Botez Gambit? Why Win When You Can Stalemate? | Part 3

[@EnoVarma]

18:10 Hikaru: This guy's suspicious. Meanwhile his opponent is playing against a 600 who plays like a god.

[@elyasberahmand6815]

I never cheat

[@rossi4125]

hey it's you. Did you know that it was hikaru while playing him?

[@potatolivesmatter3952]

*proceeds to hang queen*

[@Sirciel]

@@elyasberahmand6815 legend

[@seinfan9]

Well, it isn't because he's playing well. A good chess player could have barely created an account explaining the rating away. It's that the time for decision making isn't reflective of how a human plays and moreso somebody waiting for an engine to churn the evaluation. There are "obvious" moves that people would play that the person takes too long to do and some moves being played that don't make sense yet yield better positioning as play continues.

[@darrynriskus5180]

These intros never miss. The editor deserves a raise

[@sergio4892]

Yuhp

[@jacksonbranner]

lmfao hikaru’s face after drawing is so perfectly cut

[@cokomairena]

Hikaury: I can't play on Lichess Also Hikaru: wins Lichess tournament

[@one-to-one-ratio]

Also he wouldn't have been able to stalemate like he did in the intro if he was on lichess

[@Amoeby]

Imo lichess is better

[@Funder28]

Stalemate at 20:05

[@chezeus1672]

up next: speedrun to 3000, but hikaru's not allowed to win. draws only.

[@pure2291]

that would be impossible sadly

[@sepel98]

@@pure2291 not really since you gain points for draws aswell, you just have to draw against higher rated players so theoretical its possible - although its not really doable to 3000😅😂

[@thepronoob1972]

@@sepel98 nah sometimes a draw is +1 or -1 which would mean 3000+ games practically

[@chezeus1672]

i have to concede it wouldn't work because of matchmaking: opponents are selected to have the same rating on average, so if you draw every game, you lose just as much as you gain. he must be allowed to win under certain conditions (let's say opponent gives up before move 5, or refuses a draw after 20 moves); otherwise, he literally can't make any progress.

[@GlennTheSadMarinersFan]

Maybe draw only to 2000... not counting people resigning.

[@hypercube5276]

You could say that it’s a queen’s gambit speedrun

[@aoyuki1409]

it'll be Queen Gambit tho, since Queen's Gambit refer to the D4 C4 pawn opening, sacrificing Queenside off-center pawn

[@ronmaessen2021]

The blunder at 18:50 makes sense to me. I think the idea is Qxh2# but he/she missed the rook that was there all of a sudden due to time pressure.

[@seinfan9]

Hikaru is actually tolerant. Much love your way, man.

[@PieInTheSky9]

I've been doing this same speedrun except when I sack my queen it's not on purpose.

[@edj9142]

Glad the intro's production quality improved for this speedrun!

[@Rabarbaraaa]

12:03 Ahhh the famous fiancheeto bishop

[@bored6251]

At 13:40 there was checkmate, Ne4

[@marsu9034]

hikaru calmly destroys every one whilst being political and feeding queens

[@moomoocow526]

Hikaru misses mate in 1 at 13:43

[@moomoocow526]

nvm he mentions it

[@maxdemian6312]

good find

[@paulwirth5198]

At 13:49 he missed mate in one with knight to e4

[@MR__MAD__MAX]

No

[@paulwirth5198]

To be more accurate, it was at 13:42 because he moved the bishop instead of the knight

[@enad3501]

Ye he knows, someone said to him already if u werent watching

[@itzfruitless5243]

Later down the series it would be interesting to see if levy would finally be able to beat Hikaru with queen odds.

[@jedinxf7]

of course he would

[@jedinxf7]

that's an insulting question. any titled player should. Hikaru is drastically stronger than most but a queen is a queen. he would put up enough complications to make it interesting, maybe even trick weaker ones into draws sometimes, but overall if there is a person on earth you can't beat with queen odds you are not good enough to be a titled player. it's no slight to Hikaru; Levi should beat stockfish with queen odds.

[@Balila_balbal_loki]

@@jedinxf7 It already happened in the beginning of covid levy lost with queen odds.

[@Mike_Sierra_2711]

Me, very proud: Wow! I actually would've played the exact same line as Hikaru in that game! 🥳 Hikaru: OK, I might actually loose this game!

[@Austin-hm6qq]

Best intros of any series. Sincerely, an early 2000’s pop punk kid

[@DrOmegaBattleSphere]

elias-7666, remember this day, a chess god was born. Decimated Hikaru to stalemate, rated in the 700s. The champ is here, all hail the king.

[@quentind1924]

Great video ! I think you should hide the win/lost counter at the start of the video to avoid potential spoilers (even if there is no loss/draws, because we already know there is none. For the first few episodes its not surprising but for later it will be more important !)

[@dowed1209]

bro he stats are from prevoius games.

[@retrogamer3907]

20:05 legendary 😂😂😂

[@puddlejumper3259]

"I've been down south" Bruh it's not just south it's literally everywhere. A lot of big cities have whole districts that are trash. And a decent number of rural towns in general aren't doing so hot either.

[@11pupona]

@18:50 maybe it was a mouse slip, Qg1 wins instantly, mate in h2 is forced

[@jacobpeters5458]

maybe a mouse slip. but not a forced mate: (M1)...Qg1. (M2) Rh7+ Kg5 (M3) Ra5+ Kf6 (M4) Kh4 and after Qxh2, Bh3. But then if black does Nf2, I don't see how white could escape losing a rook and a bishop without getting mated (Rf7+ Kxf7), which is gg anyway. should've bought a better mouse

[@asherh.8593]

2:27 One of the political takes I actually agree with Hikaru on.

[@johnnytwotimes7854]

Seems like he has no idea about politics haha

[@asherh.8593]

@@johnnytwotimes7854 I mean, in the spirit of what he said, that’s what everyone thinks about those they disagree with. I have a healthy amount of disagreement with Hikaru, and especially Levy, but this was a fair take by him I believe.

[@johnnytwotimes7854]

@@asherh.8593 Dude everyone thinks ppl they disagree with are wrong, that's pretty unavoidable intrinsically

[@lred1383]

@@johnnytwotimes7854 But you can at least try to understand their reasoning. It may be biased or working with incomplete data, but you should do your best to understand the people you disagree with instead of dehumanizing them

[@asherh.8593]

@@johnnytwotimes7854 Yeah, that’s something Hikaru is basically saying, and he then adds that it’s not that simple. Obviously people will naturally think their opposition idiots, but the whole point is that it’s not that simple.

[@shortieberg6343]

The guy who drew him must feel on top of the world

[@TimeWalk936]

0:08 the same face that Kasparov did

[@Dark-ns2ov]

ooh this is the earliest I've been to a vid. Love the content GMHikaru!

[@benjaminhonick5258]

20:09 the fake emotion lmao

[@factpunch901]

Just look at the thumbnail, how purely the idea of whole video is trapped in a single picture.

[@eyeofazurewrathe]

11:48 blunder on move 5 lmao

[@charlespanache7047]

Thanks for uploading on a holiday

[@Sympanet]

12:12 he looks very scared lmao

[@maxamos7]

I remember watching Annihilation and comparing it to the remake of Ghost Busters that came out around the same time... One original and beautiful... The other tired and old.

[@kaidoChess]

Also I’ve never heard anyone say ‘poor southern people’ vote a certain way

[@calebbeecroft1373]

“Get an original concept” plays chess every day

[@maxamos7]

@19:10 as someone who makes these blunders I don't really get it either... Except to say I play chess to destress and my brain is usually thinking about other things.

[@Tiger_calw]

6:50 knight c2 forks the rooks idk maybe im bad but i saw and went to comments

[@Tiger_calw]

bruh i commented before he did it next move lmao

[@JosemarDavid]

This introduction remember Friends

[@thieumuoikie1911]

20:00

[@sjay149]

Hey GM Hikaru, congratulations on being you (again).

[@peaoui165]

Why isn't this playlist in order? The first few videos go Part: 1, 2, 8, 6, 7, 5, 3, 4, 9....then in order

[@vitzbig]

its funny how everyone managed to blunder their queens

[@wroughtiron7258]

I cry that hikaru can't play magnus on lichess.

[@rishabh625]

I love how the discription says he "chose" to stalemate his opponent when it happened by accident🤣

[@adolfopross7269]

Eric Rosen be like:

[@kaidoChess]

Many parts of the south are significantly better than LA 😂🙏🏼

[@dududududu6019]

It s impresive having a draw after queen sac tho :D

[@blakestone8891]

not rly its like bayern munich starting 3 nil down against the girls under 9s from town and finishing in a draw

[@xzjulius]

Love the intro lmaoooooooo

[@ethangallup6687]

People in Alabama don’t have sewage systems so they run out back about 100 feet or yards can remember. But it’s so they don’t pollute their drinking water. Mainly trailer parks but still.

[@Rath_9]

I gotta say the argument for why make another spiderman movie, it’s kind of a weird argument. People enjoy it plain and simple. I get it’s not your thing but it’s the same reason why they make a new fifa or call of duty game every year or why someone will play a single game like chess for their entire life ya know? Everyone enjoys different things, just cuz it’s done before doesn’t make it bad for that fact alone

[@adityaverma1090]

This intro lowkey reminds me of some random ass american high school movie

[@dauraktv]

“I’ll tickle check”

[@MyKingBee1]

Wow that’s he got the draw😂😂

[@darksteelfuzzy]

"I'm gonna sac my queen with a Caro-Kahn't to horrify Levi"

[@galihabimanyu213]

What about finishing tricks only speedrun?? Or i miss the video??

[@lawlietlight2186]

this intro is the best

[@matthewpiotrowski4287]

22:20 he doesn’t lose his queen his opponent has ng5 and he can either even trade or just leave it dam I commented this before opponent played the move LMAO

[@vikshi]

20:02

[@MasaKaneshiro]

Does Hikaru actually understand the Larratt vs Saganashvili reference?

[@ethohalfslab]

I tried pretty hard to look up the number of viewers of Fischer vs. Spassky, but I found no sources. Can anyone here find anything? Even an estimation? Every single article I found on the game just says it was watched by a "huge number of people" or something generic like "ratings soared".

[@istg5619]

cheaters always make random move when they low on time

[@valvanto]

Missed mate 13:40 with Ne4

[@GeekonaBike]

Most watch blitz game maybe

[@ChocolateJesii]

Haha! I had no idea that Hikaru followed armwrestling!

[@benjaminhonick5258]

@16:43 if it ain't broke why fix it

[@olliebyrne3252]

Your my king hikaru

[@briankeith2]

Hikaru missed mate at 13:40 or am i stupid?

[@shiro8663]

why is 20:05 a draw? can someone explain?

[@Robbde]

The opponent got no moves left but isn't in check, so it's not mate, it's draw.

[@Kiralucy]

Happy Holidays everyone and hikaru we have same view on movies. Just scripted, rather watch youtube or twitch.

[@maxamos7]

Is this intro inspired by the Saved By The Bell intro

[@sravanvalaboju724]

fan of hikaru

[@bobbobbinson1841]

so.... I feel like chess is straight memorizations of all previous games. If you don't have perfect memory of most lines you are just plain subpar... is this true?

[@Garrillagamer]

Theoretically if both people are playing perfect computer moves every move then sure, but we aren't computers, especially in the endgame it's memorizing checkmating patterns combined with legitimate strategy to either trick your opponent into a mate or blunder or even just a small mistake. If everyone just memorized every line no one would ever won

[@irjake]

Is he trolling about rather watching twitch than a movie? Or is that something he's paid to say in his contract?

[@kzmOP]

Love from 🇮🇳india

[@chuckg4812]

Entertaining as always. Don't know how you stand chatroom trolls analyzing everything you do or say. Questioning how you say the word "stalemate"? ..unreal.

[@luispedroza9945]

Not queen vs poor rate Grate video of corse of corse

[@pikachuftw3068]

can someone tell me the name of the outro song?

[@edboswell12345]

Why watch when the title ruins the video?

[@MMYpvzh]

13:39 The day Hikaru Nakamura (GM btw) missed a KNIGHT MATE IN ONE MOVE

[@hoegaarden2003]

Great opening music

[@sgjhseregreargea6480]

i sware all of these speedruns making you worse at chess lol

[@diplomaticunicorn6750]

pet hikaru

[@Garrillagamer]

Hikaru - I wish people would be more understanding of eachother and not base everything on politics Chat - starts shitting on people's politics, making fun of conservatives because that's all their empty heads thought of when he said south, and claiming everything is politics

[@prodigy1605]

If the south and their politics are so bad why are so many people from Illinois, New York, Oregon and California moving there?

[@Garrillagamer]

@@prodigy1605 and then keep voting the same so they can ruin the southern states too 😂

[@elyasberahmand6815]

sorry hikaru for stalemate that was meee

[@lgmnowkondo938]

these videos should show the girls too...

[@hustlehumbly6169]

Why was the game with Elias a stalemate

[@brahimbenouda5281]

because he had no legal moves but wasn't in check

[@hustlehumbly6169]

@@brahimbenouda5281 that’s stupid, hikaru should win in that case chess is dumb

[@brahimbenouda5281]

@@hustlehumbly6169 i know, it's a dumb rule

[@wibuprofessor6631]

India is a great country only if there's no genocide

[@varun9876]

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[@wormysturn7949]

8th

[@spicyoreos74]

5th

[@itaiaalsvel8361]

4th

[@akshatsrivastava6193]

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