Nakamura's Knockouts: Adopting GMs in Blitz Chess

Super-grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura attempts to adopt mortal grandmasters in a string of blitz chess battles.
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[@famasjonnie0314]

POV: You’re watching hikaru 3 years later and now he’s a Twitch giant and still competes at the top level. Feelsgoodman

[@marcapparatus]

SAME. It's so funny how Hikaru is foreshadowing all that comes to pass in later years. After release of Queen's Gambit I got into chess (with my dad). And then COVID hits... As Hikaru said, "You never know".

[@wesselvankoeverden9842]

no

[@bradleymarshall359]

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[@bradleymarshall359]

@@marcapparatus ex zzz ax XS XS ax and x ax yeah nah xxxxxxx XXXXX xxxxxxxx xzzz yeah

[@bradleymarshall359]

Xbox Xbox Styx

[@erby111]

10:46 If only he could see us now

[@trevorbrzycki6628]

I was going to leave a similar comment only one year later :)

[@dr.mitbhavsar3086]

2 years ago 1k. He is going 1M this year 10M in next 2 years. You’re amazing streamer also your games will go down in history. Generations coming will be watching your streams for tricks & obviously bong cloud🤭

[@tiagoramalho7285]

O on. Jooo n oko. O o o bm. O. O

[@tiagoramalho7285]

O. No mm n o. Mim o ok. N n o bom bom. N ok n o. Lo o. N

[@tiagoramalho7285]

N o no. N

[@tiagoramalho7285]

N o no. N

[@yhdredKilledMe]

@@tiagoramalho7285 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

[@alveriahiberica5073]

1:41:35 "Chess is easy when youre a super GM" Yes.

[@eesaabufreih3877]

hey he just uploaded it before less than an hour how the heck you reached 1:41:35 ?!!

[@TheKnightBlade4]

@@eesaabufreih3877 looks like be blitzed through the video

[@Phurngirathaana]

@@eesaabufreih3877 He played it at 2x

[@disguisedjoe8643]

Me watching Hikaru: Now this is pretty simple Me playing 2+1 after that and losing 10 games consecutively: Wtf

[@haggaisimon7748]

Same for me🤣🤣🤣

[@emod179]

G8 pic m8

[@davemerkury]

exactly LOL!

[@diegomendez1404]

P

[@mako2026]

@@diegomendez1404 p...

[@hi10drakk]

Amazing! Feeling privileged to get to witness this.

[@swapnilorkey]

3:34:07 reaction they try to hide while playing professional game.

[@torchwood815]

Awesome stuff Naka!!

[@ScrewedupClicksta713]

I love how Hikaru gives us incredibly in depth chess analysis and then 4:30 he basically tells us we're all braindead 😂😂😂

[@akshatgalav5154]

He basically wanted to refer the tactic for eg. if the knight were to not be on c6 the rook on b8 won't be defended therefore the pawn on c3 could be captured so basically I think he wanted to say that the rook on b8 was protected and that is why the pawn was as well

[@NoCrypt]

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[@NoCrypt]

😅

[@miguelpanta]

this is awesome to watch. thank you for sharing.

[@mechvex8726]

Your srsly good man I appreciate you Hikaru can learn a lot from a guy like you play keep at it

[@ZacksHacks]

10:07 No doubt that tournaments at his level are very stressful...But the elevated heart rate may be aggravated by the constant influx of Red Bull. Just a theory. Haha

[@swayzocrazo4398]

Red bull is very bad

[@BunnyChannel918]

@@swayzocrazo4398 for taste or health? Or both?

[@synister_2168]

Hikaru has improved a lot since then

[@primozruter6873]

How can you support such a big family?

[@StefanReich]

He doesn't

[@hutchmusician]

Stefan Reich lol. What about all his adopted children?

[@StefanReich]

@@hutchmusician He's a charitable man. They get pacifiers and are allowed to sit behind him in his streams :-)

[@fabriciopessoa9265]

Tf does adopting GMs mean? I’m retarded and dont get it...

[@Dr_stogie]

He'll be arrested for failure to pay child support xD

[@sunsun2943]

11:02 , Ofc we supported you and still supporting , just watched this video and dude you hit 1m SUBS it's fair enough

[@musicguitar]

Naka is such a beast!!! As a 1300 player it’s hard to folllow his calculations but it’s sooooo entertaining to watch!

[@wooshbait36]

Git gud

[@musicguitar]

Professor Stexy I’m trying! Just bought My System and How to Reassess Your Chess.

[@Phurngirathaana]

Hey buddy Here's a better and fast way for improving Download the pgns of all world blitz tournaments since 2014 from the week in Chess website You'll get around 5-6k games Note down every instance where a3 was played then a4 When Be2 was played instead of Bd3 and so on Now try to ascertain the reason for those moves This will take a lot of time But doing just this and tactics got me to 2100 easily

[@musical_lolu4811]

+Wadaskathabodrabhoma _ learning to play on light squares and dark squares will take you to 2300.

[@Phurngirathaana]

@@musical_lolu4811 Can you tell me how I can learn that?

[@hidriss7835]

I can watch nakamura all day do his thing ...amazing...your fan from algeria

[@mayurdave6632]

Haha he used to be so humble now he owns the twitch scene :)

[@alirvng6575]

hikaru im so proud you became recognised by the world.

[@secretenergy2858]

Seeing this today in my video suggestions. I can safely say hikaru might become the ninja of chess streaming.

[@vadimniessen]

24-hour stream confirmed PogChamp

[@zanshibumi]

I wonder how many watchers were on the channel at this point, compared to the tens of thousands nowadays.

[@PrismHeartOfficial]

1:44:00 "No I haven't played with Reckful, yet" brbcrying

[@bepper66]

11:00 Called it

[@illumitabris]

1:32:33 My how times changes. And here you are, doing a victory royale 4 years later. Grats on your success Hikaru.

[@MassimilianoFarris]

Very enjoyable!! Thnx

[@evgiz0r]

Great stuff man, fooling around going for a win every game is great, dont get this anywhere else.

[@MBpotts]

2:21:09 Nd5 is best, forcing an exchange sac. It's the best chance to fight for an advantage and only black is better.

[@tawilliams12]

You are a inspiration!

[@noobmaster31]

Casually dismantles a 2800 GM...

[@davidshelton1898]

You know recently Hikaru watched Fabi's podcast and said that it was the dropping of stress because of finances that most greatly contributes to his rise. He called it right here 10:15 thru 11:00. Glad it worked out for him:)

[@benforsythe7179]

Hikaru still the goat to this day

[@nicknamenescio]

Regarding Hikaru's musing about "gratis" meaning free, starting at 3:37:58: The word indeed derives from Latin, from "gratia" = thankfulness, in the (I think) Ablative plural case of "gratiis", literally: to do something just for the thanks or for kindness = for free. And while "gratiis" (often contracted to "gratis") made its way with that meaning into many European languages, the original meaning of Lat. "gratia" (thankfulness) can also still be found in many Romance languages and languages with Romance influences, for example "grazie" = thanks in Italian, "gratefulness", "gratitude", "gratification" etc... in English, and, quite confusing for a German, even in the Swedish "grattis", which does not mean "for free" but congratulations and in addition Swedish also has "gratis" meaning "free") :).

[@musical_lolu4811]

What's with the linguistic epistle?

[@StefanReich]

GratTIS! Bless you

[@greenline396]

Indonesia, Gratis = free

[@Skantezz]

"Grattis" is congratulations but "gratis" is "for free" in Swedish too.

[@EternalSpirity]

In Brazil Grátis = free

[@BulletDumas]

Ang saya! Subscribed! Ang husay niyo po!

[@custosscientiae9936]

Gratis is also dutch for free, and yes it comes from Latin

[@trentverbeek126]

The foreshadowing went crazy

[@aadhithyan_elangovan]

Hikaru vs Nihal's coach. Nostalgia!

[@JamesConley1234]

Jus' Cruisin' - Devin the Dude. HTX baby.

[@tanitoluwaadewumi2682]

i remember these days

[@gavinthornton1591]

“SHACKMAT? SHACKMAT”

[@michaelharry7363]

10:51 this is what we boys happy for. seeing naka now *happynoises

[@alijaafar5673]

naka is the blitz demon

[@BongelaMnguni]

Liked the intro, giving false hope to haters

[@coyevans1121]

The year is 2023 almost 2024. Hikaru has qualified for the candidates and here shortly will be world chess champion

[@phillythecheesesteak2492]

I fell asleep and woke up to this. Honestly not mad lol

[@shefsufla]

Same

[@digitalentrepreneur3126]

full a skill an expertise like rocket scientist

[@rainielwaynegeronimo5141]

We love you nakamura from ph

[@fabiancontreras3740]

Time to adopt this guyxdddd

[@katbyte6lo]

26:47 "I feel like if I get... uh when I get to 1000 subscribers..." Fastforward to 2024, Hikaru has 2.26 million subscribers! ❤😲❤

[@hugohamonangan9639]

3:37:06 GRATIS 👍

[@network_noob]

And you lose! you lose! you lose!!! @22:38

[@musical_lolu4811]

"Because I'm psychotic"👍

[@wooshbait36]

Oh wow, we watched the same video?

[@Adam-kp7tk]

Intro at 16:00

[@Knighttrader5238]

Can you make your board wooden like eric hansen

[@54jaroldoshoot]

just qf6 just threatening adoption

[@saagarshah5151]

Naka OP

[@narimanos]

just super

[@klingenschmidt9261]

True

[@user-qo6vr6ng7o]

So this is America's leading Chess Champion ..! Show me your TRUE POWER!

[@davep7176]

is bedroom changed a bit now

[@45Superjuju]

GM Hikaru do you usually speak French ^^ ?

[@brianbernstein3826]

1:45:26 bishop G7 check wins his bishop doesn't it?

[@hplovecraftmacncheese]

There's no rule against sleeping during a stream (is there?), so if it comes to that, maybe he could do a 24 hr stream.

[@janmilanlarsen9889]

Good Humor and entertanment and great chess

[@davidshine6205]

Where's DOGS OF WAR???

[@haiyanzhao9101]

hikaru is good

[@Mdchessbro]

Looks like the same hikaru to me

[@alexandruionut9879]

Gratis, sah mat are romanian words.Have you been there lately, Hikaru?

[@willtrick7618]

11:17 how is that possible. The pawns aren’t even diagonal to each other to take

[@cappadaan]

Will Trick its called en passant

[@jigsaw1063]

Hakuna Makamura is the best chess player in all of the eastern part of Okinawa so good!!! He should really have more subs.

[@KhiTurner]

_According to computers I should be a 1121 rating yet online I'm a 905, why am I better at OTB chess?_

[@dustybrown4599]

Huh? What computers?

[@greatpretender83]

Chess is not bad for your health. Red bull is terrible for any ones health though including yours Hikaru.

[@Cellkist]

Stress is bad however. So if playing chess stresses you out, then it's bad for you.

[@greatpretender83]

Statatistically speaking drinking regularly red bull is worse than being stressed out.

[@kokoPV]

Cellkist Source? There’s been no valid research that shows typical occasional (non chronic) stress is bad for you afaik. They also did a ted talk on this a while back; www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend/up-next?language=en

[@Cellkist]

@@kokoPV source is me. Being stressed is unhealthy.

[@Cellkist]

@@kokoPV and if that's not good enough I simply googled stress and the first link, stress.org, seems reputable. But honestly it's just logical. Stress can't be a good thing. It's in the word.

[@Motospeed2024]

Heeeeee macarenaaa😂

[@cutthroatjb5192]

10:50 lol

[@pormacrhistian]

why do you have the microphone so near to the mouse?

[@SVP-uy9qb]

Did he just say that to earn as much money from streaming he should be like Ninja? That's a LOT of money

[@killerjoey619]

he is tho so

[@x0cx102]

17:22 lmao

[@haggaisimon7748]

when you snooze, why are you sorry??? it's a natural thing, you can't control it. it's like, sorry for breathing...

[@asamulia4240]

What about fart?

[@mdb831]

7:20 wow

[@MrBunnybusiness]

was i the only one who heard at 1:44:35 hikaru confirms he plays wow??!!

[@user-mc3hl5pf9t]

Naka reminds me of Chong Li from "bloodsport" (with Carlsen being Frank Dux i guess). I am just imagining Naka say: "...very good. But bricks dont fight back!", and their final fight scene with Magnus where Naka blinds him with some illegal substance, but Carlsen reminds all the lessons he learnt with his Master, Simon Agdestein, and mates Naka while being blind and makes him say: "matte!"

[@caio-jl6qw]

Naka is such a cool gm

[@peloscoc9557]

Gnarls era

[@erikibarra4530]

You should try to adopt magnus

[@nicknamenescio]

Some counteradoption risk involved. But would be funny to see :).

[@maxwellbuhler8493]

Magnus crushed him in chess.com rapid championship final

[@gavinthornton1591]

Maxwell Buhler Naka is the blitz beast though

[@BaliBaggins]

@@gavinthornton1591 i think naka has a better chance in bullet than in blitz

[@user-mc3hl5pf9t]

@@gavinthornton1591 Magnus beat Naka in pretty much every blitz championship finals on chess.com though

[@mihaidanielescu]

25:18 is pure class

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

Docamura !

[@jameskhan2740]

Hikaru Bullet

[@swapnaneelgorai3135]

Who plays in chesstempo

[@zaheer12a]

Watching this in 2021

[@Phurngirathaana]

The first game shows what a champion Naka is!

[@Bakiniyorum]

Who was the opponent?

[@swapnilorkey]

3:25:28 learn geometry

[@ricardiodestroyerofanuses4638]

Swapnil Orkey that was a beautiful right triangle

[@balapuramchalapathy4029]

43:14 reminder to myself

[@anstarfall9657]

Now Naka is talking like Eric Hansen 😐

[@bobdole7292]

is it statistical that a 2960 would lose 3 games to 1 win vs a 3060? seems like he was playing very badly for his level

[@VeritasForYou]

He obviously was excited

[@daudnobel]

little surprised with that Indonesian word 3:37:06

[@dannysammy8972]

this is a call for help iam being bullied by a evil NAEMD SAMANTHA JHERLP!!@@@

[@creelmans4]

F dood he never got to play reckful

[@SathvickSatish]

1:49:33 when you feel so happy, you forget to put your American accent on lol

[@Seempoonk]

GRATIS...... OR GERATIS LOL....