I got destroyed by a kitten

In this video, I play a couple of chess games against Mittens the kitten.
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[@Thebiggestgordon]

The (1) isn’t mittens rating, it’s her rank.

[@fatitankeris6327]

The M was just hidden.

[@nocyap277]

I Just try mitten (white) vs 3200 elo engine (black) and black won

[@Belinor6]

1 is her summoning order. "Before there was time, before there was anything, there was nothing. And before there was nothing, there was Mittens.'

[@Jejjing]

@@man-ml6pucringe

[@oofboi114]

@@fatitankeris6327 true

[@chess]

Mittens is just too strong 😹😹

[@creativeusernam]

Mittens is a whole other breed

[@Dr._Bo]

Who's the genius who thought about it? S/He need a raise

[@Dr._Bo]

@@creativeusernam fr

[@ayushsinha3561]

This lil demonic kitten eats stock"fish" for breakfast

[@Dr._Bo]

@@ayushsinha3561 😂

[@notyourdad]

Eric: I should still be okay though. Narrator: He was not okay.

[@qbb01]

Morgan Freeman

[@Piperitum]

It was at this moment he knew he fucked up!

[@KindriEvans]

story of my life

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

Almost 1K likes now

[@notyourdad]

@@angelmendez-rivera351 Well, I did not see that one coming.

[@tahmeedchowdhury0007]

Eric rattling off his strongest London prep to get mauled mercilessly by a kitten was truly heartbreaking

[@mlsanica7618]

Thanks for spoiling the video, Mister!

[@luminator911]

@@mlsanica7618 ...it's in the title of the video

[@Ibaraki_DX]

Person reads comments before watching the video and doesnt like that the comments talk about the video

[@Sev7.]

@@Ibaraki_DX ong

[@mlsanica7618]

@@Ibaraki_DX Why the whining, I was simply giving my thanks to this man for spoiling the video for me.

[@matthewdallalana9869]

As a 1400 I’m proud to say that I lasted 36 moves against mittens. I’ll see y’all at the next world championships

[@hisridhar7637]

Bot

[@alexham7356]

you lost. i won

[@alexham7356]

so technically i shoud get to world champion

[@truth1549]

@@alexham7356 but am the world champion dude

[@truth1549]

because I never lost to her in any format

[@Aruesx]

Note to self: If mittens offers you a free knight, it is indeed not a free knight.

[@MasonNoThumbs]

Gave me a free rook then took me into a 7 move mating sequence felt violated after that

[@TheSpaceComputer]

What the hell

[@UltraSuperGamer]

“I don’t want to get sued… or scratched.” 😂😂

[@johnboybyt9321]

😂😂😂

[@amyrlexiion4688]

The cat meows for itself

[@OPTImistic001]

@@amyrlexiion4688 Chess meows for itself

[@taciofranco3604]

"He is sacrificing a knight for seemingly nothing" Proceeds to get mauled in the next few moves

[@SurgeonOW]

mittens is the devil incarnate hidden behind a wall of fur and adorable eyes

[@crispinmcsticks]

So, the stereotypical cat?

[@WhiteThunder121]

@@crispinmcsticks Stereotypical furry.

[@lks9988]

They look into my soul tho

[@Zelchinho]

how is he 2743 and not gm?

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

Mittens: literally telling you shes a demon throughout. Eric: “this should be fine”

[@ciaran3915]

Managed to survive 68 moves playing the Ruy, I made 0 blunders, 1 mistake and 3 inaccuracies, Mittens made 47 best moves, I made 23 lol, it was absolutely brutal, the cat forced me to trade off and sac absolutely everything just to hold on for dear life, It was one of the most humbling experiences of my chess career.

[@BuffGuy71]

What’s your rating

[@SkKedDy]

@@BuffGuy71 2

[@josephsalmonte4995]

What Chess career? 🤣

[@luohao2321]

@@BuffGuy71 0.8

[@smallxplosion9546]

1 move away from greatness, but that demon is just too powerful.

[@JDoactive]

The irony of a cat being the strongest bot but the strongest engine being a fish

[@deskgo]

When you cheat to beat mittens it accuses you of cheating and has a meltdown. Lol

[@toaster4693]

"When you beat Mittens"

[@JDoactive]

@@toaster4693 with stockfish ofc

[@AQyui]

I mean technically she's correct lol

[@thanassisdiamantis6670]

I think the joke is that mittens uses an engine against you and gets mad when you also do it

[@zachrabaznaz7687]

@@thanassisdiamantis6670 No, the joke is that Mittens is rated 3000+ and no human can actually EVER beat her. Not even Magnus could. So, if you beat her, you 100% used an engine and cheated.

[@ArutaretiI]

“Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” - Nietzsche. I think that cat is evil incarnate.

[@dacuber8409]

Damn

[@WhiteThunder121]

"Unfortunatley for you however, you are maidenless." - mittens, probably

[@or3213]

After losing spectacularly to mittens several times, I played against it with the help of stockfish, playing the top move every time. Every single game like this ended with a draw.

[@popcornic1038]

My stocky beat it

[@hapeenes2927]

tried it and stockfish just demolished mittens.

[@pizza5658]

Hello there Oreo

[@kireitonsi]

You need to do a combination of stockfish and human choices. I was able to beat it 7 times out of 8 and draw once with stockfish

[@jesterpenetrate6912]

@@hapeenes2927stockfish 15?

[@pomagier6277]

I thought that I am so bad that Mittens destroys me, and then I see this video

[@ulrichbrodowsky5016]

You can estimate how strong a bot is by the time it takes to make a move. Kitten takes long. (It's around the max-bot strength)

[@cationr]

@@ulrichbrodowsky5016 it has beaten maximum 3-0 in my comp

[@fatzio5foot7]

@@cationr i beaten her 5 times in bullet easy

[@stan0033x]

@@fatzio5foot7 oh really? You must be a magnus contender then

[@fatzio5foot7]

@@stan0033x just flag millet sve is just tooo slow in 1 min game

[@infernalflamezz7480]

"It's playing an English type CATalan" hahaha good one Eric

[@selectivepontification8766]

You know something's wrong when Eric says "oh no, my queen" and actually means it

[@irrelevant_noob]

9:10 well TBF the sac was the only move that extended the game, anything else was mate in one. :-B oh wait, you forgot to go for an even better phrasing: adding a "... twice!" at the end. xD

[@TriggerCynical]

Eric: "I was a little curious..." Well, you know what they say, curiosity killed the Eric.

[@williamweekhai3252]

Kasparov : "I got destroyed by Deep Blue." Eric Rosen : "I got destroyed by a kitten." Kasparov : " Are you ok bro?"

[@ugeex3044]

lmao

[@Chris.McNichols]

damn didn’t have to do Kasparov like that it was 3.5-2.5 😭

[@kkiller1438]

Lol Mittens would destroy Deep Blue

[@myAvamkon]

Eric Rosen: "I feel so broken."

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

@@kkiller1438 True

[@Nylspider]

"Meow, I like chess" Ok cool so it's like normal dialogue but with meows and cat references in it. "Meow, gaze long into the abyss. Hehehe" O_O

[@user-qd7kf3ng8l]

the kitten ate some stockfish for dinner

[@mayankgupta6196]

Mittens is the chess version of “wolf hidden in sheeps clothing”

[@MyBiPolarBearMax]

“The two worst losses in my life? Well, one was to Magnus, which wasnt that bad. Then there was Mittens…”

[@Juasml]

I knew it was going to murder me when it took so much time to move, that's the engine going really deep to screw you

[@kappascopezz5122]

I think you fell a lot more gracefully than Levi did, basically lost no material until very late and instead had to get suffocated slowly

[@joviel6620]

It's Levy

[@pancakes8101]

Lvy

[@forrestrichard8133]

Who's Levi?

[@pancakes8101]

@@forrestrichard8133 It's Levy

[@Bf7]

after 5 or 6 defeats in a row, I unleashed the fish against him... and he caught me! when I checkmated him he told me I was a cheater! :-O

[@ardellandaya1965]

Well the demon cat is probably rated 3000+ haha no human could beat it and they just know you cheated to win

[@floridaman6982]

Maybe they are actually running stockfish in the background to see if you cheat. I wonder if anyone has attempted another engine and got a different victory message

[@Bf7]

@@floridaman6982 it seems everyone who beats it gets the same "cheat...meow" message. Even Ben Finegold got accused of cheat...meowing by "the cat", and he played the whole game while streaming (so without cheating)

[@kenhaley4]

For all we know, Mittens IS Stockfish. Fish to cat. Evolution is weird.

[@1.4142]

I played a quiet london game with no mistakes, and still only lasted 57 moves.

[@pieinside2345]

I dared challenge mittens after starting to learn chess about 3 months ago. Mittens is now holding my family hostage.

[@videosforthegoodlife2253]

Holy crap it was a quick and violent ending for me. Twice, because I thought I just played bad the first time.

[@LongTran-em6hc]

3 for me, in my disbelief

[@yahiya680]

I love the ending where Eric says I feel Soo broken 😢

[@the_visapurkar4044]

From "its a free knight" to "oh no my queen" to "I feel so broken" What a journey 😅

[@soxton4612]

Mittens is a (1) elo cat that ate stockfish and transcended to become an eldritch chess horror.

[@thereapershow1075]

Damn i remember i saw 1 as its elo and thought 'weird' i was confident i could win, but the damn kitten outclassed me in the theory and i realized shit its a high level bot

[@chessingworld8917]

I actually defeated mittens.........using stockfish But seriously mittens played stockfish moves most of the time, minimum 3000 rated I'm guessing, could be higher too.

[@trevik4334]

Probably like 3200+ because 25lvl stockfish can't beat her

[@lucemferre1496]

i defeated mittens using fritz 17 program on AI level "grandmaster" and it says that mittens is 2040 elo (i was doing mitten's moves against fritz, the program evaluates your approximate elo in the real match based on the current game by the precision of your moves) ofc its not taking in a count that it is a 10min blitz, but in the game without time control it says that mittens moves are 2000 elo P.S. Fritz was playing black, easily mated with advantege of light piece in the edngame, so i gues mittens ello realy is not so high because fritz takes like 10 minutes to win with black

[@Oscar-jo5pn]

@@lucemferre1496 i doubt its 2000 elo if its crushing an IM like this

[@julseu_lol]

@@lucemferre1496 definitely not around 2000 elo only since many titled players can destroy 2000 elo bots if they played seriously. Mittens also held its ground to the older versions of stockfish.

[@hulkboy2084]

Play bullet against mittens... You'll win.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

Did anyone realize that he got checkmated in exactly 38 moves both games?

[@username_wish]

*Levi Rozman has fallen , he was in high danger levels* *Eric Rozen has fallen , he really meant it when he said "oh no my queen"* Hikaru Nakamura , Magnus Carlsen , Hans Nieman and stockfish 15 remains... Drunken Carlsen: finally a worthy oponent.. *_our battle will be legendary_*

[@shotx333]

Stockfish 15 wins tested

[@JayVicky007]

I only just watched Levy's destruction last night, cannot wait to watch Eric's. Love you guys btw.

[@RyanEmmett]

That must have been a painful experience, but it was so funny and Eric's despair was so relatable. 🤣

[@pimverkerk1]

Thanks for posting this, now I feel a lot better about my 50+ losses to this demon cat.

[@ordinaryperson-my7qr]

YOU PLAYED 50 TIMES WITH THIS MONSTER?

[@rajarshichakraborty1852]

The 'Meow! I like chess.' in the opening had me.

[@Worldsportstalk24]

Thinking Mittens was 1 elo I sac’ed my queen thinking it wouldn’t take it. When it took and then followed up by forking me I realized I had been bamboozled

[@Vengaard]

I like that Eric beat Martin but only with assistance

[@coconuttree5045]

Im glad to have lasted 42 moves with 85 accuracy and no blunders. This cat tho is some demon spawn

[@jake8200]

"I feel like I'm getting squeezed" is the perfect anology for playing against high ELO engines.

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

Mitten is staring at your soul. 🥺💀

[@thomashoogeboom5018]

This is the first Eric Rosen video I have watched and his style kinda reminds me of Bob Ross.. sooo very calm and almost hypnothising.

[@Drogon7102]

he is very relaxing

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

The Bob Ross of chess.

[@Bred_555]

This takes "1 is everything, everything is 1" to whole different level

[@misterhoudi2824]

No way this is real!? i’m must have entered a parallel universe somehow.

[@kamabokogonpachiro6797]

"i feel so broken" thats how we all felt. now its martin the lord against mittens or magnus or hikaru

[@Den368]

I won mittens with my computer local stockfish instance. It took 76 moves to checkmate!! Mittens is just stockfish with depth 18-26 (fast moves its 18, when it thinks it can go up to 26)

[@irrelevant_noob]

6:28 "i have to find a large dog to help me out" -- that might be the most sensible strategy i've heard about how to thwart mittens' destruction spree... :)

[@jensino]

13:51 unlike in duck chess you cannot castle out of check. 😂

[@Breadontoast-pu4tq]

That "I feel so broken" touched my heart in a few seconds

[@rizzzou]

The attack in that second game was insane

[@harshitjoshi3822]

Feeling like a king after flagging mittens in a bullet game where it had mate in 2😂

[@cl4pre]

I'm 660 rated and I lasted 53 moves against this absolute terrorising beast. It has truly given me PTSD for sure.

[@crugy7]

After I played this once I had a bet with a friend about drawing it, I ended up playing her for 2:30 hrs and did not draw her once. Learned a lot though, genuinely insane what ideas it came up with, especially regarding same side attacks

[@PhantomAarantula]

How much money did you lose?

[@piousheart]

Would be interested to see the game review

[@raphaelnej8387]

Your first game was so clean

[@marklondon9004]

I'd love to know more about the AI behind this.

[@JR-jz4ts]

Misery loves company. I enjoyed watching you go through the same pain I did 😊

[@Smitchen0]

“I feel so broken” As do we all Eric, as do we all…

[@MiseFreisin]

Good to see Mittens the Crime Solving Cat take some time out to relax.

[@guuy.]

The title should be "IM gets rolled by cat"

[@sispal]

Of course Mittens is playing the Cat-alan😻

[@ndronikusri1992]

THE LAST WORDs Perfect ending of this video

[@choco_addictee]

I can't wait to play these cat bots

[@vidaes6503]

Famous last words when playing an engine: "I'm up a whole rook."

[@tyrioncsgo6229]

All of a sudden I dont feel bad for losing anymore

[@gareth4348]

Watching all these IMs get rolled by the "1" elo bot is great content

[@toversnoleu8769]

"I have to find a large dog to help me out" I have been thinking the same after being *DESTROYED* for 3 straight days. I even tried with stockfish 13 help and still lost... -_-

[@KayakotoPapcicle]

Now i would love to see mitten with the elo 2.

[@Sir_Osis]

That kitten has mopped me up about 15 times in a row now. 😂

[@ptyxmvm]

Wow a fish disguises itself as a cat... clever very clever

[@xCupressocyparis]

Hehe, I'm so glad this video popped up on my recommendations; I tried playing Mittens earlier this morning and now I feel somewhat vindicated about getting crushed as well. I'm in good company! 😂

[@LeeRenthlei]

Time to summon Martin to challenge this cute beast.

[@RyanJFaulk]

I don't know what it's like to be a prophet seeing the inevitable end of the world, but I think it's little something like when Eric saw the point of that last bishop check.

[@jesuscantua6859]

Wow Eric I used to watch your videos on opening but after absolutely getting rekt by a cute cat idk if I can take your advice.. I'll have to ask mittens now

[@somthing8910]

“ I am up a whole rook here” he said just before recieving the largest beating of his life

[@TH-dg2mm]

13:30 Eric: I'm up a whole Rook here. Mittens: lol

[@rdspam]

“What is that move? I don’t remember that being a move”…and the end was near.

[@danielarcherSDG]

24…Qa6 looks interesting to me. Idea of sacking room for knight followed by knight fork and transplant to b6

[@GeoStreber]

I fear no man, but that thing, *meow* it scares me.

[@samtaylor8734]

If it makes ya feel better you took it better than Levy 🤣

[@keisuketakahashi3597]

"I feel so broken" - Famouse last words

[@OrtegaSauce]

"No help of any kind" Mittens: so you have chosen death.

[@donovancaldwell3872]

Now I don't feel so bad. Kittens dissected me like a frog as well. :(

[@rjray5132]

Lmao I knew Eric gonna playw with a cat

[@AmarSingh-ew3nc]

Loved how the video slowly fades out after you declaring that you feel so broken 😅 can anyone stop MIGHTY MITTENS???

[@coldblood303]

that bot smushed both you and levy. wow.

[@reyco1]

The levels of disrespect from this FELINE! 🤣😂lol

[@husseinmahmoud6833]

Those "Oh no, my queen"s are real.. 😂

[@MittensOfficial]

Not a normal kitten, it's me Mittens the ultimate chess destroyer! 😺

[@jamesgalliver6652]

"Need to find a large dog" lol.

[@WeskerZombieWanker]

Angry cat quits if u check the king a couple of times lol

[@ayyyyeeee1403]

THAT ONE STAR AGAINST MARTIN GOT ME DEAD

[@Gabriel_JudgeofHell]

wdym? Martin is probably the one that got you dead, he's prob more powerful than stockfish 15.1. Its impressive to beat it in any position.

[@thelastnoise9210]

The genre tag *Psychological horror* should be added to this game.