Hans Needs to Stop Playing for Draws

Clip with Ben [05-21-2024]
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[@Rubrickety]

Maybe his WiFi goes out 2-3 times a tournament.

[@answeris4217]

Wifi??? Bluetooth this is the 21st century.

[@carsonbath6345]

first move starts at 4:10

[@_nemo171]

Thank you! 💚

[@davewestner]

two words come to mind, "appearance fees"

[@utredutredson1686]

Two more words come to mind 'Love Eggs'

[@Rizzycat1]

He’s playing more tournaments than anyone and isn’t that odd to be drawing given the nature of fatigue: he knows he’ll draw anyway so it may just be a compromise to his fierce schedule.

[@paparatzz7531]

I will tell you what I am not complaining about

[@mbarrett99]

Hard to say if he's having other issues with fatigue, etc.. He had a double ear infection a few weeks ago. It's not easy to travel around Europe & the Middle East for extended periods like he does. Most of the time he plays like a 2700 but it seems that often, he gets into an even position and somehow wins when the opponent makes a blunder in time trouble.

[@samuelhindman3022]

i don't know that Hans's ego would allow him to benefit from coaching

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

bit harsh... he's done it twice in his last eighteen classical matches ... a 13 move draw against Salem Saleh as black who's rated 2629 and a 16 move draw against Alexey Sarana who's rated 2706 Is Finegold going to come down on the likes of Wesley So who seems to does this a lot and to a lesser but still notable extent, Hikaru?

[@sigurdh.s8320]

Isn’t hans ~2700? If so, why force a draw vs 2629 anf 2706 if you aspire to break into top 20

[@user-gz5vx4sv5u]

@@sigurdh.s8320because he’s playing a classical game everyday for 3 weeks straight, so if he has the opportunity to make a quick draw a couple of times against players near his rating it makes sense, so he can have more rest. 2 quick draws out of 18 is not much

[@ofurhieraphael7633]

I think he's criticized him for that in one of his older videos

[@B-fq7ff]

quickly drawing because of hardware malfunctions? 🤔

[@B-fq7ff]

I'm joking btw Hans if ur reading this i love you

[@I.C.Robledo]

I haven't seen Hans' recent games but there is wisdom in what you say here. In general, we should aspire to take actions that align with our words, anyway. And anyone who claims to be the best, or on the road to being the best certainly opens themselves up to critique. Btw, I would guess your ambition is to be '100% you' haha... mission accomplished, I think.

[@shokedsoans2622]

The honesty at the start. I talk about Hans for clicks and it's what Hans wants 😂

[@ezequielsanchez5722]

Hans likes when people milk him 🤣

[@travissorenson9554]

Sounds like good advice

[@tomasz9429]

Hans is a joke bigger than my bank account numbers.

[@_nemo171]

OG rant. Rawr!

[@DanZhukovin]

SGM Hans Niemann has the know-how and mental capacity, I think he's just coasting for now, trying to find new strength to make his next big push. He has to get past the human limit which is not easy. He definitely has room for character change. Almost all of the top level players are roughly equal in capability and then there is just one more performance tier above them with SGM Magnus in it. But on the remark about Hans "Losing all of his games", even though his loss rate is 22-23%...I find the mistake with criticizing the performance of other players is that the rankings are so tentative, so fluid and each player is just one bad day away from dropping down a tier unless they are totally free of any memories of wrong plans, inaccuracies, blunders or any moves less than "Best". Nearly all human players are not able to calculate accurately at 60 moves ahead at all the relevant possibilities, so they shouldn't be criticizing anybody because they don't fully understand the games they play, either!

[@wernerschacht7642]

A beef series "Ben vs Hans" would be great. Wanna see every episode

[@DanZhukovin]

A series of Internet Bloodsports with Chess players would be awesome

[@Russell1078]

um cobalt blue bottles ?

[@misomiso8228]

Yes I don't understand why either. People blunder like he did against Sam Shankland, but taking these draws is very strange. My only thought is that he is thinking of maybe saving his energy for the tail end of the tournaments. He scored 5.5 which is respectable for him in these opens, but playing for short draws will not get him to the top.

[@WhizzerdSupreme]

You mean, Hans "I'm Going to Be the Best Chess Player in the World" Niemann? Ya don't say 🤔

[@wompastompa3692]

Quick draw McGraw.

[@quantumquotient167]

Can we get a "great player of the past" - Bagirov. I wanna see Nimzo-Larssen Attack variations. And he was good player too I guess.

[@quantumquotient167]

I mean, not even top 5 in Soviet Russia, but thats like 3rd in the world haha

[@kenspencer9895]

Hans must be a big fan of Carl Schlechter. 😁

[@yotoober1]

You mean a big fan of Petrosian. Of course, Petro did go on to become a WCC. Course, if you make a lot of draws, then noone can accuse you of chetting.

[@Demian_R]

Beads eval 0.00 depth 50, draw.

[@user-xc1xe5xf1n]

I have a challenge for you: can u beat chat gpt even when it does illegal moves

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🧞🧑‍🔬🧑‍⚕️🧑‍🔧

[@adrianvermeule7929]

Hans simply isn’t that good in the grand scheme of things. A mid-2600s player.

[@guitarmachine13]

saratoga is trash

[@VaRag98]

These stupid jokes abt Hans are not funny 😒😒. Hans is a great/atleast good player and he has proved himself many times.

[@momoaa]

If they arent funny than how come i chuckled?

[@josephb4224]

Hans.... come on,, stop creating new accounts and leaving comments about how great you are... We know you're hurtin... Lol