Nakamura Vs Hansen: Stealing Blitz Chess Rating Points

Is there anything more fun than flagging Eric Hansen in blitz chess? Hard to believe it.
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[@chessbrah]

i will be back.

[@BongelaMnguni]

Dramatical

[@dannydonkey3018]

Hahahaha....

[@ajcaldona1559]

chessbrah eric what happened? hahaha !

[@Douglas800metros]

Chairs flew

[@pimentavideos]

For the boys!

[@CaslavNorisavljevic]

Im loving that naka is starting to trash talk in these

[@kwijung]

If anyone deserves it it's Eric Hansen lol

[@jitsmapper4438]

It's like he's just dabbling in it more some amusement.

[@johnpaulseriosabse-1a441]

Hikaru is Eric's father 🤣

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

But Eric can't her it, so no point.

[@MsYann34]

Hahaha such a great description: "Is there anything more fun than flagging Eric Hansen in blitz chess? Hard to believe it. "

[@john851231]

Yeah. Many times when his position a bit better than Naka, Naka flag him and Eric got Rage. Lol.

[@dvk2233]

I had to stop watching, this is child abuse

[@poochpoints]

It is time to call children services.

[@leonardosouza9249]

dvk2233 kkkkkkkk

[@nannz.7266]

Chris Pfeiffer 😲😲😲 Eric is his son?

[@leenguyenthanh]

yes, Naka has adopted Eric for a while.

[@ausar3852]

Lmao

[@henrids]

"d5 takes takes takes takes takes" I love it how he makes it look so easy

[@jye-mings.2476]

Consider

[@ldeans5620]

"Any time I can beat Eric and make him sad is good."

[@Vivungisport]

Quotes from Hikaru Nakamura.

[@QuakePhil]

Flagamura

[@thejupiter1744]

It’s all about winning apparently and handling your time well is just another good part of ones armour as a strong chess player. I remember a certain Garry Kasparov with just ONE pawn facing an army of Karpov’s pieces in a game and Karpov’s flag fell. . . .Karpov was furious.

[@nannz.7266]

QuakePhil????

[@kwijung]

"stop trying to hit me and HIT ME" -- Nakamura's advice to Eric Hansen

[@kdub9198]

kwijung Ghost?

[@mehdimehdikhani5899]

really like this naka. in a good mood, open and funny. expressing himself.

[@eduardovasquez2689]

only when hes winning against lower rated players

[@cyberdragon3889]

Eduardo Vasquez so everyone

[@joaoschapke2707]

Cyber Dragon Magnus Carlsen would disagree

[@vp4744]

First it was Yasser Seirawan who after hanging out with Eric, started using four-letter words in his commentary. Now Naka is trash talking. Eric's having a bad influence on chess royalty. I love it.

[@WhosFriedChickenIsit]

Shin Kansen Yasser's been doing that. You must not know the man lol. Naka also has always been a trash talker. He was much more subtle as a teenager though. He would make fun of you with slight comments.

[@vp4744]

My comment was a back-handed compliment of Eric, nothing to do with the others.

[@klimtkiller]

lol the end of that first game was so dirty

[@john851231]

But you enjoy it right ? 😄

[@Musicrafter12]

>"Stealing blitz chess rating points" After nearly 2 hours, Naka gains 3, Hansen loses 2

[@11pupona]

You know, I used not to like naka, I don't know why, but now I love him, I love his videos, his chess battles and antics....

[@foldvarigabor7229]

that "FLAAG" tho!

[@jalilcompaore]

You can tell Naka was enjoying his meal

[@realbeetlejuice]

just now finding these videos and this channel. as a former ICC player, watching Naka on ICC...this is SOOOO amazing and 100000000x times better!!!

[@TheReddaredevil223]

Nakamura is so quick and so skilled that it makes me woozy

[@Andrew-kh7rz]

@TVSuchty nope but he could be

[@udai414]

Eric believes when you lose 10 in a row that's equal to getting adopted. Hikaru

[@misanthrop1958]

Great play, Mr. Nakamura!! Your brain works like a machine, unbelievable!!

[@IndigoBassNotes]

Great Commentary . Great insights. Great content.

[@NITESHADOWshouske]

Lol, Hansen getting farmed.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Lol@ "Farmed"

[@ilax3071]

To be fair he only lost 4 points after all the games they played

[@Vivungisport]

@@ilax3071 Due to rating difference.

[@logansalyer6068]

THE CHESSBRAH SMASHER! Thanks Naka, for these videos. Made my day

[@michellegervais5230]

When naka speaks he sounds just like cartman from south park in the world of Warcraft episode. “Next I’m going to cast spell of the mongoose”

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

This is like me playing with 500 rated people...

[@cusv2695]

"I dont know what im doing this game, just driftlessly making random moves" Same

[@MrPato2234]

48:18 that king - bishop combinations, pure genius

[@davevjy]

"Unlike Eric I'm not going to whine about connection." *quits instead*

[@QuakePhil]

When is the OTB blitz/bullet match, captured by multiple camera angles, going to happen between you two? Good show!

[@eltanquepr]

"It's always good to have excuses I wish I had excuses too..." ahhahahah

[@sagardurge1812]

Cant believe this was 3 years back

[@itsTheDom]

This is time after time my favorite GM matchup to watch

[@maxd3480]

FLAAAAAG

[@MrJerryHsu]

Sparks literally fly over the board when these guys play. And Naka’s trash talking to Eric added in?? THE BEST

[@stevenhaff3332]

Nakamura's a natural for commentary. Concise, opinionated and quick, can think on his feet.

[@AhmedMohamed-zr9kw]

waiting more and more videos , Mr Hikaru

[@RoyalNation]

You're so awesome at blitz!

[@naturalphysx6318]

RoYaL He is Blitz.

[@MrRpower3970]

Dam

[@FPSCroatia]

Is this official channel of Hikaru?

[@naturalphysx6318]

Subscribed! Get em' Naka!

[@red1728A]

So interesting to watch Hansen/Nakamura from this point of view!

[@TheAntiChr1st]

I'm quite sure my rating has risen 30 elo points after watching these elegant games.

[@NoudvanHarskamp]

Haha, where is Eric? Where is Eric? Time to Hunt Eric:) Love to watch your battles!

[@soba9929]

You both are great players, the only diff is quick thinking, and you're one of the fastest thinkers. :)

[@ea2763]

Fun stuff indeed! Thanks Naka.

[@justin57153]

When I play, flagging is always down to the wire and I feel kind of bad if I come out on top. But Naka is up so much on time every game that I feel like it's fair to play for the flag. Strong play in short time needs to be rewarded.

[@Hoobyj]

Time management is an integral part of speed chess, no reason to feel bad :p

[@arsenalfanrichi]

I don't know, a lot of the time it doesn't come down to time management, it comes down to clearly drawn endings where one guy refuses a draw while both players have a similar amount of time, and then they just move back and forth faster and claim a win on time

[@loganchancellor6804]

@6:30 the king move was really clever as hansen most likely had his mouse hover over his king to recapture. the smile on naka's face, after the game.

[@TheSLK66]

Flaaaaag! Lol.

[@shanathered5910]

can't believe this was 5 years back

[@fujiapple9675]

I love the casual calculation at 3:23

[@ramatisbojan5894]

"There ya go Eric, FLAAAAAAAAAAG" If flagging was attacking, you would be Tal, Naka boy kkkkkkkkk

[@serbry2011]

6:15 Ups, Very good Eric, Flaaaaaaaaaaag! XD

[@zachariasmoerk-jensen7973]

Clown rock'n'roll “there you go Eric” I think.

[@eduardovasquez2689]

at 48:50 naka has 20 seconds and eric has like 2. i like how the position was dead drawn where literally no player would ever make any progress and naka just kept moving his king around to win on time...true sportsmanship

[@vertigosarrugados5977]

What about posting some of your games against Dr. Tancredi and your opinion of him as a player and who he might be. Would be cool stuff.

[@StrongArmElijah]

Alright *_alright_*

[@joshuaperry4112]

Dude, you broke the first 2 rules of Fight Club.

[@yannlastar6646]

I hope one day Hikaru will be world champion. I'd like it to happen ^^

[@anthonythudium5596]

"FLAG!" 😂

[@michaelthomheadley]

"Knight f3 nonsense" lol

[@modolief]

Lol! I restarted watching this video after a couple days and it was kind of a quiet moment and I'm thinking: "Where's the techno music?" ... I'm so used to watching Eric's side of the stream :)

[@joedorben3504]

Hikaru went 15-2 against Eric and only gained 5 points the whole time wtf

[@spacezoo5079]

Notice that they started 2696 - 3063 and, after 17 games, ended 2692 - 3068, what this should tell you is that the ELO system is robust.

[@MrYoYoBoBoChaddyInsaneZhangII]

Space Zoo It’s glicko for chess.com

[@viralviral3200]

nice spoiler you fuck

[@calebmauer1751]

@@viralviral3200 You can't read the comments without expecting spoilers.

[@zainierizal3807]

Nakamura, The flash on the chessboard

[@keepthingssimple]

why are you so attached to bully Eric xd

[@cz19856]

I wish they were still friends

[@Touchite1]

6:17 golden "FLAAG!"

[@OriginalThisAndThat]

38:20 I was like "wtf you are doing Hikaru!" a3 man!

[@hidude1354]

When you just get your blitz rating to 1500 but then see Nakamura has double yours... :/

[@ivanneves193]

Two Monsters of chess

[@nasipkismet2436]

Hikaru, would you like to write a book about 'Hunting Eric' ?

[@Hoobyj]

"That makes four." In a tone of voice that makes it sound more like a mundane task than an accomplishment. Poor Eric :(

[@mostafaphotography2371]

the "naka juice" was quite potent this time! eric man up now, man up :)

[@rustamdj979]

after 6.0 Erick playet so well

[@thedarkgate817]

I find it funny how seriously eric takes their games. whenever eric manages to beat Hikaru in a game which is not alot, he celebrates like crazy. When he lets victory slip, he takes out his frustrations and anger on his furniture. lol while hikaru plays for fun. lol

[@delaimo13]

Garhon Wong Yeah Hikaru just plays to chill. Like that vid against Botez where he's listening to Abba and singing and they both are like insanely focused on the game lol

[@kTeachings]

26:54 is beautiful ! "take on a5 and time to resign"

[@kTeachings]

30:38 - oh gosh that is such a cool discovered attack on the Queen.

[@joedorben3504]

34:34 Does Kxh3 really not work? Looks like maybe Naka gets mated through Kxh3 g5 or Kxg3 Qg5, but I feel like there has to be some resource like f3 or Qd4 that keeps the advantage for Naka in that line. Seemed like that was just winning

[@headholio]

At 30:43, Bxf3!! Great move. Check and attack on rook. If king takes, fxe4 with discovered check and white queen is lost! If king doesn't take bishop then white rook is lost.

[@efraimarenas]

Thank you for explaining. It was a great move.

[@robertvardanyan2052]

f3 or f2...who cares

[@evzalxheladini1205]

Beware Magnus is coming!

[@DaV23THPS]

i never seen naka so angry before... oh lord when he lost on time

[@vamshi12in]

All I can hear is queen take, bishop take, rook take ,night take , take, and take . Please tell me who is take.... and why is being taken so much

[@jimipet]

40:26 why not kne2? He goes king f1 you cant grab his queen but you can go bishop c2 he loses a bishop and his queen and the second bishop are still attacked. What I am missing here?

[@StrengthScholar0]

Holy shit nakamura just roasted Eric for over an hour. 🤣 No mercy

[@meathead919]

Hikaru is a serial killer

[@JesusAntonioPimentelBarreto]

excelente master.!!!!!!!

[@koalaskakikoalouche976]

At the top!

[@jimmycain4192]

I think all 3 rules to fight club is dont talk about fight club

[@joeyt1416]

lol hilarious hearing that little mouse click and his grimace... check the bitrate youre streaming at... if its just chess lower it considerably. maybe that will reduce lag.

[@parast1721]

At 26:10, was it a better option to taken the pawns at a5 and threaten the rook with the queen or double up the rooks on the right side? I’m a beginner so if someone could help that would be great.

[@joedorben3504]

I still cant get over the fact that Hikaru fucking Nakamura has a channel AND he regularly posts long videos

[@hansdampf6249]

40:15 Hikaru not knowing what an adoption is

[@alansmith801]

ratio

[@SyntaxErrorB]

3:44 holy shit the speed he calculates at, that would have taken me like 15 seconds

[@ioantamas9475]

I'm thinking to stop playing chess,and looking to Hikaru and it's also distraction in stad headache.

[@ThomasEWalker]

Is there anything more fun than knowing furniture is becoming airborne?

[@claucometa]

Oh, I just blundered... Ok, let's win anyway

[@kupkumral2793]

Just refresh the page when you lag if you have time

[@wkwkkw7830]

On the other side eric is throwing his fucking chair

[@JohnVC]

At 10:56 did Naka miss Re1+, followed by NxR, QxR+, Kh2, Bxf2 with a winning attack?

[@benjeeenius]

41:17 dont you have bishop takes d4 , queen takes bishop d4, knight triple fork check e2, rook takes knight e2, then rook takes rook c1 check and ur up material ?

[@johnfontaine2760]

Has Hansen posted a steam of these games from his perspective?

[@marceorigoni6614]

41:23 why does not work bishopx d4? if queen recapture you have knight e2 and win the rook on c1 you will be material equal

[@TheClassicWorld]

You have to love Naka. You have to.

[@ndlc13]

Thats six!! jajajaj, I would like to see Eric on that!!! ajajja

[@drnykterstein_]

So you managed to steal 3 rating points

[@dachevashe]

42:45 excuses excuses :)