I love the fact that you returned to this challenge to do it properly. I was honestly pretty disappointed last time, but it seems you actually read and react to your viewers' feedback, which can't be said of most youtubers. You're becoming my favourite chess challenge channel, higher quality that Chess Simp and doing more challenge videos than Chess Vibes or Gothamchess.
Hey, just wanted to say I had absolutely zero interest in Chess until TH-cam randomly recommended me one of your videos about two weeks ago. Now I sit religiously waiting everyday for your video to drop and I’ve started playing. Your channel is critically underrated
Happy to see other people "struggling" with Martin as well. You always see people completely destroying martin with like nothing amnd whenever I play him it's definetly not that easy. Feels like Martin became much stronger lately (stronger than most other beginner bots from what I have seen). Masrtin is pretty capable now (but will still gift you the win by hanging the queen at some point), when I used Game review on games versus martin it often gave him an estimated Elo rating of 700-800. Don't know how accurate that is.
I think like was mentioned it's the fact that he will act on mate in 2 moves, which spikes his ELO to significantly above 250. I definitely find him easy, but I have only playing chess properly last few weeks, with another few weeks a few years ago. Giving it a proper go this time as want to see if I can get to above 1000, and I have had some reviews where I play at a 1500 rating. You just need to double check your moves before playing. When playing another person, you can turn on a setting called "confirm moves before play" which can help you to visualise. Not to mention it plays the check mate sound prior to you committing a move (which really is cheating tbh) so if you think you have checkmate that'll confirm it ha
I hate it sometimes Like when I just want to play bizarre openings to see if he falls for them. It's like he's programed to not fall for icbm or Halloween gambit scholar mates etc
This is litteraly the best chess channel that there is! I really enjoyed watching this and other videos. So i have a harder challenge: Get mate in 20 or higher
Very interesting. As far as I know, Martin can definitely find mate in 1. I was doing WorstChess0 (basically WorstFish but with Leela) and Martin would immediately find mate in 1. Every iteration with WorstFish or Wc0 led to checkmate even after not choosing mate in 1 moves for either WorstFish or Leela
You think to rationally. You gotta think like a Martin and march your wing pawn down like a loose cannon and try to promote. I just pulled this off with 2 attempts at 4 pawns
Dude, you're my fsvourite chess youtuber, great explanations and daily uploads. Im new to chess and the way you explain stuff even in these little challenges is amazing.
would be very interesting to see how many pawns stockfish would need in this situation, however I'm not sure how interesting a video a bot against another bot would make. great video as always!
It is possible to do it with 8 pawns, you need to kinda bait him to bring his queen and bishop out. It does work, unless I apparently got lucky twice trying this.
I commented on the last one saying to do one extra pawn each, im really happy you did, tho, wasnt expecting that. Besides that, i love your channel, and you got me into chess, so keep going
I beat Martin with 7 pawns. I just blindly shoved them into his face, he offered me his queen, then I pushed my king up to his king side and he handed me all his pawns and pieces, giving me a free promotion which he decided to offer all his pieces to as well. So basically just stop thinking so much, play like a bot and he'll give you everything. Edit: And I've just replicated it for the third time in a row. Except because I'm so bad, I stalemated him with 2 queens on the board...
Hey! I've got a video idea. You get certain amount of points which you can trade for pieces. For example, try and beat an intermediate bot but you get only 15 points of material which could be either 15 pawns or a queen and 6 pawns. Maybe you could flesh out the idea better, I don't know if it's a good enough idea.
I have an interesting new challenge idea. Can you beat beginner bots WITHOUT the starting 8 pawns? Like, all pieces in their starting position without the pawns in front. I have a feeling protecting the king will be challenging 😅
16:10 yeah actually martin is setup so it ALWAYS finds mate in 2, so for these sorts of challenge you really have to consider that, never let martin in a position where he could checkmate you, even if it means doing a ridiculous move, if he has mate in 2 he plays at stockfish level.
Great video IWC, ive always loved chess bot content and just chess content in general! Keep it up man pretty soon youll have like 10s of thousands of subs and ill be an og subscriber lol! 😊
Woah it’s been a little while since I commented congrats man🎉6000 subscribers is impressive your growth is absolutely massive and well related to the video Martin is an animal init he isn’t 250 rather a bot no one below 1000 plays pawn h6 m2.Anyways loved the video once again keep up the GREAT work :)
I can't tell if Martin is good with more material, or bad from this video, also, all chess bots are programmed to find checkmate In 1, and also not blunder mate in 1.
you can definitely beat the martin bot with just one pawn! plenty of people on youtube have done it. try playing around with the placement of the pawn.
I love the fact that you returned to this challenge to do it properly. I was honestly pretty disappointed last time, but it seems you actually read and react to your viewers' feedback, which can't be said of most youtubers. You're becoming my favourite chess challenge channel, higher quality that Chess Simp and doing more challenge videos than Chess Vibes or Gothamchess.
I appreciate that! This community is too cool not to take the feedback in stride and make the content you guys want to see :)
@@iwantcheckmate yes thank you :3
Seeing Martin actually pull off checkmates is SENDING me lol
He’s must be doing tactics or something….
Hey, just wanted to say I had absolutely zero interest in Chess until TH-cam randomly recommended me one of your videos about two weeks ago. Now I sit religiously waiting everyday for your video to drop and I’ve started playing. Your channel is critically underrated
I really appreciate that! I myself am considering getting back into tournaments and just having some fun with it is good for all of us I think hahaha
I love how you listen to the feedback of us
Hahaha this community has good ideas :)
Happy to see other people "struggling" with Martin as well. You always see people completely destroying martin with like nothing amnd whenever I play him it's definetly not that easy. Feels like Martin became much stronger lately (stronger than most other beginner bots from what I have seen).
Masrtin is pretty capable now (but will still gift you the win by hanging the queen at some point), when I used Game review on games versus martin it often gave him an estimated Elo rating of 700-800. Don't know how accurate that is.
Game review can be a little wonky but I agree that Martin is stronger than 250 hahaha
I think like was mentioned it's the fact that he will act on mate in 2 moves, which spikes his ELO to significantly above 250. I definitely find him easy, but I have only playing chess properly last few weeks, with another few weeks a few years ago. Giving it a proper go this time as want to see if I can get to above 1000, and I have had some reviews where I play at a 1500 rating. You just need to double check your moves before playing. When playing another person, you can turn on a setting called "confirm moves before play" which can help you to visualise. Not to mention it plays the check mate sound prior to you committing a move (which really is cheating tbh) so if you think you have checkmate that'll confirm it ha
I hate it sometimes
Like when I just want to play bizarre openings to see if he falls for them. It's like he's programed to not fall for icbm or Halloween gambit scholar mates etc
@@Michael-sb8jf I actually even had Martin scholar mate me. Didn't expect that (obviously, I let it happen and didn't defend it)
One of the most underrated channels
Appreciate that :)
This is litteraly the best chess channel that there is! I really enjoyed watching this and other videos. So i have a harder challenge: Get mate in 20 or higher
I appreciate that! And good idea!
This video was brought to you by Martin. The channel sponsor!
He’s our mascot at this point hahaha
How many powns do you need to win, Magnus? We need to know.
I agree. Future video
hello from Japan! I have been following channel for a while, i find you very entertaining and calm. please keep up the good work!
Hello! Its amazing how there’s people from all over the world here. I appreciate the kind comment from the other side of the globe :)
Another great video congratulations on 6k subscriptions you growing so fast it’s great
Hey it’s you! Thank you! :)
@@iwantcheckmate how are you so attentive to your comments 1 minute and a reply I admire you for that
@Frey-y5c Thank you haha I do my best
this channel is popping off and im here for it
Let’s goooo
I think you can win with 8 pawns with a few tries in a row. Maybe give that a try in the future.
The fact you went back and did it better is just amazing you are a high-quality TH-camr you earned a sub
I appreciate that! I try my best to listen to the feedback so I can make the comment everyone wants to see :)
@@iwantcheckmate
I think your channel is going to blow up, keep up the great work, not a lot of TH-camrs like this anymore
24:43 in my dreams 😂😂😂
I actually thought Martin would lose against 7 pawns or something like that, cause stockfksh did it with 1… he really improved his chess skills
Very interesting. As far as I know, Martin can definitely find mate in 1. I was doing WorstChess0 (basically WorstFish but with Leela) and Martin would immediately find mate in 1. Every iteration with WorstFish or Wc0 led to checkmate even after not choosing mate in 1 moves for either WorstFish or Leela
I love how this channel is built purely on passion, not just the idea of getting the most money. I hope you are famous one day
Thank you very much. It’s also built on bullying Martin as much as possible 🤫
@@iwantcheckmate Martin kinda deserves it
Finally, I've neen waiting for this one
Me too
You think to rationally. You gotta think like a Martin and march your wing pawn down like a loose cannon and try to promote. I just pulled this off with 2 attempts at 4 pawns
Dude, you're my fsvourite chess youtuber, great explanations and daily uploads. Im new to chess and the way you explain stuff even in these little challenges is amazing.
Thank you! I’m happy it’s helpful :D
would be very interesting to see how many pawns stockfish would need in this situation, however I'm not sure how interesting a video a bot against another bot would make. great video as always!
Thank you! I may experiment with that in the future
Martin is programmed to never miss mate in 1 which explains some of the better moves early.
Sounds about right
Awesome stuff! Thanks for returning to this. I guess you were on the mark with how many pawns to use but it's fun to see you get there.
Thanks! It takes some of the fun out if I just teleport to an educated guess so I figured I’d be rigorous this time :)
You should do this with Martin fish that would be funny
It is possible to do it with 8 pawns, you need to kinda bait him to bring his queen and bishop out. It does work, unless I apparently got lucky twice trying this.
This is Martin's happiest day
I commented on the last one saying to do one extra pawn each, im really happy you did, tho, wasnt expecting that. Besides that, i love your channel, and you got me into chess, so keep going
Haha thanks! It was a great point so I figured I’d have at it! Thanks for the feedback.
@@iwantcheckmateyour awesome man
I admire you! That was wonderfully illustrative 😊
Thank you!
The remastered version! This video is very cool and interesting!
Thank you!
Ew do I have to say first comment now
This is hilarious
No you don't
I beat Martin with 7 pawns. I just blindly shoved them into his face, he offered me his queen, then I pushed my king up to his king side and he handed me all his pawns and pieces, giving me a free promotion which he decided to offer all his pieces to as well. So basically just stop thinking so much, play like a bot and he'll give you everything.
Edit: And I've just replicated it for the third time in a row. Except because I'm so bad, I stalemated him with 2 queens on the board...
you should try go against martin with a pyramid shape of pawns
martin but every pawn i take, i steal his pawn (when martin runs out of pawns, if he does, take his piece and convert it into a pawn
Hey! I've got a video idea. You get certain amount of points which you can trade for pieces. For example, try and beat an intermediate bot but you get only 15 points of material which could be either 15 pawns or a queen and 6 pawns. Maybe you could flesh out the idea better, I don't know if it's a good enough idea.
That’s super creative! Thanks! I’ll see if I can work it into an upcoming video :)
this is actually fairly easy to do with 1 pawn. just do a rook pawn
maybe try to promote all your pawns to queens and beat martin without stalemating
I have an interesting new challenge idea. Can you beat beginner bots WITHOUT the starting 8 pawns? Like, all pieces in their starting position without the pawns in front. I have a feeling protecting the king will be challenging 😅
That’s a great idea! Thank you
"I can beat Martin with 0 pawns!"
16:10 yeah actually martin is setup so it ALWAYS finds mate in 2, so for these sorts of challenge you really have to consider that, never let martin in a position where he could checkmate you, even if it means doing a ridiculous move, if he has mate in 2 he plays at stockfish level.
Learned it for good the hard way hahaha
Great video IWC, ive always loved chess bot content and just chess content in general! Keep it up man pretty soon youll have like 10s of thousands of subs and ill be an og subscriber lol! 😊
Hahaha thanks! More to come :D
Woah it’s been a little while since I commented congrats man🎉6000 subscribers is impressive your growth is absolutely massive and well related to the video Martin is an animal init he isn’t 250 rather a bot no one below 1000 plays pawn h6 m2.Anyways loved the video once again keep up the GREAT work :)
Hahaha thank you very much, more videos to come and I appreciate the kind comment :)
we have an answer to this one: you have won martin with 3 pawns a little ago
This! is good content!
Thanks!
Next time: how much pawns does Komodo need to beat you?
I actually tried that but I never finished
That’s actually a good idea though I wanna know how many pawns it takes for you to beat Magnus
Great idea, has to be a future video
haha bully martin again hell yeah
Favorite pastime honestly
If martin wasnt programed to automatically find mate in 1 could you force a draw with only a king?
Possibly!
YESS! MARTIN IS SO BACK BABY! 300 ELO PLAYERS EVERYWHERE ARE LOSING THEIR MINDS!
OUR MVP IS IN THE HOUSE
How about how high of bots can you beat all in one go, like a boss rush? From Martin till you lose or best em all?
This is a great idea. Future video for sure, thank you!
@ this is why I’ve been loving your channel bro keep it up ^_^
u have to play h4 and keep getting forward martin never takes
I can't tell if Martin is good with more material, or bad from this video, also, all chess bots are programmed to find checkmate In 1, and also not blunder mate in 1.
Yeah I was hoping for the redoing the challenge lmao 🤭
you can definitely beat the martin bot with just one pawn! plenty of people on youtube have done it. try playing around with the placement of the pawn.
Good idea!
but that's just RNG. He probably can only in like the 100 th time
23:13 martin mouse slip
Ooo this was only 40 minutes ago... NICE
Welcome hahaha
How do you use the arrows and can I use them on mobile
Right click and drag on desktop, I don’t believe you can use arrows on mobile
w video yet again
nice
didn't you already beat martin with 3 pawns?
I did! But that was spamming 3 pawns until I won. This was more so how many pawns can I normally beat Martin with
16:31 what does this word mean
Zugzwang is a position in which whatever the next person plays they lose, so there are literally no good moves :)
You are so funny.
Hahaha thank you
The goat 🐐
Wow your dedicated
I appreciate that!
even im better than martin
Im missing way too many vids, sorry
can I get my 22nd hello?
Don’t apologize! Always, 22. Hello 👋
Uhh 11:16 this is not a free pawn I love ur vids tho
Thank you :)
Yo, why didn't u reply or even see me in ur last vid but u saw everyone else D: bte my idea?
Which video! I don’t get notifications for replies and sometimes comments so apologies if I missed your comment!
Its all good, the 100 puzzle video
10 pawns to beat magnus?? Hahaha
Then WCC 😎
hi
Hello :)
Hi
Hello!
second my bro
Love to see it
Hahaha you guys are quick
hi plzz pin day 2
@Iwantcheckmate who is your favorite TH-camr?
GothamChess is up there :)
@@iwantcheckmate he is mine too
How much can you make us fall in love with this channel man🥹