Eric Hansen vs. Magnus Carlsen Age 10 | Play Magnus App | Oslo Esports Cup 2022

"My goal is to survive past move 40...I'm going to have to visualize it's actually Magnus."
Canadian grandmaster and renowned chess streamer Eric Hansen takes the Play Magnus Champions Challenge on Day 6 of the Oslo Esports Cup 2022.
Players will have 2 minutes on the clock. The goal is to beat 10-year-old Magnus Carlsen in as few moves as possible, or if you're lost, to last as many moves as possible!
Eric has beaten the real-life Magnus in the past, most recently in Round 10 of the Airthings Masters back in February. But can he beat the 10-year-old app version?
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[@themagnuscarlsen]

In video games, there's always a final boss. In chess, I'm the final boss.

[@senthilpurusothamanm9614]

Magnus always a chess champion but now trying to become a poker and banter champion too 🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@benjlicup1270]

😂😂😂

[@mechanicalmind07]

Yes sir 😂

[@ninjaxd9050]

Stock fish is like that optional boss in JRPGs hidden in some random cave that 1 shots your whole party 😂

[@altair91100]

Savage

[@themagnuscarlsen]

Even when it's a draw, I still win ;)

[@hellolol5388]

Truly goat.

[@benjlicup1270]

😂😂😂

[@movteam8101]

Not surprised, it's called Magnus app for a reason🤣

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

No wonder you’re world champion bro

[@mastersanada]

😂

[@elindauer]

Eric shows great class not to point out how absurdly stacked this challenge is against him. No way 10yo Magnus plays at this speed and skill, while Eric faces a 2 min game with a bad mouse and no premoves. A true ambassador for the sport.

[@rq4740]

Can renowned GM Eric Hansen defeat 1 year old Magnus, which is actually just Stockfish we programmed to play at 2400 ELO, in a 2+0 blitz game with a shitty UI in which all the pieces look the same and he has to use our slow mouse ? Watch today's episode to find out

[@liamball9773]

"At 10, I was only like 1200" "Oh so were you a prodigy"

[@bariseker4193]

That's why I don't like it when the interviewer doesn't have any idea of chess.

[@nikamumladze8220]

she is like 300 so she thinks 1200s are prodigies😂

[@markomaran9753]

He was a prodigy. he just hadnt played alot of chess.

[@Mukki.Berlin]

After seeing all these GMs playing against Magnus, can we take a moment to appreciate the interviewer? She asks some nice questions, she knows the GMs well and creates a nice atmosphere. Honestly, this goes unnoticed quickly, but we should appreciate good interviewing/hosting skills, because you only realize how important they are when there is a shitty moderator/interviewer, but rarely people point out if an interviewer did a good job!

[@kshitijsingh4179]

Kaja might be weak at the chess terms but she's a very impressive commentator/interviewer tbh

[@JohnSmith-ds7oi]

She's not wearing a mask. She's a Trump supporter.

[@Mukki.Berlin]

@@kshitijsingh4179 I agree, good social skills!

[@sb_dunk]

@@kshitijsingh4179 I think she was specifically picked as the host/interviewer because of her lack of chess knowledge; she asks all the questions that viewers new to chess would ask.

[@Mukki.Berlin]

@@sb_dunk exactly! She does a great Job at making Sure Nobody gets left Out of the loop! Like anytime the grandmasters say "oh such a Tricky tactic!" She immediately asks "David can you Tell us what's going on?". Great stuff.

[@Simon-xi8tb]

"I was 1200 rated at the time..." Kaja: So were you a child prodigy? O_o

[@sebbyh9764]

Throwing shade

[@Av-uv6xu]

She's asking perfect questions for beginners as they want her to.

[@bariseker4193]

Eric lost 100 ELO after this question

[@hitomi7922]

I like that the music budget for the app was like $1. They just played three notes over and over

[@francescobruno418]

Tun tun tun, tu-tu-tum

[@lukeschmidt7872]

The Peoples Court will come knocking soon.

[@Asidders]

Game starts at 4:52

[@God-i2]

Look how they advertise a stupid app that doesn't allow for drag and drop. They found a bug in a live show.

[@felixdiehl1577]

Eric super well spoken here Keep it up man

[@alekhinebattery6297]

@9:02 - Eric's high-five to Kaja... 🤣 Didn't leave her hanging and didn't care if she wanted one or not (that's why he chuckles). 10/10 high-five technique

[@frenchp5435]

Better performance than Anish, who also drew but took the game extremely seriously and refused to interact with the casters while playing, literally saying "don't talk to me" multiple times in the game. Meanwhile Eric managed to turn the tables on the bot and gain an advantage while explaining his thought process and keeping it light-hearted.

[@bubness1587]

I'd say its more so Eric can talk and still play at the same or very similar level due to all the experience he has doing it whilst Anish doesn't have as much experience multi tasking in that way so knew it would cause him to make mistakes.

[@unkown753]

Eric is streamer

[@Av-uv6xu]

You should see Eric's first streams. Everyone was pointing how try harding and silent he was and needed to be in order to play chess well. Years of streaming is not a futile experience.

[@sillymonkey725]

It's like that 'Magnus wins!" screen was specially designed to upset Eric. lol

[@bonzo5621]

well this was the worst ambient to play chess ever, standing in front of to low desk, bending over the laptop, no pre moves in short time format, also, if im noticing well, you have to click pieces to move( online players will get why this is a misery) and to top it of, after he made a draw in a winning end game( because no time left) you get trolled with "magnus wins" and " you lost in 62 moves" ,,,, just to funny, respect for my dude Eric, keep on brother, cheers from Croatia!

[@MrBalor89]

Judging from the body language and the fact the game only starts @4:54, I'd say the interviewer lady has a little crush on our boy Eric Handsome 😉

[@ryszardkilinski1238]

GM being happy about drawing a game with 10-year-old Magnus. That's how dominant this man has been since he arrived in the chess realm!

[@rq4740]

Dude it’s stockfish

[@pranavjayaprakasanut]

@@rq4740 lmao 🤣

[@frankjohnson123]

Computer moves instantly, there needs to be an increment to make this fair.

[@yaminrashid980]

I think adding an increment would make it too easy

[@MrShakes77]

pre-moves need to be enabled for a 2 minute time control

[@henriksundt7148]

How sweet. A "morning-TV" interview with Eric Hansen, otherwise the coolest chess streamer online with gabber on his headset.

[@نوافرشيد-م8د]

This is the most convincing game Eric has in the tournament so far.

[@bashy8466]

He handled shakh pretty well

[@نوافرشيد-م8د]

@@bashy8466 I know. First shake is a nice considerate guy. Second, he was drunk the night before because mentally he was thinking that he's playing the underdog of the tournament.

[@Joe-zu7lx]

Eric is good in interviews

[@mortalkombaty7960]

That s the only thing he is good at and Marbles of course

[@zex_1v1lol13]

@@mortalkombaty7960 and chess obvs

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@mortalkombaty7960 and getting girls probably

[@mortalkombaty7960]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate Yeah many things but Chess lol . I m sure he is good at getting man too LOL.

[@d1nonly155]

I love the comments of Magnus Carlsen himself the final boss of the chess game

[@maxfightmaster1338]

Eric is the people’s champ. Huge PP and doesn’t walk like a turd burglar

[@sethrose1325]

lmaooooo

[@acousticmeatus8141]

Under rated comment, needs more likes 😂😂

[@bobdole7292]

Eric regularly has 2900+ rating in 3 min online. Sometimes 3000+ Magnus at aged 10 was 2300 Great way to show your app is not calibrated

[@zxien1]

The app is calibrated for classical time format. The computer thinks instantly unlike in real life.

[@askaryerzhanuly9891]

I like that when he is clearly taking it serious and trying not to lose, the system glitches and gives him a loss...you can see the disappointment in his face lol

[@christopherperumalla3267]

I love how Kaja asks Eric about his personal life but asks Pragg if hes a computer

[@00bikeboy]

Well done, Eric!

[@DerickMasai]

9:11 Notice how our big chief is silent when they draw/win situation comes up. That's probably because our boy is biting his tongue so as not to say "this shit is RIGGED from the start" 😂

[@rq4740]

He was probably about to say "I literally don't care"

[@austinpriest9830]

Eric: I was 1200 at 10 years old Kaja: were you a prodigy? Does she know what a chess rating is or what a prodigy is?

[@haithamswaidan9440]

My boy Eric is juiced 💪🏼

[@chadwerning8452]

Developer who wrote the function that calculated win just lost his job. :(

[@abhigyandatta2008]

Master Oogway: There are no accidents.. Master Magnus: There are no draws..

[@AnCoSt1]

absolute fucking tragedy that they can't program an app to say "draw" with a draw. like how embarrassing. if statements too much for you?

[@vecomeco]

Actually I heard it’s programmed to say win if there is a draw and Eric played.

[@LordMayonnaise]

that UI is atrocious

[@luciddreamworks]

Spot on analysis! Much respect for Eric!! Speed chess is addicting amd what got me addicted

[@inamiamiaamin4670]

i come for these videos just to see magnuse comments

[@30svich]

Mongoose Cuttlefish

[@boardvision4965]

Yes Eric lad, putting in the work

[@smaklilu90]

The system glitched at the end, which hints something stockfishy is going on there. 😁

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

Is this still theory?

[@Aliens-Are-Our-Friends2027]

9:19 quote of the match

[@elgonzo5]

I got respect for Eric now.

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

Eric is the best chess streamer

[@stephuchiha1317]

Never seen this guy win one game

[@JamesSully]

Having to click twice instead of dragging cost him so much time. The interface could use some work

[@tomasprado2387]

Go to 4:54 for the match start

[@juhonieminen4219]

Its weird to see Eric with no loud techno music and house party in the background.

[@SyromerB]

Eric glitched the System 😂

[@willudallmusic]

Let's go Eric!

[@D1G1TALFOX]

N 1 c e O n e . . . GG Eric 😎 🚀

[@tankoteemusic9755]

I wonder if this can be an on going event where players in the tournament are to play Magnus app (with both black and white) and prizes to the top 3 finishers. If same score then we go for a tiebreak where we play higher age Magnus. If still same score up to Age 30 then winner is decided through other methods.

[@donjon8328]

The winner gets to down on Magnus

[@hocuspocus6681]

This guy is so cool

[@castellotheleon1671]

What is up with these pawns moving diagonally and eating the pawn below........ 6:04 8:23

[@lordabhijith]

Canada is that kid in class who is sloppy. But will stand up for the right thing, despite the consequences.

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE… MAGNUS HIM SELF TO TAKE CARE “MAGNUS 10 YEAR BOT”

[@acousticmeatus8141]

So wait, so far, only David has won against Magnus at 10 ryt?

[@rhyanflores2835]

Galing mag chess ni congtv

[@lashau7056]

Little did he know that soon he would play against adult Magnus and lose.

[@Elrog3]

This is not comparable to a game vs magnus at age 10. The time situation is all screwed up.

[@lawofthewest1983]

It was a glitch! Always my excuse at online chess ;)

[@xanbex8324]

Yeah I love Eric

[@roing747]

computer says 'no'

[@gonzalopolar6986]

let magnus play again against his application

[@ihatehiphopcultureandsosho6317]

There's already a KZbin video where he plays it and loses. He tries playing quickly and I think he even sacrificed pieces unnecessarily to show off, and he ends up losing.

[@flatulencetheunendingii5815]

i wouldnt be surprised if they just renamed chess to magnus

[@lekoneje]

I’m almost sure I could draw Magnus age 6 (months).

[@joeyblogsy]

Good job Eric👍

[@manuprakash7833]

In 12 year pragg gm

[@GregTurismo]

Lol this was intense

[@niklas0000]

"playing simple chess" - plays the sicilian :D

[@boboyu35]

Nakamura or Firouzja will show you 😅😅 Caruana miss his chance .. by the way boss still waiting for 2900+

[@fatbrothers4700]

Why can he move the pawn like that at 8:23?

[@oivindification]

en passant

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Google en passant

[@garlicpress6121]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate holy hell

[@saadjsayed]

Surely Magnus has rigged his app for him to win always

[@Xtr3me0wn4ge]

EYE CONTACT Eric.

[@Matt-by3yd]

Nah some girls are way too intense with it lol I also enjoy avoiding eye contact sometimes

[@Xtr3me0wn4ge]

@@Matt-by3yd that's not the way to go bro. Learn to master your fears

[@Matt-by3yd]

@@Xtr3me0wn4ge it’s not fear at all mate lmao

[@Matt-by3yd]

@@Xtr3me0wn4ge that’d be like me saying learn to master your fears and give hugs to strangers bro. Different strokes for different folks man

[@Mike1614b]

taking this challenge is for suckers- there's no upside

[@surendrapandey9653]

I think liem le is quite good

[@aaron8229]

Does Elon Musk have a son he doesn't know about? Eric kinda looks like him and has similar mannerisms

[@albertbatfinder5240]

Thinking exactly the same. They have similar speech mannerisms too. No offence, but they probably inhabit similar frequency bands on the spectrum, as do so many individualistic mavericks.

[@mouwersor]

Both are neurodivergent. Eric has adhd, Elon has autism

[@brucewayne2184]

Yeah but he beat Magnus age 30 irl so

[@fyfoh]

Magnus still gets paid when his 10 year old AI wins.

[@mcasariego]

Didn't know Elon Musk played competitive chess!

[@dilipmadurai367]

Age 10 😉

[@nulltube2530]

Ofcourse computer ai or engine is better at calculation obviously, i would applause eric on that breathe no ever average chessplayer is better than that🤷

[@michael2244]

That blonde girl is alright looking =)

[@tanusrichandra6286]

Your opinion was needed thanks ☺️

[@haithamswaidan9440]

Yea she’s alright

[@bariseker4193]

The girl should learn some chess

[@trashorfire3191]

eric was robbed. eric wins!

[@Bumbaross]

He kinda looks like Elon musk

[@ilyab.5127]

i think i can beat magnus age 1 💪😂

[@johnhibbs8553]

I only watch this for Kaja 😍

[@HimanshuKumar-mw7pw]

He is chessbrah no.....

[@brandonbarker7817]

😆 🤣 😂

[@WuhSuhDood]

Lol draw=loss

[@nicbentulan]

I wanna see Magnus Carlsen play against a 10 year old Wesley So but in #9LX

[@The__weekday]

Elon Musk takes on a 10 yr old

[@cazorla82]

App is rigged

[@Siacourage]

Eric Hansen looks like he's related to David Howell. I think they share the same Asian ancestors.

[@occultsymbols]

Eric played fine but this setup is TRASH. No premoves and you have to click and cannot drag? That is pathetic

[@extremespoon]

She has a thing for Eric

[@Nimloth333]

why you say that?

[@sillymonkey725]

@@Nimloth333 projecting

[@frenchp5435]

Nah she's just happy to be interviewing a GM with charisma for once. Look at Anish Giri vs Magnus age 10, was way less entertaining than this.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

That wouldn't be surprising but let's not assume this quickly

[@kaspervercruysse5710]

Don't we all

[@Hoodratliker]

Elon Musk

[@dutchchessbetterthancheese1239]

Hahaha

[@occultsymbols]

im sorry i am a big fan of magnus but this app is embarrassing

[@mortalkombaty7960]

Eric clowney Hansen lost 6 match out of 7 and now thsis LOL, return to twitch

[@nicks543]

You sound mad

[@humptydumpty6411]

@mortal kombaty you mad bro? Doing nothing with your life so hating on other successful people?

[@testingsomething5280]

Why are comments like this always at the bottom of chess videos😂

[@kriss9490]

@@testingsomething5280 For people like you to scroll long down and comment shit.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@testingsomething5280 A lot of chess fans are those guys who think they're smarter than everyone else

[@Mike-jz9hr]

How tall is Eric? For some reason I thought he would have been a manlet. Sorry for the mistake chief.

[@futbolsea]

Осталось только Магнусу сыграть против Магнуса!)))