Hikaru v. Nihal | Can One Of Chess’ Brightest Young Stars Defeat The Reigning Speed Chess Champion?

[@arthgada3122]

We must feel for nihal as chess fans! What a fighter and inspiration for all of us! Who knows next SCC he’ll become the champion! Go Nihal, You Rock, We Love You!!!!

[@magiklam2991]

Nihal is def going places! He might not be the most experienced compared to other veterans but if he keeps doing what he's doing I can see him being one of the young chess players to lead the next generation! So impressive how India is producing so many young talented chess killers

[@PiyushOpines]

Nihal played absolutely so well. Kudos to Nakamura to assert his dominance, but Nihal is lookin’ like the future of Indian excellence, especially in quicker time controls.

[@ivanvitez2128]

He played nakamura well. So was another story tho.. 😅

[@enthusiastsajan713]

He is Godlike 🌚

[@JacobsKrąnųg]

future of call center excellence

[@thetop3s38]

@@JacobsKrąnųg Just like your excellency in car theft?

[@MagicSmoke11]

@@JacobsKrąnųg have u took coke today?

[@maxhanson2258]

This is the reason why these two are the best commentators. 100% on the same wavelengths 2:39:19

[@ItsAsparageese]

WHAT A MOVE!

[@ieue_a8802]

Hess and Naroditsky are amazing commentators. Always know I'll be in for a good time when these two commentates on high level chess.

[@mrsarthak302]

Twitch chat - Chess talk KZbin chat - USA 🇺🇸 Future 📉 India 🇮🇳Future 📈

[@riley493]

I was more happy to have Hess and Danya commentating than I was for the match itself. Finally. I’ve been wondering why Hess wasn’t commentating on the Magnus matches.

[@ponseltangan5477]

People get angry when Naka trying to win in the most disgusting way haha, and they suddenly become Magnus fans hoping that Magnus will do the same way to Naka. This is exciting, so much salt

[@mrsarthak302]

Ya that's childish behavior of chat , Hikaru was not wrong at all, but it's just that magnus wouldn't do that he will trust his chess strength

[@TheSoulBlossom]

@@mrsarthak302 exactly! Magnus doesn't have to do that. Nakamura on the other hand must.

[@mrsarthak302]

@@TheSoulBlossom ya but also I like hikaru's doings also, not everyone needs to play with sportsmanship, whatever Hikaru do it adds flavour and make the game interesting.

[@TheSoulBlossom]

@@mrsarthak302 yeah I guess you're right but still I just don't like him personality wise. He's so arrogant and childish. I don't like people like that. Sorry. Not sorry ;)

[@CoolKat4ever]

@@TheSoulBlossom doesn’t matter unlike you he has the right to be arrogant, he is top 2 in blitz and rapid and probably bullet 🐐, also all chess players are arrogant, you just dont see it because they don’t stream

[@julianhodgson1961]

Danya and Hess - the dynamic duo - a truly awesome commentary team👏👏👏

[@Italian81]

Phrase of the day, “That makes perfect sense.”lol

[@modolief]

Great commentary duo !!

[@amitaggarwal4587]

It's funny how Hikaru can't help but smile at e5 - 2:39:28 Nihal's main achievement in this SCC was to make Hikaru excited, which I doubt he could have done 2-3 years ago.

[@ModernGuruji]

Nihal played amazing.

[@mohitraigupta]

I watch chess for moments like 3:36:34. Frustrating and Exciting 😅😅

[@afanoffun]

3:36:38 Wow!

[@modolief]

"Great minds complete each other's sandwiches" - Danya N., 2022.

[@ohmi9064]

3:53:19.. who are you talking to? Hikaru??

[@michaelshuey1614]

Neither one of these guys is ready for Magnus in the final. Yes, that’s right, MVL will be a speed bump…

[@CoffeeTrav]

You guys are so lucky to have top tier players analysing games these days. When i started playing chess you bad these high tier games being analysed by 22-2400s who had no idea what was going on lol.

[@MasterInHD]

I’m surprised Nihal won so many games. But, I wad telling Indians that the gap between Hikaru and there best Blitz/Bullet player is a mile still. Maybe Nihal can beat Naka once he retires or turns 40+, whichever comes first 😅

[@harshkumarf4379]

not a mile perhaps a metre or something ,,, we would'nt have to wait long for hiakru to be beaten by nihal or other youngster ,, i mean he was already beaten recently in rapid ,,

[@ulquiorracifer9562]

Lmao how can you be so sure that prime nihal cant be better than prime nakamura..that gives some fanboy vibes

[@Scofield9975]

Fanboy or hater😂 Aged 17 Nihal, rated 2600 came this close.. Another couple of years, who knows he will beat Hikaru

[@satarkhan3692]

Alireza won this event last year by beating Hikaru in semifinal and Andrew Tang in the final

[@Scofield9975]

@@satarkhan3692 What?😂 Hikaru is consecutive 4 times champion till last year.. Who told you Alireza won😂?

[@mecob6123]

2:39:23 what a move

[@dalfifran7572]

Reading the Chat is so depressing. I didn't know many chess enthusiast are so toxic.

[@rasm0225]

4:01:00 disrespectful tea drinking

[@focusaddiction3460]

Naro commentating is the best thing possible.

[@JawOT]

At 56:31 hilarious facial expression from Hikaru lol

[@zaheera6899]

Nihal was on nerves initially and missed lot of wins. The last few games proves that if Nihal can play against hikaru like any other player. Hikaru is quite beatable. Hope this pairing occurs again.

[@vitusbystedmller3501]

Nice!!! Only the three big blitz players in recent times remain.

[@Damnfam536]

"as long as the sky rises" and "knight to anywhere four" - top tier commentary by danya

[@rccc5806]

Out of all the matches I've watched, Carlssen vs Caruana, nihal vs Giri etc. this one is the most frustrating. I cannot go through with even.

[@jayfrancelf]

Hikaru needs to stop lying lol. He knows damn well he wants to play Magnus

[@bhaveshmanglani2173]

Why doesn't Nihal join the post game interviews? Would have been great to hear from him after that amazing game.

[@nailfelagund7508]

Losers don't join those.

[@yusouph2002]

Only the winner joins...

[@devinmcdonald503]

19:19 You need someone to proofread your graphics. It's spelled predictions, not predictoins.

[@ivicapavic3381]

valiantly fought, but Magnus and Hikaru are still a step ahead of everyone in terms of online blitz and bullet

[@alikarooni9713]

didnt you forget someone?

[@varunsingla4718]

@@alikarooni9713 Firu is yet to get past round of 16 in SCC. Unless he participates he will remain an enigma. Though OTB he is the no.1 blitz player but still winning in this format against hikaru or magnus seems very tough.

[@Zeppelin616]

Alireza in good form is very close to Magnus and Hikaru

[@alikarooni9713]

@@Zeppelin616 Dude, Alireza demolished the whole field just about 3 months ago in Sait Luis, including Hikaru (Not Magnus though). He beat Hikaru when he was 15. Also in bullet tornoment at 2021 semifinal. I believe Alireza is at least the same as Hikaru, however Magnus is something else of course

[@varunsingla4718]

@@alikarooni9713 Still Alireza is yet to go past round of 16 I think he has made 3 appearances in SCC and lost all 3 times in round 1. And now he is not even in preliminary list of World rapid and blitz participants. Don't know whether this approach will make him a WC or not. You cannot win if you do not play. Though he is a really strong player but too much protective of his prep lately.

[@nitinsen456]

I won't call it a close match but still Nihal gave a good fight.

[@alexalt2630]

Nihal is New Zealands new prodigy Hikaru’s stalling at the end was not respectable. I’m only watching for Hikaru and to see him do that is disappointing.

[@yaminiarora7734]

New Zealand?

[@alexalt2630]

@@yaminiarora7734 Yeah lol I thought it was some sort of meme I kept seeing people say he was from different countries. I dont know man 😂

[@AlanNelsonUNC]

Nothing matches the Danya/Hess combo.

[@KarlMarxBR700]

Danya and Robert are the best chess commentators

[@patrikmaissen2284]

Did Daniel Naroditsky say today “Oh my land”?

[@daw764]

Great Commentary Duo!!

[@Kamisama77]

He's a new Anand of india.

[@lordwiz6653]

Lets not jump the gun . That's a long way away .. that comparison

[@ThePapaja1996]

The are more chess players in India that can get title

[@jean-bernardlepinay193]

What is the second semi final, please ?

[@edih7132]

HIKARU THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP

[@egofiktivum9105]

How does white make a draw at 3:44:44?? Even if you give up your knight. The king can shuffle around but the black pawn is going to join and end the game.

[@therealsilentyoru]

Lmao it clearly says Hikaru won by resignation. It's not even a tie. Only the last one.

[@stark1606]

4:00:55 - 4:01:55 hikaru 🤣 no

[@ramseybeing]

I think Nihal missed taking the pawn on e5 in the second game

[@eveniversen4089]

Is Magnus playing mvl tomorrow?

[@onlystudy1805]

Yes

[@ANANASAS666]

Streamer first SCC finalist second. Gotta love that cheeky plug-in

[@Jk-ki7tr]

yeah hes got his prioirities straight ahaha and more relaxed in chess because of it

[@dannymichael4260]

increible Hikaru te hace cometer errores ,,,,,

[@Pablosko611]

Gm „Just a streamer“ nakamura, Streamer

[@chapasproject]

2:01:54 well boys and girls, thats called a rigged game.

[@brakeroner]

robert hess master of chess

[@sebdodds7381]

How do they prevent cheating in this?

[@hardikgothwal-er7et]

Really 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@mosescola4174]

I just played a Mexican deity in chess and got knocked out in under two minutes. Lol

[@francisclemente3855]

I wonder why Andrew Tang dont compete on these tournaments. Andrew Tang is a speed daemon in chess.

[@nitinsen456]

Lol he is speed demon in 30sec or 1 min tournaments...here he is not even close

[@Shamshooking]

I’m worried about Robert it looks like he’s been gain weight very quickly

[@nikitapisek2901]

2:39:42 😄

[@dallastaylor6741]

Great stuff great stuff

[@plasmatr]

If ure gonna be salty about Hikaru milking the clock, why not milk Hikaru's clock instead :3 Oh sorry forgot you couldn't milk Hikaru's clock if ure LOSING~

[@KrattarKrattar]

Stalling the second last game is completely unnecessary since it’s theoretically impossible for Nihal to win 4 games in 2 minutes. That’s bad sport, and just tilts everybody. Have seen Hikaru do this in multiple similar situations and it’s just gotta stop.

[@KrattarKrattar]

@@elyas4637 There’s nothing competitive with stalling with 5 point lead when there’s 2 minutes left. That’s bad sport. Do you see footballteams stalling with 5-0 on overtime? The answer is No. And there’s a reason for that. It’s bad sport because its unnecessary.

[@rijulgupta1597]

Yeah if he was like 2 points ahead it's understandable that he wastes the time as he doesn't want any threats from Nihal. But with 5 points lead and 2 minutes remaining. It's just not a good thing to do. Especially to someone like Nihal who is such a sporting player.

[@KrattarKrattar]

@@AakashKumar-gl2fk stay in Bombay.

[@mattymin10]

messi and argentina winning the world cup confirmed

[@ivanvargas2425]

Unfair Hans Newman is not there. Magnus>Hikaru>Hans>Magnus

[@hamschh]

People love to hate Hikaru. Him running down the time was not disrespectful at all. It's purely strategic. Remove any possibility for Nihal to tie. It's the equivalent of football players kneeling or basketball players running down the clock. It removes any chance of the other team pulling off a 'miracle' in the last minute.

[@markn.7914]

Man it's so irritating to watch Nakamura purposely stall out the clock even when it was mate in one. It's not like it's illegal but it's douchey as fuck

[@agenzmain6146]

No it's fucking not, if he's playing by the rules, he's playing by the rules. You don't get to decide what's douchey or not

[@CosyBrew]

@@agenzmain6146 It's completely by the rules and douchey as fuck.

[@bklapper7274]

Not sure why you think that is “douchey”? The rules of the SCC are based on total time for each time control, not the total number of games. If you are irritated you should be upset about the rules, not Hikaru. This has been the case in previous SCC not just this SCC or even this match.

[@CosyBrew]

@@bklapper7274 It's douchey because he has done it in multiple SCCs early in the game when he has taken the lead against weaker players. It's wasn't a clock strategy there. It wasn't a clock strategy against Paravyan. Do people really not know about this man's personality and whole career in chess?

[@agenzmain6146]

@@CosyBrew Wtf are you talking about? Him doing it early in games changes nothing about the fact that it's fair play.

[@chessmovies_thrillers_lessons]

Hikaru had to use his "fullest" potential to get this result. Also, it disproves a myth that 30+ aged players are "gone cases" in bullet chess and that youngsters only have the speed in their brain. Hikaru was aged 35 at this point of time. One can see in the cameras that Hikaru had total grip (concentration) on chess board whereas Nihal's did not appear to be. It appeared to have had "no grip" at all. See the faces of both at any point of time, "how much" hikaru looks at the screen and how much nihal does. I am just a 1400+ FIDE rated player but still they gave me rights to comment on super grandmasters

[@chessmovies_thrillers_lessons]

@Akalpaniy Being hello. Why perform blindfold calculations when the board is in front. Also, they don't work in bullet games. One has to pre-move to be alive

[@smitanayakmusicsinger9514]

JAY jagannath 🙏

[@vavanfarizzaman4600]

imagine if Magnus beats Hikaru like what he did against caruana

[@libertas12]

Not happening

[@MasterInHD]

Absolutely delusional. There’s more of a chance to Hikaru doing that to Magnus. Besides, don’t disrespect MVL like that. He will beat Magnus once again.

[@markn.7914]

@@MasterInHD complete bullshit. Magnus has a winning record against Nakamura in all time controls, they aren't 50/50 like people think.

[@siddhantjhaveri]

@@markn.7914 yeah it's not 50 50? If anything it's in Hikaru's favour. Current OTB blitz ratings Hikaru is ranked #2 Magnus #4. Hikaru has a much better record in the SCC. It IS 50-50 to say the least considering how good form Magnus has right now.

[@markn.7914]

@@siddhantjhaveri and Magnus has the highest blitz rating ever when he peaked at 2948. Hikaru's is 2934. Magnus won the World Blitz Championship 5 times. Hikaru 0. While Magnus isn't in top form FIDE wise for blitz, he is the better player. I'll say it again. It's not 50/50, it's 60/40 in favour of Magnus at least

[@chessman3836]

Nihal has a long way to go..

[@Dayvid85-s4o]

They’re looking at another screen to cheat

[@ayushmaurya8144]

not everyone cheats like you elon.

[@soumodipsaha9608]

Mvl will beat carlsen

[@Abrlou]

Good Game!

[@welhalm8278]

Let's go

[@ef4768]

Of course Hikaru is better Nihal is not great in front Hikaru.

[@AshishGusain17]

Gg hilaru nihal

[@underscoredfrisk]

Copium

[@ghostoflego3390]

Well, Nihal will win next time Edit: probably

[@some1intheworld]

What time is the final game?

[@tango1980Mwj]

I Really Love Nihal Sarin His Is The Best Player In India