The Gang Gets Roasted By Hikaru

WFM Alexandra Botez, WGM Qiyu Zhou, IM Levy Rozman and Hikaru play 4 player chess while roasting one another.
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[@tdoggy1302]

I just realized Hikaru looks like Asian John Wick.

[@icarusash2241]

Lmao XD

[@varunk.t8235]

🤣🤣

[@tachytita1372]

i can't unsee it

[@cloroxbleach7554]

He once killed someone with a fooking bishop.

[@loremipsum8495]

@@cloroxbleach7554 he needs to get 3 kills with one bishop, and then we have him on John wick's level

[@amankc9770]

Hagrid roasting Harry Potter, Cho Chang and Fleur Delacour.

[@amuzak9063]

Underrated comment

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@amuzak9063 Incendio!

[@10Adarsh]

WOW! That's so hilarious! 😅😅😅😅

[@caleblim6890]

Not Fleur. Fleur was blonde. Maybe Hermione?

[@AlfredJacobMohan]

@@caleblim6890 Nah, Hermione is ginger.

[@omarenriquez6094]

“the whole gang gets roasted by hikaru” more like “levy gets roasted by the whole gang”

[@koloblicin]

levy always gets roasted

[@byugoi]

4:00 LOL the way Botez points at herself after Hikaru said that

[@dr_tlmk]

Also Levy’s reaction too lol

[@nikke8410]

He was calming down the chat after

[@borislavivanov5281]

Naka has become so bad lately, he’s too distracted with the poggers garbage

[@haroldthetalkingtree7509]

@@borislavivanov5281 I feel like you're just saying that to project your opinion on something irrelevant. In fact, that IS what you're doing. I can't find any correlation between this and that.

[@walkinwalker9768]

@@borislavivanov5281 Yeah, that is why he is qualifying in quarter final in a SGM chess championship right now

[@hypnoticlizard9693]

At the end, when Hikaru checkmated Botez, there is a delay because she isnt checkmated till its her turn because hypothetically she could be saved by her teammate.

[@MedievalSolutions]

Or Levy could time out before her turn.

[@SrikarMaddula]

Or his teammate levy could also blunder into a mate or blunder Alex out of a mate

[@teodorthun6422]

There're multiple checkmates but if you're talking about the first 1 it was levy that checkmated

[@user-zg5oo5yk2v]

Yukihira Souma it's pretty obvious which one they're talking about. There was only 1 time that Alexandra was mated with a delay

[@dominikkl2797]

at the end he checkmated nemsko but 👍

[@chromso]

4:00 i love everyones expressions lmao

[@TuequoiseQueso]

Except for Qiyu, which is wholesome

[@coleabrahams9331]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@luthfiyamin4042]

Wait what was Hikaru saying actually?

[@Bean_Soup]

Luthfi Yamin he was referencing to him moving the bishop to Botez’s territory to “nail” her to a posistion

[@yashchugh6486]

4:00 “I’m gonna nail her there” Lmao botez’s reaction is priceless Edit: I think he realises it when chat tells him 4:15 about it lol. So embarrased.

[@logonontrily4161]

I would expect chess players to not be fazed by such ambiguous language considering "pinned" and "I got mated".

[@ULTRAliam]

@@logonontrily4161 they are still people and still have personalities

[@matty7630]

I’m not gay but Hikaru looked kinda cute when he was embarrassed

[@logonontrily4161]

@@ULTRAliam Oh, definitely, but I somewhat expected for desensitization to be a thing.

[@Hayakuto]

Logonon Trily Pins and Mates are actual chess terms. Nail.... isn’t...

[@baronhelmut2701]

Hikarus girlfriend:"I dont like it when you talk to other girls" Hikaru:"im gonna nail her there" Classical Freudian slip.

[@alex2005z]

Oh

[@harbirsingh7266]

His girlfriend won't be happy at Botez at 18:37 either.

[@3cs3hs]

18:26 Hikaru trying to recall some epic strategy of attack while the others gossip

[@nothisispatrick6832]

nah he was realizing a line he could have played 5 years ago in a tournament

[@kababmichips1767]

more like lookin up at the stockfish on ceiling

[@accountaccount3840]

Stockfish on ceiling

[@deathmeter4049]

Ceiling stockfish

[@4922jack]

23:30 - 23:40 Hikaru's brain goes into overdrive and short circuits ?

[@kababmichips1767]

he just realised a line he could have played in tournament 5 years back was just retrieving the info

[@ShiranzITA]

😂

[@randomdude1060]

Zoo much underrated comment here

[@maxthexpfarmer3957]

My brain does that all the time but I'm not a GM unfair

[@fabiandaja6137]

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Nick-pl8st]

18:28 Hikaru really do be thinkin tho

[@NPC-kr3cx]

Hikaru just said 🤔 🤔 🤔

[@vicenteborges1309]

He is setting up the pieces back on the cielling stockfish

[@ianmccall1789]

4:00 Hikaru says 4:15 Hikaru realizes

[@SameLif3]

Ghost board, blindfolded, 920 - mixed game modes in one lol

[@blueman333]

What does nailing mean?

[@deplios7799]

Pritam Dey penetration

[@ibrazil148]

@@deplios7799 what does that mean?

[@emissarygw2264]

@@ibrazil148 surprise buttseks

[@reos7496]

18:40 hikaru predicting every move next round

[@OwenNovakChildofGod]

That final checkmate was just BAD ASS.

[@DavidLee-fo6gd]

Hi editor, you clipped the roast but didn't leave it in the rest of the video, was hoping for a prolonged reaction.. oh well good stuff tho.

[@ramimagdi7525]

yeah that was weird

[@Kevin-Nivek]

You can watch the stream on twitch if you want to

[@Buckheimer]

@@Kevin-Nivek u mean the vod? I dont really have time to keep up with their live schedules and its really weird navigating the vods for non-twitch users honestly.

[@user-mv1yq2ko3p]

@@Kevin-Nivek vods are sub only I don't understand why they do this but yeah

[@Buckheimer]

@@user-mv1yq2ko3p oh right. The vods are also subbed only last time I checked. I heard it had smthing to do with copyrighted music. Twitch had like new restrictions on the music played on stream or smthing like tht. Dont really have the proper info on it tho.

[@amangoel1575]

27:54 Hikaru's reaction is everything

[@manishbabbar9969]

Darn it is!! But , Its in the end and before the reactions the annotations appeared in front!

[@somakun3000]

True

[@Hampus_006]

@@manishbabbar9969 you can turn them off

[@freshavocado5273]

​@@Hampus_006how?

[@khaireenadarwis5640]

That ending -

[@thiemvuong7163]

Khaireena Darwis epic

[@jackrudolf1745]

I was like: "Wait is the video ending too soon?- Oh." xd

[@xKrown]

18:33 the majestic ceiling flamingo dances away as hikaru watches

[@shaileshs8242]

0:28 That 'It's always sunny in Philadelphia' intro was perfect. I was not expecting that at all. lol.

[@a.k.8725]

Hikaru built a chess engine on the ceiling. That's why he's looking up when thinking.

[@thebitch9224]

25:50 Hikaru just casually wins without losing any pieces at all...

[@mooshrump4439]

18:34 hikaru the self teaching ai

[@kababmichips1767]

just memorizing possible lines from the ceiling stockfish

[@koloblicin]

@@kababmichips1767 what is this ceiling stockfish everyone keeps talking about in this comment section im confused,

[@kababmichips1767]

@@koloblicin there is a running joke that hikaru has a monitor with stockfish installed on his ceiling since he looks straight up when thinking. stockfish is a chess engine

[@koloblicin]

@@kababmichips1767 ahhh, aye, thank you. so with stockfish one might be able to cheat in chess?

[@kababmichips1767]

@@koloblicin ye, it tells u the best moves for any position, people use it to analyse their games usually

[@Jean-fw8et]

I think Hikaru is the last person on earth that I'll expect to wear a Team Liquid t-shirt

[@lionbreaker0852]

I only just realised after I saw your comment

[@imdW]

He has been wearing it like for 2 weeks at this point either they are signing him or he is supporting liquid in lcs and he is a superfan

[@daSKAn]

He has been wearing several different Team Liquid shirts in the last streams.

[@jaypham3393]

I may be wrong, but he may just be supporting Sliker because Sliker was recently signed to Team Liquid

[@rogerjia6981]

I think he's going to sign with Team Liquid as a Content Creator

[@ZackySena]

my favorite part is the end when hikaru just checkmated Qiyu with no expression

[@DogeSargeant]

"Am I missing something, I'm confused"

[@Elleander1]

the Wooden Shield of roasts.

[@BruhMoment-vq2xw]

I want this to become a real chess term now.

[@therbeeo5364]

This is good, real good.

[@bigfoot2795]

4:15 Hikaru realizes

[@user-qy1vs7jo7b]

3:59 botez's face after hikaru says he is going to move his bishop. Lawl

[@aJanzu]

holy man I love these 4 man chess videos. they are amazing. keep it up

[@kevinarmes9804]

I actually love how Hikaru doesnt cuss or make inappropriate jokes. Makes it so much fun to watch and not have to worry.

[@cypher2498]

4:00 Levy and botez realized and then hikaru realized at 4:15 after chat told him

[@whydo_ilive3460]

​@@cypher2498 thank you. That guy was thinking about that for 2 years

[@rbxless]

​@@whydo_ilive3460he rember 💀

[@TheBilly]

He says Big Black Center / Big White Center

[@pepperpool]

you need an outro screen, the last few seconds where not visible because of the recommandations T_T

[@Abdullahss1]

these are amazing, please keep them coming.

[@zada4a]

17:35 Botez crushed them all. Queen of bullet

[@Isildurwasbetrayed]

Hold Your Breath no

[@akbinnn2106]

Simp

[@zaidtayeh4888]

Hikaru crushed them all the rest of the vid yet cause she won once she’s the queen now? I mean she’s an amazing player but you’re thirsty and exaggerating

[@42bibi]

@@zaidtayeh4888 hikaru is a queen too if it amuses u 🥰😌

[@zaidtayeh4888]

@@42bibi you sound hurt?

[@KATANA-7]

4 player chess is interesting but what's more fascinating is that we get to see Mr. Nakamura play, team up, roast and have funny conversation with them.

[@minccinoeditz5865]

3:54 iM joKiNg

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

Oh man, this is so good

[@ddgs5164]

"I can't play chess and I just click things and I hope it works" Me too, but 99% of the time it doesn't work.

[@ajmod73]

"Let us at least get these wins" Alexandra: I'm sorry, who is this _us_ character?

[@fabiandaja6137]

😂😂😂

[@yugdesiral]

Awesome, I requested this for the intro on the last video! What a great moment 😂

[@stringbean2115]

The "I'm just gonna nail her here" clip is like my favorite hikaru clip

[@shreyashshivadikar9800]

Hikaru's laugh is best thing in the Internet. The most contagious laugh ever.

[@mevery11]

15:28 Levy: "That looks like a move." - Loses his queen before he even finished his sentence. Levy: "It was not a move." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@monicazhou5301]

The last 10 seconds are gold. I've been watching this clip on loop.

[@adfadf32342]

Hikaru getting distracted when it's his turn and losing time stresses me out!

[@coleluna2073]

It’s refreshing to see someone other than Levy get roasted. I feel bad for him taking all the heat ):

[@semibreve]

High quality content, please post more

[@losmoney9438]

Fell asleep watching this, then had a dream that the whole gang and I were playing chess in my living room 😂. Fun dream

[@antiquarian1773]

Love this matches, so fun. It gets so competitive this time around LOL

[@TheArcher143]

That roast was amazing xD

[@butter.1181]

Damn. I thought it was lighthearted but DAMN

[@999a0s]

there's kind of a similar social dynamic with classical music when you're hanging out or playing with someone of a way higher skill level. they'll say some shit that sounds really blunt but it's always sound technical criticism, and it's always true. so everyone just laughs and takes it into account without taking offense. it's when it stops being a purely technical analysis and gets into a personal attack that it becomes an issue

[@jayden_rico]

999a0s yeah, that’s sportsmanship at the highest level. At the highest levels of dedication, almost everyone you around went through the same shit to get to the top. You’ve earned the right to joke at someone’s mistake cause you’ve made their mistakes hundreds of times. Honestly if a master roasts you, that’s valuable knowledge on how to improve lol

[@blast960]

27:40 done never seen so much swag in chess in. mylife

[@penta4568]

Love theses videos!! We want more!!

[@imdW]

lmao that mate in the end felt like I was the one getting mated

[@skull8093]

I'm irrationally upset that Hikaru stopped that pawn push short of a promotion on the seventh rank.

[@AJMC82]

I thought the same thing! It's really funny because he even mentioned before that he always thinks that 7 ranks is 8 and he STILL didn't realize he miscounted.

[@1981stonemonkey]

When a GM thinks too much about playing actual chess and loses on time to a player who 15:11 "just clicks things".

[@raymondtan5992]

Chill man, Botez's literally a FIDE Master

[@dancinguitarist723]

Enjoying Hikaru a lot, lately! What a man!!

[@ShubhamKumar-ex3nk]

"I am gonna nail her there" Botez reaction is priceless. This video so double meaning

[@kirangregerson7228]

Levy is so nice to everyone and they’re constantly talking shit to his face

[@zf5656]

I love that Hikaru isn't even trying to roast. He's just being forthright. He continues to do this throughout the vid.

[@henryojlk]

I'm pretty sure the clip at the beginning was cut out so there is a gap at 21:17

[@amritaanshbhandari6199]

Very underrated Edit:comment

[@dodde216]

You only lose to a checkmate when your turn comes around (so that your team mate can still potentially save you). That's why the other players still got moves before Botez got mated by Hikaru

[@Kevin-Nivek]

Event though I already watched the stream, I still enjoy watching it again xD

[@melzz]

The last twist is hilarious 😂

[@XFlyingDutchmanX]

Please more I enjoyed that so much.

[@siddharthsinam1074]

I like how they all have their title in the discription except hikaru

[@win_kay5306]

I mean he got his title in his channel name so..yeah

[@AltairCreedZ]

That last checkmate was priceless

[@emmettdja]

5:54 "Imma gonna get mated soon" yeah right before hikaru nails u with his bishop.

[@kirjian]

27:24 top 10 chess destructions

[@kommentarschreiber1611]

The ending was hilarious

[@dauraktv]

"I can't even trash talk, it only lasts one move" Gothamchess

[@jonathandeman9051]

“Ima try And nail her there” -Hikaru to Botez

[@vitor246800]

why is everyone commenting that ? i'm from Brazil and don't understand the doble meaning

[@sydneyseng6846]

@@vitor246800 nailing is a slang term for having sex

[@SedateGaming123]

@@vitor246800 additional explanation (trying my best ). Nails are very important for something like furniture . so once you nail that wood it is now furniture . so once you do something very impressive people usually complement by saying " you nailed it " meaning you did it perfectly . "But you nailed her " here is like " you did perfectly to her ( or checkmaterd her ) " or " you did her perfectly ( you did her ;) ) " if that makes sense lel

[@do7226]

@@SedateGaming123 lol I knew what the slang was but your explanation made me think twice instead lol... Don't listen to this guy Vitor 😂

[@umerfarooq4159]

@@do7226 If someone checkmates you , you're a furniture

[@a.k.8725]

Hikaru wrote good moves on the ceiling, that's why he's looking up when thinking.

[@keitogamingyt2764]

I love that last part where they were trying to see things then hikaru got the checkmate.. then hikaru tried to use poker face but in the end he laughed so hard lol

[@losangeleslovesyou]

"What? I'm confused".. (mate in one)

[@doublestarburst7841]

Alexandra: I think Levy is scared of me. Levys Eyebrows: *Flies Into Orbit*

[@sergioespinosa7261]

Before the last move I was confused looking for the mate and then boom Hikaru with the mate

[@davinsimmons6599]

def want more content with the four of you

[@nighthawk6777]

Same

[@xudes11]

I'd like to see a 4 player chess match where everyone gets 5min to premove everything without knowing what the other persons are going to do and then let it play out like that lmao

[@slendrinaismywaifu3061]

That would be cool and funny lol

[@tobe1207]

I don't know how it would work though because pieces would need to be or not be in positions for moves to be possible

[@haardshah1676]

It would be really cool see both teams drawing!

[@randomguy5312]

3:57 "I'm gonna nail her there" Hikaru be making some moves for real lol

[@tysonpham1242]

2nd pogchamps should be 2 players teams of 4 players chess with pairs of masters/GMs and streamers!

[@tor13128]

27:20 they were so serious analyzing the wrong board without a clue what was actually happening.

[@PrismHeartOfficial]

LOL I loved the always sunny intro and love your vids Hikaru :)

[@tomconlon1182]

We need more of these with this gang!!!!!!

[@negin1812]

Bruh this is so entertaining to watch please make more vids

[@lolieater6373]

0:10 okay *onii-chan*

[@reveirg9]

Not wrong since he's Japanese 😂

[@coleabrahams9331]

rev He’s American, but he’s of Japanese descent

[@cathyinfall]

Actually, that would be 兄 (ani) because onii is used for someone else’s older brother and ani is used for your older brother. In this case though, let’s just pretend you are right, I don’t wanna be an annoying nerd that ruins all the fun.

[@yixiangliu2537]

The second match Though there are like 3 twists in a row!

[@semibreve]

My 4 favourite chess streamers. Good shit

[@lcosta7467]

What a beast of an ending, had to watch it 3 times

[@liam.doyl3]

These are the best vids :)

[@dr.mitbhavsar3086]

Hikaru always has the last laugh in chess.

[@StrengthOfADragon13]

The last move was probably the most beautiful bit of trash talk I've ever seen

[@botezsimp5808]

Dannnggg Alexandra went beastmode with those free-for-all matches! Mmm..

[@afterfall8133]

I just love how Hikaru editor or perhaps Hikaru make a video title like it seems they react to other twitcher or youtuber not themselves 😂

[@lucid4460]

18:45. When Hikaru loses he takes the time to think about the moves that made him lose.

[@thesmell9256]

Bro every single time his video intro’s are amazing

[@shmvon]

"Ok, big brother" lol

[@violet4794]

3:59 lmfao look at Alexandra

[@lalalamooone]

Hikaru:i am confused wins game

[@muhametlajqi2344]

"I'm gonna nail her there"

[@arcb]

Mahn the greatest weapon of Legendary chess players: "the ceiling"

[@flexedkumquat]

He got his hands on them tranquilizers