GM Aman Hambleton's excellent Rook ending vs GM Melikset at 11th Calgary International Blitz

GM Aman Hambleton's excellent Rook ending technique vs GM Melikset Khachiyan at 11th Calgary International Chess Blitz Tournament

[@matijaslat2100]

a little "i will casualy take a queen so you know what is coming" move...

[@betzalelsacks7517]

That’s not the real reason. It is because taking a queen after you promote takes more time...

[@cucinare-da-zero]

i've grabbed a queen to promote to like that in a classical game to psych out my opponent

[@ghostapostle7225]

Well, it was justified with time pressure but surely has a psychological effect. lol

[@mrstutoring]

1:04

[@Mantose262]

Replying to all who says it is normal to take a queen before you promote. That is true but he grabbed it so soon. He was possibly 10+ moves away from promoting when he grabbed the queen from the captured pile.

[@jakeshumway9487]

I was distracted by how cool he looked with his hood on and had to watch the video 3 times

[@Charlie-oy8dk]

you had to

[@user-vc1ft3lf4v]

TTV BTW

[@basedhutao775]

I was distracted at first but he is doing some good stuff on the board

[@DalleGamer]

I hate how the kid in the background probably is twice as good as me.

[@TheFenrirulfr]

For all we know he might be a fucking GM. Man, wish i didnt quit chess when i was younger. maybe i could have had something there.

[@joekerr5418]

Surely, you're twice as good as that kid at something else

[@84y87]

@@joekerr5418 Height ... hopefully

[@yoyoiven]

Oh yeah at the Mechanics Chess Institute in SF, the top 10 at every tournament is 60% children under 16

[@kasajizo3136]

@@TheFenrirulfr if you suck at chess now you aren't going to better when you're a kid

[@pierre-loupsirotic5850]

I like the sportsmanship from Melikset, big smile and all that at the end.

[@antimatter2417]

You won't get this from Hikaru

[@Critos4]

@@antimatter2417 Hikaru just doesn't care you guys . He also will probably and call the enemy a cheater/ lucky guy :)

[@Ism0Lait3la]

@@antimatter2417 lmao have to bring Hikaru into every conversation do you

[@jere3604]

@@Ism0Lait3la he lives rent free in some peoples heads

[@thegettokidZz]

That's what happens when you respect the other player and play not to win but for the sport of the game. If you play to improve finding someone better than you/can beat you is a treat. (Especially the better you get)

[@orangenasa]

I like how he switched the piece he's fondling like he knew he was going to queen anyway

[@erdling3132]

"like he knew" of course he knew lol

[@ohboi9578]

Bruh have you watched a chess game before this ? Lol

[@vigneshwaranm1224]

Tat is exerting an indirect kinda pressure

[@nilen]

what??

[@thirdguardian8172]

PUSH'EM BABY

[@designz3660]

AND GIMME YOUR PAWNS

[@SVOKRAplays]

Lmao I bet Aman is that sort of guy who drives hooded because he feels cool af

[@TheKinglear14]

This killed me lmao😂

[@vianshade7739]

he doesn t feel cool, he IS cool

[@bishopscore]

Don't we all just love Aman and Eric? Go Chessbrahs!

[@MrSpeedyAce]

I can't imagine playing calmly with only 5 seconds on the clock.

[@hiphoponeworld]

thats why you wont ever be a GM

[@MrSpeedyAce]

@@hiphoponeworld True

[@fedess3647]

@@hiphoponeworld as if you would ever become one

[@hiphoponeworld]

@@fedess3647 well my dad says i will become one so

[@fedess3647]

@@hiphoponeworld your dad also says you're handsome and special, doesn't mean it's true

[@DangerRuss14]

Unbelievably firm handshake at the end there.

[@jimboindamix6232]

Aman hamblenton sounds like a brand of granny biscuits

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

I remember watching this video years ago still awesome to watch it

[@bbccrawling6831]

Perfect execution eh? And that's another reason why Aman Hambleton is my favorite grand master of all time He always squeezes water from stone, he's funny he's likable he's just the greatest in my opinion. 👌

[@McIsOmg]

amans my second, eric is my first

[@germaincasse]

let's be honest we all love him for his hair

[@auroraofstars]

Germain Cassé and his eu na commentary

[@ferguson1376]

@@McIsOmg fabi and eric > aman> anyone else

[@Pauliex33]

@@germaincasse and the ability to grow a beard like a norse god

[@krumpunkkrumpunk9094]

He looks like anime charachter who seems lazy but op asf

[@middlecomic1108]

i was thinking the same thing

[@leonardomelis4612]

at 0:49 he's probably calculating all the way down to the lucena position in the ending. that's why it's a perfect rook endgame :)

[@strikercool911]

"perfect rook endgame" sure mate.

[@chaz__digital]

ive never seen Aman off twitch.... its nice to see him on youtube like a human

[@chaz__digital]

...over the board.

[@Keep701]

I could hear the techno music with Aman spelling out each move.

[@t2benglishman155]

I knew it XQC was a Grandmaster!!

[@ermisg3161]

AHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@mikionorton2236]

I thought Aman was xQc for a sec too

[@miguelgamis4583]

That's the Scrambleton!

[@futuregmchess1561]

Thank You bro

[@Tigger-101]

herman the derman lookin nice

[@gopikrishnan3976]

omfg Aman is agadmator's hoodie guy

[@sasakikojiro7430]

1:51 aste para atrás que molestas wey XD El niño: a no ma si cierto.jpg

[@DNJ9o9o]

Aman looks like an anime main character

[@Temuulen_tetris]

Damn he looks like magnus nielsen from dark

[@marshmelows]

Yes ahah!

[@00bikeboy]

Very nice technique.

[@pricedownproductions9851]

Looks like Melikset could spend some time with us brahs Building Habits

[@Mike-kh6bq]

hemant srinivasan looking clean and fresh

[@mabelramos277]

CHESSBRAH IN REAL LIFE

[@Corl296]

That kid is anish giri spectating, feel old yet?

[@romanray3847]

HAMBO FOR THE BOYS

[@redataoussi]

Grabbing a queen 20moves before promoting. That's badass.

[@santiurquijo1197]

Te imaginas ir a un torneo con la polera de Twitch como quien no quiere la cosa? Loco. mi puto ídolo Aman

[@videosdaily918]

If you look closely at amans hands you can see that they are shaking a bit

[@liebefriedenworldwide8780]

no must be your screen.. what are you doing? XD

[@videosdaily918]

@@liebefriedenworldwide8780 1:41

[@liebefriedenworldwide8780]

@@videosdaily918 yah I see it now, good observation skills

[@videosdaily918]

@@liebefriedenworldwide8780 thanks!

[@dariodesansebastian]

1:22 Look at that drunk king move!

[@masonterry8826]

299,196 views and 260 subscribers... why world?

[@romeboytrades2023]

Very nice *in a Swedish accent

[@Twas-RightHere]

_M-must_ _D-d-defeat_ Tseries!!!

[@aruc7321]

Hemant looking nice and fresh

[@aruc7321]

so segyy

[@lukeves]

It's funny, seen Gambo play 1000 games but never OTB, until now.

[@kaue4059]

Meu cérebro: Ednaldo Pereira enxadrista não existe, ele não pode te machucar. Ednaldo Pereira enxadrista:

[@henrychoy2764]

4 mor fun - top heavy pieces - the tipper slipper problem of physics

[@ecasareno]

Rg3 instead of Rg6. Rook was out of play.

[@kushaladaora3430]

I would rather resign than play Rg3

[@linkclass6229]

ElRubius 😱

[@TristanThurlow]

That was class

[@stonecold7589]

good one

[@dustinkoperski4769]

Hambo is a God

[@takyc7883]

FOR THE BOYS

[@mithilesh2750]

Homless Aman

[@zxro.r6583]

sportsmanship, just a couple of dudes being guys

[@PeppmanPeter]

lol?

[@speedracercry6771]

im 1100 and i just dont get why melikset didnt go for draw at 1:31

[@jail7722]

Dia 10: Creo que empezemos a ver a rubius en todas partes

[@GMBethHarmon]

Why do I hear techno music?

[@kirito3491]

No sabia que el rubius jugaba tan bien

[@FrancisMacomber1936]

Horitontal opposition at about 1:30 was nice.

[@jamaltan2582]

0:39 White King takes black pawn should be way better, no?

[@annalisajohn]

Didn't he blunder 1:32 not taking the pawn with rook but moving the king.

[@AnIntriguedFeline]

Check was in check. He had to move the king.

[@codingwithnamit8551]

ig the game wsa drawn, the man blundered due to time issue. (i am 1400, so idk much about chess, tell me if i am wrong)

[@_carrbgamingjr]

@@EraughtanI think he means at the beginning of the vid

[@junwei8480]

@@Eraughtan and for 1000 rated players

[@choirinnur6870]

1:30, why white rook didn't takes that pawn?

[@johnpgranados]

When Aman’s king moved, he gave check with his rook, so the white king had to move.

[@choirinnur6870]

@@johnpgranados oh sorry, i didn't see it was a check... Thanks for explanations..

[@MikeyLan]

Can anyone explain why white didn't take the pawn at 1:31?

[@seraphimpact]

His king was in check

[@MikeyLan]

​@@seraphimpact oh LOL I see, thanks!

[@Remy7205]

Why white didn't took the pawn @1:30?

[@Eraughtan]

Discover check

[@Remy7205]

@@Eraughtan I'm totally dumb for missing that hahaha Thanks for pointing that out

[@vimal3174]

Chekmate in c3 0.11

[@SrbinPravoslavacccc]

@1:15 white rook g6 is much better for white instead of taking down the pawn with the king ?

[@dfdkkkllkj]

why did he gave up?

[@titilayodaniel4575]

The pawn is going to promote to a queen, which is unstoppable.

[@hahagreetings21]

Que grande Rubius

[@metro6468]

More like mr melikset screwed up a totally drawn position.

[@oatmeal6527]

Under serious time pressure. Its incredibly hard to continuesly make best moves with little time

[@metro6468]

@@oatmeal6527 It should be very intuitive, if you've studied endgames.

[@adrians3267]

@@metro6468 says the guy on the internet to a GM

[@metro6468]

@@adrians3267 a lot of people actually don't study endgames, and he clearly has not. Just because he's a gm doesn't mean he knows endgames, clearly shown here.

[@adrians3267]

@@metro6468 i can assure you that every GM knows their rook and pawn endgames, and have studied them

[@matthewviramontes3131]

At 1:40 Rook to f8 and Black King is stuck, no?

[@Iberium]

I'm only an 800 myself looking at this position for 1minute only but I think if Rf8 you just go e3, freeing up your rook and no matter what white then plays you can defend the pawn to push + your freed up rook can now push away white's king by checking it if black plays some random move like Rf7 after e3

[@shivasurya7008]

Then you have the idea of bringing your pawn to e2 , king to e1 then using your room as a blockade by playing rf2 to give room to move your king and promote

[@Allen_lena]

That just ties the rook to the f file. The white king can't get closer, so that plan loses to the king getting up the board and then forcing a trade of rooks and promoting. At that point the game was already done, the only thing Melikset could hope for was a blunder due to time pressure.

[@jonathansanchez5143]

Is it just me or is white not taking the pawn at 1:31 a blunder?

[@davidk5291]

He is in check, Discovery from the rook.

[@nadirbaitsaleem7270]

@@davidk5291 ah, I was wondering the same thing thank you

[@simply1789]

Kid in the backround, looks like he’s either calculating or doesn’t know what the fuck is going on

[@ajiteshbhan]

White rf1 would have resulted into draw

[@henryprickett5899]

Rf1 when?

[@CroizBR]

no it wouldnt i checked on the stockfish

[@williambarnes3021]

I guess Melikset was hoping for a blunder? Even a 1200 like me could get that pawn pushed

[@williambarnes3021]

@Vishnu MRV Once Aman's second pawn came off the board, all the moves were obvious, given that Melikset allowed Aman to advance his king (and thus his pawn) with discovered check. If that werent the case I may have faltered

[@maximus8227]

where cool music?

[@Simonnnnnnnify]

1:31 why not take with check?

[@takshitjewlia1486]

If he'll take pawn with check Aman will take his king on next move

[@Simonnnnnnnify]

@@takshitjewlia1486 oh, woops :-) thanks for your answer haha

[@rudyverse]

Melikset should have resigned much sooner.

[@chaynewashere]

i clicked this in my recommended because i thought it was xqc

[@PeppmanPeter]

a clear blunder, xqc doesnt know how rook endings work nor has he anything to do with excellent in terms of chess except being excellent at entertaining while blundering

[@hawkmore]

Am I crazy or is 1:31 a MASSIVE blunder? He loses the pawn with check, and the game is a draw, right?

[@chesshappening1077]

1:31 it’s check, he cannot legally take the pawn

[@brontesenth]

See the discover check from the Rook. Moving the King closer to the promotion square lets you protect the pawn as it advances and checking the opposing King prevents white from taking the pawn with their Rook, even though that was what they wanted to do.

[@mannacharya4088]

Illegal move. There is a rook at g4.

[@dmitrydeev7203]

What is this "board" , seriously ...

[@robeslol]

is that xQc

[@kalluxblu7581]

GM Hambo

[@robeslol]

@@kalluxblu7581 nah i know, just poking fun cause it looks like xQc

[@096.0]

1:31 blunder

[@kura8415]

why, he just discover-checked and got his king closer to the square of transformation

[@citizen6458]

@@kura8415 he obviously didnt see that

[@playwithneel6841]

It was a draw

[@mikionorton2236]

I thought that was xQc…

[@germanmowery1455]

The longing energy aetiologically wave because acrylic peripherally trap including a cluttered parcel. animated, sad porcupine

[@phoona]

xQcOW

[@andrew1717xx]

Aman is 2900+. Expecteded outcome given the endgame position.

[@danbarnes2392]

Nobody on the planet is 2900

[@andrew1717xx]

@@danbarnes2392 You are forgetting servers are on this planet.

[@winston2831]

@@andrew1717xx chess website ratings don’t mean shit lmao what’s his fide rating

[@danbarnes2392]

@@winston2831 2454

[@andrew1717xx]

@@winston2831 I suppose you could say that. Maybe Magnus has a lower online rank? It can't be consistant.