She Defeated Hans Neimann By Her Crazy Ideas

Eline Roebers vs Hans Neimann | Tata Steel Challengers, 2024

[@connortilson7141]

Wonderful

[@user-wx1gd9fs1k]

I learned a lot from watching this game. So many times, she could win pieces, but she was looking to checkmate at all costs. Beautiful checkmate at the end. Brilliant game.

[@rockmcdwayne1710]

She could have forked the queen with a knight there on multiple occasions. Why she didnt do it boggles my mind?

[@user-wx1gd9fs1k]

@@rockmcdwayne1710 Yep, there were plenty of things she could have done in that game. I would have taken the pieces too, but she wanted the mate not the simplification. Perhaps Hans would have out played her in the simplified position.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@rockmcdwayne1710ha twice during the endgame what’s funny after the first time black pushes a pawn she could’ve taken the pawn and it would’ve been a fork winning the Queen I hear what people are saying she was going for checkmate but had she taken the Queen she would’ve had a Queen and Rook advantage I guess she was confident checkmate was coming any average player would’ve went for the fork

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@user-wx1gd9fs1knot at that point his pawns I don’t believe had chance to promote she would’ve been up a queen and rook against the black king had she just went for the fork but I guess she was confident of checkmating which she did wonderful checkmate with the knight

[@robertdaniels2549]

I guess I'm in the minority here, but the point of the game is to win. I find that passing up several chances to deliver the crippling blow and just playing cat and mouse is insulting to your opponent.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

It's incomprehensible that Hans Niemann didn't resign long before the actual checkmate. He was completely lost many moves before it.

[@nicholaslittle2312]

Maybe, but you don't get to grandmaster by resigning early . Lost positions can be turned into draws...

[@TheMrBennito]

That will sober up Niemann. He got outplayed. Congrats to my compatriot!🎉

[@freeandfighting3069]

SWEEET...and you were So gracious by not forking his queen near the end saving him completely embarrassment. Instead, you got a nice middle-board check-mate!!! Congrads., FREE

[@TheSmesi]

He did not see the fork coming when he moved his queen. She just played cat and mouse.

[@sarmah8738]

Brilliant. There was a royal fork(Ng4) but, she doesn't played. Best move was Rc5. She was just eyeing for the checkmate, not weakening the other side by capturing pieces. 👌

[@matteom2956]

Absolutely right !

[@flaviucalin]

Yes, sir. I asked myself why not Ng4?

[@southerncross4956]

As you all know she had the king and queen forked for two moves, I’m screaming in my head “You have him forked, take the queen take the queen!!! Damn you should have taken the queen or is she just dominating him with a keep your queen it won’t matter anyway. What a stone cold killer…..

[@hanakobe2405]

When my cat catches a lizard, she doesn't bite off a leg or tail or head.... but terrorizes it for an hour with all its limbs intact, to prolong her hunt for sport. Finally when cornered without an inch to move anymore, she pounces. Eline is like my meow meow. 😊 oh the cheeky lil adrenaline junkie!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Eline Roebers her Checkmate Speaks for itself im a Hans fan but she put it on him in this game Fantastic Checkmate

[@407X]

I first heard about Hans Neiman when Magnus refused to play him. I am interested in his beginnings in chess and life. I guess that's what Wikipedia and Google are for

[@danwilliams8626]

I think that mate is computer generated. I looked up the game in the database and it only goes as far as where she forked the rook and queen with the knight. He must have resigned there. The rest of the game looks too computeresque to be real, even for players of their level

[@realplonk]

@@danwilliams8626 silly comment as the game has been analyzed by AI and they weren't making the best moves available

[@psychohist]

@@danwilliams8626 I think you're correct. I've found a commentated recap of the game on KZbin where the commentator says he resigned there at 19:54 into this video.

[@tapanpal6432]

At 25.37, NG4 was a fork, would have been a great or a brilliant move, but all over accuracy of Eline was best :). Congratulations 👏🏻

[@moskvin_net]

I was shocked myself that this fork did not happen

[@Sqid101]

A possible answer to a number of questions raised is that she wanted a checkmate rather than win by winning material. "I wanted to bust him in the middle game" (a Fischer comment.) This is damn cheeky, if not arrogant, but this time she got away with it. It is debatable whether deliberately not playing the objectively best moves to get a checkmate is the best chess, but if you get away with it....

[@control5835]

Can't see why her ideas were crazy

[@407X]

Who is this amazing crazy lady? Signed, a fan

[@timhuson4800]

I'd say playful. She could have forked the kine and quen five times, but let him keep the queen so she could defeat him with a checkmate rather than a resign. Just having fun.

[@nokrangwalling6940]

At 23:18 is the crazy endgame instead of playing knight to f7 better rook to B.6 is boom queen is gone black resigned

[@shafiqulislam3095]

Exactly. She missed a royal fork which wons the queen.also several chances to take the queen 😅

[@samok.8861]

He proves to be just a greedy kid. Makes me wondering about his family.

[@nicholaslittle2312]

Well done Eline!

[@jaybingham3711]

For those who never learn (or refuse to employ) defensive moves, I counted 5 undeveloping moves by Eline in the game...including 3 in a row early on. Of course, if all you do is play blitz/bullet, this sort of thing necessarily can easily be ignored. Eline didn't suffer at all making such moves. She patiently floated like a butterfly...till she got an opportunity to sting like a bee. Then refused to deliver available lethal venomous blows. Cuz why the hell not...when you're opponent refuses to hit resign.

[@407X]

I see what you did there. She went full Muhammad Ali on him!

[@gutschgutscher2609]

Both wanted to troll each other...Against another opponent Hans would have resigned much earlier and she wanted to checkmate him with his Queen on board.

[@jaybingham3711]

Do they have history?

[@johnnypastrana6727]

​@@jaybingham3711Maybe they were lovers...hence her not using the fork?

[@NAR-wv3sl]

The computer couldn’t cope.

[@Timberius]

Once she didn't even take the free rook, and then several times didn't bother with the opportunity to get his queen, a couple times could have done a fork with the knight on the king and queen, and a few with the rook on the queen with the kind behind. I guess she preferred the challenge. Impressive.

[@Sqid101]

Stockfish evaluates her moves as the most precise. She had a forced mate a long way out. Whether she calculated it right through, or just played according to general principles (knew it must have been there because of the superiority of her position) who knows?.

[@joseluisleijavazquez]

Qué juegazo ! de lo mejor que presenciado últimamente,

[@Sqid101]

Believe it or not, Stockfish reckons she was right not to take the pieces. She didn't always play the very best move (according to Stockfish), but she was always played at least the second or third best move. And Niemann didn't play all that badly either.

[@howard5992]

She tormented him with potential discovered checks.

[@danielfriedlander698]

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[@tonywestermann6610]

Ich glaube da irren Sie sich. Steinitz war Chinesisch und seine Familien geht zurück bis auf die Han-Dynastie von 206 v. Chr..

[@AirRaid77]

Monster! She didn't want to do the fork, because she wants the mate.

[@jonathanleonard1152]

Chess speaks for itself!

[@samok.8861]

Right!

[@mamr-wf8xl]

I look it up before I wrote it as a comment... hehehe... I was sure somebody had made it!

[@SuperEikman]

His name is Niemann not neimann

[@mohammedzulk8485]

She put a spell on Niemann...is the only explanation. Take the rook on D6 instead of moving his King to H7.

[@sarmah8738]

Impressive and strategic planning. Very well played.

[@magicsinglez]

That’s too bad. Hans was going to finally get a date.

[@benheideveld4617]

Goed zo, Eline!

[@mastersains]

Luar biasa, wanita ini, bukan kaleng²

[@sjakob52]

She deserved to win . Very fine game.

[@hasb826]

The chess has spoken! 🤔

[@samok.8861]

Yes

[@lemat8558]

When they don't get your name right, there's still a way to go. Joke aside, Bison blundered this one. Fun game to watch.

[@thebisonchess]

👍❤️

[@bubbahottep8644]

What crazy idea? She bring a radio jammer?

[@howard5992]

Ha ha - she hunted him down. Nice work for a 17 year old.

[@GreenMeansGOF]

The chess speaks for itself

[@richardcrimp4583]

Great moves, great game. Even let him keep his Queen.

[@richardcrimp4583]

Way to go Girl! XO

[@ericc.edholm6565]

how many hanging pieces did she bypass? this girl plays like she's 55. amazing

[@justintharp5652]

She either missed a nasty big time fork intentional so Hans wouldn't resign... Or she didn't see it... But yeah she had the opportunity to hit Hans with a nasty game changing fork between the king & queen??

[@barrywuthrich8530]

First, she didn't take the rook. Then she could fork the queen and king with the knight and didn't. I didn't get that at all. She didn't force a queen trade to simplify. I think she must have been offended that Hans didn't resign and he was playing for a stalemate, at best.

[@bogdanski6928]

piekna partia.

[@elasticharmony]

Truly crazied

[@paulbetjeman9933]

Wow what a game ! I love it love it (never heard of her , but watched non stop from start to finish.

[@kimbirch1202]

She could have taken his Queen many times, to simplify.

[@user-eu4my2ud2c]

Checkmate horse. Kudos miss Crush

[@user-vl1qv3cj5w]

В партии Алина Робертс упустила поимку коня ходом. Пешки г4❤

[@ernst7704]

Висел конь 3 хода

[@ernst7704]

Case when your opponent has better cheating program

[@brionhausgeld2415]

Why did she pass on the Royal Fork, Knight to G5?

[@GB-ez6ge]

25:06 Why not go for the knight fork G4?

[@user-hj7pi6kb7y]

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[@adriangedamke2069]

Excellent checkmate

[@kurtamesbury6679]

@24:29, why not Ng4! ?

[@imeprezime1285]

Ooouuu, yeah!

[@-Pierre]

If she had play knight g4 at 24:33 the game was over, she take the queen and finish the game with her queen an her rook left.

[@user-hj3xt5tc6r]

فرَّته فر...

[@laogui2425]

Why hadn't he resigned long ago? Was she in time trouble perhaps?

[@danwilliams8626]

I think in actuality he did. The database has the game ending long before the game in the video

[@407X]

No cigar after that game

[@matteom2956]

A fork king/queem missed by White !

[@markgendala5689]

Russia's "Sovietollahs" and Iran's "Ayatollahs" - what a bunch of geniuses!

[@ScaramouchedaVinci]

Great!

[@MartinPedersen-wf6qg]

Is Niemann a real player?

[@nokrangwalling6940]

Beginner's move on top place 😂

[@Alex-ed8vj]

Interesting game, but some comments (for people like me - not chess masters ) would have been nice.

[@ricksexton8888]

guess he forgot his cheat engine

[@cdr3115]

How many times did he queenless but she didn't take it. So that nieman will surrender. It looks you just playing this is why takes long time

[@user-cx5un7xy9j]

Hi .. please can any one give me the name of this clever girl ? Thanks

[@thebisonchess]

Eline Roebers

[@johngongoradelacruz9168]

She missed the double-check for Queen

[@KenG826]

She didn’t miss it only wanted to checkmate with his queen on board to humiliate him .😂😂

[@user-sk9hh9cx7d]

I'm impressed but WHO AM I.😅

[@control5835]

Maybe Hans should have put Knight on B4, not E7

[@control5835]

Hans over whelmed his self

[@user-gr5tx6rd4h]

Neimann??? It is Niemann.

[@Frank_Weeverink]

Dolles Matt 👍

[@danwilliams8626]

When I looked up the game in the database, it ends much earlier than this video! When she forked the rook and queen with the knight, it ended. That must be where he resigned in real life. The rest of the game looks too computeresque for even players of their level

[@martincalero7390]

She is very cute. I dig her.

[@stephenforest3345]

I think if Niemann was playing a guy, he would have resigned when he was two pieces down

[@youngnguyen1353]

End best move is knight fork queen and king then he will resign. Simplest way

[@DeElSendero]

She smokie da mokie! "All right Carlson where are ya? I see ya hidin' underneath the bed! "

[@pwash474]

So she played so irrationally bad that she confused her opponent. Happens to me in online games all the time! Lol

[@user-hn4zz5sx3h]

I see 2 different parts in the game. Almost ideal play in the 1st part and lots of weird mistakes in the 2nd part...

[@RicardoRMartinelli]

a silent movie?

[@theherk]

10 seconds per move? Even at 2x it would be unbearable.

[@danwilliams8626]

It was 😂

[@yodydee]

Niemann not Neimann.

[@Geopholus]

.....9:35

[@arellaberger8382]

So many mistakes I can’t finish watching this 😣

[@q.freemind]

😅She swallow and defeat Hans Neimann By Her CrazyIdeas!

[@battunageswaraobnageswarao3134]

Iong time video.....but..4...to ..6...mints....ok

[@sebastianhoppe4088]

Yes, nice... Crazy ideas - where?! This was one of two only victories in this tournament. Last place (14). She played a good game, yes. But no crazy ideas, only some bad moves of Niemann who had a good position over a long period in this game.

[@Enpassantful]

Caro Kann is so easy to beat.

[@sandip2251977]

For nothing lengthening the game.

[@brazoolfrasthorst7696]

!!!

[@docstevens007]

Painful

[@justintharp5652]

Eline really made poor Hans look like a thankless punk fighting for his life... Uh what away to go buddy!! Embarrassing..

[@davepinoy]

Hans tried not using his engine and ends up being crushed by a very inferior player. Another proof Hans is a cheater.

[@mustamuri]

👶👏

[@TruthSurge]

wow, lots of bad moves by both. Free knight at 25:04, no? Ok, I see. 25:31. Hans is just rage ending by pushing the pawns. He doesn't want to take the knight and is offering a free knight fork as a kind of suicide ending. No way she should have won making so many bad moves. Crazy ideas? just bad moves.

[@vincent7520]

Not good enough at chess to see Eline Roebers' "crazy ideas". Otherwise it was great to watch the game.

[@UmarAlFarooq]

They are both terrible players. Soo many mistakes, inaccuracies and blunders!

[@jonrydne]

You should start by bothering to spell his name right ...

[@eudesgeoffroy8416]

Neimann? Emmanuel Neimann is an old french player, barely a FM. Anybody can defeat Neimann.

[@cdr3115]

Tagal nman laro talo nman yan

[@jmail7946]

missed a lot of moves….

[@RafiqulIslam-ox8kp]

Bogus player both of them

[@MonMohonSingha]

So slow make me bored