His whole channel is garbage, just uploading other people's games and providing subpar commentary on moves that are mostly natural and not all that brilliant.
@@corymeyer1162 That was true of many attacking players like Tal. I don't think Hans can win worldchampionship, but he can give us exciting games at least.
@supremespanker lmao alireza, gukesh and many other youngsters are also attacking players. They don't play like hans at all. They were also extremely strong since young. Hans was a joke till very recently. He suddenly had some training with a known cheater and got this good ? Cmon
The four horses of the Apocolypse: Thanatos (Death), Limos (Famine),Ares (War), and Zelus (Conquest). John Gottman has four different types of horsmen of the Apocolypse: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling - kills any relationship.
@@tristancole8158Pestilence is what Famine sometimes gets called I believe. I could be wrong however, and should probably Google to to check, but whatever.
Pestilence replaces conquest I think, and I think the four horsemen were Egyptian concepts, so Ares would not be the name of War, however he is the Greek god of war, until 2000 years later, Kratos removed him from that throne
difference between playing a professional and boring game and playing real chess can only be explained by one thing: being a genius. Geniuses sometimes make mistakes and sometimes create masterpieces. But the truth is that they are never boring
10:25 The only way to survive that incredible mate that no mere mortal can find is to play Qf3 and exchange sac the Queen for the Rook on g2. Which is basically game over
@@epicchess2021 Hehe, OK, thanks, yes, and Daniel 0.2. :) I was staring at the clocks in disbelief myself. This kind of thing only happens once in every lifetime of the universe...
Epic Chess, if you get some sound treatment in that room, that would really up your game. Often, when I click on a new TH-camr's video and the audio has noticeable reverb, I click away. I'm sure I'm not just an anecdote
5:15 rook move is obvious. black wants to recapture d4 with c pan and not e pawn. The rook b8 protects the b4 and other rook goes to pressure the c2 which cannot move due to enpassant
Death (Thanatos), Famine (Limos), War (Ares), and Conquest or Glory (Zelus) are the four horsemen of the apocalypse, or sometimes described as conquest, war, hunger, and death. It’s all metaphor so who knows. Best Regards and congratulations on a huge jump in subscribers.
I love me some Danya, but I was rooting for Hans. Guess the time scramble meant he had no snide “what a smooth conversion from Hans 😉😉” comment today… 🤷🏻♂️🙏
@@mcronrnhonestly I'll always have to root for Danya (auto-corrects it to "Santa" of course)... Because no offense to him but he will forever be an underdog against Hans.
true but when you're agains danya, you need to manage your time really well, if he had thought for a second more he would have found it but if he had spent an extra second on each move he would have lost on time anyway
@@DMSBrian24 that's speculative, specially since Hans is higher rated than Naro. He found several amazing tactics in this game. However, that exchange sac was way too obvious at that level - in fact most people around 1500 would be able to find it in bullet. At the end of the day, better GMs have missed easier tactics, so nothing against Hans. It's just that such a beautiful game deserved a better finish.
Hans with the 6 seconds non-intuitive brilliant move that no one ever would consider, followed by a 1 second brilliancy. Never change Hans, you dirty dirty cheater.
Hans should be carefull, he is a bit wrechless and its getting more and more obvious. I like watching his streams but he should be toggling way less than he does
Upsettingly, I missed the fourth apocalyptic horseman. I always forget conquest and think one of them is pestilence. Maybe I'm getting confused with the plagues of Egypt. Or if you prefer, The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
Pestilence is often seen in other media. Strife as well. I suspect the reason may be that War and Conquest are so close to being the same concept that it's aesthetically unpleasing if you are trying to make media that want the imagery of the four horsemen.
@@epicchess2021 Conquest is actually the first one mentioned in Revelations (in the NASB version of the bible anyways). Fourth is Death and pestilence is mentioned in his passage (along with sword and famine). Honestly it's probably a really interesting topic to study because I suspect a lot of interpretations work depending on which version of the text you decide to look at.
@@ookamigenji-pv2stThanks for looking into this. It's generally so important to go back to the original text to untangle what might have been actually meant, but i've not the time to learn Biblical Greek. I'll trust you on this one.
I have seen Hans make a move in 0.5 seconds that took Firouzja 5 seconds to calculate all the way. He is definitely the best at calculating in the game.
Well there's still Magnus, Hikaru, Levon, Nihal... Didn't Aman Hambleton get to over 3,300 blitz too? Then there's that time that Andrew Tang turned around and messed with something in his room while he was playing the blitz game and made about four moves and a half a second while he wasn't looking...lol. alot of big fish.
I believe that until 1934, it was mandatory for the player who played the fourth knight to stand up and recite the names of the four horsemen. Some traditions are better left in the past.
“And you make the bishop of course.”
😂😂😂 that was good
Had me laughing way too hard 😂
I held back my thumbs up until this.
That got me too
why u laugh so hard ?@@MrMrstoffman
That cracked me up. Awesome game, great commentary, classic British humour :)
your jokes are getting insanely good, your deadpan facial expression as you tell them makes them even better, keep it up!
haha thanks a lot glad you're enjoying
Wow, Hans pulled that brilliant move out of his…..
hahahahaha
Humor is your passion, I can tell 🤡
Magnuts 😅😅😅😅
🤣🤣
thigh
The four horsemen are Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, and Tully Blanchard
Whoooooo!
haha I am learning so much stuff I never knew. I meant the original death, famine, war and conquest but this one is way cooler xD
no they are Arabian NIghts, Antiquities, Legends and The Dark.
Atlas, played by Eisenberg; Merritt by Woody Harrelson; Henley by Isla Fisher; and Jack by Dave Franco:-)
No, it is Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp. Pay up!!
@@henkdachief Mtg i used to play when revised came out sad i got rid of all my cards.
experts whispering into the air in front of them is why i got into chess
He doesn’t need to show variation the positions speaks for itself
I disagree, you can learn a lot from the variations.
Four horsemen =inky. Blinky stinky and clyde
pinky!
pac-man ghosts😂😂😂
This is one of my favorite videos you’ve made! Great energy, explanations, lines, and context. Made me feel tender as a chicken breast!
His whole channel is garbage, just uploading other people's games and providing subpar commentary on moves that are mostly natural and not all that brilliant.
Thanks a lot and nice hahaha
he must of been buzzing when he found that
best comment on the board
A couple beers never hurt chess skills
'..but Hans isn't stockfish' lol
If so he would not be 2675 Elo he would be the first human above 3000 and then 3500 😂
He just plays stock fish lines then skips out on the punchline
@@brucewillis542not really...
Either is magnus or hikaru
"Or is he?" (insert vsauce music here)
Danya must've been so tilted after this 😂😂
The four horsemen are Michelangelo, Raffaello, Donatello and Leonardo.
Ninja 🐢 the best
@@devonsaginashvili7208 damn i miss those turtles. Also Spencer
teenage ninja horsemen 😆
turtles? pretty sure those are famous inventors and artists from history and such@@Atheist1306
Egon, Ray, Winston and Peter 👻
That ending... Fucking lol
4 horsemen are: Death, Death Jr., Death Sr. and Death Deathalinski. Basically, just death.
Danya is just on another level in time scrambles. He out played Hans with 5 seconds when Hans had 10
"....you make the bishop and draw the game, of course."
Thanks for the belly laugh!
haha glad you enjoyed
Four horsemen:
Sleepy, Sneezy, Weezy and Breezy
Morpheus , Fishcake, Kasparov & Magnuts
You make a bishop and draw the game!
The prophecy has been fulfilled.
Hey. They might resign
It's only Hans who can say "I want to be the very best" and then magically become the very best in a matter of couple days.
some tournaments he looks immortal and sometimes he looks like he can't get out of the b league.
@@corymeyer1162 That was true of many attacking players like Tal. I don't think Hans can win worldchampionship, but he can give us exciting games at least.
@supremespanker lmao alireza, gukesh and many other youngsters are also attacking players. They don't play like hans at all. They were also extremely strong since young. Hans was a joke till very recently. He suddenly had some training with a known cheater and got this good ? Cmon
I can activate stockfish even faster than that!
@@bamdad19996your comment speaks for itself (just a hater ) 😅
"more tender than a barefoot walk on a shingle beach"
hahaha very good, might try and incorporate that into a video soon
i have to say i watch a video or two of yours every night. You have something special here, its different from levy and agad.. love it Epic Chess
Ah awesome thanks a lot I’m glad you enjoy!
Wow Hans nearly threw that game hard.
The names of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Bob, Rick, Jimmy and Bimmy
The four horses of the Apocolypse: Thanatos (Death), Limos (Famine),Ares (War), and Zelus (Conquest). John Gottman has four different types of horsmen of the Apocolypse: Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling - kills any relationship.
What about Pestilence?
@@tristancole8158Pestilence is what Famine sometimes gets called I believe. I could be wrong however, and should probably Google to to check, but whatever.
Pestilence replaces conquest I think, and I think the four horsemen were Egyptian concepts, so Ares would not be the name of War, however he is the Greek god of war, until 2000 years later, Kratos removed him from that throne
@@ALifeOfWine I thought Pestilence meant disease?
This was a crazy game thanks for sharing
I've had war, famine and death but I had to look up conquest, for anyone wondering about the real names. The binding of isaac ftw
difference between playing a professional and boring game and playing real chess can only be explained by one thing: being a genius. Geniuses sometimes make mistakes and sometimes create masterpieces. But the truth is that they are never boring
Four horsemen were Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, Dean Malenko, and Arn Anderson. Or maybe substitute Steve "Mongo" McMichael
I need to look out for more knight forking opportunities, I didn’t see either one you pointed out in this video.
10:25 The only way to survive that incredible mate that no mere mortal can find is to play Qf3 and exchange sac the Queen for the Rook on g2. Which is basically game over
“You make your bishop” my seven hundred ass sat here calculating like 🥴
Haha
Haha
Awesome recap Epic Chess & loving the content as always. Keep up your great work & vids. Cheers!
thanks Mike glad you're enjoying!
Someone is making a fortune selling chess hacks.
Hans missing all these simple tactics just convinces me even more hes a cheater
Four horsemen , Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen
Then can you name the four knights of the apocalypse?
I love your color commentary, this video felt like it was 5 minutes long.
Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed!
According to Dawn French in The Young Ones, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are "Famine, Pestilence, Death ... and the other one!"
You could have uploaded this game without any commentary. Why? um... chess speaks for itself!
The four horsemen are:
Marky, Ricky, Danny, Terry, Mikey, Davey, Timmy, Tommy, Joey, Robby, Johnny, and Brian.
oh wait...
What was it that Daniel said (twice) at the end? Couldn't make it out, unfortunately.
Such a pleasure of a video (+ game) again, BTW! :)
Thanks! He says ‘with point one, with point one’ - as in, Hans only had 0.1 seconds left on his clock when he delivered the mate! Thanks for watching
@@epicchess2021 Hehe, OK, thanks, yes, and Daniel 0.2. :) I was staring at the clocks in disbelief myself. This kind of thing only happens once in every lifetime of the universe...
I confirm that pomoting to a bishop and drawing is a genious move. 😂
😅😆
Probably mentioned below but who can be bothered to check....12:47 ...rf3+ wins instantly
No insane tactics has been found by Hans. But pre-moves speak for itself!
Highlord Mograine, Sir Zeliek, Lady Blaumeux, Thane Korth' azz
Four Horseman: Jermey clarkson, James May, Richard hammond, the stig
Epic Chess, if you get some sound treatment in that room, that would really up your game. Often, when I click on a new TH-camr's video and the audio has noticeable reverb, I click away. I'm sure I'm not just an anecdote
yeah for sure working on it thanks for feedback appreciate
5:15 rook move is obvious. black wants to recapture d4 with c pan and not e pawn. The rook b8 protects the b4 and other rook goes to pressure the c2 which cannot move due to enpassant
sorry after resuming the video u explained it
Death, Famine, War, Conquest
A really beautiful game and analysis.. have to watch for those forks and skewers..
The only way to find out whether hans is a cheater or not is to play more games with him to see if he is at the elite lvl or not.
So is Hans just the Leffen of chess at this point, or...?
love your style of commentating and analyzing, keep the good work up :)
Thanks, will do!
Death (Thanatos), Famine (Limos), War (Ares), and Conquest or Glory (Zelus) are the four horsemen of the apocalypse, or sometimes described as conquest, war, hunger, and death. It’s all metaphor so who knows. Best Regards and congratulations on a huge jump in subscribers.
Those are the Greek names for the Biblical references of the horsemen.
Huh. I always remembered them as "War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death". War and Conquest seem redundant.
@12:50, could someone tell me why GMs didn't go for Rf3+..K[g2 say] .. Rxd3 capturing the white knight and protecting its own knight?
i think just missed it low time
Riveting game, riveting commentary.
Hans is so strong in closed positions
Why does it keep vibrating in the background 😮
four knights opening.
At 12:53 Niemann could have moved his rook to f3 and checked the white king. Then he could have taken the white's knight -- or am I missing something?
The Four Horsemen: Ben, Eric, Adam, and Joseph.
Haha
The Four Horsemen, Highlord Alexandros Mograine , Thane Korth'azz, Lady Blaumeux, and Sir Zeliek.
Clash of the Titans!! 👏👏 sad Hans wasn’t streaming this - he must have been PUMPED!! 🤣🤣💪🏾💪🏾
I love me some Danya, but I was rooting for Hans. Guess the time scramble meant he had no snide “what a smooth conversion from Hans 😉😉” comment today… 🤷🏻♂️🙏
@@mcronrnhonestly I'll always have to root for Danya (auto-corrects it to "Santa" of course)... Because no offense to him but he will forever be an underdog against Hans.
The chess board trembles
Caught me off guard with the bishop lol
that last few seconds was insane by danya
3-4 level of premoves
Yeah I thought that so good
at 12:50 why not Rf3+???????
He missed it
Hans missing rook takes knight is criminal. There was more than enough time to spot that.
He used too many stockfish moves and had to hold back
true but when you're agains danya, you need to manage your time really well, if he had thought for a second more he would have found it but if he had spent an extra second on each move he would have lost on time anyway
@@DMSBrian24 that's speculative, specially since Hans is higher rated than Naro. He found several amazing tactics in this game. However, that exchange sac was way too obvious at that level - in fact most people around 1500 would be able to find it in bullet. At the end of the day, better GMs have missed easier tactics, so nothing against Hans. It's just that such a beautiful game deserved a better finish.
And Hans show how engine works
This guy has turned into my fav chess youtuber
thanks a lot! Glad you're enjoying, appreciate it
That was, well, epic.
Daniel was outplayed. A bad bishop and a weak pawn on a2 were decisive. Hans still has a lot of work to do on typical chess endings.😎
("Zwischenzug") 😂 that was hilarious
Four Horsemen: Larry, Moe, Curly, Shemp
Brilliant game and brilliant commentary !
Imagine how funnny a wrong move would be!
That was a great game on both ends
I don't think i would open that g file allowing Hans faster attack having rook and queen close to king
I like your commentary, making the chess very fun
Thanks a lot glad you’re enjoying!
The Four Horsemen: Panda Express, Arby's, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell
Hans with the 6 seconds non-intuitive brilliant move that no one ever would consider, followed by a 1 second brilliancy. Never change Hans, you dirty dirty cheater.
Hans should be carefull, he is a bit wrechless and its getting more and more obvious. I like watching his streams but he should be toggling way less than he does
@@joki6395i can't believe you people still exist lol let it go
Pathetic. If he was cheating, so was Danya.
Upsettingly, I missed the fourth apocalyptic horseman. I always forget conquest and think one of them is pestilence. Maybe I'm getting confused with the plagues of Egypt. Or if you prefer, The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
Pestilence is often seen in other media. Strife as well.
I suspect the reason may be that War and Conquest are so close to being the same concept that it's aesthetically unpleasing if you are trying to make media that want the imagery of the four horsemen.
Another commenter told me pestilence is original for 4th but gets translated as conquest
@@epicchess2021 Conquest is actually the first one mentioned in Revelations (in the NASB version of the bible anyways). Fourth is Death and pestilence is mentioned in his passage (along with sword and famine).
Honestly it's probably a really interesting topic to study because I suspect a lot of interpretations work depending on which version of the text you decide to look at.
@@ookamigenji-pv2stThanks for looking into this. It's generally so important to go back to the original text to untangle what might have been actually meant, but i've not the time to learn Biblical Greek. I'll trust you on this one.
@@epicchess2021Thanks!
The four horsemen of the Apocalypse: Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett.
That sumo though HAHAHAHA
Nice video !
The four horsemen are Jameson, Johnie Walker, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam
haha :D
that was a GREAT game
Really intense and intelligent Game.
Moe, Larry, Curly, and Shemp.
Hahaha
hahaha very good
Awesome game, great commentary, classic British humour. Two thumbs up, Sir! :)
Thank you kindly!
Nurgle, Slaanesh, Khorne, Tzeentch.
If you know you know.
I have seen Hans make a move in 0.5 seconds that took Firouzja 5 seconds to calculate all the way. He is definitely the best at calculating in the game.
Well there's still Magnus, Hikaru, Levon, Nihal... Didn't Aman Hambleton get to over 3,300 blitz too? Then there's that time that Andrew Tang turned around and messed with something in his room while he was playing the blitz game and made about four moves and a half a second while he wasn't looking...lol. alot of big fish.
Without the engine Hans promotes to another pawn.
So does Danya. They all need engines, right?
The chess speaks for itself
HAHAHAA
Nice animations on the pieces moving❤
4 horseman? Larry, Curly, Mo, and Charlie Chaplin.
2:25 Zwischenzug
I love it. 😅
I believe that until 1934, it was mandatory for the player who played the fourth knight to stand up and recite the names of the four horsemen. Some traditions are better left in the past.
😂😂😂
What does Danya say at the end? With plan one?
Sorry should have specified more, he says ‘with point one’ ie Hans had only 0.1 seconds left on his clock when he checkmated Danya
@@epicchess2021 Thank you for explaining. It was driving me crazy.
Tender as a pork loin.