Games here played May 2: www.chess.com/games/archive/danielnaroditsky?gameOwner=other_game&gameType=live&timeSort=desc&gameTypes%5B0%5D=chess960&gameTypes%5B1%5D=daily&page=7

@ZDTF

16 күн бұрын

Hey Its Vih Sou,Brandon Here A4 Ra3 is a pretty bad opening Or is it? *vsauce music*

@epicchess2021

16 күн бұрын

@@ZDTF I'm not sure I believe you haha

@bladecup

15 күн бұрын

@@ZDTF No you are not, just one more liar...

@ZDTF

14 күн бұрын

​@@bladecupI know breh I was just making a funni jok about Vsauce

This is how chess is truly meant to be played. Black took White completely out of boring theory and forced White to think on the fly. The chess world needs much more of this. Bobby Fischer hated chess in his later years because he correctly noted that it had become nothing more than brute memorization, rather than over-the-board thinking. This is an awesome game and should be a wake up call to stodgy theorists.

@michaelmassaro4375

16 күн бұрын

Awesome game for the winner terrible game by Danya he could’ve played things differently and had better result

@azzadineflitti3344

16 күн бұрын

Dont worry we play it right

@watonemillion

15 күн бұрын

cheating isn't truly how chess is meant to be played, comrade

@jaideepshekhar4621

15 күн бұрын

​ Cheating how? It's fairly playable. Andrew Hang beat Hikaru with this too. 😂

@sexystmanalive1

14 күн бұрын

I‘m quite sure it‘s White taking Black out of theory here with a4 and Ra3 😅

I can see the logic of trading a rook for a bishop very early in the game. The rook is more an end game piece, particularly the Queen side rook if you plan to castle King side. Danya's Queen side rook moved just 3 times in the game and never left the back rank; not exactly an over active piece and one I'm sure he wouldn't have minded swapping out for that early bishop he traded.

@QuantumHistorian

16 күн бұрын

Interesting point. I've heard Ben Finegold say that giving someone rook odds is easier than giving them bishop odds for that reason.

How is that cheating he's doing perfectly legal moves, you shouldn't be banned for playing legal moves.

It’s a new opening and it’s repetitive nature will eventually be flagged statistically. The player is skilled at it and there is no learned move behavior to counter it at this speed level.

@bsmith5167

16 күн бұрын

Danya is very skilled at 960 and I'd expect him to learn traps from the early games even with a short time control. Maybe a 70ish game match wasn't enough learning or tilt/fatigue was enough to offset learning.

@Rizzycat1

15 күн бұрын

@@bsmith5167 Hopefully this will be cleared up and this move opening will be utilized in long format Chess too. But, Maybe it would have little success there ?

@vee2live30

10 күн бұрын

@@Rizzycat1this opening will not be used in longer formats, the point of the opening is to make your opponent make decision they aren’t use to making. It would be cool to see this opening fully fleshed out from open to close tho

Even the world of chess has become a circus. Nothing is safe any more.

@cantonold7014

16 күн бұрын

Silicon intelligence is changing humans.

@CheckmateSurvivor

16 күн бұрын

@@cantonold7014 For the worse, unfortunately.

@lethallohn

16 күн бұрын

We now have amazing chess engines that give us brilliant games and help us learn, but at what cost...

@jusbus92

16 күн бұрын

😞

@brownie8090

13 күн бұрын

As we venture further into the 21st century everything will only become more unrecognizable from our 20th century understanding of the world. Life in the 1920s was more akin to the late 1800s than the 1990s the year 2080 isn’t too far away. It might be a dystopian wasteland it might be a futuristic dreamscape who knows. Chess is 1500 years old it might be the one thing that remains the same throughout the ages people in the year 2104 are still going to be blundering their queens don’t you worry.

People keep saying it's disrespectful to acquire a full bishop advantage in early and mid-game...

I didn't recognize the name, but then when I looked him up, I remember him and he is one of my very favorite GMs. I've watched him play numerous times on another channel (that I wont mention) but his play is just sublime. I highly doubt he cheated, he doesn't come across as that type of guy at all (and I'm pretty sure he doesn't need to cheat).

@uduehdjztyfjrdjciv2160

16 күн бұрын

😂 GM named leela stockfish definitely don't need cheats to beat any human. Who else can beat naroditsky like a noob with "rook for a bishop gambit"😂

@YtubeUserr

15 күн бұрын

@@uduehdjztyfjrdjciv2160 In blitz Danya is definitely beatable. He is too good only in bullet.

@imagine917

14 күн бұрын

The guy clearly cheated. This is an opening often played by AI to disrespect players like Magnus in tournaments. Stockfish played this opening numerous times against human players.

@Jez2008UK

14 күн бұрын

@@imagine917 How are you going to cheat in a 3minute game? Explain the set up, because I don't even think it's physically possible.

@imagine917

13 күн бұрын

@@Jez2008UK Why ask me? Why not just google it? A simple google search would tell you that there are chess programs that work with browsers and that they even move the pieces for you. You don't need to click anything.

Would certainly be willing to view more recaps of games between these two.

@andrewmacintosh1388

16 күн бұрын

Gotham did like 3 or 4

@PeterM8987

8 күн бұрын

Why? Because it is dodgy.

He didn't cheat, he's an honest guy. He only cheats on his girlfriend, but never in chess.

@ufcspidersilva88

16 күн бұрын

There is no such thing as cheating on your girlfriend. It is not a rule or law.

@adadaasamouh7519

16 күн бұрын

Did he really?

@allanfifield8256

16 күн бұрын

@@ufcspidersilva88 There use to be for cheating on your wife. It was called adultery and use to be prosecuted in rare circumstances.

@ufcspidersilva88

16 күн бұрын

@@allanfifield8256 Adultery is when she is already married but if she is single then you can choose to marry her as well and have multiple wives if you are willing to take care of them.

@johngrey5806

16 күн бұрын

@@adadaasamouh7519 not sure, it was meant as a joke.

Another brill video thank you. I'd love to see some with more about you your chess background\ rating etc

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

thanks a lot, I bought a camera recently so might film a few OTB and post shortened version with some commentary overlay

This is it. This is the perfect chess video title.

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

lol thanks haha, not sure how great my thumbnails are etc but hey I try

With queens off 2 rooks can be useless against two strong bishops.

"Opening up"? No, just opening!

I can't watch Gotham chess. He's like nails on a blackboard to me.

@TheMoogleKing93

16 күн бұрын

AHAHAHAH ROOK HAHAHJAJAJ

@matthewclark7955

16 күн бұрын

Could. Not. Agree. More.

@sp10sn

16 күн бұрын

His channel has evolved into buffoonery.

@screamer22222

16 күн бұрын

I kind of like him

@allanfifield8256

16 күн бұрын

I had to give up Gotham Chess. The click bait and the wowie-zowie drove me off. My choice, by far, is "Hello everybody . . ."

there was no cheating as i could tell. All pieces moved as they should be. sure, he probably could have taken him out earlier, but it seems there was no rule, just racing the clock. So in reality, the hosts of this tournament/site need to be grown ups and reverse this and leave things to humans, not algorithms.

How is original play (some say anomalous play) equated with cheating?

@PeterM8987

8 күн бұрын

😂😂

I’m so happy you covered this story!

Dont see sacrifices like that often, it breaks the monotonous positioning.

Daniel was killing him until he passed up NxRck about 3:38. You need to keep the Queens on the board to create horizontal threats otherwise the rooks have difficulties penetrating.

Great channel! Great content as always!❤

@epicchess2021

14 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

I wonder how in a game with those time limits one would be able to cheat. Please enlighten me I want a score of 3000 and I have no Idea how to use any engine that fast.

fair play ban = krymnik's procedure?

Great analysis where did brandon post this?

@yahz137

16 күн бұрын

Reddit

@arindam_chowdhury

13 күн бұрын

Reddit link is attached in the description as well :)

I am waiting for the Exchange Opening Chessable course

Smart move to link Gotham. Love your content.

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

thanks a lot yeah I mean was just being straight really that you gotta go there for details on this one!

How does this opening look if the opponent declines? Is the rook on the third rank playable?

If you can checkmate your opponent early trading a rook for a piece can be very good but against another GM it would be very hard to do

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

yeah and this opening proper gets in your head if you're facing it I think haha, desperate not to lose

@starboiklem8381

15 күн бұрын

​@@epicchess2021just like the bongcloud

I would like to see an outcome where the rook is not taken. Danya did win 40% of the matches

@floydfloyd3706

3 күн бұрын

Thank you for pointing this out. I know absolutely nothing about chess but it seems obvious to me that if there is free will then the rook does not have to be taken. Let us see for ourselves the outcome of this move.

How in the world is the position at 2:30 eval'd as equal?

The game looked all over after 10 moves-to my untrained eye blacks recovery was highly suspicious. There must be some way of checking? I heard some guy callled Kramnik can detect cheaters. Let’s ask him.

Also thanks for your great channel

@epicchess2021

8 күн бұрын

thanks appreciate it and cheers for watching! Oh just saw your channel too, some cool blitz battles on there :D

@ChesswithDaveNZ

8 күн бұрын

@@epicchess2021 Awesome that you respond!! I leaped out with a Big WOW! I was a little concerned in placing the 'link' as it may, or could, or would, come across as self-promotion, which I personally try my hardest to steer from same, as I'm rather uncomfortable with that, although in case it's about Samson. So, I'm really happy with your response and your awesome feedback. I earlier spoke with my friend in Dunedin, this evening, and mentioned of your great channel, where he might have a look at least at GM Daniel's games. Also of course, other wonderful highlights of your dedicated chess channel. Thanks for the hard work it takes, for you on your channel. You're really good at it.

Carlsen played in the same way against Pultinevicius, but with whites

How is it cheating? Unless you're making illegal move after illegal move...wheres the illegality ?

terrible. It's very hard to cheat effectively at 3 0 time controls. Although I prefer long increments, it is very east to cheat with 10 seconds or more as an increment.

Hyper-modern openings come off the back of the Postmodernist ideal to break classical ideas. What do we categorise the openings like this which break even modern chess ideas?

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

garbage? haha, or some kind of new category actually - phycological play/pet lines?

@PeterM8987

8 күн бұрын

Ridiculous

It's a weird opening but Daniel threw the game with his bishop sac which was defended pretty easily. Not taking the rook with his bishop was incredibly suspicious though, as well as pretending to be Brazilian (VPN?).

@mayebeline1149

15 күн бұрын

What?? The only suspicious thing here is that you think he should have taken the rook. Are you like 1500 elo or what? I'm only 2200 so I'm not GM-level or anything, but it was pretty obvious to me he wasn't going to give up his bishop there. It was a trap. White wanted to give up the rook to get one of the bishops off the board, but black didn't take the bait, and rightfully so. Black would have lost their biggest advantage if they took the rook with the bishop there. They had no reason to accept that trade.

@KiiroSagi

15 күн бұрын

@@mayebeline1149 Engine agrees with me.

@mayebeline1149

15 күн бұрын

​@@KiiroSagi: If he did the opposite of what the engine says, then how is it suspicious? You didn't think that through too hard did you? 😂😂

@KiiroSagi

15 күн бұрын

@@mayebeline1149 I can tell you are hurt

First we do the procedure.

Brandon speaks for himself 😂

Can we replace the nerdy commentators for championships and candidates with this cool guy?

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

I'm gonna tell my wife someone finally called me cool, haha thanks a lot tho. Unfortunately I'm not a strong enough player! Top 1%, but not quite top top % to be commentating

1:05 "And now we see the *feen ketto* of _both_ bishops!" Sorry, the *what* of the bishops? It's not just your accent; I'm a chess noob so I have literally no idea what you mean. 😅

doesn't the chess company have a rule that you can't use "fake" accounts? i seem to recall kramnik getting banned for that reason recently.

@bozbozman1575

16 күн бұрын

Not a fake account. Just not using his name is all

@victorfinberg8595

16 күн бұрын

@@bozbozman1575 note that i put "fake" in quotes. in that context, it means the word represents something that i don't really have a better word for.

@PhilNPrice

16 күн бұрын

@@victorfinberg8595 What Kramnik did was use another player's account -- basically, pretending to be someone else. That's illegal. That's not the same as playing anonymously, which is fine.

@victorfinberg8595

16 күн бұрын

@@PhilNPrice ok, thanks for clarifying

I always play non-existent gambits when I can. After this, I'd better lose with them. (Fortunately, I usually do, anyway.)

They should simply self film their blitz playing to have at the ready to display for cheating accusations... solved.

I am unsure the play certainly seems dodgy to me, but it is difficult to tell. Thanls James.

Go Brandon❤

Taking a rook with a bishop is dubious if files are not open, as is the case in the early opening. It requires a grind into an endgame to demonstrate the win, which is hard to do consistently in speed chess, even at this level between 2 fairly evenly matched players. Given that the score was 60/40, the only reason to ban the guy was to protect Danya's reputation.

it's not so easy, winning these "wiining" positions against a strong player, especially (or maybe only) at short time controls

@allanfifield8256

16 күн бұрын

Daniel was killing him until he passed up NxRck about 3:38.

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

yeah v true

At 3:50 I guessed what he would play and got it right:D

GingerGM for relatable title Tuesday streams.

Looks like cpu moves to me

Idon't understand how he cheated. Can someone please explain?

@epicchess2021

9 күн бұрын

Me either and I don’t think he did!

Wow nan xreated history 😂😅

Bishop = +5

tyvm kramnik

Q1. How can anyone cheat in chess? Q2. Especially in a 3-min. game? I know these are silly questions but I'm learning at our school chess club and no-one knows.

@epicchess2021

9 күн бұрын

With great difficulty but possible see my video called how to cheat at chess

@PeterM8987

8 күн бұрын

Seriously?😅

@MC_Bazyle

2 күн бұрын

The old fashioned way is to plug the moves into an online engine as you are playing. The new way is to run scripts. Its basically a program that plays for you. Difficult to catch these people because they can turn it on and off.

You are using "emperor with no clothes" incorrectly. It's not such a literal saying.

@epicchess2021

Күн бұрын

But that’s the beauty of it I am using it in a literal sense when I say it

Danya’s soy boys called the Feds 😂

Not for nothing I thought it was atrocious play by Danya early on when he could’ve taken the Rook with a check he passed up on it instead moving Queen elsewhere it seemed like he was playing to lose I did watch Gothams video on the subject of the cheating scandal he more or less felt two things either the guy is cheating or just being falsely accused he didn’t give his own opinion either way but he did want to set up an OTB rubber match between Danya and Brandan and said he might even bring Brandan on board for an interview most part terrible game by Danya I thought more so than anything Brandon did spectacularly not just taking pieces when he could did work out well for him Thanks James

3:57 f6 rook to f8 better no?

@epicchess2021

12 күн бұрын

You might be right forget details sorry !

@kevinbelden5545

12 күн бұрын

@@epicchess2021 Yeah I just walked through it and the opposing queen is basically checkmated with only one position openly available (g6) then it gets sided by the other queen eventually taking it out but the black bishop takes queen and mates the white knight too. This is honestly the best defense if bait is took as bishops are better than rooks and just creates a long game attrition any attempt to sacrifice your bishops should be avoided at the start of a game

There is NO evidence that he is cheating. Is he probably cheating? yes, but if you have the slightest understanding of statistics, you understand that, as he is repeating the same unorthodox opening, the statistics are unfairly inflated in his disfavour. I have no qualms about him being banned because of statistics, but he should be banned because he is **probably** cheating , and not banned and accused of cheating which is a world of difference.

clearly a cheater. come on

@bozbozman1575

16 күн бұрын

The GM's use AI to study games... cheating? If you have a good memory, then ya kinda

@osgubben

16 күн бұрын

Bullshit.

@quincunx1443

15 күн бұрын

Not cheating

The guy is clearly cheating. If you look at the other games, he was doing well until the end game where he messes everything up. The guy is often up many pawns in the end game but he blunders a lot for some reason. The only reason Daniel won is because the other guy is often losing on time and blunders in the end which is very sus.

Seriously - would an engine sacrifice a Rook within 3 moves^^....

@allanfifield8256

16 күн бұрын

Maybe to get 2 strong bishops.

16 күн бұрын

No, but you can do that on yourself and then use an engine to win with less material... Im not saying that he cheated... but for many players use the engine in one or two moves is enough to win...

The swarming of the four Black minor pieces as amazing to watch. The Rook on e3 was helpless.

Trying to encourage chess in NZ, as per usual, would you like to participate in an interview on Zoom or the like? I would pay you for your time etc. I can also forward the monies if so desired to a Junior of NZ, or established club on your behalf, where you get the receipt. Just a thought, thank you.

@epicchess2021

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion and cool initiative for sure but right now I’ll have to say no I’m afraid, I’m getting quite a lot of requests for different things and I just don’t have the time whilst also juggling a day job and young family, apologies wish you all the best with it

@ChesswithDaveNZ

5 күн бұрын

@@epicchess2021 I completely understand, I appreciate you. Well Done. Sing out anytime, if you so desire. Go for your Million Subscribes, I added 1 2 the mix the other day. Warm Regards ~ Dave NZ. Make sure you have your breaks, I fell over a few years ago, after the earthquakes, etc, that rocked our city.

Let's go Brandon!

Nice

Woke Chess on fashion

On today's Titled Tuesday, Magnus was experimenting with the 1.a4, 2.Ra3 line. kzread.info/dash/bejne/o65lyduHmcWae9Y.html

@epicchess2021

15 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot! And yeah I was onto this one haha, just posted a video

@ranchopatriot

15 күн бұрын

@@epicchess2021 Today's Late Titled Tuesday. Round 11. Magnus v Hikaru. Hikaru gave Magnus mate in one, on purpose. Magnus refused to take it. What was that about?

We all know engine chess when we see it

Danya is a terrible player

@michaelbauers8800

6 күн бұрын

I am sure you are right. After all, he's not even in the top 100 players in the world, and is short of being a super GM by 50 points. I don't even know why such a patzer bothers to ever play chess again. Should be ashamed. I could beat him in chess...with a slight handicap where he removes a few pieces. By a few, I mean all of them except his king.

Wow This is a stockfish 17

First! Viih_Sou is savage! Nice one (let's go Brandon!)

@CheckmateSurvivor

16 күн бұрын

The first will be the last.

@Joaquim1295

16 күн бұрын

Why Brandon has a brazilian account with a brazilian name: Vinicius Souza?

@thegorn

16 күн бұрын

@@Joaquim1295 Because it's a smurf account, and smurfs are clean-shaven (except for Papa Smurf)

Rook sacrifice in the beginning, shouldn't be alarming. People sacrifice the pony all the time i.e Halloween gambit. I personally some times exchange rooks for knights. I am a low rated player but chess was supposed to be fun and challenging. Thats what I do. I play mostly. Taimanov sicilian and i get the chance to throw my pieces randomly and still win in bullet 😂

Gotham is a tourist clinging to the real talent.

@hoi-polloi1863

15 күн бұрын

To be fair, he's a commentator both in the technical and social? cultural? angle of chess. You don't have to be a GM for that... most GMs are too busy preparing for the next war anyway.

@uuuuNB

15 күн бұрын

@@danstiurca7963 lol he's got almost 5 million followers, so it's fair to assume he's introduced chess to many new players, made a lot of people better at chess, and there are even people who don't play chess themselves who view his videos for the entertainment aspect. So what positive have YOU done for the chess community? Looking at your cringeworthy comments all I see is a salty pretentious kid. It's completely fair if you don't like his videos after all that's just a matter of taste, but your salt is shining through in your comments so hard lmao