

Someone explain the "Andrea starts spinning the beats"

[@epicchess2021]

party kciking off, Andrea Botez chess player haha

[@NexusCircuit]

@@epicchess2021 Oh, I see

[@true7340]

Hans is the villain chess needed 😭

[@fritsjewestera]

Missed a part of the game watching the scan!

[@pwash474]

Naka’s facial expressions priceless! 😆

[@elvisp9811]

Magnus is a chess genius, hans will never get to that level

[@SteveS-s3k]

Maybe they could agree to be co-winners without playing a single game. Think about it, half a million each with no effort required.

[@Dale21ify]

OMG The request to eat your own words for a million. Spicy shit happening right now yeahhh.