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I'm a huge Hans fan. (F him for cheating, but setting that aside.) His play is objectively insane. Either he's somehow been cheating this whole time via shoefis

I'm a huge Hans fan. (F him for cheating, but setting that aside.) His play is objectively insane. Either he's somehow been cheating this whole time via shoefish, or he's the real deal. GothamChess has had excellent coverage of his games. Like seriously, look at this one: https://youtu.be/ainUWFboMLs?t=1490 https://youtu.be/ainUWFboMLs?t=1490 Hans threw a masterful knockout punch at the end, one which his opponent completely overlooked, and was solely a single move. There wasn't cheating-like high level strategy involved -- it was a one-move fatality. Whatever else the kid has done, he is one hell of a chess player. I find it hard not to root for him, even knowing his history.

nilespotter 4y ago
I love that this video has over 300k views.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  GothamChess is amazing in general. He’ll be casting an upcoming chess tournament (kind of like football commentators, but chess). So hyped for it. If you haven’t seen him before, check out some of his other vids too — he does a variety of styles, like “Guess the ELO” and 1:1 chess tutorials with other popular non-chess streamers. I think the most impressive thing is that he’s posted a video every single day for… I don’t know how long. He makes it a point of pride not to miss one.
laweijfmvo 4y ago
At some point I would expect the younger players to start doing this more often. After all, they have the ability to grow up learning to play from/like an engine. It just seems obvious that their play should diverge from what was traditionally canon.
awb 4y ago
> His play is objectively insane But he doesn't do himself any favors with comments like "the chess speaks for itself", or offering what according to other GMs is a lackluster analysis of those astounding moves. Whether it's immaturity or cheating remains to be seen.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  Definitely. Though I wouldn’t have done any better at 19. Teens aren’t known for eloquence or having the proper amount of confidence.
  - pretendscholar 4y ago
    Please listen to Duda,Keymer, Ali reza do post game analysis. They can speak very well about their ideas. It is not normal to be a 2700 and be unable to give your thoughts on the game you just played.
    - addicted 4y ago
      Yeah, because being a GM is a completely normal thing in the first place. Bobby Fischer was one of the top chess players of all time and was a certifiably insane nut job. There’s nothing normal about being a GM in the first place. Niemann literally just won the biggest game of his life. He did something none of Duda, Alireza, etc have achieved. His situation was not normal. Trying to judge his actions based on whether it’s what Duda, etc would have done themselves in a situation they’ve never found themselves despite having had many opportunities to do so is silly.
      - pretendscholar 4y ago
        This whole idea of le crazy chess grandmaster is so silly. Fischer, even as he was declining precipitously, was producing cogent analysis and annotations on grandmaster level games. >He did something none of Duda, Alireza, etc have achieved. Only if you mean winning in Classical with Black. Duda beating Carlsen in Classical https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2010697 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2010697 His interview. The quality of the broadcast is a bit bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchM2Dcr5mU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchM2Dcr5mU ----------------------------------------------------------- Ali Reza beating Carlsen in Rapid with a beautiful checkmate https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2072900 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2072900 ----------------------------------------------------------- Pragg beating Carlsen in Rapid at 16 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2252714 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2252714 Giving an interview at age 16 at 3 am after beating Carlsen https://www.chessbase.in/news/Praggnanandhaa-beats-Magnus-Carlsen-in-FTX-Crypto-Cup https://www.chessbase.in/news/Praggnanandhaa-beats-Magnus-Ca...

nilespotter 4y ago

I love that this video has over 300k views.

sillysaurusx 4y ago
GothamChess is amazing in general. He’ll be casting an upcoming chess tournament (kind of like football commentators, but chess). So hyped for it. If you haven’t seen him before, check out some of his other vids too — he does a variety of styles, like “Guess the ELO” and 1:1 chess tutorials with other popular non-chess streamers. I think the most impressive thing is that he’s posted a video every single day for… I don’t know how long. He makes it a point of pride not to miss one.

laweijfmvo 4y ago

At some point I would expect the younger players to start doing this more often. After all, they have the ability to grow up learning to play from/like an engine. It just seems obvious that their play should diverge from what was traditionally canon.

awb 4y ago

> His play is objectively insane But he doesn't do himself any favors with comments like "the chess speaks for itself", or offering what according to other GMs is a lackluster analysis of those astounding moves. Whether it's immaturity or cheating remains to be seen.

sillysaurusx 4y ago
Definitely. Though I wouldn’t have done any better at 19. Teens aren’t known for eloquence or having the proper amount of confidence.
- pretendscholar 4y ago
  Please listen to Duda,Keymer, Ali reza do post game analysis. They can speak very well about their ideas. It is not normal to be a 2700 and be unable to give your thoughts on the game you just played.
  - addicted 4y ago
    Yeah, because being a GM is a completely normal thing in the first place. Bobby Fischer was one of the top chess players of all time and was a certifiably insane nut job. There’s nothing normal about being a GM in the first place. Niemann literally just won the biggest game of his life. He did something none of Duda, Alireza, etc have achieved. His situation was not normal. Trying to judge his actions based on whether it’s what Duda, etc would have done themselves in a situation they’ve never found themselves despite having had many opportunities to do so is silly.
    - pretendscholar 4y ago
      This whole idea of le crazy chess grandmaster is so silly. Fischer, even as he was declining precipitously, was producing cogent analysis and annotations on grandmaster level games. >He did something none of Duda, Alireza, etc have achieved. Only if you mean winning in Classical with Black. Duda beating Carlsen in Classical https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2010697 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2010697 His interview. The quality of the broadcast is a bit bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchM2Dcr5mU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fchM2Dcr5mU ----------------------------------------------------------- Ali Reza beating Carlsen in Rapid with a beautiful checkmate https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2072900 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2072900 ----------------------------------------------------------- Pragg beating Carlsen in Rapid at 16 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2252714 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2252714 Giving an interview at age 16 at 3 am after beating Carlsen https://www.chessbase.in/news/Praggnanandhaa-beats-Magnus-Carlsen-in-FTX-Crypto-Cup https://www.chessbase.in/news/Praggnanandhaa-beats-Magnus-Ca...