BRILLIANT WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ryanshollenberger2049]

This man was on his feet for nearly 7 hours, meeting and greeting a horde of us chess nerds and still put out a video today. Hats off to you my friend.

[@morelhunter3966]

Thank you, it was my pleasure!

[@extrageneity]

You should edit your post to say "New York Times bestselling author" instead of "man."

[@keneth_15]

​@@morelhunter3966you're welcome bro

[@rishiaman2]

fr

[@rickdonnelly3937]

He will be or has been well compensated.

[@Geb83]

For anyone who was curious, Ramazan Zhalmakhanov drew yet another 2690-rated player

[@pininja4981]

Thank you. I was asking about him

[@cubsfanman-nx6pg]

The comment we all needed

[@kurzackd]

I was just gonna write a comment asking about him... Just *WHY* didn't Gotham cover this ?? :(( .

[@pixelate9980]

This needs to be pinned. Also Thankyou

[@thenewguy7527]

​@@kurzackdHe made a berlin draw in 14 moves

[@PerfectSense77]

Damn. Hikaru is in absolutely insane form at the moment. Crushing the second best player of his generation like it's nothing. It's been a crazy 12 months for him.

[@jimisunkissed6164]

I think it's because Hikaru is seriously considering retiring from professional chess for real and this may be his last chance to become world champion so he give his all. Really hoping he finally wins it

[@Viewer13128]

@@jimisunkissed6164 definitely not. Hikaru knows that trying hard against other SGMs is just stress, so with his experience, I believe Hikaru truly believes in just having a relaxed mindset. I don't think he's lying at all about it.

​@tla5503 hes not lying, when he says he doesnt care it doesnt mean hes not trying when playing it just means the cloud of stress and worries is not above him all the time anymorw

[@mr_khlebnikov8604]

​@@jimisunkissed6164 why he wants to retire? He don't like playing chess anymore or something else?

[@kiroshakir7935]

​@@mr_khlebnikov8604professional chess Not casual chess He always describes himself as streamer first and gm second

[@Charge11]

Love him or hate him, Hikaru is an absolute chess legend. He makes playing and streaming at the same time for years on end look easy. And he brings many people to the sport, and additional knowledge about the sport while doing it.

[@neitswft]

Yes, most people know him for streaming but he is still a goat at playing

[@mistakes-bgt9502]

Who would hate him lol

[@satyamsharma-ng9dq]

@@mistakes-bgt9502i think youre new to chess when hikaru was a teen he was hella toxic

[@sneakyonthebeat]

@@mistakes-bgt9502 it was cool to hate Hikaru like 1-2 years ago

[@whiskeySe7en]

Did you just call chess a sport, twice?

[@astyutechick7980]

I'm never usually this early so lemme use this chance to say - great work man! I really enjoy your vids, not just cause you make the things you cover more exciting (not just chess) but also with the humor and the realness. It feels like I'm talking to a person rather than watching a presentation. Best wishes and thanks a lot for all the content!

[@1stlullaby484]

Truly his humour is incredible man 😂

[@DARKANASE]

It’s rare that the comment sections are so nice lol

[@iNeoKF]

The thing with levy is that, he is young, he understands how people of his age (most of his audience) talk, how their humor works plus he is just a nice person overall, yk that one short funny guy in the group loved by everyone. Like I watch him every night before going almost going to sleep.

[@Tinil0]

I was born less than a week from Hikaru and hearing you say "He is going on 40" made me double-take. We're 35 man. That's not almost 40! Damn, I just want to watch chess and I'm catching strays...

[@cygnustsp]

You're still young until youre about 47. Even Howard Stern at age 47 could play a young 20s version of himself. After that you're old forever.

[@TorqC69]

after 31 its over

[@spooderdan9127]

Well you're 35 years and 11 months so really you're closer 36 than 35 It's not that close but it's not that far either

[@Tinil0]

@@spooderdan9127 Hey...stop it! Stop reminding me of how old I am!

[@jackiego1]

I run a business running around with kids all day, and that’s just insane work ethic to see you uploading after an event like that. Couldn’t fathom coming home after that long a day and opening up the laptop. Huge effort to be acknowledged by this businessman.

[@Smarty-n4h]

'Victory is for greedy people, the humble ones always look for a draw' Giri, Anish

[@arepasxo]

If they see the win they win. If they cant see it or its not posible. Draw.

[@Shadydoesit]

​@@tathan1he was powerless to stop hans from forcing a decisive result. Its like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.

[@johnfrankster3244]

Why didnt gotham cover the game? Is he not doing has coverage because hans is on his rags or?

[@jipBak]

little bit dissapointed that the match between anish and hans wasn't here, but still a great video. Hikaru fabiano was amazing, the idea of Re1 was insane, im not suprised hikaru missed it. Also, that fabiano was defending well, but that just his queen was blocked from the action, made it possible for a huge attack, and that leads to, not a checkmate, but a better end/middle game and it leads to a completely winning endgame, freaking amazilng

[@Viewer13128]

what happened in anish vs hans? something interesting?

[@JimJWalker]

I would love to see Naka take the title from Ding. What a chess story that would be!

[@brosechannel]

Man, it’s firmly in the realm of fantasy, but can you imagine the Magnus super match after that?!?! Would be an amazing moment for chess

[@PerfectSense77]

@@brosechannel If Hikaru was world champ I honest could see Magnus coming back just to knock Hikaru off.

[@abhisekkumar3080]

Well if hakaru gets in the candidate magnus definitely gonna play candidate

[@WumpusAlpaca]

​@@abhisekkumar3080Not really.

[@jasond.5723]

1:40 I can’t speak for everyone, but this is a large part of why I love your stuff. You love the game. Your happy people are playing it. I learned as a kid but your videos really re-lit my fire for chess

[@RonaldTungol-j8d]

We respect your grind and dedication to your business levy, you’re the man

[@White_Tiger8]

This chess tournament has been very exciting! Im excited to see how it turns out

[@nitinvalani6792]

26:20 Levy literally said Alexendr Predke resigned but he actually won 😅

[@priyanshagrawal164]

17:32 that caught me off guard, but since levy is my favourite balding international master I'm willing to overlook it❤

[@hyun-shik7327]

Hikaru is frickin unstoppable in this tournament.

[@knjgwb]

that is a professional evaluation of the position, the king is vibing

[@arepasxo]

Levy never fails to be the most hard working Chess KZbinr

[@acpliego]

Between him and Hikaru, who also has a side gig

[@janamvaidya8599]

CHESSBASE INDIA

[@bball713]

Rook c6 cuts off the queen and traps it with the move BC7 incoming since the queen has no more squares and the only way to stop it after that is sacrificing a rook for a bishop which would of given hikaru a bigger advantage and would of just lead to cleanly won game

[@asteelopaparazzi1300]

A video on why the Catalan is so good going through all the Notation would be cool

[@captainacab1312]

"this king is vibing, that is a professional evaluation of white's position"

[@kk-kz9im]

Blud for real called a 35 year old a "nearing 40" 💀

[@thomvanhoof480]

Your chess steps series made me gain 200 ELO in two days. Bought your book straight after no better marketing than incredible free lessons/ analysis.

[@fluorophore1]

Hikaru is like whoa son I ain’t that old yet.

[@BigDaddy-zq1cq]

Levy never fails to pump his elixir into our elos

[@aleksi4836]

Dude. Just why.

[@caa_la]

​@@aleksi4836hes spitting tho

[@MajorAddiction]

AYO

[@dripcolors8756]

@@caa_la yea, spitting crap

[@shiningstone6771]

☺️🔥😜🤕🖖

[@WeHaveNoTalentSorry]

Bro! You've basically doubled the mainstream chess viewership just with your AMAZING hot-takes. I always say, an interesting person is an INTERESTED person. Bro, I'm like, 600 ELO but I love chess because of you. Thank you for making me appreciate this great game, even if I suck at it. 😂

[@livechesschannel]

Man Hikaru's win looked flawless🥶🥶😮😮😮

[@lchakrapani]

The one thing Hikaru did with the Rd6 idea was choke Fabi’s Queen and render it ineffective - an idea he remembered from a Titled Tuesday game a couple years back! Legendary! Plus Hikaru beat Fabi last 3/3 in classical chess meetings

[@iamtheiconoclast3]

Levy: "What Hikaru Nakamura did today was nothing short of absolutely sensational..." Hans: "How dare you accuse me of cheating??"

[@demokratpaja8024]

You said what we did in last 30 days. I moved from Czech to New Zealand, bought a van, working hard, recontruction of the van and still waiting to get your book to Czech rep. Sooo...

[@lonegunman0616]

I knew Fabi was going to lose when I saw the match up last night. He always chokes under pressure. Fabi defeats himself

[@sgrey9181]

20:33 incredibly, two siblings qualifying has actually happened before, and they were both women! Susan Polgar was Women’s World Champion in 1996, and Judit Polgar played in the normal candidates tournament in 2007

[@Duck-fq9hl]

Hikaru is truly one of the players of all time

[@thecgaming4443]

OH MY GOD YOURERIGHT! HE IS A CHESS PLAYER

[@Sinnegeiets]

Now tell me something I didn't already know

[@ryanc891]

My favourite moment was when he said “it’s chessing time” and then chessed over everyone.

[@digitalogy2807]

Lol

[@ErasmoYori]

Hello duck from the other side of the worl🙌

[@grahamfairbanks3407]

Levy, yes the chess is good but your attitude, sense of humour and a touch of insanity is the cherry on top of the videos you pump out.

[@magicmedianews6594]

I got my book in about three days ago and I am absolutely blown away. Thanks Levy for the awesome book and awesome videos. You truly are the best at this. Thank you.

[@Swiftclaw123]

Hey, thanks again for meeting up today! I was the guy who asked you about Board Games. Let me know if you want recs

[@rdspam]

Alireza cheering on Hikaru, to take the highest rating entry to the Candidates.

[@EarthasitisinHeaven]

"The King is vibing. That is a professional evaluation of white's position." -Gotham 🤝🤝🤝

[@mahtz]

Loved too get to meet you and hangout! thank you so much loving the book!

[@PalleTownKid]

Hey Levy I plan on buying your chess book and gonna try to get your sign on it one day. Great video thanks for inspiring the people to play chess

[@TheGRAclan]

I feel bad every time Levy berates someone for asking if they should get the book when the are 1600 or something like that. I hit 1400 today and I'd really like to get the book. I know it's not going to drastically change my chess but I'd just like to own it and I'm sure I'll get a few things from it but overall just think I'd enjoy reading it

[@AlexDings]

Hikaru is 35 years old, calling him "nearing 40" is a bit insulting 😀

[@cesarereina7233]

I am still waiting the "get out of here"

[@doomblast9963]

26:20 ah yes, Alexandr Predke resigning a completely winning endgame.

[@greenglade47]

My book arrived this week, been loving it so far :) also this tournament has been pretty interesting so far

[@tommyfiendo]

I think this is the first and only Gotham video I’ve watched without the trademark “get out of here” send-off. I feel Hansed.

[@AbdihakimBarre]

Levy : Why do you play a variation that you don't think at all Maghsoodloo : Who do you think you are talking to

[@lukebrennan5780]

love that after a poor start, Pia won so many toward the end, to move up to 6.5. She's so nice!

[@jRoy7]

If Vaishali and Pia win in round 11, Pia could be in a 2 or 3 way tie for 2nd!

[@normanmacylibunao7097]

This person had to stay up 24/7 on the internet trying to look for chess events or tournaments. Been like a hundred times this happened. Hereby my applause. 👏

[@lucasperoni99]

The lightning makes Levy look like a vampire

[@AbhigyanSingh-xr1br]

Hikaru is just being real Hikaru.

[@derechte6086]

NAHH Levy casually calling Hikaru old 💀💀

[@marcusofficial1899]

This is when elo and ranking starts to lessen in value. Although Fabiano has nearly always had a higher elo than Hikaru, Hikaru crushes him in their record. (Including rapid/exhibition games: Hikaru Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana 70 to 34, with 62 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Hikaru Nakamura beat Fabiano Caruana 62 to 26, with 29 draws.)

[@Universal_Dialogue]

I don't care whatever others say about the book, I ordered it 1 week ago and it comes somewhere around december / january and I'm impatient to get to read it

[@shreyanshshah3491]

17:28 that was emotional damage 😭😭

[@KevinKirchman]

The fact that 35 is considered nearing 40 is devastating for me as a 35 year old.

[@JohnS-il1dr]

Wait until you hit 45. You and everyone who knows your age start rounding up to 50, which is depressing af.

[@PeteQuad]

​@@JohnS-il1dr Or when you are 50, and you know you are just old no matter what rounding you do.

[@michaelpowers6632]

Tiebreaker twist: NO CASTLING PERMITTED

[@Axiomatic75]

I want to see Keymer and Hikaru to make the candidates. Tomorrow's recap will be epic

[@uncleben1181]

I think Fabi wanted to stay as FAR AWAY from the Fried Liver attack as possible lol😅

[@DeJay7]

Levy: "Get this man (Ramazan) a profile picture" Also Levy: "In this position, Alexandr Predke resigned"

[@UnderfundedScientist]

Being called king is overrated, being called Rook is where its at

[@kingtaj]

Levy looks exhausted. I feel for the man

[@QuinceCydonia]

An author doing a recap of a match between a podcaster and a streamer

[@jerxor]

mans so tired he forgot to show our favourite player ramazan zhalmakhanov in a thrilling draw

[@edmundasjaunishkis]

6:20 In my opinion h6 is mistake - better was f6 and later Rad8

[@aasu12]

andrey esipenko should win this tournament which makes the world crazyyyy...

[@timefororbit]

Every pro chess player wonders of their moves will be screamed by a certain someone on KZbin

[@PENTA1907]

23:36 isn’t there a fork if white plays Ne6? just curious if I’m missing something and that is actually a horrible move, lol

[@jefftaylor1186]

Hulkaru just VIBIN

[@JustSwivel2]

Nak Nak Nakin' on Fabi's door He literally doesn't Caruana.

[@marcelthiel1]

At this point, I want Fabiano or Hikaru tobecome World Champion!

[@FightWeekShowcase]

Congrats on the success of the book!

[@saimon174666]

In the past 30 days I've drunk about 40 beers and 60 shots.

[@Hattori_Hanzō_侍]

My man was so tired he forgot to tell us to get outta here 😢

[@DevDattaChaudhuri]

Levy I bought your book from amazon and it is just awesome. The content in the book is great. I will finally be a better chess player now.

[@mightygerot4427]

Just got immediately blinded by Levy’s forehead

[@gregpirie4662]

What a day you’ve had chess boy but we need your videos so I can stay alive

[@AleksiJoensuu]

I think "How are you gonna stop the pawn? How are you gonna stop the pawn? HOW ARE YOU GONNA STOP THE PAWN?" is a System of a Down song or something.

[@JeffPHamm]

Enjoying the coverage of these games. Very close field. As for the 1 star, well, just remember if you're pleasing everyone, you're not doing it right!

[@noelsnotes]

Ah, the 4 knights, one of my most played openings

[@beastyff1792]

26:21 very clearly that “Predke” resigned

[@nezbs5407]

You can see man's is half a sleep but he still makes a vid, legend 👏

[@ahmedduch5670]

I feel that this match was legendary and I don't even follow chess

[@jasper5016]

Vidit once again proved that he is no less than anyone. I am rooting for him. I want him to win.. I appreciate Levy's effort to make this video. Thanks so much!

[@brunocondebasso]

When you qualify for the candidates tournament you automatically gain the grandmaster title, so now Vaishali is a GM

[@neversecondary]

"plus L plus bozo plus Ratio" 😂😂😂

[@AlanAA]

just about time, thanks

[@gogplays1686]

Wow this levy guy on youtube seems to know a lot about chess he should become a chess player

[@ArtanisOwns]

4:23 what is wrong with moving the pawn up? blacks d5 pawn has more defenders

[@AJD...]

4:13 in this position isn't after black takes the knight with the bishop, isn't bxh7 possible? Giving a check and winning the bishop on c3 with qxc3? Giving you a pawn advantage?

[@masonwilliams5321]

26:20 I'm assuming you meant yuriy kuzubov but I'm sure your brain was probably fried from the event earlier so you're good fs

[@mr.brownstone5401]

I wish you'd cover some more games from the 1800's

[@dynad00d15]

I received your book, yesterday. I'm gonna read it while the kids are at school! :)

[@mickdonedee1]

Unbelievable passion and work ethic by Levy.

[@shivvu4461]

Also please make a fan event on cambrilion continent of Mars too. We all people from here love and watch your videos. Love fron Mars 💖

[@Lordmewtwo151]

"This is a Queen's Gambit accepted triangle-ish thing." Petition to make that the official name of that variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted. "In this position Alexandr Predke resigns." What? Wasn't he the *winning* color? (That's not to say that resignations in a winning position haven't happened, but in this case, I don't think that's right.O

[@Deebajahissigma]

Unpopular oponion - Hikaru is the best chess player

[@everettpeabody8024]

Levy never fails to upload

[@amritpawar6632]

Can someone explain, at 18:29 instead of kxh1,if rxg3 was played (which seems like a good move to me but i am missing something)what would happen.

[@meganearls5103]

I was just scrolling and auto clicked out this vid fire keep it up