ChessNetwork on YouTube[1] has many videos of blitz chess tournaments where he provides commentary as he plays. Very interesting to watch!
That's pretty cool!
Can anyone inform an amateur like me what happens at 2:14 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWYS209ydE#t=134) and before that as well. It seems to me that black captures his own pawn using his knight. Is that legal?
EDIT: Ah, I see. White pawn captures black pawn, and the knight captures the white pawn. I just happens so fast I didn't see the white move.
Re:Strongest chess player, ever
by electrotype on Sunday June 01, 2014 @08:03PM
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Wow, very cool!
Can someone explain what's going on at 20:24 : http://youtu.be/7YWYS209ydE?t=20m20s ?
He forks the king and the queen, then his opponent moved his queen!?! This is not a legal move right?
Had to re-watch a couple times: on that move, white had already moved pawn from g2 to g3, the knight from d6 to e8 is a pre-move that happens very quickly (you can see the red square); while white was setting up that pre-move, black moved the queen.
Does that clarify or did I miss what you are asking?
Re:Strongest chess player, ever
by electrotype on Monday June 02, 2014 @07:12AM
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Got it, thanks!
If this is two humans playing against each other in real-time, that is really impressive! It's so mind-boggling fast (mind you I'm not a chess player).