HOLY @#%! Hikaru gets SPICY!

0:00 Like I'm trusting this bishop is going to get walled in by the by the pawns

0:03 and I just blow him in the blow blow him up in the center of the board.

0:07 Um, someone's going to totally clip that out of context.

0:20 Okay.

0:20 Anyway, here we go.

0:21 Round round seven.

0:23 Oh, let's play more English.

0:24 Why not?

0:27 Okay.

0:28 Okay.

0:28 So, we're going to play more of the same.

0:29 Let's go E3.

0:32 Play B3.

0:33 I'm going to play like Magnus Carlos.

0:35 Let's go here on bishop G2 down and dance.

0:48 I'm going to take and go knight E2.

0:49 More the same.

0:50 Actually, let's go here.

0:51 I'm going to try to play this like I did.

0:52 I had a blindfold game against Magnus in Barcelona.

0:55 I mean, obviously a casual fun game, but I'm trying to play this like like

0:58 what Magnus did against me in that blindfold game.

1:00 I really liked the the way that he played it.

1:03 Let's go here.

1:03 I'm not worried about bishop A3.

1:05 I'll just take and go like knight E2 and D4.

1:08 Maybe I'm wrong.

1:09 Maybe bishop A3 is a good move here, but I'm not worried about it.

1:16 Okay, G6.

1:17 Interesting choice.

1:21 Um, what do I want to do here?

1:22 I think I'll play knight E2 like Magnus did.

1:36 But yeah, if you guys were to ask me straight up,

1:37 I I suspect the play the players like Cena move

1:40 ahead is probably in Turkey if I had to guess.

1:45 I think there's almost no chance that they have they

1:47 have white cards or white sims or whatever they call them.

1:50 There's almost no chance.

1:52 I don't like C5 at all from Shimanov at all because

1:57 now he's created he's created hanging pawns and a weak structure.

2:01 Okay, now it's just a matter of how do I play this?

2:03 Rook C1 or rook D1.

2:04 Um or rook E1.

2:07 Problem is D4 because of this pin could be annoying.

2:14 Let's think about how I want to play this.

2:19 Rook D1.

2:20 Rook D8.

2:20 Queen B1.

2:21 D4.

2:22 Annoying.

2:23 Um, rook F d1.

2:27 No, queen C3.

2:28 D4.

2:29 Rook there.

2:29 There.

2:29 Rook C1.

2:31 I'll just go here.

2:32 Maybe like rook C1.

2:37 E D4.

2:38 E4.

2:38 Queen D3.

2:39 Bishop F3.

2:39 Okay, he goes rook E8.

2:40 I'm actually I think happy to see that move.

2:44 Maybe not.

2:45 Who knows?

2:45 Knight C3.

2:46 Rook C8.

2:48 Let's go here.

2:51 See, it probably I'll go knight A4.

2:53 Okay, it goes knight B6.

2:54 Not the move that I was expecting.

2:56 Rook C1 seems logical here.

2:59 Okay, logical.

3:01 Now it's a matter of where do I put my queen?

3:03 I can go to D2 here.

3:05 Go to B1 also.

3:06 I think I'm just going to go to B1.

3:09 D4.

3:10 I just take and I'm fine.

3:24 Okay, he's trying to sack a piece,

3:26 which could be very dangerous if I'm not careful.

3:28 If I go rook F1, F1, D4, takes, takes, knight D4, bishop G2, king G2.

3:41 I think H3 is no good.

3:42 Rook E1.

3:43 Rook E1 seems like a solid move here.

3:47 There's D4.

3:48 I can just take.

3:49 He can't sack.

3:51 He goes knight E5.

3:56 H.

3:56 Actually, Shimano is playing this fairly well.

3:58 I'll play rook D1 here.

4:00 Now D4.

4:00 I can just take the pawn.

4:04 Rook D8.

4:05 Logical move.

4:09 Shimano is playing this pretty well actually.

4:14 [sighs and gasps] I don't want to go knight D2.

4:15 I don't really want to trade.

4:17 I don't want to go knight E2 either, but I'm gonna go knight E2.

4:26 It's a decent position.

4:27 Pretty balanced.

4:28 We'll go bishop E5.

4:30 I'll play queen A1.

4:30 Takes.

4:31 Takes.

4:32 Cho goes on.

4:39 I guess I'll premove.

4:40 He won't do it, but it's a safe prem, so I might as well.

4:45 Actually, bishop B5, Queen A1.

4:49 There's Queen F6, which I missed Okay, he does go for it.

5:20 Wow.

5:22 Yeah, I saw this.

5:23 Um, I assumed I had some tactics here.

5:26 I didn't actually calculate this all the way out, but I assumed I had tactics.

5:31 Maybe I don't.

5:33 Knight F4.

5:34 C3.

5:35 Knight C3.

5:35 Bishop B4.

5:40 Could also just take and play bishop A1.

5:41 Maybe I'm just going to take and play like bishop.

5:47 Let's go to A1.

5:53 If bishop B4, I have bishop C3.

6:00 Should be okay here.

6:01 I don't know if I'm like better or anything necessarily.

6:05 Oh my god, I just missed this too.

6:07 Wow.

6:07 I am just not on my game today.

6:10 I am just not on my game at all.

6:13 Wow.

6:14 I can still probably draw this, but just completely missed it.

6:19 Didn't even see the tactic.

6:20 Wow.

6:24 Did not even see the tactic.

6:25 Unbelievable.

6:30 I missed this, too.

6:32 I'm just going to completely collapse here.

6:35 Yeah, I'm just going to completely collapse for no reason.

7:02 go here maybe.

7:05 Of course, my bishop now is on a horrible square in the endame as well.

7:33 Of course, he finds rook E8.

7:34 Okay, now I'm just completely busted.

7:36 Let's go here.

7:42 Okay, maybe I've got a chance here, though.

7:45 Um, some way to keep this game going.

7:49 No, I don't.

7:50 Of course.

8:02 Um, I have to find a way to push my pawn if I can.

8:06 There's like no way to push my pawn.

8:18 Maybe though.

8:18 Now the pawn goes a little bit.

8:26 Okay.

8:27 Now, can I somehow swindle him is the question.

8:30 Go here.

8:32 Knight H3.

8:33 Maybe can also check.

8:38 Check.

8:39 Maybe it's knight H7 maybe also but I'll just go here.

9:06 There's also bishop B4 check which I just should have played immediately also.

9:11 Hey take the pawn maybe I can also check first.

9:25 See eight.

9:25 Is there any way maybe like here?

9:52 I'm going to have to make a draw here.

10:15 Ah, you got to move.

10:38 I think he missed a mate right at the end.

10:40 I mean, I could have made a draw.

10:41 I could have just waited,

10:42 but I I felt like I because I'd lost the game earlier, I had to gamble.

10:46 Yeah, because I'd lost the game earlier, I felt like I had to gamble here.

10:51 I mean, normally I would make a draw.

10:52 If there were increment there, I would have just repeated and made a draw.

10:54 But there's no increment.

10:56 I already lost the game, so I figure, you know, why not go for it there?

11:00 There's no force made.

11:01 It's good thing I found king F4, though.

11:02 It's the only move.

11:04 Yeah, but whatever.

11:06 It's a win.

11:08 Magnus versus Zikaro.

11:10 Magnus is probably crushing it.

11:11 No, Magnus lost.

11:12 Wow.

11:12 By the way, that's the other thing that I would say like it's it's

11:14 insane when you look at these uh

11:16 you look at this tournament like doesn't matter.

11:18 Magnus, great player.

11:19 He's he's had a terrible last month also in Title Tuesday.

11:22 I mean, it's just it's tough freaking tournament.

11:26 It's just a very very tough tournament.

11:28 No cap.

11:28 Like, it's just a very hard tournament to win.

11:30 So, I laugh when people like, "Oh, you haven't won it." I mean,

11:32 it's because they change a time drill and everybody in their brother plays.

11:36 Like, you literally have the best top

11:37 10 players in the world playing this tournament.

11:40 Um, let's play this one.

11:48 All right.

11:48 I was going to play this.

11:49 Okay.

11:49 Um, this is very equal.

11:52 I don't know why I did this.

11:53 Um, what do I want to play here?

12:04 I don't know.

12:07 I'm going to go knight f4.

12:08 It's obviously a little bit dubious, but it stops d5.

12:11 You can also go knight f5 and mirror castle.

12:23 I don't have a concrete plan here, but it's chess.

12:33 Main thing is there's no D5 here.

12:39 Go here and rook D1.

12:52 Oh, see one.

12:58 Why not?

13:20 Okay, logical move.

13:21 I can play A3, but then knight A5 looks a little bit annoying.

13:25 I don't want to put my bishop on A1.

13:26 I don't really want to go D3,

13:28 but I'll play it cuz I don't really know what else I'm supposed to do here.

13:32 Like probably goes knight F5, then I go knight E4, knight E5.

13:34 We got D's knights all over the place in the middle of the board.

13:36 It's a big pile of mess.

13:39 I can go knight E4.

13:40 Knight E4 E5 Knight D5 takes takes Knight B4.

13:44 Knight C3.

13:44 That should be good for me.

13:45 Objective or Ah, don't play.

13:50 Let's go here.

13:52 I almost just put the knight on T5 by accident.

13:57 Yep.

13:57 Let's go here.

13:58 Takes knight C3.

13:59 I mean, I think this is a better position for me, but I could be wrong.

14:02 I think objectively this should be good for me.

14:05 It's like F4 somewhere in here.

14:16 Like I'm trusting this bishop is going to get

14:18 walled in by the by the pawns and I

14:20 just blow him in the blow him up blow him up in the center of the board.

14:24 Um someone's going to totally clip that out of context.

14:33 Um, I wonder if I can just beat him to the punch with F4 here,

14:40 but I don't really trust it.

14:49 I'm going to go F4 right away.

15:02 probably isn't good.

15:03 Ah, wait.

15:03 I got to be careful.

15:04 Don't Don't hang this pawn on D5.

15:08 Maybe queen F3, Queen G3 is a little bit better, maybe.

15:12 But I also can try to trade the bishops.

15:13 Hard to judge.

15:16 Hard to judge.

15:18 Okay, I'm going play rook here.

15:25 And now I go here.

15:26 I force a trade of the bishops and I should be pretty happy I think.

15:32 Aha.

15:32 He's got this, which I missed.

15:34 But I've got E5.

15:36 I also have B4.

15:37 Wait, B4.

15:39 C4.

15:39 Takes.

15:40 Takes.

15:42 Messy.

15:42 Very messy.

15:43 Um, knight G3.

15:46 Knight F6.

15:46 B4.

15:47 C4.

15:48 Ooh, messy.

15:49 Um, but I'm up on time here, so I should use the time.

15:57 C1.

15:57 Rook C8.

16:00 Queen E5.

16:09 E5 is a move I want to play, but I just don't know if it works.

16:25 Yeah, I don't know what to do here.

16:26 So, I've just got to kind of make a move, which is going to be this one.

16:38 I really wanted to play B4 E5, but couldn't work it out.

16:41 Curious after the game to take a look at this.

16:43 Okay, now though I thought I could go B4.

16:46 And now I can definitely go B4 cuz my knight and bishop guard this pawn.

16:49 So he can't go C4.

16:51 I think queen E7 is a very serious error from Benjamin.

16:54 Like very serious error.

17:08 Oh, maybe not.

17:09 Maybe it's not a serious error.

17:11 way also just do this one the C4 I mean okay

17:15 the question is do I play A4 or not my gut instinct

17:20 is to play it but on the other hand queen D4

17:21 or rook E1 look very strong let's just go A4 A6 rook

17:26 I think I think I should try to open up the queen

17:29 side here a little bit let's go like here maybe have

17:34 a feeling I should try to get rook A1's and rook

17:36 A7 somewhere in here like open up the lane Bring the rook in.

17:41 Just play chess.

17:45 Yeah.

17:46 But now, okay, first of all, I can take and play rook A1.

17:52 I'll take and play rook A1.

17:53 Rook A7.

17:56 It's getting a little bit dangerous for Benjamin now.

17:58 Like really dangerous.

18:00 Oh, he's got rook F4.

18:01 No, he does have rook F4.

18:09 Still probably good though.

18:10 We'll see.

18:11 Okay.

18:12 I swear I thought queen have queen B6, but there rook F4.

18:14 Queen H4 instead.

18:16 Okay, this should be winning for me.

18:19 I feel like check.

18:22 Rook E7 before like my gut instin I I trust my instincts a little bit more here.

18:34 check.

18:37 I'm going to trust my instincts.

18:38 I think this end game is winning for me.

18:40 I should not primo cuz he can take with the knight.

18:42 Although maybe it's still good with queen E5.

18:44 Who knows?

18:57 Yeah.

18:58 Yeah.

18:59 Okay.

18:59 I can go E5 here.

19:02 Takes.

19:03 takes queen.

19:04 I mean, I'm going to trust my instinct, but it's just good for me.

19:06 It's also queen A7 maybe as well.

19:08 Queen A7 EF takes Queen A7 might be a move here.

19:12 Queen A7 E F4 D6 F G3 Rook takes King F1's winning G.

19:21 King H1's win.

19:23 Is queen A7 a move here?

19:24 I think it is actually.

19:28 Rook F4.

19:28 D6.

19:29 Rook F1.

19:33 Rook F4.

19:34 D6 takes.

19:37 I mean, that's got to be winning.

19:47 I think it's H.

19:48 This might be wrong.

19:54 No, this is this should be winning.

19:56 This should be winning.

19:57 I'm thinking about takes rook f7.

19:59 There's Okay, sweet.

20:00 Okay, now I've got d6.

20:03 Knight f5.

20:04 D7.

20:05 D6.

20:05 Knight f5.

20:08 And I think this must be winning for me.

20:19 Let's take.

20:20 He can't take, so he loses this.

20:22 He can't play queen d4 either.

20:25 Okay, this is definitely winning.

20:26 Just a matter of conversion now.

20:29 If I play takes takes C2.

20:36 Just go for this.

20:45 Still a little bit tricky.

20:46 Um.

20:47 Oh, I'm a little bit low on time.

20:48 Doesn't help.

20:49 Shoot.

20:53 Why am I low on time here?

20:56 Oh, great.

21:02 Did I just blunder knight G32?

21:13 Why can't I find my pieces?

21:39 Oh my god, too slow.

21:42 I mean, that's a classic example.

21:46 Ah, such a classic example.

21:47 I just panicked.

21:48 I mean, I I was too I played that like

21:51 a really good classical game and at the end Yeah, happens that happens.

21:56 Yeah.

21:56 I mean, I played it like a really good classical

21:58 game and then like I panicked at the end suddenly.

22:00 Like it was a great game until the end.

22:07 Yeah.

22:07 13 seconds on D7.

22:08 I was trying to be too precise.

22:11 I was trying to be too precise.

22:13 Yeah.

22:13 I was trying I was trying to be

22:14 too precise instead of just winning on the clock.

22:18 trying to win on the board that game and I paid the price.

22:27 Yeah.

22:28 Yeah, I know.

22:28 I mean, I was I was trying to win on the board.

22:30 I was trying to win on the board that game.

22:32 I was trying to win too hard on the board and play

22:34 like a clean game and I paid the price for it.

22:38 There's nothing to analyze.

22:39 I played a great game.

22:40 I played a great game, but then it was a scramble and I

22:42 I mismanaged my time in a zero increment situation.

22:45 No, it was a great game by me.

22:47 It was actually like it was a fantastic game and then I

22:50 was just low on time and I I I couldn't play it.

22:53 Yeah, the the 13 seconds on D7 was where I really lost my mind though.

22:59 The 13 seconds on this move was just insane.

23:03 Yeah, I I was It's already kind of gone here now though, right?

23:06 Cuz I was going to go knight F6 and I just missed Queen D4.

23:12 Yeah, queen D2.

23:14 I mean, but it's still still hard.

23:18 I should analyze the end games that I lose like Magnus.

23:21 What end games?

23:22 I haven't lost any end games today.

23:24 If you're if you're talk if you're talking about this game,

23:26 this was not an end game.

23:27 I mean, I was completely winning.

23:28 If I have 5 minutes, I would have won.

23:31 But you kind of see the problem.

23:32 Like, if I try to play well, then I struggle sometimes on the clock.

23:35 And if I play too fast, I struggle on the board.

23:39 Yeah.

23:43 Rook E1 was Ah, Rook E1 here.

23:46 Rook E1.

23:47 Well, but actually, do I get it though?

23:49 I do get it.

23:50 Of course, this one I should have I should have seen this actually.

23:56 Yeah, I should have seen this one.

24:00 I should analyze.

24:01 You mean games I lose in the past?

24:03 I mean, I actually have analyzed a lot of end games.

24:07 No, I'm I'm I'm play This game was a very very good game by me.

24:10 I played a very good game.

24:11 I just unfortunately it's a zero increment situation.

24:14 Like this was all very good.

24:17 I mean I I mean my big mistake was probably here.

24:21 Yeah, I spent Yeah, the 30 seconds I spent on this move.

24:24 If I play this if I play queen A7 fast, I win this game every time.

24:29 But I tried to be precise and this Yeah,

24:30 50 the 30 seconds on queen A7 was really really bad.

24:36 But as I've said a few times already,

24:37 it bodess very well for the candidates where you actually have time to think.

24:43 Yeah, it's a good game.

24:45 Yeah, it's a good game, but unfortunately the end wasn't there.

24:55 I mean, I've got no problem with black flagging there.

24:57 Of course, no issue with that.

24:59 He should I mean, he was the one up on time there.

25:06 I I mean I I didn't realize how low I was.

25:08 If I realize how low I was on time, I probably would have.

25:11 But I mean, it's like it's funny.

25:15 You know what?

25:16 If I don't play rook B3, I win the game.

25:17 If I play like rook F1, he would have flagged.

25:20 You know, it's crazy.

25:21 If I play rook F1, he flags here cuz his premove is king A2.

25:26 He flags here if I play any move except rook B3.

25:31 Ah, he would have flagged if I play any move except rook B3.

25:35 That's hilarious, actually.

25:38 Is there a chance your cannons prep leaked with Blitz play?

25:40 No, cuz I'm obviously not playing my main openings.

25:43 So, no, but I mean I'm not I'm not going to be super angry.

25:47 I'm I'm not going to be super angry about that one cuz I played a good game.

25:56 Honest question.

25:57 You keep calling this a very good game,

25:58 but you have many games in midnight range.

25:59 This game is 86 85.5.

26:01 Yeah, this game is 80.5 because at the end we both

26:04 started like slopping all over the place and making terrible moves.

26:08 Yeah.

26:08 Know if if you guys ask about this game,

26:10 this was a great game because at this point it's irrelevant.

26:13 Completely irrelevant.

26:14 Completely irrelevant because basically if I have time I win this game.

26:18 And conversely, if he has time, he doesn't play as badly as he plays either.

26:22 But like once we get to this position around like here,

26:25 it's just it's just a massive like massive flag fest and it happens.

26:30 Mainly is I didn't make any big blunders going into it.

26:32 I didn't I didn't go I didn't make any huge blunders.

26:34 Like [applause] when I say this is a good

26:35 game even though it's A6.5, it's because at the end

26:37 there probably are 10 moves in a row that are that are bad by both of us.

26:41 So it makes it look like a bad game even though it isn't.

26:44 Like for example here, queen D2 like like good example like Yeah.

26:48 Okay.

26:49 And then I then I miss the win.

26:50 I play here cuz I've got no time.

26:51 So this already probably loses like half a percentage point.

26:54 Then when I then when I blunder here, yeah, I blunder here,

26:57 this probably drops like another 1% because Benji could have taken the bishop.

27:01 And then here, he blunders the rook.

27:02 So like the accuracy just drops because

27:04 of a couple's huge blunders when we have no time.

27:07 That's also why accuracy should never be trusted.

27:09 Anybody who tries to use accuracies to claim

27:12 anything doesn't know what they're talking about.

27:14 Exact same thing.

27:16 But I'm going to go use restaurant.

27:17 I'll be right back.

27:19 Screams in the bathrooms.

27:21 Yeah, hardly.

27:23 Yeah.

27:23 Magnus, even look at Magnus.

27:24 He's on six and a half out of eight.

27:26 Even Magnus suffering today, too.

27:28 Yeah.

27:30 Crying and banging the wall.

27:31 I'm not going to I mean, I'll give you an example.

27:33 If I'll bang a wall or some not banging a wall,

27:35 but like if I were going to get angry,

27:36 I'd be mad about missing a tactic in the middle game of a game.

27:39 Then if I outplay my opponent, I lose on time.

27:41 I mean, that's also like what's really tough because it's like

27:43 it's it's hard with 5 to figure out what to play.

27:47 Um I'm not going to play E5.

27:49 Let's play a Sicilian.

27:52 Let's play the um classic con defense.

28:04 Queen D4.

28:05 Okay, I'm going to go queen C7 with the idea of bishop C5 here.

28:12 Maybe knight C6 first.

28:13 We'll see.

28:15 Let's go here.

28:16 Take away the B5 square.

28:22 See, I think this is slightly wrong here.

28:25 Bishop C5.

28:26 Knight F6.

28:27 E5.

28:27 Knight G4 doesn't look right.

28:29 Knight C6.

28:30 Knight D5 is not a threat.

28:31 So, let's go here.

28:34 Knight D5.

28:34 I just take and block.

28:40 Ah, I think I should have gone knight E7.

28:42 Knight6.

28:42 Bishop G C5.

28:43 That actually might have been the correct way to play this.

28:46 Okay.

28:47 So, I guess he's going to try to castle along here.

28:49 Go here.

29:00 Um, what am I doing actually?

29:02 What am I doing this game?

29:03 I've got no idea what I'm doing.

29:04 Maybe D5 here.

29:08 [sighs] I think I'm going to go B5 actually because E5 I

29:15 have knight B4 and the knight D5 might not be good though.

29:31 H okay, whatever.

29:34 I still have to go for it.

29:35 I've already committed to it.

29:52 Maybe F5 though.

29:53 Maybe it's okay.

29:54 Here, of course.

29:58 Ah, queen E2.

29:59 That's not what I expected.

30:03 Move here, I guess.

30:18 H can go F5 here.

30:23 It's probably not good, but I I need to try and win this game.

30:26 So, I'm going to play F5 cuz now I mean if I don't win out,

30:29 there's nothing to even play for.

30:40 If takes, I think I'll take with a pawn and play rook G8.

30:45 Don't know if it's right, but probably not right, but I got to do it.

30:50 I mean, I need to try and win this game.

30:51 So, yeah, I'll do it and hope.

30:54 Okay, goes rook C1.

30:56 Okay, so he wants to go C4.

30:59 I guess I can go B4.

31:02 Maybe B4.

31:03 C4 takes.

31:16 Knight B6 is also an interesting move.

31:18 Maybe.

31:18 No, I'm going to go B4.

31:26 Actually, bishop E7.

31:30 C4 takes.

31:31 takes queen B6 is probably about equal, but I'm going to try for more here.

32:10 Okay, go C4.

32:13 Can obviously take.

32:14 Um, guess I'll take.

32:24 Probably go queen.

32:25 Oh, takes with a pawn.

32:26 Wow, that I did not expect.

32:27 Okay, now I'm very happy.

32:28 Now I'm back in business.

32:29 I move the knight castle.

32:30 I should be very happy with this position.

32:32 Actually, C4, even knight B4 might be good.

32:36 Um, I see no issue.

32:41 Let's just castle C4.

32:42 Knight E7.

32:48 This bishop should be very good on this diagonal long term.

32:53 It's unopposed and he can never put a bishop on the square.

32:55 So with this great diagonal, I'm trusting this bishop will net me something.

33:01 Logical move.

33:02 Let's go here.

33:03 Take with queen.

33:05 Benny and the jets.

33:11 Benny.

33:11 Benny.

33:12 Benny.

33:32 H maybe a good move.

33:40 I was hoping he wouldn't play queen E3.

33:44 Playing hope chess a little bit dangerous sometimes.

33:51 How do I do this though?

33:52 Queen A5 is a move.

33:53 Queen A5.

33:54 Queen B6 or something.

34:00 Still tricky.

34:03 I'm going to go queen A5 here.

34:04 Queen A7.

34:05 I have knight C6.

34:14 I'm also hitting a pawn on A2 that I can maybe probably I can't take,

34:18 but it looks at least loose.

34:22 Okay, now here's an example where I can probably take and grab a pawn,

34:27 but I'm not going to.

34:29 Bishop E4 looks like a nice move here.

34:32 Looks like a nice move to force a trade.

34:37 Of course, there's queen A7, which I missed too, naturally.

35:05 Okay, this is where I need to be very very careful

35:07 because I have good chances to flag him if I'm precise here.

35:14 Not knight C6.

35:16 Rook B7.

35:16 Queen A6.

35:17 I don't like that.

35:18 Knight A6.

35:18 I don't like that.

35:25 I don't have bishop B4 either, of course.

35:29 Another blunder.

35:29 I thought I had bishop A4.

35:32 Still going to go for it though.

35:34 Actually, maybe I can cuz I've got queen E8, queen C8.

35:59 here.

36:02 I have rook B7 and bishop C6.

36:03 I mean, I don't have a way, do I?

36:17 I don't.

36:19 Oh, I missed 195.

36:20 Oh, wait.

36:21 Um, I missed it.

36:22 Ah, great.

36:29 Again, I messed this up.

36:30 Lovely.

36:30 Now I have to go for flag.

36:32 Go for flag.

36:32 Go for flag.

36:33 How do I go for flag?

36:33 How do I go for flag?

36:40 That was not it either.

36:46 Come on.

36:59 You got to move.

37:00 You got to move.

37:12 You got to move.

37:12 You got to move.

37:13 You got to move.

38:00 I'm getting too old, you guys.

38:01 I'm getting too old.

38:02 I'm getting too old.

38:04 I'm getting too old for this no increment stuff.

38:07 I'm getting too old for it.

38:10 I'm getting too I'm getting too old for this no increment stuff.

38:14 Like legitimately, I'm just getting too old for this no increment.

38:18 Yeah.

38:20 Okay, here we go.

38:23 Yeah.

38:29 Ridiculous.

38:43 Who is this?

38:46 Macho.

38:47 I don't know who Macho is.

38:59 Let's go here.

39:18 Yeah.

39:22 Jeez.

39:33 Probably should have played rook A D1.

39:34 I don't know why I played rook off.

39:35 Should have put the other rook in D1 probably.

39:45 Let's go here.

39:46 I guess yeah, the other rook would be so much better because

39:53 I could put the rooks in the center, but such is life.

40:09 Uh-huh.

40:10 Uh-huh.

40:10 Uh-huh.

40:18 Uh-huh.

40:18 Uh-huh.

40:19 Uh-huh.

40:21 I'm going to go A3 here.

40:22 Force him to play A5.

40:25 Go here.

40:26 I have to waste a tempo, which I don't want to do, but that's life.

40:33 Could play knight E5 here, which is interesting.

40:36 Um, knight D2 and F4 also possible, but I don't love it.

40:41 H4.

40:41 Let's H4 is what a computer would play.

40:44 So, let's play H4 and just go on the queen side or king side, I mean.

40:56 Let's go here and trade.

41:02 Uh-huh.

41:02 Uh-huh.

41:03 Uh-huh.

41:06 Uh-huh.

41:06 Uh-huh.

41:07 Uh-huh.

41:07 Uh-huh.

41:14 Okay.

41:15 Rook E4 is maybe a move.

41:16 Queen F4 is also a move.

41:17 Rook E2.

41:19 I'm just going to go rook E2.

41:20 Rook E1.

41:20 Maybe rook E4 might have been better though

41:26 to for provoke F6 E5 and then get F4.

41:29 Maybe I think it was just better.

41:36 Yeah, I should have just played rook E4.

41:38 I still can go B4 maybe though.

41:40 B4.

41:41 Wait, wait.

41:42 B4.

41:43 Ah, he's got F6.

41:47 F6.

41:47 Queen B5.

41:48 Bishop C5.

41:50 This queen H5.

41:51 Yeah, it just doesn't work.

41:53 Yeah, I probably should have played No, but B4 still doesn't work.

41:56 What are you talking about?

42:01 I'm going to go rook B1 idea B4.

42:04 Maybe just like bishop C1 and B4 if I can make it work.

42:07 But yes, expected that.

42:11 Let's just go like here.

42:15 There's just queen E7 though.

42:17 What am I doing?

42:26 Queen E7, which I completely missed.

42:36 Still shouldn't be worse, though.

42:38 Should be about It should be about equal.

42:42 Wonder if I can start pushing my P.

42:44 I'm going to try it.

42:45 I mean, why not?

42:52 logical.

42:53 So, he's trying to go F5 here.

42:55 I go G5.

43:00 G5.

43:00 F5.

43:01 Takes G5.

43:03 Let's just go for it.

43:04 Why not?

43:06 E5.

43:07 Okay.

43:07 Expected.

43:11 I'll go here.

43:12 I'm not really worried about this pawn.

43:14 I assume that I've got enough counterplay on the king's side here.

43:16 Might not have enough play though.

43:34 No, I don't I don't have enough.

43:37 I don't have enough play.

43:50 And he's got two minutes on the clock.

43:52 Way too much time.

44:06 If I can somehow get this rook to the H file, then I'm fine.

44:11 Wait, queen D7 is an interesting choice.

44:14 Bishop D2, bishop E6.

44:20 His idea is to play F5, but then queen D5.

44:23 Wait a second.

44:29 Can't I take?

44:35 Oh, there's queen G4.

44:36 Oh my god, I'm just so blind.

44:41 There's just queen G4.

44:54 Thought I could take.

44:55 I just missed queen G4 alto together.

45:00 Ah, so bad.

45:04 Of course, he finds G6, which is an excellent move, too.

45:18 F4.

45:19 Rook G4.

45:22 Takes Queen G2.

45:28 Okay, now I'm of course down on time.

45:37 I think F5 was winning.

45:38 He missed F5.

45:39 Queen H4.

45:40 Rook H5.

45:41 No.

45:41 Oh, but F5.

45:42 Maybe Queen D5.

45:42 Who knows?

46:08 Um, you got to move.

46:11 You got to move.

46:11 You got to move.

46:12 I'm down.

46:57 Let's try this, I guess.

47:24 Oh, there's rook H4.

47:26 Oh my god, there's there's rook H4.

47:31 Oh my god.

47:32 Just loses anyway.

47:41 I miss rook G.

47:42 Wait, that's still a draw.

47:53 [sighs] [music] Okay, good.

48:22 That's a three-fold.

48:25 I mean, I don't think I could get flagged here, but still.

48:29 Oh my gosh.

48:39 I was still okay here, right?

48:40 Uh, it's actually better if I go F4.

48:43 Maybe not better.

48:46 It's very small.

48:47 Ah, I hear I B4 queen.

48:49 Eh, yeah.

48:50 Stop playing Denl openings.

48:52 What do you mean Denl?

48:53 You mean Denl plays what?

48:54 English every game.

48:55 I know what you mean.

48:58 Yeah, I actually, for some reason, I thought this end game was still a draw.

49:01 I just didn't realize like even what he did in the game draws with rook H4,

49:04 but even if he goes rook H3, this also wins too with F3.

49:10 I look disappoint I mean I'm very unhappy with the game.

49:13 I actually expected him to flag me.

49:15 I expected him to flag me in that game, but it's just a tough event.

49:18 I mean this is just tough.

49:24 I mismanaging my time a lot.

49:25 That's actually one of the biggest things I'm doing wrong.

49:27 I'm mismanaging my time in a lot of these games.

49:35 Okay, let's play let's play like proper openings

49:38 or he's going to take with the queen.

49:42 Let's play this one.

49:46 Okay, do this one.

49:49 Ah, queen D3.

49:51 Let's go.

49:52 Rook C8.

50:09 H take with a pawn if I want to.

50:16 Then I'll take push C4.

50:17 I'll take with a bishop.

50:18 I might push C4 anyway.

50:21 But actually here do I B5?

50:22 I'm going to go for it anyway.

50:27 Oh no.

50:27 Oh, is this just a draw?

50:29 I was going to say he could take, take, sack the rook, and then he has a draw.

50:32 Maybe take.

50:33 Let's go here.

50:45 I'm good.

50:47 I'm good.

50:48 Good.

50:48 I'm good.

50:50 Maybe I D5, too.

50:53 Go here.

50:55 Let's go here.

51:03 Not really very attractive.

51:17 Kind of want to play E5, but tough position to play.

51:27 I'll just go A6 some point.

51:32 I think I have to go D5 or E5 D5 here.

51:35 But very hard to play.

51:40 I'm going to go here.

51:41 Knight C7.

51:41 This might be incredibly slow.

51:45 I'm also down on time again.

51:47 Why am I always down on time every game?

52:48 Uh, and now you see the downside.

52:50 I move too quickly, I make a blunder.

52:52 Move too slow, their time problems.

52:59 I still probably make a draw, but yeah.

53:07 Yeah.

53:08 I mean, he plays rook C7, knight E7, takes rook E8,

53:10 and it's it's a draw, but look, not happy about it.

53:20 Knight C7 also is probably enough for a draw.

53:28 Oh, I don't even see this.

53:30 Yeah.

53:31 Yeah.

53:31 I don't even see this move.

53:32 Yeah.

53:35 Yeah.

53:38 Yeah.

53:38 If I go queen E8, it's like it's the queen

53:40 E8's the right way to get this, you know.

53:43 Yeah.

53:43 Garbage.

53:44 Actually, terrible terrible title Tuesday.

53:48 But it's hard to judge because I mean the the last

53:50 last couple games were games where time played a role.

53:53 Yeah.

53:54 No, I mean I just wondered.

53:57 Yeah, why did I go queen E8?

53:58 Actually, I just queen E8 and it's just a draw.

54:02 He has to play the same line, but he doesn't have knight F6 and Yeah.

54:07 life.

54:08 Yeah, this was actually very bad.

54:12 This was a very bad title Tuesday relatively though.

54:15 Honestly, the Benji game define the tournament.

54:17 So, if I if I don't beat Benji,

54:18 if I don't lose to Benji, it would have been a good event.

54:21 So, it's all relative.

54:23 Some days you win.

54:24 I mean I I mean like I I would also say frankly like I'm I

54:27 mean it's not really an excuse even

54:28 though everyone's going to say it's an excuse.

54:30 I am struggling to find the motivation with like

54:32 title Tuesday and streaming at the moment cuz

54:34 like I'm spending all my time getting ready

54:35 for the candidates and I'm struggling to find the motivation.

54:39 Like I know people people are going to say it's like some cope or something

54:42 but in general like I I actually like I'm I'm struggling to find motivation.

54:45 I think it's like it's also reflecting a little bit in my play too.

54:50 So I'm trying I'm trying very hard just

54:52 like get to the end going through the motions.

54:55 So I consider knight takes d5 instead of bishop c6.

54:59 There's knight b5 there even.

55:03 Oh my god.

55:04 Is there knight takes b5?

55:06 Oh jeez.

55:09 Wait.

55:10 You can't be serious.

55:18 Yeah.

55:18 What is that for me?

55:21 What?

55:22 What even?

55:22 What even is that?

55:23 Just Wow.

55:27 Wow.

55:27 That's actually very bad.

55:31 I mean, it's still a draw cuz I mean,

55:33 we just position, but takes takes, knight takes, takes.

55:37 Actually, not takes.

55:38 Sorry.

55:38 Knight D1.

55:39 Oh, there's knight.

55:40 Knight B2.

55:42 Yeah.

55:44 No, I mean, after the candidates, we'll see.

55:45 I'll probably be more excited, but like I mean truth be told,

55:48 like I am struggling to find any interest in this.

55:50 I feel like I'm just going through the motions when I stream.

55:52 Like I actually feel like I'm going through the motions.

55:54 I feel like go through the motions, get to the end of the stream.

55:57 But that's how it goes.

55:59 Yeah.

56:00 But today's title just was really bad because like I mean I played badly early,

56:04 then I had all the time scrambles and at the end

56:06 I just throw in a complete lemon of a game.

56:09 Yeah.

56:10 Let's take a look at Cena move ahead's game.

56:16 He's going to win 10 and 10 10 and a half out of 11.

56:18 Right.

56:18 O nice score.

56:21 Nice score.

56:22 Yeah, nice score.

56:28 Cool off only up.

56:29 Yeah, good one.

56:31 Yeah.

56:32 Knight F4.

56:33 Queen D3.

56:40 Yeah.

56:41 March has 28 days.

56:42 Yes.

56:45 We want to see you.

56:48 Yeah.

56:48 I mean, we'll see.

56:49 We'll we'll see.

56:50 We'll see.

56:50 We'll see.

56:56 Cena move ahead's going to win, by the way.

56:58 Just beautiful result from 10 and a half out of 11.

57:00 Like really, really great play.

57:01 Great play from him.

57:10 He beat Magnus.

57:11 Nice.

57:12 Yeah.

57:13 Yeah.

57:13 He's going to win this game very cleanly.

57:15 I mean, it's also 40 seconds on the clock.

57:17 Yeah.

57:18 Am I nervous about the cast?

57:19 I'm not nervous, but I'm I'm actually

57:20 like really excited to play slow chess again.

57:23 Like really excited because somehow I I mean, I don't know.

57:29 Maybe it's maybe it's cuz I'm not super young anymore,

57:31 but I feel like in these I feel like I'm

57:33 getting low on time and suffering in these scrambles a lot.

57:36 Like I I feel like I'm suffering.

57:38 Was there any merit to something?

57:39 I don't know what merit of this that or the other thing.

57:41 I don't care.

57:42 There's no merit to any of it.

57:43 There's never been any merit to it.

57:45 It's just a guy who's very jealous and sad that sad

57:47 that nobody nobody wants to listen to to stuff and take it seriously.

57:51 That's that's all it's about.

57:52 Nothing more.

57:57 Yeah.

57:57 I mean, I I'm just saying like I I don't even need to respond to such a comment,

58:00 but Well, I'm excited to play classical chess cuz you can actually think.

58:04 I feel I feel like in these title Tuesdays, I'm really suffering.

58:06 Either I'm way too slow and then and and too slow and then I get flagged because

58:10 I'm just not as fast I once was or I play fast and I get bad positions.

58:14 It's like it's a catch 22.

58:17 Yeah, it's just a catch 22.

58:20 What's the reason for playing a wonder?

58:22 Cuz I want to play a couple of slow games.

58:23 That's that's what I want to do.

58:25 Play a couple slow games.

58:30 Would you say classical is your strong strongest time control now?

58:33 I actually think probably classical is what I'm best at.

58:35 Yes.

58:37 Yeah.

58:38 Yeah.

58:38 No, classical.

58:39 Classical is um classical is what I think I'm best at, which is crazy.

58:43 It's like, you know, everything goes full circle in life.

58:47 It goes full circle.

58:48 It's like, you know, you always want title,

58:51 now you don't enjoy it, you want to focus on the candidates.

58:53 I mean, I don't enjoy Title Tuesday, actually.

58:56 If you want to have a philosophical discussion about,

58:58 I can tell you guys that I don't like Title Tuesday

59:00 and it has nothing to do with Proctor or anything else.

59:02 something that's a small role,

59:03 but I I don't like title Tuesday because I felt that Tuesday was

59:06 the one stream that was really hype because it was a fun event to play.

59:08 It was a fun event to play and now

59:10 it's become this event that's like incredibly serious.

59:16 Like the whole purpose of streaming was not to uh like

59:19 at the start of streaming was about doing something different that was fun,

59:21 not playing super serious like chess games online.

59:24 That was not the purpose.

59:25 And and now because of what title Tuesday's become,

59:28 it's become this ridiculously serious tournament that I don't enjoy.

59:33 Like it was fun.

59:34 It was a casual event.

59:35 You play, you know, what happens happens.

59:37 Nothing on the line, whatever.

59:38 But now it's become something that's like insanely uh insanely serious.

59:45 And it goes against kind of everything that like that, you know,

59:47 one of the biggest reasons that uh that I started streaming in the first place.

59:51 It was something different than playing serious chess.

59:53 something completely different.

59:55 So, um yeah, it's it's a little it's a little bit sad,

59:58 but I don't want to be too negative about everything, but I will say that.

1:00:03 So, um anyway, all right guys, I'm going to bounce.

1:00:11 Hope you enjoy the stream.

1:00:12 Um I'll probably be back with co there will be coverage of the uh I I would

1:00:17 think Danny would listen to that advice first

1:00:19 of all for anybody who believes in conspiracy theories.

1:00:21 Okay, Cena move ahead gets the win with 10 and a half.

1:00:23 For anybody who believes in conspiracy theories,

1:00:25 I will tell you guys straight up.

1:00:27 Um I'll tell you guys straight up that there's

1:00:30 uh that there's you know I I mean for anyone

1:00:33 who thinks there's some conspiracy theory like I can talk

1:00:35 chess.com or Danny or anything else and have some influence.

1:00:37 I have absolutely no impact on anything chess.com does

1:00:40 and I haven't had any impact for many years now.

1:00:43 Um probably not since 2021, maybe the start of 22.

1:00:46 So it doesn't matter what I say.

1:00:48 That's not going to change.

1:00:48 That's the first thing.

1:00:49 Secondly, as I told you guys at the start of the stream,

1:00:52 uh maybe not the start of the stream,

1:00:53 but as I think I told you guys early on, um this event is literally tied to EWC.

1:00:58 EWC is the big push to try and make chess more popular.

1:01:01 I'm going to be honest and tell you guys,

1:01:03 I think it's one of the last big pushes that chess.com's going to make.

1:01:05 Um without just saying, okay, the situation is what it is.

1:01:08 Um and so they've tied it to EWC.

1:01:10 So I think that if EWC uh weren't to continue, for example,

1:01:14 I think there's a good chance Title Tuesday

1:01:16 would just just fold up anyway on its own.

1:01:18 Um, so you know that that's just like a business end type thing that I will say,

1:01:22 but uh but but yeah, it's it's it's what it is.

1:01:24 And again, I don't want to be too

1:01:25 negative because obviously it's going to sound really negative.

1:01:27 Um, but but it's it's it's it's 100% business related and the bottom line.

1:01:33 Um, and I I don't think that they're going to nothing's going to change.

1:01:36 Nothing's going to change.

1:01:37 Like chess.com has less and less events than they ever did.

1:01:40 Even if you even if you get away from it,

1:01:42 Title Tuesday, like there used to be so many more events.

1:01:44 There used to be Arena Kings.

1:01:45 There there used to be um uh what was

1:01:47 the other big there's there's bullet brawls been around

1:01:50 for a bit but I feel like there was something

1:01:51 that predated that as well but I could be wrong.

1:01:53 Um regardless though the point is like it's

1:01:56 there there's no way it there there will be

1:01:58 like fun events that have like you know

1:01:59 the serious level but also kind of casual competition.

1:02:02 So that's just how it goes.

1:02:03 I don't want to be negative so I'm going to call it a day.

1:02:09 [music] Heat.

1:02:11 Heat.