Hikaru and Gotham's 2nd totally serious Sub Battle

GM Hikaru Nakamura once again lets his subs battle IM Levy Rozman of Gothamchess's subs to see which channel is best.
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[@h0axyboi486]

Levy is waiting for - "You're a GM, Harry"

[@jaxx3277]

That’s tough

[@hifriend494]

💀💀💀

[@moaderyyyyy]

21:20 ah yes, the classic mate in 49. of course everyone can see it, obviously

[@justames5979]

@betagam4523p look at the evaluation bar, for a split second it shows mate in 49. Totally calculateable by a human, ez

[@absolutelybagel2218]

the clasic

[@callmeqt1269]

It’s very clear. All you need to do is... is uh... so that.

[@fenixsans741]

I cant see mate in 5 and you wantbme to see in 49?

[@CubeMasterChris]

26:25 *Casually calls 2200 rated players “amateurs” and “beginners”*

[@joemacaraeg2522]

It’s online chess rating, also they have high standards cause they are titled..

[@codetaku]

Beginner may be arguably harsh, but an amateur is literally anyone who isn't a professional, and good luck being considered a professional without any sort of title....

[@joshual4513]

@@codetaku, or it could mean a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity. Since most chess.com players are in the sub 1500 range, being 1500 or higher is above average, so I wouldn't call them beginners necessarily.

[@sammyb7728]

@@joshual4513 Not Beginners but Amateurs.

[@edwardshowden5511]

2200 that's only 1900 fide so clearly amateur

[@jsuperhalo1]

Levy is actually like us while watching Hikaru. Levy: “That was a terrible move whats he doing.” Hikaru: “That was an amazing move.” Levy: 😦

[@IamnotfromUSA]

30:28 Bishop E8 is best move IMO am I correct?

[@lukedelaney8664]

@@IamnotfromUSA nah. Both what you say and what was played leave the players equal in points, but Rxd1 was better because after bxc6, black has a set of towered pawns. What was played is barely better.

[@josephsmith3961]

Well, I think we'd all be in that situation if we were talking to a GM as well.

[@trbtrickshots7246]

2 true

[@Reficulx]

IMs are great players. But Hikaru is now a top 5 GM so it’s just the contrast of a king and a god.

[@jabrikolo]

The chat should vote for moves. The most voted move within a few seconds will then be played. That would be dope

[@nanopixel6460]

i think chess.com does something similar with clubs

[@thatoneguy9582]

Blitz Vote Chess sounds terrifying, please do it

[@ph03n1xm9]

I bet you 5000 chess currency that if e4 is played, the second move chat plays is Ke2

[@plasmakitten4261]

Twitch Plays Chess 100

[@Bunnymafia8150]

They'd definitely have to bump up the time to deal with lag on the stream, as well as the chat just not being ready, but that sounds so dope

[@jovanj2717]

1:08:34 Did Hikaru bait white into stream-sniping a blunder?

[@Quanchigay]

had 2 idk how u miss queen e4

[@elijahmiller_23]

Absolutely

[@dr.t3946]

Maybe, but it was his own sub, so punish his sub for cheating?

[@TheSpider2674]

Still chesting ​@@dr.t3946

[@Crysislobster]

Not sure if this'll be read by either Hikaru or Gotham, but idea for this format: Do the matches from the middle out ratingwise, so it gets progressively worse and better every other game. Last two games'll be the best and the worst, which is a nice finale

[@12jswilson]

@@lucasarmada9550 under 1000 chess narrated by titled players is my favorite chess content on KZbin though.

[@matthewmontenegro1905]

It won’t be read by hikaru or levy

[@yeldagasalor]

@@12jswilson lol

[@grannywalter]

That's a cool idea, actually. Too many blunderfests in a row can be painful to watch at times.

[@klauskeller6380]

@@lucasarmada9550 no way the majority of their viewers are around 1500. There probably arent even enough players at that rating to be the majority of their viewers.

[@yes4me]

2:11 Match#1 ~2400 highlight 9:14 to 9:43 11:55 Match#2 ~2300 highlight 14:55 24:48 Match#3 ~2100 34:04 Match#4 ~2000 45:48 Match#5 ~1900 highlight 49:23 & 49:52 good moves by black 54:14 Match#5 ~1800 highlight 1:00:11 blunder NE6, 1:01:05, 1:01:52 to end 1:06:07 Match#5 ~1550 highlight 1:08:30 when sniping goes wrong, 1:10:37 good move 1:12:18 Match#6 ~1600 highlight 1:15:13, 1:18:32 good move, 1:19:39 blunder 1:22:22 Match#7 ~1450 highlight 1:23:09, 1:27:05 blunder, 1:27:20 blunder 1:31:31 Match#8 ~1250 highlight 1:35:05, 1:36:22 to end starting by a great move to reverse the game 1:37:50 Match#9 ~1075 highlight 1:40:20 good successful series of attacks, 1:44:50 blunder 1:50:30 Match#10 ~900 highlight 1:53:10 blunder 1:57:48 Match#11 2600 vs 700 ROFL

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

God bless you!

[@snorlax7265]

you're the best

[@DeathClawz]

I know this is old af, but match 10 didn't have the 2 second increments so I think that white blundered and ended up losing once they realized they were way down on time as a 900 with only a minute left And watching Amimak in chat being missed repeatedly 😥

[@priscillaperry6463]

So crazy that this was 9 months ago and he (Levy) was at 3k subs. Now he's over 425k subs on twitch! He really just blew up, and the chess community in general. So cool

[@elleviathan9261]

981K now :)

[@bradleymchugh6952]

Twitch subs and KZbin subs are different, subs on twitch are paid. The subs equivalent is followers and he has 450k on twitch. He still has around 3000 subs which earns him roughly 7 to 8 thousand dollars in revenue.

[@aesir1ases64]

@@bradleymchugh6952 thats a lot of money, then there is yt revenue and sponsors. Lot of money!

[@bradleymchugh6952]

@@aesir1ases64 And he has his courses too! Levy is doing very well for himself.

[@aeizn1012]

Thats followers not subs lmao, if that were subs he'd be the most successful streamer of all time

[@mahithgottipati6412]

"How do I say something that doesn't sound like a flex." These are the problems I wish I had

[@candles4206]

Stockfish and Gotham’s 2nd totally serious Sub Battle

[@lorieas]

Hi Bye lol

[@Cnut_the_grape]

Magnus must be AlphaZero then lol

[@vinith8669]

@@Cnut_the_grape stockfish is better

[@Cnut_the_grape]

@@vinith8669 literally no. AlphaZero is the most advanced chess engine to date and has pretty much ruined stockfish in every game they've played.

[@An-ht8so]

@@Cnut_the_grape That was three years ago. A0 beat SF by 52 Elo and SF has progressed 150+ elo since then. There is no doubt among computer chess enthusiasts that SF (and Leela) is better now than A0 was.

[@afaikale5788]

Hikaru with xqc: *xqc hangs his queen* Hikaru: ok, that’s probably not the best move but its still fine Hikaru with the sub battle: Come on, what was that... ohhh take the pawn take the pawn... Oh geez it s so bad.. 😂😂

[@warpatato]

Hikaru is a loving father

[@afaikale5788]

warpatato true 😂😂

[@codetaku]

@@warpatato So you're saying we should have Hikaru 10-0 all of his subs and he'll love them?

[@vipture.]

Also hikaru in a recent vid: "Its not as bad as watching xqc but its close"

[@afaikale5788]

Vipture i remember 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@remryukcreepy]

"I don't always think you're the greatest chess player of all time Levy but you are.. you are better than some of these guys" 14:12 Levy just cant catch a break... FART OF IM Sadge

[@wismtree]

1:05:41 "I love eating food"' lmao

[@Punkledunk]

59:26 Damn... my heart sank and I’m not even the guy he was talking about. That would absolutely obliterate my spirit. I would probably never forget it and it would play in my head over and over.

[@tobiashudson4074]

yeah i thought that too, not only implies he's an awful player but that he's essentially wasted days and days of play for no result

[@subhankarroy7514]

​@@tobiashudson4074 Wasted? No more than GMs who barely win anything or win no-name tournaments. Some players play for fun and there are some like these dumbfucks who think so much of themselves that they feel powerful after shaming players, 1000 rating points less than them. Sometimes I do love when better players than Hikaru (getting obliterated by Magnus) or this dumbfuck IM, really smash them to bits.

[@falsealarm747]

@@subhankarroy7514 idk toxicity is inevitable. you're being pretty toxic right now too. to them it's very easy to spot things like that so when someone doesn't spot them it sort of confuses them and they start to make statements like that.

[@rejectmodernity1037]

I don't know, hikaru defend him so I think that is a good compensation.

[@MCdude72]

Sounds harsh but these guys are knowledgeable and can see when someone needs a wake-up call. If you’ve had that many matches and play at that level, maybe you need to approach your learning process differently. If they’re someone who likes to play a lot and has fun, then no harm no foul. If they’re having an off day, then again no harm done. With that many games played they know how well they can perform any other time.

[@Person01234]

"Let the chess speak for itself" - Hikaru, 1:33:51

[@kamikoto1558]

This is a great series. Good idea

[@justanotherpeacock9968]

Chessbrah was the pioneer of this idea

[@AznKekz]

@@justanotherpeacock9968 really? thought trick2g was in league

[@euler2149]

Completely copied from chessbrah

[@joshual4513]

Euler, it’s just an idea for chess entertainment, no harm is done. They can even collaborate with Chessbrah and do a sub battle between them as well.

[@akenox3]

I literally just watched part one and got blessed with this

[@seignee]

THE BEGINNING IS SO FUNNY GOTHAMCHESS' REACTIONS HAHAHAHA

[@seignee]

W-HUWAAAAAAT

[@adrielau5041]

The thumbnail.... wtf

[@Gustavo-vt5rk]

Every single breathing soul in Hikaru's Chat when he says someone blundered: *Flex*

[@user-mv1yq2ko3p]

These sub games are so funny to watch, please do more of them

[@ivanadriazola1991]

"Queen odds and what else?" what a chad XD

[@newman7151]

56:00 you have to learn the rules, to break them. i would say as a coach

[@guywhoneversleeps]

1:13:40 i feel bad. i once was an unranked guy that used to just play with my grandpa and dad and studied a lot, entered an under 1600 bracket, and had one of the best outings possible. i didnt know where to put my rating at. now i feel like im some kind of monster

[@nuriocristino2888]

Don't worry about it, you didn't know your ranking was higher and entered as unranked in good faith so they weren't talking about cases like yours, they were talking about cases were they do it on purpose i.e. people who know they are high ranked (maybe even titled) but maliciously enter as unranked in places where they're not known to guarantee a win. Besides, you've got to find your ranking somehow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@Buyongjajangman]

I've been waiting for this

[@ar_413]

19:02 "pyramid of Jeza" lmaoooooooo

[@chesstea3266]

9:25-9:28 Hikaru and Levy’s reactions are gold hahaha.

[@hokori2109]

The NARRR had me rolling

[@ilyasil2surgut]

Love these battles. Levy is great!

[@helloperson5022]

that "totally" totally convinced me it was serious

[@pyroneus9941]

Hikaru: I've forgotten my wallet, can you get the check mate?

[@arnavdharadhar5198]

Nice one.

[@lomiification]

What a flex; he can't be in regular conversation without flexing

[@rezafadhilah8193]

More of these please

[@KrakenEyeGaming]

Lol I imaging that if Hikaru was speaking in front of all his watchers live he would put the teleprompter on the ceiling

[@jamespaguiligan5828]

I’ve watched countless hours of instructional videos, and this is the first I’ve ever heard about not blocking your C pawn with your knight.

[@Jay-zt1pq]

Damn... I may be really drunk rn but when Hikaru talked about Magnus it really felt like it came straight from the heart.

[@Purple_Motion]

More! These are so entertaining

[@yaman4584]

I didn't need to see that thumbnail...

[@libtard3908]

I’ll watch this every week, hikaru please make this a reoccurring stream.

[@amk__]

How long'd you keep that up for? My prediction is you never clicked the video again after commenting this.

[@Bladavia]

Just the right amount of sarcasm from both of you, it was really funny

[@Allbut27]

been in and out trying to learn chess this last year. these videos are the sht

[@reseraction]

1:15 had me in absolute hysterical the look on both of their faces simple says it all

[@jensengorefilms]

This is ELITE CONTENT

[@teddy4271]

I love watching the low level games watching the eval bar move against the player that just moved

[@ThanatosIRL]

Lmao it swings so much

[@dinokoenoko7842]

love hikarus mood here. awesome

[@DeepFriedOreoOffline]

Speaking of going to mars, idk if it's all this chess thought making me think about all aspects of things, but I realized that the biggest problem with moving people to mars, aside from the obvious bits like getting people there and surviving there, is deciding what the governing rule system will be used. Everyone knows that there things can be better than they are, but there is no easy way to fix systems that are so heavily engrained into societies. However, moving people to another planet opens the possibility for a different set of governing rules.

[@catlord69]

7:20 on lichess the engine is aware of the time remaining. This behaviour was introduced a while ago.

[@imbored0425]

For me Hikaru x GothamChess is best crossover. It's so fun to watch the interaction of these two.

[@OfficialVeign]

55:45 Hikaru looks up to remember the event exactly *Levy looks up to see what Hikaru is looking at*

[@12jswilson]

Hikaru: "You know, Levy, I don't think you're not the greatest chess player of all time, but I think you're better than some of these guys." *Gestures to the chat* Levy: "..."

[@fj-kv]

these are so fun to watch

[@Epxclorer]

"Kramlic would say ziss iz winneng" Smirk from hikaru, wonder if this has been building for a while

[@primordialcat6986]

Pls make more of this

[@chesstea3266]

43:58 What a “king”, Levy with the unintended pun.

[@CptCujo2]

36:19 thats an ambulance siren man, what new yorker cant tell the difference lmao

[@ublade82]

Levi opening the video with his Joker audition

[@bekfatht88]

"Just win the game" lol

[@cupass6179]

1:01:59 is the greatest moment of all time

[@GuanTones]

theres so much tension between these guys

[@galacticguardian2783]

I think Levy respects Hikaru, or atleast he did during these streams. But Hikaru just has to be Hikaru

[@poppyharlow4448]

"Imagine if you play Grekko at the bar or the library" Agadmator: *hello everyone*

[@BarackObamaJedi]

1:30:25 "I think people... people partake in the devil's lettuce a little bit before they join the stream so they create these beutiful situations in their heads"

[@EvanUnknown]

Gotham’s ppl lose when Gotham says that cuz they hear and lose confidence in themselves

[@profanemagic5671]

Had this running in the background and tabbed into it when levy asked "what is the opposite of the flex-emoji?" to check if chat spammed sadge and what can i say? I'm not disappointed.

[@nickgerald4359]

My all time favorite thing is watching very smart people who are professionals at a hobby or sport talk about something they know nothing about. IM and GM chess wizards talking about golf asking what the driving range is called, peak fun.

[@fearalice]

"I went to this super expensive restaurant but didn't pay" Hikaru over here getting the woman's perspective on dining out. Cause most guys have never experienced that.

[@SpicyMelonYT]

Its so funny seeing their reactions and being able to match every single one to the 5 chess symbol comments like blunder, mistake, nothing, ok, and best haha

[@flickoramacustomerservice1199]

blunder, inaccuracy, book, good, best, excellent?

[@SpicyMelonYT]

@@flickoramacustomerservice1199 Brilliant Best Move Excellent Good Book Inaccuracy Mistake Blunder Missed Win These are actually them! I wrote the comment before getting into the analyzing of chess so I didn't remember that there are more than the ones I said.

[@Ariets1910]

Very exciting content

[@fj-kv]

can confirm about the devils lettuce part

[@chesstea3266]

another hilarious thumbnail of hikaru and levy hahaha.

[@JakeRivers]

Hahah I love the intro levy just having fun and hikaru: “TAKE THE PAWN!! …. Good now win the game” lol he secretly loves it that’s how he shows it

[@lew3813]

Hikaru looks like a reverse in this one haha

[@richielavey1565]

Lol “a lot of amateurs between 2100 and 2300”

[@markventura8620]

It's amazing how I'm watching this video uploaded 2 years ago and hearing levy said "I just crossed 3000 subs". Imagine how far he got after 2years. This lockdown made us realize alot of things, alot of oppurtunities, and alot of growth.

[@gttm9805]

3k subs on twitch bro

[@jujurinka6719]

Pls more of that

[@LeoliyX]

why does levy deadass everytime things are going unbelievably well look like he just got proposed to ring and all

[@bryangan781]

watching culum rc6 at x0.25 is epic lmaoo

[@WolfersHD]

Other games this kind of content sucks but it's so perfect for chess, loving the chess sub wars

[@xTankG]

Levy is such a lad

[@Kovacks912]

the thumbnail game is just too strong

[@touchpad24]

Gotham's Laugh at the beginning. XD

[@Bladavia]

1:54:39 In the Blitzstream vs Chessbrah sub battle they had MVL vs Firouzja as top boards ^^

[@hippybanana2608]

SO kids this is why you don't drink alcohol 0:06

[@danialj9434]

Hikaru dressed like if Goku were an office temp

[@bigbywolf5031]

Bloody hell when i hear clown fiesta i always think about lol where tf happens and u have no idea what is happening

[@capcrunch7838]

This so should be a league. Grandmasters with there subs playing leagues or something similar.

[@t.bombadil8766]

“There are only two things I can't stand in this world: People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch” -Nigel Powers 2002

[@viktormoskov1167]

White blundered his rook in the intro right before the cut

[@michealjackson3520]

shaved hikaru looks like handsome shrek from shrek 2

[@coreyabbott3076]

they should have done polls for movies in each chat see whos chat is better

[@mikecrazyphucker1863]

"I hate the dutch." that was hardcore xD

[@miika1237]

Hikaru's minutly flex...😂

[@RedHawk94]

Levi's come a long way since this.

[@hughflapjacks]

I love the reactions to bad plays

[@wjaja1764]

Mom:are going to study Me: last video

[@jaredbennett9517]

Self deprecation is what Levy was thinking of

[@galacticguardian2783]

Did Hikaru almost just say "I'm a genius"

[@RealTimeLosses]

Stew is cooked slowly, Naka! This is the reasoning for the "BeefStewer"!

[@wilstrow]

Bro hikaru dying to bad chess for normal people looks like it really hurts him That was a real scream

[@ddg-norysq1464]

I once had a game where i was +74 and i still carried it to an endgame

[@jonathanbliek8114]

liking the hikaru fit