Nakamura's Knockouts: Hikaru Versus the Chess Prodigies

Hikaru Nakamura is back on Chess.com and in the mood for a boatload of blitz chess. Watch him play Nihal Sarin, Alireza Firouzja, Daniel Naroditsky, Vladimir Fedoseev, and the anonymous but incredible dogsofwar!
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I love your streams, Hikaru! Keep doing them. I wish you best!

[@zarion1181]

Yeah, I like how he goes through his thought process.

[@ricardotsunao8435]

You're amazing naka

[@aeizn1012]

Aaand now he's the biggest chess streamer and has over 1,000,000 followers

[@josephbishara4791]

Hikaru is so accessible compared to the other top GMs. I've been following him for the past 12 years. When I first started following him, he was known as "Smallville" on ICC.

[@z17seattle]

Your blitz videos are always a huge treat Hikaru!

[@DevN9007]

25:30 incredible

[@massofgass]

I have no idea how he does that so fast.

[@rbt7444]

If he also saw Ng1 in a second, then i can dig my own grave for chess.

[@headholio]

Yes! Beautiful, as Hikaru pointed out himself!

[@f.o.e2800]

DevN9007 yes it was sac the exchange and a piece for it

[@nakulbam5067]

DevN9007 yeah man that was beautiful. He's a calculation beast

[@torchwood815]

Having this stuff to watch is a gift! Thank you Hikaru!!

[@SaintD382]

It really is a gift. Three hours and 22 minutes with a Top-10 player...including a 30-game match with a 2975 opponent! What a treat.

[@timestampbot1366]

0:14 Nihal Sarin 7:35 Vladimir Fedoseev 1:02:50 dogsofwar

[@Wonkycake]

Thanks for streaming Hikaru and thanks to whoever uploaded this to KZbin.

[@evgenys177]

I love the clarity and simplicity.

[@edgedg]

Is it Christmas already?! A gift to mankind, these streams!

[@rayanrashid3978]

Thanks for coming back and streaming again!

[@clumpkin87]

It's a happy day that hikaru is streaming again! Thanks hikaru

[@davidshine6205]

Love naka vs Dogs of war games always the best.

[@Fozzix66]

I just subscribed to your channel Hikaru, your streaming videos are great, greetings from México

[@devanshrathore9112]

Nihal sarin has gotten better

[@aaromal_rs]

NAKAAA!??!!!!!! Do you know how long I've been waiting for your stream???? Finally!!!!

[@fglend73]

“Let me play someone higher rated” = let me stop playing this guy cause he’s kicking my ass.

[@bigrick4284]

Gotta love ol' Hikky

[@seven7230]

nice one.... man ,lol

[@Zeddicus1976]

Take a close look at the score: Naka 10 Nihal 2. Yes that's what I would call kicking his ass. NOT.

[@adityasinghaswal4923]

Zeddicus1976 tell me what u see at 7:45

[@logansalyer6068]

You're an idiot fglend73. Hikaru was up 10 to 1 before the stream started. He was adjusting the settings and not even trying to play seriously and he got low on time. Think before you comment

[@anthonythudium5596]

Damn. Found a 10-move mate in 10 seconds.

[@kendreamer6376]

The mouse sounds and the pieces sounds are like special effects. It enhances the video. Why are people complaining. I like the sound effects.

[@BeatsByClover]

HERE WE GOOO

[@saifalmadani6638]

congrats on winning the grand chess tour in paris!!!!

[@edgarramos1499]

I can see what he see.... when i pause and analyse for 15 or 20 minutes, this guy does it in seconds. Hikaru is a real chess god!

[@abinashmandal6202]

thank you naka..keep doing

[@ravishraj7319]

25:40 Hikaru probably owns an infinity stone or something.

[@musical_lolu4811]

Nah, Carlsen owns all of'em.

[@BranFlakesR1337]

your PC volume is way high, I can barely hear your voice but the board and subscription sounds are wayy to loud

[@karlrxvegavargas6477]

i always love hikaru's Playing. It will be interesting if u are playing w/ magnus😁😂

[@Pinzote]

39:24 Just for viewers to notice and also Naka, why not, who maybe didnt spot it. There was a tactical way to reach a winning endgame with a7 Rxb6 d5! Bxd5 Td4 Kc7 Rxd5 Kb7 Rd7+ Ka8 Rxg7 etc

[@SurenAghabekyan]

I thought it's only me losing all the time, lol

[@JTricksReviews]

Hello chess loffer

[@xoneeleven]

It's good to see you back again doing streams, Hikaru :)

[@sainanan]

funny scenario at 28:35 all pawns are on the wrong color for black and on the right color for white (based on bishops)

[@enricopallazzo3244]

You don’t have to double click every time you make a move.

[@omariokhattbi7397]

We love you best chess player

[@_Fierce_Bear]

dogsofwar is Leela herself, hehe. Great work Hikaru

[@musical_lolu4811]

Awww no demonstration of the bishop and knight technique at the end.

[@seansklenar3509]

there's a Pink Floyd song called "the Dogs of War". dogsofwar played Daniel the other day so almost certainly not him... if Hikaru ever figures out who it is I hope he mentions it in a future stream

[@DAWEAP1]

"time to go for swindle mode" rofl

[@davidryan787]

Why did I have to notice the OCD extra click after every move? Am I going crazy? He is definitely doing an extra click every time after he makes a move though right?

[@suckmydexa9935]

Based on the the number of draws Wesley made in PGC I would say he is dogsofwar

[@SaintD382]

"This definitely is not Wesley." 1:28:54

[@devanshrathore9112]

Saint Dufus my sources say it's wesley

[@vitalydmtrysvidler8023]

Wow the prodigies are really tough

[@Danumurti18]

Is there a video where Nakamura beat the chess.com computer level 9? I got frustated by it, always messed up after less then 10 moves 😥

[@SathvickSatish]

Yay! Hikaru is Back!

[@JackJackKcajify]

dogsofwar is just a very good anonymous player. he isn't a pro in disguise. hes an unknown pro. one of the best in the world apparently in online

[@CreepyKillerNL]

"Computer noices" is probably the static - quite annoying with headphones on.

[@jimsheely4527]

Title of Video should say.... The Chess Prodigy VS. everyone else.

[@logansalyer6068]

The first opponent was insanely lucky lol

[@swapnilorkey]

25:10 brilliancy

[@tammi7853]

There's always a bigger fish amirite

[@davidshine6205]

Dogs of war give nak hell.

[@leninanthonyvilcapomataype7020]

UN BUEN MAESTRO ERES NAKAMURA

[@keshavsoni9116]

Put more videos on KZbin I always see one video while going to sleep so

[@SurenAghabekyan]

who is dogsofwar???

[@odin1313]

since he's american I would bet on Wesley so

[@jlma0097]

etienne dion you didn't watch the video, did you? Nakamura talks about it

[@odin1313]

i might have missed parts of it

[@SaintD382]

Hikaru believes it's Daniel Naroditsky.

[@danieldawson8018]

Or Fabiano

[@dolorconsumer9473]

Wow who is dogsofwar really strong!

[@Silveria9999]

Kasparov.

[@togethereasy]

I think you cool Naka!

[@tammi7853]

hikaru you MONSTER :D

[@bachir1venomking307]

You can add songs that will be fun

[@eg14000]

loses the first 2 games "let's find someone higher rated".

[@cameronstark7193]

Why is there no more knockout??!!

[@jaylebron777]

Computer noise like the movie matrix. I hear it too

[@imwhy402]

How to create more tricks in chess any tips?

[@theoooo85]

Thank you sir for the upload and congratulations for the Paris tournament. I was supporting you and Karjakin cause along with Magnus you three are the best blitz players. P.S that dogsofwar guy, who is he? Strong player

[@devanshrathore9112]

Theodoros Anagnostopoulos thats wesley so

[@ankitsharma1749]

What?? No GM Alexander Grischuk?? LMAO, Hikaru has never beaten Magnus, while GM Grischuk has, Infact Grischuk is the only player in the world who doesn't choke against Magnus and has defeated him multiple times. Watch Hikaru's games against Magnus, Hikaru chokes so miserably.

[@SaintD382]

+Ankit Sharma It's not true that Hikaru has never beaten Magnus: www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-finally-beats-carlsen-leads-in-bilbao-9124

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

How do we know that it is So? Naka seems to think that it's not. It's killing me trying to figure it out.

[@imwhy402]

Naka how to improve blitz directly? Basic tips?

[@musical_lolu4811]

Become a strong player in classical first. Sorry, no shortcuts.

[@jtetrfs5367]

Hikaru says that he's sure it isn't Wesley. But if I remember correctly, Danny Rensch mentioned that it is indeed Wesley. Can anyone confirm the identity?

[@DkGagan]

plz reduce pawn move noise

[@Space-lb7be]

Probably dogsofwar is wesley so

[@yonatanshenhav1208]

best part of the video: 25:37 - 26:14. youre welcome

[@crcr5290]

26:10 Wow !!

[@paulbrowning9055]

Nakamura is my homeboy

[@elegantilk]

Could dogsofwar be Jules Moussard?

[@dilyan-2904]

Interested in playing LeelaZero?

[@phen-themoogle7651]

drawsofwar

[@bigrick4284]

Did anybody ever figure out who Dogsofwar is??

[@radjedi2010]

Wesley So

[@rilum97]

Hello Guys! Hello Hikaru! Welcome and Greetings from me! Rilum Osmanaj

[@madushandissanayake6910]

who is dogofwar???

[@lann1sterroy]

1.33.40 why he resigned?

[@Pinzote]

At 1:22:10 i thought ...b1=Q; Rxb1 Rxb1; c7 Be3+ followed by Rc1

[@musical_lolu4811]

Looks winning.

[@kantamnenividyadhar1797]

How come these super GM'S have this less subscribers.

[@aaromal_rs]

kantamneni vidyadhar That's because chess has less viewers on KZbin.

[@ojsojs6004]

Aaromal R.S not true, chess videos has many viewers at youtube. just look at this it has over 2 million views kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3nclZ57dreJgac agadmator always upload videos and he always get more than 500 k views. in this video he has over 1m views. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWqThImerbCYn8k there are so may chess videos uploaded every day that got many views. nakamura is not active at uploading chess videos so he has not build up yet many subscribers.

[@aaromal_rs]

Jerome Tan Sure, that video does have 2-3 million views, but that was posted back in September 2017. Now compare that to the views Logan Paul gets within just a few hours of upload. Chess does have a pretty considerable amount of viewers, but also considering that many of the viewers are not really into subscribing or anything like that and they are just interested in seeing the games, these Super Grandmasters are getting less subs than they deserve.

[@sanitary103]

any channel compared to Logan Paul will pale in comparison. there are plenty of channels out there that are doing quite well such as ChessNetwork, Matojelic, Agadmator (sp), thechesswebsite, kingscrusher etc. the reason Naka doesn't have as many is b/c his channel is fairly new and he doesn't upload as much, similar to Magnus. if Naka were to go full time in KZbin, his channel would blow up real quick but he can't for obvious reasons.

[@AartSnikkelbaard03]

The channel doesn't exist that long yet.

[@BeatsByClover]

D U B I O U S

[@DavidWKimber]

Game volume is way louder than your voice. And your voice sounds like it's coming from a tube. Otherwise, great games! (so far, only about 21 mins in)

[@droceretik]

Any other nit-picking comments?

[@DavidWKimber]

No, I pretty much covered it there. I'd want someone to give me constructive criticism about how to improve my stream if I were doing it.

[@AJPE87]

Why at 58:40 Black moves the rook instead of the queen?

[@headholio]

I think you are right. Save the queen, give up the rook would be better. That's Blitz!

[@theyneverlearn3679]

No because if he saves the queen, then (Either) Rook takes rook and white has 2 rooks for a queen which is close to equal. On the other hand, if Rook takes (h1 rook) like he did in the game, the Bishop takes queen, rook takes other rook and black has an extra exchange, which is enough to win with.

[@josephbishara4791]

Sort out the volume.

[@mustangkun8544]

4:19 : rook check the king then king to g1 thene gueen to b6 check then white queen to c5 ( hikaru would win this game i don't know why he resigned )

[@mizuhonova]

...Be3 check leads to mate after Kg1

[@jasonmckinney8166]

the pieces are much louder than you are.. :(

[@BeatsByClover]

pieces of shit

[@ITdudeUK]

Please fix the sound - your voice is too quiet and the piece moves too loud. Thank you!

[@togethereasy]

Lol did you see at 25:30? :D

[@skmishra1991]

@55:03 Rxg7+

[@cesarfile]

Not sure its Daniel... He loves to attack. Dogsofwar is too positional.

[@damep9360]

you were getting your ass kicked by nihal sari. why did you leave?

[@dyer308]

I’ve never seen Hikaru reply to a KZbin comment):

[@musical_lolu4811]

He's got a busy life, dude.

55:02 Rxg7 wouldn't just win the black's queen?

[@flewerfun]

Rxg7 check and you're a rook down

But white just couldn't take Qxh5 with his queen after Rxg7?

[@flewerfun]

I just answered that, you're in check after Rxg7 Rxg7, you have no time to take the queen.

[@SaintD382]

Like Soner said: you can't play that move because Black's recapture comes with check.

[@lolskix]

Nihal Sarin is a beast, just smashed Hikaru!

[@martinconneally8756]

lolskix smashed? He lost 10-2 and one of those games naka was setting up stream. You must be blind

[@tentative_iv6398]

Dogsofwar? Only Andrew Tang plays like that! If I'm wrong, everyone will have something to laugh about later.

[@tentative_iv6398]

I think you have a really cool avatar, but I don't agree with you on Tang. I watched him play Magnus and he is that strong. Yes, I'm talking about their matches not the Lichess title stuff, and Tang has improved a lot since those early matches with Naka, but like I said already, if I'm wrong everyone will have something to laugh about later.

[@faznaz7455]

r4chess2 this is wesley so i believe

[@SaintD382]

The Liquidator is right: Andrew Tang is only world-class in *bullet* . In blitz, he's nothing special. This is blitz (3 minutes), ergo that's not Andrew Tang.

[@robotrobot4430]

Hikaru is my dad

[@musical_lolu4811]

Really? Who did he fork to have you?

[@BeatsByClover]

lol

[@swapnilorkey]

2:25:08

[@anupamtbt]

Nakamura loosing to nihal sarin is surprising.

[@SaintD382]

He was distracted by setting up the stream and troubleshooting.

[@mohithts953]

Losing was fine But being disrespectful, after losing is not what we expected from such a high caliber player

[@lI1I1ll]

chess.com still exists?

[@BeatsByClover]

HAHAHAH YES MAN HAHAHAHA

[@WurstStarburst]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@cojack9609]

lol

[@abhisekkumar3080]

i think u should play more games u don't have to left by saying let's playing some higher rated players

[@adityasinghaswal4923]

abhisek kumar Hikaru is 3000+ in blitz and nihal is 2750+ after losing first 2 matches against nihal he lost 26 points and hikaru is a very competitive about his chess.com rating apparently 😂😂 so he didn't wanted to leak more of it cause gaining it is super hard especially at his level.

[@charlesmoore5954]

Plays a 2700 loses twice, Lets play someone higher rated...goes on to 8/1 playing boring nimzo Larsen. Should have given the lower rated guy more chances than 2. Thanks but I’ll pass.

[@geonikhil]

"Oh I lost two games back to back to (Indian IM) Nihal Sarin, so lets play BigFish1995 (Russian GM Vladimir Fedoseev) and win multiple games". Didn't expect this from a great player like Naka.

[@10Slayer01]

Yeah, he often does that. Doesn't like losing so he plays people when he thinks he can get a good score against them.

[@sepehrjafari7847]

Nikhil Sharma before this 2 game score is 10 to 1

[@droceretik]

Did you read the previous posts? Vladimir Fedoseev, Russian GM and his rating here in blitz is 2830. How is that IM?

[@theoooo85]

The score was 10 - 2..then he played a strong Russian GM..and then he played with dogsofwar many games and the score was almost equal..what's your point? because you probably are indian? think before you comment

[@Saurabhandsonu1994]

Look at his face it seemed like he just woke up- probably needed some more warm up while being groggy - changing opponent helps!

[@mohithts953]

Hi Hikaru You should apologise Nihal Sarin for being so disrespectful

[@BlahBlahTALMUD]

This guy will never be a popular chess streamer.

[@CMlukeandres]

He is popular now dummy