Stream Snipers Getting Tricked for over 3 Minutes

[@Akhhhhh6]

I LOVE YOU DANYA (NO HOMO)

[@thechesshistorian]

Danya casually revolutionizing Chess Education while stomping stream snipers. I love him too (Maybe homo??)😳

[@literally.anything___97]

i love him full homo

[@MintBunHunter]

@@thechesshistorian 🤨🤨🤨

[@fujiapple9675]

I love Danya too!

[@kingp1n817]

@@thechesshistorian 🤨📸

[@__m-a-x__]

Naroditsky with the most educational troll ever recorded

[@sillycatgamingREAL]

2,200 likes with no comments is kinda cool but I want to ruin that

[@fasthands6403]

shi i wanna add onto this

[@butwhatif2489]

I too am here to ruin cool things for temporary satisfaction

[@thechesshistorian]

@@sillycatgamingREAL Silly cats will be silly.....

[@sillycatgamingREAL]

@@thechesshistorian I am a goofy goober

[@riccardodellorto4267]

Hikaru is overestimating the average chess player. If it's a check and I don't lose immediately the piece, there is a 99% chance I'll do the move 💀

[@BamaShanks]

Definitely. That isn’t a weird move or anything. No it doesn’t accomplish anything, but for a sub 1000 elo player it is a very natural move. I wouldn’t assume he is sniping based on that move.

[@aru0109]

He's just trying to feed his own ego as usual

[@TraxoLP]

Yeah, I really don't get his point. I know rook c1 can just end the game but it isn't that obvious why and the queen move that happened in the game doesn't even blunder the winning position. It was a very reasonable move for a 600 rated player and to conclude he must be streamsniping is just stupid.

[@aru0109]

@@TraxoLP yeah he has to feel important enough so he makes a narrative about how a move that most players under 1000 would make instantly can only be possible if they're stream sniping such a godlike chess prodigy

[@HawaiianGirl808232]

It's already been said in other comments but there is more context to the clip.

[@yealloww]

"I can Basically Resign after Bishop B4" "Plays Bishop B4" *HAH , NOW U RESIGN*

[@RoundShades]

Right? It's like, damn, ain't no way you're not resigning. Thought it was funny until it was you.

[@captainkeksxx5420]

Call an ambulance, call an ambulance!... But not for me!

[@JustaPersonWhoPlaysStuff]

i just came from that video lol

[@frankjohnson123]

Hikaru with the completely genuine and not at all exaggerated laugh

[@littleoldmanboy]

I dont even think the dude was sniping Hikaru. He's 600 elo, he's gonna play any check that he possibly can.

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

@@littleoldmanboyexcept that he could check with the rook XD but its too hard for a 600 hundred remenber that he own more than a single piece

[@Unknownz000]

@@littleoldmanboy yeah probably just saw a check that doesn't obviously blunder a piece and went for it. 600s are hard to predict early but late game just find a check and they'll play it.

[@BBTfnC]

​@@Unknownz000 i can confirm sadly, any tips?

[@felixtjoanda3841]

​@@BBTfnC get better, repetition is key

[@Incepter.]

Stream snipers getting tricked is probably one of the most satisfying moments ever for streamers when they are playing chess especially that Qc4 Daneil Naroditsky

[@aqxbjc5879]

I still don't get that tactic. Rook takes rook is good there right? if you take the queen, your opponent gets two rooks and a bishop against your queen and if you take back the rook then rook takes, takes, and the knight is taken

[@Empire156]

@@aqxbjc5879 in the 2nd case , its rook and queen vs queen and bishop, in which rook should win 90% of the times

[@yang5461]

@@aqxbjc5879 in your second case, if you take back the rook, opponent rook takes, knight takes the queen

[@lordspotato5032]

​@@Empire156 I saw the 2nd case, but with Queen back to defend the rook instead of the 2nd rook takes.

[@gtworldzhd4137]

Can’t the queen just go to C7 to protect the rook?

[@WJen8]

I just think it's fascinating that we live in a time where this is a thing. Not only are we able to play a game of chess with anyone in the world, but the world itself can be watching, and you can communicate your thoughts to the world, so even your opponent can essentially hear your thoughts, just to be tricked by you assuming he hears your thoughts, and everyone just watches this unfold for entertainment. Magical!

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Now that you say it in that way...

[@yezurbeats]

@hail homie did not live in the 1800s

[@kamijounotouma4686]

@@yezurbeats homie did not live itself

[@Grammarhead]

@@yezurbeats I remember the 1800s. Kids don't realise how good they have it now

[@deflat1952]

Skip the next joint bro, you need a break

[@Vendavalez]

I love that last one from Jerry so much because not only does he say it is a strong move but he gives a reasonable sounding explanation for someone who is not going to look deeper into it plus he acts it all out as if it was a mistake believably enough that they sniper fell for it. It is my favorite stream sniper tactic moment righty now.

[@geliscon]

It’s hard to know for sure if that person was stream sniping. I don’t know if a 1700 would overlook that zwischenzug, but I definitely would have.

[@Ilo722]

@@gelisconI'm 1900 and I would probably overlook it unless I've already spent some time on another move

[@bumba5897]

@@geliscona 1700 would probably miss it especially in a rapid game, and when a 2500 is explaining why it is a good move you dont tend to think too much

[@dasseher1467]

Honestly you can also just give your queen. Take two pieces and a rook for it.

[@dvxv4016]

​@@gelisconim 1400 and i saw this check, there is no way 1700 will miss it, it's so obvious

[@Brosyphus]

I don't know whether the guy was stream sniping or not, but in the second clip Qc4 is a totally understandable move for a 600 player to make. Like Hikaru said, it's a move that simultaneously puts your opponent in check while also not sacrificing any obvious pieces. That's basically 2/2 for what 600 players are looking for in a move

[@maxwellerobini1603]

Yes + if he was stream sniping he would have played this move one turn before as Hikaru was already suggesting it heavily. Once again Hikaru and his massive ego saying dumb shits

[@fujiapple9675]

The first stream snipe swindle I ever saw was of Jerry from ChessNetwork. It never gets old! Thanks R2D2 for putting this together.

[@fujiapple9675]

"Were they listening? Were they listening?" 🤣

[@thechesshistorian]

lmaoo, I remember seeing that clip years ago when it first was uploaded, I couldn't stop laughing! And then as chess got more popular on twitch, it leads to some obvious / sus moments (in educational content especially.) so I had to make a vid to get revenge on them, hehe And had to put the OG stream sniper swindle in the end X)

[@ramanpreetsingh2206]

ChessNetwork is the OG man!

[@theherk]

Jerry is the best. And he is still putting out great content even this long after being antonsquared. 😂

[@fujiapple9675]

@@theherk OH NO I'm MATED!! Anton squared me. I just fell for a SCHOLARS mate! I just got SCHOLARED!! Don't tell your friends! Don't even do it! 😂

[@gamerofgaminggames636]

IN BETWEEEEENEEERRRRRRR

[@thechesshistorian]

I'm not gonna lie, I didn't see the in betweener either! 🤣

[@ashtimbog]

@@thechesshistorian even if you don't see the wide open king you could still take a rook and knight in exchange for a queen and not have to resign right?

[@omaanshkaushal3522]

The betweiner was so small and sneaky no one could see it

[@milannesic5718]

Queen check by lower rated player is normal. He could not know if it was good or bad move, he just played it. And he did not play it when it was suggested, but two moves later. I don't see anything suspicious. I don't understand Hikaru here

[@master11050]

It sounded like the person had been playing moves based on what Hikaru was suggesting before the clip starts. Queen check was probably just him trying to confirm his suspicions. Since he just claimed the dude might be stream sniping then suggested the check, the guy may have played something else at first on purpose. I could be wrong but that was my read of it.

[@thechesshistorian]

@@master11050 Pretty much this, but this one is my bad. I could have included more of the clip because this stream snipe was pretty blatant.

[@thatonenoob7854]

Could be stream delay. And also Hikaru was suspicious at first since the guy kept doing moves Hikaru mentioned. High level moves. And then to blunder the Queen like that just makes no sense

[@lancepanics2996]

hikaru has stream delay maybe Might just be a coincidence but the move happens at 1:45 and the move got finished being explained like 30 seconds earlier

[@maycoral1224]

@@thechesshistorian Where is the original clip. I cant even tell what is happening...

[@gingeral253]

One of the only games stream sniping works out for the streamer.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yeah lol

[@SpicySpino]

And one of the only games where being called a bot is a complement

[@That_one_BongBong]

True, because you say what moves they might do and you can easily anticipate them.

[@Lintu107]

"Well, if he moves bishop there, I'm gonna have to call the ambulance" "....but not for me!"

[@secondlimit7408]

i am almost certain that the guy at 2:00 wasnt stream sniping, he's just a 600 who sees a check, nothing more nothing less

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

He played a lot of hikaru suggestions before in the macht moves that couldnt be seen by a 6 hundred

[@maxchess6734]

@@flacsomtodosclas2165 Then why did the video not compile all of those predictions ? were they not interesting enough ?

[@SonuTheGreat2192]

I think the hikaru's guy is just like "I see a check, I give a check" rather than stream sniping

[@Cpt.C]

Exactly what I thought, noobs just like making checks and that's it

[@phen-themoogle7651]

Knew something from Chess Network would be here. Jerry has tricked so many stream snipers over the years lol

[@MaskOfCinder]

2:09 I’m proud of my self for seeing the tactic before he explained it. He made up a bunch of nonsense saying he’s losing a rook when in reality he wins a rook if black attacks with his bishop and takes the pawn in retaliation.

[@lowecypher8761]

"Congratulations, you played yourself" moments against stream snipers, very satisfying.

[@everyzan-m2q]

the one with jerry is a classic

[@thechesshistorian]

Hard Agree

[@tongpoo8985]

The sell on that one was golden. Sold it so hard he had me believing the fake analysis the first time I heard it 😂

[@shreyanshchouhan1045]

“Sike! That’s the wrong number” energy

[@spiralphoenix9839]

I don’t think hikaru was getting sniped. That’s a move someone at that level would 100% make.

[@Pablo360able]

Hikaru has a tendency to cry sniper. I noticed it in several of his FOW videos, where a reasonable move based on what his opponent could actually see is labeled as evidence of sniping.

[@karaltar7914]

And this ladies and gentlemen is when you only watch a clip and don’t have full context.

[@ДимитърИванов-д3ш]

​@@karaltar7914 if this is the case, then it is the fault if the clip for not providing the necessary context. I didn't know I am supposed to know the history of the universe before watching this clip.

[@wes_ae]

That's what I was going to say, when I was at that guys level, I would just play any check I saw so.

[@ColderPls]

chess network's cheer was so wholesome somehow💀

[@KITT-ms5ep]

Jerry is priceless. That clip never fails to disappoint. Best chess youtuber out there.

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

By far!

[@Clawzuhfy]

To be fair I DEFINITELY would have played that last move thinking the rook falls as well 😂

[@hussainalaiwi9270]

This is an amazing move “opponent plays it” Ok so what is so good about this is that I win

[@thechesshistorian]

Loool

[@randomguy123playsgames]

Stream sniping in chess seems like the least advantageous game you could stream snipe in

[@thechesshistorian]

I think so too. Abstract strategy games have "perfect information" but people look for these advantages in weird ways

[@DominikRoost]

I don't have to stream snipe. I find bad moves on my own

[@furretwalk2447]

the other players, who just made genuine errors and have no idea theyre being laughed at: 💀

[@berkay6947]

i feel very stupid after watching these types of videos. I didn't understand why qc4+ was a bad move at all. Then i analyzed it and it was just missing mate in 9 lol. Its literally the second best black move and evalation is -10.2. That is a very good move for my level .

[@thechesshistorian]

I don't think you're stupid at all, I just think in the case of patchless games like chess - So many people have gotten so ridiculously good that regular audiences can feel left in the dust a lot of times (including me and I love the game!)

[@1dgram]

It's a bad move, because Nxe5 threatens the queen giving you a tempo on the rook exchanges. Incidentally keeping the queen on c6 runs you into the same problem unless you can present a bigger threat. I didn't run it through an engine though, so I could be missing something

[@1dgram]

In other words, you're losing the pawn by not moving the queen to c7 or c8

[@chaosblitz7921]

@@1dgram He means the xQc game, not Danya's game.

[@1dgram]

@@chaosblitz7921 Oh crap, you're right. Hikaru is often way beyond us mere mortals when it comes to chess. He is afterall one of the very best in the world.

[@tytohbird]

Interesting how 2/3 of the stream snipe snipes were queen c4

[@thechesshistorian]

I thought the same thing lol

[@ghiyas5047]

Did anyone else see the "sniper no sniping" comment on the last one?? DORA THE EXPLORER REFERENCEEEE im too old for this crap

[@mephistopheles858]

hikaru really thought he's getting stream sniped. lmfao that's 600 rating, he'd play check movez when he see one

[@Nat_the_Chicken]

Somebody else here said that's missing context from the stream, the guy had been playing very high level moves right after Hikaru suggested them so he got kinda sus

[@benito1620]

Hikaru has a history of accusing everyone and their mother of chesting/stream sniping. 1000 rated player plays a single good move? Obviously stockfish 600 rated player makes a non-obvious blunder 3 moves after Hikaru talked it? about it? Sniper confirmed.

[@WaterMelonIce1010]

2:32 lol i like how bishop b4 is easily escapable… u just take the bishop, he retakes with the pawn, then u give a check with ur queen to e3 or something, he defends the king first, then u get a free rook

[@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn]

do you know what video this is

[@sterey3571]

1:45 I think it's a natural move most low elo players will do

[@fruitymario3742]

I feel like second clip is a dice toss. Qc4 is a natural move for a 600 rated player. It's hard to see what exactly you should do, so just getting a check seems like the correct option to a 600 rated player. Clips 1 and 3 were for sure stream snipers.

[@edschramm6757]

i'm not very good at chess, so i'd probably give a 50/50 that a couple of those moves are something i'd unironically make on my own thinking i was getting an advantage

[@thechesshistorian]

same here LOL

[@Mike-jz9hr]

Both Qc4's seemed like reasonable mistakes for their ratings tbh. I'm most inclined to believe chessnetwork's was a real snipe, even though he was the least accusative.

[@groundboundlad1760]

Imagine being one of those guys who played awful moves and they think you were streamsniping lol

[@Oiki_chan1221]

3:08 "sneaky sneaky" My mind: "get snuck up on" *with cyn murder drone's voice*

[@urahi830]

lol the transition between naroditsky actually baiting a sniper and hikaru pretending a 600 rated player will only check his opponent for no gain if he's watching his stream

[@xiniks]

Not sure about the last one, could easily be an honest blunder.

[@avramcs]

That’s how I felt about the second one, to me the second was more of an accident than the third , I don’t even see the follow up still

[@takieddinbalti6956]

nah, he had a lot of time to "think", he had a hundred different moves and chose the worst. Unless he is a 100, it’s definitely sniping.

[@ColderPls]

the last one is for sure a stream snipe, they even resigned after and wanted a rematch, you probably meant XcQ's match?

[@markjodonohue]

I love that a solid 30 seconds of this video is Jerry giggling to himself 😂

[@thatpersonthatguy]

No that last one… I honestly think I would’ve played that bishop move. I’m not good at spotting counter “in between” moves.

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

more like not the hikaru one

[@lux5164]

whats an in between move?

[@gloweye]

There's no chess move that's more big brain than tricking a stream sniper.

[@stonksrgud7645]

Me trying to learn chess from hikaru while he is trying to catch stream snipers:

[@bugdestroyer1258]

“C4, yeah C4 is good. Oh god, C4 is just completely winning. If he takes C4 im done. Oh man C4 is a dangerous move.”

[@NovemberOrWhatever]

With the Hikaru one, what's the continuation that makes QC4 such a bad move? I'm having difficulty seeing it. Edit: I plugged it into Stockfish and it's a bad move, but white still has a massive advantage. Plus, xQc moved his king the wrong way

[@ratyrat5]

hikaru saying that a garbage move from a 600 rating = stream sniping and not just because he sees check and gets neuron activation

[@KenGaming3000]

Part 2 pls. This was gold!

[@thechesshistorian]

If players keep stream sniping, I'll have no choice but to do a part 2! 🤣

[@KenGaming3000]

@@thechesshistorian On the behalf of everyone, I just wanted to say we appreciate you for your service

[@sankalpsuryavanshi4788]

There was high probability any one would check king in tough spot.... And he said that move ages ago, by the time opponents played it board was heavily changed

[@WJen8]

Stream snipers getting schooled is as satisfying as those anti-scammer videos where a good hacker schools scammers using their own process 😂

[@МихаилКолосков1602]

I love how streamers have to make up reasons to sugest garbage move.

[@blandleYT]

2:33 I can’t believe Mo Syszlak would fall for this once again

[@Ch1l1C0nCarnag3]

*Sees a move any average player would make.* *Calls out said move.* *Player makes the move you knew they would make.* "STREAM SNIPER!"

[@ben_1]

xQc really added a lot of value and entertainment to this video with his smart and insightful commentary on the video he was watching.

[@ThePigLord]

he was the one playing

[@poyge394]

How can knight takes e5 be good ?

[@poyge394]

Ah you win an pown ?

[@frankh6051]

@@poyge394 whats a pown?

[@thechesshistorian]

The point is that if black plays Rxd2, then white doesn't capture the queen but plays Rxd2 himself and the black queen is still hanging. If black tries to defend the rook again with a move like Qe6, then white trades both rooks and moves the knight back. Yes, he 'only wins a pawn,' but white retains too many positional advantages.

[@poyge394]

yes i figure out that you win a pawn, i was calculating take queen and that is not a good line

[@jamarimcfarlane4844]

I don't think most of the persons here are actually stream sniping anyone. Prolly only in the Danya case

[@tommydashed4205]

No, the danya case is the least likely one. The Hikaru clip was a blatant stream sniper, it's just missing some context.

[@jamarimcfarlane4844]

@@tommydashed4205 rubbish. think about the likelihood of each player playing the move

[@Onemandon1245]

@@jamarimcfarlane4844 all of these were stream snipers. The clips were just cut short

[@jamarimcfarlane4844]

@@Onemandon1245 in hikaru's case, queen check is the most intuitive move for any beginner. In Jerry's case, a 1700 may have thought he found something brilliant missing the in-between move. Beginner psychology. Those are not evidence of stream sniping

[@Onemandon1245]

@@jamarimcfarlane4844 like i said. Watch the full clips. In hikaru's case the opponent was playing all the moves that hikaru called out, beating xqc very easily. Hikaru then called out the queen check which the opponent did and blundered the game

[@ariisee]

Where is "oh no my queen"?

[@thechesshistorian]

truuuueeeeee

[@AidenThompson-gi5ql]

“The king is pinned”1:34

[@Trathien-]

yes we saw the video

[@jacobtaylor6790]

The greatest chess move of all: just fuckin lie to people

[@jcw1948]

Qc4 probably wasn’t a stream snipe, he probably thought hehe checks go brrrrrrr

[@thechesshistorian]

I thought so too, until I spotted Rook c1 :)

[@jcw1948]

Even then, the queen is more active, maybe he was tunnel visioning.

[@jcw1948]

They’re 600 rated, I doubt they are too worried about getting a more active rook

[@anime_kingdom1300]

I never seen something like this before, it was actually interesting. Though I feel like it would be hard to play as you normally would for both parties if you going to do something like this.

[@mikiyasdagmawi4078]

danya's oponenet could sacrifice the queen for two rooks and knight. after the night moves rook takes rook, knight takes queen, rook takes rook check, king moves, then pawn takes knight.

[@SasNolan]

Which is why there's a setting to delay stream. If u play bullet and put delay for 1 min - they not gonna get around in that time

[@Q-hv2cb]

Hikaru really thinks the world revolves around him.

[@thewhitemonkey64]

Do you have the full game from Daniel? I’d like to see how that actually played out.

[@Starwort]

2:10 almost Eric Rosen level acting, that

[@Abeni28]

That guy wasn’t even stream sniping Hikaru wth

[@olafgrube9710]

Qc4 was not the worst blunder that could Happen considering the time diffrence i realy dont know if that guy was a stream snipper

[@olafgrube9710]

In Both situations

[@Will-go5xu]

It is not a blunder imo since rxd2 nxc4 rxd1 is gaining materials

[@maxfriis]

Eric Rosen have some nice examples of the phenomenon. I clicked to rewatch them, but they were not included.

[@yudistiraliem135]

It’s not sure that the second video is stream sniper based on that move alone. It’s 600rated chess player and there’s a check on the board, they’ll likely take it. He knew that the pawn take is bad, he would make plays somewhere else on the board and there’s a check. I played low level players too so I know their “natural” moves

[@nyxxnics]

ngl, when i was in grade school & competing chess, my coach told me that if i intentionally sac a piece, especially a queen, i should act like i made a blunder so my opponent won't even think twice abt taking. acting def is a tactic & i'd recommend doing this in low elo tourneys.

[@TheGamingG810]

bruh why were there only 3 moments

[@timesnow6205]

1:46 queen c4 is engine's second best move, after Rook f8 check

[@Tolinar]

You activated my trap card! Except we're playing chess. Card says "stop cheating."

[@toplobster7714]

But why was Qc4# so bad? I don't see it immediately

[@thechesshistorian]

The way I understand it, is that the Queen controls the b8 square, and once you move the queen, it easily allows the King to step aside. Much better was Rc1 I believe? Forcing the king more toward the center

[@animefan7424]

# is for mate, not check

[@kluw7271]

shouldve added levy checkmating a screen sniper with his queen

[@jonahchrzanowski4031]

Chessnetwork laughing makes me smile everytime

[@tigerbait1016]

Wait am I crazy or after Nxe5 in the first clip can’t you take on d2 and get 2 rooks and a knight for a queen and pawn? Should be good for black no?

[@thuroria7631]

the rook recaptures... You get a queen and a pawn for a rook and a knight. the white queen protects the d2 rook after recapture, and the rook also threatens the d8 rook which is unprotected.

[@KnightToRemember]

2:19 Bb4 is a blunder because even without the in between check White gets too much material for the queen

[@Unpug]

This is so well compiled!!!

[@thechesshistorian]

Ty! =D

[@bulbazaurrex1898]

1:55 I don’t think he was stream sniping, considering he didn’t do Qc4+ straight away. Also, it’s topical 600elo chess to check whenever possible

[@joekemmerling4]

“Oh no, my queen.” -Eric Rosen

[@soschar2050]

i was hoping to find Levy's "Or you can just hang mate in 1 because you're stream sniping."

[@ironsentinel6047]

Your biggest enemy, is yourself. According to stream snipers anyway 😂

[@eros2583]

I remember watching the Danya stream sniping clip recently live😂

[@thechesshistorian]

Danya's stream is so good

[@toastedded]

you forgot Gotham’s troll that hanged mate

[@slifer2]

I like how also all of these moves are just normal moves they might’ve played if they weren’t stream sniping.

[@karlcossaboon7072]

I doubt the Hikaru clip was stream sniping at all because I'm 1400 and idek why that move is so horrendous and their only 600 they probably just gave a check because it's a check and that's how 600s think

[@pagjimaagjinen9733]

"3 clips of stream sniper trolling" is a more accurate title

[@messi9991]

To be fair to the guy in Hikaru's video, Qc4 may be a garbage move, but garbage moves are what 600s play. Then you must also consider it is a check, and one-move checks are also things 600s like to do.

[@matheusdossantos5053]

The problem was the player was playing a lot of moves Hikaru was suggesting

[@yugaeimthicc6400]

can someone explain to me why qc4 is a blunder because after rooks takes rooks white rook has to take the rook because if the knight takes the queen it would just be the queen for 2 rooks and a bishop and if rook takes rook back opponent has qc7 or qc8

[@thechesshistorian]

Good question! After Black Queen moves away, white is up a clean 2 pawns and retains the positional advantage. So he can just move the knight back

[@yugaeimthicc6400]

@@thechesshistorian oh thanks i thought it was a big material blunder

[@astropgn]

LOL I play online since 2014 and I never knew about stream snipping and its counter defense. But this video was fun

[@PegoraroMarco]

I know that probably no one is going to answer, but in the first game, after Ne5, doesn't Qc7 defuse the tactic and Black only loses one pawn?

[@thechesshistorian]

After Qc7, White's Rooks are in no danger at all, meaning that the knight can use this tempo to hop to 1 of 3 different squares: Ng6 and Ng4 are both very juicy! But even returning the knight back to d3 works, exposing black's near-naked king while being 2 pawns up. The other option that white has (though this is harder to spot) is that White doesn't have to move the knight, but instead can play Rxd6 right away, and force black to simplify into a simpler + winning position :) Hope that helps!

[@khangle6872]

​​@@thechesshistorian what if black sac the queen for 2 rooks? 1. Ne5 Rxd2 2. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 3. Kf2 (only move) bxe4

[@misael8200]

3:04 I looped that part

[@wasntwas]

Imagine being so clueless that have to stream snipe a BOARD GAME its litterally in front of you, exerything is there.

[@celiusstingher9731]

It is resignable..... but not for me!

[@levistepanian5341]

Hikaru’s was great because it lead to a positional advantage instead of potentially seeable material.

[@Vandalgia]

Danya's position is actually still quite tricky to play. If white goes to take black's queen, Danya will ended up trading all of his pieces with a single queen and that's actually losing for white. But since it's Danya we're talking about, I'm pretty sure he'll settle for up 2 pawns instead of trading all of his pieces for a queen.

[@joshhfletchh4841]

I think if he takes the rook, you take back. before taking the queen later

[@Vandalgia]

@@joshhfletchh4841 the queen will just move if he take the rook. So it's more about the positional advantage rather than a material advantage. Well, up 2 pawn is a huge advantage in that position, especially for a GM. It would be a cakewalk foe him to convert that position into a winning end game.

[@tommydashed4205]

@@Vandalgia It's not tricky to play. There are very few variations, and no complex in between moves. It isn't clearly a stream snipe though because it's an understandable blunder. Coming into a position fresh it's easy to see but coming into the position with the assumption that a piece can't move because it couldn't move before is a common miscalculation error.

[@Vandalgia]

@@tommydashed4205 as in tricky, lower rated player would probably be gauded into taking the queen, and even if they managed to play the correct move, they would still probably struggle to convert that into winning position, haha

[@anti-nacl]

So when Danya plays Nxe2. Let's say Black captures the rook. Instead of taking the queen with our knight, allowing Black to take another rook and our knight, we can play Rxd2 first. Black still have all the problems. Both the queen and the rook is under fire. Even if Black can play Qc8 defending the rook, we can trade, move the knight out of the attack and be up two pawns.

[@Greenscreenkid7400]

Why didn’t u show the classic Gotham clip