Naka v Nepo - Epic Blitz Match between two Super Grandmasters

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[@obscurity3027]

My life goal is to play Naka and hear him say I made a “logical” move.

[@coreydallmeyer67]

Lol yeah

[@poolzokka]

I want to play him and hear two things in a row: "Ahhh, he got this! ...ahh, I blundered!" 😎

[@cristiannunez5265]

14:32 "very bold by Mr Nepo-man" hahaha

[@wiadroman]

"I am sure I can find a way to mess it up", 10 secs later "Oh, I completely messed it up".

[@12jswilson]

Hikaru grades candidate moves like the sizes at Cold Stone: Like It, Love it, Gotta Have it.

[@spencerfly1007]

liking how you are really improving these videos! the music adds a lot. great content.

[@spencerfly1007]

dream ah I have premium so I got none :)

[@aarongutierrez7705]

dream ah it’s 2 hours long there’s really not that much ads

[@irisce2799]

37:40 underappreciated move. That’s called zugzwang right? Love how naka just casually plays it without second thought.

[@martinrodriguezbuela4061]

is a known pattern of bishop and rock mate

[@peorakef]

@@martinrodriguezbuela4061 and yet it looks like magic to people out of the book. like hieroglyphs to us, perfectly readable for the literate ancient egyptians

[@chessandmathguy]

That's not zugzwang. Zugzwang is where if you could skip your turn you'd be ok, but your obligation to move costs you the game. Here White is already dead lost.

[@peorakef]

@@chessandmathguy his point stands

[@mikecantreed]

This is a very basic checkmating pattern. If you're under 1200 I guess it would look really cool.

[@JimJWalker]

5:41 Colle Zuckertort - an excellent weapon. Qe2 or even c4 are alternatives to f4.

[@user-jt3dsf4mc]

best naming for video

[@metebey7708]

St. Louis chess club Sinquefield cup Round 5 Nepo take back revange against Naka

[@barakap6230]

naka is gud at speed chess at clasical my little sister is better than him

[@calencrawford2195]

@@barakap6230 lol

[@YaSabiamos]

@@barakap6230 Is your sister world's top 20? Also Naka has played a Candidates a few years back. Have you or your sister? :)

[@barakap6230]

@@YaSabiamos I was kidding, thats just a joke

[@michaellu9899]

@@YaSabiamos dude take a joke lol

[@MrDannyg77]

Two of my favorite players. Good stuff.

[@deanhisey6014]

Love when he says I blundered...I blunder so many times I just yell out a few of the good moves I made lol

[@Adherento]

I love your explanations! :)

[@hailkayy]

Nakamura you are too funny XD. Thanks

[@ricksick81]

I liked this more than the danya battles :D

[@henryhardtits]

I mean Nepo is WAY stronger than Danya so yeah. Top level blitz discussions here

[@solongkingb3057]

1 "hm" = 1 shot, brace your livers.

[@dramawind]

22:08 types "get rekt" in the chat

[@genomos90]

not sure if all his pawns are on dark squares

[@user-rw2hn5px1t]

1:26:00 omg...

[@aussiespeirs1377]

If he forked would of drew

[@chessandmathguy]

@@aussiespeirs1377 wtf is "would of?"

[@aussiespeirs1377]

@@chessandmathguylooses his 2 pawns and only bishop left which is a draw

[@Ammaruaron]

@@aussiespeirs1377 would have*

[@richardspeirs6567]

@@Ammaruaron ok grammar police

[@nanangs1077]

Hikaru's play was like eating popcorn, too fast too good 😁😁😁

[@sethdavenport5813]

Nepo blundered very like i blunder when i play. This is an honor for me.

[@hugopelland]

"Adjusting the art" ... great reason to be behind on the clock! Priorities!

[@coreydallmeyer67]

Dude I really enjoyed this,thank you! Your a gm? There real people?

[@yaseh9162]

This reaction might be a bit late but yea he is. Hikaru is one of the best chess players in the world and the best, if not very close to being the best blitz player.

[@jontasvandervart]

Someone know witch playlist is that?

[@fedya931]

36:23 I think Hikaru shuold take the bishop with the rook and then knight f4 or take the rook on c2. Am I right?

[@martinrodriguezbuela4061]

only simplify

[@alexgabriel5877]

1:12:36 Wow what a game

[@ronniemacdonald2768]

adjusting the darned painting in the middle of a match

[@krys3001]

@5:17 in a drawn position, why is draw agreed to if up so much on time with no increment or delay on clock format? Would the time out still be a draw for lack of winning material even though the pawns could be promoted?

[@onedaytoolate3374]

Hikaru wants to adobt Danya :)

[@giancarlodisalvo1784]

Not sure if you read the comments, but what do you think your biggest weakness is, and what are you doing to improve it? Thank you for your videos

[@kob627]

Dude the comment section isn't a fucking Naka interview gtfo

[@MarkusGrand]

22:25 Anyone think of XQC Go Agane bois? xD

[@dawamoore8600]

Markus Petersen yeah he took it from him, he did it on purpose

[@jasonsmith4114]

7:10 I think Naka missed that Bb4 is already a threat because if Qxb4 Qxg7 is mate so the threat of the skewer is serious unless it's me missing something

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

I think he thought Qe7 followed by Rd7 to defend, and I think Nepo's mouse slipped he might've meant Rd7 not Rd6.

[@jasonsmith4114]

@@abdullahalmosalami2373 Yeah I guess Rd7 is what he meant to play because Rd6 doesn't make any sense, but my point is that I believe Naka completely missed the idea that's why he was so surprised by that move

[@Johnsson25]

"It is hard for a human to play this". Hikaru says it as if he sometimes turns on the computer in his head)

[@sevenheadedmirror8505]

two of my favs

[@vantablack7512]

How does Hikaru draw those arrows?

[@enricopallazzo3244]

Eric Rosen is the real hero

[@bim1537]

Still waiting to play magnus.

[@coleabrahams9331]

WE WANT TO SEE MORE GAMES VS FIROUZJA!!!!

[@gigyasujain370]

1:09:55 this sub is trolling naka like anything with profile gif

[@arnavdhamija2287]

@Hikaru how do you draw arrows

[@jonathanbeeson8614]

Coincidentally I just finished watching this fascinating match on the day that both Naka and Nepo qualified for the semis of the Moscow Grand Prix, setting up a possible encounter in the final match. Good Luck GM Hikaru !!

[@mauriciosoares1786]

Xadrez de alto nível!

[@resltessmindtwr]

wth go agane ? did he know the shnawzer since this time ?

[@emolasker]

I am sad I cannot see Nepo's fishy handshake.

[@yukino5069]

song in 1:37:07?

[@mohamedsami2209]

44:40 why is this a free queen if he took knight with king? It is maybe something very obvious but I don't see it.

[@xa-1274]

Rf2 leads to an almost forced mate

[@argjessaer4670]

Great title

[@raymundreyes8937]

Nakamura in a backwards baseball cap 0.0

[@MrMPAROUARE]

Legend

[@J.R.Swish1]

Hikaru looks like the son and the dad here

[@chessbrilliance8783]

Naka turned Nepo into a house painter! It's painful at times...

[@agusavior_channel]

1:14:46 Stockfish didn't say that

[@martinet1985]

he's an American narcissist who thinks whatever he does is "amazing". Most of the games he lost were "winning " for him. lol

[@Zeldasouls]

Marcin Ratajczyk you’re quite an asshole my friend, how does it feel?

[@goku445]

@@Zeldasouls he's right tho.

[@hasanocakalumni9529]

Why hikaru is not in the grenke chess tournament

[@chessbrilliance8783]

@@JohnDoe-qg1pj he is too low on the rating list currently. even though he crushes nepo by a large margine. things doesnt seems to go so well in classical.

[@adambartone9193]

he's in a huge classical slump

[@jadezee6316]

@@adambartone9193 yea..its called losing strength

[@adambartone9193]

@@jadezee6316 maybe xD though we all said the same thing about magnus in i think it was 2016? He dropped like 70 rating points. Levon Aronian has done it many times. Maybe hikaru bounces back maybe he doesn't, idk

[@janzvolsky6178]

What is the music? Can anyone tell? I like the firts relaxing part especially.

[@s.mendoza5705]

I think the genre is called contemporary, im not sure

[@janzvolsky6178]

Thanks! I'll check it out, then.

[@s.mendoza5705]

@@janzvolsky6178 maybe contemporary dance music, or just pop music

[@janzvolsky6178]

I wish Hikaru wrote the name of the artist in the description 'down below', but his content is superb even without that :o)

[@nr.v4009]

It's lofi.

[@Enhack]

22:27 WE GO AGANE BOYS.

[@FliSolution]

i turned on translation and really liked it Knight f4 (904), knight f4 (night of 4), simple cheese looks your idea to play, and the best he's got 69 how do I do this no no knocking just saw like this

[@kalenpray1370]

Anyone have any books they recommend to get better at chess? Im a 900 rated player :)

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

Why didn't Naka play Rxe2 followed by Nc3 to win a piece at 34:14?

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

@@jonasglaser1884 What do you mean Rd8+? The bishop is blocking and white rook controls d8. So after Rxe2, Rxe2, Kc3 forking both rooks, there are no checks with the rooks, and if Rd8, then just Rxd8 and again black is down a rook. In fact, I should say all the way back at 33:49 there was this threat still.

[@jonasglaser1884]

Oh, I was talking about the position after 34:14. I thought that was what you were reffering to. There, it wouldn't work, because the Knight could be pinned. By the way: Knight moves are written with an N, King moves are written with a K. :)

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

@@jonasglaser1884 Oh my bad I meant Nc3, but still. Why would the knight be pinned?

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

@@jonasglaser1884 Oh my God never mind he explains it at 33:55, and it would not be winning a piece but just exchanging a rook and a knight each, because after Nc3, Rd2.

[@barakap6230]

It would be equal because rook (for the night). and night (for the rook) but then night get captured

[@elieweiss1049]

Why is it the same hat every video? 😂 Where is his hat even from?

[@rickreed5836]

Chicago Cubs

[@alexanderp3233]

2 моих любимых игрока в мире)

[@apostolosvrontos5792]

Good music👏

[@jazz64]

Не знаю английского, но все понятно. Хикару классно комментирует. Спасибо

[@superman92718]

Да, он только по делу: перечисляет ходы - кандидаты, показывает на доске и дает оценку.

[@AndreyPutilov]

Достаточно понимать несколько частых фраз вроде "наверное", " последует", "я считаю", оценка понятна из интонации.

[@trankvillint6shirokovskih573]

42:28 Ниеть 😀

[@jakeswagerson9941]

53:24 did he mean queen d8?

[@dreisang2111]

I think he meant queen e8 check then queen takes rook on c6

[@mikeisapro]

Naka was not good at guessing Nepo's moves throughout this session like he usually is. Still very good stuff, but I noticed Naka incorrectly anticipated Ian's moves pretty frequently. Often he was guessing moves that he himself might play- aggressive moves and the like- but Ian was not really on his wavelength in terms of the moves chosen. And this was not just once or twice, it was happening from beginning to end. Interesting. Anyway, great match. Not surprising to see Nakamura winning against even other super GM's in blitz, he's the best in the world.

[@jadezee6316]

thanks for repeating the same line 4 different times...shows you have the ability to talk a lot while never saying anything new...will serve you well as a wal mart cashier

[@jaymieharris7936]

Is he listening to music? He keeps moving to a music beat it seems. If so he's reading comments from watchers, listening to music and Play Chess? Way too much going on for me.

[@daw162]

Interesting thing with his classical rating dropping, he still dominates blitz (still #1 as far as I know). Always seems like he calculates blitz level moves 3 times as fast as anyone else. Maybe that's why he needs 3 things to do!

[@happyfaceonU9]

Music usually keeps me from overthinking when playing chess so maybe that's what it is?

[@kevinworrell889]

Jaymie, that in itself is baffling, but what is really crazy is that it's not a strong Chess.com player he's doing this against - it's Ian Nepo🤔🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🤔🤯

[@zerad3307]

25:55 why Hikaru resign ? i don't get it can someone explain ?

[@davidskywalker1558]

The rook on a2 is under attack if he lets say dous nothing he loses the rook if queen takes queen rook c1 is killing because of mate and if the rook takes the pawn you can take the queen and if the rook takes back the rook on b2 is hanging

[@zerad3307]

@@davidskywalker1558 yes mate i figure it out after 20min lol! thx for answering tho.

[@user-he9ok1gc7k]

Naka BIG SHARK OMG

[@GizmoAzn]

Why is Qxh8 winning at 15:44 ?

[@BodhiGeraci]

I don't understand either, engine says 0.40% loss for Qxh8

[@pgcnrctt5325]

The rise of naka is the rise of usa internet

[@randomshadow4620]

(his pawns are all on dark squares) x 999

[@BodhiGeraci]

15:50 what am I missing??? Why is Qxh8 winning??????? Chess engine says loss of 0.30 points for Qh8

[@notademon5468]

Im thinking because it would be two rooks and a bishop against a queen?

[@sergiorenatoreyes6967]

In blitz its harder to manuever a queen against two rooks

[@TheMaskedMusicMan]

I blundered a bunch of games so I don't feel bad about flagging him in a drawn position. Kinda petty, you'd expect more class for the world champ in Blitz.

[@raymond04calitri]

Imagine how good is magnus that beats them two... insane

[@Baerinho]

there is at least one similar pov vid from magnus playing a bullet tournament while streaming on twitch.

[@armandosinaga3999]

Hikaru amazing

[@AryanSingh-ob7pm]

1:37:21

[@2011persol]

NOWADAYS I THINK OF 3 THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO NAKA: PAINTRAIN, FUNKY ANNOYING JAZZ (IT WOULD BE TORTURE FOR THE OPPONENT IF HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE MUSIC IN ADDITION TO BEING COMPLETELY F OVER BY NAKAS KNIGHTMARES) AND A SPEED-DEMON...BUT THT BEING SAID, HE MUST BE A VERY KIND PERSON TO SHARE ALL THIS VIDEOS OF HIM PLAYING ON TUBE....ALL THOSE HOURS, SO THNX NAKA FOR BEING WHO U ARE….NUFF SAID

[@jeandorfman9481]

naka please give us the pgn

[@amuricuh6143]

Here while its nepo

[@doubled5659]

16:43 why not Dg6 h5 D6 f2 R6 h1 f8 a1 g7

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

Are you sure you typed that out correctly?

[@doubled5659]

@@abdullahalmosalami2373 pretty sure

[@abdullahalmosalami2373]

@@doubled5659 What is Dg6? I don't see a piece that can move there except the rook? And what can go f2? R6?

[@doubled5659]

@@abdullahalmosalami2373 Every time I check comments on chess channel there is some people who just put some random letters and numbers. I thought its some kind of joke so I made my own joke.

[@doubled5659]

@nathan perez but have you considered gW3 ha23 j2 ?

[@bertsieczkowski5051]

It’s funny how confident Naka is when he’s not playing Magnus.

[@ashleywiens9228]

Ажно жалко смотреть, как котёнка раскатал. А я думал Ян один из лучших. Когда то даже болел за него

[@voltigerfreedom8371]

Ян был не в форме,не всегда выигрывать же

[@ashleywiens9228]

Хотел бы посмотреть как он в форме играет против нака

[@deletedaccount3077]

@@ashleywiens9228 Нака особый спец по блицу, че удивляться

[@pgcnrctt5325]

I think it is more danger to naka

[@lepitenjohn8588]

i love hikaru

[@fabioperelli1830]

Chess.com rules!

[@Filemonefly9]

10:20 - He'll go to Africa. 🛣

[@user-hf6kl9qp6f]

?

[@user-dl8vd8tv3d]

Naka vs Magnus

[@DTLification]

44:49 .... what

[@DTLification]

just cause of exchange...i dont see mate

[@jesscalebyliniemi1435]

Hikaru, Have five buses and we want you on!

[@jesscalebyliniemi1435]

Jessniemi22 (at) gmail.com

[@haggaisimon7748]

Nepo is more entertaining than Naro.

[@eduardocastro1775]

Mano un duelo con Carlsen pues jajaja

[@jorgecervantes4094]

Thats why Carlsen beats you avery time because you dont have a any general plan you just play as it cames.

[@IStalnoy]

Нормально покатали.

[@johnkarford6430]

Man I suck.

[@tennessericapa7701]

Nepo ... funny player

[@jadsmadi8292]

I think nepo is much stronger on board than online .. Don't you think ?! :D

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

He seems to be a streaky player. Depends on which day you catch him.

[@rasimbot]

Nepomniachtchi is also a DOTA player

[@propti]

Много партий. 1.15.19

[@franksharp9021]

Nepo is a beast but Naka is better

[@lukemiller8454]

Naka is a superbeast kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3mlpaOnl7R-js0

[@fannorouli6991]

why you playing so aggressive ?

[@cqrdist1239]

Fanno Rouli Ever seen Carlsen’s drunk online chess stream?

[@thenick3216]

This is so funny. You are beating a super GM while listening to music and interacting with users online.

[@elche752]

naka so good in chess yet never world champion...why?

[@solinsoccer4148]

Because of magnus

[@ShuffleboardJerk]

Ok, I’m sorry but if naka is a super gm, then I’m a nobody.

[@gamessportsandmore3371]

What are you trying to imply?

[@takatotakasui8307]

gamessportsandmore Well, Naka is a Super GM, so I’m guessing this guy is a nobody.

[@jakeswagerson9941]

Walter

[@pob-4810]

Aidan Walter are you fucking stupid? Naka won the US tournament and the blitz tournament.

[@gamessportsandmore3371]

@@takatotakasui8307 only logical explanation. naka is number 2 blitz and number 1 bullet in the world. soon to be 960 champ as well.