May the odds be never in your favor | Levy Plays Odds Games vs Hikaru

[@GothamChess]

That guy is probably the worst IM in the world

[@pikapi2738]

oof

[@lyingcat9022]

I don’t know about the “worst”, there is that one IM. IM Levy Something?.... oh wait.... ;)

[@isamusg]

I would also like to be the worst IM in the world. Might be nice to be the poorest billionaire too.

[@mrmoneyftw8943]

I know right, imagine watching him everyday WAYTOODANK

[@Stefan61713]

Are you gonna be uploading these games to your channel, Levy? I'd love to see your POV.

[@sora-mj7qc]

makes me very happy when a gm calls the knights horses so i don’t feel dumb for accidentally calling them horses

[@KY_100]

They're called horses in other languages

[@НиколайТобиас]

They are named horses in muvh languages and they ACTUALLY ARE horses, just take a look)

[@sora-mj7qc]

@@KY_100 oh i didn’t know that, cool.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

I call pawns prawns because me and my friends find it funny. Honestly people who get butthurt about that are probably elitist anyway.

[@victororozco4240]

He is also calling them "caballos" which literally translates to "horses". P. S. I really love the fact that he is speaking Spanish while eating a burrito, haha.

[@tahaymvids1631]

When this man says “blundered” he means getting an excellent instead of a perfect.

[@lawaklawakpeace9333]

Wish I could be on that level..

[@soba_fm]

He doesn’t blunder he has happy accidents

[@SuperFlyingGames]

True

[@travo6805]

@@lawaklawakpeace9333 Everyone does

[@del3740]

@@travo6805 how to become better than hikaru nakamura 1. become grandmaster before 15 yrs old

[@chrisbarrett2250]

Hikaru: can analyze a chess board in less than a second. Also Hikaru: takes 3 tries to count to 7 knights

[@sebacoyl]

In espanol though, just for the challenge no doubt.

[@arunthebuffoon4554]

@@sebacoyl Woah lol, I've noticed him pause and stop himself sometimes, in order to counting japanese! Maybe he just does it for the fun of it? I'm sure he can decently use counting theory, or grouping to count much faster than that.

[@flacsomtodosclas2165]

@@arunthebuffoon4554 hikaru is japanese só it should bê easier to him count in his mother languaje lol

[@arunthebuffoon4554]

@@flacsomtodosclas2165 yeah, I meant that using counting theory should still be a skill regardless lol. Especially when counting Rows and using multiplication.

[@eduardogaona8510]

@@flacsomtodosclas2165 not necessarily, I am from Colombia so my first language is Spanish but I moved to Canada when I was 6. Now that I'm 20 I find that my English proficiency is better than my Spanish so I count and speak in Spanish whenever I get the chance just to not lose it, maybe Hikaru is similiar?

[@mfbjo6854]

Hikaru when he loses a pawn: "OH NO I BLUNDERED ROOK D6 OH NOOOO" Me when blunder my queen on move four: "it's just one of those happy little accidents"

[@gilles466]

Bruh same, when i dont realize a piece is protected and lose my queen to a formerly thought hanging piece i go "oh! Didn't expect that one"

[@vytisagafonovas3887]

you made me laugh, thank you :)

[@sleepingboiz8155]

Me blundering one “pawn”: random b***s*** goooooooooooooooooo

[@edersonnico]

As soon as you become 900+, those accidents will always cost you the whole game.

[@tja4379]

@@edersonnico 900+ isn't that consistent. you can always play solid and wait for them to blunder too to even the odds again. worked quite often for me and i was never below 1100 online. i remember a game where i blundered a rook in the early game and somehow still won (OTB around 1500). just never say never - you might learn a lot from the "lost" game if you don't just resign

[@realjames1]

The man is literally making engine moves while eating a god damn burrito. Legend.

[@medicah]

What does eating have to do with anything? As long as he has a hand free for the mouse he should be ok right? Maybe you have to dedicate that much brain power to eating

[@pantelismat4352]

@@medicah wow you must be very fun at parties

[@johnbishop9621]

@@medicah People like you is why the Scandinavian Defense was popular in the first place

[@ניצןמגדל]

@@johnbishop9621 wow.

[@maxinmontreal5431]

that is NOT a burrito

[@undinism69]

Hikaru: "I wonder what the computer analysis is?" Computer: "I listen to you for the analysis"

[@siopal9021]

1,5k likes without reply

[@dhwaneelkapadia3265]

yes

[@tingledinkle]

@@siopal9021 cringe

[@siopal9021]

@@tingledinkle who

[@mohamedhnfy]

Woooooh

[@mitchluscombe1071]

Hikaru drawing like 10 arrows, doing all the calculations in like half a second and saying "I like it lets do it." kills me

[@danielsmith5032]

Yo 9:50 was insane when he did that lol

[@zach1berger]

Do you need CPR? Do I need to call the ambulance?

[@jacksonsmith2955]

36:54 is the actual moment being referenced btw if anyone's wondering

[@niekdekker557]

Me actually following it may be more mindblowing for me

[@Kayrim_Borlan]

@@jacksonsmith2955 Legend

[@noah-4482]

Hikaru: He has to be the worst IM I’ve ever heard of Levy: But you have heard of me

[@РусланАстамиров-е8ц]

The most underrated com of this video

[@noah-4482]

@@РусланАстамиров-е8ц thank you

[@Jee2024IIT]

Do you realise GothamChess and Levy are same 🤯🤯

[@Anonymous-8080]

​@@Jee2024IITr/whoosh

[@freemung]

jack sparra

[@samuel010898]

Hikaru: tries 3 times to move the pinned knight Hikaru: leans in Hikaru: tries 2 more times to move the knight

[@vilkor2680]

When?

[@vilkor2680]

7:04

[@vikneswaransivakumar8928]

@@vilkor2680 😂

[@chinmaychandraunshuh]

chess blindness

[@nez14526]

to be fair, he's just hovering over it the first 3 times. he realizes on the 2nd attempt that it's pinned :P

[@Ivactheseeker]

No IMs were harmed in the making of this video.

[@adrianrocha49]

Now you know that's not true.

[@hassanalkhalifah1565]

H'r u g'day and welcome to this instructional video on how to beat an IM

[@thekingjf]

What’s im stand for?

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@thekingjf international master

[@freesoul1825]

But at least one went probably payd

[@lustro.tropical]

Future wife: what's your deepest fantasy that I can fulfil for you? Hikaru: **think about mating with 4 knights**

[@slashholt23]

What?

[@wisco9er536]

@@slashholt23 sounds wrong huh? Haha I think that was the joke

[@abdulrahman_Alkashif]

Lol

[@mikelezhnin8601]

16:08

[@razman6021]

Hahahahagaahagaaha

[@spencerlanman4011]

Them: I got Hikaru to think! Hikaru: Eating a burrito

[@AlfieW6969]

To good

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

Oftentimes it looks like Hikaru is giving odds because he has no queen and Levy has a queen. But it's actually Levy who is giving odds because he has no Hikaru and Hikaru has himself. And having a Hikaru is worth at least nine queens.

[@sHooIT]

You know what else is worth nine queens? You.

[@pavelskifb7108]

@@sHooIT Thanks

[@josiahwaldron3713]

Your mind must be a beautiful place, I love it lol.

[@weeblordgaming6062]

How many queens would be equal to a magnus

[@deathmeter7243]

@@weeblordgaming606210

[@prodcdebeatz7205]

23:55 "I don't want to draw Levy, I wanna beat him down..." Who needs enemies when you got friends like that.

[@csmlegend3704]

The game where hikaru has no queen starts at 49:30

[@c.y.hollander5592]

Thank you! I really wish people would put things like that in the description.

[@takbyo4485]

Respect +

[@IsaacThomasTStudios]

Not all heros wear capes

[@vornamnachnam4023]

Thanks

[@arturovarela3725]

hero

[@normalhomosapien5163]

Levi gets cremated for an hour straight

[@RonnieLowry]

9:59 The face of calculation

[@josephyoon9975]

Nice find

[@sebastianperez6449]

Bro it’s like if he does that face he will see the board irl

[@Rafael57YT]

When the ceiling is not enough

[@AlexandrBorschchev]

The knights possessed him

[@brrokentoken4532]

what about 35:40 hahah

[@thomashan4963]

Whenever I play chess, I think what would Hikaru do. Then I always do the move Hikaru would never make

[@tja4379]

hikaru does the same with us - that's why he's so strong

[@yoon5947]

when you forget your glasses at home and you're trying to read the mcdonalds menu 9:54

[@richardperez7413]

This is so funny

[@gilles466]

Thank god my eyes are so bad I'll always realize when I'm not wearing them

[@zeNUKEify]

Gotham: gives hikaru a bishop to even odds Hikaru: thinks Gotham accidentally blundered Feels bad man

[@devinleong8126]

Crazy how the mind works. People with 99th percentile chess minds are oblivious to alot of things we'd deem as obvious

[@elisabethsun7059]

Levy did blunder

[@nobody7557]

​@@elisabethsun7059200s projecting...

[@falco7626]

His pawns are sweaty Queens weak Knights are heavy There's double pawns stacked already Forks are ready

[@Maani_Big]

He looks confidence Cuz he loves mom's spaghetti

[@Josdhdbh]

@@Maani_Big you ruined it

[@dadwitswag757]

@@Josdhdbh 🤣🤣🤣

[@apestogetherstrong341]

@@Josdhdbh nah you ruined it by saying he ruined it

[@Josdhdbh]

@@apestogetherstrong341 dude you're nine years old I bet

[@mavodeli]

*playing a knights game that would take low ranked players hours and still drive them insane “The extra guac is two bucks I think“

[@Killopotamus]

@ham burges I have deeply considered my actions, and I never got out of high school. I'm really upset you brought that up.

[@TheFerretofEarth]

@@Killopotamus Wait what?

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@@Killopotamus The correct answer was x^2-1

[@duongquocthongho2117]

@@want-diversecontent3887 huh?

[@want-diversecontent3887]

@@duongquocthongho2117 I don't remember why I said that

[@SuperGGLOL]

“I consider someone a GM when they force me to concentrate rather than chill and eat a sandwich” - Hikaru says in another video In this video, Hikaru is eating a burrito. So You know what that means RIP Gothem..

[@Unknownuser-vq9ul]

I mean he's an IM after all

[@SoraNeku]

@@Unknownuser-vq9ul IMs can be GM strength.

[@Unknownuser-vq9ul]

@@SoraNeku Don't care, Even if Gotham turned a GM today he'd still get clapped by Hikaru.

[@SoraNeku]

@@Unknownuser-vq9ul i totally agree with you on that but that is independent of my point

[@Unknownuser-vq9ul]

@@SoraNeku I agree with your point actually.

[@jagi7976]

There’s a universe where 2 AI play against each other and later analyze their game with Hikaru

[@IsaiahMutex]

Underrated comment

[@punkwarlord]

You know, after watching top rated Chess players play Chess I actually learned something. No matter how good I get in chess I will always say "I am an idiot" when making bad moves.

[@TechSupportDave]

Yeah and the haters ever pick at Hikaru for making such normal statements. Ridiculous.

[@Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol]

Ah. The classic five knights mating pattern. I played that in a casual game against my teacher in kindergarten in Egypt during a break in a rainy day in 1672.

[@StandDont]

Imagine going against hikaru and after getting checkmated, you check the stream and you see him cleaning up, eating lunch, and have a little nap while playing against you lol

[@patrozart7926]

Hikaru: "now i go back, of course" What I hear with 7 horses: "now i go back, of horse"

[@OfficialVeignNero]

Hikaru: Proceeds to explain what he’s eating. “It’s pretty straight forward.” How can you not love this guy? 😂

[@Ibrahimbigp]

14:20 Love how Hikaru makes a seven out of his six horses. Truly beautiful chess

[@Bhuvan_MS]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hfontanez98]

I love how Hikaru goes "oh no, I screwed up" immediately followed by "never mind, I'm still winning".

[@Shiiinnne]

Hikaru is just too good. I'm in awe really. I'm speechlees. Esp around 24:20, a few sec before, he says "it's prolly a draw if i push the centre pawn. I'll just push the side pawn for a win". I mean how he knows all of that. It is really a honor to see such a legend play. And we get to see so many games for free on youtube. It is really a blessing. Thank you Hikaru ❤

[@theryanhuber4222]

Hikaru: “thou shall not pass that’s from the Bible, brilliant.” Gandalf: “what am I a joke to you?”

[@donkeykong4712]

This dude is soo good he makes “mistakes” and still dominates

[@sgc3594]

they don't say that when they lose in championships though.

[@tre4021]

41:23 hikaru trying to hold his laugh is so hilarious

[@HenalMerchant007]

True xD

[@TheExiled_One]

omg omg this is sooo hilarious 🤣🤣🤦‍♂man, rly? 🙄

[@Youngjedi100]

mom's spaghetti's best tho

[@kaizo_tv]

To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin

[@sasukesamp2310]

Inigo what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud

[@neb-yr5589]

@@sasukesamp2310 he opens his mouth but the words don't come out

[@LeoStaley]

Mom's spaghetti

[@RandomMusik]

3:35

[@t.g.v8889]

30:43 The random "Scheiße" cought me off guard

[@thor16t4]

Mann 😂😂😂🤣🤣👍

[@locendil3999]

Hab das Video einfach im Hintergrund abgespielt und das gehört😂

[@huiberthubertusi2561]

​@@locendil3999 ich auch

[@casdomdomcas5214]

49:30 the transition of serious to laughter is impeccable.

[@ZhyperCR1T]

Hikaru: "I'm actually winning here somehow." Gotham: "Uh, I don't know. I think Hikaru is just winning."

[@Randomperson-sz2gq]

No one: Grand master Hikaru: wipes out his enemy listening to music and eating

[@anzelatoleikyte2083]

Yeah, but his enemy is only IM. It's like wrestling a person, who has no hands.

[@BurgerCheese2]

Now, hang on, I would do that, just not in chess.

[@arsoma01]

Anyone: sexy is Megan fox Hikaru: forced mate with knights super sexy

[@tw6465]

this comment is dripping with the disgusting residue of 2012

[@connorhill8530]

t w y u gotta say it like that

[@2FadeMusic]

@@tw6465 lmfao

[@CreeperDeLux]

@@tw6465 u gotta admit it tho. Prme Megan Fox in Transformers was insanely hot

[@Pove]

megan fox isnt that sexy anyway lol

[@unnamed7225]

1:04 time just drops randomly. This game is truly timeless

[@megametagrossard3342]

😂

[@rogg0224]

Mods are trying to make it fair (and failing )

[@eyreox]

Hikaru: There is no way I'm gonna win this game! This is not fair! Also Hikaru: *wins the game*

[@tamasszabo4587]

this is the most cursed image i ever saw of levy

[@moneyboy4206]

hahaha this "Scheiße" at 30:44 german expert xD

[@9Steff99]

25:59 souc-savan is my favourite german word

[@David-le8ik]

@@9Steff99 thats not german

[@David-le8ik]

Oh its Zugzwang

[@tbxl8204]

Zugzwang= tsuksvang

[@iianlafferma]

@so yoshimura it is Zugzwang and means your enemy is forced to move / you force a move

[@aidenmaclean2130]

Hikaru: beats an IM Also Hikaru: Galway girl 🎶

[@chrissanchez9218]

My goodness missed out so much on this channel I barely got into chess and man it’s so fun the best strategy game that I like so far

[@reginaldforthright805]

You should try something like heroes of might and magic, a lot better than this junk

[@sushantkatare555]

@@reginaldforthright805 your life is junk

[@comm_gt]

@@reginaldforthright805 bros mad hes 200 rated

[@sashimi879]

@@comm_gt you're putting a silly game on a pedestal

[@chair8833]

therapist: levy without glasses doesnt exist, he cant hurt you levy without glasses: 0:12

[@bohanwithb1546]

his before videos were mostly without glasses and no beard he got them recently

[@weeblordgaming6062]

He sacrificed a rook for functioning eyes

[@navindavoodi6065]

Hikaru: “I don’t know what’s going on here” Also Hikaru: *knows what’s going on*

[@1nbow]

Hikaru: omg what am I doing this is so bad Hikaru 2 seconds later: Yeah I am still winning this is checkmate Me: ????????

[@kaugh]

Answer: He is starting to believe

[@kevinjohnston8341]

32:25 Hikaru goes Super Saiyan.

[@danielsmith5032]

I can't even process how they did all of those pre moves

[@radeonrose]

That blew my mind. Not just the pre-moves, but that he knew at that moment that he had won. The knew how the rest of the game would go at that moment.

[@Eliseo_M_P]

4:32 When you learn about increment.

[@gordonfreeman5958]

Yeah that was strange, why was he acting like he's never seen increment before?

[@bridgeyk]

Hikaru can make perfect moves within seconds because he eats the foil on his burritos and we don’t 8:16

[@Snatch2]

Wait I just noticed that 😂

[@temeytemey6761]

Hikaru: "Im probably going to lose here" Also Hikaru: Wins

[@jaygerlach6884]

I am so pleasantly surprised at how cool I find you guys: HIkaru, Levy, Agadamator, Qiyu, Anna, et al... Such a cool diverse community of personalities.

[@dimensionalblade2778]

16:12 We can see why Hikaru isn't marrying anytime soon.

[@12jswilson]

Girls don't like it when you say "you're as sexy as 4 horses mating." Poor Hikaru

[@rattled4806]

@@12jswilson omg I'm dying

[@TheMadara222]

best joke ever HAHAHA

[@rahul.s7]

@@12jswilson I am laughing really badly lol .

[@JoeBarron1027]

Chess=Sexy Women= Boreing

[@akitochu7967]

I love the face hikaru makes when he's about to burst into laughter after the change of topic LOL

[@jst_simba]

45:40 "I guess I'll bring my knight out"

[@pauldraper1736]

Brilliant

[@Gardor]

🤣🤣 thats hilarious

[@Ab-xk9nl]

Life lesson: if there is no queen, the king will figure it out. If there's no king, the queen has nothing to live for.

[@angelsald355]

36:52 how did we process all of that in 5 seconds... omg

[@darkmare2261]

if u watch carefully he can't even go King H2 cuz of check

[@andressstyle6390]

@@darkmare2261 what do You mean bro?

[@alextong69]

Darkmare He predicted bishop h2 thus king takes h2. He just didn’t arrow it

[@arnavrawat9864]

He has an exceptional memory

[@Skipnamethistime]

Ove watched it several times at 0.25x and I still couldn't follow.... ☹️

[@pascalrouen]

This video actually made me think about how good Magnus is. Hikaru is an absolutely brilliant chess mind, who can destroy basically anyone outside of the world top 100 while eating a burrito and talking about Spaghetti westerns, while his opponents are deep in concentration and giving 100% of their effort. Meanwhile, Magnus seems to always get the best of Hikaru, and even Nepo. Hikaru is a genius, but Magnus is Stockfish.

[@morelhunter3966]

Great point!

[@DSW_314]

Hikaru just beat Magnus is the Speed Chess Championship!!

[@glynkeegan306]

@@DSW_314 but magnus came first overall lmao

[@shin29534]

Hikaru can absolutely destroy anyone in the top 20 not named carlsen in rapid or blitz he just is a fast thinker

[@arunybaroony4042]

that photo of levy in the thumbnail is horror

[@kunalkankaria2893]

Nobody: Mongolian war tactics: 10:31

[@gmchessplay9043]

One second in and Hikaru is already maniacally laughing about his impending victory.

[@jamchanthong8242]

damn i didnt know the difference between IM and GM was this big

[@tejasbinu5025]

And these IMs would crush us the same way GMs crush them so yeah

[@arkishchakraborty3787]

I mean hikaru is much more than a gm or even super gm . He was no 2 and all. FIDE should come up with higher titles .

[@christowers7307]

What's IM stand for?

[@tejasbinu5025]

@@christowers7307 international master

[@mrnobody5763]

It's not that much in fact, you're not talking about a GM, but about the chess elite, like the first 5 players with this time.

[@bosniandankmemer1821]

44:15 when chat tried to roast our man Wesley, Hikaru backed him up like a champ 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Ali-bw3ey]

"yeah he's definitely going to kill me here..... i know he going to." ends up winning by check mate.

[@oreo6278]

9:10 Viewer: You're making me hungry stop talking Hikaru (according to captions): Double Kwok and twist guac is amazing i love wok.

[@LolaTeFaitChier]

Hikaru: “I blundered bishop h5 now it’s a problem” Me : *end game shows 8 blunders* what? when?

[@rocco6425]

this video is hilarious. Chess is supposed to be such a serious and stuffy mental sport, and Hikaru just turns it into this memefest

[@moraes6420]

For thumbnail 49:30 Thank me later.

[@lethalgaming6896]

this fast?!?!?!

[@sodas660]

Thanks, saved me 49 minutes and 30 seconds

[@bagwithmilk]

Thank you

[@justanotherpeacock9968]

Thanks

[@StellarSteve]

You are a true hero.

[@JonFFavale]

When you're a GM you can afford the $2 guac

[@danielsmith5032]

lol fr

[@Gafenn]

Hikaru: Ok, now he is gonna destroy me. there is no more mr. nice guy *_Proceed to win anyway_*

[@ziodice6166]

I think the thing that makes me most upset is when he premoves an entire sequence in a time crunch that works perfectly for him and I don't even know what happened

[@joshburchard7561]

5 knights at hikaru's would have also been a great title/thumbnail

[@Lleifr]

You dare defy the thumbnail god?

[@Askemanden]

Imagine delivering food and Hikaru opens the door

[@harleygalura9566]

the reason why I love hikaru's videos is you're watching chess and mukbang at the same time

[@masselluca6651]

25:59 ,,Zugezwuaang“ haha hört sich so witzig an 😂. Very nice 👍🏽

[@amanuelamogne9749]

Watching Levy getting schooled, like a kid just discovering chess to his older brother...just makes me feel better about my own chess...

[@CatsZonetube]

Levy’s pov: Hikaru and his 7 Knights

[@trfttgytgh3723]

Hikaru with no queen GothamChess without glasses 😂😂

[@spynix0718]

Hikaru is the only Chess Grandmaster who can beat anyone and still have no idea what's going on.

[@funnybluetomato3673]

Bro title ain’t no hunger games, that’s the food game

[@M0LME]

To think that Levy is probably super concentrated trying to beat Hikaru while Hikaru is just eating and joking around

[@waters8413]

“Don’t play the odds, play the man” Harvey Specter

[@slender1892]

He did bluff the all in

[@grean00]

Imagine showing this video to old chess legends

[@jinete1023]

Its remarkable how he reached IM level despite having to carry the ring down to mordor

[@sn1pescity528]

16:35 missed a great opportunity to say no mister knights guy 😂

[@moriarty8197]

30:36 My favorite Super GM curses in german. Me: "Happy german noises / Fröhliche deutsche Geräusche".

[@RoaringOrange]

I like how Hikaru makes an error, but then always finds his way out!

[@ErkaaJ]

9:57 when you bluff a queen sacrifice

[@johncollado7771]

1:03 the moment his time went from 2 minutes to 40 seconds 😂

[@rolandhafner2695]

Wtf happened?

[@cashmoneyouo9009]

I skipped 9 minutes ahead and I was like “wtf is happening” 💀

[@Hachiko814]

It's so funny watching Hikaru vibe out to music, reading chat, and eating a burrito at the same time while dominating Levy. This man is an absolute legend.

[@musical_lolu4811]

"isn't that like the musical dude, that did all the musical thingies?" Me: TRIGGERED af.

[@grumpyspinach7013]

erino? who is enrino you mean ennio. Love hikaru but has to have more respect for the greatest musical composer in film history

[@pokerbuddy62]

@@grumpyspinach7013 how does one have "more respect" if you genuinely aren't sure who he is? Hikaru asked a perfectly reasonable question imo

[@fructosepear9868]

"Oh, I gain time every move? Then its all chill"

[@AgEnt_WaFFles]

love the hunger games reference in the title

[@funnybluetomato3673]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that saw it lmao

[@5gearz]

Doctor: “levy without glasses isn’t real, he can’t hurt you” *levy without glasses* (Look at thumbnail)

[@kuoliebizokuotsu5671]

I didn't even know it was Gotham

[@LawrenceEvers]

Wow he rly flexin’ that extra $2 of guac