GM Hikaru Nakamura Blitz Speedrun to 3000 | 1200-1350

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[@empanadero_]

I once did a speedrun from 1500 to 1200 in like an hour

[@gartyqam]

Chabge ur pfp

[@neno539]

@M H said the dude who has no pfp

[@rathelmmc3194]

That’s my kind of chess.

[@Nikolay_Nikolaev]

Dude, you have a bright future in the chess😉

[@darkdemist6294]

Same but I'm better than you since I did 1500 to 1100

[@raisu_5864]

“Hi hikaru” “Checkmate.” “What?” “Next game”

[@emirs769]

lmao

[@josuemora2488]

😂😂😂

[@alejandromendez9762]

XDDDDD

[@PowerK1]

That’s funny as fuck

[@joserodriguez537]

LMAO that's literally 100% of the video summarized into 4 quotes HAHAHAHA

[@adamaguiar1555]

Imagine being so good at chess you get accused of using an engine when you’re barely paying attention to the game

[@voroboosher]

He is an engine himself so its somewhat true

[@manictiger]

​@@voroboosher He's like the Jerry Miculek of chess.

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

@@manictiger Now I wanna hear him say GET SOME!!! when he takes a piece

[@Murasame13]

Keep in mind he's also playing faster than an engine can generate moves lol

[@emilianofernandez7399]

When does this happen?

[@sonerkeskin1634]

*opponent makes a natural development move* Nakamura: He just made a big blunder I'll mark that as a win

[@breadsheeran1119]

Gg haha

[@Lemonator32]

'Mate in 143 moves

[@kanis999]

This is honestly the kind of content I want to see. Regular folks like me getting destroyed in optimal ways.

[@rayarthur5326]

Yup digital masochism is a thing these days

[@timelocked1366]

1364: nice a 1210 easy win hikaru: ok easy checkmate 1354: WTF

[@lomiification]

@@timelocked1366 haha, the goal being to last as long as possibel

[@christianfreeburg]

Yeah man

[@gamerdio2503]

Semi optimal. If Hikaru could play optimally, he'd be one of the first to beat Stockfish ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@whisper3856]

“Hmm, this is a very strong 1200... and OH GOD HE HAS 3000 RATING IN BULLET” -Every player who played you

[@FatherTau]

Lol

[@penguin6995]

LOOOL

[@cretudavid8622]

He was on a new acc

[@zeni2432]

@@cretudavid8622which he had previously also did the same thing with (speedrun) in bullet.

[@falgunipandya7751]

If you ever feel useless, remember that there was losses counter in his speedrun

[@antonhelsgaun]

I still feel useless

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@antonhelsgaun same

[@alex2005z]

@@antonhelsgaun me to

[@emilianofernandez7399]

He loses games around 2500

[@ikarosBeta]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJSJAJAJAJAJAJA

[@unavidaespectacular]

When a 1200 elo player plays against me , it feels like they are 2000 elo players, but with Hikaru they look like no more than 600 elo players

[@dvadi8153]

True

[@EscanderBeats]

elol

[@uglibunny9910]

100%

[@had0j]

true

[@DynestiGTI]

20:57-22:00 lmao you made that guy wait for a 1 minute only to checkmate him. So savage

[@TravelingWithKiwi]

😂😂😂

[@ikarosBeta]

xDXDXDXDXD

[@normiebob9260]

Dude: **plays e4** Hikaru: aight I'll mark that as a win

[@MrOttopants]

lol, the story about Hikaru being "terrible" at chess when he started is pretty funny, because he won a national championship in first grade.

[@thekoala4260]

wtf bro another et

[@AZEOforreal]

He began at 7. And Florida schools go 9 at first grade. That's 2 years of leeway.

[@xIzonegamingIx]

HYPERSze if you were 9 in first grade you started school with some sort of handicap friend. i was 6 in first grade with everybody else in florida

[@minnesotahcky7438]

HYPERSze if you start first grade at 9 years old you’re graduating high school as a 20 year old lmao

[@pestober]

HYPERSze what kind of special ed school were you at lmao

[@Steelie97]

imagine the players clicking his account and seeing over 3000 in Bullet

[@YoavMilikow]

lol

[@pedrovergaraurquijo8551]

Lol

[@iski4317]

LOOOL

[@hilmivirgiawan4287]

LOOOOL

[@MrMoman7]

L O O O O O L

[@georgejones1681]

*Regular 1200 Elo player logs In to play a game* Hikaru : So you have chosen Death

[@Ninad3204]

Opponent: **breathes** Hikaru: He just blundered I'll mark that as a win

[@namazbaiishmakhametov1810]

23:25 the reason Fried Liver attack is called this way comes from the dish Fegatello which is liver fried with onion. When you cut liver in thin slices and start cooking it, pieces get heated and kinda "jump" on your pan. The analogy is that black Kings gets attacked and he jumps all over the chess board just like liver jumps on the pan while being fried.

[@petergriffin8767]

ok

[@crypto2633]

ok

[@jigglemcswiggle7186]

Ty

[@oldbird4601]

Lmfao whoever named it is a god among men

[@christian_]

That’s actually really cool to know

[@lehareelamoralcosmos4196]

I do speedrun everyday. From 1300 to 1400 and back.

[@Nikolay_Nikolaev]

Guys, you are having a bright future in the chess😉

[@gytzero]

What's your rating now out of curiousity?

[@antonhelsgaun]

I do 400-500

[@pagnedaman3777]

Wow lol. I started at the standard 800 lol now im down to 600.

[@Vennotius]

I'm still working on my 3000 speed run. It has been many years, and I'm now at 1800's. Almost there!

[@vqqiu2179]

@Nazmus Saquib no u

[@taraten9050]

@@vqqiu2179 no u

[@vishalchidambaram1064]

@@taraten9050 no u

[@maverickzenub7807]

Good luck!

[@revooshnoj4078]

you'll never make it lmao

[@Chicabaduk]

"I don't quite see the quick checkmate" Checkmates 5 seconds later wtf

[@user-zu3hp5bu5t]

ㅇㄷ

[@alexandrubragari1537]

Oof

[@tkrpiano]

Just another day of hikaru playing chess

[@eshkurs4153]

there must not have been a forced line but the guy just defended pretty awfully.

[@samuelichovec9945]

It was because he walked his king into checkmate. And before it that it wasn't there

[@nemeczek67]

I have similar videos: Blitz Speedrun to 300.

[@blaizakin90]

Anti chess speed run?

[@OwnedSoda13BBH]

I actually got to 100 on chess.com then got banned

[@OwnedSoda13BBH]

Nazmus Saquib it says I was intentionally losing games

[@JA-nv4zb]

@@OwnedSoda13BBH F

[@johnrubensaragi4125]

@@OwnedSoda13BBH LOL

[@electriclord3]

Opponent: *moves first pawn* Hikaru: "I'm gonna mark this one down as win"

[@Sooyush]

4:16 this guy is premoving while talking casually about life. Jeez what a chad

[@victor6010]

33:27 I love when people gets pissed off like this LUL

[@riley4037]

First time hearing his voice, did NOT expect him to sound so friendly lol!

[@AZEOforreal]

Wdym

[@exodusdonley77]

I felt the same way. Like the other guy said, I never really assumed chess gm's could be so chill.

[@starboiklem8381]

@Jo Smo true, i was surprised seeing him the first time

[@antonhelsgaun]

@Jo Smo that was also most chess players in my school chess club (from memory, it was like third grade).

[@KumudK]

When i first discovered Nakamura in a chess match in KZbin, I thought he was a silent and less word type of man. Oh boy! How wrong i was. He talks a lot😂

[@garrysmith1029]

At first I thought he was a terrible gm because Everytime I saw a clip he blundered his pieces.

[@eshkurs4153]

@@garrysmith1029 “terrible gm” is hilarious to me

[@helmyismail6557]

The king is more safe when its bongclouded

[@JA-nv4zb]

They can't see it through the smoke

[@JA-nv4zb]

@vaibhav vinayaka bongcloud boi, smoke?

[@markmarky281]

What is bongcloud in chess

[@chrischurch2138]

Is naka a low-key bong ripper?

[@mftripz8445]

@@markmarky281 in order to escape a checkmate the king can whip out a bong and smoke ferociously to create a smokescreen

[@tylertanaka661]

now we have to wait for a match between TheYearOfTheRabbit vs TheDadBotShuffle

[@DLewis-pn8yo]

Dad Bod

[@slyceoflife2646]

"My boy XQC" man have they come far. Pogchamps!

[@neuronato]

Nakamura send a heart to brazil

[@martinet1985]

haha he did!

[@ericpetersen8155]

Nice!

[@thalesbernardomendes8949]

aeeee

[@ThiagoCP]

Thanks for the heart 😔🙏. Here's one heart ❤️ from Brazil 🇧🇷 🌴 to you 👉

[@trajanaugustus3501]

Come to Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nakamura

[@haroldh6678]

Yes!! Actually requested for exactly this in your bullet speed run! Thank you!

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

21:58 Dude barely even glances at the board for less than a second: "Oh that's just checkmate." Me: WTF!! How does a human brain even work like that?!

[@liculle]

Pattern recognition probably. Playing so much chess for most of your life can probably do that. You'd be amazed at the things the human brain can do.

[@leadnitrate2194]

You should look at his puzzle rush speeds. He doesn't even glance at the position before finding the right move.

[@Spazticspaz]

13:55 *cool house music* Hikaru's ear buds: "AND ALL THE GIRLIES SAY HE'S PRETTY FLY FOR AN ASIAN GUY"

[@DemonSheCold]

Does anyone know the name of the music?

[@Spazticspaz]

@@DemonSheCold Pretty Fly For a White Guy

[@DemonSheCold]

@@Spazticspaz No man, I'm talking about the chill music that he is listening to

[@petergriffin8767]

@@DemonSheCold look up emil axelsson on epidemic sound

[@erimfortin323]

@@DemonSheCold you have it ?

[@vbeis0]

that beginning scared the fk outta me lol

[@vaust]

ive been looking for this comment.

[@Ryan-kb8ui]

LMFAO his reaction to his opponents move at 29:37 is hilarious, such a futile attempt to survive, I probably wouldn't have even noticed the humor in it if he didn't laugh

[@yunoewig3095]

Hikaru, distracted: "Oh I gotta move, sorry. Oh it's just checkmate!" His opponent: "After thinking for over a minute, my brave opponent found a brilliant mate in 1"

[@haakonhamer9122]

ahhhh now i know why i always loose, its because im playing vs a GM smurfing from 0-3000.. I finally get it now..

[@RMichaelHimself]

This right here is why I started watching Hikaru. This type of content. Watching him casually decimate players I usually struggle or lose against. The speedruns - especially this one and the original bongcloud speedrun from early 2020 - are his best content to date imo. And the views really show that a LOT of people agree. Even with all the new content since he’s blown up - the pogchamps, famous guests, 4 player chess, etc - it’s this stuff that still has the most views. It’s really this type of content that made him unique and intriguing, and eventually famous IMO. He’s arguably the greatest online speed chess player ever. He’s been doing this since the 90s when it first started, and he’s been the dominant force ever since. To be able to watch him stream his play, while explaining the moves, is such a privilege.

[@nofanfelani6924]

This is the first time i saw "speedrun" term used on chess video

[@inagakiirichiro8882]

thanks for helping me out to improve my chess.. because I always scared to make a different move..and always play in the same line everytime I played.. :)

[@sotospan8409]

Been waiting for a video like this. Amazing

[@zissler1]

You playing at then beginning and me needing to pause to figure out all your tactics going on and you talking like it’s nothing. In awe man.

[@miladibrahim1068]

33:27 poor guy 😂😂

[@sparkysummons4454]

5 years ago watching you play I would have never EVER thought I'd hear you say, "I'm trying to sauce him"

[@helix...3983]

Hi Hikaru, I am your biggest fan! I was about to quit chess but you are the one who inspired me to keep playing. I was really bad at chess when I started, but eventually, I won the annual high school chess championship. You are my favorite chess player of all time because I love the way how you perceive the game and you are absolutely hilarious. Don't ever quit playing and I wish I could see you outside one day. I am your biggest fan from Myanmar!

[@adrianprundaru4047]

Nice man another speed run I'm excited!!!!!!!!!

[@rodrigofarfanarce3677]

8:23 11:33 11:41 12:31 12:44 13:51 13:57 17:43 18:32 40:21

[@infect6521]

36:46 "Oh I had knight e8 hentai" -Hikaru Nakamura

[@Es-mt9hw]

And tie

[@andrewmaksymiuk986]

36:30 you could win the queen with the knight check ;)

[@TastMFC]

I saw the same thing. Cool to see something this beast doesn't.

[@paul8093]

He said he missed knight E8 and every-1 misses stuff in a fast type game Gm or not we all still human It's also dif playing from watching Plus he talking to his fans at Same time lol

[@nathanbates9561]

Yeah, I saw that too especially since Hikaru said it during the stream lol.

[@pola_behr]

it's so surreal watching Hikaru play coz it's like, you see him make the move and you go "oh yeah, of course that's the best move", but 9 times out of 10 finding that move yourself isn't going to happen lmao

[@bliiild]

1:12 That dude probably sat there for about 20 minutes thinking about where he went so wrong lmfso

[@victor6010]

38:45 nakamura holding his laugh is priceless 😂😂😂

[@ericpetersen8155]

Great another speed run! I love these!🤠🤠

[@haidera5088]

I saw this man in championship games but didn't think he was so talkative and entertaining. Ma boi hikaru got yourself a new sub.

[@runee7437]

That outro scared the crap out of me, holy moly

[@vadranbishop7965]

You think you can put the music playlist in the description? The song at 36:00 is awesome.

[@Papiiswagg]

Hey thanks for teaching me more about chess. Right now I'm a 900 in the 2 min/1 blitz. I'm improving little by little.

[@besto5486]

Update?

[@besto5486]

Update?

[@Papiiswagg]

@@besto5486 I'm a 1350 now!

[@Gidid56]

Meanwhile Carlsen is doing an OTB speedrun to 3000.

[@Robertl-xz6yl]

Gideon H otb?

[@sagarjha4959]

@@Robertl-xz6yl over the board. In classical chess.

[@yoursilly2106]

Thats useless that would be too taxing and annoying to speed run OTB... computer chess is way faster and more efficient

[@DJDawsonEdge]

@@yoursilly2106 buddy its a joke

[@nischay4760]

@@yoursilly2106 you are silly

[@ChaeDoc]

True story, to this day Hikaru still receives royalties from Intel for their hyper-threading technology which their researchers conceived while watching Hikaru play a chess simul.

[@dertyp6833]

33:27 "Nice Computer, douche" xD

[@gaming2top759]

Ikr XD

[@jamiegoldenseal3826]

Thank god for this run 🔥🔥

[@EdgardaviCity]

first time I see one video of you and you make me laught so much. new suscriber

[@london507]

This guy is so good that i can't think that fast to keep up with his moves

[@douglasquaid7550]

Time to see Nakamura smash some noobs...

[@alldayalone24]

36:30 That glorious moment when you saw the best move before Hikaru

[@McSwanky]

I was not expecting that at 11:33 , and i loved it.

[@MikeyViRuZzCR]

How come his speedrun starts at my rating? 😂😂😂

[@Wakeupmistergreen]

I like how Hikaru is jammin to some Offspring/Numa numa while we're stuck with ambient music

[@Wesssss84]

Wow what a nice side to see of him I would never have thought he was so chilled and laid back and normal like that Plus wow on the chess side I’ve been about 1200 for the last 2 years and I ain’t going anywhere ha ha This guy is incredible

[@natecodplaya4]

man, that Blues victory sure was sweet!

[@JqwsXD]

Watching this video in the following July after this was uploaded. In both months Doc's got banned. lmao

[@mayrheinscott2366]

also rip byron

[@connormadden182]

5:20 Hikaru dead wrong about the Bruins-Blues game 7 result 😂 and he was so confident in his prediction

[@freiheitzlyonu373]

Hikaru is a great player and great man, funny and nice!

[@zifircin1797]

digging that synthwave thumbnail

[@krystianc1659]

Hikaru: *up one pawn* "all right guys I'm gonna mark this one as a win"

[@captainobvious90]

Good to know that he didn't become good immediately when he started playing lol. Hard work pays off 💪. I wonder how long did it takes until it becomes "Hey, im pretty good at this"

[@Otherhats]

Haq Amar I’m guessing around 4 or so years until people kind have a moment of clarity with chess

[@user-yv8qd7fb2y]

He won his first national competition when he was in first grade.

[@edwardgarcia9869]

Part 2 please I love it

[@avengedarrell3362]

The best part of my day

[@haggaisimon7748]

Ha-ha, Bruins were smocked harshly by Blues! No coffee, eat oatmeal:):):)

[@moedeswag8414]

11:35 xD

[@nathann1567]

That story at the beginning is almost the same as mine XD I played 2 years chess and stopped 4 years later my friend asked to play a tournament and i won 4 of the 6 games and now im playing alot of chess

[@mr.m_hd403]

14:07 savage hikaru

[@swannyotb8506]

classical speedrun next please

[@nguynn4866]

Thats gonna take forever lol

[@gxfr795]

Why would Hikaru need over 15 minutes to beat 1200-2000’s. Biggest waste of time I’ve ever heard

[@swannyotb8506]

I forgot that sarcasm seems to be a foreign language in the chess world, my bad guys

[@gxfr795]

Swanny OTB Bro if that was sarcasm then props because I’ve heard people say that before hahahahaha

[@williamwilshere3251]

Can't get over how much of a steamroll the game at 3:03 was

[@kennethandersen7]

It lasted 20 seconds lmao😂

[@sampathn4429]

Extremely satisfying to see superGM crushing 1200s 😀

[@kylebenyamin5948]

11:30 had me dying haha

[@gregor8016]

When XQC loses a game in 6 moves. weirdchamp

[@MrArsk4]

Next speedrun to 3000 in classical time control (y)

[@David-zf3mm]

the time it would take in order to do that would make a video of a few games for like 2 hours

[@MrArsk4]

@@David-zf3mm oh we have a smart person in the crowd

[@David-zf3mm]

@@MrArsk4 yep and i guess its not you

[@Warm_Ice0]

@Alexis Nieva Lmao "asshole", both of you are right though

[@MrArsk4]

@@David-zf3mm hahahaha you just dont get it :D

[@csmith80]

I watch these and get pumped up, go play 3|2 games. Sames results as before.

[@isawicameiconqueredandcame3708]

It's called the "Fried Liver Attack" because the one who first used this I think it was a captain or whatever, was eating fried liver when he first saw it. I'm not kidding. I learned it from a footnote on a page in Bruce Pandolfini's "Traps and Zaps" book.

[@RomanSemko]

Hikaru, in settings, you can set player with minimum ranking, that is your ranking will be increasing much faster. Why are you not doing it?

[@keepingyouincheck8533]

You gave me autism reading that

[@BlackWhiteCloud]

this is 100% no skip, there's other speedrun categories where elo skipping is allowed, but Hikaru is a 100% runner.

[@gheaazz]

3:14 he just played for 10 seconds

[@jj691]

Great video! But totally wrong on the Bruins Blues prediction game 7 lol.

[@lonelytortoise7096]

20:54 that level of focus, damn this guy should try chess pro tournament he can be GM or something

[@SunyataManji]

He would lose istantly

[@OnkelEngelbert]

Me: This is the greatest Blitz and Bullet player on Twitch Magnus: Hold my Grand Chess Tour Trophy ...

[@strongside4565]

Magnus' cam and mic are both potatoes though. Hikaru is more fun to watch as a result.

[@bhaveshkahaneable]

@@strongside4565 fun to watch?LUL we are talking about strongest player here and eric is fun to watch too 😂😂😂😂

[@pob-4810]

Bhavesh Kahane lol if you think Eric is fun to watch then something is wrong with you

[@haggaisimon7748]

My speedrun was from 1600 to 1400 and it took 10 years...

[@Nikolay_Nikolaev]

Dude, you have a bright future in the chess😉

[@dexterlawliet8521]

just a bit more practice you will achieve 1300 nice job

[@user-hm2jo9gi2p]

21:58 "oh i've gotta move oh this is checkmate" he was just reading the chat and messing with the screen all time

[@AntonioSerranoMx91]

Pretty fly man... That's the mood. GOAT mood.

[@DablesG]

My current rating is about 1250. I wish those guys blundered like these ones do. More likely I just dont see it, let's be honest. But some of them it's just like... really?

[@david-bs2xo]

i feel like a stronger players more likely to lead their opponent into a position where theyre more likely to blunder, rather than you not seeing it. or both, i have no idea im only rated like 900

[@bd6439]

The funny thing is, Hikaru will actually make it to 3000 whereas Eric never will

[@dirkneuhauser8213]

yeah what is wrong with eric ^^

[@thisbevibhor]

Hikaru will singlehandedly stop likes of Eric reaching 3000

[@tpage8051]

Its so satisfying to see him punish dumb aggression by his opponents

[@alternateperspective5]

dude how is this guy playing chess and talk at the same time. i m so inspired