The banter between Niemann and Nepo after two moves | World Rapid Teams 2024

[@jonsantos6056]

The chap beside Hans keep looking at both Nepo and Hans face and their game more than he watch his own game 🤣

[@VinaySolanki-d3r]

That's the reason he lost to duda😂

[@leonardos2925]

The whole video it was cringe, the most normal there was Nepo 😂.

[@supremespanker]

was planning to comment the same

[@mikelz6936]

Hans has crazy eyes ... What is he looking at over there?

[@incognito005]

He was trying to distract Nepo.

[@scy22]

A strange beast, these high level chess players. They seem to be able to communicate with sighs, scoffs, and an intricate flurry of persistent eyebrow movement.

[@qualcunoacaso4865]

they are pure animals, communicating with body language. They truly returned to monke as in the meme and they need chess as a way to not forget how to be human. May god bless those poor souls 🙏

[@qualcunoacaso4865]

Why in those chess tournment there is always that person that just keeps coughing

[@craftykev]

they pipe that in over the speaker for atmosphere

[@tykjenffs]

lol have you ever watched Snooker? xD Its a coughing simulator.

[@craftykev]

@@tykjenffs yes it sounded like a far cough to me

[@jaredbourne4201]

That's so true someone's always coughing lol

[@steelsteez6118]

​@@craftykevcraftykev with the knowledge bombs 👌

[@oliverbusch2649]

Acting surprised when Nepo plays the Petroff 😂

[@Flanksy]

Indeed, no idea why Hans would play in to it against Nepo of all people and then complain about black forcing a draw.

[@donramanayake1505]

​@@FlanksyI think the joke flew above your head🤣

[@InsightTitan]

I think people are missing the joke here. Hans was pretending to not know the opening and acted surprised seeing the free pawn on move 3, then he says "very nice opening" as nepo got the pawn back

[@oliverbusch2649]

@@InsightTitan nah, I don't think that's what Hans was trying to do

[@InsightTitan]

​@@oliverbusch2649 i mean, he has a weird personality. its such a hans thing to do

[@dennismwenda6370]

Something is seriously wrong with hans why is he acting like nepo plays anything other than petroff? It's the opening he's best known for😂😂😂😂.

[@luisitogonzales3169]

For those who dont understand why hans acted that way, Nepo played petrov which is known to be drawish opening, Hans was surprised because he expected nepo to press (play unbalanced opening) because nepo is way high rated than him, and he expects more from an ian nepo,

[@propagandacritic5511]

But...Nepo ALWAYS plays the Petroff. Hans is a clown who deserves prison.

[@PauIdenino]

​@@propagandacritic5511??? Wtf is wrong with u 😂

[@igliibrahimllari]

@@propagandacritic5511 lmao what did i miss? I follow chess extremely vaguely. What did Hans do to go to prison lol?

[@CoRi-e4z]

Thanks for explaining. I guess we need more context as to why Hans might be upset about a possible draw

[@lukaskopl2055]

It would've been epic for Ian to say "Check" when capturing the queen on e2 haha :) Those two are a perfect match.

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

would also have been sorta funny, if he insisted Hans take back on e2 with king. Hans picked up the Queen, then accidentally touched his king on his way to grab the Bishop. Nepo could have claimed touch move there.

[@c6m]

@@andrejbogdanov2816As much as I’d love rule sharking drama, touch move rule requires deliberate touching of the piece with the intention to move it.

[@scogna00]

​@@andrejbogdanov2816that doesn't work when you touch it by accident like in this case

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

@@c6m still woulda been funny :D

[@thekn0wing]

Guy next to them was looking more at their game then his

[@ibrahim0201]

Magnus ignored hans, but if they meet in SCC semifinals 😅🤣

[@noone-ld7pt]

God that would be amazing

[@markrobertson3054]

@@noone-ld7ptdont feed on drama

[@dinith2514]

GUESS WHAT

[@jay31415]

Magnus would stay at home and get drunk. And probably cry.

[@alvarodiamzon5069]

BRO YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY

[@anarchymatt]

I didn't realize that Nepo had that thuggin tattoo on his arm

[@StacheBigote]

I’m fairly certain I wouldn’t like Hans much if I knew him on a personal level. But man, in the chess world and from a distance? I freaking love this guy 😂

[@mdgamingyt3199]

At 2:39, you can hear Hans saying "Very nice opening"

[@BenOri-vg8le]

Lol . Nepo was like wtf he is talking middle of game

[@Innocent-kx9se]

Opponent: Breathe Hans Niemann: .... Lmfao

[@lf2334]

Can someone help me out? I'm not familiar with competitive chess just yet. What does he mean by that?

[@joshqaszq4773]

I believe Hans was being sarcastic. Ian was essentially playing for a draw, and Hans knew that a few moves in​@lf2334

[@clipsssviral]

@@lf2334 At a high level, black almost NEVER plays that opening, which is why it was shocking to him. It's an uncommon move essentially.

[@sanishm5502]

Editor forgot to add 2D board

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Nepo shook hands with the Iranian GM but played against Niemann instead!

[@Chrollo17th]

hahaha

[@paul4292]

So? Are you not allowed to shake hands with someone you know?

[@GavinTheMistborn]

He then shook hands with Niemann, what's your point? @kevinwellwrought2024

[@friezasoicy8406]

First of all nobody cares that he from Iran lol secondly why does that matter to you? You’re a weird person

[@jay31415]

Appropriate, since the guy focused more on Ian's game than his own 😂

[@supersomebody101]

Looks like Hans felt like Nepo was trying to force a draw so Hans was annoyed looking at him and laughing

[@MadaraUchiha-iu3ld]

Yep this Magnus/Nepo camp still thinks Hans is a cheater so they played the forced drawish line.

[@ozll9898]

@@MadaraUchiha-iu3ld Hans is a cheater, it's been proven that he's cheated online in the past. If Magnus and Ian believe in the possibility of he also cheated over the board, then I believe them too because why not, they are more credible than a cheater

[@Daylight735]

​@ozll9898 you have flawed thinking

[@kianzedkay]

@@ozll9898 He should prove it and not just crying like a kid over a loss

[@MadaraUchiha-iu3ld]

​@@ozll9898There was an entire lawsuit on the matter which was settled with an agreement and no convincing evidence for Hans' OTB cheating was found - and Magnus agreed to play Hans if they were paired. Ofc, it's fine in this team event since technically he can avoid the pairing. Magnus or Nepo acting so unprofessionally and in bad spirit after all that is just poor show. Just play the damn game. They are just fueling more drama by doing all this😂.

[@artbernal]

😂They should create chess tournaments where players can talk trash to each other😆👍that would be so much more entertaining

[@ronakjain0725]

I genuinely love it ❤😂 Hans reaction to petrov is priceless 😂

[@TheMrBennito]

Beginner here. I really dont know the names of all those openings, yet from Niemann's body language I understood that he was surprised that Nepo seemed to head for a draw

[@marmur562]

Hans was annoyed already that Magnus avoid him, and then Nepo with drawish Petrov. His look just shows that he expected more from playing vs Magnus team.

[@Bēdguy69]

Annoyed because Full charging his Vibrator got Wasted.

[@EnverHalilHoxha1917]

​@@Bēdguy69ye

[@json3712]

@@Bēdguy69 You spend your time on this channel repeating the same joke over and over again. Its funny how obsessed you are at someone elses success when you have none yourself🤣🤣

[@mrichards]

nepo's main weapon with black is the petrov lol. this isn't weird at all?

[@hdmotivated]

Ian plays the petrov 90 percent of the time with black and Hans has white so what are you even talking about

[@ADude-y3h]

Seems most players just try to force draw against him these days. Can't tell if they just don't want to risk losing against him or something

[@KnightToRemember]

This is normal at his level

[@elitist3447]

they don't take him serious, want nothing to do with him and just want to get the match over with.

[@12345krillin]

@@elitist3447 kinda crazy because he crushed magnus otb classical lol

[@KnightToRemember]

@@elitist3447 that’s how you know you have never played competitive chess

[@mirai4652]

@@elitist3447lol nope, they just don’t want to lose to him kiddo

[@hosseinesmaeilii]

Petrov is one of the main opening for nepo, i dont know why hes surprised?!

[@mrichards]

yeah lol... makes me feel like everyone in the comments here is only here for the drama and doesn't know anything about chess if they're acting like this is strange

[@juliocadavid6640]

​@@mrichards a lot of Hans fans have zero chess knowledge, they only follow him because the drama. Just like tons of Naka fans say Naka is the goat, zero chess knowledge or biased af

[@nvrecko]

Its a very drawish opening

[@yoguys-zf5nc]

@@nvrecko nepo played this opening for a very long time..

[@elitist3447]

because it indicated Nepo was going for draw.

[@jackchapel9260]

The guy next to Niemann and Nepo is strange. Stares at the players, doesn't pay much attention to the board...

[@Raventooth]

Looks like a fight about to break out tbh

[@friezasoicy8406]

And he lost because of it, Iranians are weird people

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

throughout this video his own position was basic theory and he had nothing to think about in his game

[@NotAnemia]

​@@andrejbogdanov2816is that why he lost?

[@andrejbogdanov2816]

@@NotAnemia when in this video did he lose? Learn to read before you answer. I said he had nothing to think about "throughout this video", because the positions was known theory. At the end of the video he starts thinking...if he lost afterwards that had nothing to to with anything.

[@regzzuse280]

1:45 Hans noticed Ian smirking. 2:20, 2:35 Payback.

[@ajaykumar-ve5oq]

@@regzzuse280 that's the first thing I noticed too

[@rossmathias5675]

Yeah but hans still lost or drew...

[@shvenanaij]

I don't understand why Hans was reacting like this at Petrov's defense as Nepo has been playing this opening for a very long time. Even if you don't like the opening, it doesn't justify this childish behaviour. Hans has been doing some amazing things but this wasn't called for.

[@steelsteez6118]

Relax, you're overreacting more than he did. He literally just laughed because Ian is playing like a pssy playing that opening because he's scared of a fight on the board. That's why he had that reaction. It's like you show up to mma cage and your opponent says, "draw?" Sure it's legal, because being a pssy is not against the rules. But no one likes a pssy is the point.

[@tengu8560]

You seem like a big whinny cry baby who gets too emotional about anything. Your life must be rough

[@Artur-fl5go]

Ikr

[@polasoliman6986]

@@steelsteez6118did u even read the original comment? Being incompetent is even worse than being the word ur so happy to be using like a 12 year old

[@robdubent]

@@polasoliman6986 you and the OP apparently don’t understand what’s going on here and should simply shut up until you crack atLEAST 1800 FIDE or I’ll be generous and say USCF. Don’t act like you know.

[@jesleysnipes3758]

Nepo freezing him out at the end.. hilarious! almost as fun watching the other eyeballs on this game than the actual game. Love it

[@davidbkopp]

1:41 White on Table 3's smirk

[@35_shrutikaswamy55]

Gosh, I would be terrified and petrified to watch this live

[@skaarphy5797]

Petrovified?

[@mooniex825]

​@@skaarphy5797 hahahah

[@kmfmaa]

Jamal Murray really be focused on Ian-Hans board than his own lol

[@ohnah6261]

Jamal Murray is crazy

[@BbXxQQ]

he is gay

[@Warfreak]

don't call him out he will hit that buzzer beater again and send the Lakers home in the 1st round lol.

[@lightsaber7863]

Hans is the most entertaining gm rn ahaha

[@LysanderSA]

and he is brave!

[@mayi4403]

Truth… he’s like Trump. People should thank him for giving them content.

[@alexreeve1346]

0:30 absolute legend enters playing hall, players keep eyes down in respect

[@davidchopin6583]

He's a pariah

[@alexreeve1346]

The King enters at 30 second my friend.. hint.. it’s not Hans

[@rossmathias5675]

Who's the guy ?

[@happyrabbit7944]

Hans' eyes once he sat down on the chair and took a loot at Ian: "I have leant all the theory master". Ian:

[@R.K.3010]

I guess Neiman was smiling because Carlsen avoided the match against him and Nepo was shifted to Board 1 😬

[@shvenanaij]

You don't have to guess, he literally tweeted before the match. But, however annoyed he was, he should not behave like a goddamn child.

[@elitist3447]

no he was smiling out of annoyance because he realizes they don't take him serious, Nepo just went for the draw right from the start to get it over with. they want nothing to do with him is just sad but he also brought it on himself.

[@nishikantanayak7797]

@@elitist3447 bro pls shed some light on the details

[@nishikantanayak7797]

whyy nagnus didnot play at board 1

[@ratpackenterprises1607]

@@elitist3447 He barely brought it on himself.

[@akashviii]

Sagar's Commentary makes more sense

[@noneed-hj9mi]

6:23 nepo third line of defense

[@Daniel-qx6bg]

Nepo seems to change his hair style every week

[@my_name_is_giovanni_giorgio]

dude on second board so focused on nepo he ended up losing against duda lol

[@Stekeez.]

agree, also with a terrible blunder, i think if he would have been more focused he could have won or draw it, and Gm hans wouldn't have lost that game

[@12345krillin]

@@Stekeez. yeah but he's an unknown iranian, not surprising he lost to duda

[@juku-rg3fd]

@@12345krillin He's not unknown at all, in fact he's one of the best players.

[@manurshankar1465]

He's GM Amin Tabatabei who is rated above 2700 in classical. However in rapid his rating is only at mid 2500 level about 200 points below his opponent Jan Krystof Duda.

[@my_name_is_giovanni_giorgio]

@@manurshankar1465 I know who he is, I was not trying to insult him, just thought it was funny how he was so focused on nepo and the board 1 game that ended up blundering in his own game lol

[@nellieb6585]

I wish this had subtitles

[@tabbenmishima9186]

Not weird this game at all. Hans is lower rated and has to force a win if he can with white. Black pieces playing for a draw is fairly normal. Why all the drama?

[@i-am-batman8538]

Cause Hans has the mentality of a spoiled brat.

[@soledbypequenocs1.620]

I believe is because Magnus aparently shifted boards to avoid niemann

[@raindabz]

Isn’t forcing a win the point of the game?

[@tabbenmishima9186]

@@raindabz You’d think so, yes, but it is only very recently that players began trying to force more wins. When Kasparov and those guys were champs we’d have twice as many draws as wins. I’m just saying forcing wins is not always as important as getting a few wins and no losses. I don’t agree, but this is chess and these players study every game ever played and can get draws pretty easily unless someone blunders.

[@raymondsublett3108]

@soledbypequenocs1.620 why would a 19 time world champ avoid a kid that can't even win the US Championship. Please 😆. Magnus would crush Hans in a match. The SCC will show that in September

[@JS-zb9vx]

Tabatabei very interested how alpha zero approaches Petrov from the white side

[@robdubent]

🤡🤦‍♂️ Shut your triple digit elo mouth 👊💪

[@shvenanaij]

For all the people joking about Magnus, he literally defeated Hans in Titled Tuesday a few weeks ago.

[@DENNISADLER]

Niemann was simply unaware of the Carlsen - Nepo game of 2021. But he couldn't have cared less. The result was the same.

[@yaserjafar6347]

They will never make me like you Hans

[@gargamel3393]

He just looks like the kind of guy that would steal my grandma's grocery money. I know looking a certain way isn't a crime, but I've watched his chess channel here on YT, and that combined with the cheating scandal... well...

[@palmtreegal3]

Nepo backing up his boy magnus

[@bandoytcx]

Little does nepo know......the whole chess community likes hans better......

[@akshathkumar9135]

@@bandoytcx false, speak for yourself.

[@haxor-rex5705]

@@bandoytcx literally opposite, Magnus drama did a number on his rep

[@KBG01_]

@@bandoytcx how are the clouds up there

[@juliocadavid6640]

​@@bandoytcx Hans fans are full of magnus haters. They turn Hans fanbois because they want to support someone to hate magnus, literally 😅😂

[@Hyanmensir]

2D board is a must at this stage please keep it....

[@pankajbhat8422]

table number 2 guy was definitely not focused on his game😂

[@groovybuddha667]

Hans literally walked to the table like he was late shoving the beads in and waddled like it lol

[@DG-Gilmore]

Wasn't Hans tweeting about chess being war and then he plays for a draw like that? How fearsome.

[@togethereasy]

I can almost hear Grethe Thunder shout: HOW DARE YOUU

[@teenageapocalypseusa5368]

I distinctly remember when Frank Bruno was in his corner and could barely stand up for the next round with Tyson, his trainer yelled at him “This is what you f* wanted!!!! Remember??!!” That will be Hans soon.

[@FGFBACH]

so many face expressions full of fun and revenge :))

[@eurotwink9740]

Expectation: “banter” Reality: thinly-veiled contempt 😂

[@intrinsic2941]

I get the distinct impression no one likes or respects Niemann.

[@matthewfairchild3846]

I wonder why😅

[@TomAJohnson1919]

I like Niemann.

[@hhijazi6296]

There's no reason to dislike him or not respect him

[@vlj1133]

@@hhijazi6296 There are plenty of reasons to dislike him. He's an admitted cheater in the past, and he continues to behave boorishly in the present. He's arrogant, petulant, ill-tempered, and cocky well beyond his actual accomplishments. With all that being said, most chess players do respect his game. They don't respect him as a person, but his chess merits respect. Of course, there are limits to that respect. He's not as strong as he thinks he is, which his results over the years have proven, and the top players know this.

[@Microverse1]

@@vlj1133 He's a top player. He just crushed MVL and So in speed matches (with proctors in the room), and just crushed Giri (top 5 player earlier this year) in both classical and speed otb. The only reason this whole cheating thing blew up was because Magnus had a temper tantrum when he lost to him otb. Hans cheated when he was a kid online, but nobody cared until Magnus lost to him otb and had an ego meltdown. And since then Magnus has lost to even lower rated players than Hans in classical. Hans is one of the most entertaining things in Chess right now. If you can't appreciate that you might be taking chess too seriously. It's literally just a board game.

[@bayualjiwa1102]

It was very clear that Ian really underestimated Hans when he stepped his horse into F3 and immediately Hans laughed and couldn't believe it. It was as if Ian was already very great and very young and beat HANS who seemed to really respect his opponent.

[@Jesusandbible]

He gives him a look because Nepo seems to want nothing but a draw but..... taking off queen just walked into his opponents plan.

[@dokidoki8569]

Bro they know their theory lmao

[@badjaeaux]

i can feel vibration through the screen, it says resign

[@JoeTakagi00]

Wish we could see the game on screen!

[@ciron3185]

I had no idea there’s so mach drama in chess community 😂

[@Vogenatorr]

Damn somebody was coughing up a lung all game

[@edwincollins5847]

Is like that every chess game lolol. It’s not chess if there isn’t someone coughing in the background

[@paulsilas6037]

What people don't understand is that in Han's mind he is fighting the matrix.

[@David-cs9zo]

The engine couldn't recognize the opening :)

[@PJJ196]

That person coughing in the background was driving me nuts

[@manuv8]

For real wtf. They coughed the whole time non stop, ridiculous.

[@PJJ196]

@@manuv8 can’t believe they didn’t tell the person bounce.. some people are disgsuting

[@Nibiruto22]

Talk about him in person, looking him in the eye, Nepo... Or is it only comfortable on the internet? 🤣🤣

[@CoRi-e4z]

Hans is unnecessarily abrasive. Just let the chess speak for itself, Hans. Don't give them more ammunition.

[@luatala8008]

Nepo really dosent like Hans and gives him the least amount of respect and friendliness as possible

[@wiadroman]

7:23 what a bizarre arrangement. Dude at the next board stares point blank at Nepo. Hans stares at the dude. Nepo stares at the board.

[@doctorbaba4880]

Chess was speaking but the listener did not came for match😂😂😂

[@davidbkopp]

For someone who believes chess speaks for itself Hans sure runs his mouth a lot.

[@colinchesbrough5772]

It's unfortunate people keep paying attention to Hans. He thinks he actually means something to the human race because of it

[@penultimania4295]

You don't mean anything either.

[@colinchesbrough5772]

@@penultimania4295 says the guy who just responded to my comment. 🥰🥰🥰

[@titobayaw555]

magnus and nepo laughing really hard after that game lol

[@brandonroque2226]

Maybe Hans feels like the upper echelon players are denying him serious, more challenging matches and playing bringing dead end lines that lead to draws from which neither player can learn much but especially Hans who hungers for that knowledge and those real creative matches.

[@robdubent]

Bingo

[@nikolai_art]

Hans will crush all you haters. Top players colluding against him are acting like children, because their overlord threw a hissy fit.

[@ewallt]

Hans was thinking because others think he’s weak they should take chances to beat him, but he’s not a weak player, so an easy draw with Black is fine. His thinking/response was odd.

[@Madagon367]

Paris is gonna be fun. Whole world watching.

[@sambarbasa1643]

Nepo. " I'm drawing this game let my teammates handle this"

[@PupuOwi]

Nepo 2 finalist fide clasic & hans nothing !!! Respect man

[@dotard0075]

>Banter > Not one word spoken

[@GersonSpencerMonteiro]

has anyone else noticed the coughing...?

[@taboopancake28]

Hans upset that Ian plays his pet opening lol

[@comedefleurieu315]

poor hans , he is even blacklisted by nepo

[@Finn1e]

does the definition of the word prick have a face attached to it in the dictionary? if not, it should definitely be Hans' face

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

@@Finn1e as long as magnut is there, he rules that prick area.

[@geometricart7851]

Hans isn't the bad guy you make him out to be...he's a nice guy if you watch him actually play OTB in a regular tournament game such as this. His alter-ego is strictly for the memes

[@StickMan...77]

Terrible i can't see anything without that chessboard vertically.

[@noplays2480]

Your problem ngl I can see it just fine

[@bigchungus9857]

he should have played c4 or d4. Nepo used petrov on his preparation with ding liren

[@felixmartin5881]

Nepo's pawn structure is shamelessly brash

[@DruveshDondapati]

2:23 2:24 sagar shah at background what happening 😂😂😂

[@ZotVanBelgie-jn7oz]

chess, the game of face expressions 😆

[@sub-harmonik]

all of the other players just gawking at nepo in the beginning lol

[@xmaximusx21]

Why Hans leaving the table so much?

[@orlagh277]

Itchy plug maybe

[@2K.7b]

mission not having coughing people in a tournoment = failed (horribly)

[@cooperveit9377]

Bro is just staring at nepo

[@nikitabanks]

all my homies love hans

[@orlagh277]

I really don't get why. Tho i guess lots of cheaters in the world and cheaters love other cheaters? They even have each others backs. "Hans was a kid, it was just a few meaningless games"

[@jacquespineau2826]

I don't understand the comment "Nepo is playing for the draw. " Nepo has Black playing a solid defense but initiate some pressure. Looks to me that White is satisfied with draw more than the opposite.

[@robdubent]

I’m sure it does look that way to you- in this notoriously drawish opening…….

[@brandonbuckmaster3077]

​@@robdubentand hans STILL lost lmaooo. Better man won. Hans always trying to be 1 of the big boys..but always found lacking.

[@SvenfromKiel]

@@brandonbuckmaster3077 Clever guy! lmaooo... Do you really understand chess and saw the video? Hans completely outplayed Nepo here and got a draw (what Nepo seem to wanted from the beginning)!!!

[@roverdover4449]

Dude. Dude? Dude! Dude...

[@ajaykumar-ve5oq]

how did the Iranian game go? bro he ain't even looking at his own game

[@stanfordtonnychikowore3807]

He got destroyed by Duda😂😂

[@Вадим-б1ц5б]

Where can I get video from cameras like in this video?

[@panklovatina3329]

Hans on openings: "Petrov you sort of just hate your life". Danya: "For both colors" :) kzbin.infoszMKQx_1lnk?t=3048s

[@as3d.3li]

Not a fan for hans but why they are avoiding and force a draw to such as hans I mean even if they doing that just for he cheated but that was from years now you should destroying him to prove that he don’t deserve it not to avoid him !! But I think they know if they lose to him it will be embarrassing to them , Magnus and nepo the ones who should embarrassing hans 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@KinglyEdits1]

this is comedy, you can see people from across the table staring at hans only for hans to stare back 🤣 Check 2:50 for an example

[@tomcave7931]

Kinda took away from the match that the tournament was in a hospital with critically ill patients but other than that pretty good.

[@rgoficinadopc1058]

00:54, she is perfect... omg!

[@Eqteshash]

Nepo is funny and serious and Skill player and unpredictable