Lol, love the sass. "What a move by Kramnik. Where does he come up with these? Is there any engine assistance going on. Who knows ... in this day and age."
in my neck of the woods we say "a knight on the rim is kinda weird, don't do that unless you really want to but really, it's kinda not great as a general rule."
Twelve minutes of typically brilliant commentary, but it was all a stealthy set-up for the biggest laugh I've had watching a chess video: bravo and thank you! Can't believe I wasn't subscribed yet, but am now.
In my area, the phrasing is: “a knight close to the edge of the board has no manners and has lost their way in the world, in addition to not knowing their times tables.” Brutal, I know.
11:55 Mahdi managed to find that fork with just 5 seconds left on the clock. 🤯 That's mind-blowing. I think that move alone vindicates Kramnik on just about everything. I feel so dumb for ever doubting him. 😞
They're playing the end game with 1 second moves per turn, each trying to make their remaining 5 seconds count for 5 minutes (you get a +1 second per move or something, so the clock doesn't dwindle).
You'll enjoy it even more once you start playing, today it's very easy to get started with all the websites offering lessons and rating-based matchmaking. Easiest it's ever been.
When will the injustice ever end?! Previously, his opponents just cheat to get the best moves. Now they can already cause him to do blunders!! This is already another level of cheating!
11:50 I analyzed this position with Stockfish. It took over 30 minutes, multithreading on all CPUs to find the winning move, which clearly shows that Mahdi isn't cheating.
Everyone is freaking out about how he found that knight fork at the end, but I'm still more impressed by his top engine move on turn 3, which wasn't even a fork, I mean, how did he play that!! Cheat
Fun video: This game is indeed a great game to show how Kramnik has become unhinged in his accusations. Kramnik outplays the guy, yeah, but then blunders in the time scramble. If he can't see how this one had nothing to do with computer assistance, then holy smokes. 2k player here and there is nothing that jumps out to me about assistance with this one (maybe the one move you call out for KRAMNIK, but not something I see a shred of evidence for.)
I don't accuse Kramnik of using an engine, but the fact remains that a human super-GM would never move into a fork like that, whereas an engine set to 600 ELO might. I don't choose to do the procedure on him (this time), but it's something to think about.
Kramnik does not even believe he was outplayed in Candidate matches by elite GMs as can seen in vids on RU-vid. he never accepts having losing position although defeated. he is always like "I am winning here, I just lack one tempo", or saying "if only I get one tempo, I would have won". if this denial has happened in lost or drawn candidate games with the elites, then it is not hard to imagine his denial attitude to much inferior players like IMs and FMs. I am not Kramink hater, who would? the guy is amusing.
So funny. Love it. I definitely hadn't expected that any Englishman would ever make me laugh again after last night. So soon and so loud. ''Pferd am Rand macht Schand''. It's German, not Dutch (we get nothing), but that's how we identify ponies tied to the fence. Very good at one thing only, Kramnik, especially in his prime. A true one-trick pony.
the over the top commentary is hilarious! at least, i assume you were taking the mickey on the knight fork move. Even i saw it instantly and i dont even really play chess!
Perhaps Nf6 was engineered by advanced computer science, where one teleports into the future, installs a wifi chip in their brain, and it automatically downloads/processes the top engine moves from the year in question for some lucky folks. Or maybe he just went by instinct. He would've seen Kramnik's move, and instantly spotted the fork. I think even a 400 rated player could find this in seconds
