Cheating Requires Serious Concentration!!

[@tylerallen9339]

Hans will never not get made fun of when his phone vibrates in a quiet room

[@Haansnews]

Not his phone

[@chesscomsupport8689]

He should respond with "What do you mean? I forgot my phone at home."

[@Andrew-xb3nv]

Perhaps he will just have pleasant memories 🙂

[@Fender-st1wt]

It speaks for itself

[@hugovaz777]

He doesn't have to worry about that as Hans will simply turn off the vibrate feature on his phone...

[@aajas]

People will just assume anyone wearing a vibrating buttplug during a chess game is cheating.... and that's really sad

[@Kopiwabbi]

😭

[@ChessGrappleTunes]

Hikaru’s knowledge of butt plugs coming from chess related content is peak Hikaru

[@MorningNapalm]

He learned it from spoons.

[@xekind]

I'm 100% convinced Hans was not cheating. His coach, Maxim, was just remotely operating the vibrating butt plug to relieve tension during a stressful game. Thoughtful coach, and nothing wrong with that practice.

[@matthewglenguir7204]

Not a cheater but a degenerate

[@Wheeley1337]

😂😂

[@JayveeQuijano-mw8cp]

lmao😂

[@bhratagaming1490]

😂😂😂😂

[@waluigi43]

@@bhratagaming1490 How old are you?

[@ramachandra776]

Hikaru has started understanding the double entendres. he is evolving . 😊

[@Sheikhalsumbosa]

im considering doing this

[@Bedrolis]

He did the innocence gambit

[@legueu]

It was pretty much on the nose. 😅

[@joahjoah92]

So, in short, my takeaway of this video is that a few years from now the candidates will be streamed on only fans

[@lammatt]

If only Hans can make it to the tournament

[@EpicEstimator]

OnlyHans

[@Alistair]

@@EpicEstimator new nick for sure

[@loganpeterjones]

The way this guy walked just before the game is strikingly similar to the way Hans walked when leaving his game

[@NKRL-kz5jv]

coincidence? I think not

[@ysaackfranco2825]

I believe everyone will find this very interesting

[@RMF49]

Interesting

[@Alistair]

I was thinking the same thing

[@moldhaker6527]

At first he played for science, now he plays for the love of the game 😊

[@xekind]

For the love of the butt plug.

[@cruelworld1902]

lol

[@piratemercenaryhajrudin6893]

we need a medical checkup before matches what do you say guys? Kramnik should be first so he can show how much he is against cheating

[@gaurav210]

😂

[@piratemercenaryhajrudin6893]

They would get a free prostate exam

[@Metso-ateco]

"I,m confident i can take it" ......what a guy👍

[@pugsnhogz]

"Erm, so to speak"

[@Metso-ateco]

@@pugsnhogz 🍆👀

[@pugsnhogz]

@@Metso-ateco 🚽🔥

[@ElEcodelTren]

this is what a healthy self esteem sounds like

[@theYoutubeHandle]

he knows because he had experience.😂

[@fintan9218]

Hikarus wife knows what to get him for Christmas now

[@eizendragon5141]

Oh no, hikaru is getting it 😂😂😂

[@RealYRM]

I don't understand how Kramnik thinks Hikaru cheats in 3:00 games with no increments, especially when Hikaru is moving super fast and up over a minute on the clock? How would that even work? You'd need a partner matching the game in real time, and the engine needs time to run the evaluation at a high level, and they'd have to tell you fast enough before you made a move... it seems unreasonable. Especially when Hikaru plays moves almost instantly.

[@hydrahq8676]

You can have an evaluation bar on the screen all the time so you would be cheating without any moves recommended, or just have an overlay showing best moves on the screen but not on the translation

[@swordyshield]

@@hydrahq8676 even then though the evaluation isn't accurate until you give it a couple of seconds (like 3-5+) at a gm+ level.

[@rakhatthenut3815]

​@@swordyshieldif you are strong player you don't need to cheat, to see the top move or the evaluation etc, on every move. You can just do it once or twice in a game when the position is critical and you can just pretend to think for several seconds because it is critical position. And if a strong player do this kind of cheating online I don't know how it is even possible to prove or even suspect that he is cheating, unless he slips up with somehow and makes it obvious

[@sergiorenatoreyes6967]

@@rakhatthenut3815 true and hikaru is far from strong in blitz -- he's literally the best outside of Cagnus Marlsen. It's just funny how the SCC is always one sided if they're not up against each other

[@PonchoExperience]

@@swordyshield Yes, that would be more than enough of a hint for Hikaru to find tactics and raise his win % to ridiculous levels.

[@johnwest7993]

I was wondering about the way Hans left after that game against Magnus.

[@SaurabhHooda1]

The buttplugs vibrate for itself 🤷🏻😂

[@chriszhang1660]

Beads speak for themselves

[@MorningNapalm]

The sphincter speaks for itself.

[@abdurasul9423]

Did he really walk like this dude?

[@MorningNapalm]

He turned down an interview and ran out, saying only that "chess speaks for itself".@@abdurasul9423

[@JacksHardenedLiver]

I hate that people are now cheating their asses off. No integrity

[@padarousou]

Seriously, now a days anyone can just insert themselves up to gm

[@djoserlealskyview]

I wish Bobby was alive to see what professional chess has come to... Cavity checks are the only solution 😅

[@deltalima6703]

3-0 bullet must be intense. Not for me, not even classical, I would rather just lose.

[@MasterInHD]

There’s no such thing as 3-0 Bullet. You mean 3-0 Blitz*

[@mikehawk6918]

@@MasterInHD he probably meant 30s bullet

[@casperkejser1712]

I am sure it must feel like a bullet so to speak with that amount of time pressure

[@IamGrimalkin]

I feel like if you were going to do this in reality you wouldn't do such a complicated code to minimise the vibrations, especially if you're a GM like Hans. I doubt Hans would need more information than something like "knight move", and wouldn't require the buzzer every move. Even a single buzzer signal might mean something useful, it could be there to say "spend more time on this move, this one is tricky".

[@BobfromSydney]

@@MasterInHD It's bullet if you are using a bullet vibrator I guess.

[@hope_youhaveagoodday]

Literally anyone could just butt in to the top 100 of Chess so easily!

[@friedsushii_]

I think it would be too obvious because the moves would seem too computerish. maybe if a human gm woulf help you but not like this.

[@justarandomanimegirlpassin5341]

​@@friedsushii_ depends how you use it a good player just needs a hint if there is a sudden win in a position thats all it takes so it is bit scary to think about

[@aria7571]

@@friedsushii_ Yeah, even if they were to throw in 2nd,3rd,4th best move to make it not so obvious, a total amateur would still be in trouble when asked to explain their thoughts in interview lol. With an IM/GM tho? You probably only need to help them once or twice in critical position and it'll be pretty hard to get caught.

[@CoalOres]

@@aria7571 Yeah when you watch GMs look at the engine analysis for a move they missed they'll be like "oh why c3? c3 dxc3, Kxc3 Qc5+... oh and then Qc4 forcing a queen trade ah okay". If they got signalled a move they could quickly calculate it and then be able to explain why they played it.

[@bambesfresser]

@@CoalOres Agreed. At the top level, they would only need the occasional ping to know that there is something in the position. They will figure out the rest themselves.

[@chessbergen]

Hikaru laughing makes me laugh xd too good.

[@crimz9376]

This is peak content right here. No questions asked 😂

[@pinskiller9914]

Too funny when hikaru laughs his ass off

[@chriszhang1660]

Literally

[@PtylerBeats]

No lie, though… he was actually a freaking champ. He did not complain too much about it. He said it was uncomfortable and it was burning a few times, but like… honestly he handled that WAY better than I would have. You would have to pay me a substantial amount of money for me to even consider it. He’s just popping in for a bit of fun

[@Salzui]

how would you know how you WOULD have handled it?

[@imafraidjumitebeeinnagang3886]

That's cause the video is fake. Probably multiple shots and everything staged. At least that's what people are saying in the comments of the original video. Also many people in the comments pointed out editing mistakes where you can the the board is fake.

[@paul-juniorblack6151]

​@@imafraidjumitebeeinnagang3886They'd have to get the real grandmaster to agree to all of that though even afterwards

[@padarousou]

@@Salzui Experience

[@zencrazycat]

This is absolutely brilliant and hilarious😂. But, actually, imagine this plug is much-much smaller, and you are the real gm playing chess for decades, so you don't need these hundreds of vibrations, but just a few for 2-3 moves per game. And of course you can spend months for training your muscles to adapt 😅, so you will not express any emotions or discomfort.

[@James-oj8jk]

lmfaooooo training your muscles to adapt

[@johndeaux8815]

Not only is it possible, but it's been going on for years. I don't know how many times top players make those faces at the board but now I know why

[@yuqichoi4729]

That may actually be right

[@madshaolin]

OMG -- I cannot believe they did this, but thank you Hikaru for bringing this to our collective attention, whereby making this hilarious content. Not for some time, have I laughed this much.

[@paulkopold6364]

If I had something up there during a game and someome wanted to interview me after the game, I'd just say "Chess speaks for itself" and leave to the bathroom

[@knownas2017]

What a coincidence, I'd do the same thing!

[@QueekHeadtaker]

me too!

[@alexanderpedersen1401]

This was not the cheating content I expected to see. But I am absolutely buzzing with excitement all over :)

[@lord_voldemort44]

what if the other guy had a butt plug in as well and they just both played perfectly for like 400 moves and drew

[@mupersario9900]

The most painful draw in the history of sports

[@AmericanIdiotPolitics]

I havent laughed this hard in weeks

[@Chaos_Junkie]

i love Naka laughing 10 minutes straight XD contagious!

[@joshuahietala5174]

Hikaru casually giving free ad time for other people.

[@MisterPaladin]

Least he could do using the video for content. I’d say it was polite.

[@matthewglenguir7204]

The video was just that entertaining

[@George_Bland]

The GM looked disturbed after the revelation haha

[@TheXLAXLimpLungs]

They also made it out of a regular plug. Imagine if they designed something that was purpose built for chess engines

[@Stogger1459]

Now this is analysis at its peak. Hikaru just reached a new level of understanding.

[@dmoeller0]

anal ysis you say?

[@lastrival1315]

Vladimir rn : okay okay I got it, u ain't any cheater , now please leave me alone 🙏🙏🙏.😂

[@greense65]

There's a Cheers episode in which Cliff hires a psychiatrist to remotely give him an electric shock whenever he does something obnoxious. Seems similar.

[@stoutlager6325]

Now the real test here is to use one of the RF scanners FIDE has been using during security checks since the Hans fiasco to see if they can pick up the bluetooth signal from the vibrator.

[@stevehoward9356]

That really was the best chess stream ever. Brilliant !!!

[@leonardcharlesnew1591]

I can see this becoming a euphemism on dating sites for adventurous types "are you into stockfishing" 🤭

[@CeRz]

Now we want to see beads in a bullet format.

[@2009bowling]

This is just pure entertainment 😂😂😂

[@muhammadsair3598]

You can’t watch chess content with family anymore 😂😂

[@MisterPaladin]

Cheating has never been this funny before 💀

[@KayronTheFifth]

Start: Hmmm, this looks like something that'd be funny to show the kids I work with. 0:16 : You know what, maybe not. 2:43 : Learning a card trick would be handy though!

[@abhijitkulkarni320]

Not only are they showing that it's possible, it also means it's 1000 times easier for a GM to cheat in this manner because they don't really need the best move for every move, as they're already really good, they just need a hint in critical moments which would basically close the gap between a regular gm and a super gm and make a super gm unstoppable basically.

[@MajorWolf72]

„Love of the Game“ becomes a whole new meaning on so many levels now 😂🙈

[@ninocikoo8253]

The instant regret of shaking his hand

[@richardv.582]

Just when i thought id seen it all..Levy will have to go some to beat this!

[@humphreybumblecuck5151]

The worst thing I’ve seen in a minute lol

[@cwp24]

This has to be one of the funniest most absurd things I’ve ever seen.

[@dantemarcos1410]

Lmao! Somebody used the Hans device 🤣🤣🤣!!!

[@ChessAnalytics-ji9ej]

I have a Ph.D. in Physics & Mathematics. I'm completely tired of this utter bullshit of people who proclaim themselves mathematicians when they seem to forget the basics of analysis to then come up with objective data. As far as I know, Hikaru has been very intense when it comes to chess and the amount of games that he has played in the past years makes it quite obvious, that there's enough knowledge for him to get this win rate that may appear insanely high to others. Not only does his level outrate most players, but he also more than often plays the same person multiple times in a row - thus making the data that Kramnik is trying desperately to prove nearly irrelevant. Although I am a mathematician and do not want to deep dive into that particularly, Kramnik seems to be on the paranoid spectrum. There's another point that he didn't seem to bring up, and that is the fact that chess is a game that involves no RNG at all - therefore, the difference between a very good player and an extremely good player will appear extreme in some cases. This kind of win rate is very far from being improbable, if the entire context was taken (there is a big list of them, and I am honestly too lazy to do that). I would consider that he has a point only if all the points were taken individually against players because that's where the truth resides. Taking ELO as evidence of a player's skill level shows that Kramnik has not studied Mathematics enough. For good riddance.

[@Liquidish]

Why ELO is not a good display of player's skill?

[@guilipesoa2450]

This video is awesome, and hikaru's laugh makes it even better

[@vivekvenkatraman9416]

THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS. HILARIOUS TO THE CORE

[@calebweaver1842]

Plot twist they both have plugs 😂

[@loslaTVofficial]

Plastic spoon?😅 What a hell, no mercy to nature😂

[@RationalEgoism]

That was hilarious! For anyone who wasn't following the scandal back then, the whole butt plug thing was a joke post on reddit. Nobody actually thought Hans used one.

[@ElEcodelTren]

9:34 look at the mate position, how is this double check even possible? i mean, the queen and the rook are looking directly to the king... this is no possible not even with a discover attack or taking a piece to make the check with any of this pieces because king should be in check one step before... how?!?!?!...

[@seya_2]

Haven't laughed like this in a while

[@jayjay77777]

it was a bad idea to take a sip of my drink as he said "i'm confident i can take it" 😆

[@finalfantasy3706]

All this pain because of one comment in Hansen chat lol

[@VinayKumarT1302]

Funniest shiii ever 😂

[@ltsaboat]

love seeing naka laughing so much

[@AleksiJoensuu]

"This better not awaken anything in me..."

[@YoKnow]

Sounds like a pink band! Archie & The Butt Plug

[@AzureAlliance31]

Watching this video with a straight face speedrun any% (impossible)

[@scottekoontz]

2022: Cheating would be easy. Anyone can do it. 2023: Cheating would be impossible. How dare a GM accuse a GM!

[@itsasecret2298]

Huh?

[@southerncyan4098]

@@itsasecret2298 He's probably talking about Han's treatment vs Hikaru's, if that the question you're asking.

[@itsasecret2298]

@@southerncyan4098 But nobody is saying cheating is impossible, or even that GM's never cheat. Just that there's no real evidence of Hikaru ever cheating.

[@otac77]

4:07 MORE LUBE!!!!!

[@MorningNapalm]

Jeez, they could at least have trained him with the standard e4 opening :D In the real world, Hans would not need such explicit instructions, and a single buzz when there is a special move might suffice, once or twice in a game. Also, I would hope that it is possible to find a smaller toy :D

[@joshuapjung]

Gives new meaning to the word buttalks.

[@taponespantapajaritos3937]

Do you not remember when the russians were accused of wearing vibrating glasses with radio signals. after winning games they blocked radiowaves around the event. No more wins in 1990s

[@susbedo9258]

Kramnik: "Hmmmm...interesting" 🤔

[@imblue5133]

9:33 the black king is checked by both the queen and the rook from different direction which shouldn't be possible. also the board look like CGI here and the rook an a8 look weird. it's a cool video idea but i don't think it's real

[@c99kfm]

Good call, I didn't catch the weird position, I was more into the story. Hikaru too, presumably. My guess is that they screwed it up (misinterpretation of signals, whatnot) so they got the GM in on it and asked him to set up a mate. Which he did, in a way they didn't notice but which made it obvious he didn't actually lose. A little easter egg from the GM, which you picked up on.

[@lakshminarasimhan8113]

I was hoping for a conversation on the moves made, between the players at the end of the match. That would have been funnier.

[@lammatt]

Kramnik is mad cos you exposed his new buddy's secret

[@nateb188]

Hikaru watching josh is a trip I didn’t expect 😂😂

[@RealityCheck1]

Make sure you call Hans' phone before going against him. If he smirks, you know the deal 😂

[@Alex9ten]

That was absolutely disgusting. I woulda stopped watching on my own volition but if Hikaru is still watching, i can't pssy out 😓

[@ЭмильЗиляев]

i like the way Hikaru sincerely smiles

[@AyoolaLadapo-hg7vs]

I'd hate to BUTT in but that video was disgusting but funny. Very funny

[@Geelse_zot]

Some serious editing there. At 8:20 the stockfish controller suddenly has 1.e4 played on his laptop

[@ohnoliverhello]

Ohh hell nah 💀💀

[@JokerjOkER-du8br]

Hikaru: please accuse me more, free content ideas!

[@RajatGupta-vu8xp]

At this point i feel that Hikaru has paid Kramnik to create the controversy and milk the content

[@AtawesBrood]

Would not be surprised if that was the case. But..... Kramnik already accused Hans of cheating like a month or two before he accused Hikaru, so it's more likely that Kramnik has lost his mind.

[@rickdonnelly3937]

I don’t know why but hearing Hikaru say, “Jesus Christ…” in the beginning made me laugh out loud.

[@blackman7186]

Wild 💀

[@DenjinLee]

OMGosh, I can't believe this guy actually did this for real and on top of that, I feel really bad for the GM who had to shake the hand that was probably used to make the insertion. 🤢

[@lucabattani2155]

Btw the guy is Ray Liotta's redhead doppelganger

[@lostone9700]

No one told him to opt for the bbc opening.

[@idobartov8017]

That’s the funniest video I’ve watched in quite some time

[@HowThatHappen]

Proof of concept. Hilarious. Sadly some people would consider this to win

[@George_Bland]

This was a respected game one day

[@YoKnow]

Hans cheats in digital chess using the butt plug and stock fish method as well.

[@xxRoachxx]

dang, this issue still not finished.

[@soumikroy3493]

" What has this world come to? " : 😊 " What has this world come to? " : 💀

[@luisayala9301]

Now Magnus. . . wooow wooooow I think I have no choice, it's over

[@da96103]

At first I thought the GM Daniel Fernandez is fake because he seemed to come from a modeling agency.

[@justinbouchard]

i can't count it my ass is on fire KEKW

[@ernietollar407]

so the guy at the computer was viewing the game on camera to input the gm's moves? So duh! So duh! So duh! So duh! So duh! So duh! So duh!

[@at0micsheep]

That's actually a really good idea for a TV series. Similar to the old "faking it"

[@richhenry8004]

This video wouldnt have worked without the British accents.