The Coolest Checkmate In The World! 8 Year Old Golan vs USCF Senior Life Master Mick

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[@edutainment2.07]

The senior player taught the younger one how to mate a lone King with a combination of King, Bishop and Knight. He got several chances to mate earlier. He chose to play like that for teaching the kid. So heartening.

[@henishgodwin5643]

Yeah

[@zzzzxxxx341]

Did anybody died? What are you, dramatic actress?

[@rreprah9515]

@@zzzzxxxx341 Wtf are you talking about

[@zzzzxxxx341]

@@rreprah9515 Typical indian boy who wants to be akwardly noticed, we don't need your kindergarten explanation. You wouldn't understand what I have said, that's why you should shut the fvck-up!!!!

[@rreprah9515]

@@zzzzxxxx341 You ok, man? Whats going on in your life thats making you this angry?

[@meiermeier29]

4:55 opponent says "never resign"

[@hehehehehheheheheheheheheh9805]

True

[@PsychoSledgeHammer1237]

He declined the resign

[@jesusislordsavior6343]

stupid thing to say

[@shankme6657]

3:01 when Beth Harmon doesn’t know what to move

[@ThetaSigma87]

haha nice one

[@Nottheone480]

Lmmmaoo🤣🤣😂🤣

[@raynefelix]

😭😭😭

[@beornofbeornings]

Look at 5:22. Mick hovers over his pond to see if Golan realizes that pushing that pond would stalemate the game. Golan does and he knows Mick is seeing if he does. That's why Golan motions for him to push that pond. Later when Mick takes a bishop for his last promoted pond, Golan laughs. To those who don't understand and seriously think that a Senior Life Master is making himself feel clever by toying with a kid, well he isn't. They're both having fun. This is good-natured teasing by Mick and Golan is enjoying it. He could have resigned but (like many young players) persisted until he was checkmated....and got some decent endgame experience out of it.

[@3e1est89]

ok im actually mad at golan now cuz he was talking to his opponent while at a game and telling him to move that piece to make it a stalemate. Thats just wrong

[@DragHound]

@@3e1est89 How is having fun wrong? Or giving your opponent hints?

[@scrublord3376]

Ah yes my favourite piece in chess, the pond

[@ankitalokhande7659]

@@scrublord3376 hahahahaha

[@nightcoremaniac4534]

@@3e1est89 Chill man. He is still a kid. Give him chance

[@sam6007]

i love how the kid found it some what funny and he didnt cry

[@drewxp]

3:01 when god says play rook to b8

[@marcelotrindade1875]

Top

[@alirathore8866]

buhahha

[@NSGamingNiiDiiSaRii]

Hahaahahhaahahahahah

[@scaramcnamara689]

i scrolled down to comment "3:01" but yours is better

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

Man im trying to understand what ur talking about. Aint the knight gonna eat him on b8?

[@aniketsoni9357]

lol that's what i call ' playing with feelings' 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@_Louch_]

IKR

[@ohsnapplemyapple9794]

lol

[@oyuonasif6751]

Yp

[@seoxpert7073]

I thought the kid was gonna win..but for a kid that age he's one of the best

[@incredibleshimla]

🥴🥴

[@danilomendoza6458]

When he adjusts the piece at the beginning and it ended up being just as crooked

[@LoneWolf2308]

CMON Golan...1 game lost can teach you more than 3 games won. Keep going! I'm pretty sure that you'll claim your place in the "chess world" in the future. Best regards

[@prathi9535]

I like the man who is playing opposite to him he is like hey Don't give up you are good And he is encouraging That's called a nice hearted man

[@TheWonderingMan]

At first, it may look like he is trolling but in fact he is not. If you just give up every time, your endgame skill will be very low. Those are moments to improve your skill by learning from your opponent.

[@ArchRitter]

Agreed

[@nileshdharap]

Well said

[@marcustulliuscicero2676]

What endgame? The kid tried to give up only at the very end when all was lost. There was nothing to learn from that prolonged torture. This was disgustingly condescending and disrespectful. "Alright kid, let me teach you something important here so I can feel good about myself being a mentor and all that". Sorry, there was nothing to learn there.

[@TheWonderingMan]

@@marcustulliuscicero2676 When I used to be a kid, I would have been honored to finish a game like this with someone on that level. Some people may like it, others may not, that is a matter of perspective and can be subjective.

[@mumoqui14]

Yea, yea, but then, you have to teach him correctly. He could have checkmated the boy lots of moves earlier (with bishop and knight). He was only trolling a eight-years-old boy.

[@neelanjanamukherjee1774]

He had soo many chances to checkmate I guess he was teaching the kid

[@tunaunglwin8671]

7:16 "He trolls me"

[@Thets6]

“He chose it”

[@altimate1]

👏👍

[@leffs6227]

@@Thets6 Yeah, I understood that too.

[@iaboth4727]

How did you hear trolls

[@gash8995]

Why you gotta do my mans like that he resigned and everything

[@HippyHouse]

Lil dude had a Elizabeth Harmon moment! Lol

[@jameswise845]

I like the people who don’t know chess yet still explain everything like they do. N+B checkmates are difficult to pull off and uncommon hence the reason the title says coolest. Maybe not the coolest but certainly fun to watch

[@zoranvucenovic3824]

Interesting Chess board. The dark squares appear to be like transparent glass. Looking at the dark squares give the illusion of looking down at red turbulent clouds or the surface of a planet.

[@acousticmeatus8141]

Dafaq😂😂😂😂

[@Bassoclock]

Yea, cool boards. Anybody know who makes those or where to get them?

[@llnative5716]

This the third chess video recommended for me in the past ten minutes, wtf KZbin 😂

[@ahmedsorush3726]

You should have gotten the message by now.

[@etienne180]

Because there is a big chess competition in india right now ,Many people must be waching reviews on KZbin around all of the world ... So this subject has gain on popularity and the algorythm think that must be interest many other people... and many people are triggered and clic to the recommandations so chess conquer the web and why not the world ^^

[@hemasingh8033]

You clicked other 2 thats why it's recommend , KZbin knows you better

[@bobrob9777]

Who else thought the kid would win?

[@shitxlminersuser71]

Literally everyone

[@stevelobs6601]

To the mid of the video

[@3e1est89]

i didnt cuz the kid is still youngand hes up against someone older who has trained alot

[@softshell259]

I liked the jedi mind trick at 5 mins. "you will not concede"

[@flashfocusbruh5144]

One time my friend checkmated me with only two knights.

[@stacase]

The kid did dump his King at one point, but tipped it back up. I wonder if the Senior Life Master (What's that?) said, "How 'bout if I show how to do it with a Bishop and a Knight?" And the kid said, "OK"

[@OwenRona]

Oh cool game! I think I’ve seen an endgame like this teaching about the W maneuver with the Knight working with a Bishop to corral the King to the corner of choice for the sweet mate. If I remember right, White wants the Black King in the corner with the same colour as his bishop. So Black’s best odds to force draw is to go to the opposite side of the board. I’ve seen some of the kid’s games in this channel and he’s really good! I’m sure he’ll learn from this game and get even better 🙂

[@toyo5953]

cool game i wish i can win 590 game.

[@miketaylor7440]

Good game. The lad will go far if he keeps it up. You learn more in a loss than a win ...

[@amelynreyes8141]

Good game, well played

[@userdetails1]

He's probably so happy he finally got an opportunity to actually use his "how to checkmate with N+B" in practice.

[@leondarcy7367]

clickbait title

[@ahpinge2777]

WHERE IS THE CLICKBAIT I DONT SEE IT... YOUR LIFE IS A CLICKBAIT

[@georgeb8515]

@@ahpinge2777 you don't know what a good checkmate looks like

[@lackoflazy2956]

@@georgeb8515 checkmate with bishup and a knight is one of the hardest check mates to deliver

[@blueashcroft]

@@lackoflazy2956 First of all, it is "bishop" not "bishup" (noob). Second, using knight and bishop is one of the hardest but the title says "coolest" thus, this one is a pure clickbait video (no offense to the content, coz' I'm referring to the title.😎

[@blueashcroft]

@@ahpinge2777 It says "coolest checkmate in the world", Isn't it too ambitious to put that in a video where all you can see is a USCF master playing around with a kid that seems to be just too bold for this high strategy game? IT IS A CLICKBAIT BECAUSE IT SHOWED "NOT THE COOLEST" INSTEAD, JUST ONE OF THE HARDEST CHECKMATES TO PERFORM IN CHESS. BIG DIFFERENCE NOOB 1.0 *OR U STILL WANT TO QUESTION EVEN THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CLICKBAIT". 😎 SHAME 😎

[@glennavellino1172]

That kid is good. Look out when he gets older

[@alfiel1]

Nice Master Mick, is a genius. Lots of people don't know how to play the Bishop and Knight duo

[@oragonako4192]

Senior Mick be like after the game: "Are you kidding me?"

[@kidneys4014]

why

[@jayffersartorio8650]

@Mini-Ninja You missed a pun (pawn)

[@kidneys4014]

@@jayffersartorio8650 haha that was funny

[@justzooro1699]

this guy is a good teacher honestly i like the way he teach that child. when this child grow up he can be grand master above 2500 if he learn without fear of loss.

[@marcustulliuscicero2676]

What fear? The kid fought till the very end and then accepted his loss calmly by attempting to resign.

[@saravanakumaarr143]

I love Golan. The way he plays and his expressions are awe!! Wish him to be GM soon!!

[@andersmidtgard6584]

He had to really enjoy that win. No respect for the young ones.

[@galihgemini]

The video thumbnail makes me goosebumps

[@hanskrakaur9830]

The thing with kids loosing today is that is almost sure they are going to win tomorrow. Who knows how far is going to get?

[@theoddy5756]

Opponent is one of the best teacher..! He is appreciating kid by giving moves as well as motivating him to play ☺😬

[@RaZieLxLPU]

3:03 WTF??!!

[@marc-etiennemercier6584]

So many people calling to 3:03 move and I can't figure out the mistake lol

[@jaysonbuemio7024]

@@marc-etiennemercier6584 he looked up like there is something

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

@@sykottic6siccnss yes my kid also has autism & am going to train basics on chess

[@MrPixelspin]

He's just looking up at the ceiling fan. It's making lots of noise.

[@leffs6227]

He was doing a Beth Harmon before it was filmed.

[@justinmanangan9968]

4:00 Dirty Move Boomer

[@MrTheMr101]

why? that's a legal move

[@projetoresdaluz]

@@MrTheMr101 not at all! The senior should step forward his pawn to 8th square to promote for a queen. The way he did was wrong and could be punished!

[@ahmedsorush3726]

The body language of the 8-year-old is adorable, and what Master Mick did was really impressive to the kid.

[@smashnboom4898]

Moral: Read the full title before the video starts

[@biblestudyforkidsbeginners5706]

This boy playing cute

[@omniversal4739]

In my mind, I was yelling towards my screen at the old man: "Dude! Use your Knight!"

[@554tejassgaonkar8]

I liked this video because of the old man teaching the boy to never resign Weather be it game or life.

[@zandraromeromusic]

He literally exchanged his bishop for a pawn 0:37

[@clowninsomnies]

it isn't pawn , its bishop too

[@clowninsomnies]

it isn't pawn , its bishop too

[@vallavans63]

That sir teaching in boy it was lesson in that small boy life career

[@venkatbabu1722]

Usually people play chess as a kind of number games. They were developed for strategies.

[@dylanthegreat2429]

so this is what I watch at 1:30 am

[@danolvido5459]

Your comment makes me feel bad; I'm watching this at 4:54 a.m.

[@LilPirro3774]

Me too 1.30 am wtfff

[@dylanthegreat2429]

@@LilPirro3774 cool dude

[@weyapoop9297]

Tbh his opponent is not even close to a master. Anyone can beat him. he even traded his queen for a knight

[@RuruRampage]

is this the one and only GOLANI SALAMI?

[@fati_xa4389]

Nice golan ✨❤️

[@satrancstrateji]

The guy so called Senior Life Master did not accept resign. This is against the rules. I don't know what to say. If this game is a joke its not that funny, if not shame.

[@sh-bf7bv]

Sir, you are an idiot.

[@randleforester4646]

Seeing who can trade off pieces the fastest is not chess. They're missing so many moves and options

[@michaelmappin1830]

Of course it's chess! Why wouldn't it be? Yes, the tactics and strategy are in a shorter range, that's all. Still chess.

[@randleforester4646]

@@michaelmappin1830 The number of possibilities are endless. No human being can calculate moves that fast. It's a waste to me.

[@skylarshearl3161]

If there was no time limit that game could have lasted hours

[@michaelmappin1830]

@@skylarshearl3161 , of course. And that's why there's time limits! Otherwise, someone might take 3 days in order to make a move.

[@michaelmappin1830]

@@randleforester4646 , no human beings can calculate all the possible moves, regardless of how much time you have. You make as many calculations as you can within the allotted time. Doesn't matter if it's an hour, or 3 minutes. Yes, you can make more calculations in an hour then you can in 3 minutes. Just like you can make more calculations in 6 days then you can in 3 hours. It's not a waste. It's a great way to practice short-range tactics and strategy, as well as the speed in which you can calculate

[@kanchunkin]

I can’t see the timer.

[@hairypotato9649]

Me: Watches Golan’s game. Cameraman: I’ll just watch the other game going on.

[@bolognaplays6652]

Wow, So cOoL

[@aldante7079]

What’s Golan’s Rating ?

[@AngeloBHall]

The ending was un necessary , the kid clearly lost ... Is he teaching him to never give up or is he trying to make him an example toying with him like that .. smh ..GG

[@skylarshearl3161]

Angelo B Hall have you ever even played chess he still could have one all he had to do was make it to where that dude couldn’t move his pieces and had he of had one more move he would of made it a tie game

[@AngeloBHall]

@@skylarshearl3161 Yes i can play chess been playing for more than 9 years an were you watching this game the kid had no chance of tieing this .. The guy was toying with him when he swaped his pawn for a knight instead of a queen I knew he was showing off

[@naldonkishalramlakan5259]

I always swap for knight bro. It gives nice clean finishes in a three way and always leaves less room for ties tbh.

[@naldonkishalramlakan5259]

@@skylarshearl3161 bruh The kid had no chance of a tie. Maybe if he traded less aggressively in the start then yes but his pawn trades were silly personally i would would have take that enpassant earlier on to have my bishop still in the game that way the kid could have forced the other guy to play more defensively with his pawns allowing for less bring-ins. I think you guys should understand that you cannot argue over a game of chess as you never know the players plan and how fast their plan can fail with one unexpected move by an opponent. I have reached my highs in chess until one day in a big tournament i was poker faced by a well known opponent who played trade offs aggresively unusual to their nature which forced me to pick up tempo but you cant just go from piano to drums. So different players have different strategies. That was my first draw out of 43 matches. I wish you guys well and i unfortunately have leaned off chess as my academic responsibilities are rather impactful on my future. I hope you guys have a good day.

[@skylarshearl3161]

Idc how old you are if your off your training wheels I ain’t putting them back on

[@doberman1235]

Jesus christ the guy is playin with him

[@samrparker1224]

Is it just me or does Pawn B8 to a queen make a checkmate at 5:19?

[@saamshahrouzi8521]

The guy is toying with the kid

[@luckyhooky2527]

0:32 that facepalm xD

[@yashi4391]

3:03 king in the air saying you betrayed my wife she could have gone cross up and down no the most powerful piece

[@leffs6227]

he was doing a Beth Harmond

[@chessandmathguy]

I was looking forward to some cool checkmate, but instead got a pretty normal looking checkmate.

[@chessandmathguy]

@@charlesboudreault8043 I did not realize it was so close to 50 moves

[@joebrinson5040]

Clickbait title but interesting interaction between a seasoned player and the youngster

[@parahalu]

0:43 white uses blacks time to make his move. Don't touch the pieces until your opponent hit the clock. I would report him right away.

[@danielmanahan692]

don't be petty. just a game. and they are probably friends good way to fuck up a friendship to try and win a chess game on a technicality

[@orangejuiceman]

Honestly I've never played using a timer, I think it's mostly useless other than to show off your speed, and I would probably forget to clock in my turn. Seeig the man's twice my age he probably just lagged while focusing on his move. Yes he used the kids time, but he moved after the kid moved, so there shouldn't be any fuss about it.

[@marcustulliuscicero2676]

@@danielmanahan692 better than by being a condescending disrespectful asshole

[@bostiniawsomchanel7531]

He’s 8 tryna’ have fun, just leave the kid alone.

[@parahalu]

Boston’S Awesome channel it’s not the kid. It’s his opponent. His coach. So he was supposed to teach him.

[@norzedevil39129]

If I were that kid, I would have frustrated already + angry

[@bouldetax5652]

The sit next to him miss a checkmate in 2

[@guyvanburen]

Very instructional. Learn all the basic mates

[@katkat2570]

Plus... at 8:13 he missed mate in 3,like Bh3 or anywhere in the h3_c8 diagonal..., except c8 ofc and after.... Kb8. Na6+Ka8 and mate with Bishop,unless of course he saw but wanted to play a little further more.... OR.... Maybe he wanted to show off on purpose to gain student which is ofc acceptable.

[@11Eleven11.]

The day when the recorded this video it was my birthday

[@rojinsa4023]

Talented kid

[@jonbellomy329]

Not many people know how to checkmate with a bishops and knight

[@Mega_Casual]

Took him 49 moves to do it. Not really that impressive. haha

[@daystar73]

@@Mega_Casual he's teaching Golan to be better. No wonder your handle begins with casual...

[@Mega_Casual]

@@daystar73 I wonder why you'd criticize my nickname here? Why is that even necessary? Was that supposed to be an insult? I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say no it wouldn't be.

[@一万之成]

Yes

[@sh-bf7bv]

@@Mega_Casual I wonder why you'd "criticize" the guy for teaching the kid?

[@khalifaalloghani3225]

I’m sorry but the thumbnail is so funny 😭😭

[@ColbyDee881]

Maybe I'm missing the point, but at 7:05 he had checkmate if he just moved the bishop to F3, not E2

[@samvednarai3917]

It would have been a stalemate . The king is not in check

[@phtonos3337]

That kid was way too distracted

[@showerferriol1507]

Ain't fair

[@saamshahrouzi8521]

He was acting cool

[@pauljohnson6019]

3.04- why he suddenly looked up with that contorted face, did he see an invisible ghost in the air?

[@brothareece5313]

Let that buy resign, you freakin bully. lol

[@adambrunt7290]

So this is what y’all did when you got cut from the football team

[@j.w.213]

ya train to kick still standing egg balls and don't even hit 100% of a time, guess who have a laugh.

[@dmaxpr]

Hi! I got some questions: 1. What is the name of that chess piece set? 2. At 6:59 it was a missed mate (Bd7 Kb8, Na6+ Ka8, Bc6#)?

[@dmaxpr]

@TheBoxing Kids ?

[@vernonfernandes5590]

5:22 c8=Q#

[@jaysonbuemio7024]

He obviously saw that

[@SaiKrishna-xm7it]

Noticed?? 00:42 big boy cheated, he moved before small boy hitting it.

[@mapachecomunista6276]

I have learned to play 'till the end *this fills you with determination*

[@snvkgram]

misleading title for the video

[@conleted8574]

it would have been cooler if the kid won somehow

[@greengopher64]

1:28 c'mon kid. you have to save your rook...

[@lettuce1626]

He wanted to resign too, this is such a troll

[@johnmichaelricasa2998]

This is my regular game in my neighbor

[@tristanrujano]

I really thought the guy was gonna stalemate the game for the kid instead he styles on him😂

[@rohinandgaonkar9013]

Sweet checkmate in one bishop and knight with king.

[@kayra2005.]

Master falan ama 0:43 çocuk daha süreye basmadan oynuyor 0:44 durdurup bakın

[@kerrangzapplin]

Sorry.. which part the check is cool? Please enlighten..

[@apopotato2873]

Anyone notice the other child in the back? Man these children are smarter than me =.=

[@JustinNathanson]

LOVED IT

[@Xemnas442]

Wait, at the end the kid did 3 times the same move in a row. Isn't this supposed to be a pat? Oo

[@parkerschulz8741]

In tournaments the player who doesn't do three moves in a row can call over a guy to make it a draw, but with the lead their was no point

[@Blue_The_Protogen.]

I just wanna know how is this even possible

[@guxta_codex]

This boy wants break the timer,pieces and table

[@yashavanthkumar6864]

Golan super

[@M0NN1]

He was just drawing out the game to teach the kid situations he wouldn't normally play through and keeping it in a good spirit letting him also enjoy the game by not winning too fast :)

[@spiffypronghorn9753]

Chess.com and lichess thinks its impossible to checkmate with knight and bishop

[@Chino.12oo]

This is the chosen one

[@redbirdsjunkie]

This is how I play Nerf basketball in the house with my son. Dad always wins.