Chess with Igor and Gleb

Via Metafilter, two delightful videos of Igor and Gleb playing 1-minute games of chess. Here is the first game. Here is the second (maybe funnier?). And there are more.

I take thiiiiiiiiiiiiis paaaawn! Is naawt goooood!

I find myself absolutely tickled at the narration of this usually silent game. I realize, too, that my feelings mirror those of i_am_joe's_spleen. I bet my accent is pretty funny in some other places, too:

Oh man. I find their accents hilarious, even though I know that I have a hilarious New Zealand accent in any language. And this makes me feel small and ungenerous, since Igor and Gleb are kindly teaching me chess. I am giggling, hating myself and learning chess all at once.

I think I find these videos particularly fun/ny as I've only just learned how to play the game within the past year. I even almost won once. I need to study-up on the Sicilian Defense.