Daniel Naroditsky plays Hikaru in Bullet | 10 Games

Danya plays a 10 game bullet match against Hikaru Nakamura after the Chess.com tournament- Bullet Brawl (the score is 5-2 at the start due to the games they played in the tournament; I made a video of those games- • Bullet Brawls- Danya v... )
Clips from GMNaroditsky Twitch- / gmnaroditsky
#chess #hikarunakamura #danielnaroditsky #chesscom #bulletchess

[@GreatUSTreasureHunt]

Meanwhile, on Hikaru's end: "Dr.Destiny, thanks so much for the prime, three months, thanks so much *draws seven arrows* now I've got the bastion and he can't beat this pony, if he takes I take, and Princess Fianchetto with seven gifted subs, thanks so much, seven gifted subs, okay g.g., on to the next game, let's play H4 for the memes, I had this exact game against a Russian GM nine years ago in Finland, I played f3 then which I thought was winning and I saved it in the endgame, but f4 was better, now I've got the wooden shield, did I blunder just then, no, he didn't see it, there was a seven move combo there with dese knights, but he missed it and now I'll just premove these next six moves, it's a forced line, okay resigns, g.g., onto the next one, thanks for the sub Wacky Tabacky, thanks so much, takes here and takes, and that's a free juicer, *draws nine arrows* so if he goes here, the pony jumps in here, family fork, then the bishop can slide in here, okay, he saw it, but now I've got this and this, create a passed pawn on the B file and push p, get the rook behind thanks to WallyIsWhere for the six month prime, thanks so much, did I just blunder that, no, he missed it again, I am just so bad at chess, so trade queens, takes and takes, this pawn will be enough to win, okay resigns g.g., let's go onto the next one..."

[@MChess288]

this comment killed me bro 😂😂 classic Hikaru

[@shawncrahan1753]

The brutal true behind da machine

[@CM-ky5go]

You really went all in

[@wrldgonmad4890]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Martynovic]

well said

[@anthonyvogler1235]

The fact that you get about 1 second to tilt before the next game is the hardest part about this

[@surejsingh8099]

I was impressed with how he was able to stay relatively calm and brush each game off

[@b_delta9725]

@@surejsingh8099 idk about daniel but if i was playing with hikaru i'd get humbled in just one game and i'd take each rematch as a blessing

[@surejsingh8099]

@@b_delta9725 bro I won’t even know wat the fuck going on lol

[@Baggerz182]

repent to God Christ

[@johnmcdonald4881]

The hardest part is playing bullet against Hikaru

[@TheBigLeChowski]

It’s crazy to watch an absolute monster in bullet like danya nearly get adopted

[@TemurTheConqeuror]

Hikaru is best in the bullet nobody will ever beat him

[@ameerkhan3257]

@@TemurTheConqeuror except magnus

[@austinismorbid4182]

Hikari is definitely better in bullet, but I have seen Danya play Hikaru better than this before in a bullet match

[@ameerkhan3257]

@@austinismorbid4182 bullet elo and performace says otherwise.

[@austinismorbid4182]

@@ameerkhan3257 I meant better than Danya, not better than Magnus

[@MuhammedYaseenHarris]

9:04: "another good position"... 9:17: "I have nothing here"

[@teamwonder9229]

a 9-1 session against a +3200 is impressive but ppl think that 43.5/44 against 2900 is cheating lol Hikaru is a beast thats all

[@gamewars5353]

And the only game he lost, was where hikaru made a mouse slip on the queen side castle, or it'd be 10/10 lol

[@puttywimbus]

One does not simply have a "winning position" against Hikaru

[@fiercesteak1928]

Magnus says hi

[@adrianrocha49]

@@fiercesteak1928 him as well, you have to like beat them three or four times just to beat them once, it's a nightmare.

[@KFBALL247]

And this guy kept saying, “I’m winning every time”. No, no you’re not.

[@adrianrocha49]

@@KFBALL247 not what he meant. What he meant was that he had a better position in every game and still lost.

[@boxofcans461]

​@@fiercesteak1928 even magnus fears hikaru, he once said that " it was annoying to play against hikaru"

[@kel8614]

Hikaru is insanely fast holy shit

[@Baggerz182]

repent to God

[@mohamedalawam422]

if u watch the hikaru version of these games u will find him saying "wtf why am i so slow"

[@SkillzthatKillz2011]

@@Baggerz182 hikaru is god

[@MattTherunner]

Yah not as fast as Killua though!

[@lestansei]

@@MattTherunner ...

[@mawangshallhang]

It’s crazy in comparison to Hikaru where he’s just making jokes and peeking at chat while playing

[@maxnix9256]

just watch Hikaru's point of view. He uploaded it to youtube as well. Sure he talks a bit but is very focuesed all the time. In my opinion you also see how they had a different mindset and while Daniel got frustrated, Hikaru got kept calm, even when he was had a worse position. Was a join to see these high level games and the insane skill of both players :-)

[@pepperwestwood]

@Jesser Ian Bayani Yeahh just watched and while obviously more focused than if he’s playing scrubs like me, Hikaru was definitely talking and peeking at chat a decent bit throughout. Just sick

[@Baggerz182]

repent to Christ

[@spodule6000]

I didn't even pent the first time

[@tonimisetic]

@@Baggerz182 you mean white christ borghia?

[@ItsAsparageese]

This is instructive as fuck I love it. Pausing to look at positions a bit more makes for a wild ride. I feel for him, rough streaks suck, but I'm so grateful he and other greats are showing us so much of their play. Thanks for the dope clips

[@LOLFLUSHDRAW]

honestly watching this at like .25 speed is very instructive for mere mortals

[@noahdavis327]

Lol holy Jesus. Hikaru needs to chill with the adderall.

[@lexoll.]

Its just funny when you see hikarus perspective and hes just talking to chat and vibing to music lmao

[@yeetsin560]

hikaru on adderall lol, would actually be unbeatable on bullet

[@el6285]

Adderall is meth

[@Baggerz182]

repent to God

[@DomenG33K]

@@el6285 Yeah no...

[@maipranavhoon]

14:18 What a beautiful mate!

[@jameslarsen5764]

And it only happened because Hikaru’s mouse slipped. Poor Daniel, there really are levels to this shit haha

[@jeffjeff8562]

I just watched both sides and on that one game where Daniel won, Hikaru did in fact mouse slip. He meant to go rook B8 instead of castling. I watched both videos and watched this exact move where Hikaru was going rook B8 and accidentally held the king and incredibly both knew at that move what the outcome of the game would be. How in the hell are these guys that good?

[@ClassicMist360]

oddly enough thats not one of those moments where only top GM's can see the outcome of the game very far in advance. most people 1500 and above would instantly think Hikaru is loosing after castling queenside in that position. Not to take away from danya or hikaru of course, rather just to shed some light and hope on us lower rated players. Just keep studying the game and you too will see those things, gl on your grind!😇

[@jeffjeff8562]

@@ClassicMist360 Chess is just a casual game for me. I actually enjoy watching the Magnus's, Hikaru's and Daniel's more than playing. I'll probably never go above 1000.

[@Nortsa]

@@jeffjeff8562 lol i can relate

[@titomontoya5100]

​@@ClassicMist360 I'm trying to study but it's hard to do since the only thing I have to go off of is the engine, and it seems these insane lines id never see. Have any tips on how to actually study chess?

[@imback-ih9gq]

@@titomontoya5100 books

[@James-zy8nh]

Daniel: Can’t give me a winning position every game Hikaru: r U SUrE abOuT THat

[@fachriranu1041]

The thing is Hikaru did his move while talking to his chat.

[@LOLFLUSHDRAW]

hikaru is a cuck though so it evens out

[@saryjou2793]

I already watched Hikaru version of this match kzbin.info/www/bejne/epnQkoR-Yp2KmNE and it seemed pretty normal. Now when you see the opponent's view you feel like Hikaru is the god of chess

[@Gush27]

Seriously lol he’s so easy going about it it’s like yeah makes sense. Then you watch this it’s like damn he’s really a human engine

[@jerome8670]

My thoughts exactly 😮 From Daniel’s pov it’s like a chess brick wall…. From Hikarus pov he was like ‘phew and we get the win’ insane language of chess between the both of them 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@christopher19894]

Perfect comment. I know exactly what you mean. Hikaru has a way of making it seem easy from his point of view, to say the least haha. Danya is top 3 bullet of the whole world-- yet he was demoralized the whole match, with a dejected/defeated demeanor. Hard to watch from this side.

[@exelmans8855]

@@christopher19894 he’s not top 3 bullet.

[@emileheskey7991]

@@exelmans8855 with no increment he's definitely up there with the best

[@pietwitten640]

Only win was because Hikaru made a mouse slip. He wanted to play rook b8 but castled long instead. Absolutely monstrous play by him.

[@markmywords3817]

Only goes to show that even though Hikaru is a level above GMs, the slimmest of errors can still cost him the game.

[@hovigavedian4542]

Part of bullet. You can choose to sacrifice more time to make the moves more carefully but if you're going to choose speed, then you're risking a mouse slip.

[@ytaccount8635]

@@markmywords3817 Thats why hes a Super GM not just GM.

[@pietwitten640]

@@markmywords3817 this is not a light error though. A slight error imo is a positional miss. This is a eerror that can only happen due having a mouse. When it happene it's game over. He said right after the move he was lost.

[@markmywords3817]

@@ytaccount8635 Super GM isn't an official title given by FIDE. It's an informal distinction.

[@MusicInUniverse]

The one checkmate for Daniel was actually due to a mouse mistake from Hikaru when he grabbed the king instead of the rook and castled at the very wrong time! Hikaru instantly predicted a checkmate against him after his mistake.

[@prateekchauhan6376]

Give timestamp bro

[@omkarkumar2943]

in last game @@prateekchauhan6376

[@zEcho1]

14:00@@prateekchauhan6376

[@ginopagano7293]

@@prateekchauhan637614:18 in hikaru's video

[@TheOne11111]

World No.2 is not joke. Hikaru is speed monster.

[@IloveSPIDERZ]

Daniel is playing all calmly, but I can imagine Hikaru head-bopping throughout the entire match... I checked Hikaru's video of this afterwards, and sure enough! Haha On that 9th game, it is insane that Hikaru knew he was going to lose only a few moves in after he accidentally castled.

[@DrBrightNegs]

Hikaru is an absolute Tank. Best ever there has been in Bullet

[@MniejNizZer0]

As a 650 i don't know what the f is happening here

[@gagapertskhelava4760]

As a 1120 i can say the same thing. They are just moving pieces all over the board 😂

[@Johny97_]

Daniel is so hard on himself here forgetting hes up against Hikaru

[@PeterPerhac]

I never know who to cheer for when my 2 most favourite players are playing against each other. I hope these two will have a rematch some time soon and I wish to see Danya in a better shape. Thank you for creating entertaining content

[@ohiorushbaby]

Hikaru is the master of bullet chess because he knows how to improvise and survive with slightly worse positions. His knowledge of tactics and structures is so comprehensive that he basically knows how to play positions where the opponent, lacking a similar on-the-fly knowledge base, tends to be more inaccurate over the course of a game, giving Hikaru a slow but steady advantage in the end game. Hikaru is rightly called the king of defensive chess. Daniel Naroditsky is a top 150 player in the WORLD, and Hikaru just seems like he's on another level.

[@owoFlygon]

Hikaro almost adopts Danya yet Kramnik thinks Hikaru is cheating going 45.5/46 against random lower titled players 😂

[@alexrobin]

14:16 That mate :)

[@ajaykolekar3781]

Qd6 or Qc7 is met with Nd7

[@---Vector]

A weaker mind can be devastated by this result, but Danya has a strong mind.

[@boxofcans461]

Every chess player has a strong mind because they lose around 50% of the time

[@Broggi93]

danya is well aware of hikarus power level and doesnt have an inflated ego. hes fine

[@Mike-ud6hd]

I'm so used to seeing Hikaru takes takes takes with the occasional wooden shield or of course the Kebab positional variation from his perspective. Now watching him play Daniel you know how brilliantly fast Hikaru is, top 6 in the world so it shouldn't be a surprise.

[@vibovitold]

he's better than just top 6 in blitz (and all the more, bullet)

[@DomenG33K]

@@vibovitold Not sure but isnt he constantly top 3 in fast formats..

[@blindteammates4922]

​@DomenG33K not rapid. Not anymore. Was before the last world rapid championship.

[@Theantmang]

@@blindteammates4922 hikaru is the best bullet player to ever play. he is THE best bullet player. lol

[@Theantmang]

hikaru is the best bullet player.. literally the best.

[@pold111]

this is a level of chess i will never reach

[@Theantmang]

no one has reached hikaru in bullet, dont feel bad lol

[@JakobMusic]

Ive been really proud of my chess lately. I'm close to hitting 1800 in otb chess. So once in a while I think "Oh wow, i finally grasp the basics of the game, how nice." And then I see a GM doing this: 5:25 And I'm immediatly reminded of how little I understand about chess. Daniel literally went: "woops, missclick, meant to castle queenside" and casually moved his king 5 times :D

[@mishanstein6969]

Yeah, it's a high level idea that one might come up with giving enough time, but "these guys" recognize immediately that there's no good way to break open the queen side and that the king side is about to get blown apart, so they run the king to safety and focus all the play on the other side of the board. There's a nice game that Ding Liren won against Magnus with the same idea- www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1981186

[@kburtsev]

Bullet is a special kind (and, blitz also but less). I doubt you will see anything like that even in rapid, yet alone classical.

[@emranahmed5711]

Inhuman speed with extreme accuracy. It's Hikaru dude 😂

[@mackenziejohns8650]

My guy " looks like mate, smells like mate but there is no mate"😂😂

[@reynavarra4495]

Let there be a lesson, NO ONE BEAT DANYA 10 TIMES IN A ROW!!

[@casual5234]

mouse slip☠

[@MyKingBee1]

Hikaru has literally adopted danya 21 times

[@riteshrana3297]

​@@MyKingBee1hikaru is great player and danya is a great teacher of chess

[@KRAKUMAL]

🤡🤡🤡

[@danielheitz7909]

6:58 - Kramnik - 'Write that down, write that down.'

[@Flashyfinancier]

Hikaru is called the speed demon for a reason

[@xidane]

i am no mathematician but for you to lose 10-0 its basically mathematically impossible. says some world champion

[@chickenoil8663]

Interesting

[@HouseOfHam]

then, 100 professional mathematicians tell the said world champion he is not one of them

[@ajays5698]

So how many games did you lose? Daniel: I lost count

[@enozi8951]

Daniel: I'm winning Hikaru: You're under my Genjutsu

[@vickmackey24]

Poor Danya. But at least he narrowly avoided the humiliation of being adopted.

[@Baeza_5.0]

hikaru is a truly cracked individual

[@beam5655]

Another good position -> 5 seconds later -> I have nothing here 😂

[@Katatopianos]

Even though this wasn’t a great day Danya, I love watching the two of them play. It’s so entertaining

[@RyanC232]

Danyas commentary is so calm and steady. Hikaru operates best in chaos itself

[@big_darkside2716]

Smothered Checkmate was hella nice!

[@aayushtripathi5705]

00:01 that good luck was pure

[@danielcharlton5159]

Lets go Daniel San!!

[@ignantxxxninja]

I wonder if the sheer volume of games being played by Hikaru during his streaming career has anything to do with his advantage during these games. I’m shocked at the result of these matches, usually it’s evenly distributed somewhat… But hey, that was a beautiful mating sequence

[@Willy-nu3oc]

Yes, I've heard in one of his videos he said that he was playing 7 hours of chess daily.

[@mosatsoni4324]

Takes, takes, takes, takes, takes and Hikaru wins a Juicer.

[@HitPeace]

I already watch KZbin at 1.75x. this chess is even more insane for me.

[@Danthonyt]

People that play at this level are unbelievable.

[@ekaputra5280]

I think their brains are quite literally wired differently. Id never see myself doing this in a million years.

[@pio-dorco]

6:58 "He is just a computer today, not much i can do... 🙁" That line cracked me up 😂 Hikaru is an alien

[@TheNole]

14:18 makes up for all the pain he endured in the previous losses

[@Shadowwind4]

Bro is taking one breath per game lmao

[@kacy6014]

Hikaru: “When did you think you were winning?”

[@felipegonzalez6139]

Una cosa es ser uno de los mejores y presumir que Daniel fue un niño prodigio y otra ser un súper Gm múltiple campeón de blitz y rápidas en la vida real y ser varias veces top 1-2 en blitz

[@jaekn]

Si, tienes razon son niveles de habilidad completamente diferentes

[@kevin00alexander]

Wooow! Shout-out to Daniel Naroditsky for that beautiful checkmate. I have always been from the monsters perspective like Magnus, Hikaru, Alireza etc and I can say that I could almost feel the frustration of facing a freaking machine as Hikaru is. Terrifying and discouraging.

[@khangle6872]

Funny thing is if you watch from Hikaru, it was mouse slip, he say that instantly

[@traderdaniel4749]

I just had to make sure that I did not watch the video 2x Speed. Its insane how fast they are!

[@wallywest9257]

It's never easy watching your sensei get his shit pushed back in.

[@JUNGELMAN2012]

Kuddo's for not throwing the chair out that window😅

[@playerx2006]

He comments pretty well on what Hikaru's next move is in other games, but in his own games he doesn't see Hikaru's next moves as easy

[@Stuugie.]

It's kinda like how I can watch danya do his speedrun and clearly see the blunders of his opponents but when I play I blunder the exact same way

[@iluvatarchem]

If only this man wasnt in a constant star strack-tilted state. He would be one of the best ever

[@kenallen4175]

Both incredible!!!

[@ridgeyoung8115]

gotta respect his commitment to claiming a winning position every game, meanwhile Hikaru vibing; a mouse slip away from adopting him

[@jackbar28]

It's interesting to see the otherside.

[@itskenji9751]

i like how that 1 game of that "sexy checkmate" was worth all the 8 losses :P

[@beng4647]

Hikarus only lose was mouse slip 😳

[@BrokenYT15]

Daniel Focused Meanwhile Hikaru thank you for the gifted 😂

[@seangauthier8144]

I love watching stuff like this on 2x

[@jeffreyhampton9130]

Good stuff.

[@JB-jt6oq]

playing since childhood compulsively turns you into a monster

[@youtubeshypocrisy]

I’m so proud of Daniel not getting adopted!

[@xwhoshootin2698]

Hikaru is on another level

[@ironmiketeam4689]

13:25 ;D Fatality mental breakdown

[@Nippleless_Cage]

Usually there's not that big a difference between these two in online bullet, but today it was just a slaughter. Hikaru was on one and Danya just couldn't cope. Except for that smothered mate of course 😂

[@khangle6872]

From a mouse slip, no less

[@anthonyhaines496]

Hikaru on his stream: "this guy doesn't know how to play chess"

[@JoesGreatIdea]

If the clock gave Hikaru :30 and me 6 years, I’d lose in 3 minutes

[@HASHI_]

How high are you bro ?

[@JS_Precision]

14:15 redemption! What a beautiful smothered mate.

[@robinburkart6445]

After every game I can hear Hikaru go "Okay, let's keep goin'."

[@user-rf2to1ds2t]

That 1 checkmate was sweet 🧁🎂 🍭🍬😂

[@Swytched]

Very odd how my mind is learning more watching this than slower matches.

[@SportGuyDMV]

They pre move so fast 😂

[@aardwolf2231]

Danya getting a smother mate wins him the set!!

[@zoltan9760]

Was a misclick castle danya almost got adopted

[@Kiwi-zz8ri]

Hikaru gave it to him 🥱

[@ecdabggfc1904]

i wish thats how it works😂

[@Notorious224]

Misclick castle. Hikaru owns this guy

[@HideNameMe]

Bro! My brain can’t process 😊

[@grimeybeast1465]

Every Hikaru stream: I'm totally winning now. Yeah. This is just bad for black/white. Yeah, it's objectively just bad. It's really bad. Wait... does he have QF4? Does he have QF4? Did I miss QF4? Yeah, I missed QF4. I totally blundered this. I blundered. I really messed this one up. Totally blundered. I'm gonna have to try and flag'em. My only hope is to flag'em. I hope I can flag him. Wait... Do I have RA5? Did he miss that I have RA5? Is that a possibility. Let's see if I go RA5, then: Take. Takes. Take. Takes. Take. Takes. Check. Takes. Check. Check.... Yeah. I do. Okay, Yeah. I do have RA5. THEN: Premove. Premove. Premove. Premove. Premove. Premove. Premove. Premove. Premove. Checkmate.

[@squidsword0]

9:25 I think he had e2. if he takes the bishop, you can take on a2 deflecting the rook from the promotion square.

[@mishanstein6969]

That... looks like it works👍

[@flippert0]

Barely escaped adoption here. Hikaru was on a roll that day.

[@ballage2023]

it's insane how high his rating, and still schooled by old hiku

[@captain_crunk]

This looks like the chess equivalent of somebody just mashing buttons with Eddie Gordo.

[@chazsmith20]

"Totally winning" against Hikaru usually means losing.

[@astroworld-gx7xe]

there’s levels to this

[@deadeye4520]

Poor guy was going against a total beast. But he did get a sexy checkmate in one game.

[@danitaga5591]

That sequence at 14:10 is WICKED. Mouse slip or not that was one sexy conversion.

[@empanadero_]

14:46 missed bishop takes g3

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

Me when playing bullet games 😂😂😂… this is far beyond the sky

[@lmc.lezarcus]

i can feel the pain

[@redwanurrahaman8644]

Even Being Naroditsky is not enough

[@Theaddekalk]

we need a video comparisson wiht hikaru!

[@RafaelGonzalez88888]

in the openings i feel like krillin watching goku & frieza fight.. i cant even see whats going on

[@SceneryBreak]

14:17 A thing of beauty wow

[@podemous]

Meanwhile on hikaru's end "why am i playing terrible today. Let'sfocusup"