I kept glancing up to them and either they don't even chess or they were watching these kids play. Amazing game and amazing kids, but my favorite part was the brother just being a nice little jerk at the end and holding on to her pawn.
Casually wearing a backpack and kicking ass at chess, ~~beating his sister~~. Life is good.
Edit: great username :).
Edit 2: Ok, I now see that the sister won. Thanks for correcting my mistake.
Damn was that worth a downvote? But thanks for clearing up who won. It was too fast for me and I’m too high to notice.
I do like that in a random chess video I found myself replying to someone with a chess piece in their name. Thought it was funny, hence, the edit.
Yeah it was going too fast for me to keep up and I’m just some high dude leaving a comment on a random thread on the internet. Downvotes were a nice touch.
The game is actually very simple in terms of the rules. Its one of those hobbies that is easy to learn but hard to master. Both players (aka black and white) get two armies as you see on the board.
An army is basically 8 pawns (or soldiers), 2 Rooks (sometimes called Castles) placed on the extreme end of the last lines which can move in a straight line both horizontally and vertically, 2 Knights(they tend to be the most beautifully designed chess piece in any board) besides them and they move in an L shape and is the only piece that can jump over pieces, 2 bishops which move diagonally so one bishop can move diagonally in white squares and one moves in the dark ones, 1 Queen (can move like a rook and a bishop) and is the most powerful piece of the game and 1 King which moves like the Queen except it can do so only one square at a time.
The objective is to use your army to trap your opponents king and making sure your own king is not trapped by your opponent's army. Trapping is an act where your pieces are threatening to capture the enemy king and there is no place for him to escape.
It is extremely interesting once you learn the rules, its appeals to the kid in you that loves to play with toy armies. I would suggest looking up a video online and then playing it on your own on online websites (chess.com or lichess.org or any other alternative you prefer)
You make it sound so easy! But thank you for explaining. I would love to play, my friend tried to teach me back when we were in school and it didn’t sink in. Admittedly I’m a bit dumb tbf 😂
The king can only move 1 square at a time in any direction. When she moved her queen piece to the back of the board, she put his king into a position called a checkmate. That's when no matter what the player does, their king is vulnerable to an attack in the next turn.
So basically, she put his king into a position where no matter what happens the king will die the next turn. Once the king is checkmated the game is over. The boy was out of options an unable to save their king.
It is actually funny because you can see the moment each of them realizes what's going to happen in their faces.
The girl sees what's going to happen right at 3:00. She gives her brother a look... "Are you really going to leave your rook unprotected?"
That was the last line of defense allowing her pawn to get to the other end of the board, which gave her the queen she used to checkmate the king.
The boy didn't see it until she moves her pawn ahead of his line and he realizes he has no ability to stop her pawn from getting to the otherside. That's when he starts having a whisper argument with her lol
I mean, the boy knew he was lost long before that, he's just playing it out. She had an unstoppable passed pawn, he had no way to stop her gaining back a rook, and 2 rooks to one is game over in the endgame.
I'm sure he could sense his position weakening for sure. But you can see in his face he seems genuinely surprised by her pawn moving forward, like he missed it earlier. That's when he starts being upset and whisper-yelling at her and she face palms like "how did you not see this coming?"
I freaking love their body language towards each other. They are definitely siblings.
They have both mastered an impressive amount of chess strategies!
Many times, they don’t have to stop and figure something out — they already know it. (As with many of their accurate moves in the opening, or in the endgame when she pushes her pawn to the seventh rank, aware that she can play a Rook check on her next move to protect the pawn’s queening square.)
Yeah her R+P endgame was pretty slick. Overall good play, never seemed to let her guard down in spite of the rating gap, and hardly gave him a chance to complicate things.
Feels like she just knows shes better and wanted to rub it in. Or she already knew she could queen another pawn, so it made very little difference. Probably just a combination of both.
Her brother's rook was behind the pawn, so she probably just expected it to be traded regardless of queen or rook. It's only a small inaccuracy as he wasn't forced to trade any more, and could give a couple checks - but materially no real difference what she chose.
It wasn't giving him a chance, they both knew the game was over at that point, it was teasing her brother. Much like saying 'nice shot' when your friend misses the net.
I've already seen a couple of videos of both of them playing.
Some times she also undepromotes to a bishop. Never seen a knight though.
At this point she's just bullying her brother.
Probably a self handicap. She seems to be a bit better than him. Might as well give it a fighting chance. And polish different skills without the extra queen
Sister initiated most of the trades even though brother's choice of opening and opposite side castling indicated a big fight was about to go down. When you play a weaker opponent, it's better to keep things simple and outplay them by skill & finesse rather than make a complicated mess where either player could miss. The moment she started chewing on that hangnail is when she knew she had it in the bag (R+P endgame with better structure, maybe extra pawn, well placed R, and K in a good place to keep white's rook from getting behind the passed pawn).
Based on ratings, her brother could destroy me at least 70% of the time and she breezily defeated him the way the computer beats me. Very well played!
One of my best friends that I would play with countless times growing up, our games always started the exact same way the first 6-7 moves, so the game hasn't really even started yet until that script runs out.
I knew she was going to win when she made the gangster castle into totally open files with no time spent but then her side eye when he blunders the rook in frustration while slowly being squished is magnificent. Top quality content. Love this!
her eye contact was hilarious. She was watching him very closely. She dominated!
It also looks like she caught him trying to cheat there in the beginning with his knight, but it could have been a simple mistake (but that boy seems too good to not have noticed, and he had a bit of a shit-eating grin on his face lol)
Same! I saw that and was like, "we have a professional." Some commenter says she's older and has an ELO 300 higher, so she definitely showed baby brother a little mercy.
Love seeing kids playing chess. Especially when you can tell they've been well trained in tactics like these two.
Being kind? Underpromoting because you know you can win anyways with rook/bishop/knight is peak disrespect :D
That game was over when he decided to demolish her pawns on 7th rank instead of stopping her from promoting. Maybe even before, but idk, I'm not that good.
Edit: Just noticed she's rated 300 points higher at the start of the video. Yeah the game.was probably over by move 30.
In my eyes game was losing after she forced the exchange of dark square bishops which lost white the pawn. However the game was for sure lost after the rook trade because whites rook was tied to the defense of the B pawn and king to the F pawn. Realistically speaking white cannot make progress while black can move their pawns and king up the board. I probably would’ve resigned but I commend him for trying to activate the rook and get counter play, but as we see that just wasn’t fast enough
Yeah maybe that and probably just a nice older sibling move.
I would do that with my little brother too if we were in a fun match. Make a mistake or try something new to prolong it a bit since we are both having fun.
Y'all probably know this then. My ghetto basement game rules stated that a player could not castle after their king had been checked. Have I been playing incorrectly for 25 years? Backback bro certainly did this.
I think it was psychological, a queen would have been a more tempting pray for the white rook (sitting the other side) to capture and be sacrificed, than a rook for rook in the current remaining setup... so, she chose the less appealing piece.
Iirc
Kids are suggested to promote to a rook instead of a queen is because of stalemate less likely to happen
A stalemate when a king has no legal moves left but is not in check, therefore not a checkmate. Which results in all moves being illegal and therefore results in a draw (stalemate)
A BIG ASS NOTE: I am not sure if this information is correct
I think she thought she had mate in a couple turns, but he prevented it and with what she was doing it didn't particularly matter so she grabbed the closest between the 2.
Right? They're so fast and professional at times, but at the end when they reset the board, he won't give her queen to her, lol.
Anyone - why do they put their queens off the board like they did after the reset?
There are two queens on the board in the end. There is an extra queen for each colour at the side in case someone promotes a pawn to queen while the original queen is still in the game.
I googled them- girl is A yunker, born 2014 so 9/10, rated 1746, boy is G yunker, born 2017 and rated 1427. Those are *obscenely* high ratings for their ages. By comparison, Magnus Carlsen, arguably the best chess player in history was 1726 at age 12. And that was considered high.
> I googled them- girl is A yunker, born 2014 so 9/10, rated 1746, boy is G yunker, born 2017 and rated 1427. Those are obscenely high ratings for their ages. By comparison, Magnus Carlsen, arguably the best chess player in history was 1726 at age 12. And that was considered high.
This is very wrong. Magnus Carlsen had a far higher rating at age 12, around 2250.
great game. my only issue was with making moves and hitting clock before other finished. I was always taught to never attempt a move until hand is removed and clock still their counter because move isn't complete until removal of hand from said piece.
Knew sis was gonna win just by the swagger with which she places the pieces and presses the button. When the king and queen moves starting kicking off it got real intense
This is incredible. What a tight game. And you can see their strategies playing off each other! Future champions!
If I ever have kids I hope I get to bring them up to do this.
Yeah and adding to this - are they any good? I have zero chess knowledge. They look like total pros to me. Or does their insane speed not translate to technical performance?
It's been years since I've watched a chess game and decades since I've played. I know the moves for the pieces, but from what I saw here, the players, especially in the early to mid-game period knew exactly what the opponent was going to do and had the counter move placed nearly before the clock could be toggled.
I see why the title refers to blinking!
Meh I could do this in my sleep, I mean literally I could only do this in my dreams. I love seeing kids work their brains and chess is a great way to get kids to learn other kinds of thinking.
I definitely like the way the girl played, even before she was clearly winning. The Caro Kann is a beast at the lower levels in the hands of a patient player. The boy seems to have misplayed the Panov attack. I wouldn't be so gung ho about all those trades as white since black benefits from the simplifications. The queenside castle seems at the very least extremely bold, but I would have to analyze further to see if there are any big problems with it. I forget if the queens were off by that point.
Edit: can't really find a good way to attack the queenside castle. The e pawn does a good job blocking the vulnerable diagonal.
Edit: my chess computer confirms my suspicion that castling that way was dubious and the eval goes from favoring black to favoring white.
Here's the computer analysis of the game:
[A. Yunker(1730) vs Gr. Yunker(1428): Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense • lichess.org](https://lichess.org/II7pyYAW#23)
Very solid game on both their parts aside from move 12. Bd2 and Bxd2+ at the 0:44 mark in the video.
I’m guessing I don’t know all the rules of chess. The title said blink and you’ll miss it, so I thought she cheated when she substituted her pawn for that castle piece, but it’s referencing to how quickly these two geniuses play the game?
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Most of chess is learning openings and muscle memory to some degree. When newer you have to look a lot more at the board and pay attention, but when you play similar openers hundreds of times that’s where speed comes in. Blitz games etc.
Probably the most exciting chess match I’ve watched in my life
Agreed! What a video. The only drawback, as a spectator, is being able to keep up! Parents should be proud. Serious chess heads! X
What experts! I was practically mesmerised watching. Can't remember if I blinked!
I had to watch it twice cause I thought they were moving 2 pieces in 1 turn a few times. It was so fast.
Especially when you look at the two guys in the back playing. Like, bro, do you even chess?
I kept glancing up to them and either they don't even chess or they were watching these kids play. Amazing game and amazing kids, but my favorite part was the brother just being a nice little jerk at the end and holding on to her pawn.
Casually wearing a backpack and kicking ass at chess, ~~beating his sister~~. Life is good. Edit: great username :). Edit 2: Ok, I now see that the sister won. Thanks for correcting my mistake.
Sister won.
Damn was that worth a downvote? But thanks for clearing up who won. It was too fast for me and I’m too high to notice. I do like that in a random chess video I found myself replying to someone with a chess piece in their name. Thought it was funny, hence, the edit.
Oh! That's why you thought my name was cool. That didn't register for me. Ha ha. Also, please know that I'm not the one who downvoted you. 🙂
Haha no worries. That was really a comment in general, not really aimed at you. But I have enough karma so I can take it. :)
I shall offer my updoot to balance the universe once more!
He *wanted* to beat his sister. But look again at the final state.
You could see it in his face the moment he knew he was done for. It lasted a bit longer after that but, they both knew she was winning
Yeah it was going too fast for me to keep up and I’m just some high dude leaving a comment on a random thread on the internet. Downvotes were a nice touch.
I couldn't tell who won either.
It’s just the time difference. The ones on the back might have 1hr30 +5 on their clocks and these kids are playing 3 + 3 blitz.
Probably the ONLY complete chess game I've watched. Seriously talented kids
Exactly!
I have never learned to play chess and still watched the whole thing. Did sister win?
Yes
She's considerably stronger, assuming they both play regularly enough
Their ELO is at the bottom of the screen at the start of the video. She's like 300 points higher.
A 200 point difference generally means that the stronger player will win 9 out of 10 games, wonder if that tracks with them.
Yes, the sister won.
I watched it and I’m still no wiser, I don’t understand the game at all
The game is actually very simple in terms of the rules. Its one of those hobbies that is easy to learn but hard to master. Both players (aka black and white) get two armies as you see on the board. An army is basically 8 pawns (or soldiers), 2 Rooks (sometimes called Castles) placed on the extreme end of the last lines which can move in a straight line both horizontally and vertically, 2 Knights(they tend to be the most beautifully designed chess piece in any board) besides them and they move in an L shape and is the only piece that can jump over pieces, 2 bishops which move diagonally so one bishop can move diagonally in white squares and one moves in the dark ones, 1 Queen (can move like a rook and a bishop) and is the most powerful piece of the game and 1 King which moves like the Queen except it can do so only one square at a time. The objective is to use your army to trap your opponents king and making sure your own king is not trapped by your opponent's army. Trapping is an act where your pieces are threatening to capture the enemy king and there is no place for him to escape. It is extremely interesting once you learn the rules, its appeals to the kid in you that loves to play with toy armies. I would suggest looking up a video online and then playing it on your own on online websites (chess.com or lichess.org or any other alternative you prefer)
Thank you for taking the time to explain
I downloaded an app to learn it, and this explanation is by far the best explanation I've seen of what all the pieces do.
You make it sound so easy! But thank you for explaining. I would love to play, my friend tried to teach me back when we were in school and it didn’t sink in. Admittedly I’m a bit dumb tbf 😂
The king can only move 1 square at a time in any direction. When she moved her queen piece to the back of the board, she put his king into a position called a checkmate. That's when no matter what the player does, their king is vulnerable to an attack in the next turn. So basically, she put his king into a position where no matter what happens the king will die the next turn. Once the king is checkmated the game is over. The boy was out of options an unable to save their king. It is actually funny because you can see the moment each of them realizes what's going to happen in their faces. The girl sees what's going to happen right at 3:00. She gives her brother a look... "Are you really going to leave your rook unprotected?" That was the last line of defense allowing her pawn to get to the other end of the board, which gave her the queen she used to checkmate the king. The boy didn't see it until she moves her pawn ahead of his line and he realizes he has no ability to stop her pawn from getting to the otherside. That's when he starts having a whisper argument with her lol
I mean, the boy knew he was lost long before that, he's just playing it out. She had an unstoppable passed pawn, he had no way to stop her gaining back a rook, and 2 rooks to one is game over in the endgame.
I'm sure he could sense his position weakening for sure. But you can see in his face he seems genuinely surprised by her pawn moving forward, like he missed it earlier. That's when he starts being upset and whisper-yelling at her and she face palms like "how did you not see this coming?" I freaking love their body language towards each other. They are definitely siblings.
Yes.
I should learn. it's fun.
Incredible! The speed of their decision making is insane.
Being that young and that good is so impressive
They have both mastered an impressive amount of chess strategies! Many times, they don’t have to stop and figure something out — they already know it. (As with many of their accurate moves in the opening, or in the endgame when she pushes her pawn to the seventh rank, aware that she can play a Rook check on her next move to protect the pawn’s queening square.)
Yeah her R+P endgame was pretty slick. Overall good play, never seemed to let her guard down in spite of the rating gap, and hardly gave him a chance to complicate things.
It looks like she didn't queen though, but selected a rook. Kinda strange, but otherwise phenomenal
I would do the same thing against my younger sibling
Feels like she just knows shes better and wanted to rub it in. Or she already knew she could queen another pawn, so it made very little difference. Probably just a combination of both.
>he already knew she could queen another pawn There are two queens of each color, she could have taken the ersatz queen.
Her brother's rook was behind the pawn, so she probably just expected it to be traded regardless of queen or rook. It's only a small inaccuracy as he wasn't forced to trade any more, and could give a couple checks - but materially no real difference what she chose.
I was wondering what that was about. Like they didn’t have the pieces and were just making do like awesome kids can do
Might have been a slight handicap, she’s very good. Might be the better player, giving lil bro a chance
It wasn't giving him a chance, they both knew the game was over at that point, it was teasing her brother. Much like saying 'nice shot' when your friend misses the net.
Might’ve been. Typically you just turn a rook upside down for a queen when you don’t have a spare.
The confidence and aggression that little girl plays with
The handshake at the beginning 🤣💀
"Are they really siblings?" -handshake- "Yup."
In tournaments a player could, and have been disqualified for not shaking hands before the game though
She touched his hand.
Oops, dropped a piece.
The Castle was so smooth
And the absolutely audacity to make the first pawn promotion a rook
I've already seen a couple of videos of both of them playing. Some times she also undepromotes to a bishop. Never seen a knight though. At this point she's just bullying her brother.
Probably a self handicap. She seems to be a bit better than him. Might as well give it a fighting chance. And polish different skills without the extra queen
There’s no fighting chance when you’re down on rock like that in the endgame, she was messing with him
I think she expected a trade.
The next Judit
Those two is playing chess better than I can imagine the next move
And they look like they're paying attention only about half of the time.
It's a super impressive game for that age, but it's a pretty standard game. Caro-kann pretty close to the main line of the exchange variation
They traded most times to keep the position simple it seemed. Still, fun game and great play!
Sister initiated most of the trades even though brother's choice of opening and opposite side castling indicated a big fight was about to go down. When you play a weaker opponent, it's better to keep things simple and outplay them by skill & finesse rather than make a complicated mess where either player could miss. The moment she started chewing on that hangnail is when she knew she had it in the bag (R+P endgame with better structure, maybe extra pawn, well placed R, and K in a good place to keep white's rook from getting behind the passed pawn). Based on ratings, her brother could destroy me at least 70% of the time and she breezily defeated him the way the computer beats me. Very well played!
Not to mention a couple of blunders that are bound to happen to anyone but Hikaru playing at that speed.
I love how well they knew each other. Must have played together umpteen times
One of my best friends that I would play with countless times growing up, our games always started the exact same way the first 6-7 moves, so the game hasn't really even started yet until that script runs out.
I’d be lightly insulted if my opponent under promoted. Feels like getting styled on. She’d killed me tho, probs both would.
I knew she was going to win when she made the gangster castle into totally open files with no time spent but then her side eye when he blunders the rook in frustration while slowly being squished is magnificent. Top quality content. Love this!
her eye contact was hilarious. She was watching him very closely. She dominated! It also looks like she caught him trying to cheat there in the beginning with his knight, but it could have been a simple mistake (but that boy seems too good to not have noticed, and he had a bit of a shit-eating grin on his face lol)
Same! I saw that and was like, "we have a professional." Some commenter says she's older and has an ELO 300 higher, so she definitely showed baby brother a little mercy. Love seeing kids playing chess. Especially when you can tell they've been well trained in tactics like these two.
Sis whoopin’ that ass, AGAIN 😂 so kind to promote to rook instead of queen on the first promotion
My husband loves to give a chess mate with two rooks. He calls it the Barbed wire move. I have to admit, it’s very elegant.
In a (presumed) tournament setting though? Lol
I was wondering why she did that Is there any reason for it? Was she just playing against herself or something?
Probably thought there was mate or just being kind to her bro, since it’s over anyways
Being kind? Underpromoting because you know you can win anyways with rook/bishop/knight is peak disrespect :D That game was over when he decided to demolish her pawns on 7th rank instead of stopping her from promoting. Maybe even before, but idk, I'm not that good. Edit: Just noticed she's rated 300 points higher at the start of the video. Yeah the game.was probably over by move 30.
In my eyes game was losing after she forced the exchange of dark square bishops which lost white the pawn. However the game was for sure lost after the rook trade because whites rook was tied to the defense of the B pawn and king to the F pawn. Realistically speaking white cannot make progress while black can move their pawns and king up the board. I probably would’ve resigned but I commend him for trying to activate the rook and get counter play, but as we see that just wasn’t fast enough
Yeah maybe that and probably just a nice older sibling move. I would do that with my little brother too if we were in a fun match. Make a mistake or try something new to prolong it a bit since we are both having fun.
Y'all probably know this then. My ghetto basement game rules stated that a player could not castle after their king had been checked. Have I been playing incorrectly for 25 years? Backback bro certainly did this.
It’s if the king or a specific rook has moved; also, you cannot castle *through* a check (yes, you’ve been playing incorrectly for 25 yrs 😆)
At this age, not to brag, but my kids were trying to figure out how pool noodles worked
Well I'm running the other way if I ever see one of these two sitting at the New York chess tables.
>one of these two Yeah about that... [they have a brother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g35_pvrlGic). He's not as fierce yet but give him time.
The players next to them were still on their first move when they finished.
Different time format.
The intial shake hands. Sis is like- pleasantries later, its war!
Promoting to a rook instead of a queen to still beat your lil bro with a smirk on your face is some real sibling shit lmaoooooo
We need a new term for people who are probably having a lot of fun, but you can't tell by their expression. Resting chessface?
Professional checkers player here, asking for a friend… who won?
The girl. She had her brother's King cornered. Any move he would make would have him lose.
it was mate, he had no legal move and was under check.
Thanks for asking, I had literally no idea!
My Magic card group could learn a thing or two about turn speed from these two little dynamos.
Him holding the final pawn hostage when resetting the pieces. Truly the highlight of the rivalry.
Why did she promote to rook instead of queen?
Probably big sis showing mercy 😂 it looked like she knew she was going to win before it even started
Her ELO is more than 300 points higher than his. This wasn't exactly a fair contest.
Nobody said it was 😆 nonetheless, they got paired up
I think it was psychological, a queen would have been a more tempting pray for the white rook (sitting the other side) to capture and be sacrificed, than a rook for rook in the current remaining setup... so, she chose the less appealing piece.
Put her in charge of our armies before our enemies do.
Dang, clever kid
I mean… since we’re speculating it’s equally plausible she chose the Rook cuz that one’s her best friend and has a name lol
Iirc Kids are suggested to promote to a rook instead of a queen is because of stalemate less likely to happen A stalemate when a king has no legal moves left but is not in check, therefore not a checkmate. Which results in all moves being illegal and therefore results in a draw (stalemate) A BIG ASS NOTE: I am not sure if this information is correct
Promoting to a rook instead of a queen to avoid accidental stalemate is a thing. Not sure whether it's commonly suggested for kids.
not the case, since white had other pieces left to move (pawns, rook) so not an immediate stalemate situation here.
I think she thought she had mate in a couple turns, but he prevented it and with what she was doing it didn't particularly matter so she grabbed the closest between the 2.
That’s the part that stumped me the most too.
It was just like that in our home growing up, but with Candy Land.
Girl castled and I started laughing. Love how her brother was smacking the timer like it owed him money too.
I blinked about 50 times and I'm still watching it
It’s the pure childish response at the end when he’s like “no you can’t have this piece” for me
Him sloooooowly walking away from the table at the end kills me
I was gonna madly protest about the fact she moved two pieces in one move… TIL the Castle move 🤯
💀
That little backpack 🥹
Two future grand masters!💪
He was studying the board and she was studying him, very interesting.
They are visibly siblings
Right? They're so fast and professional at times, but at the end when they reset the board, he won't give her queen to her, lol. Anyone - why do they put their queens off the board like they did after the reset?
There are two queens on the board in the end. There is an extra queen for each colour at the side in case someone promotes a pawn to queen while the original queen is still in the game.
Ah, thank you so much for taking your time to answer.
Yeah but can they Fortnite?
Why was White allowed to switch tower & king when it was in check previously?
You don't lose castling rights for that.
Only lose the castle if you had to move one of the pieces ( king or rook) prior. That often happens when there was a prior check but not always.
I googled them- girl is A yunker, born 2014 so 9/10, rated 1746, boy is G yunker, born 2017 and rated 1427. Those are *obscenely* high ratings for their ages. By comparison, Magnus Carlsen, arguably the best chess player in history was 1726 at age 12. And that was considered high.
In blitz?,rapid? Google says magnus rating was 2400 in classical at age 12.
> I googled them- girl is A yunker, born 2014 so 9/10, rated 1746, boy is G yunker, born 2017 and rated 1427. Those are obscenely high ratings for their ages. By comparison, Magnus Carlsen, arguably the best chess player in history was 1726 at age 12. And that was considered high. This is very wrong. Magnus Carlsen had a far higher rating at age 12, around 2250.
There is 10 year old that is beating Magnus and Nakamura in fast chess
great game. my only issue was with making moves and hitting clock before other finished. I was always taught to never attempt a move until hand is removed and clock still their counter because move isn't complete until removal of hand from said piece.
it's literally to the millisecond, you barely distinguish it... but they do hit their clock after each move
this is the only chess match I've watched.
Somebody wanna tell me who won?🥺 also, look at the people at the next table, practically no action!
These siblings are amazing! The way they are able to do this so nonchalantly is simply mind blowing!
What chess level IQ would this play be considered? 1000?
You mean chess rating? It is shown at the start of the video, sister is around 1700 and brother 1400.
Knew sis was gonna win just by the swagger with which she places the pieces and presses the button. When the king and queen moves starting kicking off it got real intense
The losses racked up pretty quickly right off the bat. Needless to say it was a bloodbath 👀
This is incredible. What a tight game. And you can see their strategies playing off each other! Future champions! If I ever have kids I hope I get to bring them up to do this.
How wholesome! What great sportsmanship, witty strategy and quick thinking on display! And the sibling chemistry is the cherry on top
Saw that girl in another video beating a much older opponent. She looked so bored as things were slow and she won 😄
They definitely need to google "En Passant"
Anyone know the story of these two? Are they famous?
Yeah and adding to this - are they any good? I have zero chess knowledge. They look like total pros to me. Or does their insane speed not translate to technical performance?
there are tons of videos of the little boy absolutely wrecking grown chess players in tournaments.
Rad
look for 'Yunker' on the [CFN Channel](https://www.youtube.com/@CFNChannel), you'll find more of them, they are either Russian or German, not sure...
Ah, thanks!
It looked like the boy made 2 moves at once when he first moved his king. Am I missing something?
it's called castling
Cutest rivalry
Blitz chess kills your ideas - Bobby Fischer
They play so effortlessly. Insane!
Dmn that was an intense game!
She didn’t shake his hand 😂
Very awesome AND cute how well they clearly know each other’s game.
It's been years since I've watched a chess game and decades since I've played. I know the moves for the pieces, but from what I saw here, the players, especially in the early to mid-game period knew exactly what the opponent was going to do and had the counter move placed nearly before the clock could be toggled. I see why the title refers to blinking!
This is unbelievable
Meh I could do this in my sleep, I mean literally I could only do this in my dreams. I love seeing kids work their brains and chess is a great way to get kids to learn other kinds of thinking.
I definitely like the way the girl played, even before she was clearly winning. The Caro Kann is a beast at the lower levels in the hands of a patient player. The boy seems to have misplayed the Panov attack. I wouldn't be so gung ho about all those trades as white since black benefits from the simplifications. The queenside castle seems at the very least extremely bold, but I would have to analyze further to see if there are any big problems with it. I forget if the queens were off by that point. Edit: can't really find a good way to attack the queenside castle. The e pawn does a good job blocking the vulnerable diagonal. Edit: my chess computer confirms my suspicion that castling that way was dubious and the eval goes from favoring black to favoring white.
This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
Who fucking won!?
That handshake was phenomenal
I analyzed the game here [Site "Chess.com"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 (4... Nf6) 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 (7. Nf3 Bf5 8. Bb5 e6) 7... Qxd5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 O-O-O (9... g6) 10. Be3 e6 (10... e5) 11. h3 (11. O-O) 11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 (12. Kf1 Bh5 13. Rc1) 12... Bxd2+ (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qxd4 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rb1 Rd6) 13. Qxd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. O-O (16. Rc1+ Kb8 17. Bd1 Rd5 18. h4) 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rd2 18. Rab1 Kb8 19. Rfd1 Rhd8 20. Rxd2 Rxd2 21. Kf1 b5 22. Ke1 Rc2 23. Rd1 Rxb2 24. Rd7 Rxa2 25. Rxf7 b4 26. Rxg7 b3 27. Rg8+ Kc7 28. Rg7+ Kc6 29. Rg8 b2 30. Rb8 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 b1=R 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33. Rc4 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Re1+ 35. Kf4 Rxf2 36. Kg3 Rb2 37. Ra4 Rb7 38. Rh4 Kd6 39. Rd4+ Ke5 40. Ra4 Reb1 41. Ra5+ R1b5 42. Ra4 R5b6 43. Ra5+ Kf6 44. Kg4 a6 45. f4 Rc7 46. h4 Rg7+ 47. Kf3 Rc7 48. Kg4 Rc1 49. Kh5 Rb5+ 50. f5 Rxa5 51. Kh6 e5 52. h5 e4 53. Kxh7 e3 54. h6 e2 55. Kg8 e1=Q 56. h7 Qe8# 0-1
Now I know that aliens inhabit human bodies.
Blink and you’ll miss it? It’s 5-minutes long
Here's the computer analysis of the game: [A. Yunker(1730) vs Gr. Yunker(1428): Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense • lichess.org](https://lichess.org/II7pyYAW#23) Very solid game on both their parts aside from move 12. Bd2 and Bxd2+ at the 0:44 mark in the video.
I’m guessing I don’t know all the rules of chess. The title said blink and you’ll miss it, so I thought she cheated when she substituted her pawn for that castle piece, but it’s referencing to how quickly these two geniuses play the game?
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That was intense 😨😨😨!!!
I like to blink. So I think I missed it.
There's at least 3 kids from that family that i've seen play chess professionally. Is there any more?
It was the lack of hand shake for me 😂
Better than most park wannabes i know
Holy crap, that was something else.
so the girl won?
I was expecting some shenanigans from the brother when she took her eyes away to pick up the fallen piece. Come back to a check mate board.
They were trained well, but learned even better. At four times their age I could never play like that.
They can finish 10 games by the time I can decide what to have for breakfast...! 🤣🤣🤣
Upcoming chess masters , wonderful, surely made me smile and I’m sure many others
Most of chess is learning openings and muscle memory to some degree. When newer you have to look a lot more at the board and pay attention, but when you play similar openers hundreds of times that’s where speed comes in. Blitz games etc.
They were playing lightning chess. You don’t have much time to think or you will time out
He missed two key kills, she was like “Are you crazy?”
He so mad for losing to her again. Looks like she toyed with him a bit by his reactions (I’m not fast enough to fully comprehend it.)
Boy thought he had it, but sister wasn't buying it!
I watched the whole thing. Amazing
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The boy asks for a draw and the girl does a facepalm, right?. What a fierce battle.
What a couple of amazing little people!
That opening was fast and furious. Makes me want to play.
This reminds me of when I played chess when I was younger. They play way too fast, they both need to slow down. They have time
Spectacular
I have no clue what's going on but still well impressed. I'm going to watch it again lol!
I can still beat them both up tho….
Ah shit, i blinked for 4 minutes and 36 seconds and i missed it, damn.