Mittens The Chess Bot Will Make You Quit Chess

Hikaru plays against the 1 elo rated Mittens chess bot.
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[@chess]

Mittens has finally met her match

[@nait9585]

Not sure 😊

[@Supremacy866]

Hikaru was a cat all along

[@threestripe4835]

Mittens match is fishy fishy actually

[@TheAsianOne1]

Now we just need to see magnus vs mittens

[@ThePapaja1996]

Mittens has dragon dna right

[@GothamChess]

Thank you for saving humanity Hikaru

[@AakashVijayPC]

He wasn't impressed

[@hermionegranger7849]

U said no one could beat this bot

[@ynzuru3776]

He's probably a bot in disguise too

[@andrewlu4600]

#1 on trending!

[@ArrestedOnCommand]

Touché

[@FutureAbe]

Levy: “THIS IS A DEMON FROM HELL!!” Hikaru: “horrible technique, not impressed”

[@anson7064]

When I saw this comment, I legitimately laughed to the top of my lungs. (I’m still laughing don’t worry)

[@Trippze]

levy is not even IM level anymore lol

[@realsushrey]

@@Trippze He seems to be strong enough for an IM in online chess.

[@schroedericeman7200]

Why did Hikaru not take the Queen but chose to sack and take the knight with his rook?

[@Kodaira023]

@@Trippze pretty sure that's why he stopped playing otb. Dude's rating was probably going down to 2200 and that stressed him out too much

[@Vortex-qb2se]

Everybody: Losing to Mittens Hikaru: I'm not impressed, it completely messed up the endgame 💀💀💀

[@BegunMaster1]

1k likes and no reply? Until now

[@NotASusDude]

​@@BegunMaster1Get a life " 🤖🤖🤖 " ahh commenter

[@BegunMaster1]

@@NotASusDude I forgot I even made this stupid comment 💀

[@yoosufyazanmuhammad3082]

Legend says Hikaru is still trying to convince Mittens to take the knight.

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@matsh5633]

"Come on Mittens you know you want to take..."

[@axatix]

good one 😂

[@tsetsung5918]

Lmao

[@princechikuni5496]

The comment I needed😂

[@jaluki_]

Hikaru pointing that Mittens is "extremely patient, which is kinda annoying" is a chess world equivalent of Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man meme.

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@TheFalseShepphard]

@@EEEEEEEE F

[@edrikfadhillah8204]

E

[@FireFoxie1345]

E

[@DiabolicalDelight]

E

[@BlanBlan19901990]

I love how every titled player that plays this thing starts off with “this is pretty good for me” “strange opening by mittens” and a few moves later say “oh this is not good” “I’m so lost here”

[@youraveragerobloxkid]

mittens pulls a deepblue and tries to throw off their opponent

[@aminulhussain2277]

Chess engines tend to be better at chess than humanly possible.

[@coreblaster6809]

@@aminulhussain2277 😐

[@R3YXN121]

He just killed meagan

[@super9296]

@@aminulhussain2277 but also created by humans 🤔

[@MajonezaEU]

I watched Hikaru convincing Mittens to take his pices for 10 minutes and I loved every second of it

[@Redd_2403]

that is just a 200 rated on a lucky day

[@x1alpha883]

hikaru for the 100th time : just take the knight Mitten 😹

[@elham7459]

Mitten: Keep saying juicer instead of knight or horse then I'll probanly will re-consider taking it.

[@BlitzIV]

Happy Halloween!

[@maximiliansinigr3505]

You know you wanna do it

[@-thanawat-8296]

lol

[@vimalslab3398]

i know you want it

[@poojanbhut2010]

A legendary 166 move match concludes with a draw.... 1997 Kasporov vs deepblue 2023 hikaru vs mittens

[@toriless]

Yeah, a 2000 bot gives up around move 50.

[@RTU130]

Ye

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@TheFalseShepphard]

@@toriless why

[@vedantgite7589]

​@@EEEEEEEEE

[@HughMirin-Bruh]

"It feels like playing another human. I'm not inspired yet." Hikaru, have you ever taken the Turing test yourself? This sounds like something a very potent AI would say!

[@chukspeter4044]

Exactly 😂😂

[@Mark_e_moo]

Hummm...

[@xxW3rn3rxx]

well any machine clever enough to pass the test would be clever enough to not pass the test. Turing Test will not safe Humankind

[@madisi98]

Chat gpt infused comment by hikaru tbh 😂😂😂

[@lordbloeckchen332]

@@xxW3rn3rxx it's not supposed to

[@MaskOfCinder]

5:17 Hikaru is so good that he lost no pieces in the whole game and instantly noticed when his position was starting to lose.

[@angadbasandrai4814]

Everyone at what Mittens says: "It is evil" Hikaru: "They have given this cat a good sense of humor. I'll give 'em that"

[@johnschone3455]

That’s hilarious 😂

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@aristotle5502]

@@johnschone3455 po0 oi buggy qqq

[@Ethan-bh6eo]

lol

[@marten2522]

@@EEEEEEEE E

[@notdayday]

i remember thinking “imma practice on this rated 1 robot.” boy did i find out…

[@colescalisthenics]

same

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Boi, you just fell from one of the classic blunders!

[@Yetti2112]

I got through the same, i started doubting that i am an intelligent being with a brain. I thought wtf how can i lose 20 times in a row without winning against a 1 rated bot and then my friend explained it to me

[@AXOM_ACE]

Nah bro i thought iam good enough to beat a 1 bot, apparently not

[@dickelbrixjhonlague3235]

Bro i was raging thinking why i couldn't beat a 1 elo cat bot 🤣

[@silvergradient]

hikaru : chess genius mittens : psychologically deranged psychopath

[@willmcclard206]

difference?

[@deepritpandey8806]

@@willmcclard206 one has mercy

[@GhostSamaritan]

Sooo Bobby Fischer or Paul Morphy?

[@lexian3635]

Stolen

[@موسيقىوعلوموثقافةحولالعالم]

​@@GhostSamaritan Morphy of course

[@yeonjutae3539]

The amount of times Hikaru has said “this is a draw” is uncountable…

[@DonSchanteloni]

Let's appreciate that Hikaru just saved humanity

[@mrnotfound1333]

yup. poor Gotham he gets slammed by mittens

[@sijenkai3928]

@@mrnotfound1333xD

[@happygood18]

He may risen the face of Humanity but didn't save it. Stockfish still crushes any Human with ease.

[@thesidecharacter6499]

@@happygood18 True, but at least Stockfish isn't evil

[@ajdoesactuallyplaygames]

​@@thesidecharacter6499not yet.

[@jonalee5262]

The battle we've all been waiting for is here Mittens: Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary!

[@CubingTheory]

POV stockfish hearing this:

[@mouse8793]

Now we waiting the Magnus

[@andrebenites9919]

Mittens: I will destroy your reputation and humiliate you in front of the world... I mean "meow"

[@changedacclol]

stockfish 15

[@ivanstayner8818]

Except the battle wasn't legendary. Hikaru is soo good that he wasn't impressed. Indeed NOT a legendary battle. Just a battle we were all waiting for.

[@deavle3]

watching Hikaru go from confident calling out "amateur openings" to immediately changing his tune as pieces come off is super entertaining.

[@satoriseedclub]

Literally every match he ever plays. “…yeah I think I lost…”

[@tilde5884]

@@satoriseedclub wins

[@johnharlanabila1740]

​@@tilde5884draw

[@nithursan9983]

At 1:43 Hikaru calculated 400 steps ahead of the play and realized it was a problem lmao

[@OctavianAsix]

I'm always flabbergasted by how that very pawn almost queened 15:56 And how Hikaru, like many GMs, see that coming so early

[@authorcs]

not many, all GMs. u cant be a GM without being able to predict something obvious like that

[@qwertyman506]

Legend has it that the "1" isn't Mitten's elo, it's their rank.

[@neilhinton6477]

@@OfficialSera not even a player apparently

[@skrum7005]

*Stockfish would like to absolutely crush you in chess*

[@MentallyUnstaple]

She's the greatest player in chess history

[@A.Random-Guy]

@@MentallyUnstaple stockfish defeated her

[@hashhimaru1653]

Saw this comment on Gothamchess's video

[@cuttingboardworshipper4244]

It's confirmed that Mittens is a devil in disguise to crush your confidence in chess

[@obi_wanshinobi]

Yeah, mittens just destroys you and makes you feel pain peko

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

unless you are Hikaru

[@serhumano3692]

unless you are one of the players on the podium of chess

[@peshokelemeto2256]

I played it 4 times today .... pain

[@endorphineguy]

@@peshokelemeto2256 I was thinking this bot is for real 1 ELO until it checkmated me 2 times

[@creep1523]

Tried beating mittens, gotta say I last 40 moves, 25 for actual plays, and the remaining is just my king running

[@juno3189]

Same wahahhaha 😂😂😂

[@Jade-zm2tg]

same, eventually my ego got too beat up and i resigned

[@aerialkiller5948]

Yeah I kept trying to get it to close the position but it kept breaking through, I think the max I lasted was 50 moves before it won a rook and I resigned. Game probably would've gone to 75 or 80.

[@mikeoath9541]

Everytime I feel like I'm getting really good at chess so I play against 1200-1600 bots beat them handily and start playing against 1800s I lose if I'm not thinking as hard as I can. Honestly makes me pretty sad but I'm glad chess bots exists because with players around your elo you can always count on them to blunder with bots not so much.

[@JCBM1234]

1:28 "let's just castle" literally every time I play chess

[@terence602]

A round of applause for the guy that comes up with these great thumbnails

[@Grahfx]

This is some Indians paid 5$ on fiverr.

[@yourhomieluna8811]

u mean round of apaws

[@realwhoasked]

@@yourhomieluna8811Nah man that joke lame

[@yourhomieluna8811]

@@realwhoasked nah ur lame

[@sutoldude]

@@realwhoasked who asked

[@zmo1ndone502]

Take this with a grain of salt because I'm pretty garbage at chess but mittens has a very strange and interesting and foreboding style of play. As hikaru pointed out, it is very very patient, doesn't blitz anything or Rush anything, and is just hell bent on getting good positions. Also something about mittens gives me demonic vibes honestly. It's like a lovecraftian evil alien AI cat from A distant realm

[@adrianli7559]

I know this shouldn't have been the first thing but I picked up on, but "Lovecraft" and "cat"? Oh boy.

[@seaassasin1855]

@@adrianli7559 nig-

[@fernando4959]

@@adrianli7559 cat who shall not be named

[@hasanmuttaqin464]

@@adrianli7559 every page that contain its name vanished from the net, and once you muster its name shall the crowd of twitter be engulfed by madness

[@chullupa]

I beat it once by turning off my internet

[@cl4pre]

As a 660 rated I lasted 53 moves against Mittens, see you guys at the next World Chess Championship

[@D3monKilla_14]

Now do that against the 4,000 ELO Stockfish 15.1 lol 😆

[@Goo_Gle.]

You down to play sometime? I'm 600 rated too

[@lorenzoconte4699]

@@Goo_Gle. heyy me too

[@speedyfps4170]

@@Goo_Gle. me too

[@olebogengtshenolomosepele1171]

@@Goo_Gle. how do we play online?

[@KikomochiMendoza]

I think mittens is programmed to be weak at opening but ramps up to the end game. It was developed to do psychological damage by being weak at the beginning for humans to underestimate then proceeds to obliterate them in the future.

[@upplsuckimcool16]

I think it's the opposite. In every game I've seen mittens play against top players the cat fumbles the end game but does really good early on.

[@Invy-PT]

@@upplsuckimcool16 A lot of chess engines do this. It overcomplicates everything and ends up making worse moves.

[@qmeWrites]

The later statement was about chatGPT and LLMs, wasn't it?

[@AnnoyD]

That 1 elo Mittens has somehow managed to wrangled must be the hardest working elo point to ever exist.

[@real_overtale]

Piss off Toby

[@ahararh.irtixa9899]

the "1" isn't Mitten's elo, it's their rank.

[@yeexian6897]

Or someone reached max Elo and rebirthed as Mittens so their Elo isnnow 1

[@ri_ahk]

​​@@yeexian6897wait until mittens get 2 elo

[@glenndiddy]

It's beautiful how top level chess players describe the game in the streaming era. Did not expect to hear top level chess commentary to call it a clogged toilet position

[@macrontellsjoe9571]

I find it humbling. And rare.

[@not_sus1771]

Lol

[@LifesCookies]

Bruh when I read clogged toilet is when he said it lol

[@handsworth101]

​@@LifesCookies I love when that happens

[@selladore4911]

real

[@njoshi7896]

The 1 ELO shows the sheer mastery that Mittens has over chess. To have such a bad elo, you have to evaluate every position perfectly and play the exact worst move, which betrays the true strength of mittens Edit: wow this was a joke, how did I get so many likes?

[@misalignedmisanthropist]

Is this the chess equivalent of "be scared of the person who got 0/100 in a multiple choice test"

[@technogamer1686]

@@misalignedmisanthropist pretty much ye

[@toriless]

@@misalignedmisanthropist Especially a true / false one. "I am mittens, how does the horsy move."

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@youraveragerobloxkid]

@@misalignedmisanthropist mittens is that but it picks the answers nobody else picked, and got it right

[@Matthew-_]

I thought 1 was supposed to be the easiest when I started. I shall never forget my lessons with mittens

[@AminPlayer1]

Hikaru: it's just repeating moves *Proceeds to only move the rook for a full 5 minutes*

[@Mentaljedi]

Yeah its not stockfish level; but it does have some interesting features, like its designed to crush you in the midgame mostly

[@Molb0rg]

I got impression it adaptive, without upper limit plus some individual features. Analysed a game I played with it, it shows good moves for few good moves of my own, excellent after my excellent and best after my best, if he can. And he does not do blunders and does not give you tempo like other bots do.

[@pkx7877]

@@ekklesiast stockfish can beat it also hikaru could have never stalemated stockfish

[@franFPShooter]

@@pkx7877 i think I heard it makes draw with Stockfish 15 but gets destroyed by 15.1

[@CbearMick]

@@franFPShooter I played it against stockfish 15 and it stockfish 15 won in around 70 moves

[@keithmatthews1673]

more catfish than stockfish!

[@default2591]

Forget the bot, I'm terrified of Hikaru noticing the inacurracy of the bot

[@michaelduha]

Yet he still could only achieve a draw

[@JRockJam]

@@michaelduha thats still VERY impressive to do for a bot as strong as mittens

[@1stlullaby484]

Yet another underrated comment

[@1stlullaby484]

@@michaelduha But he did it with a bad opening

[@1stlullaby484]

@@michaelduha No e4, d4 business

[@ContainerYeast]

You know it’s serious when Hikaru doesn’t premove.

[@Kinlon1102]

Well he tried to

[@trixification9132]

a few minutes after the cats came out I wanted to see how many i could beat and i wanted to start from the lowest elo so i started with mittens expecting it to be the easiest game ever that i could win with my eyes closed but no, instead within 3 minutes i found myself within the most earth shaking, violent one sided battle ever and i lasted 29 moves and then i watch hikaru's video and he states hes not impressed with mittens, this really puts into contrast how good the top chess players like hikaru are

[@im_lilly736]

Bro mittens destroyed levy.. Levy got confused and mad

[@mx5122]

3 minutes? lol, lucky for you. I sacrificed my Queen in my 4th move thinking how silly it would play.

[@KCzz15]

@@im_lilly736 I felt like I was witnessing a war crime and loved every minute of it.

[@MatsMatsuo]

@@im_lilly736 Levy didn’t try any specific strategy. Had Hikaru played a normal opening, he would lose for sure. The hippo is the best attempt to defeat an engine in time or to get a draw, cause you can close all the pawn breaks and make long term maneuvers. It’s very passive and hard to get advantage with this opening that’s why you don’t see him playing this on normal games… Although i think Levy would lose even with the Hippo, but he could last longer

[@julseu_lol]

@@mx5122 the first time I played Mittens I literally tried to set up a Scholar's mate XDDD

[@TimeBucks]

Hikaru is a legend

[@buiphong7779]

i love it

[@jixpuzzle]

No doubt!

[@anusreeshil4707]

Hi

[@vermaanisha]

I love it

[@nazirhussain5688]

Nice

[@James_Renz]

To beat Mittens you have to take the gloves off.

[@kellywalsh107]

That was punny!! 😆

[@Disturbeduser3147]

Funny*

[@sijenkai3928]

@@Disturbeduser3147lol ok dude

[@edgaraggtown]

Dude... Beautiful.

[@itsvanquisheryt]

Took me a little bit

[@Mappster]

The fact that some people can create such a smart chess bot AI, that can actually challenge top class chess champion players is quite admirable in its own way. Just imagine, the developer could not beat Hikaru, but he can make something that gives him a challenge.

[@decomposedcorpse5186]

Not just challenge, the best chess engines can beat them all.

[@JustinBA007]

We've had chess AI that can beat literally every human GM that has ever existed consistently for a long time. Mittens is actually quite a big downgrade from a lot of chess AI. Mittens was designed to be really good, but within reach of the worlds greatest chess players.

[@fawzanulhaque483]

It reminds me of Iron man making Vision who can lift Thor's hammer Mjolnir but Iron man can't.

[@OctavianAsix]

​@@JustinBA007yeah for damn near 30 years now I think that makes OP's observation that much more crazy

[@superzombiezach8674]

Mittens: “You can’t defeat me” Me: “I know, but he can” ASSISTED MODE HAS JOINED THE CHAT

[@wildcatzzgd3310]

That is the way

[@kabilei2260]

I’m trying so hard to avoid assisted mode in order to actually learn through my mistakes, but mittens… man. Just playing mittens was a mistake. I thought I was alone in my frustration, but god no

[@rweetika]

I tried assisted mode but still lost. :/

[@fuel8234]

@@rweetika same... although I'm a noob

[@heh2596]

Yeet

[@neolin.99]

Mittens isn't meant to be the strongest chess computer ever, it's meant to be really sadistic and plays with prey without sacrificing too much power. I think. That's why someone equally as sadistic could draw her; Hikaru

[@JayTheYTGuy]

LOLLL

[@bryanshort4422]

Highest computer I've drawn against is 2000

[@elisabethsun7059]

XD

[@brandonporter8509]

Sadistic and plays with her prey…. Like an actual cat

[@wagswag]

@@bryanshort4422I almost won against 2700 bot

[@monotonedmika17]

the famous Drawkamura. not even the AI can withstand the power.

[@littlebear4264]

hahaha

[@careyfrancis3732]

Hahahaha

[@slimyduck2140]

Hahahahaha

[@prajwalkhokale6742]

hahahahaha

[@martincarp9508]

hahahahahaha

[@soxnation1000]

This mittens bot is terrifying to me...just feels like it just mercilessly presses down on you square by square. Insane...

[@professorx3060]

I can't explain how happy I am to see that Hikaru immediately listened to our plea. This is amazing!

[@lololo0000]

I think he did it on stream a few days ago

[@professorx3060]

@@lololo0000 Really? I don't follow his streams. Thank you for info.

[@RGC_animation]

Mittens is different from Stockfish in that it is much more sadistic than Stockfish, Stockfish doesn't underestimate his opponents and plays it safely until he find a weakness and swiftly exploits it to win. Mittens on the other hand, plays very aggressively and frustratingly, it leaves pieces it can take to weaken your position even more and then takes the piece to laugh in your face.

[@valinorean4816]

Interesting analysis... I've never seen anyone analyze superhuman chess players like that

[@iso8556]

This mitten was laughed at by sf 15.1 twenty times in a row no draw

[@j.21]

a

[@유행지난거좋아하는사]

The good thing about stockfish is that you can't do anything and then beat it.

[@JMCLau143]

Hikaru's defense is really magnificent. Now the question is, how Magnus plays against the mittens?

[@EthanSimmons06]

I looked through some parts of the game through an engine; Hikaru went down to -9 at one point but Mittens never quite punished him correctly, and the evaluation slowly rose back up to 0.0 over the course of dozens of moves.

[@tryingthisyt3702]

So basically Hikaru against any super gm

[@Entropy67]

remember, the analysis may not go as deep as this bot and hikaru, what depth did u analyze on?

[@moon-pw1bi]

@@tryingthisyt3702 lol

[@sarraceniafell]

@@Entropy67 No, this bot is designed to not always play the best move

[@jsbv4100]

if it passes if you play the hippo, i got pretty low against the position evaluation but then it went back to 0.0 but it was impossible to get out of dead draws. although it can be played offensive when the position is simplified but it is risky, but you can win

[@Khedran]

It's absolutely designed to play with its food. It likes to force you to trade out of position, specifically waits for you to make bad moves first.

[@toriless]

Yeah, Stockfish is defensive and it is aggressive.

[@parthkatwa9795]

It's actually sick

[@zah_old_acc]

Lmao i read this right when he said it Conclusion: The voice inside of my head is actually Hikaru all along

[@simplepubgm4143]

New meme ? 🌚

[@smrah8750]

​@@zah_old_acc I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD I CANT SILENCE THE VOICES IN MY HEAD THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS THEY ARE IN MY WALLS

[@MrEggy]

@@zah_old_acc no I think it's awesome

[@Dawnanims]

Agree

[@pand4_hraje]

"Let's just castle" -Hikaru everytime everywhere anywhere to anyone

[@jacobzaplatynskyj7151]

I saw levy’s video about mittens and thought WE NEED HIKARU AND MAGNUS NOW!

[@VersilvaBloopah_VB9]

Did magnus already tried?

[@jacobzaplatynskyj7151]

@@VersilvaBloopah_VB9 not on KZbin at least

[@helli_ona]

@@VersilvaBloopah_VB9 I believe he said he isn't going to play any cat bot

[@anonanon6764]

"Humans don't stand a chance against engines". That was a heroic defense

[@thesugareater8607]

Legends say mittens is 1 elo because there is a max elo rating and once you pass it, it sets you back to 1

[@warmike]

master prestige

[@joe4095]

No it's actually his rank. He's number 1 in the world

[@zap1050]

Mittens is literally Stockfish 15

[@timk4056]

@@zap1050 no no, apparently it has beaten stockfish 15, but probably not the cloud-sourced version tho

[@AI-xi4jk]

Integer overflow

[@maxding4645]

13:29 bro draws arrows so much that he can do it without looking

[@piano3410]

Mittens is just like how you would expect hikaru's pet to play chess

[@yashbhardwaj3392]

This is the first thing i looked for after playing the bot .

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Only Hikaru could save a worse endgame against Mittens and trashtalk its technique. What a god.

[@danielyuan9862]

Worse endgame, sure, but not losing, according to tablebases.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

@@danielyuan9862 Was losing until Qxg3. Mittens had to play Qf1+ and Qd1 instead.

[@Marble.commenter]

2:29 what is bro doing 😂😂

[@Khedran]

12:02 "Every position looks the same except everything's off by 1 square." -Hikaru Chess 101

[@danielyuan9862]

"This position looks exactly like the last turn except a few pieces have moved."

[@toriless]

It is called avoiding a draw and hoping for a blunder.

[@nikekd8107]

Maybe the one stands for only one mistake the bot will make during an entire game in this case it was the f5 move, the rest was like always the best move

[@todorstojanov3100]

Interesting theory. That's exactly what happened when I put it against Stockfish. It plays a very equal game, with Stockfish being unable to get a larger advantage then 0.5. Then it plays a single bad move after which Stockfish has an advantage of 5+

[@vikashmaurya2679]

@@todorstojanov3100 yes, I also paired it with stockfish and the game was equal until a single rook move in the endgame

[@dan13221]

Hikaru using the hippo open, a true sign of respect for mittens

[@Jvha761]

I'm proud I managed to survive 38 moves against Mittens

[@XbotOfficialYT]

Considering the 3200 bot loses to mittens, this is extremely impressive. edit: ayy 1.9k likes lets go 2k soon?

[@tarquinioprisco8459]

it depends on the hardware the 3200 bot was based on, if it's a 3200 bot on a laptop is not that strange

[@MCoTEDDY]

@@tarquinioprisco8459 what? No.

[@tarquinioprisco8459]

@@MCoTEDDY I don't know what the oc was referring to if it was a match between bots on the same hardware than I'd like a link to that match if he run mittens against stockfish 8 on his phone... meh

[@ryusoma]

@@tarquinioprisco8459 That's not how a bot works........ They don't change because they're in a different device.

[@ryusoma]

@@MCoTEDDY I would love to know what type of crack this guy is smoking

[@tourdin2836]

Finally! They put the 2 best chess bots against each other!

[@happygood18]

Mittens is not the best chess bot neither mortal Hikaru is. The best chess bot is Stockfish.

[@coolkidbear1165]

@@happygood18 how about other then stockfish

[@happygood18]

@@coolkidbear1165 umm, I think Lella Chess Zero, Dragon 2 etc are next. Mittens is like 3300-3400 elo rated where as these top engines are 3800-4000 elo rated.

[@coolkidbear1165]

@@happygood18 Isnt stockfish 3700 elo?

[@deathmeter7243]

@@coolkidbear1165 3800* I think

[@ru40342]

Playing mitten the chess bot is like playing Hans Niemann. You never know whether you are playing a noob or an engine.

[@mathskafunda4383]

Hans is 2700 rated. He would crush you in two moves.

[@PierresTalks]

@@mathskafunda4383 lol this is funny

[@unnamedchannel3004]

@@mathskafunda4383 Definitely not. At least ten moves.

[@mathskafunda4383]

@@unnamedchannel3004 I bet this guy's peak rating is 1. Not the mitten's kind, but actually 1.

[@wuthebest]

@@mathskafunda4383 He's even higher rated than that when he's cheating

[@sxcredcharzy774]

The great Hikaru once said"This is actually sick😭😭😭😭"

[@debopamroy56]

We need a Hikaru x Magnus collab to beat Mittens. But here's a twist, hand in brain format! or whatever it's called. One of them will call out a piece name, the other will decide which one of the pieces to move and where.

[@almightyhydra]

"Hand and brain"

[@souvickdey5880]

@@almightyhydra lmao!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@vctrfrndz]

Bruh, that face at 2:31 hahahahaha 💀

[@Bro1774]

💀💀💀

[@vctrfrndz]

@onadamncruise 100%

[@williamlofgren9258]

The Grinch

[@wisnuyudhaw]

Faces on tiki totem be like

[@brandonaikens505]

Looks like one of those enemy faces from Goldeneye on N64 lol

[@romerosantos5922]

If it is hard to Hikaru, imagine for us simple mortals!!!!

[@prarjucarju957]

Ha hikaru play many move which maximum engine also cannot do

[@juicetinthemakar]

@@prarjucarju957 Nah it's cuz hikaru played closed position :/

[@creep1523]

@@juicetinthemakar unlike us players that mostly throw pieces in the middle

[@Molb0rg]

The bot is adaptive, it will make as low as good moves(at least) if you play a good move, and will do excellent or best if you play those, so you have a good chances to have endspiel with it, and gain endspiel expirience. It a cute bot, better than holy was

[@wtfdude1830]

@@Molb0rg It's not adaptive, i paired it against martin and martin lost miserably

[@scrapise]

Hikaru: *struggling to find a slatemate* Also Hikaru: "It completely misplayed the endgame"

[@bunnys9704]

"When played perfectly, chess always ends in a draw"

[@NineHundredOne]

isn't it that white always wins?

[@callumconnors5190]

@@NineHundredOne no

[@arjensmit6684]

@@NineHundredOne In the end chess is just glorified noughts and crosses.

[@SolarMusicZ]

Chess is not solved yet, so there is no answer to that question. The perfect game could be draw, white wins or black wins. But it will never ever be calculated because the calculation would need more calculations than there are atoms in the entire universe. 10¹²⁰ possible chess games vs 10⁸⁰ atoms in the universe.

[@htee3151]

@@SolarMusicZ do you think chess solved would be a win for white.

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

You know you are a GM when you are not impressed by Mittens

[@AlexWyattDrums]

A super gm

[@areedkhalid6549]

Magnus+kittens= mittens 😱 It was magnus all along😂

[@jixpuzzle]

LMAO 🤣🤣

[@DD2799]

No way 🤣🤣🤣 I love this comment so much 🤣🤣

[@Maksiu558]

I would go for "Mattens" but your comment is still funny

[@realemperorkuzco]

"It's not supposed to play E4." Mittens: My goals are beyond yout understanding.

[@ルクミ-w8m]

The patience of this bot is driving me crazy. It's like a trench warfare.

[@rubber89]

Rukumi

[@infomatters.]

Chesscom created a monster it's only a matter of time before Mittens takes over the world.

[@keithmatthews1673]

Kitten Kong!

[@rishavprasad1248]

Stockfish solos

[@happygood18]

@@rishavprasad1248 XD

[@chessnoob5279]

imagine: Hikaru + Magnus + Anish Giri + Levy and other great players all thinking together playing mittens (Giri will help the team to get the draw and Levy is just there so Hikaru has someone to roast for his suggestions)

[@default2591]

Hikaru and Magnus is probably sufficient enough since the rest would only be a hindrance

[@chessnoob5279]

@@default2591 yeah others are just for content

[@happygood18]

Stockfish eats them all alive in a buffet.

[@GardenChess]

Levy is an IM nowhere near “the best players”

[@GardenChess]

Anish is also good at chess he wouldn’t be a hindrance

[@shlokbhakta2893]

We need a chess bot that is stockfish but it makes terrible blunders once every 5-20 moves

[@bl0c297]

mittens is secretly 3600 elo but reached prestige

[@happygood18]

No its not that high. It messed up simple 6 men endgame. It should be around 3300-3400

[@joys8634]

@@happygood18 what is your elo

[@happygood18]

@@joys8634 Around 350-400 in 1 Minute Blitz Around 600 in 5 Min Blitz And should be around 1200 in classic like 1 hour.

[@bhavikgoyal6843]

@@happygood18 yeah it's probably 3300 as it can't beat komodo 13 which is 3400 rated

[@AzoXDesignTV]

@@happygood18 bro acting like mitten wouldnt crush him in 10 moves 💀💀💀💀💀

[@WildWave555]

Hikaru: I’m not that impressed Also Hikaru the grandmaster getting backed into a corner and drawing with a 1 elo chess cat

[@derbarenschander7737]

mittens is just bad

[@frostyfrog3018]

it's a bot that's supposed to be the highest level. for it to not destroy any human is not impressive

[@lilypadd482]

stock fish wouldn’t have drawn like that embarrassing plays by mittens

[@nicholasgoodwin9905]

That guy in the chat saying Flying V clutch the draw you are a chad

[@liossgranda8414]

Watching hikaru against the Mittens feels like real war waste a years to end

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Hikaru : *sees Zugzwang in Chess* _"Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be LEGENDARY!"_

[@DrRodox.]

"This might be a fortress" 10x "This is a fortress" 10x "Could this be a fortress?" 10x "It is a fortress." 10x 😂😂😂

[@soultouch08]

that stalemate was nuts

[@chessnoob5279]

if you're up a pawn but it is an a or h pawn then it's a draw (as long as you know what to do, and Hikaru obviously does), not an a or h pawn is a win

[@Mmmm1ch43l]

@@chessnoob5279 I'm assuming the person you're replying to meant the potential stalemate Hikaru explained at the end, not the one that actually happened (which is very basic)

[@chessnoob5279]

@@Mmmm1ch43l maybe i didnt think about it

[@happygood18]

Mittens messed up the easy 6 men endgame. It was a win for mittens

[@soulsbourne]

@@happygood18 yeah... In other words hikaru outsmarted mittens in endgame

[@spice2nice664]

“We’re getting a clogged toilet here, this is very good”

[@jmboberg6]

Mittens is doing a disrespect speedrun of the entire chess community..

[@bulldogfront666]

God damn dude. Hikaru has to have the world record against mittens already. If he keeps trying I bet he could beat her.

[@Nategusssss]

Legend has it that Hikaru is still trying to convince mittens to take the knight

[@gianmarcorapone2660]

After I discovered Mittens by myself, I was so excited to see Levi and Eric Rosen play against it and now Hikaru too. Can I have more of this? Like all the super GMs playing and thinking together against this Devil?

[@moosemaen]

“We’re getting a clogged toilet here. This is very good.” Hikaru Nakamura 2023

[@catz9231]

the thumbnail is so adorable tho, hikaru is petting mittens

[@rhinoclark]

So proud of myself for seeing that stalemate move instantly

[@klatchabobby]

What I've been waiting for lmao. Hikaru vs. 3500-level bots is my favourite

[@liyummy785]

the flying v formation 2:18 as well as the clogged toilet 2:43 🤣xqc's pepega-ness really rubbed off on hikaru

[@TheStreamingEnderman]

Mittens is some cosmic horror from Lovecraft, disguised as a cat. Nobody will ever change my mind.

[@wait_whatt]

Cat of Ulthar maybe

[@jeffreyferreira3811]

I love how he calls a closed positions a "clogged toilet" 2:45

[@An_Entire_Spinell]

Mittens is an absolutely brutal bot..

[@pitchblendeprotogen]

It literally toys with its opponent by being so biased towards setting up a position. Hilarious bot concept

[@Shawww2075]

Legend say that Hikaru is still saying "this is a draw, yeah this is a draw"

[@lory_TheOne]

Hikaru: I'm not that impressed by his opening it feels like I'm playing just a human Mittens: Yeah, just wait, it's just the beginning😈