How does Hikaru's wife Atousa help him during the FIDE Candidates 2024

Hikaru Nakamura beat R. Praggnanandhaa in the 11th round of the FIDE Candidates 2024. After the game we interviewed Hikaru about the win and also asked him about the role played by his wife Atousa Pourkashiyan. A revealing interview with the current world no.3
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[@ImBatman408]

Chess community is so wholesome I feel relaxed after watching these interviews and how players interact with people after the game

[@adgod2521]

6:31 makes me happy to see an old man who obviously watches and likes hikaru asking for his signature. i thought he had mostly young fans :D

[@chrisg2307]

Nice to be patient with the fans. Go Hikaru!!

[@bla4979]

After all, they are paying him...

[@gauthammaharishi]

hikaru really very humble with fans

[@imgnryvansh]

Hikaru is back in form which means now he'll show why magnus said its hikaru's best chance.

[@dylanmiller8456]

Where or when did Magnus say this?

[@andresv.8880]

Interview where he made predictions

[@hugo6360]

@@dylanmiller8456 in an interview with howell kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGHKipSOh9Zmia8

[@KouwMC]

No he said that because he isn't competing himself xD.

[@onsho20]

@@KouwMC TRUE!!

[@Go0d_boi]

5:53 hikaru is looking at sagar;s camera 😂😂😂😂

[@Sato-Azumaga]

Lol

[@yassinesafraoui]

Yeah he kept looking then realized it's the wrong one 😂😂😂

[@just4fun607]

?? blunder lolz

[@qwjk1]

Bro blundered

[@percybyssheshelly]

That opening was surely a surprise for Pragg. Highly unlikely that he had any prep for that. Great game by Hikaru.

[@rpanda_old]

Seeing that little kid excited to meet hikaru after the game was so cute

[@Avieejit]

Hikaru's focus is razor sharp. He has a good sense of humour. As he speaks, it looks like he's playing Bullet Chess. We love him for his daily analysis of games on his channel and those expressions on his face even when he is on the losing side. ❤

[@YRMW1983]

I love these interviews/behind the scenes videos!

[@sampro454]

Awesome seeing Hikaru's stepfather beaming in the background

[@arsenic9750]

😭😭🙏🏻🙏🏻nah bro calm downn

[@kossibwaya]

​@@arsenic9750😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TuxikCE]

wth I thought it was his real father!

[@kossibwaya]

@@TuxikCE noooo😂

[@ESLteacher1965]

Thank you so much Sagar, for these wonderful videos

[@alphaandomegaministry2718]

Hikaru is a very popular guy and a wonderfully gifted GM. I hope he keeps on bringing nasty surprises to the chess board. Laugh.

[@kiwiiimaster843]

I love your interviews. Rooting for Hikaru. Greetings from Germany

[@hutchmusician]

Man, Hikaru’s such a different guy these days. It’s wonderful to see how all his hard work has panned out into success on the board, in business and in life. Good for you, Mr Nakamura.

[@jazzydriven2784]

there are more impoartant things in life-hikaru💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@libertas12]

security guy makes a great job staying in the picture at all times

[@lazizasamov440]

played crazy long game and so patience and smiley with fans. It can't be easy, we appreciate it

[@diegosuarez170]

Hikaru! You need to be World 🏆!

[@Ceeewolf]

What a good guy Hiraku is.

[@swapnilshubham]

If not an Indian, I would love to see Hikaru winning the candidates

[@PlayfulCloud3]

hijaru might b a bit indian

[@WolfEyeGaming]

He's Asian

[@IncaWarrior.]

We are all Indian on the inside

[@Deerjason]

Im fine with anyone winning but Nepo. Nothing against him but I would like to see someone else against Ding. Nepo is probably going to win now 😂

[@WolfEyeGaming]

I want gukesh to win or hikaru

[@TheMrBennito]

always taking time for the fans, great promotor of chess

[@spinninglink]

It's gotta be hard knowing you gotta get back home to do a recap and just getting swamped with people. man kudos to hikaru!

[@Rein..1013]

he has soooo many fans !!!!

[@user-ml7vg8nt7l]

I would love it for either of hikaru or gukesh to take the tournament ❤

[@CoronaVirus-yr2us]

he looks pretty confident

[@jennifercouret]

I like the way he took the picture with this lady, respecting his wife and not touching her at all, but still very nice. I love Hikaru. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@quanah]

Hikaru. Literally the best

[@anantgoyal371]

I liked that he cares so much about his audience! That speaks a lot about his character in real life.

[@seinundzeiten]

wow he is like a super-star

[@krishrao2778]

Love adds strength.

[@winkpen74]

This was a nice slice of Hikaru's life on the periphery of the tournament hall.

[@RandomChessTalk]

Hikaru bringing the smile for every fan photo! Legend

[@usaherobrine]

Much respect to Hikaru for taking all those photos and signing all the chess boards. It must get tiring after a while

[@gabitsu-ftw3871]

He definitely calculated all the lines and possibilities before marrying her 😊

[@Aditya__Vats]

Nice person

[@noobnoob6998]

hes so nice against all the fans and not just the kids, props to him

[@praveenalane4331]

OMG ..He is so humble …(doesn’t look like so on his recaps especially with his serious and dominating voice …)

[@nonchalantzzakaria]

All people love hikaru

[@pioneerAv]

I wonder if we will send a higher percentage of decisive games along with the more varied openings

[@yassinesafraoui]

I can tell he has bright future in chess

[@reyrayo2502]

Atousa is the real deal Atta boy naka

[@tackywacky99]

Twitch chat and his wife have changed hikaru for the absolute best. His chill attitude is the best

[@user-Rocket-Fest]

Pretty sure given time even the Can Can will become an opening in Tours 🤣🤣

[@spectralanalysis]

That's adorable

[@Shootskas]

Damn...he's like a rock star or a star athlete...lol.

[@thomas-ju5zl]

hikaru needs to beat nepo on saturday and we probably wins the candidates

[@120rikeshlawoju8]

Is that all he needs? Doesn't he have to win against Gukesh too?

[@kiyopon1444]

​@@120rikeshlawoju8 Hikky is playing against nepo with black next game, winning there I think secures a spot in the tie break because he's playing after that against gukesh with white and he's not losing that for sure unless you're vidit, and if this series ended up in a tie break, I think everyone just assumed that Hikaru would win because we know how much of a monster he is when it comes to shorter time control.

[@amperesclaw9203]

Oh wow didn’t know he was married until now

[@daintiestquarters3411]

nice guy❤❤❤❤

[@proxima713]

The caption with thumbnail is misleading.

[@insanedb]

he sacrifices his rook every night

[@enriquemarcelobarbano1033]

The wife is beatiful

[@lewisjones284]

It must be exhausting playing for so long at 100% brain power to be swarmed by a crowd expecting pictures and signatures as you leave. I'm glad most of them kept it polite though

[@Gatoradeia]

Bro already premoved what to say😂

[@arnavgovil861]

sagar bhai op

[@front331]

That nice smile earlier as he walked out the door eventually became a sour grin 🤣. What's wrong with people? Leave him alone.

[@Trabsol]

Bigger shock than if Hikaru beat Magnus is that he has a wife

[@lil----lil]

Hikaru no go! The Anime in real life.

[@steve5nash]

stream 2 Title Tuesday, play Candidates, interviews and then a KZbin recap. bruh

[@vinzanity68]

Yeah bluffs and dubious moves and prep still work with humans. Thankfully. Not so with Alphazero and Stockfish :)

[@victorfinberg8595]

oh, is it cold in canada? it's almost summer, here in vancouver

[@be4st856]

Lol you would know ifs its cold in canada then 😂😂

[@victorfinberg8595]

@@be4st856 i do. i was laughing at the REST OF CANADA, who are still NECK DEEP IN SNOW

[@stevelenores5637]

Hikaru knows the way things are set up by FIDE that you can never own the World Championship. The World Championship owns you. It's why Magnus Carlsen is through with it. IMHO it's why Hikaru doesn't care. He will play to win today because that's what he does. He respects and loves chess. A hundred years from now chess players will remember him even if he never becomes WCC.

[@Chris-zf5jz]

Why talking in slow motion 😅

[@FunnyPianistUA]

Atousa is also a GM.

[@susansuarez343]

She is? Wowww I didn’t even know that! Thanks for sharing that! 1:21

[@user-is2kj9ub1d]

​@@susansuarez343 she is a WGM not a GM

[@susansuarez343]

@@user-is2kj9ub1dOk cool but you know it was FunnyPianistUA that said she was a GM so you can let that person know.

[@turealm478]

@@susansuarez343 bro u cant trust everything your hear... and just spread it forward as it was the truth smh

[@mitchy98]

Bro asked Hikaru how his wife is a support to him lol

[@travaricky]

and the answer is beautiful (nothing revolutionary, but very sweet)

[@julianhodgson1961]

Ah Evgeny Bareev - brings back memories - played and beat him in a junior tournament in Leningrad back in 1982! - how time flies lol

[@insanedb]

Go Nada

[@Kingside88]

Hikaru ist the new Lionel Messi

[@cAm1ll1A]

To all Hikaru haters, watch til the very end.

[@jimbojet8728]

Hikaru is not so gracious then. I won’t be so bothered when I see Magnus beat him in future.

[@efrenrdz1728]

114

[@mukatunimpho3700]

He loves Magnus

[@vishudh691]

👍🏻

[@launchbreak]

I hope Hikaru wins.

[@djleaf6945]

isnt gothamchess his wife?

[@charliea6038]

hikaru is married? 🤔

[@thegorn]

To a hottie

[@Sarah-uj4hv]

to me yes

[@BlackStarASMR]

Whaaaaat? Hikaru is not gay???

[@krushna4181]

I thought Hikaru was married to Levy of Gotham chess

[@FenceThis]

no, it’s the other way around

[@n_x1891]

😏

[@superbrockstars259]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@nazarenoalmiron526]

Some random guy, completely unaware of who hikaru is: why is there a japanese idol here?

[@mutdd3954]

Idols cringy as hell

[@fragslap5229]

"Atiusa"??? What the heck kinda name is Atousa"?

[@marcco7947]

hes married?!!?

[@marchetti6788]

Yes

[@haqsedesi1622]

It is not fair treatment towards pragg..revealing move 1minute before start…ridiculous

[@mn8931]

lol knowing your opponents move 1 a minute earlier is literally pointless. Hikaru has 2 hours, I am sure he can spend a min time to think on his own clock after Prag plays his first move. Relax and stop whining.