GM Hikaru Ranks the Legends, the GOATs, the Theorists | Tier Maker: Greatest Chess Players

GM Hikaru Nakamura and IM Levy Rozman, aka @GothamChess discuss the games and rank the legends, goats and theorists from Nimzowich to Carlsen to Kasparov to Anand.
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[@MoreGMHikaru]

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[@abhayjo]

where is the remaining part of this video??

[@luayabuhani2004]

Hikaru I respect you so much

[@rhop5213]

I’m gonna laugh every time I see the fall guy Hikaru

[@arnavrawat9864]

Lovely pfp

[@Sheep.]

The fall guys Hikaru is the guardian angel of this channel.

[@friedsugar2701]

*Sees Anand* India: So, I am very interested.

[@subscriberschallengewith-tc3yc]

Exactly XD

[@BruteZ7957]

Lol. I'm an Indian, I literally just did this.

[@sjegannath6295]

Same but came here for anand AND hikaru. Not just anand.

[@Fujibayashi50]

@@Jonathan-wj6uh wrong

[@friedsugar2701]

@@BruteZ7957 Same, same

[@sandeeppanda7879]

As an Indian, I can verify that Anand's contribution and impact on Indian Chess is unprecedented. His own city of Chennai now has >30 GMs (mostly kids and youth). A whole generation grew up watching him. He is also a very polite and kindhearted man, contrary to the champions that came before him.

[@maverick4900]

@Richard Horrocks Tf lol.

[@danieldelosreyes6800]

You mean the champion after him?

[@megugu2155]

30 GMs? must be a nightmare for a striving chess player to be there

[@wizarddev3506]

*spassky*

[@laraweinberg7635]

Emphasis on that last sentence. Fischer in particular was extremely hostile toward women and minorities.

[@AchillesSeverus]

When you say "Chess" in India, everyone thinks of Vishwanath Anand to this very day. His legacy is surmounted in all our memories.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Anand managed to end 80 years of supremacy of the Soviet Union chess school from Alexander Alekhine 1927-vladimir kramnik 2007

[@zuesr3277]

I Only know one name in indian scene his name

[@aditsaini5094]

​@@zuesr3277 prag is a nice player

[@peterinq]

I don’t think that’ll ever even change, he’s an absolute legend

[@Cristian-de9iu]

@@aditsaini5094 not even close to the top 3 yet, even drawing against Magnus.

[@GMPranav]

I don't know what is more impressive. The sheer amount on Indian GMs inspired by Anand or the fact that Anand is still higher rated than all of them 😂

[@ZebecZT]

thats so cool lmao

[@ngcool4112]

lmaoo 😂🤣🤣

[@ramanahveljeyaseelan5406]

The 2nd one lol. I thought Anand dropped back a bit but nah he's still highest rated.

[@kanekiNamikaze]

Well this changed last week.. gukesh is currently the highest rated Indian GM

[@GMPranav]

@@kanekiNamikaze Well, I am not taking away from Gukesh's achievement, but this is more because Anand isn't playing lol. I bet Anand could beat Gukesh in a classical match right now. But the good thing is that Gukesh seems to be only getting stronger with time.

[@nikhilvenugopal9731]

The editor is smart, in order to woo the Indian audience, he puts anand on the thumbnail... Fair play XD

[@gauravpancholi6910]

Hikaru approves. Views =stonks

[@therealbs2000]

When will they make a north korean thumbnail

[@sjegannath6295]

@@therealbs2000 Kim jong un: Stonks.

[@mehulnaredy3471]

It was a fair play , but I feel wierd about it. 😀

[@sajalgoyal2709]

True

[@reversal]

XQC is a theorist. The Wooden shield didn't create itself!

[@lunchexlizerd3927]

Also just one of the all time strongest players of the game

[@rubenvandevelde555]

Hahaha

[@gru9480]

also the first person to break the 3000 rating on FIDE

[@goldyarora1977]

@@gru9480 nope. Anand was about 2800 not 3000. Highest rating is around 2882 by magnus and second is Kasparov.

[@BruteZ7957]

I saw this in Hikarus twitch chat. Lol

[@wolfslash599]

Hikaru can literally have a conversation with himself for hours

[@fujiapple9675]

And he literally doesn't care, either.

[@nimnim5149]

and it would go like "take take take take take ... umm take take take take ........... "

[@SabakuNoGaara2023]

So I'm something of a Hikaru myself 🙂

[@Cristian-de9iu]

@@SabakuNoGaara2023Me as well, the fat c:

[@MP-tf7cc]

😂

[@harryishatless]

At 48:12 Levy says, "In terms of his chess; it speaks for itself." Perhaps unwittingly inspiring Niemann's statement two years later. :D

[@greatmusic142]

bro we gotta make this comment popular so im leaving a reply just because, i wanna know if its an actual quote from a grandmaster or is it a coincidence?

[@Raod14Reference]

The foreshadowing speaks for itself

[@greatmusic142]

@@Raod14Reference i like what u did there

[@ElectroDragon16]

I was thinking the same lol

[@jayeshyadav8891]

The immense respect Hikaru has for Anand is heartwarming ❤️

[@coolexio]

And clouding his judgement evidently.

or is it to gain indian fans?

[@dragndorf9]

@ Hikaru for sure knows what to say to please people lmao

[@jayeshyadav8891]

People always find something negative in everything. Why can't it be real respect for Anand? Everything Hikaru says seems legit about Anand. Plus he doesn't need to attract Indian audience.

[@wortyle]

Selim Yıldız So you honestly think Hikaru, the chess prodigy and arguably one of the best blitz player in the world, will put his reputation on the line and lie about how great Anand was just so he can gain more KZbin viewers? Sit down.

[@xoxo94]

lmao someone in chat says "Lionel Messi vs Adolf Hitler"

[@lukas4132]

When 🤣🤣🤣????

[@genghiskhan7515]

Lol reffering to what?

[@eegoii]

@@genghiskhan7515 did you even watch the video? Look at the name of players on the chessboard 13:07 Lionel Adalbert vs Adolf Anderssen (Lionel vs Adolf)

[@ayrangaming8725]

@@eegoii diD yOu EvEn WaTcH thE viDeO???

[@Michael-xe6im]

fcear dsadfadsa 13:56 by xGreekgodx

[@scoobydoku2464]

@43:15 Hikaru mentioning Ding as the strongest contendor for #1 and now he is finally world champion

[@toziassmitt]

Hikaru knows, always. He is the greatest analyser of the game

[@user-hb3tt2dd2o]

He is not world champion yet lol

[@toziassmitt]

@@user-hb3tt2dd2o yes he is

[@TheMaestromMephisto]

weakest world champion ever

[@TYLin0]

@@TheMaestromMephisto The poorest billionaire

[@mansah707]

47:04 my fav moment . Thank you Hikaru. Fischer is a true Legend of the game . He ll never be forgotten.

[@3dxChetanx]

5 Time 5 Time 5 Time Booker T Reference. Good one

[@fresh7294]

You like chess

[@clashkingdom3647]

@@fresh7294 same question

[@kovaicheckmates]

Super Earth God

[@xa-1274]

You like jazz

[@mmmmmm2619]

? ? ?? ?? ? ? So Wesley and Shakhriyar isWhere

[@jram00]

One thing I can say for Anand (I'm from India) is that he broke into the ranks when the erstwhile Russia/USSR was still THE dominant force in Chess. When I read about how Russian players had a thriving ecosystem that helped them learn, compete and rise up the ranks, Anand's access to tournaments, sponsorships, and strong players (to learn from) was in a much-diminished quality and quantity. (It brings a smile whenever I think that he had to frequent the Tal Chess Club in the Russian embassy in Chennai to improve his game). This to me justifies his ranking 100%.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Anand managed to end 80 years of supremacy of the Soviet Union chess school from Alexander Alekhine 1927-vladimir kramnik 2007

[@wishme8739]

You guys know that he lived in Spain for very long time to have access to European chess facilities?

[@harsh....8993]

​​@@wishme8739and do u that Spain has had only 1 GM with rating of 2700+ in there entire chess history ... So much for European chess facilities lol

[@manvendra_singh]

I'm Indian now migrated abroad, I did not understand the totality of how much Anand contributed to Chess on and off the board. This is just incredible, thank you Hikaru. I love your streams and congrats on being World Champ!!

[@greennin]

Rewatching these old Levy and Hikaru videos. They were all so good, hope they do stuff again someday. I was so happy Hikaru rated Anand so highly, that guy is really something else. Even now he's still playing at the top level, in his 50s! He's something else in every way.

[@toziassmitt]

I think levy and hikaru had a falling out after hikaru said levy will never become a GM in his lifetime

[@TGregers]

The percentage of work being done in Norway goes down by 85% every time Magnus plays a championship match lol. Couldn't even buy a candybar if you wanted to

[@Cnut_the_grape]

Wait really

[@TGregers]

@@Cnut_the_grape haha no ^^ but it is chess mania for sure

[@chillax9184]

Just like when Pacquiao has a match. The people in the PH are all on tv, and traffic reduce up to 90-95%

[@Nerdmonides]

@@TGregers ja lol...fra Norge også.

[@reginaaguila1847]

@@chillax9184 as a Fillipino you speak for the people.

[@DarkLawd8]

48:00 Hikaru burst into a laugh expecting his name to be announced by Levy but is devastated to hear Agadmator's name as his face expressions show.

[@prashant5229]

Is that brutal? Cuz it seems to

[@DarkLawd8]

@@prashant5229 For a person with his ego, yes it is brutal.

[@prashant5229]

@@DarkLawd8 umm...ok you got a point lol. I'm noticing this too from a while. But it's just a nature of that person :)

[@Baraa.K.Mohammad]

@@prashant5229 I mean.. from what I've seen, a big ego is really something almost all Chess players that I've seen had in them. I don't know if the game itself forces that kind of behavior or trait, but all that aside, Hikaru is really humble if you watch his streams and compare his attitude to other big huge Chess personalities! His Japanese non-confrontational nature and slightly self-conscious behavior is apparent! So putting that in mind, I think he is really humble for a Chess phenomenon!

[@douche6106]

was thinking the same lol

[@piergyo]

Gotham: "DIng Liren? Isn't he getting smoked in the cadidates?" 2023: *let me introduce myself*

[@bgrowsmars3918]

Both you guys have brought chess back in my life and when I say back I’ve never loved it and played it like I do now

[@espeed.soeren]

how dare u rank the legends? Hikaru: "I'm the bongcloud legend, so I do".

[@Meddimehell]

Norwegian here. I fully agree with Anand being a God of chess. I am proud of Carlsen, of course, but Anand deserves to be remembered as one of the greatest in chesshistory.

[@johnstrawb3521]

Carlsen? Thus far at a classical time control has only beaten an old, disinterested Anand, and Nepo having a nervous breakdown. That's it. Granted Carlsen beat Karjakin and Caruana at trivially short speed chess matches, but that's irrelevant towards deciding the World Chess Championship.

[@CraftyFREAKERS]

@@johnstrawb3521 oh come on.....magnus is world champion for a reason , stop talking as if he isnt worthy

[@joske7804]

@@johnstrawb3521 stop riding anand so badly, why do you care?

[@nee7427]

@@joske7804 let him speak his heart...why do you care?

[@sammyttheg412]

@@johnstrawb3521 Carlson is a way better player in a way better era

[@bgrowsmars3918]

Just so you know , your collaborations with Levy are some of my favorites

[@manoharbauskar3605]

No, Dibyendu Barua became Grandmaster after Vishwanathan Anand. I remember, that time Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and international master Pravin Thhipse were in Indian newspapers for playing in world class tournaments. When Dibyendu Barua became Grandmaster, first time I heard his name. 🙏🙏

[@IndrajitRajtilak]

I know I am biased, don't mind if it is pandering, I LOVE what Hikaru said about Anand. Anand was the reason my dad got me into chess! 5 people in my school were IMs, many of them were inspired by and had met Anand!

[@user-ww9su7qv6s]

Woah 5 IMs in school?! Thats awesome.

[@generalmalaise2930]

5 ims in one school thats actually astonishing

[@johnhinkleman9757]

Not pandering, I’m not Indian and agree with everything he said 100% Anand is a saint of chess.

[@thezerowulf2046]

I think that speaks to how good he is then.

[@angelocarterm]

Funny how today I was looking for the fight between Indra and indrajit and I found you with this name in a Ramdon chess video

[@barindersingh8537]

U know when i was kid i doesnt know about chess a single bit, but whenever someone say chess i just know only vishy anand for me he is inspirational, God of chess bcz at that time there are not so many coaches, books, and any other stuf in india, nowdays there is everything on internet,

[@Myname11241]

remember parle g ,g mane genius

[@barindersingh8537]

Yes

[@Unknownuser-vq9ul]

And thus Indian chess pride was born. Nowadays there's always at least 1 Indian guy clashing pieces with you on a normal match. I wish the Philippines would have 1 too.( A world chess champion)

[@barindersingh8537]

@@Unknownuser-vq9ul i wish...

[@aronmendoza297]

@@Unknownuser-vq9ul wait me vr0

[@josegonzalez8177]

Capablanca was so good that Alekhine hired a Team of grandmasters to help him win the title, Changing the dynamic of the game ( at least its the first I have heard of someone doing that) his games are the greatest teaching tool around (for now and probably forever ), for those reasons I consider him a chess god. Euwe was Lucky that Alekhine was avoiding a rematch with Capablanca

[@haraldkjrgensen2255]

I feel like Carlsen is not only inspiring Norway but all of Scandinavia so Denmark and Sweden to. We in Denmark are also getting hyped for the World Championship and cheer for Carlsen

[@govardhanreddy1867]

8:53 Vishwanathan Anand 🙏🙏🙏

[@davechan7661]

Was looking for this. Thank you

[@hmecGaming]

11:30, Hikaru you are absolutely right, Anand made chess mainstream in India , he has inspire many people in India to play chess and he is still doing it,

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Anand managed to end 80 years of supremacy of the Soviet Union chess school from Alexander Alekhine 1927-vladimir kramnik 2007

[@2floofy]

Lmao, my entire friend-group plays chess now, and its all due to hikaru, and im sure theres hundreds of thousands who were pulled in by hikaru and pogchamps overall. Hikarus definitely breathed new life into chess for regular-day people everywhere, and for that I dont think he can go anywhere but God of Chess

[@lfr234]

GM Hikaru: I dont know a whole lot about Akiba: * Goes on to explain like everything related to them*

[@GunfireSerenade]

GM Hikaru: “So what do you think about X?” Levy: “Yeah I don’t know much about X”

[@gamessportsandmore3371]

6-3 with 25 draws is the definition of getting smoked apparently.(capablanca-alekhine).

[@JazzyArtKL]

Really cool idea, but I miss GM Jan Timman, GM Peter Leko and GM Gata Kamsky.

[@anmolsrivastava1206]

I love the fact how much hikaru respects Anand.

[@lukasmakesmusictoooldtolea8122]

Ending the video right before ranking himself.... most epic cliffhanger ever

[@Nikhil-ox6wc]

@@jackstrider9509 jeez bro. Why did you have to spoil it

[@JuliusKingsley0]

@@Nikhil-ox6wc well ofc he would but I’m quite interested in Hikaru’s ranking in his own tier list.

[@ivanhendr]

Teasy

[@dragndorf9]

@@jackstrider9509man's gotta keep his job tbf

[@kardsufur2966]

his own rating will be god level in blitz, 'theorist' in classic normal chess

[@bettyjane6684]

Love your exchange and personalities - thanks Hikaru and Levy!

[@itzMoJo67]

That's aweome they mentioned Agadmator.. if you enjoy watching chess analyse breaking down games, he's the man. been subbed for years.

[@imnotftw]

I wish we got that Karpov - Fischer match. Would've been epic.

[@JoeKell365]

you should have made this one with agadmator, considering he does a ton of research for his showings of historic games

[@danielbozza]

This is so poor their knowledge of chess history... i am ashamed 😞

[@webdevacademy3496]

Absolutely

[@ArthurSeijiNishikawa]

To be fair, Levy gives a shout out to him at 48:00

[@True123.54]

@@BHAKTIBROPHY in this video it seems to be about having fun and not being absolutely correct so yeah they just had fun :)

[@deputyvillageidiot]

So many times, Hikaru’s face looks shocked, disappointed, and frustrated by things that Levy says.

[@jonathanbaxter5821]

41:05 Levy does great impersonations. That was perfect Caruana.

[@chizuru1999]

I have been watching your videos Hikaru! Like literally almost every video this past month. Love from India really into chess again after I left playing in 2017-18. 👍🏻😊

[@shreyvarma9375]

Sees Anand on the top Le Indian - So you have chosen Likes

[@winterwarden]

this comment is so bad and I love it

[@manugonzalez4921]

You could have invited Agadmator for this list, to share his vast knowledge.

[@jesuschristsaves9067]

I read vast knowledge in his voice

[@bodhisattvaFM]

"And it is here, after Akiba Rubenstein that we have a brand new tier list".

[@juliocezarsilva5979]

@@bodhisattvaFM completely* new

[@youngminds2384]

Hello everyone...

[@kamitebyani5309]

I would respect Agadmator input much more than Levy. Much more !

[@bananonymouslastname5693]

I did not expect a Booker T reference. That made me happy in a very silly way. It's fun when the outside of chess personality peeks in.

[@krileym]

This tier list has always been greaty

[@JasonsChannel62]

You two playing each other from famous positions was a good idea for a video series.

[@karthikchakkirala2038]

This is great and Hikaru was so right in rankings and taking the objective stand point

[@mhkubaid]

wow man.. the respect you have for Anand, you just deserve respect for thinking that deep!

[@rarestcoyne6005]

Hikaru you should clip the part that you guys talk about the immortal game. I learned so much from what you said. Its the first game I know by heart now lol

[@justamove4137]

At some point Hikaru is gonna take the JUICER

[@takispapadopoulos7198]

I would LOVE to see Magnus react on this video and give his honest opinion on the ranking of all of these people. Could we please make this a reality?(and of course his agreements/disagreements with Levy and Naka)

[@Mignon15]

Tbh I think he would hate this kind of list seeing as how they place such weight on influence in the chess world instead of the players' chess skill. It felt a bit more like a popularity list at some points.

[@Maximocow]

Mignon15 well it does say he’s ranking the “legends”. It’s not really possible to rank players on skill because of course players from 2020 would be better than players from 1858. That’s why he’s more talking about their impact on the game of chess.

[@takispapadopoulos7198]

@@Maximocow I agree with you but people like Morphy and Capablanca it's obvious that they were way ahead of their time and would be extraordinary GMs in our time as well. I mean if we can deduce that, all the existing GMs know way better.

[@Brazz27]

Magnus just doesnt seem to care about this kind of stuff.. I dont really care either, Im watching because its an easy way to learn a lot of stuff about lots of players I didnt really know anything about.. But Magnus have nothing to gain from doing something like that

[@richarddawson5836]

@@Mignon15 This list is a joke. When Hikaru puts himself in God tier it loses all credibility.

[@animegypsy5925]

A bookerT reference was the last thing I expected on this channel. It made my day!

[@mrmathh3680]

48:15 now we know where hans got the "chess speaks for itself" quote from.

[@geonikhil]

So here's the index (thank me later)- Anand: 08:54 Capablanca: 32:22 Carlsen: 36:21 Caruana: 40:08 Ficher: 46:55

[@geonikhil]

Maybe a second part will come. Kasparov would definitely be on this list.

[@dhruvjain7934]

Nikhil Sharma under rated comment

[@mehranchoudhury669]

Which tier was he in?

[@bd-ot8jm]

👆This should be the most liked comment 👏👏👏

[@bernardobila4336]

Thank you

[@davidmes6267]

Max Euwe has also written over 100 chess books (have a couple) and has really been an inspiration for many in the Netherlands

[@gweah7821]

Yeah, I have one of his books too. However, considering all the legends like Keres, Rubinstein etc who weren’t world champions, he’s a bit of a fluke world champion. He’s like the Greece of chess champions :)

[@kc4276]

I can’t even play chess (nor do I watch it at all - this video just popped up in my feed), but even I know just about everything about Anand’s career. He was/is absolutely massive in India.

[@nexesses1548]

Can you do a tier list of raw player strength? (Which will mostly be modern players). But I always find it more effective to learn from the strongest, not the “most legendary”. Learn from the people who are the most accurate in the most difficult positions. Find tactics that work at the highest modern level. Maybe also people like Dubov who understand the relation of piece value relative to activity and tempo and still competes at the highest level.

[@kad9947]

You will see Kasparov in that sea of modern players

[@abhisheknegi1794]

12:20 remind me of Anand interview with Shekhar Gupta. Where Gupta shares his story of meeting Kasparov

[@thegiftedteacher]

“It’s not Botez, I’ll tell you that.” 😂😂

[@shafaytariq8409]

43:22 this backfired.

[@SourMaracuya]

omg he knew

[@udityardass]

47:55 Can’t miss but notice how Hikaru thought Gotham was going to name him and suddenly the conversation takes a different path.. Really funny

[@minephlip]

lmao thanks for pointing that out. The surprise and disappointment on his face is great and he makes it so awkward by just ignoring Levys entire statement about agadmator

[@7uc4s]

The awkward moment when they were analysing Carlsen .. lol

[@scuderia7683]

Hikaru said he doesn't know much about Akiba then proceeds to talk about him so much 😂😂

[@killerninja4715]

43:26 the irony in 2023 😂

[@JHarder1000]

In AVRO? Avro was the Dutch Radio Company that sponsored the super Tournament whwre Kers and Fine tied for first ahead of Botvinnik, Reshevsky , Euwe Alekhine Capablanca and Flohr.

[@knightishraq]

Magnus inspired me to enjoy chess more than anything. His apps helped a lot too. I am just a Magnus fanboy I guess.

[@DLee-jd4yw]

That's definitely valid.

[@imafraidjumitebeeinnagang3886]

Tho i am not Indian but almost anyone would agree with me if I say he is easily in top 8 players of all time.

[@knightishraq]

@@imafraidjumitebeeinnagang3886 i aint one either man xO I am a bangladeshi, I do fall in the same subcontinent tho

[@SonOfDrogo]

@@knightishraq Sherlock wireless network momentarily lost his connection there. xD

[@perkl1234]

Magnus is the first player in modern history that I feel treats chess more like sport and less like science. He plays these strange opening choices in order to capitalize on his own strengths as a player, rather than trying to find the theoretically "correct" or "best" opening, if that makes sense. And he is undoubtedly one of the greatest ambassadors of chess to ever live, second to maybe only Kasparov. No one can ever beat Kasparovs Deep Blue moment.

[@MrSilus2000]

I feel like Mikhail Tal was by far the greatest, especially when we now see the direction chess has gone. We are playing like robots. Mikhail Tal was trying to explore full human potential. Creativity, courage, inspiration.

[@vedaryan334]

Agreed. Computers have taken us forwards but also backwards

[@joelabraham6834]

He's got the most exciting style of play. Im not sure about greatest though.

[@rajsub3884]

He is one of greatest audience also need entertainment not computer like boring game that's what happening

[@rajsub3884]

@@joelabraham6834 I consider greatest only due to fact he was very creative created log of complications which in oid days without engine hard to figure out these days all possible that sixty years ago

[@zboub7025]

@@joelabraham6834 anderssen fits there too

[@MUFFINHEAD1985]

I don't have a clue about how to even set up a chess board but watching these vids are like watching the history of the Sith and Jedis.

[@sandipanchatterjee5017]

Man I’m really happy that someone talked about Dibyendu Barua..even Indians don’t know his name!!!

[@laurieprice535]

I am now a fan of Hikaru,thoroughly entertained by this excellent presentation

[@marksmith3947]

He's an ignoramus about non chess topics

[@TheIkaist]

Hikaru : Anand got a country of Billion people interested in chess. Also Hikaru/(His editor) : Puts Anand in the Thumbnail 😏

[@alessandrofavaretto4360]

Fun fact: in the Immortal Game, if Kieseritzky, instead of Na6, moved the light-squared bishop to create an escape for his King, he would have probably saved the game.

[@Johnsli]

A note to the discussion at 37:40 ish. In India there are 1,3-1,4 billion people. In Norway there are 5 million. So it is not so strange that India have more talents even if the popularity would be the same. In Norway chess has grown, I do not know how many have started playing because of Carlsen but it has certainly become more popular here. And Anand is more than 20 years older than Carlsen, so you will not necessarily have seen the effect in terms of getting through our talents yet. Not to say they ever will, but... The tournaments are broadcasted live on TV.

[@cringelord511]

because of anand i started playing chess

[@theodyssey4982]

You must be Indian

[@user-vs3lw6xs7n]

@Vibhav Parekh its rather a fun fact than an issue i think :')

[@nitishgoyal6851]

Yes.. mee too

[@cringelord511]

@@theodyssey4982 yes hikaru rightly mentioned the impact he has had on chess community in india

[@user-vs3lw6xs7n]

@Vibhav Parekh i think idians are good people, chess community probably thinks the same

[@sevenheadedmirror8505]

Capa played almost 100 years ago and still ranks top according to programs, that's a GOAT. Bobby super-inspiring but Karpov already had people wondering if Fischer would have retained 1st place the next year after his tragic retirement.

[@sunritroykarmakar4406]

indian player sultan khan defeated capablanca without prep

[@sevenheadedmirror8505]

@@sunritroykarmakar4406 Sultan was so awesome, I think Reshevsky and him were the two saddest untapped potentials of chess

[@BruteZ7957]

Take into consideration the fact that Bobby crushed the scene like no one else when he entered the chess world. I mean, how many times have you seen people going 6-0 against top players? He even mopped the frickin floor with then best player Spasky!!

[@xa-1274]

Shamant he had a great run but it was waaay to short run, look at Kasparov, when he was 44 he was the world champion for half of his life, sure fisher was completely dominant, but he retained his title for three years before losing his marbles. He’s a #1 undisputed at best for breaking the Russian curse

[@BruteZ7957]

@@xa-1274 I agree that kasparov was there to stay, but even he didn't completely outclass his opponents like Bobby did. Maybe(mostly) Fischer would lose against kasparov, but chess is a sport where you can't compare players from different times as it gets built on previous knowledge.

[@Someone-pp8us]

Only in these recent years I got to know so much about professional chess and about so many brilliant players around the world, since my childhood only knew one name vishy anand (by reading about him in gk books i think other Indians can relate to me), and then after a few years heard the name of magnus Carlsen when he defeated anand.

[@CrebleStar]

I can't believe i heard a Booker T reference in a chess video xD Well done!

[@KirtiKumarKasat1]

Kids offend people, legends like Levy offend countries 😂

[@yashpandey3.3.3]

Which country ??

[@SK-pj8mg]

this aged like fine wine

[@joelwilliamson3322]

@@yashpandey3.3.3 Hikaru was talking about China, because Levy said Fabiano Caruana was the undisputed candidate for world champion. This disrespected the Chinese player Ding Liren, who Hikaru said was also a strong candidate. It's kinda funny tho, because recently half of Indonesia was out to get Levy for catching an Indonesian cheater. Look up Dewa Kipas for the story.

[@yashpandey3.3.3]

@@joelwilliamson3322 thanx for explanation☺️☺️

[@raeeskhan6]

Levy seems salty to see Anand up there, these whites just want to see themselves above rest of others 😏 (same applies to Ding or any other asian player to be fair)

[@adebih8126]

magnus, bobby and kasparov are in the league of their own

[@joshuagarcia5007]

You forgot mikhail tal

[@nubianpwr]

@@joshuagarcia5007 Absolutely - Tal was genius... along with Bobby and Magnus

[@donkbonktj5773]

@@nubianpwr Sure Tal was a creative attacking player, but his moves were not as accurate as Fischer and Magnus.

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

Morphy is there alongside Fischer, Carlsen and Kasparov.

[@shaunbang]

“He choked on a chicken bone” was so funny 😂

[@lukevandervliet913]

I couldn’t stop laughing that was so funny😂

[@Dagre7]

Just watching this now and seeing Ding discussed as 'getting smoked in candidates' is quite funny now - hindsight 20/20 I know

[@gyanendramaurya2082]

Anand is also having impact on hikaru's youtube view 😂

[@kardsufur2966]

hikaru rating has to be, in blitz: god level in classic chess: theorist

[@srinivaspendurti1170]

True

[@ripcandice70]

But he’s not even undisputed no 1 in blitz tho?

[@garry3465]

@@ripcandice70 he is ranked 1 in blitz.

[@ripcandice70]

@@garry3465 but not the blitz world champion

[@DLXN-lp9cj]

@@ripcandice70 well that's the problem , rating wise he is absolutely no.1 in blitz but he's not a world champion , so I would put him in either legend or great + unlucky , but there's a small chance that hikaru could be in the god of chess

[@kaustubhkulkarni1331]

Seeing this video after ding liren has become the world champion😅

[@pepijnstreng4643]

Just one small thing, when he says Fine tied in 1938 in AVRO, AVRO is not the name of a place but the name of the TV channel that broadcasted the tournament (maybe Hikaru knew that and was using AVRO as a shorthand for the AVRO tournament but I just needed to say it).

[@cyrusvanbeethoven4626]

Where's the second half of the Video? I wanna see Morphy, Tal, and Chuky get analyzed!!

[@AAYLV]

You also should have a category for magicians, like Nezhemedinov, Tal etc.

[@krishnaadhikari4931]

Yeah man i was disappointed when j didn't see tal here

[@SpeakingCommonSense]

I'm just a regular guy that was checking out a chess video. This Hikaru guy is proof you can be amazingly smart and still socially inadequate.

[@miguelheat]

Totally didnt expect nakamura to give a shout out to booker t in this video 😆💪

[@acerimmerz]

one thing for sure is that India takes it's sports very seriously and always inspired by champions - Anand to chess is almost as of legend to Sachin Tendulkar is to cricket, and Sachin was nicknamed 'god' so perfectly apt

[@zack1140]

Alternative title: Chat typing PogO for 53 minutes straight

[@shersinghsaini8510]

Gotta love that ending part

[@rajeevkunapareddy1182]

honestly, its true that anand inspired many people into chess here in india. in fact, I and my dad got into chess while discussing a bit about him and kasparov

[@MrPrush-ji4gs]

6:35 when you’re trying to be serious about this particular form of death but your friend almost laughs out loud so you laugh as well and try to describe this form of death in a funnier manner because you know deep down that it’s funny until you realize your friend has already returned to being serious about this form of death and is no longer laughing so you return to act like you’re being serious about this form of death

[@mayuresh8462]

Chess is booming in India and chess will see it's golden days if it goes to it's peak popularity in India. Then u will understand why Vishy is God of chess!

[@robbob5302]

India is lucky to have Anand. I'm from the US. We have Fischer. Who sadly self-destructed, to our nations embarrassment. Cherish Vishy.

[@solomontruthlover5308]

Loving the content 💗

[@x78340]

48:30 Most important and most truthful part of the whole video regarding the best player!