Do 1300s Think That Chess is Hard??

Tricks Only Speedrun Part 9 - This speedrun includes openings such as The Grob, Benko Gambit, Blackburne Shilling Gambit, Portuguese Gambit, Jerome Gambit, Englund Gambit and Nakhmanson Gambit, Benoni, Smith-Morra, Ponziani, Hippo, Portugese Gambit, Fried Liver, and Danish Gambit
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[@baq8533]

Hikaru: Chess Is Hard Also Hikaru: Trashing 2500's With The Bongcloud

[@leagueaddict8357]

chess strenght is relative, me as a 1400 blitz player am a really good player, but I will also lose to any gm in 5 moves.

[@pzr2681]

@@leagueaddict8357 really good?

[@leagueaddict8357]

@@pzr2681 Compared to someone who is rated 1000 I'm basically a GM but compared to anyone better than me I'm not that good.

[@pzr2681]

@@leagueaddict8357 hmm yeah I guess...

[@snickle1980]

@@pzr2681 I agree there. It's all relative. When I was under 1000, the 1300+ players were godlike. They performed dance moves on the chess board that I couldn't even DREAM about. I suppose we're all "Really Good" if we're comparing ourselves to lower Elo players. 😁

[@maritsia_]

13:20 *Hikaru reads chat* "Am I friends with Magnus?!" "Um let's go for the cheese. The big cheese"

[@kingalonsoiv]

i felt that lol

[@wildexperiense]

His sad face, after that :))

[@aaronquadd3019]

He doesn't answer until like 21:30

[@santana4071]

THE INTRO is SICK

[@armandr1613]

I agree... some people really hate it though and think its cringe dunno why...

[@BassTooLoudd]

No it’s extremely cringe

[@andrewmanzano4792]

It's not cringe it's HILARIOUS and it glorifies Hikaru because he's such a fukin badass !!!

[@heewonchoi1]

@@BassTooLoudd your extremely cringe

[@theeffectoflogic3]

@@heewonchoi1 you're*

[@betterlucnxttime7494]

1300s : Chess Is Hard! Hikaru : Queen there there Bishop here there check mate 👁👄👁

[@freddycruz5969]

15:35 “Unless Giannis plays out of his complete mind I just don’t see ir happening”. Well, he did😂😂😂

[@ZaoJin]

lmao my man Hikaru blessed Giannis with that one

[@vsyovklyucheno]

"Chess is hard" - GM Hikaru Nakamura

[@liam_flag]

It is when he's playing Magnus lol

[@vsyovklyucheno]

@@TheBlueSkateboard that's not a fork, there is a Rh8+ and you should play Qc8 and you lose queen for a rook with R×c8+

[@vsyovklyucheno]

@@TheBlueSkateboard yep, that was I guess

[@imnotftw]

As a 1300 (on a good day) the hardest part is not blundering. Generally I have a good understanding of chess and can build good positions just often throw it away with 1. Or 2 bad moves.

[@crazyboysince1998]

I'm 1200 and when I play 1300s they never blunder. Or if they do its in some way that I can't see but the computer makes me feel dumb when i look. Saying that I keep getting past 1200 then going back to 1100 then back again like a yoyo. Sometimes makes me just wanna stop playing but I'm too addicted to stop playing lol

[@scottc2076]

⁠@@crazyboysince1998I just hit 1300 and I definitely blunder plenty but on some games I don’t. Tactics puzzles and opening knowledge really help. I completely suck at endgames but most people resign before that point anyways.

[@crazyboysince1998]

@@scottc2076 yeah im like 1500 now. i still blunder too, but just not as often and when i do blunder it isnt usually that bad of a blunder. My commemt was 11 months ago obviously now i do see the blunders 1200s 1300s make in their games. I hit 1500 and stopped playing though because i'm too busy right now to play much. Hopefully i can start playing again at some point when im not busy and go for 1700 if thats possible i dunno but i have beat the 2000 bots a lot so maybe i could do it if i studied it

[@mohammedashraf.1463]

@@crazyboysince1998 yeah man anyone can reach 1600 if they are strong at tactics .but you need to learn theory to improve after that elo

[@mohammedashraf.1463]

@@crazyboysince1998 I was stuck at 1100 for 2 weeks .then I just learnt one opening for each color and became slight strong at tactics .now I'm destroying 1300s . I'm also 1300 now

[@phoen89]

22:30 "if Magnus was falling into a volcano, would you risk your life to save him?" some of those questions lol

[@wabdih]

love that he actually answered it lol

[@vinayakvaidya4]

Ok the intro is seriously hitting next level now 🔥

[@ezzymoneycoder]

indeed, next shitty level

[@yodas_cloaca]

"I don't know much about Go" *10secs later starts talking about Go in the 1800s*

[@crooksteezy6231]

I love seeing low rated players get cocky and start moving fast thinking they have mate and suddenly Hikaru has all of their pieces in the blink of an eye😂

[@jaylee6769]

I've never seen Hikaru so chill, happy, and honest

[@swolejszo]

My favourite part of each speed run is when he rips through players of my rating, which is this video. Needless to say I dont see the things Hikaru sees and lose about half my games against players around 1300.

[@josighah]

“ ‘Am I friends with Magnus?’ Let’s go for a cheese.”

[@mr.steenweg7504]

OMG, I was just going to scroll down the comment section and he said this 😂 big mindfcks

[@ethanm3480]

Completely ignores it and acts like he just said nothing. Bravo.

[@johnfredrickxo]

I was watching him live that day and he said afterward that they are on good terms but they aren't really "friends"

[@comcapgang5985]

@@johnfredrickxo literally just watch 10 extra minutes of the video lol

[@justrandomthings8158]

@@ethanm3480 he answers it.

[@heewonchoi1]

You know this video is pretty old when Hikaru said that he thought the Suns would win the NBA Finals.

[@quiquenet1756]

That checkmate at the beginning... I felt that.

[@tiredofthebullshit]

I am also a victim of *checkmate*

[@mehsmehmeh]

"He can't take cause he loses his King"

[@usernamegsw4997]

Man it's not fair. Whenever I see a strong player play against 1200-1300 players, they play like 800 and pick up pieces on the first few moves. Then I play, I'm in that ELO range, and they don't hang up the pieces that easily.

[@jordanmortensen]

You’re not that guy.

[@zeno4538]

I agree and my theory is the speed and accuracy of these strong players puts pressure on the 1200s and makes them feel like they need to play faster then normal. And then they blunder. Also what marko said thats also part of it

[@sadge824]

Maybe you are just bad and can’t do the same stuff hikaru does

[@os.a.m.a]

Do you analyse your games? I'm expecting no

[@usernamegsw4997]

@@os.a.m.a I am better than you bro

[@ReelRayman]

I love how he took with the queen first

[@overpeasant9079]

that wouldnt work he cant take with a bishop

[@belligerent0737]

@@overpeasant9079 He can. Why can’t he?

[@overpeasant9079]

@@belligerent0737 he has to take with the queen first otherwise the mate doesn’t work

[@izs6946]

@@overpeasant9079 nope it's checkmate either way

[@samarthtripathi8397]

@@overpeasant9079 You wrong. 🤓

[@dylanbb6787]

I love how in the first clip Hikaru says he blunders a knight and IMMEDIATELY discovers checkmate.

[@hvflhkgcvgj6805]

Those NBA Finals predictions did not age well.

[@ludwiglarsson3352]

27:46 He can't say that! Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie of them all! It fits in so nicely in the story. I have never been more satisfied with a movie ending.

[@alphagaming28]

Bro the editor is awesome. 🔥

[@tommydashed4205]

"I find them juvenile and immature" Exactly why we find it funny.

[@Imfromjamaicaman]

I was like "What's the queen of drags got to do with the gold standard?" when Hikaru commented on RuPaul

[@lukaswastaken8756]

Already Saw the stream, but its fun to see the vods anyways

[@moltenshard]

@Aditya Panicker Near the Digital board there is a settings option, you click it and go to board, then for the animation you should select “Arcade”. It could only be used in Blitz and Rapid

[@firmanimad]

Ah yes, RuPaul is the well known proponent of the Gold Standard.

[@cryzerker8080]

Can someone say what kind of settings he has? How to do that animation, board, pieces etc

[@Marcus_405]

same here, they look sick

[@pocholoborlongan75]

When hikaru says good job on a meme he means that good job for making a meme he understands

[@blessyou9821]

Hikaru is the only chess player who is also an entertainer.

[@danielscheib119]

Just got started with chess this week at 21. He makes it look so easy

[@ayrose]

Great Series, specially the intro, keep it up

[@89Valkyrie]

The fookin "Is go popular in Japan" question killed me. There's an anime called "Hikaru no Go" LOL.

[@pandachong7942]

12:08 that’s just such a funny moment to me

[@jasonsmith381]

"Better luck next time my friend, Chess is hard" as he blunders then pre-move mates in idk, 4 maybe? It's all the way the best Chess content

[@rayyanghossan2628]

How to make the chess animation/effect just like hikaru?

[@HappySisyphus0]

You can change the animations at the board settings

[@rayyanghossan2628]

@@HappySisyphus0 but there are no animation for the king check or when the game started in the settings

[@mikejr.3812]

I know this video is 3 years old but this is the first time I'm watching it and can we get the intro back 😂 that is amazing

[@wellgetitwright3894]

Hikaru smells a checkmate a mile away. “There’s a checkmate here somewhere”

[@michaelmurray6577]

Intro is so fire I had to replay it 3 times 🔥🔥🔥🔥😱

[@orcahhh8017]

8:32 Hikaru blundering a bishop in one move

[@MalayRana06]

The only chess channel with legendary thumbnails 🤣🤣♟

[@lucendo6168]

Dont forget GothamChess

[@MalayRana06]

@@lucendo6168 yep

[@adamnorthey571]

any thoughts on ever playing automated chess? id like to see your take on it

[@zhonlino]

Hikaru should be in the modern art museum

[@klundbundle]

What board and effects is he using? They’re super sick

[@JSnoopy]

“Then he goes here and he just looses”

[@stormsennawieberdink]

Can you play the urusov gambit/nakhmanson gambit? the bishops opening has allot of tricky lines.

[@braindeadbrick553]

13:05 classic wooden shield Pog

[@untoldleo4909]

“They wish they could do it.” He’s right but why does he have to say it out loud? Lmao

[@joshuaregno7727]

I would fall for that intro trick every day

[@KeithWickliffe79]

I think you could have done good at anything and still been popular.. ppl love you and that's all good... Love from New Zealand

[@arielgayao1267]

Such a great chess player 👏👏👏

[@Gamefreak8112]

Hard? Until you get the experience it's just a matter of time and memory. I am by my own estimate probably around 1300. Just getting back into it really. I played a bunch in 8th grade and back in the day on yahoo chess. I need to play with pieces again. You're a madman Hikaru!

[@sorinsandu451]

ABSOLUTELY GREAT! BIG FAN!

[@sergiohoeckh3165]

Its toooo clean, my peewee brain is flusturd

[@gearsofwarfreak1212]

Giannis did indeed play out of his complete mind

[@durgadas2805]

How to have this animations in game (Theme name) ? Is it on chess24?

[@newworldstream1259]

How to use those effects on board?

[@manuelpesantez6451]

This tiny part of my life is called... Hikaru's intros

[@victorpalmieri9145]

he won more games in this video, than me in my entire life ಥ_ಥ

[@wildfire812]

Hikaru try a scholars mate opening only speedrun

[@donnythedingo]

Watching Hikaru play is like watching Bob paint.

[@loqztv]

Are you the one who edits all your videos? Dayum!

[@ahphong2904]

When was these games of 1300 going on? This reminds me of simul chess online. Isn’t this going to hurt your chess, subconsciously you’re honing these thoughts. Don’t know if I. Are any sense.

[@ThaChildishOne]

Bucks in six lol the prophecy came true

[@abp1665]

"oh no I blundered a knight" so good

[@sagnikbarman6616]

Hikaru is still winning

[@matthyoutube6155]

I really want to see Hikaru play Shogi

[@chroniccomplainer3792]

Ive been stuck at 1300 for a couple months now. Dont enjoy studying lines but prefer 5 min blitz so i feel capped.

[@sahtregon709]

31:35 oh wait its my move 🤣🤣

[@enriquefcb10]

Absolutely demolish!! So funny to watch🤣

[@iXNomad]

Thats funny how he talks about everything and smashes his 1.3k opponent when my 1.3k opponents can beat me in 15 moves(

[@nickrees4706]

RuPaul might not support the gold standard but he thinks it is fabulous

[@dawn2205]

Chess is hard AF ugh

[@literallyjun2213]

That intro was so classy

[@mlsanica7618]

More tricka for bricks pls

[@yaqobazizdg8502]

How many games did you and magnus played and what's the record between you too?

[@shanerobbins4122]

He calculates so fast

[@nevermind7469]

lmao chat rly got one of the top chess players in the world to say "who's canma" 💀💀

[@hyan5112]

Do a no castling speed run that would be cool

[@baraaderbashi6131]

Dude, you killed the guy from the first game. You may have killed him literally, but you killed his hopes and dreams at least.

[@pontikos3169]

as a 1300 i found the title and the thumbnail hilarious

[@michaelflynn6952]

1:32 ah the famoud monetary theorist ru paul

[@rdb5168]

the outro music is awesome. Whats the name of the song?

[@frinpi7473]

he should've promoted to a bishop on the last clip

[@RadishAcceptable]

YOU CHANGE THAT INTRO BACK RIGHT NOW YOU MONSTER! 🤣🤣🤣

[@venkinta3343]

I need to know the name of hikaru's song for the intri in this tricks speedrun

[@elleszabo8655]

liking cuz same

[@venkinta3343]

@@elleszabo8655 Schhh by bonkers beat club. just found it

[@mike4265]

i cant even get past the opening to the video.....asshole makes me laugh so hard "oh no blundered a knight, nope checkmate, chess is hard" LOLOL

[@elidrissii]

12:10 man... the speed of the premoves...

[@Ctlord5]

I must see the Ross gambit atleast once

[@fsmit80]

If Tom Brady made love to The Rock they would produce this intro as their child. Fire!

[@akosvarga8964]

My new favourite thing is the intro

[@HyperEMC]

What song is that intro, I can't find it anywhere.

[@dr.mitbhavsar3086]

35:45 The truth has been spoke.

[@Skelloter]

27:52 what new movies

[@wasptamil6040]

Your thumbail editor is insane hikaru.....love you guys #from your unpaid student

[@SandSeven]

Hikaru is the Carl Sagan of Chess

[@omkarjagtap5535]

1-Is it chess.com If yes WHY THERE IS NO ANIMATION IN MY CHESS.COM

[@theprogram1950]

I love this Intro dude

[@michael21759]

Can you try to play the intercontinental ballistic missile gambit?

[@albertgrobler182]

About the "civil war" in South Africa: Luckily it's not an actual civil war. But Hikaru is right that it is about our former president. He has finally been found guilty for one of the many offences he's being trialed for, so he's been sentenced for 15 months(not totally sure about the length of the sentence) in prison for undermining the court. His followers were not happy, so they started looting and vandalizing businesses in a few provinces up north and it turned violent. Cost the country billions of rands. Luckily it is over now and as far as I'm aware, the government is busy finding the instigators and arresting them. (I am South African btw)