Eric bets $500 that he can win with NO QUEEN and NO ROOKS

FOLLOW THE CHANNEL
▶ WATCH LIVE / chessbrah
▶ SUBSCRIBE / chessbrah
▶ Play Chess go.chess.com/chessbrah
▶ / chessbrahtv
▶ / chessbrahtv
FOLLOW THE BRAHS:
/ amanhambleton
/ eric.hansen
/ hansenchess
/ amanhambleton
Check out our clothing store! ▶ chessbrahstore.com ​
Chess Books ▶www.amazon.com/shop/chessbrah
Chess Memberships▶ go.chess.com/chessbrah
Our Music Producers ► MARTIN K4RMA and Jack Ryan (JR)
fanlink.to/MARTINK4RMA
/ martink4rma
/ official.jr.music
spoti.fi/3zaJVMZ (Jack Ryan Spotify)
#erichansen #chess #chessbrah

[@TheViolicous]

my guy mike played like he was the one given the challenge lol

[@user-ro9md9wp3j]

@@danielcurcio6642 lmao

[@shadyashraf1031]

I am 1800 and I can definitely beat this challenge againt eric blindfolded

[@Ottenhort]

@@shadyashraf1031 mike is 900 :)

[@kaos7012]

@@shadyashraf1031 That's not impressive lol

[@shadyashraf1031]

@@Ottenhort yeah and he lost as expected .. what do you want ?

[@quirenciatala437]

I swear if anyone beats me down two rooks and a queen at anything but bullet, I'll stop playing chess.

[@farhanaditya131]

yes, even that guy is magnus

[@sommanshukhajuria6593]

@@farhanaditya131 yup

[@asharullah353]

Kindly asking, what would be your rating?

[@nikamumladze8220]

I will not. i love chess i have already blundered my queen 1000 times so i wont stop playing because of 1 game, even though 2100 should not be losing like that🙂

[@hilbertonfields]

honestly if i lose down a queen even vs magnus carlsen in anything but bullet I'm quitting chess as well, 2200 over here (all time controls)

[@menpower1]

Wow, to start -19 and end with +4 without having even queened a pawn. GG Eric!

[@MIIC2]

I believe the unstoppable queening is calculated into that +4. But yeah!

[@mvwouden]

@@MIIC2 1 extra pawn and a bishop is exactly +4 so it's the pure material advantage

[@user-ys2ll8zq2k]

@@MIIC2 it's about raw piece values, not computer evaluation

[@Abstru5e.]

other guy also really sucks lol

[@Quincycle]

Well Mike played like shit

[@oblibeggar7571]

Dude some serious rich kids in chessbrahs chat

[@chessmasters9012]

lol even with 1/10 of the viewers as other channels, they are still the most subbed twitch chess channel ever.

[@yuws.]

hes an adult

[@kvg7518]

@@yuws. нет блять he is infant

[@7cmhg840]

Most of them are 30+ years old, even some are 50+

[@chessmasters9012]

@@chrisbeaudoin9818 I said in the chess category, please learn to read

[@Ism0Lait3la]

Why 900s dont give away their bishop for a pawn against me dawg

[@maxkho00]

Because if you were playing, you would've taken the bishop with the pawn, allowed Rf2+ and blundered your bishop on c2, then would've thought that this 900 is a genius for setting up this clever tactic. In reality, 900s blunder their pieces all the time in one way or another, you just don't see that.

[@bulletstrongholder644]

@@maxkho00 nah this guy was more like 400

[@chanddd2]

they probably do, but you dont see the move lol

[@Ism0Lait3la]

@@maxkho00 sure, im about 1k. But this guy played way below 900 this game. 900-1000 elo dont give away pieces for free generally

[@maxkho00]

@@Ism0Lait3la As a 2000, I can confidently tell you that you are wrong. He easily played at the 900-1000 level. Not only do 900s hang pieces regularly, but Mike only straight-up hung one piece (his queen) until his rook blunder in low time. Most 900-level games don't finish without at least one piece hung, so I see no reason why this performance by Mike should be considered sub-par for his rating.

[@sakimano]

When you're up a queen and two rooks you attack and trade like crazy, don't play passively.

[@marshmelows]

obviously force trades

[@DeuceGenius]

just trade everything lol almost every trade is winning lol

[@morenocroda-yw4wr]

Just sac to open up the position, I tried against queenless stockfish and I was able to easily beat it

[@watteau6646]

At first I saw the 900 rating, and I thought, "come on, Eric!". Then I saw the game and that he had to avoid trades and even simple wins of material. Great job, Eric! Entertaining as always!

[@cagedgandalf3472]

Cut mike some slack. He just wanted to donate 500 dollars without making it obvious.

[@Kreamations]

Gotta be staged. Why would you trade queen for knight, throwing 500 dollars away

[@Kreamations]

@@MrMordecai I’ll gladly admit I care about 500 dollars

[@aydenzinter2849]

I'm sure he already wanted to gift the 500

[@Ramin2340]

900s suck. The sooner you realise this the better...

[@michaelbauers8800]

There's a move in chess called a "blunder". That was probably one of those.

[@eruptrl8893]

I just wanted to say that there is a lot of arguing and anger in the comment section over how well Mike played, so if you decide to scroll down, brace yourself.

[@shaunakkulkarni4679]

I think Mike is a paid actor. 900 is not the best elo but it doesn’t warrant this kind of play.

[@matthias916]

Eric didn't win by checkmate yet mike still donated $500

[@Lune___.]

Mike doesnt owe him anything. He said win via checkmate; Eric won via resignation.

[@michaelbauers8800]

If someone was being really technical, I agree. There's these proposition bets, where there's some trick like that. Only a conman plays that sort of game though, IMO. Not a "sportsman."

[@Lune___.]

@@michaelbauers8800 yup true

[@newshot3191]

wasn't the opponent the same guy as the doner .. if so, he could resign endless amount of games instead of getting checkmate ... and it's hard to checkmate to begin with.

[@emileboucquet5581]

well, I didn't see a checkmate on the board...

[@FT029]

I think the 900 played all right. Eric made it extremely difficult for the opponent to trade, and had superior everything positionally. very fun watch

[@MarcoMate87]

The 900 played all right WTF?!?!?!

[@OArchivesX]

lol if you can't win with 2 rooks and queen up.. clearly you didn't play "all right"

[@chessmasters9012]

@@OArchivesX all right for a 900 lol. 900s are supposed to hang mate in one every move no?

[@jamesontang3218]

@@MarcoMate87 he played what i expected for a 900, obviously with flaws but there was logic there

[@reinsaxony4623]

He played really bad. Not overall bad, but horrendous by 900s blitz standards.

[@lhasenor3736]

Please he has a family, kids to feed, bills to pay, and a life to live. Mercy I beg.

[@xPulse582]

After (I think move 13 or 14) after dxc4 isn't Qd3 winning on the spot?

[@NoisqueVoaProduction]

Mike is a genious! He can't checkmate you if you resign!

[@momentouscrazynoob1709]

great content, and amazing challenge :D

[@ZsebtelepHUN]

I think Jan said that in one of his banter blitz that he plans to publish a book on how to win a queen up, very recommended

[@exyijgfft3883]

love this video, nice👍👍

[@kienthanhle6230]

I can't even checkmating without rook and queen. He's so good

[@insight827]

I’m 800 and I can beat stockfish from this position

[@mcarey94]

With only 5 mins? Yeah, it’s certainly doable without time constraints.

[@thunderenriquez255]

stockfish 1 eh?

[@NowhereMan7]

What level stockfish though? (not that Ive tried myself)

[@krystian8082]

The highest level of stockfish ofc. Being ~800 elo just tried it and it's ridiculously easy. I didn't watch the start of the video at first and thought this opponent was either trolling or first time playing chess.

[@itsdifficulttocreateaperfe9850]

@@NowhereMan7Just try it. Stockfish is an engine and doesn't know how to trick, especially when down material and it plays the best moves, so it sees all the threats and reacts to them accordingly even if you didn't see them. So it is extremly easy to trade all the pieces down and win.

[@y.a.2774]

I'm rated near 900 blitz and nobody actually plays like that. I know people in my rating are bad but nobody trades a bishop for a pawn... Or randomly lets knight take queen. Hard to believe this is real

[@MyRuis]

Don’t flatter yourself. I am about 1500-1600 and regularly give away full pieces to non-GMs and my opponents luckily for me do the same. Also, don’t underestimate that it is easier to blunder when the position is tricky and Eric is trying to make the position exactly that.

[@ohNelly]

i would’ve just traded 2 rooks and queen with the knights and bishops

[@JP-lr8rr]

Well Mike is

[@shadourow-bathory6965]

Imo, just trading a knight for 2 borders pawns (giving you a passer), would have been more than enough

[@Gabriel64468]

@@shadourow-bathory6965 if you play well it is enough. Again, that's when people stop being 1000. Just the passer can be barricaded quite easily so you still have to put in work.

[@shadourow-bathory6965]

@@Gabriel64468 You're right, but barricaded by usually more than one piece, leaving the GM basically with only pawns and his king to work with

[@ohNelly]

@@shadourow-bathory6965 wouldnt work if they had rooks and queens

[@Schacal6666]

Mike rly tried to give it away

[@MANIRES]

win by checkmate? ha, i resign!

[@ricksick81]

can you also show occasions on youtube where you lost a challenge?

[@pelimies1818]

Great vid!

[@FusselOpi]

Didnt win by checkmate though. 🤔🤔

[@sacspear7905]

What’s the outro?

[@DavidLinSun]

What's the significance of the knight h7 comment?

[@lakpansherpa6550]

A man of his words.😂

[@andrewmaksymiuk986]

I would love to see a game where hes allowed to have all the pieces on the board buut just can never move the queen and rooks. Also has to incorporate them into a checkmate by leaving them in their original square.

[@eggman969]

Eric needs some sunshine.

[@chadzack9748]

But you didn't win by mate, you won by resignation

[@zxc2851]

After this game i feel myself a 1800, not a 900

[@abdalla6732]

Mike was doing well all the way through as eric said .. all his trades were perfectly fine except the bishop for pawn and rook blunder at the end. I say he played like a 900. Good for him.

[@zxc2851]

@@abdalla6732 I dont sacrifice bishop for pawn and dont blunder something more than 2 pawns in endgame

[@abdalla6732]

@@zxc2851 yes but this was not a normal game, he desperately wanted to break through a gm defence since he was up material. He did it the wrong way obviously.

[@zxc2851]

@@abdalla6732 i have no idea how does 900 think but blunder a rook isnt a way through

[@user-ys2ll8zq2k]

@@zxc2851 речь о трейде слона на пешку ради вскрытия центра доски, но это была плохая идея А ладью он потерял скорее всего из-за малого количества времени, многие игроки очень плохо с этим справляются, поэтому например их блитц рейтинг существенно ниже чем рапид

[@josevaldez1554]

This is some serious fun😄

[@vossenjonk3448]

Dying to know this unreleased song :(

[@jcfgykjtdk]

What is that song

[@MrCheeze]

4:28 Finally the answer to "Two bishops, vhat else?"

[@TheLeopard2A6]

are you proud eric? 😂😂

[@XiaZ]

How did you manage your nerves after that thumbnail? I'd never be able to.

[@aboveinfu3nce844]

I'm confused on how so many people have a spare $500 to drop on twitch

[@Meruem4]

Money laundering

[@jacobshirley3457]

Rich kids. Good jobs.

[@tyrobinson2462]

All you had to do was trade pieces! Have to try to lose this badly

[@Omnia-ad-gloriam-dei]

Awesome game

[@Patrick462]

on the edge of my seat!

[@TheFlanker47]

Still waiting for the checkmate :P

[@ankitdubey9310]

i can hold my own against him being a queen up, with a queen and a piece i will definetely win

[@ludomirsteinbruck9376]

Thats not interesting

[@tdbsoccer]

I know what Mike thought losing that bishop for a pawn... Nothing.

[@georgegater9298]

This happened to my buddy Eric

[@liam7073]

It's like a Hikaru stream except I'm enjoying it

[@khalidx1450]

That 900 learned alot of tactics from alpha zero .. I liked the gambits he made..

[@reynan8907]

Trade everything but your queen.

[@nahuelporta1648]

1:07 May I ask what was remarkable from Nh7? New at chess btw, thanks in advance

[@priyangshusaraswati4067]

Most lower rated players don't even think about moving their knights backwards to re-route it to a better square, so when Eric saw him re routing, he thought his opponent must be planning some special sort of a play or an attack :)))

[@nahuelporta1648]

@@priyangshusaraswati4067 thank you very much, ir makes a lot of sense know, I appreciate it!

[@priyangshusaraswati4067]

@@nahuelporta1648 no problem mate, have a good day!

[@nahuelporta1648]

@@priyangshusaraswati4067 such good manners, hope u have a good day too good person! :)

[@Urza26]

Just to add to what is said, it also sometimes depends on context. There are many times where backward knight moves such as to h7 is done to reroute it somewhere else or to unleash the c or f pawn. On some rare occasions, it is done purely for defense. So the backward knight move can be the sign of a lot of things. You can sometimes see this with bishops too where they awkwardly return to f1 or some other strange backward move.

[@alikhaled2389]

That game was nice

[@razormane8672]

so wheres the checkmate?

[@l3fthandmann372]

Where's the 100 subs?

[@grandpatzer]

This was hilarious

[@ShapedByMusic]

As a fellow 900, this guy was trying to lose 😂

[@anthonygross1963]

Mike should never be allowed to play another game in his life.

[@myownprivateglasgow280]

Like riding a bike with no back wheel (or brakes)... pretty good.

[@caionascimento4234]

No checkmate though lol

[@chenandrew3696]

he won by resignation, not checkmate tho lol

[@RomanReing-fd6mc]

1:19 does that means good or bad 😬

[@TheSlyfer1]

opponent was braindead

[@interstellarbeatteller9306]

So Mike also chose to throw away his Queen. Interesting....

[@JazzieHERO]

All Mike had to do was trade out the pieces then easy win

[@lastmanxa]

I feel its setup game

[@RaptorsReport]

Mike should have let his clock expire so that he wouldn't have to pay.

[@joshharrison619]

Eric can give him time

[@satyro8186]

I would have been impressed if he checkmated a 2000

[@rogerrangel6141]

How can he set a game like that?

[@ratherrapid]

Mike is a member of genus Simea,

[@micahkirk918]

eric just bet magnus !!!

[@shubhamagnihotri190]

That's embarrassing to say the least

[@ECPolitics]

Mike should have just resigned then he'd have won the bet... wasn't checkmate? A classic chess hustle there. xD

[@aayush1552]

Me: Doesnt know what I am doing and randomly puts knight on h7 Chessbrah : Damn he's a pro

[@sohamchikte9171]

Bro he is taunting 🤣

[@peterstans]

yeah :D but I think he actually did it purpously to open up the bishop

[@aayush1552]

@@sohamchikte9171 8 months of playing and i have realised

[@zenkira_]

0:38 "I'll do my usual set up" I mean, how usual is it to start off a game without a queen nor rooks? lol

[@Moon-uh9st]

Next: Checkmate with no pieces at all (-39). 10000$

[@mikhailkorobov5488]

chessbrah is best

[@physco4641]

No 1000 rated player like me need time pressure to commit blunder.

[@mustafahelmy5270]

I believe you.that wasn't fake

[@chillbruh5431]

Eric asks a 900 player: Do you want candy or a whoopin? 900 player: ugh..ugh?..WHOOPIN!?

[@marshmelows]

900 rating? He needs to wake up and apologize

[@polat7795]

1:16 Lmao Thats rude

[@Pageleplays]

yikes - didn’t win by checkmate 🥴

[@CoryTheSimmons]

5:40 paid actor

[@ankitdubey9310]

why just wait with your queen in such position , just go for the throat man!!

[@fredflints]

He did not checkmate, though.

[@igorjeslenikov585]

Man how can u be sp low, but still think u not

[@amandopurperhart1351]

no checkmate tho

[@omirrrr]

I self mate all the time

[@valentinklevanec9352]

Im also 900. Its impossible to win me with my +19

[@DeuceGenius]

holy shit lol

[@ih8mcfly]

I bet I can’t win with all queens

[@thedude5599]

That guy is the worst 1000 I have ever seen.

[@mcarey94]

When you first start playing it starts you at like 800. That’s prob what happened here.

[@gregheffley2]

How do you choke this bad

[@dik2bik]

knight h7....

[@no-vj7fi]

I'm literally a 700 rated player and that queen hang made me sick

[@moiids1668]

Eric didn't win with checkmate though

[@NowhereMan7]

checkmate or the other person resigns because its inevitable - same thing.

[@emangamer1729]

what's the big deal about Knight h7?

[@semanel2472]

This move is underdeveloping, knight has much less activity there and control less important squares.

[@emangamer1729]

@@semanel2472 thanks

[@grannywalter]

There was no checkmate tho) So technically resignation doesn't count xD