Can the Botez Sisters Win From Inside Hikaru's Head?

[@BotezLive]

I wish we could get young Hikaru to play first 20 moves for every chess game of ours...

[@jiemileng7745]

You are late to comment on this video hehehe

[@masterlex6741]

true.

[@rambohamze2430]

U wouldn't play he'd prolly finish before move 20 😅

[@KhairulImam10100]

Is that after you back from the store you guys? Cause I remember exactlythe same dress as you two were wearing

[@kennethshaheenjr.1164]

@@rambohamze2430 I think that's the idea. 😁

[@adrianreichenbach5976]

Alexandra and Andrea: Yea some weird odds games don't expect to win. Oh damn we only have 5 minutes. Hikaru: AHHHH YES, i had this position in 1769 as a celebration for napoleons birthday -proceeds to completely replay the game in his head-

[@ajazuddinsiddiqui4588]

LMAO! GODLY COMMENT

[@momentsago1013]

shush boomer, wlanen deserves top comment, delete this unfunny comment.

[@frostbite9926]

@@momentsago1013 same would be said to you

[@momentsago1013]

@@frostbite9926 yes

[@quill444]

Levy would PIN this. Hikaru PINS it, attacks it, skewers it, Takes-Takes-Takes it, explains to us its biography, adds a few footnotes, then publishes it and gets it cited. - j q t -

[@OutstandinglySteve]

I love how Hikaru is calmly recalling about where the games are from while the Botez sisters are just panicking.

[@dandiaz19934]

the whole thing is so cute :) i love their collabs

[@dazey856]

As he wastes his time looking back trying to remember what he played and the Botez sisters are panicking about wasting 10 seconds

[@LFSPharaoh]

Andrea always gets Alex to go into panic mode because she’s so energizer bunny and it’s actually pretty funny

[@ילדטובירושלים-ת8פ]

Pancaking

[@aktsa7997]

well hes insanely higher rated im sure if u played as many games as he did u would adopt the botez sisters , but ofcourse wont be as good as hikaru( im not taking anything from him)

[@alexanotsiri3375]

andrea : “yeah this is a draw” hikaru : “so the way you win this game is ...”

[@yugiohfanatic1964]

boosted, she would make tons on money on myfreecam though

[@telegy806]

I love how hikaru is casually talking and they're discussing actual chess

[@stickmanofrandomness]

That's Hikaru most games Opponent: sweating furiously as they spend 30 seconds calculating their next move Hikaru: Anyways chat, I bought this new pineapple shirt

[@DerSuperoldie]

@@stickmanofrandomness I can hear Hikarus voice while I read your comment. That's how accurate you are

[@zerad3307]

@@DerSuperoldie me too lmaoo

[@wallen.h]

Day 1 of asking Hikaru to send in one of his games to Levy for guess the ELO Hikaru sends one of his best games as a random sub to Levy and after the ELO is revealed, Hikaru types in chat “that was me KEKW”

[@bubiboy44]

Omg yes

[@bonelessempire1451]

Yesssss hikaru pleaseee

[@surenchowdhry8288]

YESS THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN

[@samuelsteiner3854]

Seconded

[@ethanhopper2467]

As one of levy’s subs, literally over a hundred subs submit every time levy does guess the elo, so the chances that he would get selected are slim to none.

[@testaccount5248]

3:06 Botez Sisters : If we take and we push: Meanwhile Hikaru : ➡️↘️↩️↙️⬅️↕️↔️↩️↪️⤵️🔄🔃

[@MrItsmee17]

It's SO funny, that most of the time Hikaru is just talking about the history of the games while Botez sister are absolutely OBSESSING about the moves

[@ryanbigguy]

Hikaru "That was a famous game of mine" Nakamura

[@randomperson2526]

ah yes of course and don't forget his late night stories as well, gotta love em

[@mifshima8653]

It's really funny how the botez sister are calculating stuff while hikaru is just casually being a historian telling late night stories

[@craftminerCZ]

best take

[@Mr35diamonds]

It would be nice if I could hear what he was saying instead of andrea and alex shouting LMAO

[@xendurr8180]

Chess Historian

[@yugiohfanatic1964]

that is because they are boosted 2200 players, they worth like about 1400 ELO

[@Youshisu]

Hikaru: memory is not so important Also Hikaru: there was this game in 2008, *speaks bunch of moves*

[@Flyhr]

Always blows my mind how high level players can recall entire moves of games from years and years ago. Not to mention that the amount of games they've played are in the tens of thousands...

[@volty3454]

@@Flyhr Bit late, but you need to remember these guys spend hours analyzing all their game. What they done well in, what they could've done better and how they can improve on it. Still really impressive tho.

[@halalburger267]

@@Flyhr hundreds of thousands easily

[@kyledavis3726]

It took me way too long to realize that when Hikaru says "that's not a bad move", he actually means "that was definitely not the best move"

[@walisyed1430]

Botez sisters: *analysing the position* Hikaru: *recalls the exact position and the move order like it was yesterday*

[@hommusC1]

When it was actually 13 years ago rofl

[@M-F-H]

I wouldn't even recall that easily my moves from just a day ago... :-D !

[@XiongysaurasRex]

this is absolute chaos listening to both of them at the same time

[@inbararica8847]

title should have been "hikaru walking down memory lane while destroying the botez sisters"

[@selimazmy889]

Pause

[@quakeev334]

@@selimazmy889 Champ

[@selimazmy889]

@@quakeev334 idk If the original was makin that joke deliberately lol

[@joeshyka]

Hikaru remembering the game he played in 746 and figuring out how to solve it is simultaneously staggering and hilarious

[@seinfan9]

Pretty much every grandmaster has memory like this. Even the guy who hates him the most, Ben Finegold, can recall positions he had over two decades ago.

[@PrivateJoker0119]

you should look up Vishy or Magnus recalling their famous games from endgame positions, those GM memories are amazing

[@gducioevdgxyeuvddd3828]

He is not human

[@Al-hb6uj]

“Division of labor, just like the communist party.” - Alexandra Botez

[@collapzcursed]

"I don't like trading" ... instantly follows up with another setup for the same joke.

[@MOTHblank]

That's funny because it's so wrong.

[@mrkiky]

It's funny because Romania was not communist for years already when she was born.

[@jarpekulo1925]

if hikaru was playing minecraft ah yes this is the 123456314356 seed i know where is all the things i need

[@sabrinatseng]

actually just very wholesome seeing how excited hikaru is after realizing it was one of his games

[@AdityaSingh-gv8yu]

Love how the editor highlighted who was talking

[@prat7035]

The editor is the GOAT

[@theintelligentcow7447]

Does he think we’re going to confuse Hikaru with Andrea?

[@null3007]

Exactly, I’m colourblind so I can’t feel who is talking.

[@theintelligentcow7447]

@Matuscara ت you’re right I’m so sorry, I can’t believe I forgot to consider colorblind people when making my comment. My most sincere apologies, The cow guy

[@null3007]

Oh I was just making a joke about how apparent it is to know who is talking. I didn’t mean to insult anyone lol.

[@dandiaz19934]

I love seeing the Botez sisters and Hikaru!! Happy to see them make stuff together again and show maturity to collaborate on fun stuff like this!

[@Ragemeister88]

I absolutely love the silent reverence the Botez sisters have when Hikaru breaks down the game & the multitude of permutations. It shows that both sets of streamers are constantly trying to learn & get better which is so gratifying to see. Great video! 🥳♥️

[@painchess]

Alexandra : "I'll pray, you think" Andrea : "What do you mean pray ? we don't even believe in god" Looooool

[@bibilelfay2648]

3:35 my 5 different personalities at 4 am

[@evil4d]

Genius idea for content, great way to revisit a classic Hikaru game, make him play for the other side against other content creators. Those parts where he remembers all the moves are just mindblowing. More like this please 👌

[@literally.anything___97]

Hikaru: *Calculating a brilliancy sacrifice from Alex and Andrea that only just doesn't work because of an intermezzo at the start of the variation Andrea: ..So what if we just push..?.. OH our bishops under attack!

[@franza4932]

Oh i have a headache with all those voices talking at the same time XD.

[@coenh8735]

Yea, same..

[@MrDeath5300]

Ahh so i see you are *not* a man of chessbrah

[@catec4773]

@@jonnytownsend10 ah yes defining someone based on their voice, something they dont have control over and says nothing about them. she has accomplished more than most people ever could, especially being a women in the male dominated chess community and a women in the male dominated content creation domain. but yes. her voice is what matters.

[@jocospeed98]

@@catec4773 he's joking hardhead

[@professionalprocrastinator8103]

@@catec4773 Are you always so fun?

[@hulkmarvel9359]

This format was the best and games were very instructive and learning. Hoping to see more of this format.

[@paramdrall]

*Andrea -* Let's calculate what hikaru calculated. *Me ~* Ohh see ya in 18 days.

[@lrba5524]

whoever decided to play the audio simultaneously had a bad idea

[@armyguy196]

So bad. All the casuals skipped to the next video

[@ranecE]

@@armyguy196 yup

[@hermangraa7248]

The video could've easily alternated perspectives. This was way too chaotic.

[@ahote1028]

Hikaru is like the father from "my big fat greek wedding", except he knows the origin of every chess position.

[@lowki3407]

you tried to do a chessbrah thing with the audio, quick reminder that chessbrah splits the audio based on ears (eric on the left most of the time and other streamer on the right) instead of them being lapped over eachother so it doesnt sound like a jumbled mess...

[@miniwheatsss]

WAYTOODANK

[@jasertio]

The issue with doing it that way is for people that use only one earphone

[@lowki3407]

sucks ig

[@lightlysal]

@@jasertio If they're wearing only one earphone they're not gonna separate audio anyway so no

[@jasertio]

@@lightlysal what?

[@chatterz04]

Hikaru: calmly articulating his thought process. Botez sisters: sheer panic

[@Soccerlover7945]

It’s incredible, they are thinking 2-3 moves ahead but he is in the metagame, thinking 5-6 moves ahead or more. Not only that, but they are focusing on a few pieces and their immediate possibilities, but he is thinking about structure and coordination among all pieces. Such different levels.

[@monkerulz]

How can these gms recognize games played years ago just by position and even know what openings they used? I don't even remember any of the two matches I played yesterday already

[@isaacdalziel5772]

Might be to do with the fact that they analyse their own games so much

[@dsrguru]

It's not that he's remembering the opening. He's first looking at the position to see if it's a structure that normally arises from a particular opening (something us peasants can do if we've studied the opening in question or maybe if we've read Chess Structures by Mauricio Flores Rios), and then he's searching his memory for tournament games he's played (i.e. games he then spent time analyzing after the tournament) that started from that opening. Even if you're not a GM, studying your games after a tournament until you know them inside and out is a really good way to improve.

[@GaussianEntity]

There are just some games where you get really weird positions. This game just looks too weird not to remember. Now, the fact that Hikaru can remember the year and the tournament or venue it took place in is pretty neat.

[@morenojohnchristopherv.8894]

i remember in one of agads video, he mentioned that vishy was able to remember a preparation he made 10 years ago.

[@knxtta]

0:26 I can only imagine the amount of PogO's that filled that chat at that moment lmao

[@swisscheese7]

Hikaru: freaking out Also Hikaru 10 seconds later: OHHH!! I had this position when I was 7 against world champion Bobby the game went like this: *proceeds to correctly remember game that he played years ago*

[@_wetmath_]

i love how hikaru is just casually telling us bedtime stories of his chess games a few years ago and the sisters are panicking trying to calculate the best move in every position

[@snakesocks]

I don't know about you guys, but sometimes all the memes and clips of Hikaru blundering his queen and going _"Oh my God chat! I'm so bad at chess!"_ makes me forget just how fucking good he is. Watching him recall those games, play & talk to chat was insane.

[@BiteSizedScenes]

6:32 Hikaru: its funny how 13 years later i still remember the best line.. 😥🙂 Botez: AH SHIT!

[@bossman4112]

Hikaru Public: You missed a win. Hikaru Private: You really thought you had winning chances?

[@swisscheese7]

I like how their voices overlap each other and I can barely hear any of them

[@cameronmacdonald3360]

This was overwhelming for me

[@chessworks5124]

😂😂😂

[@dexternegreanu4052]

it was a very pleasant experience

[@caseyclover1647]

I like how hikaru keeps talking in his own time when botez are running out of time, and rather than quickly move his pieces he talks first, the guy is a humble genius

[@noface3641]

Andrea: "what is he doing with his hannnds? he's already like-" Hikaru: *already solved a checkmate in his head before the game even started*

[@slurpcurry4253]

7:37 “Yeah I kinda started to realize [thinks] around the time you made the first move.” 😂

[@Vibesfs]

Hikaru can recall and calculate positions of boards he played a decade or more ago but he needs to count how many pawns are on the board to know if he's down one

[@attetarkiainen2594]

Hikaru is that drunken uncle at your midsummers barbecue that you think you can beat, but as soon as he's done talking about the good old times he continues to whoop you for everything you got. Fuck.

[@marcosjohnsonnoya417]

botezlive: this looks good right. hikaru: who is this? where did i play?

[@matteoclbr3013]

I really like this idea. But it's hard to actually hear something, since everyone is talking at the same time :(

[@spudanky]

It was disorienting, but I liked it, at times it helped me focus in on one train of thought.

[@fahdabdullah4554]

"THE JUICE IS LOOSE" best sentence i've ever heard not gonna lie

[@6ft196]

last time when i came this early my gf was dissapointed

[@miike7988]

Sad

[@drewe9514]

😭😭😭

[@ivanff8954]

Hikaru:Seriously talking in game about the game and the place. Botez Sisters: What is he doing in his hands

[@AnCoSt1]

"What do you mean pray?? I don't even believe in god!" Andrea Botez

[@dexternegreanu4052]

timestamp?

[@UglyBoots1]

Yikes

[@aryankargar4852]

4:45 wait for it

[@hulkmarvel9359]

Awesome to see Hikaru and botez sister's streaming together.

[@blueturtle1813]

''he invented this position?!!! - okay let's focus'' 😭 I love Botez + Hikaru

[@Jev.10]

Ahh.. Hikaru and the botezes.. Good to see them together again. It's like the cousins from the chess family made up after an argument

[@spurs_7798]

Hikaru, Alex and Andrea are the most entertaining combination in chess and one of the best on Twitch overall.

[@JMUDoc]

"Don't get your hopes DOWN." I'm stealing that one.

[@brianclash6797]

hikaru seeing some moves on table and going back to the year he saw that move

[@swolejszo]

Hikaru's memory for matches is awesome. I can't even remember the positions in games I played earlier today.

[@taryth.]

What would have been best is if the two commentaries were split between left and right ears.

[@harryshawk555]

Haha the thumbnail be like “Botez sisters, BITES ZA DUSTO!”

[@spurs_7798]

"The juice is loose" I just cant anymore LMAO

[@dexternegreanu4052]

i deduce that the juice is loose in your caboose, you silly goose. should my abuse induce a deuce, i'll have to produce a truce

[@DylanWagner]

The description is actually amazing xD

[@huzaifanagda1020]

botez: deciding moves hikaru : already made 500 plans

[@henryayanna9401]

Damn this audio sounds like the voices in my head😫🤣

[@platypusih8u830]

I like how the sisters are thinking of moves and how to win and hikaru's all like "oh, I played this back in the day."

[@kennethshaheenjr.1164]

Hikaru spent more time recalling the game the first position came from than he did analyzing this one.

[@Yash-ql7vn]

-A random chess position Hikaru: Behold my mf memory

[@LeeSintheBlindDoge]

any board state: *exists* Hikaru: yeah this was from 1200 BC, *obviously*

[@fatboi1283]

What Hikaru thinks while playing chess: What i think while playing chess: MONKE MONKE MONKE

[@makaplava]

Well i learn in this video that i can understand 3 people at a same time

[@radiical6883]

HE CAN REMEMBER A GANE FROM 2008!? My god

[@12jswilson]

You should see Magnus. You can show him a position from most of Anand's decisive games and he can tell you when, where, against whom, and who won. Not sure how many grandmasters he can do that for but I'm guessing Fabi and Karjakin (his world chess Championship opponents). There's a video from, I want to say tata steel a few years ago where he does that.

[@metalblizzard6024]

Hikaru and the Botez sisters are the reason why I now play chess. A little more hikaru than the sisters, but I love when they play against each other.

[@christopher19894]

I love how they formatted the match by playing Hikaru's old positions. Brilliant idea.

[@adudeontheinterweb6571]

everyone gangsta til Hikaru moves his hand in the air

[@fortheloveofmemes1448]

Glad to see you guys are collabing after that hiatus :) 👍🏻

[@kas_18ontop]

what happened?

[@fortheloveofmemes1448]

Marcus Obero It was some small thing that wasn’t too much of a big deal but Hikaru wasn’t very keen on the idea of the Botez Sisters playing Chess under the “Just Chatting” section on Twitch since it would draw away from the main Chess section. He voiced his opinion on it and then everyone thought Hikaru and Botez didn’t get along with each other and they haven’t really played Chess against each other or been in a video together for a while. It was a minor disagreement but based off of this, it seems they are all good now.

[@ernestocruz8824]

I remember Hikaru has Alex muted on twitter.

[@Mike-kl5yc]

@@fortheloveofmemes1448 now there's another drama :( Look at chessbrah's new video...

[@zeinfahrozi7828]

"Division of labour like a communist party" "I dont like trading" Based

[@l3tk1ll]

Look at their faces when he begin to redraw the master prices xD

[@justinkeefe3456]

This was really fun. I like hearing nothing sides at the same time.

[@breestakebobba2318]

Hikaru: oh cool i had this game before *talks about it and takes up 2 minutes of the clock*

[@ohiomasaimas3135]

Happy to know they really already resolve the drama betweena each other

[@blackkidwearingyellowshirt]

He says everything like we actually understand what he is talking about lol

[@charlesyoung3444]

I remember going to watch one game in 1883 the tickets to watch the event where 2 gold chips but no price is to high to watch one of the greatest

[@arturjr.8580]

Ah yes , 128 years ago I had this exact position and you know what? I won . HYPERPOGO

[@dexternegreanu4052]

i deduce that the juice is loose in your caboose, you silly goose. should my abuse induce a deuce, i'll have to produce a truce

[@RawStreak]

Chat: Why is your rating so low? *2600 Rating: am i joke*

[@razzogaming8861]

Nice to see they moved past the drama and everything so easily my 2 favorite chess channels

[@SkeletonModel91]

4:47 Alex: I'll pray. Andrea: No! You think! What do you mean pray!? I don't even believe in God! Come on! Focus!

[@SuhandiWijaya]

I finally know the life inside split personality's head.

[@olijackman8826]

It’s about time these guys collaborated again 👏👏

[@ayush6025]

Is there some magical way to mute Andrea? That voice is just so.

[@dexternegreanu4052]

talking is not her mouth's best skill

[@ayush6025]

@@dexternegreanu4052 holy shitt xD

[@khankakhanka8266]

Yeah.. this is the exact simulation of my last remaining 3 cells at 3 am yes yes..

[@ewesty222]

21:51 knight to E5, pawn takes knight E5, Bishop takes pawn on E5 pinning the knight looks interesting because if you take the knight it’ll threaten the rook

[@jont2576]

how the hell does he recall games perfectly from like 13 years ago.......

[@yesman8074]

The editor and the guy in charge of the thumbnail is 2 different people. This video confirmed that!

[@arthurdequeiroz8393]

I would love this format vs Krikor

[@DeadSezSo]

It blows my mind the database that is hikarus and other GMs memory. They say starting young is key to really becoming elite in chess, I wish I did.

[@jordanwhite8567]

“What do you mean pray I don’t even believe in god come on!” LMAO

[@somethingyes5864]

i would love to meet a deaf person that can read lips and then say "colourful" because that makes the same motion as "i love you"