HIKARU NAKAMURA!!

[@smoorej]

Best chess KZbin channel by a large margin.

[@matheusbellini3188]

Pin of PRAISE

[@user-df4yl3cs6q]

Not true at all, hes a shitter

[@fpl_cricket]

pin of wholesome

[@KennyBky92]

Pin of Pride

[@luke8536]

PIN OF SHA… wait Pin of Correctness ☑️

[@Ism0Lait3la]

Whether he will qualify or not, very impressive. Winning on demand in such manner is already an overall W

[@juicypeatmoss8992]

who

[@jakeprewitt3009]

@@juicypeatmoss8992 the only super GM 90% of players care about.

[@Woodshadow]

Spoilers bro. Not cool

[@Ism0Lait3la]

@@juicypeatmoss8992 Guy in the title

[@Ism0Lait3la]

@@Woodshadow The thumbnail already spoiled the results

[@kbk239]

Everybody talks about Hikaru but MVL win is also impressive. He is still fighting for candidates with that win (he was in a must win situation in that game)

[@tyrellwilliams317]

Bc Hikaru is one of our popular American chess heroes lol

[@kbk239]

@@tyrellwilliams317 I know man I know...

[@vadimzabalza8502]

MVL 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@sriracha9729]

@@tyrellwilliams317 he knows man he knows...

[@lightman9935]

@@tyrellwilliams317 heroes?

[@christophermikrowelle1573]

Once I figure out how the horsey moves I will beat this Nakamura guy.

[@aaravsaini8687]

Well you gotta ask Magnus how the Horsey moves

[@zakariaboukais3]

Why horsy move so crazy

[@huang111]

Once I figure out what chess is I’ll beat him as well

[@renedelagza]

Magnus has a winning streak vs Hikaru because Magnus has too much knowledge of horses’ movement.

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

😂 😂 😂

[@maedhros9285]

Small correction: Keymer beat Dubov, not Dominguez yesterday.

[@lemurwrench6344]

I like how the players are threatening us with a repitition of moves & not each other.

[@aabishegaabi6047]

🤣🌚

[@raymondoh49]

When they make a draw we're the ones who lose.

[@MagnaSi]

Always repeat. Ben Finegold 1890

[@greatmnn3868]

Honestly, I never expected Hikaru to be in his 2016 type of form. But he came back. Boom!!!

[@cagnusmarlsen6457]

This was seriously impressive by Hiki. Winning on demand against someone like Aronian is NEVER easy…

[@comp.lex4]

Maybe don't call him hickey lmao

[@zepeterinma]

@@comp.lex4 whuddabout roo-roo cuz he mye lil' kangaroo. I'm gunna make some fan-art of hikaroo as a kangaroo.

[@guyjulian]

Ok cangus marlsen

[@Mm-dn5gc]

@@comp.lex4 Hikiri should get used to it

[@ovoj5631]

It's not difficult Levon has plenty of exploitable weaknesses in his game.

[@potato4dawin1]

That Hikaru game felt like he dug out some secret prep. Quite the intense game.

[@alon3304]

What a game by Hikaru! Absolutely brilliant

[@mattb8603]

Hey Gotham, not sure if you're gonna see this, but you're the reason I got back into chess and I wanted to thank you for consistently putting out amazing content on KZbin, and ever since I started watching your videos, I've gained almost 200 points in ELO, so thank you for reigniting that passion that I once had. Absolute legend.

[@snufs]

I watched the grand prix for the first time yesterday. And it makes me realize just how good you actually are at teaching away Levy. Thank you!

[@silverlion2610]

How do I deal with an unsportsmanlike player at chess club? Theres a very unsportsmanlike player at our club who constantly taunts and belittles everyone else. Whenver you make a mistake he yells out "blunder!" or "inaccuracy!" ... "better move was..." and then says the engine move or what he thinks the engine move is. He also says what he thinks the engine +- is. He plays the kings gambit as much as he can and knows like 30 moves deep into every variation. If you respond something other than e5 to 1.e4 he just laughs and calls you a patzer. He's also OBSESSED with Hikaru Nakamura. He talks about him all the time and shows everyone a picture of him with Hikaru (Its really blurry so its hard to tell if its even him). He's constantly talking about him as if he's a close friend even though he only (maybe?) met him one time. Its bordering on creepy and makes everyone uncomfortable. He calls him "Hikaru-San" which I think is part of his obsession with Japanese culture. He also brings japanese noodles/Ramen to the club every day and will spend like 5-10 minute eating them during his turn just to taunt you. Meanwhile he will be mumbling words in japanese. We tried approaching about his conduct but he just did some weird anime villain laugh, yelled something in Japanese, then ran off to challenge another person to a blitz match. We obviously don't want to tell him not to come but it feels like his presence is deterring new people from joining and its also extremely exhuasting.

[@mkei3639]

Booooo to him

[@hellolol5388]

Nice copypasta

[@emmanuelechem2811]

I hope this is fake lol

[@lingtao969]

tell him to not come

[@Gush27]

@John Dew this is a joke copypasta from reddit

[@mitho947]

Agadmator and Gotham are the best chess youtubers imo. Great and enthusiastic commentary. I really learn from their videos. It made me a better chessplayer.

[@jalelot9828]

Simp

[@wiebenijenhuis1825]

@@jalelot9828 man uses simp in 2022 lmfaooo

[@juicypeatmoss8992]

wait till youll be better at chess, agadmator would be first to reject

[@FreemanWelterweight]

@@juicypeatmoss8992 just why you gotta hate under an appreciation comment, why

[@sriracha9729]

are you 800 yet?

[@pajelo88]

Levy, with all due respect to Agadmator, you’ve surpassed him by a long shot in your recaps. Your content is so fun and enjoyable. You make chess recaps understandable and exciting. Thanks!

[@detectivemarkseven]

Nah, Levy is entertaining and all but nothing beats the dead pan delivery of agadmator. You cant see the jokes coming lol.

[@Axiomatic75]

They present the games in a very different style. I would guess that Levy is more appealing to the younger crowd but us older guys might prefer Agad's dry humour and more detailed analysis. I love and watch both.

[@rajamshankar9545]

@@Axiomatic75 i mean I love agad but he just doesn't talk about structures, imbalances and transformations, but he definitely helped me build the basics of my chess.

[@linminhtoo]

@@rajamshankar9545 they provide different perspectives. i watch both. if they both talked about the same things, that would be no fun.

[@andavocado]

I watch both tbh, but agad was the og.

[@NatalieDemary]

The FIDE system is one of my favorite openings. Clearly Yangyi Yu had some prep from my course on it!

[@grethen123]

Just watched Hikaru's interview on Candidates from a week ago. Such a nice road to qualifying. Thank you for the recaps!

[@djdaniel4205]

Hikaru pretty much activates Limit Break on demand, Japanese blood truly courses through him.

[@AgeOfNerds]

idk why but I love how Levy say "get out of here" in every video ending xD

[@kulk3667]

Predke just likes chess 960, who can blame him…

[@clivetaylor27]

Great to see how playing to win changes the game, good format to promote assertive play. Excellent coverage by Levi, a tribute to the mastery he covers

[@johnnyframe3714]

I love watching Levy's super entertaining summaries of Hikarus games and then watching Hikaru's recap like "okay, so here's what REALLY happened" XD

[@jaxx4040]

I’ve been playing this line as white (Tricky Hicky game) for a couple months, it gets a ton of initiative for white, and the lines are super easy to keep to the engine like for white.

[@rbcdelta6561]

"Its like Noah's Ark!!" Starting to get wild at the GP! All four groups up for grabs with two rounds to go - should make for a great finish! Thanks for the recaps!!

[@PerfectSense77]

Damn it's good to see Hikaru win against one of the best after the avalanche of hot takes about his classical form.

[@lucasng4712]

10:16 incorrect pronunciation of Alekhine. He said it with a soft e instead of a yo sound in the middle

[@gab4425]

It's 2 am in India... It's exactly what I was waiting for...!!!!! Love you levy... Big W for hikaru ❤️

[@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

so ja bhai

[@FluTwo]

@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos tu bhi Bhai soja lol

[@gab4425]

@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos neet aspirant bruhhhh

[@gab4425]

@@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos padhi ke sath thoda chesss....

[@JustAPokemonCommentingOnVideos]

@@gab4425 i am jee aspirant ;)

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

I knew group A was gonna be a blood bath, can't wait to see how Oparin does against Hikaru and Levon

[@flatbread42]

Hey Gotham, might not see this but thanks for the recommendation of knight f3 against the Scandinavian. It throws off scandi players, gives good development, and can kinda transpose into a Catalan or qgd which is really fun. Your videos do really help people get better, thank you.

[@ryanmcwilliams1545]

Levy your a legend bro. Just a genuine person With a great personality. Lots of love and respect from Ireland keep doing your thing my man!

[@MrTanki4]

Is the max video quality 720p for anyone else?

[@ChessforCharity]

That is really instructive about inserting f4+. Thanks for pointing that out! :)

[@kaffchen98]

I really hope, that Keymer will reach a level like 2750+ one day.

[@fouler3606]

It was an intense video what a clutch by Hikaru very impressive! Also very good quality recap from you!

[@Thumolero]

Levy in top form here. The more you work the better you get, man

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

GGs...! Don't you do weights out in the open, with lots of Queens walking around ?

[@yosego9188]

You know, your average Grandmaster game, nothing too complicated.

[@benschmitt7035]

With these guys it's usually even Super GM games, even less complicated

[@boom-jr8vi]

@@benschmitt7035 Now 800’s, THAT is where chess gets played.

[@Liffro69420]

Hikaru is just one punch man but with hair and play chess.

[@tyrano1982]

Thanks for the recap as usual!

[@bislama1]

other youtubers: thanks for watching my video gothamchess: i wanna eat ur skin

[@dissaron178]

2:26 In Chess: 😺 In church: 😦

[@alialfakeh2089]

4:13 the knight could go e3 forking the rook and bishop

[@dannytran1587]

2:40 Very instructive from here thanks

[@mateusmendonca955]

Will playing classical be bad for Hikaru’s blitz?

[@mur9a]

ive come to a point in life where i thank you whenever u post a video, they are insanely entertaining, thank you.

[@matimatex1589]

I wonder who is gonna get the pin of shame this time.

[@lw9760]

a pin of praise actually, seen only two in all of his videos

[@agonyze7464]

I like how I want Hikaru to win, simply because he connects with us through streaming and he feels almost like a friend at this point.

[@fore101]

Missed yah. Thanks for the update.

[@ssuman8687]

Levy’s won the charity cup for professional apologizing

[@ssuman8687]

LOL

[@existenceghost9701]

Rook E4 was more to stop rook H4 putting pressure on the on the pawns on the 4th rank, per Hikaru's explanation. Just a heads up. Much love buddy thanks for the amazing content.

[@maximussaktish]

While people were arguing about episienko hikaru and aronian, oparin sudddenly leads the group

[@zaksmith1035]

13:00 Levy - It's not a Berlin, we have an Italian. Me- It's a Two Knight's Defense....

[@markusschellenberg4684]

Great comments! Even Hikaru mentions you in his after-match interview!

[@tropicaofficial7595]

The games are pogg :O Cool KZbin channel just subbed! Also cool discord I would recommend it

[@swolejszo]

Oparin has been a complete beast so far in this tournament.

[@andrewqi6695]

until he met hikaru

[@calebhall4722]

"MVL's king is a chad" 😂😂I laughed so much at this.

[@Michelecandura1]

levy you don't want to know what i have opened in the other tab

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

"It's like Noah's Ark!" Er... what?? More like setting up the board for a FischerRandom game.

[@madmediagaming4171]

I listen to Gotham while working out such easy listening such a great channel iv really learned alot by watching Id be happy to let you review one of my games and pull it apart lol

[@oldhamegg]

"If Levy does a recap no one is going to watch it" - Hikaru

[@SShadyJess]

with how many high level games end in draws or resignations nowadays, I'd love to see a video on high level games that actually ended in a checkmate

[@samuraiunites2845]

That won't happen they already know when they are losing and the position can't be saved so instead of wasting time they resign

[@maximussaktish]

In the hikaru game for example if they decide to play until checkmate it would just be a queen king checkmate which they both know is just a waste of time when they could be resting or preparing instead

[@ianspacek7250]

because only noobs play until checkmate when someone is completely lost

[@jesseajioh4111]

I always love your videos. It's helped me increase my playing skills.

[@ironeagle4274]

For my fellow 800s out there, I can understand the struggle of sucking at a sport that super GMs make look easy.

[@andrejohnson9316]

i vote to start a petition to get clocks not like tomorrow but before the end of the month

[@Basstorious]

9:00 DEEZ KNIGHTS

[@freedomnow5]

If Oparin wins the group that's it Rapport is the cannidate.

[@Toiletbrasil14]

If anyone defeats oparin, they crash through the grand prix and go to the candidates

[@kieranczyzniejewski2178]

7:20 I'm shocked Hikaru did not play f5 here. It is a very strong move because it exposes the king

[@malikmuhammad7179]

F5 loses a pawn on the spot

[@malikmuhammad7179]

The whole gameplan is to promote the pawn why change it in the middle to "expose" the king when there is no checkmate

[@kieranczyzniejewski2178]

@@malikmuhammad7179 For the same reason you moved it to f4. If he talkes it, you move Rc8 and rook can go back and check the king if needed

[@dwightgoble6308]

You make me want to play chess, Thanks Levy!

[@Abell_lledA]

One doesn’t experience self transcendence, the illusion of self only dissipates ..🎈

[@thegod9926]

Can you do a video on the duras gambit or old Benoni defense

[@PedroPaolillo]

This video may not be in HD, but your content always is xD

[@carlyleburton9558]

"But the Queen can go here..." had me freakin DEAD 😂😂💀

[@veni1]

bruh atleast give us 1080p what is this

[@mkei3639]

Hikaru on the thumbnail, clickbait again, but I don’t care because your recaps are the best so I already want to watch them.

[@kehtabpeg]

Please do something about this new reverb (happy you got a bigger office)

[@christophermikrowelle1573]

I’m already 43 but age is just a number which is why I’m training hard to be a future chess world champion.

[@AntonioGee]

😂

[@willsmith124]

But its just too late

[@LightningSushie]

BRO I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE CHESS BOXING!!!

[@Mati-zc2ym]

14:15 A question is coming to my mind. What the hell is this random h5 giveaway

[@feskarn4613]

Don't apologize all the time Levy, people understand you also have a life offline. Keep up the good work for all chesslovers.

[@miguelvalido5809]

I love your content but I would like to see the clocks

[@Frank_Lee_Terrible]

Hikaru Nakamura what? Levy you need to up your title game!

[@tristansimons7668]

Levi has echoes of The Hoodie episode of The League

[@SehoYoung]

29:57 - if Qxa6, Qxf4!!

[@toodamnspicy5230]

He is so different on twitch. I'll just enjoy the KZbin content as usual.

[@anvay9984]

Have you ever considered a title fro Hikaru called 'Hikaru Knockamura' ?

[@RynoP1993]

Chess version of March madness!

[@mojtabaahmed324]

Mamedyarov is a beast

[@ninkey_]

u should do a video on aim chess

[@BobTheBuilder-vh1eo]

Mate have you ever heard about a good haircut and a clean shave? Also would recommend a healthy diet, adequate sleep and washing your face when you wake up.

[@angelplaysgames6020]

How do people know what's happening already when the video hasn't even been out long enough to fully watch it?!?!?

[@pineapple8693]

Nikaru Hakamura

[@77and619]

I think the fide system is really stronk 8)

[@Aakarsh350]

Why no 1080p option !😵

[@emeraldcitycs6662]

again begging you to put the title of the tournament recap in the title of the video

[@thealimentativecerebral1470]

I thought that actually no one was watching Levy's recaps but then realized i might've been the first few here :D

[@ramit11]

They finally decided to go for my idea for boxing chess

[@TheRealSkaterr]

He always trynna get that Hikaru clickbait

[@JalebJay]

Levon's mistake was playing Ra4

[@AltairCreedZ]

I love when Hikaru goes super Saiyan

[@kek7057]

Hikaru: no one watches Levi rozman’s recaps