Hikaru's Step By Step Guide To Chess

[@cyruswong205]

Hikaru : Chess is really simple , just here here here here here take take take take here here here here take take here take. Then it is checkmate in 120 moves

[@smethdog]

😂

[@YT-YBX]

Fr

[@DS-nw4eq]

He’s a national treasure so be nice. 😂

[@glxbe]

It's like the scene in the office where Creed plays Jim

[@donsimons9810]

I believe him. It’s easy. It’s just that we are not smart

[@f12mnb]

Levy was one of the first, to really figure out a way to make real money doing chess stuff. He is like one of those early sports commentators who make a very good liviing commenting without actualy being a great player. Hikaru is unusual because he is creating great content WHILE still being a top level player. It is like having Tiger Woods at his peak commenting daily. He is a master of MULTI-TASKING.

[@Ghostie.]

gulp gulp 💋

[@onmyojifan]

​@@Ghostie.Thank you.

[@tradtrad1000]

Straight doing tricks on it@@Ghostie.

[@Carbine64]

don't forget agadmator now, he was way before levy and helped to pave the way

[@JoE-z4w2sum]

Step by step guide to chess: 1. Watch Hikaru streams 2. Dont understand a thing he thinks so you watch levys videos 3. Think you can play chess and actually play online 4. Realize you are trash so you read levys book 5. Knowing its all about the memes an binge watch Hikaru

[@bigolboomerbelly4348]

And

[@Mightguy589]

So true

[@InattentiveADHB]

This is just the circle of life

[@dandinzin]

If you want to get good I wouldn't recommend Levy's content to be honest

[@gunnarschneider5573]

did anyone actually buy the book? i mean there are at least 20 more instrutive content creators, they dont jump around as much but that doesnt usually help you in a chess game anyways.

[@CanaldoBrunoMeira]

Step 1: play without a king and Hikaru can't mate you 😂

[@MarloFan]

"GMs hate this one simple trick"

[@enriquezamoranop]

Step 2: Watch as Hikaru captures all your pieces

[@dbomba]

@@enriquezamoranop Step 3: stalemate and brag about your draw with Hikaru for the rest of your life

[@crowstar9069]

I like both Levy and Hikaru, and initially, they helped me a lot. I still see them almost every day, but my true game developed when I started watching Danya. I feel like he's the final piece of the trinity. Levy is good entertainment, Hikaru is a joy to watch play, but Danya truly makes me see the game differently and makes me want to keep improving.

[@sufy.r]

Agree

[@Skarecrow1949]

Chessbrah team is great also!

[@TehSlaw]

Danya is my favorite for learning hikaru is my favorite for entertainment

[@PAPPADASH]

That 915 ranked opponent prolly worked hard, just hit 900 after grinding for months, then doesn't know he's playing hikaru "Damn there is a definite skill increase around the 900 rank"

[@ograin8045]

Probably thought bro was cheating since next opponent probably did a great tactic to win a minor piece then hung a queen 6 moves later

[@fappiedappy2902]

it's an arena, they sign up to play with Hikaru so they know who their opponent was.

[@zachariahedwards8817]

Me now wanting to watching a stream of Hikaru building a Lego set..

[@daze4135]

Step 1. Here here here Step 2. Here here here Step 3. Wait a minute, does he have...? Step 4. Look up at the roof Step 5. Idk, i dont wanna think too hard im just going to take Step 6. ??? Step 7. Profit!

[@yasha886]

I laughed at "look at the roof"

[@tiktokhonest5528]

1. you watched hikaru 2. you are encouraged and think you can win every game like hikaru 3. you play 4. you lose hard af

[@flockwitaglock2139]

Pretty much the story of my life. Each day I watch chess videos at some point and get the courage to play, I’ll win one or two and then get completely embarrassed. Then Log off immediately

[@bezzleskyhirecords5088]

@@flockwitaglock2139😂😂same

[@weezyf775]

i honestly think hikaru's too good at chess to understand how to explain chess.

[@960random]

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." - Albert Einstein

[@90sK1dFOr3v3r]

You just suck lol

[@erikallred5525]

You should watch Levy until you're about 1500, and then switch to Hikaru. Levy is incredible for new players, but yeah, you need a pretty solid understanding to learn from Hikaru

[@TheRealJii_]

See Hikaru has so much vocabulary that you sit there thinking “woah, what even” but then you do a bit of research into what a fork is, what a sacrifice can do, what a forced move can do etc. and it all opens ur eyes to just how much faster these guys brains analyse this stuff. makes you realise how you’ve been lacking on the attention to what your opponents going to do, what patterns you can build on the board and what pieces are at risk many moves down the line. Or at least that’s what I think I get from this sort of video

[@rendezvousonmemorylane]

I love these types of streams/videos. Please do more!

[@stopcam.iso_1]

He is doing it from past year i think they are pretty good

[@dbturbonub2536]

Brother, the 9 Queener's was fan-frickin-tastic!!! Cool that the dude kept playin too! You're the reason I stay playin! Keep em comin!

[@CheeseMDS]

Hikaru: I'm gonna be very clear on this Also Hikaru: Ok so I'm in a bad position but if he takes then I take and wait, I don't know I'll just castle

[@Hacienda_27]

People still forgetting Bobby took on the ENTIRE PEAK SOVIET CHESS SCENE with NO internet, on his own, whilst they colluded together to play against him, he was using books with Old English notation, not the stream lined variant like F4, A1 etc., I firmly hold the belief Bobby Fischer would trounce anyone today, Magnus including. That man got so bored of chess openings he invented his own game variant, hitting like 180 IQ points ? We just can't knock him, except Tal, he did 😏

[@NWPPMAXSKIBIDI]

But Hikaru doesn’t even believe Mikhail Tal could last against 2600 rated players today, says a lot about the kind of person Hikaru is…..

[@kuda_71]

i've learned so much of this vid. not just the games. but you're making a lot of good points. this might be the best chess learnig video on yt.

[@joepic85]

Levy is entertaining and a good teacher

[@branonlarson1033]

Lol I like how he went for 9 queens to checkmate someone.

[@rogerpaul8918]

Bobby Fischer used Kings Indian attack vs the French & Sicilian .

[@alfiereazzurro4956]

Hikaru plays like an engine

[@PlanBStreams]

They should have sacrificed.... Their....ROOKS😂😂😂

[@RobPires]

I am looking forward to play like Hikaru within this few centuries.

[@KingNovastars]

16:58 road runner was what I had back in the day. I think that’s what it was called. @GMHikaru

[@jako3827]

Chess is a great game. The Murkekos Stars game would also need a step-by-step guide from a skilled player sometime in the future.

[@AmanGuptaaa]

Hey can anyone tell how to play in these arenas that hikaaru host !??? 😳

[@ioannisleventis30]

At 38:15 when Hikaru premoves repeatedly Qd8, imagine if opponent plays Q:e7 instead of Kh8 😁

[@artificercreator]

Oh woa, a Lego Board sounds like a good idea.

[@garydunning9363]

Sounds amazing doesn't it..

[@artificercreator]

@@garydunning9363 yup

[@Geozanmoves]

6:45 there is mate queen to b1 and white Bishop kill pawn

[@iLikesTheCoke]

I have that lego chess set... functional but serves better as decoration

[@Drewdaplug]

Levy Wildin with this thumbnails

[@pokecon886]

I love watching Hikaru

[@АлександрКотов-н4к]

Hikaru's step by step on lego

[@pjs777s.8]

Hikaru is simply the best and most entertaining elite player.

[@MostBased_]

i wanna finish my train of thought.... goes on to reiterate the EXACT same thing 3 different times... so aggravating

[@lilhaxxor]

If I was on stream, I would have asked Hikaru how many mistakes did he catch in the old books, because they were full of them.

[@aznpholyfe6693]

hikaru you are inspiration to chess noobs like me. hello from pcific northwest

[@hanafuda]

I clicked on this video because I own that LEGO chess set, I received it as a Christmas gift in… 2020, I want to say

[@amirovsky2012]

1.02 9 queens 😂 I thought the 9 queens never happened in the history of chess.

[@brennanshrider65]

Bobby Fischer teaches chess is literally just 1000 back rank rook checkmates. And Bobby commenting making it seem like the reader is a fool. Yet no tactics about not capturing pawns with bishops in world championships

[@beaves2311]

Bro said the same thing 5 times in a row with different words 😂

[@g0retopia]

LOL came looking for this, made me giggle

[@eltorpedo9360]

Fails never hikaru

[@gregorymorse8423]

Sir, are you right

[@xixo4798]

Never Hikarus fails

[@Ramgovindray]

Never fails Hikaru

[@gregorymorse8423]

Fever hails Nikaru

[@WumpusAlpaca]

Hikaru nails fever

[@FunkyPhunk]

I have no got too in depth with theory, I have learned a few opening lines from Daniel Narodidstky. Most of the theory I know is been trial and error, so there is a lot of moves I just avoid intuitively, my brain knows it's a bad line from having played it before. I think that allows me to beat opponents in my ELO much easier as I feel most of them studied Theory to a certain extent and might consider bad moves that I would never.

[@Imrandela1920]

Giga chad of chess

[@alpha-xdr]

I needed this

[@freshboots_77]

And after takes takes takes, you ll be just fine.

[@GuitarRoger]

Mission Impossible 2 - Intro - Rock Climbing Scene

[@amoeba5547]

44:00

[@ericlavachery5169]

The Carlsbad city that gave its name to the structure is in Czechia

[@maniaulakh5696]

Karokan, kings Indian, London… I’ve heard of these terms, but nooooo idea wdf they actually mean. Karokan sounds like a mortal kombat character. But I still enjoy watching chess, even though I don’t understand the nuances.

[@emceecheckmate]

No levi was harmed in this video🙃🙃

[@TheGRAYSvarietySHOW]

13:57 I beg to differ. You learned more thoroughly by a hands-on analog approach, more depth, more focus, more understanding...

[@FirephoenixX02]

Pros and cons like with everything

[@borussiadortmund6558]

Levy neved fails to not put clickbait in his videos.

[@AlexDYM331]

If hikaru tells me to spend money I’ll spend money.

[@X-ForceBro]

Who else felt the book off amazon before you found out he was trolling😂

[@martinl56]

If someone else made more money than me, by showing my work to others.. id be a little salty

[@GigaSquidward.]

Посмотрел все от начала до конца, очень интересно и кайфово

[@janodefenua4603]

Simple solution to rating add MMR, in Wow pvp for example you can be 1500 rated but have 2600 mmr which means you are actualy playing opponents of your level and game wont put you up against Real 1500 rated level people- Every competitive PVP game/game mode uses something simmiliar to this.

[@jcehlert]

I bought Bobby's book and magnetic chess set. 30 years ago. Why am I not 2000?

[@bigslick75093]

You should author a Caro-Kann course and call it "Hikaru-Kann"!

[@anonym5160]

Sacrifice your king and you can’t get checkmate😎

[@JimJWalker]

I believe that players are not nearly as good at moving physical pieces in blitz as the good players were in the past. I have seen even Magnus fumble peices.

[@coldCoders]

More resources, and oppurtunities for people to learn

[@christophergonzales5474]

Why magnetic set? 😅

[@TheJudgeJuryExecutioner]

Show us the best black openings. I dominate w/ white but suck with black.

[@EnigmaChess]

Bobby Fischer teaches chess book wasn't even written by fischer

[@SiiiVR]

1½ hours of Hikaru attempting to teach chess but being unable to stop himself from getting side-tracked.

[@barnabusphillip]

Are you related to Eric Koston? On a side note, kinda cool how you were talking about how you don't know your native language. For Hispanic people in U.S, we are always looked down upon for not knowing Spanish. For me and my siblings growing up, Spanish was reserved for only my mom and dad to talk about grown up things. Only a few words or phrases slip by but i can't hold a conversation in Spanish for my life. And people think theres something wrong with you. Judging without knowing at its finest

[@TrueBlueAndrew]

Damn Is the Bobby Fischer Book still that Good?

[@hagnuj1070]

Patterns never die on 64 squares🤔

[@miguelangeljimenez6148]

Anybody is asking but where can I buy the chessboard Lego set is on the miniature? Is just great as decoration!!!!

[@oldhamegg]

Hidaru was stuck on a loop for the 1st 3 minutes or so.

[@FlaminalLow]

Dude levy is also funnier and better looking

[@JimJWalker]

Buy these books and read them with a physical board: 1) Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess 2) 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations - Fred Reinfeld 3) My System - Aaron Nimzowitsch 4) Pawn Power - Hans Kmoch. 5) The Immortal Games of Capablanca - Fred Reinfeld

[@erikibarra4530]

For every time hikaru says people are jealous of Levi, take a shot. 😈 check out the first 2 mins.

[@donsimons9810]

does anyone know what that magnetic chess set brand he showed is?

[@le_billy7106]

Levy might not be Grandmaster for now but he is The Grandmaster of Chess Content🔥🔥.

[@jcru102]

So should I not buy chess books?

[@dragonore2009]

Yeah, I watch Levy's content of course, but recently I've been loving watching Vladmin Kranick's streams. Not because he is entertaining or nothing, he is very dull, but because, it is so funny after he loses a title Tuesday game, he will block and report the guy for cheating. I'm always ROFL every time.

[@jRoy7]

If the ratings are just simply wrong, for the reasons you describe, I wonder if a solution could be to adjust rating based on an opponent's performance instead of an opponent's rating. For example, the 3 games Roman lost were to people rated 1511 1501 and 1552. This cost him -36.4 -36.8 and -35.60 rating points. If you click on those 3 opponents, their "performance ratings" were 1508 1591 and 1805. For 2 of them that isn't a big difference, but Phan Hoang Quan Le played like a 1805. What if Roman only lost points from that game like losing to a 1805, instead of losing to a 1552? Is that more accurate? If a young player (or maybe any player with very little FIDE ranked history) has a rating that s totally inaccurate and unrealistic, maybe judging them by performance instead of by a useless number is a step in the right direction. I don't see how else to deal with low ratings of young players that have played thousands or tens of thousands of unrated games online and are far far stronger than their FIDE rating can account for.

[@OmarOmar-jq1hs]

True legend ❤

[@aynse_]

This playlist tho

[@PeteQuad]

Didn't have personal computers in the late 90's?

[@dauletshanghai]

Does anyone know the music playing ?

[@camrongoodall]

The knights taste better than the bishops

[@gaatwar5491]

who's levy ?

[@hwangfan1064]

@Gothamchess

[@phamhoanganh1]

that chess set is not available in my area. that's why I'm not a gm

[@mariuspuiu9555]

I have that Lego chess set :)

[@schellaar]

@GMHikaru. WTF you were trolling i bought d magnetic-chess board and bobbys book after min.1 bevor i watched the rest of the vid :D

[@Roberto-bd9fq]

Carsbad Caverns are famous in NM. It's a national park. "Carlsbad Cavern includes a large limestone chamber, named simply the Big Room, which is almost 4,000 ft (1,220 m) long, 625 ft (191 m) wide, and 255 ft (78 m) high at its highest point. The Big Room is the largest chamber in North America."

[@bigolboomerbelly4348]

1 throw a bunch of games at the start ensuring you get lower rated opponents. The easier the better. 2 if struggling try DDoSing your opponents. Time is part of the game 3 learn all the slimey stalemate amd flagging tricks. 4 have ready made excuses. Joke openings are a wonderful alternative to actually trying against stronger players. When you lose you can blame the opening protecting the precious ego. 5 have ready made soc accounts for if and when you violate speech policies. 6 in order from having to learn theory and actually improve make one or two random moves in the opening to ruin your opponents superiour knowledge. 7 have punching bags at the ready. Decoy mouses and chairs are a nice replacement for throwing your actual chairs and mice. Remember the angrier you get the more you counter your humiliation caused by losing. Violent reactions to board games salvage reputations. 8 watch GMs online and develop massive Dunning Kruger effect. If they can do it then how hard can it be? Refuse to actually challenge yourself in order to avoid facing the reality. It's better to never try than it is to not always win 9 enjoy but not really

[@OmateYayami]

It's not playing like Hikaru, but it certainly is a way if not the way.

[@jefftaylor1186]

Chess is like life; it’s not hard. You just suck at it.

[@donsimons9810]

I thought Hikaru couldn’t stand London players!

[@Alekhine01]

I'm amazed. In the early 80s I had that book. I also had that chess board, and I would carry it around everywhere--school, vacation, etc. I liked that I could close it, knock it, etc, and the pieces would stay in place. The next important book I got was solitaire chess (you would get points for guessing the next best move). After that, I went ahead and used that technique to cover up and reveal the next move for all the classics books. Nimzo's book. Some other book called the Middle Game in Chess (learned a lot there). Going through analysis, I would just guess the next move all the time. Capablanca's book. Others. But the premise in how I read them was the same as Bobby Fischer's book--every move a puzzle.

[@korayaptall]

Epic.

[@TDOLLA]

the first two and a half minutes is just Hikaru literally saying what is essentially 2 sentenfes worth of information over and over and over again haha. No but the first two minutes Hikaru is saying the same thing over and over when it could be summarized in two sentences. One thing I noticed is that Hikaru will say the same thing multiple times in a row, one example is actually the first two and a half minutes of this video Hikaru says the exact same thing over and over. But thats all I am saying is that Hikaru will take some point like 2 sentences and just say them over and over like if you look at the first two and a half minutes of this video Hikaru just takes the same two sentences and and slightly rewords them or flips the order and says them over and over he just takes the same point and just keeps saying it over and over for the first two and a half minutes

[@kaishaku83]

Hikaru started playing chess in the late 1990's? But he became an IM in 1997, wouldn't that be late-ish 90's? Or does that mean, chess only begins, once you're an IM? 😅🙈

[@silasgreene2479]

Love you

[@PAPPADASH]

GM's can be jelous of Levi all they want, they may be better at chess, but they aren't better at teaching chess, and they aren't better at being entertaining, and they aren't better at content creation.

[@dantemendizabal675]

And they dont make as much money as he does

[@ScientificBeatz]

How does he have his rating so low? Is that fair

[@cena2616]

Its a viewer arena

[@peris1776]

Hilary did you see Tyler1 reached 1705 elo

[@gabrieltorres5]

1:01:50 wtf was that lmao

[@fundee9465]

Bro I have that book