Chess Expert Trash Talks Me… So I Try To Beat Him

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  • Опубліковано 29 лип 2021
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  • @BotezLive
    @BotezLive  3 роки тому +409

    Check out Corbblah on Twitch at: www.twitch.tv/corbblah

    • @yuchub7389
      @yuchub7389 3 роки тому +1

      Beth harmon!

    • @teekotrain6845
      @teekotrain6845 3 роки тому

      How does the timer thing work I'm confused on what you guys are doing like how do you what's the point of using it what does it do how does it work

    • @curtisbme
      @curtisbme 3 роки тому +5

      ​@@teekotrain6845 Timed speed game (5 or 3 mins are common for fast games) so it doesn't take forever. For other play it could be a count down to how much time you have to make a single move. In this type of game "As per the standard rules of chess, the player whose clock runs out loses the game. However, if the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any series of legal moves then the game is drawn."
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_clock

    • @magomagomedov5507
      @magomagomedov5507 3 роки тому +2

      Крассотка!

    • @josephdestaubin7426
      @josephdestaubin7426 3 роки тому +2

      @@teekotrain6845 Just to add to what's already been said, when a given player hits their button that stops their clock and starts the clock of their opponent.. When that opponent moves and then hits their button, It does the same thing but in reverse.

  • @intotheEnd
    @intotheEnd 3 роки тому +3057

    Love the good natured "trash" talking, backed up by charisma on both sides. Entertaining to watch.

    • @melvinnipales865
      @melvinnipales865 3 роки тому +6

      wow beautiful and brainy

    • @jselectronics8215
      @jselectronics8215 3 роки тому +9

      I didn’t care for it. Love the girls though.

    • @Ausnapify
      @Ausnapify 3 роки тому +18

      Backed by BBC at her hotel

    • @Justs99171
      @Justs99171 3 роки тому +5

      nah he'z garbage

    • @snoski
      @snoski 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah I had no idea what was going on with the chess strategy, but it was still entertaining

  • @tpo3768
    @tpo3768 3 роки тому +1856

    "Your defense is sharp"
    "I have to, I play shitty openings"
    ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Absolutely love these videos

  • @laneswerve
    @laneswerve 3 роки тому +621

    I love that chess is getting its recognition again. When I was in fifth grade my teacher challenged me at lunchtime and I made the game last until the end of the day before beating her. She wouldn't give up. Years later I saw her and she told me for years after that game she told her students about me.. I miss chess.

    • @lexys1196
      @lexys1196 2 роки тому +23

      That’s a beautiful little story

    • @laneswerve
      @laneswerve 2 роки тому +19

      @@251rmartin no she was definitely trying... I'd say 12 years later I saw her and she still remembered that day. You don't forget the day a 5th grader beats you lol

    • @laneswerve
      @laneswerve 2 роки тому +46

      @@markokristic1223 that's so disgustingly wrong I honestly don't even know where to start. Chess sharpens strategy skills, predictive ability, perception, problem solving, and creativity. I'm not sure what point you're actually trying to make, no one was comparing video games to chess. It sounds like you're having a convo in your own head that we haven't been privy to.
      The only tremendous waste of time here was actually reading your comment. Thanks though!

    • @laneswerve
      @laneswerve 2 роки тому +16

      @@251rmartin exactly.. I truly believe my ability to think logically was formed during my early years playing chess.

    • @hydrolito
      @hydrolito 2 роки тому +2

      @@markokristic1223 Scrabble video game might occasionally learn words I did not know. Also makes me more aware of the spelling of words I seldom use.

  • @traida111
    @traida111 3 роки тому +493

    The ending of the second game blew my mind, how quickly he got a queen and lost it again and then she closed him up with her own queen. So fast and well executed finish

    • @markw4206
      @markw4206 2 роки тому +25

      I need to watch it in slow motion to follow it, lol.

    • @De.La.Selvah
      @De.La.Selvah 2 роки тому +3

      @@markw4206 me tooo but it was like a matrix scene !! :D awsome shit man slkfjlasakufgjhak

    • @TristanWeijermars
      @TristanWeijermars 2 роки тому +3

      Some big mistakes there under time pressure, but very entertaining and a deserved win for black.

    • @JoimFormula
      @JoimFormula 2 роки тому

      Botez 'forced' the guy placing his King in one forbidden file/column with his Queen (promoted pawn)..

    • @ivanl.8201
      @ivanl.8201 2 роки тому

      I saw him play Nf3 at around 8:32, probably hoping for a quick double attack on her rooks via Nd4 should she take the pawn with Rxb5. But it seems to me that Rcb2 would have been the end of his b-pawn, even though the game would not have ended nearly spectacularly that way. But her Rbb2 move was probably better, and perhaps there was a way to dispatch him quickly that was missed under time pressure. I think I'll transcribe all the moves and take a look and see, since it's definitely piqued my interest!

  • @jamesfain1236
    @jamesfain1236 3 роки тому +283

    It’s one thing to see rapid movement on the computer… seeing it across the board was is beautiful

    • @garryp2846
      @garryp2846 3 роки тому

      You got that right

    • @tgrimshaw
      @tgrimshaw 3 роки тому +1

      Was or is make up your mind playa

    • @CSRgamer
      @CSRgamer 2 роки тому +3

      @@robertruge2916 is this a copypasta lol

    • @user-go2xi7zq5q
      @user-go2xi7zq5q 2 роки тому

      @@robertruge2916 what is this game?

  • @angellestat2730
    @angellestat2730 3 роки тому +772

    love his chaotic way to play, he also has a cool personality.
    But Alex played very good, great games!

    • @aleksk9643
      @aleksk9643 3 роки тому +2

      It's easy to play against rookies

    • @cogitoergosum9069
      @cogitoergosum9069 3 роки тому +4

      @@aleksk9643 haha I see what you did there

    • @joannewilson6577
      @joannewilson6577 3 роки тому +9

      @@aleksk9643 He is not a rookie;she is +2000 elo! that mean top 4% in the USCF.

    • @taniaxomunic.1531
      @taniaxomunic.1531 3 роки тому +3

      ACTUALLY the man was good with the queen 9:33, have chess and can take the tower later and the king can scape to the front... now He have the queen in safe and can win the game.

    • @whiteraptornewsmedia2568
      @whiteraptornewsmedia2568 2 роки тому

      @@aleksk9643 Something more of value to look at ua-cam.com/video/hdha_pscOTo/v-deo.html

  • @GoodnotGreat88
    @GoodnotGreat88 3 роки тому +111

    That guy is a ton of fun, and a solid chess player to bout. Great match

  • @skaruts
    @skaruts 2 роки тому +78

    You know you're a total pro when the pieces are all rolling around the board and you still know exactly what's going on there and keep playing at the speed of light.
    Damn. When I was a kid, me and my friends took an entire afternoon to complete one game... These guys could complete a whole championship faster than that.

    • @PurityKane
      @PurityKane 2 роки тому +6

      They could also take an entire afternoon to complete one game though.

  • @IanTranSend
    @IanTranSend 3 роки тому +315

    This dude just casually explaining the history of agricultural botany cultivars as he plays -- hilarious. Great watching the second match especially and great playing all around! Kudos to Corbblah for the fresh humor and eclectic sass throughout!!!

    • @ptrcrispy
      @ptrcrispy 3 роки тому +1

      About fucking what

    • @IanTranSend
      @IanTranSend 3 роки тому +11

      @@ptrcrispy The normal thing to say would have been "history of plants we eat", but I couldn't resist the chance to try and match the cool tone and sophisticated extraness of his style. Like who casually talks about the history of broccoli and other similar plants like collards and kale at a park while talking trash in a competitive match? That guy did and it's hilarious to me haha

    • @ewhite6705
      @ewhite6705 2 роки тому +4

      It wasn’t casual by any stretch. He was attempting to be impressive by speaking about the topic while “casually” playing his opponent. Guess his attempt worked on you.

    • @IP2CxHistorian2
      @IP2CxHistorian2 2 роки тому +1

      @@ewhite6705 imagine hating on ur own kind lol

    • @ewhite6705
      @ewhite6705 2 роки тому +3

      @@IP2CxHistorian2 He’s not my kind.

  • @NotThatBob
    @NotThatBob 3 роки тому +151

    I love how this was so not serious. The trash talk and play style was just for fun and for the fans. Both players are awesome.

  • @dojohansen123
    @dojohansen123 3 роки тому +11

    Huge kudos! That is the most entertaining video I’ve seen in a while (and that’s a VERY high bar given the insane access to billions of videos we have nowadays). More like this 👍🏾👍🏻

  • @vikramm3490
    @vikramm3490 2 роки тому +23

    Loved this even though I don't understand too much of chess. It is so nice and refreshing to see friendly and intelligent people on social media with very little ego. Such interactions between strangers is going down faster than the Siberian tiger of the weather for that matter

    • @aquaneko14
      @aquaneko14 2 роки тому +1

      I think 'people on social media with very little ego' is an oxymoron..

  • @jasonleetaiwan
    @jasonleetaiwan 3 роки тому +357

    3:04. Owned. He didn't see it and neither did I. The previous move with rook captures pawn was to move the rook away from the king so the bishop can give the checkmate. So tricky this girl.

    • @adipsous
      @adipsous 3 роки тому +3

      The move he could have done to stave off her checkmate was to move pawn, left of king, forward, instead of the one he chose. But she would have probably run the king down anyway. But I love the moment after he moves that pawn and she spends a moment looking over everything, only showing her knowledge of what's about to happen in the excited/analyzing activity of her fingers on her right hand, before settling back and 'politely' giving him a chance to see his coming doom.

    • @jasonleetaiwan
      @jasonleetaiwan 3 роки тому +5

      @@adipsous White was winning easily anyway, but Black carelessly didn't leave an escape square for his king. Too cocky.

    • @JGLuxe
      @JGLuxe 3 роки тому +24

      @@jasonleetaiwan Why are you being racist calling them by their skin color?

    • @jasonleetaiwan
      @jasonleetaiwan 3 роки тому +6

      @@JGLuxe 😊

    • @1deepIsraelite
      @1deepIsraelite 3 роки тому

      @@JGLuxe his skin color is brown though 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @connor9777
    @connor9777 3 роки тому +767

    "you guys sit in this dojo learning grappling moves, I'm in the backyard throwing garbage cans at people" best line of the video

    • @YouKnowMeFromSchool
      @YouKnowMeFromSchool 3 роки тому +9

      LMAO scrolled down to find this comment.

    • @Marcoose81
      @Marcoose81 3 роки тому +17

      And then Alex referred to all his moves as garbage. haha

    • @johnrodgers8457
      @johnrodgers8457 3 роки тому +6

      @Lion O he described her like she was an MMA fighter and described himself like he was a pro wrestler wannabe filming shitty videos in his back yard.

    • @user-xe4ew5yn8j
      @user-xe4ew5yn8j 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/afgZNZDOP1c/v-deo.html
      ...

    • @silencionomus
      @silencionomus 3 роки тому +2

      I also think her response stepped it up a notch.

  • @guitaristdotcom
    @guitaristdotcom 3 роки тому +36

    I love seeing the Botez ladies storming the street chess scene. Reminds me of the coffeehouse & street chess scene of the Fischer boom in the 70s, except there was no one like Alex and Andrea. Feels like another Golden Age of Chess.

  • @chrisbaker6756
    @chrisbaker6756 3 роки тому +3

    I am gutted I live in the UK. I would love to be able to watch this live.. the trash talk and the banter is so brilliant. The whole atmosphere and experience seems amazing... Great vids 👍

  • @luvsscii7871
    @luvsscii7871 3 роки тому +337

    I love the Primal essence of chess. How you can be strategically trying to best your opponent and trash-talking them and at the same time have respect for them

    • @ilmikingo
      @ilmikingo 3 роки тому +3

      exactly! You play and have fun with your opponent never losing respect, be friends again after the match.
      I saw the opposite happening in the European soccer final: English team thinking to win Italy easily, behave trash, losing and did not respect or accept being beaten up. Sport is sportmanship essentially, and chess is a great form of teaching it!

    • @luvsscii7871
      @luvsscii7871 3 роки тому

      @@ilmikingo
      Yes, that's true

    • @tgrimshaw
      @tgrimshaw 3 роки тому +1

      There's nothing respectful in primacy

    • @luvsscii7871
      @luvsscii7871 3 роки тому

      @@tgrimshaw
      I beg to differ on that point. In the primal nature there is a built in software, for the hunter to have a degree of respect for a worthy adversary

    • @tvbeastie
      @tvbeastie 2 роки тому

      I love the Primal essence of chess and hockey :))) and primal scream music :)

  • @NinjaNerosis
    @NinjaNerosis 3 роки тому +164

    This was easily the funnest match I've ever seen... and that ending chase lol

    • @1tsn0nsence
      @1tsn0nsence 2 роки тому +1

      Fr iknow nothing bout chess but at the last part i knew she was coming for his ahh 😈😂😂

  • @joelavrunin347
    @joelavrunin347 2 роки тому +4

    Glad I found this side of UA-cam. That last game was intense. Had to rewatch it several times to see all of the moves.

  • @rabidlenny7221
    @rabidlenny7221 Місяць тому +2

    2:50 that was the most satisfying verbal exchange culminating in checkmate I’ve ever seen/heard

  • @dizzy_4015
    @dizzy_4015 3 роки тому +312

    Chess hustlers are so laid back when they play. He was talking and making jokes the entire time😂

    • @kierasher1
      @kierasher1 3 роки тому +32

      He didn't come to hustle. The man is an entertainer, lol

    • @kristen1684
      @kristen1684 2 роки тому +2

      not impressive.

    • @TheHadMatters
      @TheHadMatters 2 роки тому +1

      @@kristen1684 Your comment needs to be pinned.

    • @postnubilaphoebus96
      @postnubilaphoebus96 2 роки тому +5

      It depends. There are hustlers who intentionally want to "distract" by making random noises. This guy is funny, you know. Trash talk is supposed to be funny. If you're a prick like the great Carlini, nobody will enjoy playing with you.

    • @clambake3293
      @clambake3293 2 роки тому +3

      hustler?, he was an annoying loser

  • @s.s_444
    @s.s_444 3 роки тому +388

    andrea at the end😭 “that means i’m gonna have to play my sister shit”

    • @Christian-mo5cs
      @Christian-mo5cs 3 роки тому +50

      "... my sister, shit" - don't miss the comma!

    • @CryptKeeperAquatics
      @CryptKeeperAquatics 3 роки тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @paulgoogol2652
      @paulgoogol2652 3 роки тому +1

      @@Christian-mo5cs but she didn't say "comma" in the video

    • @David-rz4vc
      @David-rz4vc 2 роки тому

      @@paulgoogol2652 😭😭

    • @laurenminton6133
      @laurenminton6133 2 роки тому

      @@Christian-mo5cs or was it “…I have to play my sister! Shit.”

  • @pauldutcher9105
    @pauldutcher9105 2 роки тому +1

    Its embarrassing how many times I've watched this video and then found the one of you playing him at the championships. Im an old school chess player.. quiet and n o clock but this is mesmerizing Soo much love for the botez content and there's several you've played id love to see you play again... Corbblah being one of them. The young man talking to andrea here another.

  • @ImmortalInflames
    @ImmortalInflames 3 роки тому +12

    I'd love to see those to in a quiet room having more time each to think about their moves, each playing their best!
    There is no doubt they are both brilliant *nods* - but there is only one winner!

  • @nomirrors3552
    @nomirrors3552 3 роки тому +176

    I love his attitude. So friendly but competitive. I would hate to be on the receiving end, though

    • @jeffrey5602
      @jeffrey5602 3 роки тому +6

      Now imagine he trash talks like this while winning against you, I couldn’t handle it :D

    • @tgrimshaw
      @tgrimshaw 3 роки тому +2

      No need for that last comma

    • @Kriddle1229
      @Kriddle1229 3 роки тому

      @@tgrimshaw don't breathe.

    • @rexyz5875
      @rexyz5875 2 роки тому +2

      He is kind of cringe

  • @xonkpot
    @xonkpot 3 роки тому +43

    This was an amazing vid. The personalities and enthusiasm .... Love how Alexandra keeps up with him in the talking game. Great stuff !!!

  • @Funkaaaay
    @Funkaaaay 2 роки тому +13

    His request for the round of applause for Alex at the end was a great touch of class.

  • @mrsmith3930
    @mrsmith3930 2 роки тому +3

    If we all got on like this the world would be heaven. Well done AB and hats off to that chap!

  • @LakerFan
    @LakerFan 3 роки тому +767

    You and your sis are so awesome :)
    Keep doing your thing!

    • @CJ-sz1pw
      @CJ-sz1pw 3 роки тому +3

      Now you guys have Westbrook on your team. How you feeling?

    • @nicoboero15
      @nicoboero15 3 роки тому

      hows that 2k content going? i stopped playing since 21 came out. btw loved ur builds

    • @CJ-sz1pw
      @CJ-sz1pw 3 роки тому +3

      @@wetbeans7957 lol Westbrook gonna go 3/40 and still demand to shoot the last shot

    • @kingdinodragonite3470
      @kingdinodragonite3470 3 роки тому +1

      L trade for the Lakers. Anyways, GO TIMBERWOLVES!!!

    • @PescaitoFrito
      @PescaitoFrito 3 роки тому

      was wondering if Andrea play chest too?

  • @jaybane4690
    @jaybane4690 3 роки тому +11

    3:23” him casually swearing in german ~ me a german 👀👀👀

  • @randyruney5704
    @randyruney5704 3 роки тому

    First street chess I’ve watched. Will watch a lot more. Use to shoot a lot of pool. Can’t BS a BSer. Makes them concentrate more. Great attitudes & respect from both. Thanks

  • @tommyerickson1900
    @tommyerickson1900 2 роки тому +3

    I love this video, it's hilarious. Such energy and trash talking, from both sides. And them just having fun.

  • @jeremyblack1929
    @jeremyblack1929 3 роки тому +103

    I think that first mate was the most savage thing I've seen on a chessboard in a while.

    • @youtubeforcinghandlessucks
      @youtubeforcinghandlessucks 3 роки тому +4

      All the more savage by her "I'll wait for you to resign" check to see if he spotted it.

  • @bujin5455
    @bujin5455 3 роки тому +123

    I have to admit, that was thoroughly entertaining.

  • @sudhir677
    @sudhir677 3 роки тому +10

    Andrea, the final moves were so intense🔥🔥🔥that I was pressurised to see who makes it alive without casting a vote👌👌👌

  • @alexandrupatru2892
    @alexandrupatru2892 2 роки тому

    Love the trash-talk and the vibe! Romanian fast thinking at it's best, go Alexandra! They're so fun to watch and I love the fact that it brings chess back into the spotlight it deserves! ^_^

  • @ilyaibrahimovic9842
    @ilyaibrahimovic9842 3 роки тому +12

    They're both amazing! We need them to play more!

  • @quantumgeek339
    @quantumgeek339 3 роки тому +22

    love the street chess content, Corbblah was very entertaining

  • @jsanon1634
    @jsanon1634 2 роки тому +5

    Great games, so entertaining. Love the friendly competition.

  • @DoNotPutinMouth945
    @DoNotPutinMouth945 2 роки тому +2

    Man, I love the guy in the red shorts, just silently standing there the whole time with a kind of amazed, unintentional half-smile, absorbing it all, loving every second

  • @kineahora8736
    @kineahora8736 3 роки тому +18

    Omg that guy is F* hilarious and Alex doing her signature shouting…. This is great! Man I should come down and watch this live I live in NYC!

  • @baldbearded9601
    @baldbearded9601 3 роки тому +58

    That was the most entertaining humiliation I've seen in a while.

  • @checkfactschecking
    @checkfactschecking 3 роки тому +1

    Ok that was the best and most entertaining chess I've ever seen. You girls rock.

  • @ArnaudHetu92
    @ArnaudHetu92 3 роки тому +2

    The second game was a real suspence. Good show and great trash talking!

  • @g3nko0
    @g3nko0 3 роки тому +30

    Respect to this guy, that was real fun to watch because of his talk and play =)

  • @morphman86
    @morphman86 3 роки тому +15

    "Where's your king?"
    "I dunno, somewhere on the board, I think..."

  • @WattWireNet
    @WattWireNet 3 роки тому +4

    that was entertaining, Corbblah is a good sport, his diatribe on veggies was hilarious.

  • @ivanl.8201
    @ivanl.8201 2 роки тому +10

    I really like how calmly she defends in both games until the opportunity arises to counterattack. Playing French defense as Black in a blitz game is especially hard. It feels like being squeezed into a cardboard box, esp. if playing against a 1800+ player like him. But she's around 2200-2300, I recall, and it shows. Great games.

    • @southroncross
      @southroncross 2 роки тому

      For the uninitiated, like myself, please explain the 1800+ about him, and, the 2200-2300 about her.

    • @ivanl.8201
      @ivanl.8201 2 роки тому +4

      @@southroncross These numbers would be a part of the ELO rating system, which classifies players by different strength. Now, there are different chess organizations, both national (example : United States Chess Federation aka USCF) or international (FIDE) that give different ratings and titles. Normally, unless a player is at least at a FIDE master level (around 2200-2300 points, I think), they most likely will have a national rating ONLY (USCF rating here in the United States, for example), but a good thing is that the rating/title system is somewhat similar across many countries. Basically, someone who's just learned how to move pieces but makes constant blunders and hangs his pieces might be rated around 600. Someone around 1000 or 1100 is probably strong enough to beat everyone else in their neighborhood, but is still considered pretty weak for competitive chess. A lot of so-called club players (people that regularly participate in tournaments at their local chess clubs) would be around 1200-2200 points. Now, in many countries, 1200 would be considered a class D or a category IV player. 1400 is class C (category III). 1600 is class B (category II). 1800 is class A (category I). 2000 is expert, which is a title given to players and also known as a candidate master. Then, you have a master (title) which is around 2200. Then, you have FIDE master which is around 2200-2400. Then you have the international master (IM) title, which is around 2400-2500, and finally you have a grandmaster (GM), which can go anywhere from upper 2400's to upper 2800's. Now, the guy in the video has an expert title, so his rating is most likely around 2000 points. The reason I mentioned the 1800+ points is because it's at 1800 level (class A/category I) that the players are considered to be advanced players. 1800 is basically where strong intermediate players generally morph into weak advanced players, yet still advanced. It's also at this level that losing 1 pawn or making a few smaller strategic mistakes might cost you a whole game because the players at this level are very knowledgeable in chess theory, openings, tactics, strategy and endgames. It's not that those below 1800 ratings points are weak players (there are so many very strong players below 1800), but most players below 1800 (myself included) tend to lack consistency to reach that 1800+ level. Like they might be capable of playing a few games on that 1800+ level, but will then make significant mistakes/blunders in a subsequent game that advanced players normally don't make. Of course, everyone makes mistakes in chess, but advanced players tend to make fewer mistakes and also are better at recovery from their own mistakes. Now, the reason I mentioned why it's hard to play French defense (an opening she played as Black) against someone who's as strong as this guy (2000 points in his case, but 1800+ in general) is because class A and better players know very well how to use the space advantage in chess to their advantage and French defense, although very solid and dynamic opening, is a bit of a cramped opening, and if you're playing it as Black, you better be very careful about not letting White create outposts for his pieces deep in your position or creating a strong king-side attack against your king who has castled king-side but doesn't have a knight on f6 to defend him due to white pawn on e5 often wedged into Black's position. Also, keep in mind that the absence of Black's knight on f6 gives rise to some potentially interesting bishop sacrifices on h7, where White can obtain a decisive attack against you. But this is where I mentioned that Alexandra's chess strength helps her tremendously because she knows how to defend this and how to counter-attack. And French defense is a typical defend/use-White's-lapses-in-evaluation/judgment-to-launch-a-counter-attack-offensive-against-him type of opening. I believe this guy is super strong, and I know it's fun for him to talk this much, but honestly, he would have played this game better if he were more focused on the game and less on the talking part, as fun as it has been to watch. He plays a good part of it on auto-pilot, knowing all these positional patterns so well, but that's a mistake even highly rated players make when they're so engaged in the auto-pilot mode and are not really fully grasping or bothering to completely grasp the position on the board right in front of their noses. And that's where I think his talking hurts his game, as he's not paying attention to everything on the board. In the 2nd game, he's so overconfident in his attack that he moves his Queen from d2 to f4, and leaves his b2 pawn undefended an his d4 pawn under-defended, which she takes advantage of by placing her queen on b6, with a double-attack on b2 and d4. He can only defend one, so he loses his pawn on d4, and then she forces a queen trade and guts his attack, basically.

    • @thelegacyofgaming2928
      @thelegacyofgaming2928 Рік тому

      Playing defense is the easiest way to win.

  • @frogiwthoutahat
    @frogiwthoutahat 3 роки тому +288

    I literally own both the guy’s shirt and Alex’s dress LMAOOO

    • @GmBalla
      @GmBalla 3 роки тому +12

      Lmao, clearly you have good taste in clothes 😂

    • @Tj-oh8qf
      @Tj-oh8qf 3 роки тому +82

      If you wear them at the same time you’ll instantly become a chess master

    • @BREAKocean
      @BREAKocean 3 роки тому +3

      are you related to szabo chess player? LAszlo szabo

    • @samuel7385
      @samuel7385 3 роки тому +4

      Where did you get the shirt? 🔥

    • @irrelevance3859
      @irrelevance3859 3 роки тому +3

      And where did you get the dress? It’s pretty

  • @adityajha7844
    @adityajha7844 3 роки тому +56

    1:24 never seen someone castle that smoothly

    • @sharpnova2
      @sharpnova2 3 роки тому

      hikaru has a really smooth castle

  • @wbotti
    @wbotti 3 роки тому

    super entertaining banter. thank you !!!

  • @pboytrif1
    @pboytrif1 2 роки тому +7

    Watching matches like this makes me want to learn chess better and go play to a park and play! Though... UK is a shit place for stuff like that, too much rain... could only play maybe like 20 days in the year haha

  • @ajaydan5715
    @ajaydan5715 3 роки тому +19

    Man that was fun and interesting..,.literally thought youtube sped up the playback towards the end....

  • @D34ThL1VeS
    @D34ThL1VeS 3 роки тому +15

    That last game’s ending had me rolling 😂

  • @urouuroushima5602
    @urouuroushima5602 2 роки тому

    This talking besides would have driven me nuts!
    I admire how you can stay cool under such circumstances ;) great game

  • @BigLouWelds
    @BigLouWelds 3 роки тому +1

    Wow! That last 20 seconds was intense! Great games

  • @TheMerryPup
    @TheMerryPup 3 роки тому +8

    Some 'jazzy' chess there in the second game. _Very_ entertaining!

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 3 роки тому +30

    OMG! This was absolutely awesome!!!! Great job! Also, this guy is a natural born entertainer. If you can try to have him on your channel again. Cheers!

  • @romeobayot6932
    @romeobayot6932 3 роки тому +8

    Man that laugh of his after that check mate was contagious!!! His look though was priceless!!!

  • @shadow9x995
    @shadow9x995 2 роки тому +4

    I know nothing about chess, but this was in my recommended and I thoroughly enjoyed it :)

  • @jessetrowbridge6539
    @jessetrowbridge6539 3 роки тому +4

    love watching you play chess in parks!

  • @jon_good
    @jon_good 3 роки тому +16

    This guy is awesome, definitely wouldn't mind seeing more of him

  • @DecepticonLBC
    @DecepticonLBC 2 роки тому

    I don't usually do this but this video had me 100 percent focused on it congrats you earned another fan

  • @dorokhovea
    @dorokhovea 2 роки тому +5

    8:55 Since that moment madness got started! Crazy crazy cool match from both sides! Amazing man with crazy cool woman! Unbelievably dramatic finish! Wow!! Bravo Alexa! Really bravo. I got sweat during few seconds and she been so cold and fast on that board heat!

  • @chrissanto
    @chrissanto 3 роки тому +47

    "Your smarter than you look",
    "I can't say the same about about you" -Epic.

  • @DocShickley
    @DocShickley 3 роки тому +17

    Street Cred Chess is fun to watch, especially with the video of the game in the PIP. Keep it up, it humanizes the game and makes it look more attractively fun to play.

  • @Mr_Lemon_Law
    @Mr_Lemon_Law 3 роки тому +26

    So refreshing watching a young, brilliant, witty and confident Master showing lesser players what it is really all about!!! I'm not even a Chess fan and love watching this!!!!

  • @juancho420
    @juancho420 3 роки тому

    Love it could watch all day

  • @cshader2488
    @cshader2488 3 роки тому +11

    that second game was fantastic!

  • @nnthayer
    @nnthayer 3 роки тому +37

    9:57 Such a satisfying textbook ending.
    *definitively plunks the queen into place*
    *definitively hits the clock*
    Alex: "MATE." Andrea: "MATE, AND CLOCK."

  • @jim7971
    @jim7971 2 роки тому +1

    Good for you Alexandra! You are a force to be reckoned with! Speed chess scares me a bit. I always took my time when I played.

  • @stephenugochukwu9472
    @stephenugochukwu9472 2 роки тому

    The sarcastic lady saying broccoli is her favorite vegetable cracked me up 😂😂😂😂

  • @BeachhBumzz101
    @BeachhBumzz101 3 роки тому +3

    I absolutely love you guys it's amazing that you guys are so bad ass at chess love the live games live streams keep it coming you guys are amazing and I love to see the younger generation appreciate the game of chess and you guys are beautiful angels from heaven

  • @user-vi1vy8oz2h
    @user-vi1vy8oz2h 3 роки тому +66

    The 2nd game was so intense, and one mistake in a split of second is enough to end the game for both of the players!

    • @ilyaibrahimovic9842
      @ilyaibrahimovic9842 3 роки тому +7

      Qb7 instead of Kxc6 was winning for White but hard to find in under 1 second

    • @legendp2011
      @legendp2011 3 роки тому

      @@ilyaibrahimovic9842 the rook would've taken the queen. and he had to move king because he was in check

    • @ilyaibrahimovic9842
      @ilyaibrahimovic9842 3 роки тому +1

      @@legendp2011 nono, at 9:33 (or 34?) instead of king takes rook. He's not in check and there's nothing covering b7.

    • @legendp2011
      @legendp2011 3 роки тому

      @@ilyaibrahimovic9842 wouldn't have the king just gone back to e8 though?

    • @silverfox389
      @silverfox389 3 роки тому +1

      @@legendp2011 then pick up the rook

  • @sahilmahajan5237
    @sahilmahajan5237 2 роки тому +2

    At 2:49 Alex's face when she sees the checkmate haha 😅
    You guys are so amazingly talented I love watching your videos lol

  • @masabotim
    @masabotim 3 роки тому

    I loved how you psycho played at the end. Only legends can do that

  • @nabongobong9155
    @nabongobong9155 3 роки тому +4

    He is like the comic relief character that the main character beats at the first half of the movie and then becomes an ally and helps out at defeating the bad guy

  • @brasshogg7587
    @brasshogg7587 3 роки тому +5

    Love how modest the title is, try and beat him...you killed it! You lost momentum in the 2nd game, but I can't believe you caught up. Incredible

  • @bigulinis
    @bigulinis 2 роки тому

    I see confidence fading away and ego starting to kick in. Trash talk looks so stupid without backing it up with actions. He got stomped and I love it

  • @RaptureReady2025
    @RaptureReady2025 2 роки тому

    Holy shiet that last time scramble was damn amazing lololol. Hugely entertaining, def too overconfident with the trash talk lmao 😂

  • @weray7605
    @weray7605 3 роки тому +221

    Holy Moly that's Jonathan Corbblah! He has really grown up -- though still just a funny loud-mouth. I remember 20 years ago when Emory Tate wanted to fight him at the '03 World Open, LOL.

    • @davidbiro7466
      @davidbiro7466 3 роки тому +7

      what a story😂

    • @GlennTheSadMarinersFan
      @GlennTheSadMarinersFan 3 роки тому +2

      Seen him on Master Minds with Ken Jennings?

    • @bektasuteubekov5788
      @bektasuteubekov5788 3 роки тому +2

      Emory Tate's son is kickboxing world champion, I think

    • @weray7605
      @weray7605 3 роки тому +11

      @@davidbiro7466 Back in the day (really, this is not that great an anecdote, but--) Corbblah used to write on his scoresheet that he won, even when he lost: 1-0 (for White) or 0-1 (for Black). And Emory Tate, a 2400 to Corbblah's 1900, beat him over-the-board, and noticed that Corbblah scribbled 1-0 on his score sheet, indicating that Corbblah won instead.
      Now, these things are meaningless. Completely. It's just your own copy of your own game that you take home with you and study your games with. Most of us have our complete history of tournament games. Then, at some point, many of us throw away that box of papers -- I kept mine from when I played GMs, of course. But anyway, they're meaningless.
      The World Open of course got the correct result from their game; it was just Corbblah's personal copy of the game that had a 1-0 scribbled on it; Emory Tate saw it -- and was practically CHASING Corbblah through the skittles rooms of The Adams Mark Hotel, harassing him at the top of his lungs to fix it. Talked about how he was a black belt and should kick Corbblah's ass and such.
      Most of us just thought it was funny.

    • @DeeznutztheOG
      @DeeznutztheOG 3 роки тому

      Wow I thought he was in his 20s haha dang

  • @Gotyapaco
    @Gotyapaco 3 роки тому +2

    Well played Alex. You never let the trash talk rattle you.

  • @happypiano4810
    @happypiano4810 2 роки тому +3

    When she got his queen and starting pushing the pawn, I said “run!” In this hushed shout, lol.

  • @GendaijinBlog
    @GendaijinBlog 2 роки тому

    Epic endgame!!
    Love the friendly trash talk.

  • @jetspray3
    @jetspray3 3 роки тому +29

    The pace he was playing at the end I thought he was trying to confuse her lol.

  • @TheDanaYiShow
    @TheDanaYiShow 3 роки тому +10

    andrea at the end LOL "that means I have to play my sister, s**t" 😂😂

  • @MrJudge51
    @MrJudge51 Рік тому

    I absolutely LOVE your video's! Carry on!!

  • @ThvonS
    @ThvonS 3 роки тому

    This was brilliant ! Great fun to watch

  • @whatsinaname7289
    @whatsinaname7289 3 роки тому +30

    I like this guy's energy

  • @Nuggets_Of_Dino
    @Nuggets_Of_Dino 3 роки тому +3

    His trash talk brought out the saucy

  • @Giovanni1972
    @Giovanni1972 2 роки тому

    The show down at the end with the resurrections of queens was good.

  • @JohnWSI
    @JohnWSI 2 роки тому

    Just amazing how quickly you move in the last seconds! Congratulations!

  • @nickjamesc3016
    @nickjamesc3016 3 роки тому +22

    Lmao when you know nothing about chess but this content is fire and randomly start subscribing to chess videos

    • @steve10
      @steve10 3 роки тому +1

      LOL exactly , you come to see the gorgeous girl , but then stay to watch them speed through a game that takes years to master, sometimes you have to appreciate the skill even if the game isnt your thing

    • @silencionomus
      @silencionomus 3 роки тому

      Careful. That's how they getcha. Soon someone will offer you a free game. It won't be long until you'll do anything for a hit.

  • @corbblah
    @corbblah 3 роки тому +48

    I love this Corbblah dude, he is so cool!

    • @jon_good
      @jon_good 3 роки тому +1

      He is pretty cool. I wish he had a Twitch stream or a UA-cam channel.

    • @SLIMEBALL3400
      @SLIMEBALL3400 3 роки тому +1

      @@jon_good he does lol

    • @ciuviskpl4837
      @ciuviskpl4837 3 роки тому +1

      this is first time when I had to mute video while watching

    • @tanaypatel103
      @tanaypatel103 3 роки тому

      You can be the next big thing but not just him.

    • @coachfezz1137
      @coachfezz1137 2 роки тому +1

      i dont think he is cool

  • @veracullen275
    @veracullen275 2 роки тому

    Bro this guy is so entertaining this is so fun to watch

  • @Waterflow07
    @Waterflow07 Рік тому

    “He lost his queen and I don’t even know how” same thing I was thinking 😂

  • @ItsMeVicky
    @ItsMeVicky 3 роки тому +14

    Loving these videos

  • @echoez
    @echoez 3 роки тому +7

    Love the content ladies! Banger

  • @zaynevanday142
    @zaynevanday142 2 роки тому +2

    His distraction technique tripped himself up on this one ☝️