I caught a chess cheater!

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[@dlr4919]

Eric definitely doesn't get enough credit for his humor. His sarcasm while taking the game seriously is so good.

[@siriusleigh24]

I thought people followed him for his humour

[@andrewptob]

His dry humor is amazing.

[@lucasmatsuoca]

i love how a 1300 thought he could mix some blunders with engine moves then completely outplay a grandmaster at the endgame with less than a minute on the clock only up the exchange. He doesn't understand chess enough to see how stupid this looks lmao

[@Sandude]

A "1300"

[@AdipatiNormandy]

They think they can fool with a few blunder moves And think that they can hide their cheating What do you expect from the 1300 anyway? Brilliant move? you kidding right?

[@zizhdizzabagus456]

Even easier. Hes thinking on opening moves

[@smartfck4]

@@drjoyrajghosh2271 it depends, 1300-1400 is intermediate level, someone is really good at the opening but lacks endgame skill, someone is good at endgame and bad in the opening.

[@szarekhthesilent2047]

Also if you frequently play against the engine and/or are used to analysing with it, then you will notice that it usually prefers some kind of plans over others.

[@quadro201]

The calm and rational language that Eric uses even when it's absolutely clear that the opponent is cheating, is just too good to watch. Total role model on how to handle an a**ole online.

[@saynotolonelygirl15]

he's alpha

[@EnigmaChess]

check pinned comment

[@thesharingan1571]

'in bullet you didn't have enough time to express yourself as an artist' LOOOOL

[@takatotakasui8307]

LMAO

[@stayontrack]

a con artist that is

[@peristiloperis7789]

Yeah, I died at that point 😂

[@LFSPharaoh]

Jim knows how to open up my A file lmaoo

[@Martin-qb2mw]

"this is an interactive channel" lmao. Eric is a legend. The way he handled all of this is 100% class.

[@stevenbrodeur3023]

Someone wrote in chat " Jim, do you know Pooja?" hahaha

[@Keep701]

She’s his older sister probably.

[@e4jasperi]

@@Keep701 pooja’s alt account probably.

[@spazmatCc]

Sweet Pooja 😭

[@govegan562]

hahahahah pooja

[@ippimerawr]

Eric epic foreshadowing with the “underrated in chess”, I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY ERIC!!!!!

[@nakodares5982]

"I was kinda curious why you wanted to do King g7?"... No response.... Lmfao

[@Dmckenzie6]

My man could have probably just said "To force your knight to move" and would have been logical for his rating. It's a move I might do (because I'm low rated and not realizing the alternate danger that Eric pointed out).

[@Keep701]

Yeah I think Eric overestimated how that move looked. ~1700 rating here and it looked like a pretty decent move, forces the knight to move somewhere and baits an exchange at the cost of 1 pawn.

[@Alchemistic88]

@@Dmckenzie6 I don't know man, putting your King in the bishop's line of fire against a GM vs a 1300 is asking for a nasty tactic that you'll never see coming. It makes sense in hingsight when you see there's no real danger, but to willingly move into the fianchetto against a GM is too poised and brave of a move for someone under 2000, imo

[@Dmckenzie6]

@@Alchemistic88 No see that's my point, a low enough player isn't even thinking about the fianchetto against a GM part. They're immediately just thinking of "How do I annoy that knight", and part of the reason they're low rated is because they're not thinking about all that nasty tactic stuff. Normally it'd get massively punished, but in this instance their short sightedness actually works.

[@patrickmorin100]

​@@Dmckenzie6 except its not cuz he was using an engine.

[@brandonovich6063]

Man I love cheater content with Eric or Aman, a guilty pleasure

[@wepe92]

Nothing guilty with exposing cheaters though lol

[@DarkSideChess]

Love cheater content!

[@josuke21]

Yeah man , feels good to see those cheaters get fked up . They spoil chess

[@pedraumbass]

I don't even feel guilty for enjoying this

[@Thinkaboutit897]

His top tier content imo. And also building habits by Aman too. Both are top tier content of this channel

[@3DxPOD]

That mating net was pretty sick, I gotta admit.

[@MichaelCheng628]

yup stockfish is pretty insane

[@tolkienfan1972]

I'm pretty slow, so as I looked at it it gradually dawned on me. Holy crap

[@ajpearl2075]

Yeah I’m not going to lie it took me a long time to figure out that Eric was actually dead lost

[@Jartran72]

I love seeing stockfish work. And mixed with great streamers its even better :D

[@kayblis]

you rarely see that kinda thing in human games, one day some strong gm will try something like that and it'll be glorious. sac sac sac zugzwang

[@ChessJourneyman]

Pushes the pawns in advance to block the bishop after a check...but then takes an eternity to do it once the check happens 😂😂😂

[@schroederluck7984]

Lol that was what sealed it for me. Subtle but damning

[@050Gangstaz]

As allways, Eric handled him like a boss and reserved judgement for the chat. Such a clever and constructive way to maintain the integrity of the channel! Btw, is this theory?

[@edwinguerra8892]

agreeed, great comment

[@andrewbradley3305]

The kid came back and gave him 250 dollars just to stay banned savage

[@ryno5777]

I love how haunting this feels without any techno beats

[@redminote7334]

"It's a pattern. He gives away the horse and then kicks the shit out of you. Gives you this false hope." 🤣

[@JakleIsMe]

"I cheated and lied but I'm not dishonest"

[@mattriarchal]

Same thoughts he’s so cringe

[@sanketwp2701]

That's what she said...

[@bubrub23]

The 20 seconds of silence after he typed his message, killed me 😂😂

[@spargios]

High elo GMs like eric ALWAYS notice when you are cheating

[@yoda9256]

when a 1300 plays 96% accuracy against a gm, you already know they’re cheating lmao

[@tr4nnel752]

A Fide master would also immediately know what's up. Even faster, because the moves are even more unnatural to them.

[@lorenzogalasso6252]

Even at a lower level you can see what’s up

[@jahhone5892]

@@lorenzogalasso6252 you know something is wrong when the moves dont make sense and then you end up in a mating net 5 moves later

[@lorenzogalasso6252]

@@jahhone5892 yes exactly

[@doanhnguyen6765]

As much as i dont advocate cheating and scamming, the guy could have just made a new account and no one would know instead of all the begging and gifting subs for forgiveness from random people online...

[@aClownBaby-]

Yeah, they got issues for sure

[@wepe92]

He just wants attention dude for sure

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

The sad thing is that’s going to be his legacy after he dies

[@lorcster6694]

but then he would have to hide away its better to be honest

[@radscorpion8]

i love this kind of content. Eric is naturally entertaining, even when he just calls people buddy.

[@neuromuzz]

Eric saying buddy when he's losing is peak comedy in my world

[@TheDannytaz]

20:37 "We got b-pawn Jim again" he knew Jim just started the engine again😂😂😂😂

[@AKhan0372]

He was using engine for entire game but mixing his moves with blunders sometimes. Even the opening with quick development taking control of center, 1300 don't play first ten moves like that

[@AKhan0372]

@Milan Tol so you agree with me that he was using engine for opening too. Why are you responding to me then?

[@felixthecat1]

I remember watching you before 2018 2017 and you were so humble about being a GM lol, now your finally loving your position of GM and it's awesome to see. Love seeing a fellow Canadian on top

[@ippimerawr]

Yo what the hell is that last long message. Eric is too nice, Aman would have foozball’d that out immediately like GET THAT SHIT OUTTA HERE!!!!!!

[@SriRam-nf4rf]

Cheater vs Eric is always cool 😂😂

[@TheFilipFonky]

"uh oh, it's the b-pawn Jim again" im dying 😂

[@xekind]

The way he repeatedly says "Jim..." like he means "Jim please don't hurt me" is so funny.

[@andyisyoda]

I think some of the moves were by an enjim

[@platonfoucault1087]

Permanent ban is just fine. Playing the emotional card once being caught works with your parents, not in real life with other people. The cheater has ot learn it. There is a saying in french, «faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée», admission of guilt only takes half of the blame away ;-).

[@xekind]

I love how you give him lots of "hints" that invite him to blunder in case he's listening.

[@brandonaikens505]

Great video. Glad the guy admitted to it at the end. That’ll eliminate the “ how do you know he’s cheating?” Comments. Maybe lol

[@tomsnow2872]

The way in which Eric slowly boils the cheaters ego asunder is remarkable, he is truly built different.

[@nomer440]

tbh he should be just banned for the fucking winking robot emoji

[@paulsmith5237]

The untold crime.

[@Devilfish6666]

"Whenever Jim puts smth on the a-file you know youre screwed" made my day^^

[@jackalexander102]

Would've loved this if, after the cheater's confession, Eric sombrely reflected for 10-15 seconds before shouting "GET HIM OUTTA HERE"

[@torry2]

I was really hoping for a KO

[@iIliterati]

I think the comments are missing the point of why Eric reacted and spoke the way he did. He did it because he didn't want the guy to not gift subs. If he immediately comes out and says the guy is blatantly cheating then there's 0% chance he will gift any subs. It will just scare the guy away Since he had already gifted ten subs, it was a realistic possibility he could get more subs out of the guy. Which he did end up doing, getting fifty or so.

[@tr4nnel752]

Like he really cares about 40 subs. It's just content.

[@matthewmullins4046]

@@tr4nnel752 Eric likes too though money lol

[@matthewmullins4046]

I'm sorry guys I must have had a stroke

[@elmad2153]

A sub is $5 is that right? Also i just read something on twitch adressed to creators saying they should not make viewers feel guilty if they cannot subscribe or use bits, so maybe Eric is just following the rules. After all i feel bad for Jim, he looks young. I hope he didn't feel compelled to gift $250, wouldn't that be a serious case of psychological harassement.

[@matthewmullins4046]

@@elmad2153 Jim is a jackass who agreed to pay so he could play Eric and then tried to get out of it. Everything he did, he brought on himself. No one harassed him, they held him to his word and he is a wormy coward who tried to back out.

[@XAVargasX0206]

When jim confessed i just about died of laughter 😂

[@Sw4ggB055]

Why cheat when you could lose with grace

[@adriankla7947]

I think he has a chess-humiliation fetish... he played you all this time

[@ethanfoster9857]

16:45 don’t disrespect John Wall like that 😂

[@leandrorampim5344]

Eric's decisions regarding this cheater were quite level-headed and fair, to the point of allowing chat to vote for the outcome. Very professional way to ensure the standard for current and future followers of the channel imo

[@thepoisonkid2483]

The way Eric and Aman do cheaters, instead of being done by them is priceless!

[@jiggs8073]

the way he was playing judge at the end was so fuckin amusing

[@robertrichard2322]

10:21 Love the Jimothy callout in the chat LOL

[@mineshaftrisotto]

Eric “smiley face is consent” Hansen

[@kaugh]

:)

[@mattriarchal]

Out of all the past cheater vids on this channel, this has by far been the MOST CRIIIINGE dude seriously

[@e2ipie285]

This was a battle of high EGO vs high ELO.

[@mikhailb5645]

Jeez! At least 1 more thing, which Jim has brought is some cheating drama! I watched the whole video at a heartbeat 😂

[@marklondon9004]

Good moves take 3 seconds, bad moves take 7 seconds. Suss.

[@kingdweeb5065]

Love watching strong GMs vs engines. Shame it's so disheartening to play against, and it only ever happens under the guise of a low rated player...

[@Sw4ggB055]

The Canadian comes out when Eric is stressed

[@loremibsom]

if this happened with Hikaru... Hikaru would literally turned his day into the worst nightmare... Eric obviously is by far one of the kindest and good hearted people out there.... Using people's kindness is a sin itself.

[@iqmamm9714]

Why eric so calm, when the rage gonna happened again 😭

[@bjorn841]

You have to love Eric for his justice. I think that hole engagement was fair

[@dexgen4809]

Who's been engaging with holes🤨

[@johnbowman3630]

So here's my hot take on this guys as a 33 year old 1800 blitz/ 2k rapid player who played scholastic chess since the age of 13 (won a couple of tournaments), then got back into it at 25, and who is also a gamer, has played Quake 3 Arena/Quake Live ffa/duel/CA/race/TDM at a highly competitive level since 2003: As a young scholastic player (never coached), reading books, studying master games, getting strong enough to win ~1600 bracket tournaments, you learn from a VERY early age just how strong even an IM is, let alone a GM. But there a couple of things for the modern 'gamer'/zoomer which I believe are working against them that fail to allow them to grasp JUST how massive and insurmountable the strength difference is between a GM and say someone who is 'new' to chess and learning the game as a result of the 'Chess Boom' on Twitch: .1 The ELO/ladder systems used in competitive gaming models are VERY uneven in their break points and accuracy regarding the true strength of a player: Things like uneven player pools, gear differences in MMOs, broken or OP team comps, and MANY other imbalances make the ELO/Rating systems that a young gamer is familiar with these days in competitive gaming nowhere near as accurate as Chess ELO does, because those games have inherent imbalances, while chess is as close to a perfectly balanced game that has ever existed. They figure "if I can farm ELO in LoL, or CS:GO, or WoW, surely I can farm Chess ELO since I'm not a total N00b" - but this is simply not the case: In chess, you can't gain 200 ELO just from getting a few new pieces of gear for your team, an ability upgrade, a new build strategy, etc. - In chess, with a large enough sample size of games, 100 ELO represents a concrete and tangible advantage in understanding, ability, or a combination of those two things. 200 ELO is virtually insurmountable in a best-of series assuming again that you have a large enough sample size of games played. TLDR; Chess ELO is not 'farmable' as in many games, and taking that same approach as with some other game simply won't work; there are no rating 'shortcuts' like there are in other games. .2 Universal presence of engines instills a false sense of 'knowing' when a move is good or bad, and being laughed at when you don't 'get it' like some other jerk with an engine. Coming up in my era, we 1600s had no engines, well we did but they were barely 2200 or so roughly, and they were too slow to use in blitz because the computers were weak back then. Thus there was no false sense of confidence like young gamers have today, when it's all too easy to judge a GM's move as bad just because Stockfish says so, without having any understanding of why the move is bad yourself. If you are a young up and coming chess learner, do yourself a favor and intentionally forget both of these mindsets. Only use an engine for post game analysis or clarity in analyzing the games of others, try to find some good lessons (Chess.com actually has great lesson material as well as video series), watch VODs of strong tournaments with live analysis, work on your tactics trainers and increase your positional understanding, and you WILL increase your ELO - but you still won't become a GM unless you are remarkably gifted at Chess. This is the way! Cheers

[@elijahthestudent3272]

Sir, I just want to say thank you for the reasonable and thoughtful assumption you shared.

[@h0rrr]

the post-game stuff is true premium eric hansen content lmao

[@PushyPawn]

Who needs Judge Judy when we have *Judge Eric* ?! 👨‍⚖ That was epic. 👏👍

[@willlacey7621]

LMFAO 39:39 someone said “this sounds like a letter to my ex girlfriend” LOLOLOL

[@Mas-ik1ss]

the proper thing is to now hold a match against Jeremy and Pooja for the title of best player in chess history

[@elmad2153]

"Thats a real Jim move" "That deflates me" xD

[@simondwilkinson]

Take a shot every time Eric says "Jim"

[@Hao1981]

He probably cheated with the puzzle rush at 43 as well, being a ~1300

[@fredwalter923]

Im 1300 rapid and mine is 43 too.

[@Hao1981]

@@fredwalter923 hence the probably in my comment.

[@timewasnothing]

​@@Hao1981obama probably jerks off to the category "barely legal"

[@williamjacobs4967]

Imagine this is just Hikaru on a smurf

[@NoNAME-qi9tq]

1300 players probably the most hidden chess bots you can use. Not high enough to take notice, not low enough to blunder lose in games.

[@Giltr0y]

He types slow cause he has an engine saying which letters to put.

[@sptmbrkid5962]

Despite the cheating, i think its a good content seeing GM struggle and amaze with those engine move

[@huckthatdish]

Though I think it’s better when a GM plays an engine accidentally with no odds. With queen odds, the game never really gets close. Even with the intentional piece sacs he’s still up tons of material.

[@steelsteez6118]

@@huckthatdish not really because it balances out. If using an engine with no odds from start to finish with all pieces on the board, that could be harder than playing against the engine only in the last few seonds. Here Jim would play himself throughout the majority of the game and even make a ton of blunders at the beginning and wouldn't turn on the engine until there was seconds left. So I don't think one is better than the other. In fact, one could argue it would be more difficult playing with all pieces on the board against the engine from start to finish with all pieces on board vs only turning engine on at the last few seconds with queen odds.

[@huckthatdish]

@@steelsteez6118 If you think playing an engine down a full queen is easier than playing an engine with equal material you are high

[@mrhouse9368]

Came away from this video thinking Eric is a pretty nice guy tbh.

[@rukascool]

the chat finds the defendant guilty beyond the reasonable doubt and sentences them to life in BAN.

[@lucasfetters3482]

This cheater was the reason I was sleep deprived the next morning... Great content as always! Lmao

[@ThePdog3k]

And to think, you could have just watched it on KZbin whenever it was convenient for you.

[@lucasfetters3482]

@@ThePdog3k i moreso meant I was watching the stream when this occurred, and got hooked on what the outcome was going to be lol

[@xordid]

the way Eric says Jim kills me lmao. Jim! Jim… Jim?

[@verstraetenandre]

I really smiled at the way Eric was emphasizing on the second crime... the subs! Like... DUDE, pay your bail already! You wanna be a big fraudster, get the cash ready, just like in the real world! Haha! Hilarious content! Also, people, come on, vote for the bail, support Eric's legitimate enterprise here! Hah!

[@FilipeBranth]

100 or 25 had me rolling LMAO

[@CryOfTheLyrebird]

At this point, I assume some percentage of online chess is always cheating, so it’s interesting to see someone apologize and give subs for it. Normal trolls give absolutely zero effs.

[@MateMilinkovic-yy3zm]

Serawain laughing at the joke made my day!

[@JonasDanish1999]

Love how Eric bates this person to be even bolder.. so funny

[@sourandbitter3062]

Not even doing a good job, the move time makes it obvious.

[@PianoTechSupport]

Insane how strong Stockfi...eh, Jim played..

[@S0CD0C]

Can’t tell if Eric felt bad for the guy or was trying not to get wrapped up in a potential suicide.

[@bernard9823]

This has been going on for quite a while. Subs refusing to pay after losing. First a sub promised Aman he would pay him after beating him a 1700 without a Queen. Then he started changing the rules.

[@Marmocet]

My computer is my most frequent chess opponent. My goal when I play the computer is to avoid checkmate for as many moves as possible. I consider it a victory when I can actually reach the endgame. The computer does things to me like what we see in these games: moves that I can't make any sense of until I go back and do analysis, where I discover that the computer was slowly manipulating me into putting all of my pieces on the right squares so it could then spring a massive total annihilation attack twelve moves later.

[@pierreturcotte-tremblay2731]

I love how Eric makes a grunt like The Witcher at 39:46 hahaha!!! Yes this was great content!!!

[@AngelaSpanger-mp9hk]

Jim......Jim......that's a real Jim move lol greetings from Winnipeg

[@Stev386]

I love how the pro chess streamers play a 1300 and they're so positive about a string of strong moves. 1300s cannot shut down counterplay except for single pawn pushes. If you have to play often at that rating range (which I do as my time management is horrible at finding tactics) it's painfully obvious the cheating

[@spartanspeedruns8386]

If I were a GM, I'd be playing engines so much because I'd know that people want to see those games really badly and I wouldn't care if I lose over and over again because it would be for the entertainment of the fans. Not siding with Jim at all, this is a separate topic.

[@iamtheteapot7405]

If Eric keeps saying your name, he knows you're cheating.

[@sheabanks8199]

I love how Eric occasionally calls him “The Jim”

[@faznaz7455]

This whole b3 sac idea was very nuanced i have to say. It’s not the human way of converting the position, cold blooded accuracy.

[@83gh]

"Smiley face... ok, that must mean 'yes'. That's consent." 30:36 Just be aware that this kind of reasoning might not hold up in certain life situations.

[@DarkenAge]

Eric! I thought your commentary and face expressions were hilarious during the games and even though it was 45 minutes, the video was very entertaining to watch!

[@taboopancake28]

He cheated but he isn't dishonest. Interesting...

[@za_sNse]

Cool Fact: The VS that he uses in the thumbnail is a blacked out logo of VS Gaming - a South African competitve gaming organization under Telkom, th national ISP!l.

[@GoosePlaysFN]

Worst part of the story is that he most probably cheat his way to 1300 … this is the most pathetic cheater video I have seen for sure… he is probably really 900-1000 and want to be as good as a 2000 without the effort

[@TheMasterElite99]

eric knew he was playing a cheater even before he played them, you can tell because he used the hippo opening which is known as a tool against cheaters lol

[@andrewptob]

Would love to see Jim and Pooja fixed up on a blind date.

[@zizhdizzabagus456]

Cheaters send to us to make us understand - no human is able to play any good chess. What human can do is play beautiful chess. Thats why we should make a points version of chess where awesome beautiful combinations values and u win by points not checkmate or time

[@mikahamari6420]

This same question concerns football (soccer), but there is not (yet) robots, who can outplay human players. The best teams combine the efficiency and beauty of the game. It is extraordinary combination.

[@kylecobb9982]

"I'm not dishonest" buddy

[@zephyruber3505]

"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same." Rudyard Kipling watch out for Dunning-Krueger tendencies, that is some nasty poison. People make mistakes, Time changes everything, but try to learn from your mistakes, and time change you for the better. I admonish the cheating, but applaud the self-awareness and honesty.

[@orangenasa]

Gotta love how he already knew it is a cheater after the first or second game but kept going anyway. Eric knows what the brahs like to see.

[@pedraumbass]

He knew from the start this would give good KZbin content. Cheater=free high view KZbin video = free money. Plus the extra subs.

[@AKhan0372]

@@pedraumbass I don't think he knew before the game, but it was blatantly obvious after the first few moves. By 3:56 when the cheater played h5 there was no doubt he was making engine moves.

[@pedraumbass]

@@AKhan0372 by "from the start" I mean "as soon as he made a fishy move"

[@mg_phopla]

This guy was just seeking attention...

[@xertz2502]

6:30 Why didn't he fork with the Bishop

[@SavivaldybiuLyga]

Jim has big balls.