HIKARU BETS HAIR FOR CHALLENGE - Reddit React and Salt Mines

Hikaru reacts to the insane debauchery his maniacal fans have been posting in his subreddit. Feeling left out? Good. Stay away from / hikarunakamura
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[@hugopk1]

Ah, the classic hairline gambit

[@llawliet5542]

Lmaoo

[@christopher-po5fj]

Brooo 💀

[@aliboudardara6797]

@Deedjango the best comment i've seen today.

[@Christoff070]

Yeah, some Magnus vs Hiraku games have been a close shave.

[@georgerotariu3221]

I think it's going to be the hairline gambit accepted variation 🤔

[@MrShoopdawoop97]

"Hey a Hikaru video, maybe I will learn a thing or two about chess!" *Learns about the largest salt mine in the world*

[@byua1835]

oh yes)

[@kasatl7376]

Everyone liked that.

[@vladthemagnificent9052]

And that it is in Canadia

[@basicallyyes1796]

-pretend to be sick -Shave head in hospital -Get Hikaru’s hair -Get advice in chess from hair

[@whaith1359]

profit

[@joshsmusic1]

Did i just watch a documentary on salt production ?

[@jacobmorgan1438]

This guy who made the anime video has officially had his entire career ripped to shreds . I approve fully.

[@cronosphere928]

Yeah xD If You see closely the bishop is pinned by a rock soo yeah its a check mate

[@RealSupaHotFireVEVO]

@@cronosphere928 Rook

[@fullmetal7984]

​@Someoneif you look at 11:55 you can see the base of it at e1 at the open e file pinning the bishop

[@anon3600]

@Someone the real question is, why would you assume it's anything else?

[@anon3600]

@Someone that's the only logical answer as to why she said checkmate

[@ethandescoto1569]

Hikaru when he can’t process something: 🤨 Hikaru when he can: 😂

[@rowanz74]

😆😂🤣😅

[@ARealAsianGuy]

this is too true

[@user-en7dx1qp3k]

Hikaru: watches an entire video on canadian salt mining because someone called chess24 salty

[@wigglyrock6764]

Hikarus laugh is more contagious than corona, damn.

[@DogeSargeant]

💀 Both your joke and covid kills

[@julianfrederick9082]

@@DogeSargeant neither kills

[@baconbro3815]

@@julianfrederick9082 635000 people in the United States would like to disagree with that statement. But they can’t. Because they are dead. From Covid

[@sijenkai3928]

@@baconbro3815 its not completely accurate, lots of it was fake

[@dandychiggins7240]

Mostly why I watch this, don't even like the guy lol Also memes and chat reactions c:

[@gregmoore4505]

Hikaru randomly watching salt mine videos is like me at 3am lmao

[@CCheukKa]

7:14 Can we address that Hikaru said "Canadia"?

[@blinksoad]

ok?..

[@bruhhh6950]

@@blinksoad lmao u probably liked ur own comment

[@blinksoad]

@@bruhhh6950 lol

[@sami6911]

He also said Bostonia and Missoura, I think he was trolling

[@jordanmartens5591]

I'm Canadian, can confirm I'm from Canadia

[@RandomStuff-wv1yv]

Didn't thought that I will ever see Hikaru watching a scene from classroom of the Elite. I wish the full chess match gets animated b/w Ayanokoji and Sakayanagi.

[@BGS003]

/hashimoto & suzune

[@RawPikachu]

You are getting it soon ;)

[@RandomStuff-wv1yv]

@@RawPikachu yeah it's coming

[@djdamn4028]

If you shave your head it'll distract Carlsen

[@notverypog]

big brain time

[@snackboxone364]

Show him the power of big brain

[@annieshobana7965]

Thumbnail: ( Exists ) Everyone: EDITOR!!!!

[@metroboomin8895]

Hikaru showing the chat some random educational video cause he was curious about it is such cool teacher energy

[@marek9741]

hikaru's laugh 10/10 would recommend

[@siggm8]

'I have got so great hair! It will grow back.. Right?'

[@iMannyLP]

13:00 Did also someone notice that the board is set up incorrectly? The colors of the squares should be switched :D

[@RebeccaLoran]

When non-chess players don't know about pins.

[@ilazerxxx4894]

where is the rook? i swear I watched it like 5 times and couldnt see the rook im sorry im just dumb /:

[@Ryan-qn1wr]

I dont really blame the youtuber, you cant see the rook at all, I think its more implied that the rook is on d1

[@anon3600]

@@Ryan-qn1wr Honestly he deserved to be corrected if he was going to make a rant video without double checking

[@Jojo-xe5nb]

@@ilazerxxx4894 it not explicitly said in anime, but hey.. think when you already learn chess rules, and when playing online chess you cant move your piece even though its your turn and not get checked. Do you need engine to said "your piece pinned sir"?

[@TrimutiusToo]

@@ilazerxxx4894 hikaru remembers exactly which game it recreates so there was rook in that game he remembers...whether it was there in anime was not something that Hikaru rewarched

[@joaquin12348]

Youre definately invited to my barbeque whenever i have one haha

[@vincensiuschristopher9929]

His laugh is so contagious

[@Volgrus]

lol someone said "Please introduce that to Burger King fries." Amen brother, afuckingmen

[@stalematesteven7251]

"It's ma boy, Hick'aroo" 😂

[@kosmosfaber6534]

Did he understand the stockfish-hanging-from-the-ceiling reference?

[@derous]

in the anime clip you can actually see that white has castled queen side and that there is a piece on d1

[@AJAYSHARMA-rs4yn]

SUPER EDITING

[@emceeb5289]

Hikaru's thumbnail creator is a genius

[@hantrazaveri1566]

I had no idea about these salt mines in *canadia*

[@thor3203]

Loved this video got me laughing keep it up brother!

[@generalgrievous6689]

I though that the Polish Kraków salt mines were big, but wow.

[@soflynn22]

Someone clip that “that’s so much salt”. It will come in use someday

[@GoodKnightChess]

I have exams today 😭😭wouldn't be able to follow the matches live

[@mohamadtarhini5679]

Chess Negro good luck

[@Phurngirathaana]

All the best buddy 👍

[@mustafasahin2157]

Good luck

[@ampy131]

Chess Negro okay but who has exams in august lmao that’s rough gl tho

[@GoodKnightChess]

@@ampy131 it's online 😭😭😂very rough, my school didn't stop because of Covid19 we went home and continued from where we stopped.. online 😂😂

[@deedd4401]

that lip licking looked like he's a distant family with Backstrom :D

[@imightbebiased9311]

Came for lulz, stayed to learn about the largest salt mine in the world.

[@indiantwistr8036]

From chess to salt mines, Hikaru covers it all.

[@samx6557]

In Germany there are city's which were built or got rich because of their salt mines. Often they are even named after that. E.g. Salzgitter, Bad Salzuflen.

[@chlh9720]

Salzburg

[@samx6557]

@@chlh9720 true, in Austria

[@jupavalos]

He honestly looks better bald like a tough Japanese mafia guy 😎

[@nod_jawk]

What about the new manga, at last on chess theme, named "Blitz" ? Is it good ?

[@Seafox96]

the thumbnail hoodwinks again

[@jordanmartens5591]

I live close to this salt mine and amazingly never heard of it

[@vitolarussa]

We need an edited clip of Charles Xavier vs Magneto in chess but with Hikaru and Magnus face

[@AlexanderKrome]

[@adrishviveksen]

All the Best Hikaru for today's game👍🏼

[@terranloudenback2102]

Yeah, kinda hope Magnus will win though because he's playing like Tal

[@tachyon3.14]

Somehow SOMEHOW KZbin told me this was a new upload

[@scottwilson940]

There’s a large salt mine under Detroit if anybody is interested.

[@milishatam]

Hikaru laughs like Mozart in Amadeus

[@lalaribbon7281]

I thought that too!

[@shinji906]

Hikaru slowly turning into pewdiepie

[@ottolinevonroon9249]

I would love to see babyface Hikaru, no beard no hair

[@niklynh5692]

Was the bishop actually pinned?

[@chrismanich3063]

@UCqnpDX2uXYFw-0p3EFUUtMw no, we can see whites pawns, bishops, Queen and that the king is on C1 castled. There is one piece on E1, you can only see the base of it. This is the Rook (he said D1 but it´s actually E1) Hikaru said pins the Bishop.

[@tombosson466]

yes the bishop was pinned by a rook on E1, which we can't see that its an actual rook, but we can see the base of it and we just assume its a rook. And the reason Hikaru thought it was D1 and not E1 is because the animators messed up the coloration of the board, all the colors should be inverted

[@tombosson466]

yes the bishop was pinned by a rook on E1, which we can't see that its an actual rook, but we can see the base of it and we just assume its a rook. And the reason Hikaru thought it was D1 and not E1 is because the animators messed up the coloration of the board, all the colors should be inverted

[@tonybalony6993]

@@chrismanich3063 yes and if you look closely you'll see a chess board

[@electricman8545]

Hikaru laughs too easily 🤣

[@eliasaquino2152]

What music video is being recommended at the end, in Hikaru's recommended? The first Vevo music video.

[@deritsyawla9324]

He laughs like the most recent Joker

[@kimtgf7152]

The title should have been sifto salt mines and Hikaru

[@dehanbadenhorst1398]

Good luck with your match!

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

Wait...GM world-class chess master didn't know about salt mines?

[@Daltoni951]

At 11:36 the anime doesnt show a rook pinning the black bishop. *maybe* the bishop is pinned, but it's silly to assume so since we cant see the piece on e1

[@fullmetal7984]

if you look at 11:55 you can see the corner of the base of it on e1

[@emiliogaravito7275]

what a good video and thumbnail.

[@anarcho.pacifist]

11:06 -- so Jaron Skering is ChessBae94? :)

[@BaileysGT]

more of Hikaru reacting to his reddit fan page!

[@AngeloGene]

Here's the Chess Anime video Hikaru reacted to on 11:36 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5fdi6yGa7Gpm9U Edit: I didn't make the video. I found it a long time ago, but now that Hikaru reacted to it, I just thought to put it here.

[@vishvambarpanth2888]

Did i just watch Lwiay by Hikaru!!??. Btw was that bishop pinned?

[@fullmetal7984]

Sorry this is 8 months late but yeah at 11:55 you can see the base of the rook on e1 pinning the bishop on the open e file

[@unapersonaelegante4399]

When Hikaru watches salt mine videos for content

[@chengzhou8711]

He sacrificed his hair for activity

[@UltraFlamer]

First one was brilliant move

[@glozone-718]

Next video: Hikaru goes monkmode

[@kentjrmontgomery4095]

Anyone else just waiting for the magnus match this morning?

[@jakezimmer7256]

Hikaru has the best thumbnails on youtube

[@TheWizardsOfOz]

Hikaru disstracking H&M and the prices.

[@stolencinnamon6230]

Hikaru embracing his inner japanese

[@ripmeep]

Shaolin Master Hikaru

[@samrock]

0:33 bald Hikaru jumpscare

[@basiics]

2:26 is why you clicked on this video

[@duckstm]

no I clicked because I wanted salt content

[@marazdovuscu2484]

This stream was so long time ago.

[@deedd4401]

it's year 2022 and they still salty AF - :D

[@ponzii6915]

7:15 canadia

[@soumitganguly2789]

Literally the 1st thought from the thumbnail: Boomer OP

[@darkrealm3996]

13:14 isn't that from the anime high school of the elites?

[@Terminator007001]

Anyone care to explain the comic about the guy who can see 30 minutes in the future and then curses at Kasparov? I don't get the joke

[@ChaosB7ack]

He sees what Kasparov will do to him

[@Terminator007001]

@@ChaosB7ack Fair enough, I assumed something like that, since no matter what Kasparov plays, even if his opponent knew his moves by looking into the future, Kasparov would win. Thanks :)

[@alcantmax4996]

How did he even see the rook on d1? We perceive just it's base like in a fraction of second

[@jda41589]

Mine Blown

[@w4yn]

Go to the beginning and spam the back arrow key

[@TamPham-bs9qw]

Hikaru will probably blunder his hair

[@guy9146]

Hikaru looks awesome bald.

[@dwang663]

Ah yes, my favorite country Canadia

[@elev8torguy]

The haircut in the thumbnail isn't a bad look ngl

[@raveoliraveoli3801]

use the bongcloud account to play against yourself

[@ojasdighe991]

The thumbnail is a fookin' spoiler

[@luigiluigi9755]

hikaru are you making speedrun videos or nah?

[@chaselemens2517]

Your thumbnails or so good

[@HelloKitty-tm2wo]

Outro song name?

[@dravendfr]

Not the hair!

[@classicxd7879]

it was either a bishop or a knight not a rook.

[@arcadeplayer9804]

Bald Gambit

[@GenusOfficial]

Where did Hikaru think salt came from?

[@something623]

Chess24?

[@alexconlon7210]

hahaha I am from the town where this mine is what a small world

[@fspc4]

13:25 lmfao

[@rocapbg9518]

Bruh in the anime clip if you look closely you can see that there is a rook pinning the bishop to the king so this is checkmate

[@AirNeat]

Yes like hikaru says in the video

[@deidara_8598]

"Some people have too much time on their hands" says the guy who dedicated his life to a board game

[@joshuagraham6874]

Except that guy who dedicated his life to a board game will be three times more successful than you will ever be lol

[@ordoabchao33]

>anime profile pic

[@deidara_8598]

@@joshuagraham6874 That depends on what you mean by success. I have do doubt there are things he has accomplished that I will never accomplish, so by some metrics what you say is right. However I believe, or at least hope, that the path I have chosen in my life will one day lead me to a position where my accomplishments have made a real difference in the world. And that, at least to me, is truly what constitutes success. Nakamura followed his dreams, he fought an uphill battle to take the titles of Grand Master and American Chess Champion. He has been successful in achieving his dreams. I too have dreams, and I dream big, and I intend to follow my dreams. I have an enormous passion for what I do, I have done it since I was a kid, and every day I work to get closer to my goal, every day I push even if only an inch closer to my goal, and one day I intend to reach the top. I'll come back to you in 10 years, then we'll see who of us is right.

[@DIVAD291]

@@joshuagraham6874 So???

[@xBinari]

deidara _ i dont disagree but if that’s your definition of success then almost no one in the world is successful

[@cavejohnson9158]

He looked so young here...

[@chrisbotos]

Actually bald does look good on Hikaru...

[@Diego-ec1lg]

LMAO canaidia