GM Hikaru Doesn't Know He's Playing 2500 FM! GM Hikaru vs FM Dan The Clutch Man

[@Kylesaystuff]

When a super GM ask your ratings, you know you made it.

[@scrps-j4f]

1k likes but no reply

[@gargamel3393]

@@scrps-j4f The comment spoke for itself.

[@_cosec_]

What's the timestamp

[@rolfasib4153]

@@_cosec_ 6:38

[@Paamejer]

his reply to being 2500 online is literally "not bad" lol

[@rp.romulus]

2:00 imagine being the FM and you think you got Hikaru thinking but he actually had a whole different game in his head

[@chupitrompi5614]

ajajajajaj and its not even an exageration or a lie, he literaly can even play multiple games in his head

[@MaxIronsThird]

That's probably the most disrespectful thing to say to an adversary.

[@checkcommentsfirst3335]

@@MaxIronsThird Just a weird flex

[@jiggs8073]

How is that a flex you weirdo

[@zes7215]

wrggg

[@StayAKTV]

Hikaru thinking about a previous game during a time odds game against a FM ☠️. GM’s are a whole other level to mere mortals

[@____GoMeZ____]

Hes not human bro..my god

[@RyuQ]

I don't think many GMs would be able to pull anything close to this, but it's Hikaru

[@viewerck]

super* GMs

[@raymendez3403]

Not any GM tho, only him and a few are above the rest

[@GhostShivsOfficial]

@@raymendez3403 there are quite a few gms that can do that. not to downplay hikaru's ability but 2650+ gms are serious demons.

[@JoeWolf]

"You did pretty well" - one of the nicest things I've heard Hikaru say to someone

[@Rohannn0007]

Tf?

[@The_Noticer_of_Things]

Change "someone" to "an opponent not named Magnus" and I agree. It's named the "Hikaru Nakamura Sportsmanship Trophy" for a reason.

[@chess]

that was a remarkable game! loved the intensity at the end! 🔥

[@FunnyPianistUA]

Hikaru did it after he play Mike.

[@demianschultz3749]

And the music was great as well

[@krl97a]

Sure but it's frustrating watching because it seems like a lot players wait until they've lost their time advantage before they start playing like time matters.

[@lobstercrostini]

​@@krl97a when you have time to avoid mistakes, you kind of have to do it. Other people tried to rush early and just end up making a mistake and losing with a bunch of time on the clock

[@krl97a]

@Lobster Of course but eventually he started moving very fast because time was his only way to win. He just waited until the time advantage flipped, when it was too late.

[@agarion101]

I think it’s just so unfathomable how the top .01% of chess players are so much better than .1% of chess players by this amount

[@TheTiltedOne]

this is a phenomenon that happens in almost all areas of professional sports and games. The difference between tiger woods and the 50th best player on earth is about as big as the 50th best player on earth and every single guy you've seen at your local club. You wouldn't believe how slippery of a slope the skill gap is at a top

[@crung]

@@TheTiltedOne Yeah it’s the same in soccer, basketball, any sport I can think of, the skill gap between top 10 players / top 100 players is the same as the gap between top 100 players and top 1000 players

[@oneeyedking9697]

@@crung Top 100 players and the top 100,000 players *

[@manojlds]

Federer will still probably beat most players. That's how it is in the elite echelon of every sport, especially individual sports.

[@H2Prince]

It's the same in any professional setting. the best of the best are rare regardless of if it's chess, baseball or competitive eating lol There are always the aliens

[@JayTheYTGuy]

He played very well for a 2200 OTB player considering I've seen Hikaru crush some 2200's (2500ish online) without breaking a sweat. Most Fms who play him on Coffee Chess get wrapped up in his speed and feel pressured to play fast disregarding the time control advantage. This guy was pretty methodical and stayed composed.

[@sylvainsanesti3499]

to be fair he played a quite passive position, so there were less chance for him to be crushed. playing solid and exchanging pieces until the very end

[@JayTheYTGuy]

@@sylvainsanesti3499 All that plays into his playing though. He played solid and calculated and the card that was best for doing his best. But I see what you mean. He was kind of symmetrical which helps to bring out drawish positions.

[@_RDMPTN]

Your over the board elo is lower than your online elo.

[@JayTheYTGuy]

@@_RDMPTN Did you really skip read the part where I put "(2500ish online)", clearly implying elo is higher online?

[@АндрейПетров-з9л3в]

2500 online is about 2300 otb

[@alexhub6075]

1:19 the guy in the restaurant behind the window thought Hikaru was looking at him but all Hikaru saw is chess board in front of his eyes😂

[@AnkhArcRod]

GMs don't have to pop pills to see the board anywhere they want!

[@lucaskn415]

It's a technique that involves brain activity

[@_RDMPTN]

*involves.

[@lucaskn415]

@@_RDMPTN it's my auto-correction keyboard.

[@edztyMKWII]

@@_RDMPTN involves

[@kuyatomas2474]

Hikaru started pre-moving the pieces over the board lol What an enjoyable and excellent game

[@meanmutton]

Which means he technically lost but hey, let's not let the rules get in the way or a good video.

[@humanmerelybeing1966]

​@@meanmutton In what sense?

[@HalIOfFamer]

@@humanmerelybeing1966 he moved before it was his turn. I doubt this would fly in an official tournament.

[@humanmerelybeing1966]

@@HalIOfFamer Timestamp?

[@endowing]

@@humanmerelybeing1966 at 2:42 is one of them. And I just picked a random time in the video. I sure felt like he was moving before the guy tapped his clock many times too. But hey, it seems it's no big deal in this context. It's like, milliseconds before his actual turn

[@charlesdarwin180]

Just another example of why it's so important to have an elite endgame.

[@englishmuffinpizzas]

Hikaru in a time scramble is terrifying. As soon as the time started getting close I knew the position didn’t even matter anymore

[@thefourthperspective]

That's what she said

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

​​@@thefourthperspective Haha. I have used that line a lot. I've seen that series multiple times, and stopped when they dropped him, just like I stopped with Two and a Half Men, which great, too, but I didn't watch a lot of the episodes of it. Lol

[@paulkami]

Legend has it that Hikaru is still thinking about that second game

[@myempathy1]

I can't believe Hikaru can spot those small brilliancies under so much time pressure.

[@phil4863]

He's seen it before

[@CheezTetris]

I mean you can see stuff like that pretty consistently at like 1500-1600 online and Hikaru is over 3000 online so it makes sense lmao

[@langtonmwanza6689]

​@@CheezTetriswhat are you talking about, I'm 2000 online and I would definitely miss that if I had 10 seconds on the clock

[@CheezTetris]

@@langtonmwanza6689 I did not mean with 10 seconds? I was just saying far lower rated players are at least somewhat familiar with the pattern, so it is unsurprising that a Super GM sees the pattern instantly

[@driatrogenesis]

@@CheezTetris yup, i am lvl 1 i dont play, not for yrs and yrs, but I can still see things given enough time, can see many moves ahead. Its the time constraint that is amazing, and yes it is expected someone who plays thousands upon thousands of games to be at that high of a lvl

[@fulangator]

Hikaru asking for the rate is like asking for your name after having S3X .

[@wolfunnamed4153]

😂😂😂

[@vladivascanu108]

Best thing about this comment is how you are comparing s3x with a chess game even though they are the exact opposite.

[@turnermarius4471]

@@vladivascanu108 What, you do know playing intense games, actually burn calories, same with s3x. One is mental stamina, the other physical stamina. Both can exhaust you. Both lets you satisfied one with a victory, the other with hope u don't have to pay child support.

[@MatheusLB2009]

​​@@vladivascanu108unno how. You are both disappointing and fucked on many positions at the end of both

[@oliversmith2129]

​@@vladivascanu108 Either king gets f'd

[@paulmorin2582]

Great to see Hikaru playing with the Coffee Chess crew again. Very entertaining and instructive, particularly with Brian's post-game analysis.

[@owenbent1307]

Imagine the hours and dedication to the game you have to have to become a 2200 otb player and 2500 online only to play Hikaru in and odds game where Hikaru has a minute on the clock and Hikaru says in the middle game that he’s thinking about the game he played earlier that must be soul crushing

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Probably enough hours of study to have earned a couple Masters degrees and do something productive and start one of the manufacturing dynasty's that gave mankind opportunity and got us out of poverty. Great game though, if we are not allowed to make money. lol :) That is why USA has not put out a lot of world top players in comparison to communist nations. But,---we are getting better at the game for some reason.

[@your-mom-irl]

@@EarthSurferUSA copium overdose

[@KavsLockedOut]

dog stop schizoposting

[@nahuelkpo146]

​@@MrOlympuse410yes

[@turnthonkee]

@@MrOlympuse410 hes saying if we weren't a capitalist country, we'd have better resources to find, pay, and train people to be the best chess players

[@dankness420]

at the end there hikaru was up on time, only by a second or two, but considering he started with a 4 minute diadvantage, against a 2200! he practically skinned him alive, ruthless!

[@robertblandford9272]

I’m not sure how anyone could beat Hikaru IRL in blitz. His coordination and speed is insane in a time crunch.

[@AdultChess]

Unless you're Magnus Carlsen ;)

[@osmenvy426]

Isn’t hikaru better in blitz?

[@MoonMaa4n]

​​@@osmenvy426 Hikaru is best blitz player

[@TheRealBruceLouis]

@@AdultChess more like unless ure danya or andrew tang

[@kiwi2257]

@@MoonMaa4n Definitely not. How many world championships in Blitz has Hikaru won? And how many has Magnus won? :P

[@aaronwolbach9880]

I love seeing Hikaru with the Coffee Chess guys. He's so damn good.

[@myersherron3577]

That end game was deep. Like watching Inception the Movie. So much going on, geez!

[@gloly]

Those guys are playing world level chess and I'm just here asking myself during the whole video how the people inside can see the game with that big ass board right in their face.

[@s_y_305]

Lmao

[@seinfan9]

Even given the time odds and Hikaru being distracted, that guy did really well putting Hikaru on edge.

[@LuckFx]

I now feel like some sort of weird voyeur into the chess community. I've played with friends over my life, I know the rules and the fact that openings exist but not much else.. and yet the past few years I've consumed so much chess media it's crazy. I treat it like some sort of real life anime: Hikaru, the arrogant yet likeable natural born talent that has suddenly-relatable ups and downs; Magnus, the godlike, nigh-unbeatable, overpowered machine with eidetic memory; Ian Nepomniachtchi. the charismatic and flamboyant swordsman, unpredictable and aggressive, a showman at heart... etc. There's something to the sport

[@dsrree]

It's crazy seeing Hikaru take pieces he already knew about before the guy even made his moves.

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

It's really cool ^_^

[@phen-themoogle7651]

Woah, he defended pretty well a lot of that endgame. Man, I feel I would’ve struggled to find the right move on that low time setting, he’s really strong gg

[@sklope2poulet976]

@djolo514099.9999

[@maulanarifqi4699]

"my pawn is better than yours"

[@driatrogenesis]

that was funny

[@giant05]

Because it was white

[@yonosenada1773]

From the first collab to now and I'll keep saying it, I LOVE these videos with Hikaru.

[@Mikegeb4545]

Hikaru can beat 25K rated player with time odds plus using half of his mind to thinking about the previous game he played. this is insane 😁

[@demianschultz3749]

That was brutal by the FM against a super GM even with the time odds and a great analysis at the end

[@realspitter2727]

What does fm mean

[@zorbata8056]

@@realspitter2727 fide master, right below IM i believe

[@ahmeds.mansour1293]

That vibes felt good.. and thank you for those positions demonstrated at the end, it was fun❤ subscribing❤

[@jackeels2468]

That post game analysis was amazing, short sweet but some great and valuable points in there💪🏼

[@Robfenix]

What I love about this game is that Hikaru doesn’t seem to Be doing that much in the opening and middle game, but black is just grasping for space on the board with a bishop and knight that can’t ever seem to find a good spot.

[@cautiouse]

4:11 was such a good idea, enticing black to move the black pawn up since the bishop is there, but then moving white bishop back and setting up the pawn blockade to stop the black bishop from being able to find any use on that side of the board now

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

It must be immensely satisfying to have Hikaru stress the point "You're good".

[@fpeter01]

It's a life goal for a lot of people!

[@TCPUDPATM]

Haha, “What’s your rating?” is basically “Damn, you’re actually good!” 👍🏽🤣

[@jsj297]

Hikaru is just sick! Like watching paint a Picasso in 20 seconds. 😀

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

Picasso? That painting that looks like someone threw shyt on the wall and colored it?

[@jsj297]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour I supposed you could’ve done better? 😂😂😂

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@jsj297 Then Picasso? Yes. I did better than Picasso in my diaper as an infant.

[@HoodieTM]

@@ItIsYouAreNotYour bro what

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@HoodieTM Picasso is a fraud and a joke of an artist. Simplified version. Famous for mediocrity, disguised as special and unique. Just like what I'd do as a child in my diaper.

[@jffelippe]

6:04 that hurts. What a beast Hikaru is to see that move that fast

[@HarmonicSliver]

I find it quite easy. Just a normal pin. These guys have seen it over and over again.

[@maxkho00]

​@@HarmonicSliver He had 10 seconds left, mate, and that given he had to physically move the piece and press the clock after every move, which takes a lot of time. The equivalent of that would be something like 2 or 3 seconds online. It's absolutely insane to spot that tactic with that little time on the clock. I'm pretty sure that, other than maybe Magnus, no other superGM would spot that given the time constraints.

[@HarmonicSliver]

Giving the fact that Hikaru played thousands of bullet games, he knows his tactics as every professional chess player. So it‘s not absolutely insane, it‘s standard. I played chess for 40 years and I’m pretty sure, that many players would also find that move quickly. There are only two minor pieces left.

[@maxkho00]

@@HarmonicSliver This is Dunning-Kruger at its finest. No, you would never find that move with that little time left, and nor would almost anyone except Hikaru and maybe Magnus.

[@zlepr]

@@maxkho00 i'm pretty sure there a bit of bullet/blitz super gms that are on par with him

[@adrenalineunlimited]

When your understanding of chess is the basics of how each piece moves and the youtube algorithm decides you belong here

[@3for5spotshooter]

How do you see that far in advance in 20 seconds plus your opponent’s 5 minutes? Elite skills.

[@junseokoh8073]

Hey guys At 6:30 Hikaru moved pawn with his palm and he inserted as move since he touched the piece What a clutch though

[@wilsandabus]

hikaru cheated

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

Massive blunder at the end with Bc5 but crazy how Hikaru spotted it in 0.01 second, I guess he probably already knew in advance that this could be a blunder and so he insta moved.

[@driatrogenesis]

yup, he knew, he was waiting for it

[@blender_wiki]

Hikaru premove over the board, his hand go to the piece before the black move. What a show.

[@Tanzil.A4L]

That end game was crazy as hell

[@nileshyadav0216]

i cant even process what piece they are moving and they are moving it at that speed that too with a plan all ahead! hats off to these goats!!

[@davidpatton7298]

Thankfully Dr. Nakamoto did not answer, “Should I get fries or onion rings with my burger?” As he was looking in the window for the waitperson.

[@RovingPunster]

Dan got himself into a bit of time pressure, whereas Hikaru moved more briskly and managed his clock better. Hikaru is a relentless machine. 😄 I'd enjoy seeing a rematch with less time pressure involved.

[@driatrogenesis]

yeah, he almost had him if it wanst for the pressue at the end, where he failed to hold the line, he could have manuevered his way back

[@Mathijs_A]

Less time pressure means Hikaru just cruises to victory. 2200-2250 OTB is great, but the difference with 2750-2800 is way too big

[@RovingPunster]

@@Mathijs_A Perhaps. My point was that excessive time pressure tends to force people's level of play to drop well below their rating ... unless of course they're just following classic match move sequence memory, but that only helps until the sequence jumps the rails of memory. At least without the self inflicted time pressure, he could have finished more strongly (and probably still have lost ... just not as quickly).

[@davisgalindo7742]

Hikaru premoving so fast the board lagged😎🤌🏻

[@TheNameOfJesus]

@2:00 that was the most amazing and funny "dis" I've ever heard in chess. But I think it was accidental, which makes it even funnier.

[@ohhi1134]

I'm so curious about that 2nd game HIkaru kept thinking about, can't wait for it to come out!

[@cujo2680]

They said it's on Hikaru's channel in the vid.

[@Hi_how_r_u_]

6:02 Beautiful knight to e5 i didn't understand at first because it happened so quick!

[@yaser6324]

That endgame tactic from Hikaru in that time trouble is just brilliant. I don’t know how they see these in a glimpse

[@ApricotieHunt]

They train all their life every day

[@wavemaker2077]

I'm amazed myself how he can move so efficiently and correctly in a time scramble.

[@Gomace]

Thing about top players in any sport is that small margins are usually way above lower ranking players' maximum capacity, meaning that they'll never reach that level in the moment. That's why you see Super GMs like Magnus and Hikaru, among others, who just roflstomp all competition, basically, up until a certain echelon of players.

[@rianbey1]

Hikaru keeps fouling by moving his piece before the guy has a chance to hit the clock.

[@ericgilmore5949]

“What rating are you?” “2500 online” “Not bad” 😂😂😂

[@soakedbearrd]

Hikaru is that player that reminds me most on how a computer plays.

[@driatrogenesis]

i mean he prob played the computer a million times, that isnt surprising at all

[@luisgemail1822]

Opening: Driving Miss Daisy Middle game: Collateral Endgame: Fast & Furious 6:03... mmm bad habits

[@Jez1963UK]

My fantasy is to one day rock up at Coffee Chess and play The Great Carlini, Boston Mike, Monster Mike, Sue, Tommy Lambo and of course, the one and only Hikaru! Let's make it happen! Hello from England :) (my other favourite is Big Tex, loved his trash talk! Haggup! RIP BT).

[@glorbez]

That's your fantasy!? NERD!🤓

[@yeeluvspizza]

Hikaru: It's not the sun. The sun is nothing to me. I'm more powerful than the sun.

[@TheThinkersBible]

Wow. Looked good through the middle game, then late in the middle game the fireworks started.

[@MSMNBC]

@ 0:53, black knight to g4; setting up triple fork to move the king. Then the black diagonal is won and then black's white bishop can hassle the corner.

[@MSMNBC]

You ain't winning material, you are winning rows and files. 1100 here🫤💨

[@MSMNBC]

Nope, those damn pawns get in the way.

[@CV_CA]

6:02 The rule is to use one hand to move and not two. Very untwo thousand five hundred.

[@williamweekhai3252]

The BGM made me feels like you are facing final boss. Exciting!

[@maxshouman]

Bruh that Nf5 tactic in time scramble found in a split second is absolutely insane.

[@unusuario5173]

We knew what it was going to happen. We still enjoyed the ride. Pretty much.

[@fahod66]

5 minutes to 1, against a 2500-rated player, you guys are pushing it

[@sloth8534]

that too without telling hikaru his real rating first

[@BirdDawg1]

2500 is CRAZY high to 99% of players, Hikaru is almost 1000 points above...now that's insane.

[@5RustyBin]

@6.03 that is naughty Dan - you are not allowed to use two hands OTB. One hand only.

[@EzPz44]

That was great! Nice analysis also.

[@grogdizzy5814]

I would have got up and left after he said "I'm still thinking about a previous game."

[@benwu7980]

There may have been the sun in his eyes too , but that was some lowkey shade. Not really an insult though, people on his level can 'easily' be running multiple games even while against similar ranked players.

[@aliawada1126]

He is one of two players in the world with such confidence and brutality on the chess board

[@dababy259]

Who’s the other?

[@lashaxoperia5917]

@@dababy259 Nepo

[@arvinarooni1910]

magnus?@@lashaxoperia5917

[@eliasvonbrille]

There was not a single second in the game where the eval bar liked Black. Very dominant win by Hikaru despite the time odds.

[@Bsksh]

So wild that he had only ONE MINUTE and played like he was unphased

[@briankarcher8338]

When you play so fast your sleeve moves a piece and you go "Ok" the next move.

[@fujiapple9675]

@1:40 "You see everyone, that is Hikaru number 14." - Danny Rensch (somewhere)

[@averegeyoutuber9133]

1:19 Lol, Hikaru just ignored the guy inside the store, lmao.

[@johnwest7993]

These games are so ridiculously fast that I learn absolutely nothing, but they sure are fun to watch.

[@ApexATL]

This was great! He attacked and defended extremely well, but Hikaru is just on another level

[@thoqqu]

Dude is moving his pieces before the clock is even pressed.

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

Forgot about this banging channel glad I'm back ❤

[@nunchuckslayer1822]

Let’s just admire that Hikaru plays with 1 min while his opponents have 5 mins on their clock😮‍💨

[@driatrogenesis]

did he really? I didnt even see that so thats how GMs play weaker players. they just give them extra time. Wow, so maybe if dude had an extra minute or so he could have won?

[@driatrogenesis]

extra minute on top of the 5 minutes

[@evanjabezsampson2740]

​@@driatrogenesis i mean if i had an hour and hikaru had a minute i think i could win

[@driatrogenesis]

@@evanjabezsampson2740 Id sure hope so, but for someone who doesnt play at all, prob not?

[@jonavanenk7427]

To be fair, Hikaru can think out the opponents' different moves and how to counter them while his opponent is thinking

[@HitPeace]

It's funny because the guy who lost would only need to 60 seconds to beat me. Chess is such a deep and fun game.

[@bigk1017]

Gonzalo Higuain started his chess career.

[@badjaeaux]

3:18 he missed Nxe5 Immortal game against the super GM

[@cmlnywp]

what i understand watching this , its better keeping pieces as much and stay in complex - weird positions vs super gms. otherwise they dont even play the game , they just apply the pattern from a game alrdy finished in their head. u think playing simple would be better coz they have deeper calculation skill but its way worse.

[@donmasacre4919]

I imaging Hikaru thinking "You only have 2500, another easy fish".

[@swave9029]

4:04 he should move his queen to a 7 to make pressure in my opinion on the dark squares

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

FYI Hikaru is not the GOAT in Blitz. Magnus definitely is, considering that Hikaru hasn't actually won anything, while Magnus won basically everything there is to win in Blitz.

[@svfox]

After I crushed Alphazero I was ordered by the high court to never play chess again

[@kevinmalone3210]

Hikaru takes on a 2500, and secretly is thinking, I eat 2500s for breakfast.

[@TruthLivesNow]

Hardly any GM over 2700 can beat GM Hikaru in a Blitz game. This was a good shot, using the clock wisely.

[@VectirR6]

the tactic at 5:56 with the pon who can't take back the knights is incredible

[@ahmedalmahdawi1583]

2:09 here is the converting of position he was shuld move night to f8

[@BrandynTK]

My bet hikaru was thinking about the disrespect and loudness of the people not watching lol

[@DaejinTye]

Board almost caught fire from that pace at the end there.

[@sactownism]

You know they're on another level when they're not looking at the board lol

[@eliasvonbrille]

It's funny to read the line "Our goal is to make chess mainstream again" after chess became mainstream again.

[@PushyPawn]

Hikaru wins because I taught him to always push pawns.

[@jelorde]

This FM is good. SuperGMs are on a completely different level.

[@rippedlikrambo1]

They’re knocking the pieces over at the end, I think some of the pieces ended up in the wrong spot

[@Gymson]

I think his hairline suggested his high ranking, so he did see it coming