Gotham & Hikaru BLINDFOLD CHESS

A few days ago, GMHikaru and I played some blindfold chess against subscribers. A separate video will come out where play Blindfold Fischer Random. If you want to play against me or Hikaru, gotta be a subscriber.
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[@adamderby4922]

Blindfolded... no. Hikaru is laughing . This is fake .. in my opinion

[@VoidTime]

He keeps looking at his ceiling too!

[@danyyilbun6736]

Well, he might be blindfolded, bu he is definitely just you know, not getting strong in, because he would have he beaten probably

[@gamerdio2503]

Why would an international master need to fake playing blind? Lmao it's not like it's unusual for someone of his skill to be able to do so

[@masonsundstad9464]

No it's because hikarus chat was roasting on levy like the pepegas

[@thegorn]

Chess blindfold is not too difficult

[@notAYUSHGAMING]

I tried playing blindfolded chess with my friend with no time limit and when I started calculating I ended up forgetting original position.

[@AllInOne-nz5kg]

Me too

[@idonoy661]

I ended up getting mated in 7.....

[@noyew2325]

I tried this. But I kept on forgetting I have no friends

[@zestyidk2517]

stfu

[@snakevenom4954]

@@noyew2325 Happens

[@stuckupcurlyguy]

I always think of Levy as the more "human" one on the stream. Then we get to watch him play an entire game blindfolded and realise he's a beast too...

[@stuckupcurlyguy]

Seriously Levy if you see this, how do you train to do this in your head? Does it come naturally after a while or is it a skill you have to learn?

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@stuckupcurlyguy I think it comes naturally after a while, because I haven't seen a single guy above 2300 Elo who can't play at least one game blindfolded.

[@idkrossplay]

@@leadnitrate2194 I met an IM and a 2200 who couldn't play blindfold chess, it comes naturally in some ways but not completely

[@kdevelopergw]

@@stuckupcurlyguy I played my first game of blindfolded a few months ago when I was 1400 against a chess coach at my school, did pretty well and lost due to being bad at the game rather than forgetting the position

[@supersomething3979]

He is a super strong IM after all, and has the knowledge to be a GM acc to hikaru

[@makytondr8607]

Hikaru is secretly laughing at Levy’s inferior IM moves.. lol

[@mldy1]

14:04 LOL the way levy just confirmed "yep" not realizing that hikaru wanted him to short castle

[@thelight288]

He realized it after a second haha

[@siphillis]

1:02 Levy got that Kasparov impression down

[@abdusselamzahma7474]

I instantly laughed, people didn't get the reference apparently

[@abdusselamzahma7474]

@Anthony Wang It's a reference to Kasparov's ad, kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWiwZGBuac-Ug7M at 0:40

[@saivarshithpaluru7684]

7:19 "Asian man whispers levy commands while blindfolded" LMAO

[@Golden_M.Y.]

When Hikaru said Rxd5 and there was no pawn on d5 i got really satisfied to know that hes actually human like us.

[@VikingII]

Pretty weak my dude.

[@pa7764]

Common tactic for cheaters, throw in a silly move sometimes... Same for god gamers that don't want you to retire after one game.

[@jjhassy]

@@VikingII ur weak. weaker than most frankly.

[@rugma1696]

@@pa7764 how do u even assume hes cheating

[@youaremysunshine.1]

​@@pa7764 dude he is a 5 time US world champion and he has been playing chess for over 30 years now

[@OmneAurumNon]

Levy sees the board better with his eyes closed than I do while I'm looking at it

[@bobapeacht9848]

sad but true

[@kindapinkjake]

I clicked right away with high hopes...Got something completely different, but still amazing!

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

Same

[@asher0007]

Perfect comment

[@lcosta7467]

A man of culture

[@KimmyPDF]

Let me guess, you think that levy gonna fight with Hikaru?

[@autumn.variation]

I mean... they did mate people together blindfolded... you can't really complain

[@omaidemran1908]

Levy you inspired me to stop playing chess

[@kuhfusskatsadventures]

LMAO this one got me

[@xa-1274]

Seen this on at LEAST 6 other videos and it was pinned 3 times

[@XoIoRouge]

He stopped pinning negative comments. You don't have to say things like this anymore.

[@lunchexlizerd3927]

@@XoIoRouge well actually...

[@XoIoRouge]

@@lunchexlizerd3927 ?

[@manreeque5887]

who knew chess youtubers would have the best thumbails in the game rn

[@choojunwyng8028]

Levy really said EZ Clap after checkmating a 950 lmao

[@ryanberneus]

Sleazy chicks like you can't even win against Levi 😂

[@lred1383]

@@ryanberneus There's like 5000 people on the entire planet who can, it's not much of an insult

[@anthonylee9217]

He didn't know

[@null3007]

I mean, it was an EZ clap.

[@MeikiVT]

Levys out here finding moves blindfolded that I don’t even see watching

[@TheBlurayHacker]

The blindfold sure was in theme with the title...

[@TheMegadomino]

It’s almost as it was made on purpose... weird

[@TheKrazyLobster]

Okay, this is the best bromance in the chess world

[@cindya9791]

Only second to Daniel and GM charlie

[@XoIoRouge]

This is my favorite OTP. These guys are amazing friends with each other and they really enjoy supporting each other's works. I hope I find friends as good as these one day.

[@LoganCralle]

6:24 Hikaru has smiled upon the mate.

[@gc1121]

my game was so bad it didnt even make it lmao

[@MissingOrchid]

@@JSamad wow look who’s talking

[@farhatif]

@@MissingOrchid lol i think he deleted his comment cuz i dont see it anywhere

[@MissingOrchid]

@@farhatif Yeah he was saying very negative stuff for no reason. salty people in comment sections everywhere then they delete their comments. Dont be that guy and try to stay positive online:)

[@tachyon3.14]

My friend saw the title and started questioning me

[@penniesshillings]

You guys are so on a different level than us mere mortals.

[@BluiiShorts]

You introduced me to the chess world thank you for opening doors to me. It has helped me get through tough times and I appreciate that.

[@jianzhegu2260]

I wanna see them both blindfolded and just talk to each other with their moves

[@prateeksingh501]

Oh man, title and thumbnail 10/10. I watched this stream, it was epic. Of all the chess streams I have watched in the past 5 months the concept of this stream was most interesting. Fisher 960 blindfolded was super fun. You should do this again after a few months. I have an idea for you, get Hikaru and Anish giri to play Fischer 960 blindfolded with you moderating the moves.

[@davidvilela4347]

Using hikaru to play this games is like using a nuclear bomb to make a campfire

[@michaelhumphrey2858]

so i just found out when people close there eyes they can see images and now it makes sense how people do blindfold chess

[@teodorgachev4279]

So i wake up,Chek my phone and see this in recomended ,and i was like "NO WAY!" because the tumbnail looked like a tumbnail from a music video.

[@user-FreeThinking]

1:00 Levy Kasparov

[@orinattiv]

ישראלי! כיף לראות את זה

[@zeNUKEify]

Hikaru mad at himself for misremembering the pawn and not seeing the Ng4 move. People so good at anything are always tough on themselves

[@notAYUSHGAMING]

Who wants IM levy vs hikaru ? Both of them blindfolded .

[@macmillerppp]

Hikaru can’t help but laugh at the chat nonstop lol.

[@ginoldjohn1096]

Hikaru trains Gotham to becoming a super gm.😉😉😉

[@slashslash501]

Or at least just GM

[@jeetkd09]

I love it when Levy forks me on d4

[@mohammadfahrurrozy8082]

1:03 i understood that reference

[@brycew6675]

that one ad with kasparov from master class

[@nekosalad8308]

salute

[@trocodiliac2405]

the funniest part about this video is that these guys are just shredding people blindfolded and then levy wipes his face bc he doesnt realize he took his glasses off and then hikaru forgets the position of his coffee 😂

[@sonya1500]

perfectly fine until you realize hikaru is visualizing diffrent types of juicers

[@jaydavis9430]

Really thought the fan fictions I saw we’re gonna be reality

[@Ccirgrg]

I did not know the format since I'm new to online chess and thought hikaru was playing against levy. I was like, is he playing such bad moves because he wants a fairer game against levy? Was so confused for like 5 minutes

[@DarkShaman667]

Blindfold or not, chess is satisfying to watch!

[@MaxPlayz360]

0:49 queen to f7 is checkmate it think

[@presleyelisememorial]

You think incorrectly, but nice job spotting the idea. At 0:49, it is black to move, so white cannot play Qh5+. Levy plays Nf6, which prevents Qh5

[@anthonyschollaerts6649]

14:05 HAHAHA THE "yup" DID IT FOR ME I HAD TO REWIND LIKE 5x

[@anthonyschollaerts6649]

Omg I go back to this comment every hourb

[@SecurityGuardbros]

Lmao

[@Alchemistic88]

6:45 Hikaru: "950 not bad at all" Me, a 1200: "Really? You mean it? I'm not bad either?? 🥺😊"

[@matthewchesswins]

Hikaru casually hanging Ng4 in his first blindfolded game 😂

[@wcchien5266]

Levy: Let’s see if he sees this. Well you can’t.

[@mohammadfahrurrozy8082]

We'd love to have a blindfold chess tutorial from you, Levy :)

[@g73hc3gsv3i]

Levy why do you need specs when you're wearing a blindfold?🙄

[@johanfriedel3458]

He’s using the computer on the inside of the blindfold to find the best moce

[@XoIoRouge]

Could be a choice for his look. I know friends who won't go anywhere without glasses because they think (and/or other people told them) that they look strange or bad without glasses. So they keep them on for appearances.

[@g73hc3gsv3i]

@@XoIoRouge I was just jokin'😂..he indeed looks different on his Fide profile picture without glasses.

[@g.caampued4252]

It’s to see the chessboard in mind in HD

[@XoIoRouge]

@@g73hc3gsv3i No worries. I just have some of those friends and so I tend to not bother them about it. xD

[@mintymist.4496]

I bet someone's writing a fan-fiction about you too rn.

[@janodiaz92]

there should be a tournament of blindfold chess...

[@anonakkor9503]

niceeeee…. 3:12 didn’t say pawn hahhaaaaa…nvm you can’t move the knight hahaaaaaa

[@Nightlight7]

When you move a pawn you just say the square, you don’t need to say pawn

[@KyamKonzenRBano]

hikaru is using premove even when blindfolded 13:32

[@empty.1807]

Hikaru moves pieces from Levys accaunt. Levy plays blindfolded.

[@BorisNVM]

24:06 Why he says 3 instead of a3? And why Hikary understands what he's thinking?

[@genjen7634]

There is only one peice that can go to the rank of 3 thats why it was easy

[@lewso2874]

he sais a but the mic cuts out you can see his mouth

[@bhawikmahnot4209]

Anything blindfolded is great.

[@-_Nuke_-]

Why are you wearing glasses tho? I mean you are blindfolded xD Come and think about it... You don't need a blindfold - just take your glasses out!

[@jayashrir5683]

Thanks Levy... Please make Gotham guide part 2 .Those were really very instructive...🙏

[@amirhoseinalipoor9010]

i love levi and hikaro freindship

[@Epiceli169]

Great video but the title is horrifying 😂

[@alexilnitskyy1916]

2 time I said this is the best chess Channel ever

[@justjoking2275]

Who all noticed the bishop jokes in the chat ?

[@amirl6739]

hikaro all the vedio be like:😆

[@lanceisaacsonii4640]

When you said hey Siri, it enabled mine lol

[@TheMarzamat]

when he said “hey siri” my siri just started

[@TreeGGwi]

I could play a bullet match against blindfolded Hikaru and still lose

[@codnation5758]

Hikaru is like the stock fish of this game

[@flowkes2707]

Bro I thought he was playing hikaru and hiakru just kept blundering pieces im so stupid

[@CR604]

I got clickbaited even though I knew my was just a photoshopy

[@evancardinal9185]

I just did a blindfold game that went like 1. E4 ... E5 2. C3 ... C6 3. Bc4 ... F5 The first game looked familiar to me

[@MeikiVT]

9:42 my guy kukkyy in chat ignoring the pinned queen? Or talking about a different game

[@nonodonttouchmethere674]

This thumbnails keep getting better and better

[@LuckyCat-22]

How tf did he remember he had a knight on c6???

[@644crows]

1000s definitely got way better since chess popped off

[@luckyteetee9603]

what a chess god. and here i am, looking and wondering where i placed my pieces on the board

[@MorphysinceC.E]

levy getting lost in hikaru's mind palace!! 🤯

[@BradPeirson]

I too play like I'm blindfolded. But that's mostly the 900.

[@thegorn]

This chess bromance between Hikaru and Levy is going next level. I’m still Team Magnus.

[@kemal6039]

4:06 is there a reason (other than being blindfolded) why he did not play Bb4?

[@kemal6039]

He did it the next move, I guess he wanted to give the little 900 a chance to survive 😂

[@z-a-t-i]

White could have played bxc6+ and then taken the b4 bishop

[@bobchitect]

That is one kinky mask if i see one

[@grethen123]

love blindsided games of yours!

[@FadiHovsepian]

Levy need glasses to play blindfold chess xD

[@nikitakucherov5028]

A 950 litteraly has 0% chance agaist Levy even blindfolded

[@eldonbgrove]

That’s low key crazy

[@nehakaushal6620]

sir please create a video how to play blindfolded chess

[@huntnewell598]

D4 2:27

[@justjoking2275]

In hikaru's first match which opening did the oponent play ?

[@arun3122]

Hey Levy could u make a 10 min opening on the Italian game as black

[@harshrajsinghrathore2812]

Thumbnail on point 😂

[@spacecowboy511]

Why would he need the glasses under the blindfold if this wasn’t fake

[@ayewhite333]

Awesome well done guys

[@nighthawk-brawlstars3935]

Hikaru can almost never win with his crazy arrows

[@billwall9886]

This is amazing to me.

[@jeffreyperdue1606]

this old gem

[@DoubleThymer]

Hikaru looks like kenshi in the thumbnail

[@basedhutao775]

Hikaru's house look fancy

[@dariomf8163]

Hikaru just laughing

[@acordadosetaprabaixo7421]

lwgit thought levy was beating hikaru while npt seeing the boars for the first game

[@abdurrahman3575]

24:09 isnt Ng5, Bxg5, Bxg5, Qxg5, Rxe8 checkmate??

[@raghvendrasinghsengar8360]

Nope, king slides to f7 square and you can block threats of bishop by g6

[@presleyelisememorial]

Black is not forced to play any of those moves. After Ng5, black can play g6 or h6. They can also play bxg5, and if white recaptures on g5, black can play rxe1+

[@yetromesfin1543]

Amazing videos can you make a 10 min vid on blackmar gambit

[@haxi_mania]

2:13 if you play knight d4 it will be a fork if he put Queen that not protect c2 knight c2 and free rook

[@adrielwilson4563]

knight d4 is an illegal move since it's guarding the bishop at b5 from check

[@HenryMcCraken4]

Lucky hikaru

[@mitchellcastillo646]

Hey Gotham can you make a video with tips and any advice on how to get started on blindfold chess. How does one start to visualize better the board. Thanks 👍 in advance. שבת שלם