Hikaru's Plays Agadmator Lichess Arena

Hikaru plays in the Agadmator Lichess CakeDeFi Christmas Arena and does rather well, until things go awry. Please use the chapters and skip along - this is unedited, you can watch it all and experience it as we did live, or you can skip to the better bits.
00:00 GFuel Plug #ad
00:45 Hikaru reviews the field
01:57 Hikaru states he knows what berzerking is (snort, chuckle...foreshadowing here)
02:30 Arena Starts (BIGTIME JEBAIT)
06:00 Lichess Crashes, REKT
08:15 Another Jebait
13:55 Hikaru plays a GAME!!
17:57 Hikaru plays penguingm1...on chess.com
20:50 Hikaru registers for the new Arena
24:38 COUNTDOWN TO ARENA!!
24:48 Spicycaterpillar, GM Ray Robson vs Hikaru
26:56 Hikaru wins the second of many, many, many, many games
38:13 xamax2000, GM Max Warmerdam vs Hikaru
42:17 GM Alireza Firouzja vs Hikaru
43:07 Hikaru vs Chesser22, GM Kirill Shevchenko
45:21 Hikaru vs Fighterman91, GM Pouria Darini
50:36 Sparta299, GM Samuel Sevian vs Hikaru
54:30 wateenellende, IM Vincent Rothuis vs Hikaru
59:58 Hikaru vs GM Andrey Esipenko
1:04:21 Hikaru vs GM Eyesless18, Unknown GM
1:05:27 Hikaru vs Jepetto, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi
1:06:27 Chessweeb, GM Denes Boros vs Hikaru
1:08:08 IM Eric Rosen vs Hikaru
1:09:38 The delays in pairings start to happen
1:09:56 Hikaru vs SVODMEKO, GM Daniil Dubov
1:11:09 Another delay in pairings
1:11:47 FM Joshukid vs Hikaru
1:15:30 Where's my next game?
1:18:00 Hikaru discusses 40k people watching his stream, and how it's possible to continue this
1:18:38 Hikaru FINALLY LEARNS WHAT BERZERKING IS!!!
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[@GMHikaru]

Thanks for watching - the Arena finally finished - the second part is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4HOq5aYoLR1mck

[@StudioVRM]

I like how Lichess' Berserk button gave Hikaru more trouble than some of the strongest GMs in the world.

[@Taylorism1]

This was easily one of the best streams ever! From casually crushing Dubov and Nepo to the blunders against Rosen this stream had it all.

[@akshatsrivastava6193]

Wohoo! They participated too? Can you please mention the timestamps please?

[@Taylorism1]

@@akshatsrivastava6193 I think they added timestamps in the video now. Both Dubov and Nepo are more towards the end. Enjoy!

[@yesnomaybeso9144]

@@akshatsrivastava6193 Nepo was 1:05:28

[@damndaniel605]

@@akshatsrivastava6193 Dubov was @ 1:10:00

[@1fast72nova]

I love that he lost to Rosen, not that he lost exactly but the absolute child in awe of his hero Rosen turned into. He couldn't have blundered against a better person.

[@GMHikaru]

Thanks for all the support for Hikaru playing in this event. He really wasn't sure how he'd do with almost no experience on lichess servers. We all laughed at him thinking he understood berzerking only to watch him figure it out after the last server crash. We think this event will finish after the New Year - we hope it will since most of the participants are traveling to the World Rapid and Blitz tournament in Poland. Tune in to twitch.tv/gmhikaru on the 26-30th for coverage of the event live! Thanks and Happy Holidays to you all -- Team Hikaru

[@alexandruandrei2045]

Lol…GM Hikaru with a big lead without fully understanding berserk mode…what a masterclass 👏

[@kakerandelin]

Casually chatting, explaining tactics and drawing arrows while absolutely crushing a field full of some of the worlds best online (and live) players. Hikaru is the online chess 🐐

[@wesleyb1458]

Crazy 🔥

[@fghfdgable]

magnus destroyed him in speed chess championship, arguably hikaru only strong mode. feelsbadman

[@kakerandelin]

@@fghfdgable True, he won in final against Hikaru in 2016 and 2017. After that Hikaru 4 SCC wins in a row. If Magnus cared enough about these online tournaments to not play them drunk or with a phone from a jacuzzi, he prob would crush everyone and I'd call him the online goat. But he doesn't, so Hikaru is the online goat. Magnus is the overall chess goat.

[@MrSupernova111]

@@kakerandelin . Hikaru is smart to take advantage of his elite status playing online events while his main competition, Magnus, is too busy winning OTB events.

[@Av-uv6xu]

@@kakerandelin Magnus absolutely crushing all time lichess bullet records with rating of 3379 is insane enough to know he is the best bullet player as well as classical. He just doesn't need to always care to play his best, he wants to have chill type fun sometimes

[@momenmoataz7545]

hikaru berserked and got into a drawn endgame against a cheater, that's impressive

[@mxhdiirikudo9215]

what does "berserked" means please

[@LV_Lab]

@@mxhdiirikudo9215 full power beast mode

[@pakiaoo7]

@@mxhdiirikudo9215 google knows it all

[@momenmoataz7545]

@@mxhdiirikudo9215 he gets half the time but one more point if he wins/ draws

[@mxhdiirikudo9215]

thanks!

[@LakshyaJain]

This was one of the best chess streams of all time. Insane games. Hope the tournament resumes soon. Can't wait to watch hikaru vs magnus.

[@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

its bullet as well means the ball is in hikarus park

[@radish1972]

@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos No. Magnus is actually the best bullet player in the world.

[@shifty25_]

Magnus going to shit on him wym

[@stabgan]

Its collective games. Doesn't matter whos the best

[@Jsef0801]

@@radish1972 hikaru is a quicker killer to the lesser players, broadcasted in this video. Magnus is positional and plays for slight nuances that require thought. Good for classical, bad for 2 0 blitz. Even if he beats Naka, Nakas wins would make up for it.

[@lejonzx]

Is it just me or is Hikaru on Lichess just really entertaining and awesome.

[@ledoodeniginzbob3259]

Never thought that hikaru would participate in agadmator's lichess arena and I'm too excited for it

[@mdb831]

50k is a strong incentive.

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Money is b1ch

[@josiasmayo7203]

Mr Money can do anything

[@Av-uv6xu]

@@josiasmayo7203 playing chess is the least you can give away for money, no shame

[@Av-uv6xu]

@@Q_QQ_Q he actually played some games on lichess very recently, 2 of them on stream vs ReyEnigma with no money price at all.

[@michanawrocki3973]

Hikaru on lichess is probably the biggest chess plot twist of all time.

[@itsasecrettoeverybody]

it is 1 bitcoin. who doesn't want it?

[@_APV_]

@Od1sseas Yea, real big-brain men only barter using salt and bread. None of your banknote and gold valueless bullshit.

[@jasonsmith4114]

Sigma males only accept gold coins

[@praveenrawat6574]

He used to play in 2018

[@Libeer-rs3hu]

@Od1sseas regardless if the buyer has brain or not, you can sell it for nearly 50k

[@Electronite1978]

Holy Smoke what a field of players. Rarely if ever you see Hikaru, Magnus, Alireza... in the same online tournament

[@plugultra]

Only if it could finish

[@firstname8078]

All it takes 50k tournament to make it happen)

[@josh.lankford88]

Also nepo and dubov

[@goranbandic9387]

Champions League baby!

[@shivendrachavan33]

Dont forget the legend.... ROSEN !!

[@nikamumladze8220]

i was so hyped for this arena, very sad that lichess servers could not handle it. at least that 1 hour was still a lot of fun.

[@iNFaunTae]

i guess tons of ppl want that bitcoin

[@budnichenkovova]

chesscom ddos attack

[@Finn2004]

are they repeating the tournament?

[@budnichenkovova]

@@Finn2004 they? This is not Lichess tournament

[@Finn2004]

@@budnichenkovova that "they" was related to the organizers

[@bojanlackanovic1194]

"I don't know who this guy is but that's a good move by Dubov"

[@andresv.8880]

Lol, not exactly what happened but sort of, maybe it dawned on him as they played due to his style

[@andreiguess]

Twitch chat told him who it was

[@maxkho00]

@@andresv.8880 No, that's literally exactly what he said without the "but"

[@andresv.8880]

@@maxkho00 are you special, because I dont see how you can't follow a simple video lol

[@maxkho00]

@@andresv.8880 "I don't know who this is, but this must be someone strong... That's a big blunder by Dubov". I'm literally quoting Hikaru verbatim. I am really confused why you are even arguing about this - anybody can watch the video and verify that you are wrong.

[@rolphd8917]

Hikaru clapping Nepo without even knowing is like literally the best thing ever

[@andresv.8880]

Who was Nepo?

[@bageamanda]

@@andresv.8880 Jepetto 1:05:27

[@mdb831]

For real he really put the screws on.

[@jaarc1437]

Classic word championship contender stuff

[@satyajitpatra5249]

Lichess bio says Italy I think not Nepo

[@oliverbarton2353]

"The key is just to win" - GM Hikaru

[@Thelaretus]

Just win 4Head.

[@dave4468]

To GMHikaru's channel manager: Look at the comments, look at the views. TAKE NOTE because people LOVE this content! Serious tryhard hikaru > kid friendly botez speedrun hikaru. I'd take this content any day even with less chat interaction. The focus and determination throughout, the commentary during the games, the oldschool gg yo style trash talk. Give us this Chadkaru.

[@goranbandic9387]

That’s right

[@fromage77]

I really hope they take advice like this to heart because I think you are 100% correct. As Hikaru became more popular and engrained into Twitch culture it's almost like he's playing a character for chat (a loud, vocal minority of the viewers) when I think the majority of his audience really care more about his insights into the game and whats going through his head. I've just started watching Aman (of Chessbrah) content and I really enjoy his style. He's almost always just vibing and playing. Explaining his thoughts and tactics a bit as he goes. He might not be as good as Hikaru but the more focused content and less fake laughing at comments in chat make it much more enjoyable to me. Thanks for listening to my TED Talk everyone.

[@RMichaelHimself]

I totally agreed 100% with your comment until you shat on his speedruns. His speedruns ARE part of the “tryhard” Hikaru we love. I especially loved the original blitz speedrun and bongcloud speedrun, because he was playing against good competition while using a bad opening... and it was fascinating to watch. Being said, this lichess arena is gold. Don’t expect many more gems like this (an arena of the best players on earth competing in a fast-moving, highly entertaining speed chess format, for a high $$ prize).

[@archael18]

The gist here is simply more chess and less chat interaction. To everyone watching on KZbin, the chat interaction doesn't really add any value and sometimes can be annoying. But this here was an awesome video.

[@manangupta1902]

I love how he didn't know he gets more points for berserking till the end. Who knows how big the lead could have been if he had known and berserked more

[@graealex]

Why else would you berserk? Voluntarily give up half of your time just for the fun of it? 😂

[@betterthanyou3465]

@@graealex so you have more time to play more games and build a bigger lead

[@triflomastera4882]

@@betterthanyou3465 That doesn't make sense, because it's your own time we're talking about. You can play just as fast without giving up half of your time.

[@ilovejersey]

I'm genuinely curious what he thought the point of it was. Why cut your own time in half for nothing?

[@graealex]

@@betterthanyou3465 What? You can always play and checkmate your opponent as fast as you can and want. How much additional time you will have left on the clock is your own decision.

[@highjim7778]

these big online tournaments are more exciting that the actual chess tournys imo, we just need an overall channel keeping tabs on the big players n stuff

[@AbsentMindedA]

1:08:08 So Gods do bleed, funniest series of events, gotta love Hikaru getting a little too cocky.

[@gafgarion9420]

you know eric was so happy with that win to

[@plugultra]

Gotta watch Eric reaction to this

[@chrisr4023]

This tournament shows how much chess have grown in these past few years. And that the current elites are mostly chill and care about the game, keeping in touch with the fans. I was half expecting Magnus. I smiled when i saw Nepo, Alireza, Dubov and Anish. Chess is in good shape rn.

[@freeWizard]

The Chat was wild, more hyped chat than WC match 6. xD

[@AUFalcon64]

Whenever Hikaru says that he really messed this up and his position is terrible, he is at his most dangerous.

[@lorenzogalasso6252]

it's like when Hamilton says "My tyres are gone!"

[@freeWizard]

Yes, I was waiting for this ! Thanks admin! Hikaru Deserved to be #1, hope he gets it when the Arena resumes. Also "Lichess Good" :D

[@remainconfident1]

Rosen loss was hilarious. Eric has a video clowning the encounter of you telling him to resign before you blunder and chastised him for missing mate in 1. Eric wanted all the SMOKE!

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

Hikaru at 1:10:44 "I don't know who this is but he must be someone strong". Hikaru at 1:11:00 "That's a big blunder by Dybov"

[@allisvibration]

Probably someone in the comments said it was Dubov and he saw it

[@christophercoreano2787]

Hikaru said “resign Eric it’s time” and lost 😂😂😂 I love hikaru. This dude makes my day

[@toutingthomas]

He deserved to lose for his disrespect throughout that game

[@endlessnightmare1528]

@@toutingthomas No one cares about any disrespect. If you play bad you lose.

[@toutingthomas]

@@endlessnightmare1528 you've never heard of sportsmanship?

[@badmuswajud]

Lol…Chess players shit on each other with respect. They regularly throw jabs at each other’s play it’s part of the game.

[@christophercoreano2787]

Hikaru - “this isn’t what I wanted I’m probably losing here, but we’re definitely winning.” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@archael18]

Timestamp?

[@nafnist]

"Everyone's trying to beserk me" 😂 when nepo tried

[@eikkeeh]

this is an unexpected crossover, but a welcome one

[@ZmajevKralj]

Congrats on the stellar run, hope you clinch it when it resumes. Certainly deserve to win it with the performance today.

[@AK-gd9do]

This was easily one of the best online chess performances ever, it was amazing to watch it live

[@aero7848]

Tournament starts at 24:40

[@maxdemian6312]

👍

[@Slobbbb]

Love Hikaru on lichess… it just feels right

[@Sebartak]

Hikaru on Lichess is such a pleasant crossover.

[@malcolmwebster7948]

Merry Christmas Hikaru .. Thanks for all the content

[@renaldyazhari2709]

45:47 " I've been enjoying so far, its pretty fun. Maybe I will be in trouble by saying that" LOL

[@Q_QQ_Q]

Chess koM

[@Q_QQ_Q]

@Thomas dxb yea still he is advertising chesskom name on the video itself lol

[@damndaniel605]

Hikaru, Alireza, Magnus, Ian, what a field of players!

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Eric Rosen No. 1

[@Mike_Sierra_2711]

That was sooo exciting! I hope they will do it again soon with more stable servers next time :D

[@cahzriel_wonka]

Halfway through, these 'I should've berserked!' memes are cracking me up. Pure gold, awesome games.

[@viniciuslongo4622]

NO WAY THIS IS EPIC. Holy shit as a chess fan I've been waiting for Hikaru to join the lichess pool for a long time now. More of this PLEASE

[@zaheralgondi303]

It was basically cyberbullying until lichess felt bad for the rest

[@timursultan1378]

Hikaru just destroyed lichess, True Legend

[@zeimarunescape]

Hikaru too scared to play Magnus in lichess

[@alternateimmaster2213]

@@zeimarunescape yep, exactly the reason why magnus was leading in the agadmator tournament.

[@feelcollins4358]

@@alternateimmaster2213 he's actually leading or is that sarcasm?

[@sl__p.d_priv_d]

@@feelcollins4358 Its sarcasm 😂 or at least I hope so.

[@feelcollins4358]

@@sl__p.d_priv_d I hope so or someone needs to tell him the news lmao

[@alternateimmaster2213]

Absolute Domination by Hikaru.

[@ss9392]

He played well but the match stopped halfway when magnus and others were climbing

[@alternateimmaster2213]

@@ss9392 hikaru played one game while no one else was playing. Apart from that, it was all common ground.

[@alexandre6423]

Hikaru played 26 games while Magnus played 18games… and Magnus also have a very impressive win ratio… If there had been no bugs and if it had lasted longer, if they had played the same number of games or if he had crossed paths several times, it would have a different story for one of the two in my opinion

[@elginaddo5825]

@@alexandre6423 you do realise that hikaru playing more games is because he won quicker right

[@alternateimmaster2213]

@@elginaddo5825 yeah lol, they're so delusional they can't see what's in front of their eyes. Also, Hikaru's Performance rating was 3112, while magnus was 2958.

[@rahmanmaman704]

Finally, was waiting for this

[@istg5619]

the biggest chess crossover in Lichess history

[@undeadnightorc]

It's like if Superman appeared in the MCU.

[@alternateimmaster2213]

1:05:27 Hikaru slices through Nepo like a hot knife through butter. Wtf

[@omarabdullah585]

You are the best i am so lucky i met your channel in this universe man

[@mariobarbosa6532]

I dont know why but this 2 minute bullet Arena whit the berzerking button is something else. Glad to see Hikaru so excited.

[@ordinarryalien]

His excitement is adorable. Seems confused about what to do with this new website. Total Lichess virgin.

[@billishmoin]

rly weird way to put it but ok

[@seunadebayo9042]

One of the best chess streams everrrrr

[@Dannyskillz]

I've been waiting for years for this to happen. I hope you'll be back soon 😀

[@neerajnongmaithem392]

Hikaru having trouble with beserking and still winning is such a mood

[@TheHigherSpace]

everybody had the same issue, that was the first sign the website is going to crash lol ..

[@Luccc83]

So much tension and hype yesterday with 40k viewers it was insane 🔥

[@IllumTheMessage]

Hope they test their system to operate with 400k viewers next time.

[@glenndiddy]

I've never seen someone blunder every single berserk attempt, that's impressive

[@roiatiya4303]

Hikaru got first place with big lead without knowing that buzerking give more points

[@dataplet01]

Things I thought I would never see in my lifetime: Hikaru playing an arena on lichess

[@The_North_Meng]

good game!!!, hiki, hope to see you on lichess again!

[@MasterCloudKicker]

Crushing the tournament so hard, It just had to crash. Well played

[@jaymarkanuta6146]

Hikaru casually chatting while hitting best moves on the board! I can't even chat and think at the same time.

[@mcchannel8735]

1:10:41 “yeah I don’t know who this is but he’s playing very strong moves” *literally 20 seconds later* 1:11:00 “yeah this was a pretty big blunder by Dubov” Hikaru trolling

[@demian9715]

I think Hikaru figured a few seconds later that it's Dubov, he often guessed chessplayers by their playstyle in the past

[@DrinkWater713]

Chat told him

[@mcchannel8735]

@@radjedi2010 yeah it wasn’t a hate comment just a joke. I didn’t notice the chat btw

[@andybud1983]

The speed of calculation is insane! So fast, well played.

[@Mike-cp1tj]

the best video on this channel

[@johnsam1461]

hikaru trying to figure out lichess is just sooooo fun to watch

[@anyfin9277]

That Rosen sneak got him good there

[@bryantcullen1377]

My man is a machine....next game, next game, let's go.

[@2ndintelligentWorld]

wow the dominance he's showing on this one

[@Govier]

Watching you play in this tournament knowing how high the stakes were is very, very entertaining.

[@aayzee3138]

THEY'RE ALL GANGSTERS AND THIS WAS A GOOD WAR

[@saryjou2793]

despite every thing went wrong in this tournment but this clip made my day. It was so fun specially when that guy -whose rated is much lower than Hikaru- berzerked against Hikaru oooh god LOL

[@Kenshin1400]

Hikaru playing on lichess and at the same time streaming on the whole tournament. This was fun to watch!

[@AbirZenith]

1:05:28 - That is one of the most impressive bullet games I have ever seen in my life

[@tomzeru]

Seeing how easely he Crush Nepo

[@lightside4355]

Wooooow

[@SKRUBL0RD]

MVP editor with the uncut and timestamped.

[@ezraarief3827]

This is the Royal Rumble of Chess... My prediction 1. The Dr 2. Hikaru 3. Alireza

[@cyberdragon3889]

Idk tho, hiky has such good margin on magnus

[@askill8695]

Yeah magnus is just too slow

[@gabiblack]

@@askill8695 magnus lost against a cheater

[@spamerspamov2212]

Awesome vid dude! b

[@christophercoreano2787]

Hikaru - “I don’t know who this is but he must be someone strong” Opponent rating - *3015* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@keejay98195]

also 10 seconds later he says "thats a big blunder by dubov" just after saying he doesn't know who this is

[@roiatiya4303]

The game against ian was just genius

[@rcabr31]

probably Nepo miss the resign button and pressed berserk against Hikaru

[@James-qh1fv]

Hikaru is way to funny with berserk hahaha

[@HQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQHQ]

1:08:10 Eric Rosen vs Hikaru Nakamura

[@mezzo1081]

Thanks mate i was trying to find this

[@kzmOP]

Masterpiece

[@Skelloter]

Dr Drunkenstien etc to Championstien is such a magnus meme flex

[@CuchuIainn]

Hikaru was crushing it. Really fun to watch.

[@mohammadnouri9374]

Love this video

[@vinayakvaidya4]

Hahaha 1:01:52 I frickin love Nakamura!!

[@ordinarryalien]

Dreams came true. If only he could've played with Magnus.

[@MK-_-Rob]

Me: casually watching a quiet chess stream Lichess beserk: FRAWDOOSHH!!!

[@eminemlandsteiner168]

8:45 "I won? but how do I join" LMAO

[@kevinm.p.26]

Is it just me or lichess game is so bizzar like i dont even recognize the pattern... people play style is all so unique. This is the best stream so far hikaru 👍

[@glowinglicht2576]

What was that Sound😂😂😂 This line made me laugh for 2 days😂😂

[@eldoreschess2428]

1:05:53 there are people that solve tactics everyday but to casually see such a line in a bullet game is just insane.

[@christophercoreano2787]

I watched this live. It was awesome. Hikaru was lowkey slaughtering people lmao I saw that dubov game 😂😂😂😂 savage

[@bryanledfird731]

I think the thing that sets Hikaru apart is the rhythm he moves with. You can hear it every video when he moves the pieces.

[@appleguyyxozo]

What insane games wow Hikaru is a monster

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

And Eric Rosen somehow manages to make a dent on monster Hikaru! LOL! Awesome performance so far, Hikaru! I hope you kill it all the way through when it resumes!

[@deda10]

great work for winning

[@traveller536]

Never thought he would go on lichess

[@aanandajoshi8104]

That ad atlast haha

[@lwk_i_hate_siege_n_love_it]

I love that he laughs when someone bezerks against him

[@DrinkWater713]

It really doesn't make sense. They can see he is in first place.

[@GuyCoolman999]

The berserk sound effect scared the shit out of me every time

[@tommacintyre8489]

That Eric Rosen game was priceless. All that smack talk only to get whooped. Love to see it.