Reykjavik Open: Shirov vs Hambleton Time Scramble

The popular ChessBrah IM Aman Hambleton has sworn off shaving until he gets his grandmaster title. He has a chance to improve his chances in a crazy attacking position against GM Alexei Shirov.
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[@coosoorlog]

that day, Aman became Theman

[@lbp_chessguy5640]

"There has to be something better than h5!" - Simon Harry: *am I a joke to you?*

[@furiosoRIOT]

AMAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!! Shirov you're still my favorite player, but tonight we toast the chessbrah

[@QuakePhil]

The hardest game to win is a won game (Emanuel Lasker) whoooo

[@Juanxooo94]

u should try to win a losing position then (or even a drawn position!)

[@nopoint2427]

It doesn't have anything to do with that. When you're winning the opponent will be invigorated to try harder to "save" the game. Also psychologically you still can't relax because that loses won games.

[@planahath1973]

Great game from Aman and he got his GM norm. Just one more norm required for the title.

[@herblau1214]

I thought his Shirov win was the last norm. Is there a video of Aman's last norm?

[@sethmachakos9926]

@@herblau1214 no, it was in Prague and he went on a solo mission

[@herblau1214]

@@sethmachakos9926 so the Shirov win is his 2nd? Is there a video of his first norm?

[@sethmachakos9926]

The first norm was a long time ago, before they streamed I think

[@srengran4583]

I love how shocked Aman was when Shirov resigned

[@menandmice]

Great game by Aman! Congratulations!

[@SuperMaanas]

I'm an Aman fan after watching this :D

[@vergilasmr9009]

CHESSBRAH!

[@yakovreznikov9416]

yes, he is a chessbrah

[@simonb.2076]

Really nice game from Aman :D

[@Gingnose]

17:27 full rook up in endgame is more than good boy

[@Christodoulosk]

Well done Aman!!!

[@AhPhoey]

First Judit Polar bullies Shirov, now Aman piles up on him. The poor guy can't catch a break. :(

[@wevertonlimasantanalimasan6048]

Nice Aman !!

[@aritrachatterjee8109]

Come on Simon, there's always time to play h5!

[@markunrau6399]

Shirov looks like he might have bo

[@andrewryan5876]

how much does aman need to score here in order to get a norm?

[@mwangikimani3970]

Its an open tournament so Swiss system, meaning that the pairings are randomly generated, but basically he has to have a performance rating of 2600+ .... do the math... got to have a +1 score against the average 2500 - 2600 GM, must win against sub-2400 players, its tough

[@Brunorola]

andrew ryan He got the norm. :)

[@Drogba402]

But what about his rating ?? 2434 is not a GM rating

[@andrewryan5876]

he had over 2500 at one point, you dont need to always have it over 2500 but just pass it once to get a norm

[@yakovreznikov9416]

GO AMAN

[@RobPalmer454]

Lawrence was making some weird ass noises

[@zygaf6252]

GG Aman!

[@konstantinpfennig5658]

WOW AMAN! NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Gush27]

Himan!!!

[@unicockboy1666]

Who is commentating?

[@fuckingSickOfCreepyG]

GM Simon Williams and WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni

[@dmed312]

Chess won't help you solve your existential crisis.

[@juice6472]

Are you speaking from experience????

[@misael8200]

"Mr. Bh3"

[@R4ndomWords]

I don't know why players keep doing that, but it is a HUGE mistake to run your clock down like that. Essentially what you are doing is buying an advantage now (a slightly better next move) for a price that is way to high in the future - i.e. much worse moves until the time control after that.

[@33Chesskid]

Disagree

[@R4ndomWords]

That is a very well argued and useful comment - youtube stock material, if you will.

[@33Chesskid]

There are critical moments where if you calculate the line correctly you can blitz out several moves and gain tons of time on increment.

[@zexisak4085]

RandomWords You don't play OTB much do you huh, so you think you're opinion is better than a once top 5 player?

[@R4ndomWords]

Just because I am not an expert chess player (although I have considerable OTB experience) does not make me wrong about everything connected to the game. In the fields connected to the very question we are discussing (psychology, economics and mathematics) I have considerable knowledge. I also have the luxury of looking at games with a very strong engine. This gives me the possibility to estimate the gain in move quality in dependence of time spent. After a couple minutes you can see strongly diminishing returns so overall the temporal discounting rate even for a lot of professional players is often too high. This game is a typical example of that, so I commentd on it here.