Nakamura Vs GM Dragan Solak: Chasing A 3000 Blitz Chess Rating

GM Hikaru Nakamura is known to get a bit itchy when his blitz chess rating falls below 3000. He's back and hungry to get back over the hump. Can he do so in this series against GM Dragan Solak?
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[@artemmsk701]

Actually it's so cool to watch one of the best and most experienced chess player like Hikaru still being normal human that sometimes makes inaccuracies and that rely on his great intuition time to time! Thank you, Hikaru for your creativity and entertaining games with nice commentary you provide!

[@dylanleermakers3876]

7:58 is my fav part. "At least it makes some sense. Maybe. Maybe it makes no sense at all."

[@NormCantoral]

I can watch the video, maybe skip around a bit, keep the viewer on his toes, see what he wants to do. maybe try and watch it all at once, maybe not. yeah, why not. just go for it.

[@et4able]

It’s so cool to hear Hikaru think out loud. Definitely my favorite chess player.

[@fullrad]

Welcome back Naka! The chess community thanks you for your time and excellent play. Keep up the good work

[@keshavsoni9116]

Such a calm player, big fan of your videos

[@Rieper47]

The flagging speed and technique at 28:10 was amazing and a joy to watch

[@Filippirgos]

WTF Dragan was my neighbour in Serbia and family friend, I moved to other city and had no idea he plays for Turkey, I know he played for Serbia at the Chess Olympics years ago...

[@iwersonsch5131]

_declines the draw by exchanging the final queens and wins on time_ "That was pretty terrible"

[@mohtaw3680]

Iwer Sonsch naka realy loses the respect with such actions

[@awesomeguy684]

Moh Taw whatever it takes to win

[@mohtaw3680]

firendable agreed he is not nice and also lose respect .. his oponent did the oposit action in the same video

[@BennyPir10]

Moh Taw And this is why you’re a 1500, and Naka’s a 3000

[@reubenosman2288]

lmao that was very terrible of him. how could he do that to his poor opponent???

[@TheMarksT]

Hi Hikaru, you seriously want to teach us all how to play better chess! And I seriously want to learn how to improve. Thank you very much, you are indeed. Great games. Mark.

[@Ericbryanmr]

He got the 50 move rule with 0.8 seconds left.

[@DavenH]

that cracked me up big time

[@jun4505]

Andrew Teng is faster

[@koalaskakikoalouche976]

53:05 lol at one move close you was winning

[@madushandissanayake6910]

Well played Gm DraganSolak ,Nakamura failed to find resign button and offer draw button in time.

[@steggyweggy]

Madushan Dissanayake 13 to 2 is bad no matter how Naka gets the wins

[@ramatisbojan5894]

i like this naka who looks like a bully huehuehue

[@Bhuyakasha]

Third game was really nice

[@Majora96]

You should put a copy of twitch chat above your face, you've got the space plenty of space there

[@modo203]

He's out of this world..

[@HipHopAn0n]

Naka's brain idles at a very high level of activity

[@BeatsByClover]

KING HIKARU

[@khaleefax9553]

*This guys is a gentleman and a scholar. Very humble and down to earth. Must be the Asian roots.*

[@thomasfed1]

44:10. Miracle.

[@timfosho]

lol Hikaru needs to get back to having fun playing chess cus he looks like hes hating it right now

[@ashmaterial]

You could resign and save time for respect of opponent you know 43:30

[@chrisiver8506]

naka... so salty

[@BennyPir10]

He would have to wait to play Naka anyway since Naka left. No time would be saved by resigning

[@Strikeh82]

BennyPir10 but respect would be gained

[@sakules]

wouldn't make a difference.. they are playing each other so he would've to wait anyway

[@logansalyer6068]

lucky opponents deserve to suffer, so naka was right not to resign

[@thomasfed1]

Nakamura mouse it's working more than Super Nova multi tabling Poker player.

[@ninesrodriguez6641]

Nice flagging skills, respect to Naka

[@jontas3584]

Jokes that Magnus app is Hikarus add

[@dgaunn4114]

40:55 Doesn't Naka miss the tactic Bxd4 ? If Black takes with his rook on d8, white takes with his rook on a4, and Black can't take back with the pawn because it would hang his rook.

[@Ali-it4eh]

Daniel Philip if he plays Bxd4, then Rxd4 Rxd4 cxd4+ Kxd4 (because of the check move) and Rxc1 black wins a full rook. So that's why Naka didn't play Bxd4

[@dgaunn4114]

I realized this replaying the position in my head several hours later. Thanks.

[@davidgarvey3438]

Game 3, what about just rook f8, hoping he'll take the bishop, b/c the queen can't prevent the dark squared attack on the king.

[@davidgarvey3438]

after queen a4

[@davidgarvey3438]

the dark squared bishop always has f4 and e3 in all lines, and if he refuses to take the bishop i bet you could still force a win.

[@Koolaidrulz21]

8:45 or thereabouts- is there any reason you didn't take on f7 with check?

[@Nyarlathoth]

The queen defends

[@Tibi1q2wthesecond]

yeah, and if you follow it up with Nf6+ thats winning I believe, because of the tactics.

[@biplobmarma10]

You are the best Naka. The one and only person who motivates me in Chess is none but Hikaru Nakamura.

[@BeatsByClover]

New Mike?

[@manohardivi2593]

hi, chess .com is your's please reply i am your fan

[@kdub9198]

Can someone explain the problem with taking the pawn at 22:29?

[@Tibi1q2wthesecond]

1....Bxd4 then comes 2.exd5 cxd5 3. Bb5+ picking up the bishop on d4, and if 2... Bxc3(to exchange that bishop first) then goes 3.dxe6 with lots of threat. For exaple you take with the bishop 3... Bxe6 4.bxc3 and Solak has a HUGE attack. Naka btw mentions it quickly( and yes. he calculated it all out that fast...)

[@colethomson7267]

Why wasn't i named Dragan

[@beze7306]

Büyükusta Dragan !

[@joshuamcguire4832]

what does it mean when Hikaru says a move looks natural?

[@talhaozdemir96]

can't say something specific about it. a move which compatible with the way of the game, i can say. he doesn't look out for tactics or something extraordinary. he just makes his "natural" move. for example 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 is a natural move because it threatens the pawn on e5.

[@theyneverlearn3679]

I'd say a natural move is one that people would play on intuition. It depends for each player imo.

[@musical_lolu4811]

When a move looks natural, it most often means a piece has been placed at its optimum square in relation to other friendly as well as enemy pieces, and squares. In other words, it's not antipositional.

[@rahmanrahadiansyahahmad9887]

gege yow

[@xfilesmanson]

Chinese food and red bull

[@turkiyett0928]

Dragon solak Nakamura karşışına gelmiş

[@muratulus2912]

15:07 white Q e8???

[@Tibi1q2wthesecond]

still losing for Solak, because 1.Qe8+ Bf8 2. Qe6+ Kh8 3.Qf7 then comes 3... Qg7 stabilizing and winning with a rook up. Or after 3.Qe8 Qf6 and GG YO!

[@MutluKaplan]

gg yoo..

[@bignosebluesable]

Is Hikaru seriously one of those players that let's time run out instead of resigning? Like at 43:30.

[@logansalyer6068]

Opponents are never worthy of your resignation. They need to be punished for being lucky

[@musical_lolu4811]

Make'em wait, that's the motto.

[@VeritasForYou]

it is so disgraceful to make a win on the flag when it is dead draw! let me tell you one thing, every "victory" is not a victory, you haven't won there anything, he earned with draw the respect to take it as a fact, even if he has 2 sec.

[@gatortoof]

Veritas , Hikaru tried to repeat with B move repeating then the dude played a7 . Then Hikaru turned on the afterburners! My fav part of vid!

[@Strikeh82]

What did I learn today, when you are losing just flag your opponent!

[@FattyGetsFitty]

Stretched him out like a pornstar.

[@thejupiter1744]

I’m old, and as a young boy I was in Hercegovina Novi in 1970 and watched Fischer literally decimate the best players in the world at blitz. Just one loss and a few draws all the rest were the sweetest of victories. I think the idea from the russians was to “soften him up” and blunt his then huge confidence with some telling defeats. The opposite was true in the end as he easily won the event and the Russians realised they were confronting a true chess monster. Huge applause followed his victories and rightly so. Although naka here plays like a genius at speed chess, with respect to Nakamura, Fischer was at “another level” in blitz from what I saw then compared to watching naka , Carlsen and company playing blitz now in 2018 here on KZbin.

[@abdelrahmananbar6286]

Gjob nakamura

[@GeorgeAlexanderOz]

Hikaru, you are a chess cannibal, very unsympathetic as a chess player (not as a person).

[@KydenBufect]

I guess Nakamura is a walking or sitting billboard.

[@vipswap227]

14 maçta sadece 2 puan aldın be keşke biraz daha iyi oynasaydın ama yinede türkiye 1. bile buna o kadar yeniliyorsa demekki güzel oynuyor yada dragan salladı

[@gitarasks8029]

Demek ki nakamura güzel oynuyor :d

[@turkiyett0928]

Nakamura çok iyi oynuyor Magnustan iyi online blitzde bu arada 15

[@monnomestpersonne9394]

DESTROY HIM

[@hitokiribattousai111]

guh guh

[@dutdutomer5712]

Helal be türkleri görelim🇹🇷

[@draxwar3]

OmeReyiz dragan solak çok iyi adam ya

[@burakthecreator5492]

türk değil yalnız dragan solak

[@dutdutomer5712]

Yalnız Türkiye’de yaşıyor ve Türk vatandaşı

[@burakthecreator5492]

Ben de Polonyada yaşıyorum; leh mi oluyorum o zaman

[@fatjanissary7942]

OmeReyiz nakamura ezmis lan

[@hirrful]

naka have a degree?

[@musical_lolu4811]

He dropped out of college (political science), only to go on and become four-time US chess champion, complete with enviable lifestyle.

[@averagebro413]

He may be the best blitz player, but he's so fucking terrible person, so i will stick with John bartholomew, GingerGM and ChessBrah

[@amenfehr6286]

even his appearance is hateful n his voice freaking half breed how come he is good at somth

[@piotrekkowalski7433]

Bad attitude, Dikaru

[@games5fun]

continuing playing with king and rook only for both sides just to flag your opponent is kind of pathetic, shameful for someone like you Hikaru .. there is something called ethics in chess that I believe you don't have any .. I "was" a big fan of you "before" I watch this video