Mittens Obliterated My Confidence

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[@Mal1234567]

An opponent who plays fast, such as Mittens, makes you play fast, without calculating like you usually do.

[@roastedman8384]

EXACTLY , when i'm down material i play fast and try to end up i closed positions or spin my knight around searching for a fork .idk why but (even myself ) tend to start playing fast too when my enemy plays fast .

[@mrsnail8664]

Thats why training agains bots is a bad idea

[@RetsamX]

​@@mrsnail8664 no not really. There is no time limit so no need to play fast...

[@mrsnail8664]

@@RetsamX No there isnt but the point is that even if there isnt a time limit the fact that the bot plays fast makes you play faster.

[@RetsamX]

@@mrsnail8664 I disagree. If you let yourself get lured into playing fast in a no time limit mode, that's a you problem and not a problem with the training.

[@chess]

Mittens is good at doing that 😔

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

What about a 2 elo bot?

[@come.inside.me.join.now.]

Hey look. Scam chess guy

[@IAmAshGTNT]

There was a ? Elo Bot remember??

[@Sixsoul]

Mittens is a well-known rice cooker enthusiast

[@purplecat5w]

replacing minor pieces by rooks is not such an advantage because of the lack of versatility of your pieces; maybe replacing one or both bishops with queens would give you a better chance.

[@davidjoseph7142]

I agree, i also think trading all the pawns is what needs to be done with rooks.

[@aidanvannynatten2787]

@@davidjoseph7142 Yeah, since the fuckers are so hard to get into play otherwise (adds to the disadvantage, since by the time ur developed and maybe castled if u can even get that far, ur position is sucky and the bot has completely taken over the entire board)

[@gregorywilliams5606]

ThansNelson. I laughed my ass off watching this..

[@OrlandoBillyBob]

I haven't laughed that hard in a very long time. Thanks, Nelson and mittens the cat. Great video!

[@davidjoseph7142]

Good night! That ending was indeed hilarious

[@fivetimesyo]

6:56 Nelson: "Maybe we break the rules of chess here..." as he proceeds to paint 17 rooks onto the board.

[@brokenpromisesproductions8606]

Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds : Mittens

[@naturalxpress]

This was the MOST FUN video I have seen in a while! 😹🙀🎠

[@alanmaclaren3378]

Loved this mate was hilarious! Watched whilst having an operation kept me well entertained

[@astrogersunited5389]

17:17 when an IM stalemates

[@thequietintrovert8605]

Not NM?

[@MarkKnockemus]

15:05 "Checkmate the cat" -- best line ever!

[@frankcoverjr.-jz3ne]

“I’m out of water, too.”- Classic 😇

[@whitaker_media]

I feel like these board changes aren't actually giving you an advantage. Like, taking away all the pawns makes things way less structured, and taking away bishops and knights takes away all dynamics. What about a simple change that makes sense like changing the bishops to queens?

[@jshoe2490]

Drinking game. Take a slug every time Nelson says "How did that happen?"

[@benprescott9217]

Mittens has unfinished business and has returned to demolish us all. I would know, because I played it a total of 23 times and I lost every time, lmao

[@binaroy3883]

The fact that hikaru can't even beat mittens

[@Mal1234567]

I bested Mittens using Stockfish. It started to say “You chea…” then stopped and congratulated me.

[@binaroy3883]

Same I also use stockfish and mittens say's the same thing amd I was like how did she know

[@saitama-kun9253]

I'm gonna make his queen a pawn lol. I'm gonna evolve it backwards

[@Mal1234567]

Mittens is going to promote its pawn to another king so you can’t even win by cheating with Stockfish.

[@davidjjharding]

You're best video yet. I loved it. A masterpeice! Like your own personal rocky..... when is superfight 2? Mittens is calling you out.... just when you thought there aint gonna be no rematch.

[@sharoniezzi2796]

Now I don't feel so bad about my loss to Mittens. Thanks for this hilarious video. It really lightened up my day.

[@jessesalazar1038]

Oh dat little kitten has super sharp claws Nel!

[@UnMondeRiant]

17:17 that reaction was deadpoolesque xD (warning : clicking here spoils a game)

[@scoobydoop]

Amazing how all the pieces work so well together. Perhaps try with just 1 extra rook?

[@teeemm9456]

Eh, mostly because that's how the game is played, so not having an opening to rely on actually favors high level bots.

[@jaydenmoore4681]

This was so fun to watch, got a good laugh out of me!

[@markstott6689]

I have never been fond of cats, but Mittens is just pure evil on a chess board 😮😮😮

[@fledglingphnx7474]

Awesome! Great video!!

[@pieter_holland112]

Thank you so much, all my frustrations against playing mittens just went out the window and I couldn’t stop laughing watching this. Sorry Nelson, but this made my day!!

[@joezaino4674]

I wonder what the engine would say is the right way to start with all those rooks.

[@Galliao]

Next video: Nelson changes all his pawns to queens. Spoiler: It's a stalemate.

[@bangkok_as_is]

would love to see that stalemate :)

[@Ryaurezh]

"I am Mittens. Destroyer of Worlds. I am become Death."

[@barun9665]

Instead of two rooks , take 2 bishops... Rooks come alive very late.

[@Viper00799]

LOL! This has to be maybe the funniest Mittens video I have ever seen in my life. So, I was using Stockfish to analyze these games, especially with the extra material you gave yourself. Turns out you did not do yourself much of a favor with the 2 extra rooks because it was only +2.5 then you did not do yourself any more of a favor with the 4 extra rooks because it was only +3 Now the one that REALLY mattered was replacing the four pawns with knights. This gave a COMMANDING advantage of +9 and yet despite two hard fought battles, you blunder away the advantage in the first 6 knights game to a draw (yet not a loss) and the 2nd one is sadly the most tragic yet simultaneously deserved with a stalemate. :( The final game is the most prime lesson of why you NEVER mess around in a chess game. You end it the first opportunity you get, ESPECIALLY vs bots and *especially* vs something that is estimated to be >=3200 As for if I can beat Mittens with 4 extra knights over the pawns and a +9 advantage? No shot, I couldn't even beat the 3200 Komodo with QUEEN odds on my own (needed 2 hints, but I got the rest myself) So Mittens with... special odds is probably not happening considering even Nelsi, a national master I believe had this much trouble. 😢

[@MarkKnockemus]

I've played Mittens before, and it caused nightmares.

[@xmanden]

That was just awesome.

[@pecanwaffle8635]

this is my favorite chess video of all time haha

[@SirDevops]

today I accidentally saw it and never heard about it before, with 1 elo i was so confident, and started moving pieces randomly and got defeated in 5 moves😢. Never picking chess again

[@jessesalazar1038]

Set up the back rank with Queens! 😂

[@MarkKnockemus]

Each time I rewatch this video, I laugh even more!

[@SilkyJohnston24]

Mittens has analyzed your weaknesses before the game even started. You lack control of forks and diagonals and mittens pounced on it!

[@bsmoov7]

You tried to use end game pieces for the opening and middle game. Then got too reckless trading off all your pieces lol

[@davidjjharding]

Ive seen you tilted before, but it is rare with you. Mittens totally got under your skin. I want to officially apologise, because I laughed my ass off during this! I have never seen you gnarled up so bad you had to laugh and shake it out to relieve the tension. "This is disgusting, we're gonna play again"🤣🤣

[@tobikukoyi4121]

17:18 lmao😂

[@maximos905]

You're probably better off when a bunch of bishops and not rooks

[@steve_m7383]

Tough day at the cattery😂

[@mdmreduljaman4016]

I was able to beat mittens when replace my a1 rook to a queen.

[@patters2037]

can't stop a cat with a horse

[@Dustin_the_wind]

Kudos to you for taking on such a force. Playing chess against bots is truly a nightmare of some form, understanding how perfect their moves are, but not able to achieve the depth or counter they effortlessly do; but by all means build skynet, what's the worst that can happen??

[@abberantgeck0]

This video had me crying lmao

[@atharvnigam8107]

😹😹😹😹😹watching my fav player getting tilted by a cat is actually fun

[@benoitb.3679]

2:02 man, that made me laugh so much

[@jamesgowing3856]

My advice to Nelson is to get rid of your pawns and clear a way through then you have an advantage

[@ivoo87]

mittennnnn the worst nightmare :D i love it ^^...

[@roing747]

It was inevitable.

[@Mmikeyyyy]

First time mittens came out I like many saw the 1 and got drawn in. I got destroyed in 10 moves. My one and ONLY time I’ll play that feline bot!

[@_spidey_222]

I played like 100 games against mittens and i drawn 1 game, it was a closed position and we repeated moves. I’m only 1700 elo

[@samritirana6710]

Thats impressive , considering mittens is a 3500 rated bot and youre 1700,good job I am at your level too but i was never able to win/ draw against mitten

[@easer777]

You got no diagonal threats, he/she/it has, You'll need to be able to respawn new pieces....;- )

[@zacharysherry2910]

Now THAT is a knightmare! 😅 (Sorry man, it happens)

[@drewfenton866]

"Mittens stop it, stop it Mittens" 🤣

[@SilkyJohnston24]

I mean so many things change when you lack both knights and bishops. I would love to see the engines play each other in this format

[@neilu7132]

What was that, you're usually a great player but you got completely tilted out of your mind, blundering everywhere by playing every move in two seconds instead of just taking a moment to breathe and think.

[@shogibyvictortree5028]

This is my favorite video by you. I have watched many of your videos. I felt like instead of the knights in the middle exchange the two pawns on the edge with the knights. Because you want to control the middle. Pawns do that. I guess. Plus you moved to quickly. For him it was ordinary position start but for you everything is different. You beat yourself I think. Cheers

[@danielbillings1876]

Nelson’s reaction should have been the thumbnail.

[@kimlee8698]

I want you to make a another chess island video

[@christianfrost8660]

I always say the Knight is the worst piece to try to get Checkmate with. They are so complicated.

[@davejoseph5615]

How is Mittens different from playing the engine? Maybe try queens for bishops?

[@armius5210]

Finally beat Mittens with queens instead of knights and rooks

[@SilkyJohnston24]

I have so many questions about this format

[@bessiegrant3405]

When next tournament

[@RicardoFlores-ys2ss]

I feel so much better. I thought I was losing to a 1 rating😂

[@robertedson2374]

If you'd push the pawns on the kingside in front of your rooks, and take his pawns to open files for your rooks, you'd have a much better chance of winning, IMHO!!

[@antonvolkov9012]

Your reaction on 17:19 is priceless! 🙂

[@arrowofkira5658]

Mittens is just a nightmare to play against. It's basically really just stockfish which maybe does one inaccuracy. For the intermediate players I'd suggest you're better off playing against grandpa and isla. They're still pretty strong and tricky. You can get a good position out of the opening sometimes and you have to ride that advantage to win.

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

So funny 😆 the little innocent Mitten 😏

[@Funcrashmalej]

Do the 2 crown friendly game to destroy him

[@johnb6723]

Queens, not rooks, I guess.

[@EdMcF1]

Even if you sac the exchange four times, you are then on equal material.

[@ericksonnguyen5811]

Firstly I love chess vibes!

[@teeemm9456]

You're supposed to do the plow, or the reverse plow with extra rooks.

[@fantomghost6213]

Play mittens but replace all ur pawns with Queens. If you can't win then.........

[@teeemm9456]

It's checkmate in one...

[@yigitdurgun9045]

16:06 WHY DID YOU DO THAT!????????

[@kingofforce7880]

how come Gotham chess can draw mittens with normal pieces by playing the English opening but you can draw mittens even with rocks instead of your normal pieces

[@TheGentlemanRougeScholar]

Mittens kicked the dog snot out of me, three games in a row.

[@ApexHerbivore]

Plays 10 minute games against 1100's Against Mittens, bullet

[@mythbusters866]

I haven't laughed so much in the chess game. Nelson cheating by giving himself better pieces and still loses the game.

[@Dubanx]

And so swiftly and brutally with the queen/king fork in the first game too. Was utterly ruthless.

[@ace942]

I think Mittens is taking performance enhancing substance before matches.. He needs to be checked for catnip. Also how do you get the board to be different at the start of the game?

[@andreimorari2569]

When half your pieces are rooks, I think you could be more reckless with them. Normally you wouldn't trade a rook for a knight, but if you have 6 of them? I think it makes sense. Rooks are weak on a full board, so most trades are worth it, not only because it's easier to keep track of fewer pieces, but also because it clears up the board, making those rooks more powerful?

[@dineshpr4541]

Why did you promote to a queen in the last game

[@mawkeetwo]

Let me opine on this one, if I may. When playing bots, it's REALLY hard not to (subconsciously) want to play fast, specially for someone who's good at blitz. If you see an opponent moving fast, your mind goes "we need to play faster!". It's incredible the difference that this knowledge alone had on my performance vs bots, and this might be true to other people as well. Maybe simply talking more and explaining more and treating each move as if the opponent took like 10 seconds to play should suffice for you to win with those extra knights or even rooks.

[@yes51472]

Maybe try with 3 lifelines again

[@rasheau1]

MITTENS IS FEMALE

[@pgress1867]

Mittens totally crushed me 3 times yesterday evening. Mittens is incredible strong and kind of funny.

[@mequint2000]

Creepiest...cat...ever

[@cloudysunset2102]

why not all Queens (and 1 King)...Lol?

[@mentalpasient6823]

This is discusting, Nelson 2023

[@crazyrun2024]

Mittens is a female cat, but the thumbnail says otherwise.

[@SomaChatterjee-kd6hd]

I actually beat Mittens with my favourite opening cause I know all the stockfish moves(I was studying that before playing Mittens and luckily got that opening and she makes a mistake in endgame and I just win a piece and trust me stockfish gives that move an inaccuracy in lower depth!!)🎉🎉

[@user-qp8vo8rx2p]

Stop 🤥

[@SomaChatterjee-kd6hd]

@@user-qp8vo8rx2p what do you mean?

[@user-qp8vo8rx2p]

Its impossible

[@user-qp8vo8rx2p]

I am 2200 i can't beat Mitten only I draw a game

[@SomaChatterjee-kd6hd]

@@user-qp8vo8rx2p 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 {Opening: C54: Italian Game, Classical Variation, Greco Gambit, Traditional Line} Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Qxb4 Re8 12. O-O a5 13. Qa4 c6 14. Nc3 Kg8 15. Rfe1 Nd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Re8 20. Qb6 Qe7 21. Re3 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. g4 Bc8 24. b3 g5 25. Ne2 Re8 26. h3 h5 27. Kg2 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nf7 29. Kg3 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Kf7 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Bd7 34. g5 b6 35. Nd4 c5 36. e6+ Bxe6 37. g6+ Kxg6 38. Nxe6 Kf7 39. Ke5 d4 40. Nf4 Ke7 41. Nd5+ Kd7 42. Nxb6+ Kc6 43. Nd5 c4 44. Kxd4 cxb3 45. axb3 Kb5 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. Ne3 Kb5 48. Nc2 Kc5 49. Na3 Kd5 50. Nc4 a4 51. bxa4 Kc5 52. Kb3 Kc6 53. Kb4 Kb7 54. Kb5 Kc7 55. a5 Kd8 56. Kb6 Kc8 57. a6 Kd7 58. a7 Ke6 59. a8Q Kf5 60. Qf3+ Kg6 61. Ne5+ Kg5 62. Kc6 Kh6 63. Qg4 Kh7 64. Qg6+ Kh8 65. Nf7# here's the pgn....

[@bad_take_billy]

this is a really funny video

[@calebclay2713]

Mittens is insane

[@fantomghost6213]

That was so funny...er...sorry. I mean, condolences...Lol

[@DzejSiDi]

Rooks are pretty bad as early game pieces. IMO with one bishop being replaced by extra queen he would be able to win with that +6.

[@awang_ir]

Hi there Nelson, I think it would be easier to beat the game with 6 bishops instead of 6 knights, since 3 light square bishops and 3 dark square bishops are much more powerful. Good luck!

[@jedi742]

Makes sense. Seems like it’s impossible to lose with all of those powerful diagonals. Mittens probably couldn’t castle and you could maybe force a win but I had a draw

[@serenalaurence1492]

Mittens is a girl cat right?