Richard Rapport's Top 5 Unbelievable Moves

[@dork2241]

Rapport is a super entertaining and creative player, he's a great addition that makes this year's candidates even sicker! And Canty, you're a great host, keep up the good job!

[@manuprakash7833]

10moves ahead think by rapport need like this player only book read chess players like dobov ,nihal,alireza,

[@Modiagent]

Hey I use engine fist 5 move from engine then play random move . Then exchange al major piece . Drag opponent to endgame hahahahaha he will lose on time or loss with pawn. I use smartphone for cheat u can also try some much of fun. And never get ban.

[@manuprakash7833]

@@Modiagent good

[@Modiagent]

@@manuprakash7833 yes this was fun hahahahaha ur opponent got mad

[@studio48nl]

I got the 5th move right 😅

[@juanortiz9445]

This guy's energy is amazing, hoping to see him in even more stuff

[@JamesCantyIII]

Let’s goooo 🔥

[@thebulldog8770]

@@JamesCantyIII yeh man really good job!

[@mohamedaly8287]

Ginger is more fun

[@anonymousanonymous9271]

truly he is amazing

[@theliamofella]

It's absolutely amazing, sometimes I can't believe what I'm seeing and hearing, I think im going to faint , so much energy OMG

[@pietrozanzoni]

Here after discover Ding and Rapport friendship at world championship 😂 Rapport is an amazing person and friend

[@puzzLEGO]

Richard is so creative in all of his games. His style is definitely something to get behind!

[@threethrushes]

JC3 on fire. Rapport really is a chess-alien from Planet 64-squares with big brain. Stunning moves.

[@JamesCantyIII]

🔥🔥🔥

[@leigometido]

Mr Rapport is on fire nowadays. Tough Candidate, no doubts. And Mr Canty, please keep making this top 5 series a highly educational series. Awesome work

[@e4e6mate96]

I love this "Top 5" series.. and this installment may be the most entertaining yet!

[@JamesCantyIII]

👏🏾♟🔥

[@obliviousdisaster]

*guess the elo enters the chat*

[@rememberwhen7271]

@@obliviousdisaster this series is much more entertaining than guess the elo

[@coconuttree5045]

youll find an incredilble move in pretty much all of his games

[@WilliamJonesChess]

well said! Richard is too creative!

[@kdnguyen11]

"Everything must go sale. Everything got to go"

[@JamesCantyIII]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Swishead]

Absolutely love James as a presenter

[@JamesCantyIII]

🔥🔥🔥

[@xoranginho]

literally the most entertaining chess personality

[@JamesCantyIII]

@@xoranginho 🔥🔥🔥

[@Modiagent]

Hey I use engine fist 5 move from engine then play random move . Then exchange al major piece . Drag opponent to endgame hahahahaha he will lose on time or loss with pawn. I use smartphone for cheat u can also try some much of fun. And never get ban.

[@technicalmaster-mind]

@@Modiagent what's the benefit if anyways you're gonna win

[@FunnyVideos-fd3ts]

Richard's most unbelievable move is Ding Chilling

[@mateuszmarek8812]

Can't argue with that.

[@jasonhe5578]

8:14 James Canty III invented "THE ROOOK" before it was a thing

[@follettinobalmain2285]

wow i didn’t knew Rapport was so genius. As a 1800, i stopped the video and thought a lot, and i guessed just the last three

[@BloodScarlet]

James rocks, he has such a really great vibe.

[@giovannifrrri5495]

That last one though 🤯🤯🤯🤯❤🎉😮

[@juliatruchsess1019]

Some of the best puzzles ever, and all the better for not being compositions!

[@Headhunter_212]

Great job James Canty. Love the energy and good luck on your GM quest. Heard you yesterday on the Chess Experience pod. Love the mindset. Love the haters then block em!

[@kenbojoy8229]

I am in no way a chess pro, nor even good at chess, but I did fine the first brilliant move and I'm proud of myself.

[@ajmersasan9409]

This is not chess, this is simply a pure piece of art. Unbelievably beautiful.

[@Pain420]

I like the commentary. Thanks for the entertaining video!

[@JamesCantyIII]

💯💯💯

[@Gal26]

James's reaction is just gold 😂

[@17khandakalepratikpravin75]

Richard Report☠️

[@maulerXX]

What a fantastic video! Absolutely sick moves by Rapport, and amazing fun commentary by James!

[@zethyuen8859]

CONGRATS TO JAMES CANTY FOR GETTING THAT FM TITLE!!!

[@tasinrashid2380]

I think this was the best one so far. Truly stunning and unusual moves.

[@theShneeg]

Rapport and JC3 both criminally underrated

[@big_darkside2716]

Canty is 🔥, plz more! Also 12:26 nice effect 🔥

[@theunknown21329]

The one with Rc8 was just beautiful

[@satarkhan3692]

I'm 1700 elo that was the only one I missed

[@cloudforest4087]

I definitely felt those shockwaves! And thoroughly enjoyed them!

[@rishigayle4013]

I am pretty sure Rapport won't consider any of these as his top 5 moves. These are like, top 5 flashy moves, which would impress a 1200, nothing much!

[@trevorsmith8950]

Nothing wrong with that, these are pretty moves. But I do agree it would cool to see some more high level moves, maybe some that show plans instead of short combinations. The best moves of Aronian video had some absolutely wild ones that would satisfy players of all levels imo.

[@denkho6118]

I'm just curious if 1:10 is mocking "THE ROOOOKKK!!!11" or foreseeing it.

[@lajos-berenyi]

Fantastic moves by Richárd and also a great video!

[@chongyewchang1705]

Excellent commentary James, best I've ever watched.

[@kaspargaskevicius1062]

I'm proud to say I found bxd7 on the last game. Great video, James always makes things super hype and interesting!

[@pitreason]

Not that difficult to find if you know there is tactics. True genius is to find it while playing at the board

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Absolutely brilliant genius moves

[@cessactdm]

loved this dude explaining all the moves. thanks man, love your energy!

[@jaanuskiipli4647]

I am a great Richard fan and I love Canty comments too, very nice

[@a-train69420]

As a 1750 rapid player I actually found all 5 initial moves and all of their followups besides the last one. However, there's a major difference between looking at a position knowing there is a winning move and playing the position in-game, as I likely would completely overlook these winning tactics in-game. That last sequence was especially beautiful.

[@consciousmassofatoms]

1000 here and was only able to find the first one

[@consciousmassofatoms]

Could I play a practice rapid game with you?

[@zfeazcesd1047]

it's actually a lot easier than even puzzle tactics because we are watching a super GM's "top unbelievable moves" list. not only do you know there is a winning sequence, but you know it's unusual. you disregard a lot of normal looking moves because you are primed to look for unusual moves since you know a normal looking maneuver can't be the solution.

[@a-train69420]

@@zfeazcesd1047 Precisely. That was what I was trying to get across in my original comment, but you put it into words perfectly. Even if I got the positions in puzzle rush I may not have found all of them but because I knew it was a spectacular move I was looking for, that made the moves a lot easier to find.

[@resvolver]

i never thought i would see something more beautiful than Bobby Fischers game with Donald Byrne. this rivals that game

[@calvinasu]

Thank you James Canty very good commentating

[@Galadrew]

I found all five solutions without much trouble, but it's one thing to find a combination when someone is shouting "There's a combo here!", and quite another to find it over the board.

[@koningsbruggen]

In the situation on 5:35 you could push the pawn to h7 for a check, king takes, push pawn to g6 check, king takes, white takes the black queen

[@DunklerZebralord]

My man Canty better be getting these titles soon. James!! What you waiting for?! Love ya!

[@aloisioblanc]

Was really mad about how dumb i was for not seeing the solution to any of the first ones, but i was so happy when i managed to find mate on the last one even though it took me 5 minutes lol

[@Hummabubba]

Not sure how recent it is, but I see those FM initials next to Mr. Canty's name. Congrats to the big dog!

[@JamesCantyIII]

Thank you! 🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelbaker9347]

That first game against Nils Grandelius, I spotted rh1 immediately. Deflects the queen from observing f3, with a skewer to the rook for mate.

[@pamansaru327]

the last time i saw, your title still NM Canty, congratulations on your new title mate.

[@watermelongangster]

I like Richard Rapport's playing style, his games are very fun to watch

[@agin1519]

Early videos of James I was kinda meh about, but after watching his speed chess play and this video I’m a convert. Nice vid. Really helps to watch a few of their games to get a feeling for where chess communicators are coming from. Finishing ahead of Danny has to be a good feeling too!

[@samidtaek_]

Only OGs would watch NM Canty

[@admaiora777]

Dude really enjoyed your humor and description lol! just subbed 😎

[@gaurangsolanki8486]

He’s back

[@fredfrond6148]

One of Ding’s smartest chess moves was to get Richard to be his training partner in the world chess championship.

[@albertsanvura8039]

U paused my video but u were still blinking

[@randomisfoda]

1:57 in this position you could consider doing Kb2 to attack the rook and defend the F3 square

[@wbotti]

Fantastic and exciting explanation - thank you James !!

[@karthikkamathp]

I expected Rapport's game against Noel Stüder to feature in this.

[@terrorsanity]

first game - the only way to get out of checkmate loop is to move pawn to c3 or c4 to make space for king to escape

[@boris495]

James you are insane bro I laugh a lot with you thanks for hosting this sick moves from one of my favourite players

[@trauf777]

i like when you look at the camera and wait. plz wait some more its so funny for me

[@soakedbearrd]

Some of these are just spectacular

[@dmitch1635]

We love James Canty‼️

[@rp1894]

What a great personality on top of great analysis.

[@aleph285]

I appreciate these brilliant moves, thanks! Hope Richard will find sponsors to support his living. Guy seems so distressed and not enjoying the games in FIDE.

[@AndyKotz]

The last one is insane

[@scavengertag]

Super entertaining and educational.

[@Yadeehoo]

Awesome review, great energy, still a bit shaken by the shockwaves. That guy Rapport is pretty creative, thanks for sharing

[@MrShank12u]

Canty, Rensch and Hess .....most entertaining chess commentators EVER!!!

[@dasiqelder9018]

Literally the best

[@Paolo-wn5oy]

For puzzle 4, I found a rook sacrifice on h4. For puzzle 5 I found the brilliant move bishop takes d7 who was the answer.

[@plot3660]

I want you to know that a 1500 rapid online player found the second one

[@joemilner7710]

Love your analysis and commentary, wish I could hit the like button twice, Cheers!

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

1st position: Rh1 is easy to see. It deflects the Q from the crucial field c3.

[@PeriwalVK]

proud of getting 4/5 right

[@srikar282]

At 8:02 position what about this sequence 1)rh4+ QH4 2)be6+ g4 3)qf1+ kg3 4)qg1+ kh3 5)bc4 followed bu bf1+ mate?

[@bondanization]

😃😃😃 I can felt the shockwave here @Wonogiri-Indonesia

[@onnoquinten2944]

It's 'look' van Wely ;), played him in a simul in Utrecht once! great video

[@senecafalls7110]

I get a little unnerved when the video pauses, but James is still moving

[@alexlegard6245]

I am proud that I solved one of these positions

[@johnnylilja3687]

The first one was really easy to spot, Im shocked Nils didnt see it in advance!

[@goodghostgaming5100]

I literally guessed it correct the first time.

[@YannSelka]

In move 1, playing Nc6+ is actually saving the situation - if black takes with Rxc6, it enables a series of checks at the end of which you can trade your queen and rook for both rooks and the bishop (Rg8+, Kb7, Rxd7+, Kb6, Qxh1, Qc3, Qxc6+, Qxc6, Rd6, Bxd6 and exd6). Black is still winning, but not checkmate. Of course this isn't the only way, but it's what stockfish recommends to both sides. And if black instead takes with dxc6, you play Rg1 which turns this into a trade of Queens instead of checkmate (with a sacrifice of the knight of course). In comparison to the situation before, if black would instead try to play Rxg1, followed by your Qxg1 and his Qc3 (the unstoppable checkmate from the video) You can actually not just stop it but turn the game around with Qb6+, and after some forced moves you take black's bishop. In short, it's still not the most favorable situation, but it's not a forced checkmate like the video suggests :)

[@mishalrathod8855]

James is always fun 😀🍻

[@rhysgriffiths9675]

Is there a James Canty III playlist? His videos are so entertaining... I want to watch all :D

[@erikserafin7886]

I enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@traviss7740]

aye i found bishop d7 real quick. we learning

[@alfredobaldi-pj1tn]

Who is here after Ding Chilling the world chess championship 🥶😎

[@ohareair552]

Crazy the difference between puzzles and actual chess. I found all of these ridiculous moves in the video, but can’t consistently win at the 1100 level

[@jonormika5030]

Nice. I could only get 1 and 3 haha. Made me a RR fan :)

[@dimlighty]

1:10 I found Rh1 in a minute, I'm so happy. 3:05 I'm not joking; I found this too. 5:45 I missed this one. I thought Bd5 but forgot that capturing the bishop leads to a check. 8:12 This was easy, I found it. 11:35 Woohoo, found it. 12:25 Uh, oh. I missed this one. 4/6; good score, I'm happy.

[@koafr84]

Well it's easier to find a move if you already know there is one but still nice job

[@dimlighty]

@@koafr84 Thanks, I agree.

[@jdubs__01]

I'm really proud of myself for finding Rh1 tbh.

[@jandabolong1181]

Briliant ❤️

[@tangsolaris9533]

Absolutely great host!

[@curtisw0234]

Why is it that when I sacrifice the queen in my games I lose?

[@vinesthemonkey]

#2 shows how strong an open file can be when king's defenders are away and two rooks have access

[@ashwinkalra2000]

Great work by James🔥 He reads my mind throughout the video too😂 Found all that he said I found xD

[@captainoldspices3119]

Now I just need Canty, over my shoulder, telling me that there's a brilliant move in the position I have in my games in order to find it....

[@gabrieln91]

Nice presentation james

[@DrDeepstack]

Brilliancy! I saw the second one quite quick and had good hopes for 3 4 amd 5 but I totally couldn't see the wins.

[@zhoutianyang1120]

Nice clip! I worked out 3, 4 and 5