The main reason I like Alex is because she is genuinely interested in people and pays attention to them when they speak, tell stories, etc. Very rare nowadays IMO.
Qg8 + Followed by R x C8...and her Queen on e5 still hanging! OVER-RATED BOTEZ ESCAPED FROM DEAD LOST!🙄😒🙈...and many people from here or her followers are still considering her one of the best "chess players"...I mean What The hell!
What a turnaround! Plus: this was a particularly good video because she sort of interviewed him about his life's experience with chess! So it's a trash talk game....with an interview! Alex is juggling three things during this video! Liked the written commentary tips as well.
Not really she's kind of a tool during the game because she keeps saying how bad she's playing. Nobody likes it when you make stupid excuses especially if you win
@@MarvelousMaterial When I was watching live, my initial impression was just Qf8 (literally the only check), Kd7 is forced, and then Rxc8. Looks completely and easily winning for white
His disappointment at the end was really heartbreaking. I didn't want Alex to lose, but at the same time, I didn't mind him winning. His nervous tic of pushing the clock button multiple times was sort of hilarious. Nice come back win, Alex!
Love how you tell him he is not hitting the clock right, could waste your time while he is making a move, and he won’t change, so you start hitting the clock twice two. Too funny.
@@Welcome2Niches not really. That is a tick. Where one is compelled to repeat an action multiple times. It takes specific concentration not to do the tick. If you noticed how he fidgeted his leg while playing, it's the same, he would have had to specifically concentrate on NOT fisgeting to hold that leg still, and even then it would be only last for a couple of seconds before that leg started bouncing again.
@Mr. Mr. Yes, exactly, she loses her queen, he loses his rooks, which isn't where she wanted to be, and which she admitted (of course). So, no, he messed that up because in the end he threw away his advantage. The build up wherein her bishop was hanging and would be lost as well as her queen... that was his. He could have taken the bishop, lost rook, queen takes rook, rook take queen, king takes rook. Queen vs no queen, pretty much a lost game. I haven't looked back to the specifics, but that's what I remember seeing in the video. Her own admission around that time as well says a lot.
@@semasiologistics yea Qf8+ Kd7 Rxc8 is the winning line. If Rxe5 instead, then Alex has 2 rooks and a pawn to his queen, which is technically winning for Alex. At least, it is much worse for him than Rxc8
I recognize that multi-tap on the clock. Back in the day, clocks were less reliable and everything was manual and one developed a multi-tap habit to make sure it went down.
She was in such a dam good spot after she traded knights. But she failed to see how to convert it. Attack right side or castle that way. Yes castling opposite normally means attack their king but the bishops make that task impossible. She was too worried about where his queen would go when she just had to put her rooks and behide the pawns push and try not to blunder mate
That tapping lol, it’s a muscle memory of a hustler, it’s part of their game. Specialy when u mention the 100 bucks, u just summon the hustler demon back from hell.
Yup, that's what I was thinking. It's not a 'tick' as some people have stated. He knows what he's doing - it's a distraction technique to get your opponent to focus on the fake 'tick', thereby taking their concentration away from the game. I often trash talk when playing against good players. I start spouting things like "I remember that time I ended up with just 2 rooks, no other pieces, and I got whitewashed. Made me realise how valuable it was to have at least 1 knight". And then I see the player squirming as I try to capture their knights 😂
@@septidelaucer1267 Sure, watching on RU-vid is different from playing live. The guy seemed pretty sweet, maybe he was working hard not to take $100 off the poor lady LOL.
@@jimuren2388 guy keeps rambling and says to call him big o talking about his hard life, it's a friendly chess match not an introduction to your life lol
Is he going to reply regarding his multiple times of repeated button pushing which stops his time but keeps the opponent's running? If that were allowed, it takes away the merit reward for being able to think fast. For those that like his personality, he is a purposeful cheater if he doesn't admit wrongdoing and hides behind a claim of it being an involuntary nervous tick!!
If your father dies during pregnancy, and your mother dies while giving birth or in late pregnancy dies in an accident and they can still get the baby out alive (both cases are rare but do happen), you are an orphan at birth. If your parents die shortly after you were born, you weren't born as an orphan, but in practice this doesn't differ much. I don't see what's funny about that...
When she asked early on about his "late game" it felt like a foreshadowing of what would happen. If i were him, since I had her on the timer i'd just keep stalling instead of trading pieces, until her time would run out. But he went for gold! :)
Great game. Absolutely love Alexandra. She’s an absolutely phenomenal chess player with a wonderful mind for the game. Kind, beautiful, goofy and you can tell she really enjoys talking with her opponents. She’s a real gem
7:05 For sure Qf8 + and it was the guaranteed win, Alexandra had no chance of winning this game unless her opponent concentrated a little more instead of blah the whole game !
I think that's a part of his strategy. Did you notice how much he talked when Alex had under a minute of time left? By talking, he's distracting his opponent and throwing off their game.
He wasn't watching the board at around 6:45, thus he didn't really track her move and ends up giving up his queen. It was that brief but simple mistake, which cost him the whole game. Damn, she really cleaned house with that end game.
He played really well...until he botched that exchange combination. The sad part is that it was an easy take-order: Qf8+ Kd7. Rxc8 (and the rest is elementary)
Honestly I don’t think he was just trying to be slick. If you look the multi-tapping happens nearly every time he uses the clock, even after she talks to him about it. Most likely he had experience in the past where he lost a large portion of time due to the clock not registering his touch. The simplest solution? Hit it multiple times. At this point he does it automatically. After she asks him to stop he is trying hard to focus on the game, so he still accidentally multi-taps without really realizing.
If you watch his hand in his lap, it’s shaking, so I don’t think he was trying to be slick, maybe nerves? Actually that doesn’t give an impression of slickness if done deliberately anyway.
To be fair, he did totally call you out on your hustle lmao but yeah he was humbled for sure; can't judge a book by its cover when it comes to chess. Getting beat by a 10 year old taught me that.
Don't feel bad, they are hardcore about it these days, I blame Fischer. My good friend and co-worker in (inner suburban Maryland) had an uncle that was a GM (maybe top 200 or so?) who would coach him. He had been playing for years and was pretty serious. He went to the local mall and an 8 year old prodigy wiped the board with him.
The end game comment early on was ominous. If you are slightly behind as a top player then take it to the end game where top players excel. I knew once she got there she would have too much for him. His temperament let him down when he held an advantage.
Alex you're a rock star! I've learned so much from you and Anna and I've been playing since I was 5 - ever heard of fractured chess? That was my dad's way of teaching.
@@marklennox2151 no....im saying that he's not doing it on purpose to take away her time, but it was just his habit haha tapping multiple time doesn't restart her clock, but it was a problem during the end game. When two buttons are pressed at the same time, they don't work. That's why she asked him to stop because it was during crunch time. he seems pretty nice to me haha
she spend her own clock time to get to know him for 90 seconds out of 300 seconds, that's why she's behind.... great video! great connection with people and awesome comeback things i got out of this: 1. professional chess trained players knows the game isn't over until it's over. their rigorous training allows them to have better stamina than casual amateurs - especially end games 2. in his effort to try to win by time, he did not time manage well - there are moves he had enough time to come up with quality play to not allow alex to catch up and end up forcing too many moves too fast and lost. 3. when people ask me how long i play chess, i generally try to play it down to as little time as possible. if i win, i'll look better. so he's doing the opposite, 40+ years of playing and then lost, that a big risk - X-rated man :)
Yup. He beat her. He gave away the advantage because he didnt want to embarras her. Men need to stop this. Beat them properly. Shes good, but dude could have wiped the floor with her. If it was a guy, he would NOT have let him off. But a cute gurl? You let her come back. For what? You still not getting none. He should have wiped her ass out. Too many guys feel sorry for gurls, when they DONT feel sorry for you. Stop letting these chicks win. It was clear when he even said he would help her out. He should not have. This is a game, not real life. You just lost $100 for nothing.
@@stuccojohn2667 thats not what happened he yelled at the camera didnt see her move then screwed up.. Simple as that... he was hustling the whole way with the double tap too either could win clearly skills relatively even but it was him taking his eyes off the board that cost him the game he wanted to win
@@joabjohnstone5217 it shows you dont understand chess. He wasnt "hustling" with the double tap. Some guys develop that habit when they play on clock. They just want to make sure they stop their time after they make a play. If he started doing it at the end, then that would je suspicious. But he was doing it LONG before it came down to the end. It just became an issue when SHE was running out of time, which is NOT his problem. He let her win. He said so when she was backed into a corner. He said "ok, i will help you out. I wont punish you or you wont LIKE me." Men dont realize that this girl dresses this way as part of her game. Then distract you with nonsense talk. He could have easily wiped her out and even SHE knew it. Stop letting these pretty girls win.
Employee: sir, would you like to include fried fries in your order? This man: allow me to introduce myself! Employee: sir, I just need to take your order. This man: I’ve been doing this since the 80s!!
I love how all these hustlers have meta game cheats like pressing the timer a bunch of times. He knows damn well what disadvantage that gives his opponent.
@@Lilgabe03 I also checked too see if he doing it the whole game, but that also doesn't prove it isn't malicious. How many get has he played doing that triple tap for it to be a developed habit? Now ask yourself if it's ever been a problem in the past and or fucked with any of his opponents in low time pressure situations? Odds are they have. Making there a good statistical chance he does that on purpose to mess with opponents and or cheat his opponents on time. It's poor sportsmanship either way to hit your button multiple times because it prevents irl promoves even if he does it as fast as possible. Sometimes you even hesitate to wait for him to stop tapping because you've a piece instantly left handed and are tapping with your right. You shouldn't have to wait for your opponent to hit his button multiple times and steal extra seconds. Or even worse run your clock when he hasn't made his move. It's poor sportsmanship regardless.
@@LiterallyAnythingg It's not malicious and it's casual. She understands that or wouldn't do the video. You need to get of your critical high horse. Suppose you are PERFECTION
@@davidcarr9772 They're playing for 100$ and using clocks. The fuck you mean it's casual. Don't get butt hurt over a youtube comment bro. While you're at it take your own advice.
