Nakamura's Knockouts: Adopting GMs in Blitz Chess

Super-grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura attempts to adopt mortal grandmasters in a string of blitz chess battles.
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[@famasjonnie0314]

POV: You’re watching hikaru 3 years later and now he’s a Twitch giant and still competes at the top level. Feelsgoodman

[@marcapparatus]

SAME. It's so funny how Hikaru is foreshadowing all that comes to pass in later years. After release of Queen's Gambit I got into chess (with my dad). And then COVID hits... As Hikaru said, "You never know".

[@wesselvankoeverden9842]

no

[@bradleymarshall359]

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[@bradleymarshall359]

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[@bradleymarshall359]

Xbox Xbox Styx

[@erby111]

10:46 If only he could see us now

[@trevorbrzycki6628]

I was going to leave a similar comment only one year later :)

[@dr.mitbhavsar3086]

2 years ago 1k. He is going 1M this year 10M in next 2 years. You’re amazing streamer also your games will go down in history. Generations coming will be watching your streams for tricks & obviously bong cloud🤭

[@tiagoramalho7285]

O on. Jooo n oko. O o o bm. O. O

[@tiagoramalho7285]

O. No mm n o. Mim o ok. N n o bom bom. N ok n o. Lo o. N

[@tiagoramalho7285]

N o no. N

[@tiagoramalho7285]

N o no. N

[@yhdredKilledMe]

@@tiagoramalho7285 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔

[@alveriahiberica5073]

1:41:35 "Chess is easy when youre a super GM" Yes.

[@eesaabufreih3877]

hey he just uploaded it before less than an hour how the heck you reached 1:41:35 ?!!

[@TheKnightBlade4]

@@eesaabufreih3877 looks like be blitzed through the video

[@Phurngirathaana]

@@eesaabufreih3877 He played it at 2x

[@disguisedjoe8643]

Me watching Hikaru: Now this is pretty simple Me playing 2+1 after that and losing 10 games consecutively: Wtf

[@haggaisimon7748]

Same for me🤣🤣🤣

[@emod179]

G8 pic m8

[@davemerkury]

exactly LOL!

[@diegomendez1404]

P

[@mako2026]

@@diegomendez1404 p...

[@miguelpanta]

this is awesome to watch. thank you for sharing.

[@hi10drakk]

Amazing! Feeling privileged to get to witness this.

[@swapnilorkey]

3:34:07 reaction they try to hide while playing professional game.

[@torchwood815]

Awesome stuff Naka!!

[@mechvex8726]

Your srsly good man I appreciate you Hikaru can learn a lot from a guy like you play keep at it

[@ScrewedupClicksta713]

I love how Hikaru gives us incredibly in depth chess analysis and then 4:30 he basically tells us we're all braindead 😂😂😂

[@akshatgalav5154]

He basically wanted to refer the tactic for eg. if the knight were to not be on c6 the rook on b8 won't be defended therefore the pawn on c3 could be captured so basically I think he wanted to say that the rook on b8 was protected and that is why the pawn was as well

[@NoCrypt]

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[@NoCrypt]

😅

[@ZacksHacks]

10:07 No doubt that tournaments at his level are very stressful...But the elevated heart rate may be aggravated by the constant influx of Red Bull. Just a theory. Haha

[@swayzocrazo4398]

Red bull is very bad

[@BunnyChannel918]

@@swayzocrazo4398 for taste or health? Or both?

[@hidriss7835]

I can watch nakamura all day do his thing ...amazing...your fan from algeria

[@synister_2168]

Hikaru has improved a lot since then

[@primozruter6873]

How can you support such a big family?

[@StefanReich]

He doesn't

[@hutchmusician]

Stefan Reich lol. What about all his adopted children?

[@StefanReich]

@@hutchmusician He's a charitable man. They get pacifiers and are allowed to sit behind him in his streams :-)

[@fabriciopessoa9265]

Tf does adopting GMs mean? I’m retarded and dont get it...

[@Dr_stogie]

He'll be arrested for failure to pay child support xD

[@MassimilianoFarris]

Very enjoyable!! Thnx

[@BulletDumas]

Ang saya! Subscribed! Ang husay niyo po!

[@mayurdave6632]

Haha he used to be so humble now he owns the twitch scene :)

[@sunsun2943]

11:02 , Ofc we supported you and still supporting , just watched this video and dude you hit 1m SUBS it's fair enough

[@secretenergy2858]

Seeing this today in my video suggestions. I can safely say hikaru might become the ninja of chess streaming.

[@vadimniessen]

24-hour stream confirmed PogChamp

[@alirvng6575]

hikaru im so proud you became recognised by the world.

[@tawilliams12]

You are a inspiration!

[@evgiz0r]

Great stuff man, fooling around going for a win every game is great, dont get this anywhere else.

[@bepper66]

11:00 Called it

[@musicguitar]

Naka is such a beast!!! As a 1300 player it’s hard to folllow his calculations but it’s sooooo entertaining to watch!

[@wooshbait36]

Git gud

[@musicguitar]

Professor Stexy I’m trying! Just bought My System and How to Reassess Your Chess.

[@Phurngirathaana]

Hey buddy Here's a better and fast way for improving Download the pgns of all world blitz tournaments since 2014 from the week in Chess website You'll get around 5-6k games Note down every instance where a3 was played then a4 When Be2 was played instead of Bd3 and so on Now try to ascertain the reason for those moves This will take a lot of time But doing just this and tactics got me to 2100 easily

[@musical_lolu4811]

+Wadaskathabodrabhoma _ learning to play on light squares and dark squares will take you to 2300.

[@Phurngirathaana]

@@musical_lolu4811 Can you tell me how I can learn that?

[@PrismHeartOfficial]

1:44:00 "No I haven't played with Reckful, yet" brbcrying

[@noobmaster31]

Casually dismantles a 2800 GM...

[@MBpotts]

2:21:09 Nd5 is best, forcing an exchange sac. It's the best chance to fight for an advantage and only black is better.

[@zanshibumi]

I wonder how many watchers were on the channel at this point, compared to the tens of thousands nowadays.

[@illumitabris]

1:32:33 My how times changes. And here you are, doing a victory royale 4 years later. Grats on your success Hikaru.

[@trentverbeek126]

The foreshadowing went crazy

[@aadhithyan_elangovan]

Hikaru vs Nihal's coach. Nostalgia!

[@rainielwaynegeronimo5141]

We love you nakamura from ph

[@JamesConley1234]

Jus' Cruisin' - Devin the Dude. HTX baby.

[@digitalentrepreneur3126]

full a skill an expertise like rocket scientist

[@benforsythe7179]

Hikaru still the goat to this day

[@custosscientiae9936]

Gratis is also dutch for free, and yes it comes from Latin

[@gavinthornton1591]

“SHACKMAT? SHACKMAT”

[@janmilanlarsen9889]

Good Humor and entertanment and great chess

[@tanitoluwaadewumi2682]

i remember these days

[@alijaafar5673]

naka is the blitz demon

[@phillythecheesesteak2492]

I fell asleep and woke up to this. Honestly not mad lol

[@shefsufla]

Same

[@coyevans1121]

The year is 2023 almost 2024. Hikaru has qualified for the candidates and here shortly will be world chess champion

[@davidshelton1898]

You know recently Hikaru watched Fabi's podcast and said that it was the dropping of stress because of finances that most greatly contributes to his rise. He called it right here 10:15 thru 11:00. Glad it worked out for him:)

[@fabiancontreras3740]

Time to adopt this guyxdddd

[@nicknamenescio]

Regarding Hikaru's musing about "gratis" meaning free, starting at 3:37:58: The word indeed derives from Latin, from "gratia" = thankfulness, in the (I think) Ablative plural case of "gratiis", literally: to do something just for the thanks or for kindness = for free. And while "gratiis" (often contracted to "gratis") made its way with that meaning into many European languages, the original meaning of Lat. "gratia" (thankfulness) can also still be found in many Romance languages and languages with Romance influences, for example "grazie" = thanks in Italian, "gratefulness", "gratitude", "gratification" etc... in English, and, quite confusing for a German, even in the Swedish "grattis", which does not mean "for free" but congratulations and in addition Swedish also has "gratis" meaning "free") :).

[@musical_lolu4811]

What's with the linguistic epistle?

[@StefanReich]

GratTIS! Bless you

[@greenline396]

Indonesia, Gratis = free

[@Skantezz]

"Grattis" is congratulations but "gratis" is "for free" in Swedish too.

[@EternalSpirity]

In Brazil Grátis = free

[@saagarshah5151]

Naka OP

[@hugohamonangan9639]

3:37:06 GRATIS 👍

[@michaelharry7363]

10:51 this is what we boys happy for. seeing naka now *happynoises

[@musical_lolu4811]

"Because I'm psychotic"👍

[@wooshbait36]

Oh wow, we watched the same video?

[@BongelaMnguni]

Liked the intro, giving false hope to haters

[@klingenschmidt9261]

True

[@katbyte6lo]

26:47 "I feel like if I get... uh when I get to 1000 subscribers..." Fastforward to 2024, Hikaru has 2.26 million subscribers! ❤😲❤

[@54jaroldoshoot]

just qf6 just threatening adoption

[@network_noob]

And you lose! you lose! you lose!!! @22:38

[@narimanos]

just super

[@user-qo6vr6ng7o]

So this is America's leading Chess Champion ..! Show me your TRUE POWER!

[@Knighttrader5238]

Can you make your board wooden like eric hansen

[@Mdchessbro]

Looks like the same hikaru to me

[@45Superjuju]

GM Hikaru do you usually speak French ^^ ?

[@brianbernstein3826]

1:45:26 bishop G7 check wins his bishop doesn't it?

[@caio-jl6qw]

Naka is such a cool gm

[@Phurngirathaana]

The first game shows what a champion Naka is!

[@haiyanzhao9101]

hikaru is good

[@alexandruionut9879]

Gratis, sah mat are romanian words.Have you been there lately, Hikaru?

[@hplovecraftmacncheese]

There's no rule against sleeping during a stream (is there?), so if it comes to that, maybe he could do a 24 hr stream.

[@davep7176]

is bedroom changed a bit now

[@pormacrhistian]

why do you have the microphone so near to the mouse?

[@davidshine6205]

Where's DOGS OF WAR???

[@Adam-kp7tk]

Intro at 16:00

[@haggaisimon7748]

when you snooze, why are you sorry??? it's a natural thing, you can't control it. it's like, sorry for breathing...

[@asamulia4240]

What about fart?

[@SVP-uy9qb]

Did he just say that to earn as much money from streaming he should be like Ninja? That's a LOT of money

[@killerjoey619]

he is tho so

[@Vedioviswritingservice]

Docamura !

[@Motospeed2024]

Heeeeee macarenaaa😂

[@MrBunnybusiness]

was i the only one who heard at 1:44:35 hikaru confirms he plays wow??!!

[@greatpretender83]

Chess is not bad for your health. Red bull is terrible for any ones health though including yours Hikaru.

[@Cellkist]

Stress is bad however. So if playing chess stresses you out, then it's bad for you.

[@greatpretender83]

Statatistically speaking drinking regularly red bull is worse than being stressed out.

[@kokoPV]

Cellkist Source? There’s been no valid research that shows typical occasional (non chronic) stress is bad for you afaik. They also did a ted talk on this a while back; www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend/up-next?language=en

[@Cellkist]

@@kokoPV source is me. Being stressed is unhealthy.

[@Cellkist]

@@kokoPV and if that's not good enough I simply googled stress and the first link, stress.org, seems reputable. But honestly it's just logical. Stress can't be a good thing. It's in the word.

[@mihaidanielescu]

25:18 is pure class

[@jigsaw1063]

Hakuna Makamura is the best chess player in all of the eastern part of Okinawa so good!!! He should really have more subs.

[@erikibarra4530]

You should try to adopt magnus

[@nicknamenescio]

Some counteradoption risk involved. But would be funny to see :).

[@maxwellbuhler8493]

Magnus crushed him in chess.com rapid championship final

[@gavinthornton1591]

Maxwell Buhler Naka is the blitz beast though

[@BaliBaggins]

@@gavinthornton1591 i think naka has a better chance in bullet than in blitz

[@user-mc3hl5pf9t]

@@gavinthornton1591 Magnus beat Naka in pretty much every blitz championship finals on chess.com though

[@zaheer12a]

Watching this in 2021

[@peloscoc9557]

Gnarls era

[@mdb831]

7:20 wow

[@Bakiniyorum]

Who was the opponent?

[@jameskhan2740]

Hikaru Bullet

[@swapnaneelgorai3135]

Who plays in chesstempo

[@willtrick7618]

11:17 how is that possible. The pawns aren’t even diagonal to each other to take

[@cappadaan]

Will Trick its called en passant

[@SathvickSatish]

1:49:33 when you feel so happy, you forget to put your American accent on lol

[@KhiTurner]

_According to computers I should be a 1121 rating yet online I'm a 905, why am I better at OTB chess?_

[@dustybrown4599]

Huh? What computers?

[@user-mc3hl5pf9t]

Naka reminds me of Chong Li from "bloodsport" (with Carlsen being Frank Dux i guess). I am just imagining Naka say: "...very good. But bricks dont fight back!", and their final fight scene with Magnus where Naka blinds him with some illegal substance, but Carlsen reminds all the lessons he learnt with his Master, Simon Agdestein, and mates Naka while being blind and makes him say: "matte!"

[@dannysammy8972]

this is a call for help iam being bullied by a evil NAEMD SAMANTHA JHERLP!!@@@

[@cutthroatjb5192]

10:50 lol

[@anstarfall9657]

Now Naka is talking like Eric Hansen 😐

[@bobdole7292]

is it statistical that a 2960 would lose 3 games to 1 win vs a 3060? seems like he was playing very badly for his level

[@VeritasForYou]

He obviously was excited

[@roydondsa]

Why does he click the mouse twice?

[@creelmans4]

F dood he never got to play reckful

[@daudnobel]

little surprised with that Indonesian word 3:37:06

[@x0cx102]

17:22 lmao

[@swapnilorkey]

3:25:28 learn geometry

[@ricardiodestroyerofanuses4638]

Swapnil Orkey that was a beautiful right triangle

[@adoteumamikasa5537]

21:47 Kim Jong-un