Puzzle rush world record (70!)

[@omarsaadvlogs144]

Hikaru has left the chat room

[@WTfire10]

Aaaaaaand he just reconnected

[@chickenmane3319]

"Hikaru rejoined the chat room"

[@aroukatos537]

@@john.394 he got 75 on survival not rush

[@chessmasters9012]

@@john.394 in survival. It literally took hikaru hours to achieve what casper casually got in 5 minutes. Casper later got 105 in 5 minutes.

[@bomellp7470]

@@john.394 just searched for that. Found nothing. His record is 56 or something...

[@RobotProctor]

Only 10^120 more positions to memorize and you get to adopt stockfish

[@bastiangutierrez4115]

Even alphazero!

[@Wtahc]

I know this was a joke, but this is actually a pretty interesting topic. How strong would the "perfect" player be? It could very easily be weaker than A0, or even SF - remember, nettlesomeness is a big part of winning games, and a perfect player does not need nettlesomeness to sustain the perfect minimax evaluation. For instance, if the starting position is indeed a draw (and most believe that it is), then 1. a4 is undoubtedly still a drawn position, seeing as white just has black's apparently drawn position with the addition of a4.

[@CheapseaChicken]

​@@Wtahc chess is like tic tac toe, starting player will win if all moves are played correctly

[@Wtahc]

@@CheapseaChicken No, whether or not chess is won for white is a question we aren't even near figuring out the answer to.

[@wekky_taco_6923]

@@CheapseaChicken in tic tac toe nobody wins if perfect played duh

[@GMeazza]

When people on here are saying it's a fraud because he's memorising them that's like saying a GM should play 1 e4 and then have a 20 minute think over move 2 or it's against the spirit of chess. They memorise openings and he's memorised this. Fair play.

[@iona6155]

agreed.

[@edwarddijkstra8261]

And you get really by memorising this

[@chesscrush]

@Nelson Young he definetly memorised the last say 20-30 puzzles as it's almost impossible to solve them by Intuition and calculation in like 1min or less...

[@marcopetersen5450]

Kudos to him, but you can clearly see the difference between him and super GMs like Hikaru. When Hikaru does this, you can see him thinking about the possible moves, calculating and actually "solving" the puzzle mostly due to his own chess skill and experience. I feel thrilled and learn a lot from that. Casper on the other hand applies previously memorized moves in the right order for each puzzle he sees. He basically uses pattern recognition on the whole chess board. While it is very impressive, it is also very boring and doesnt improve ones chess-skill nearly as much. I applaud his great memorization skill, but what he does is very deranged from competitive chess in general and leaves a sour aftertaste. His score is inflated and no longer anywhere close to being a measure of his actual playing strength. I think that is mainly the reason why people call him a "fraud", even though it indeed was fair play according to the rules. If this is his main form of practice (which I very much doubt), Casper would get absolutely destroyed in a real chess-game against a good chunk of GMs, where the position on the bord differes even a little from what he had already seen.

[@bantix9902]

@@marcopetersen5450 So you're saying hes too good

[@milankotevski1663]

If this is legit, then Hikaru just got adopted in Puzzle Rush.

[@J0sho495]

[Has proof in front of his eyes] Is this legit?

[@DaneelOlivaw47]

@@J0sho495 It's not. It is pretty obvious that he is not solving this, but trying to remeber the correct answer. Somehow he probably recieves the same puzzles again and again

[@J0sho495]

@@DaneelOlivaw47 It's called pattern recognition. It's not illegal.

[@kasparov9]

Exactly, in terms of solving it there is no difference if you remember the puzzle or not. If you do then kudos to you. Hence the high score. Awesome regardless. @@J0sho495

[@DaneelOlivaw47]

@@J0sho495 it ruins the whole point of puzzel rush, where you supposed to solve it, otherwise it's just a waste of time. His score prooves nothing. twitter.com/chesscom/status/1125101269054443521

[@AdrenalineVideos1337]

This guy makes 3 moves before my eyes tell me what pieces i have to work with..

[@Nayhan123]

You got likes thought I'd tell you

[@MaskOfCinder]

@@Nayhan123 I like it when people do this.

[@decarbonization]

I'm still thinking on the first one...

[@romanballista]

well im still thinking on main menu

[@grace-gd5tj]

@@singh2492 wait I though this was checkers???

[@maxime1768]

@@grace-gd5tj ??? it’s monopoly dude cmon

[@kelvinnueveanimeguitar1983]

I'm clearly watching different shades of red blue and green what are you guys talking about?

[@rohanbanerjee969]

This guy got faster after 50, whereas Hikaru slows down a lot after 50. It's awesome!

[@seppe8156]

There are less high rated puzzles I think. So he knows a lot of them

[@KevinLuWX]

Because he memorizes them

[@KevinLuWX]

@diztiinct Look at this guy's chess tactics. He spends his time on puzzles and memorizing them. Hikaru spends more time on playing actual chess.

[@griffisme4833]

It's almost like it is easier to remember the puzzles after 50 since there are only about 1000 or so.

[@KevinLuWX]

@ Are you re-tarded? There are very few puzzles that are 3000 rated or above. Anyone could just go to the puzzle bank and memorize the answers of specific puzzles without figuring out themselves. You can't do that with lower rated puzzles, because there are simply too many variations.

[@tceterex]

I found success with 0.25X speed at which i can understand what i am watching

[@clintwestwood4545]

Prashanth Gaitonde yes 😂😂 i tried 0.50x but even that is too fast

[@minimalistic_banhaus]

When you slow it down to 0.25X speed you will notice they are playing chess.

[@wesseldewinter1784]

This is so smart!

[@fib1478]

8:58 this is one of the best puzzles I've ever seen. A zugzwang in which the Queen has 20 possible squares. Amazing.

[@chrisiver8506]

that one must have been memorized but yeah an amazing position I wonder if its from a real game.

[@geometricart7851]

I need to start memorizing these puzzles so I can at least get a respectable 40+

[@griffisme4833]

@@geometricart7851 Those are the ones where you can't really memorize them since they are at a low enough level to have a lot of them. I've probably done about 1000 of the 2500 rated puzzles and only seen repeats like 5 times.

[@T1mm0s]

I checked all the squares where the queen could go to, indeed the queen is nowhere safe. Except for some squares... I don't see the continuation for Qc3. How does white continue to take the queen?

[@weebstonedplayhouse387]

​​​@@T1mm0s pawn b2 takes directly, there was pawn b2 if you somehow looked at when queen already took it

[@bluebox6307]

10:25 seeing the bishop underpromotion that quickly wtf.. this is insane

[@classicschmosby2279]

I mean the ban was legit. This guy is a machine.

[@BattleFieldGalaxy]

Ok great. Now please activate Windows

[@lollycopter]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2TFlq2PmteMrrM Linus Tech Tips talking about Windows activation, for anyone who might be interested...

[@chessmagician2024]

yo wtf this dude has the same exact chess picture as me LOL

[@jackmanhardt9909]

@@chessmagician2024 yeah... it's the first result on google images for "chess"

[@KiluaRotmg]

@@jackmanhardt9909 LMFAO went from holy shit to holy shnitzle within a second

[@jarateman6427]

@@lollycopter WHat's your point? If you watched the video,he doesn't activate them on test machines because he is constantly changing hardware which makes windows think you're using it on different computers basically. At home, this wouldn't be the case. Just means you're a cheap bastard.

[@adityashanbhogue9019]

I really felt bad for his friend when he told that he was removed from the leaderboard.

[@guillaumen7294]

You're an absolute beast...

[@mr.zwette6547]

nakamura wants to know your location

[@jordanfox6555]

This should count as a GM norm

[@diabl2master]

would have been 71 if you hadn't turned around to grin at your friend for 2 seconds

[@brictit]

that was a classic, i just dumped on this queen, did my friend see that, look over the shoulder moment

[@maxhinchliffe5660]

yea same way woulda been 69 if he hadnt overshot it smh

[@dinglee1529]

He's not a machine

[@baptistebauer99]

Learning. I don't know how much this guy studied and practiced, but damn, pattern recognition is immediate. When seeing it like this, I know what he is doing, I understand the purpose of most movements, but I am completely unable to find such movements myself - let alone in so little time...

[@FT029]

To the skeptics: There are entire streams of him playing puzzle rush. Do you really think this guy improvised dozens of hours of acting while making a "bot" play? This is definitely proof, and congratulations for achieving such a phenomenal score!

[@nikujaku1610]

Why not ??He can improvise even for days if that means saving his reputation of not cheating and being nr 1 in puzzles.Do you know cheating is considered the worst thing in the chess community and players who do that basically are risking their chess carriers.

[@borislavivanov5281]

10:17 plays Qf3 after a split second, yeah right totally obvious

[@d0wnpour]

@@borislavivanov5281 Because he's seen the puzzle before and remembered the solution. Is it so hard to understand?

[@Megasterik]

@@d0wnpour they are either jealous or less experienced chess players or probably both to understand that.

[@borislavivanov5281]

D0wnpour highly unlikely with only 200 total attempts

[@5ANDAHALFCHINCHILLAS]

Not only is his brain big, his aim is crazy aswell

[@cae9838]

there's no "takes, takes, takes" so it doesnt count

[@kodimunai]

What??.

[@tallisgoulart]

@@kodimunai I think it's a Hikaru reference.

[@Galaxy-wc9ju]

@@kodimunai I do belive this is a hikaru reference. He says that whilst looking at the gods of chess on his ceiling from time to time.

[@denislem1355]

@9:28 check this one with knight promotion. Obvisously he didn't know it, thinks and finds all the good moves

[@benb4728]

*memorizes

[@benb4728]

@ True, even when people are calculating lines, they rely on their memory of other positions to find promising moves.

[@EGarrett01]

9:04 After he instantly solves the queen-trap endgame, the aliens arrive to recruit him.

[@voradora]

would like to see how magnus does at this

[@mcpartridgeboy]

roughly as well as hikaru ! about 58 maybe he would get 60

[@patstaysuckafreeboss8006]

Probably 120-150

[@kavyanshagrawal5279]

He will be not good , because Hikaru and these guys..etc have been doing puzzle rush since a very long time ,and they have recognized every pattern( memorized all puzzles) so ,Magnus will not be able to do these so fastly but he can get a good score

[@hardikjuneja5348]

Ya but he can defeat all these players

[@Andrew-kh7rz]

@@hardikjuneja5348 they can defeat him as well,lol.At least Hikaru

[@avinashsorab5026]

First of all, Fantastic pattern recognition skill dude, kudos. Honestly I don't blame people who suspect he might be cheating. You know when you see Hikaru doing puzzle rush at such high speeds and still being stuck at 55 everytime, it makes your record feel more inhumane. But guess we have to accept the fact that Hikaru is not the only guy who is fast, you proved that he can be out beaten and patient enough to face critics and answer them this way. Keep it going. :)

[@buzzerbeater9828]

In a real game, Hikaru holds an edge through his power of calculating rather than memorizing.

[@SC-xh8ju]

@@steelsteez6118 chill tf out

[@adamc5478]

He memorized the puzzles by playing on different accounts dumbass. He got almost 100 with this method and admitted to it.

[@FatPandaCries]

@@steelsteez6118 why are you getting so butthurt lol

[@juankplaysmusic]

@@FatPandaCries Gotta be Hikaru with a fake account lol

[@turpin4531]

I wonder what hikaru will say about this, if he will tell this on his channel. Greet job gasten.

[@lucienhiemsta4805]

He had a lot of luck in the last try, because there were a lot of famous studies in this puzzle rush (i.e. number 53 is the famous endgame (9.29), number 48 (8.59) and number 60 I recognized (10.17)). I don't quite remember the solution to these puzzles, but he certainly did. Still, the speed is incredible! Goed gedaan!

[@janmazur3111]

I NEED to see Naka's reaction to this

[@ravirawat6856]

Got banned for being too good at chess 😂

[@inlovewithhardstyle8575]

this is more a mix of being godd at chess and great memorizing skills. kudos to him.

[@woffordwolf2071]

@@inlovewithhardstyle8575 chess is about memory

[@alecnussey9694]

@@woffordwolf2071 not completely

[@NoShadow]

@@alecnussey9694 you memorize the openings, check mate patterns, engages and more, so it kind of is

[@alecnussey9694]

@@NoShadow not completely, what about finding tactics and trying to come up with a plan in the middle game, alot of chess can be trying to cram lines and stuff in your head but that will only work so far, if your in a position you have never saw before and they are no tactics, or no mate you need to come up with a plan you actually have to like find a good plan. I agree they is alot of memory but saying the whole game is memory is not true and playing the game shows this.

[@Incepter.]

This person can definitely beat Hikaru in the time where Casper got a world record puzzle rush of 70 in this video

[@Electronite1978]

If they are afraid of people memorizing things, just add more puzzles. Anyways this is superhuman performance

[@derpyderp3560]

Doesn't matter if they add more its not memorization its assessing the piece placements

[@yumitho2832]

10:26 he just promoted a ''Bishop'' in a second.

[@arctic3od450]

Why tho? I don't see the benefit.

[@MohamedMagdy-qc4qk]

Avoiding stalemate.. still pretty amazing

[@intravert6916]

@@MohamedMagdy-qc4qk the amazing part is how fast he recognized it

[@publiovirgilio2238]

Mohamed Magdy it is not stalemate, but quicker mate.

[@kavyanshagrawal5279]

@@publiovirgilio2238 no it will be !

[@cbdremedy7416]

I'm thinking that he has puzzles from 45 and up memorized because you can tell by the way he's playing up to 45 that he's actually thinking and by 45 and up the puzzles are much harder and require longer calculation that has to be memorized to play that fast. Plus I'm thinking that chess.com is adding puzzles every week mostly to the puzzles under the 45 range. If that's the case, then it should be possible to achieve 96 like he did unless chess.com starts adding a whole bunch of puzzles to the 45 and up range making it much harder or even impossible to achieve.

[@poisondartfrogplayz251]

This guy is probably also a Hyperbullet Genius.

[@Shome2049]

Any one else find the sounds so satisfying?

[@nicolafiorillo4048]

I always play with sound on

[@n.aminr.7175]

I don't think I have the guts to promote my pawn to a knight in this 100 years to come. Long live the queen.

[@juankplaysmusic]

Camera from behind so the ego of all GM and wanna be GM (me included) doesn´t get crushed! LOL

[@TheRealBlueSwan]

His current record is 104, which seems completely insane.

[@cittheuhtheuh]

I can't even solve these 3.1k puzzles after thinking for an hour,this guy just flexed on us 3k puzzle masters,by solving 3.9k rated puzzles in 2-3 secs!!

[@MagnusJonsson82]

This guy is very much ready to play problem solve championship next time.

[@MHS_ART]

Hikaru now switched to checkers after watching this.

[@Erwt64]

With such talent, I expect to see 75 soon.

[@samudrabhowmick]

his current record is 96

[@bestever9178]

I dont think he is the most talented player in terms of Chessskills but he is definitaly the best in terms of memorizing .

[@jerppazz4525]

hes not

[@randomboiontheinternet8588]

Even if he is memorizing them that is still incredible

[@SHX153]

Incredible, really famous conclusion! :-)

[@stumbling]

I'm just as fast as this guy... for like the first three puzzles.

[@scrumpymanjack]

I bet you aren't...not even for the first one!

[@DrClawizdead]

The only way the petty haters will accept his scores is if they are done in front of a judge. That's the way people with limited talent are.

[@amoghskulkarni]

10:27 Did he just calmly promote his pawn to a bishop? #MindBlown

[@rebelsouljaz]

a queen would have worked just as well here too

[@d0wnpour]

@@rebelsouljaz No, promoting to a queen leads to stalemate after Ng8+.

[@DavenH]

What beautiful vindication. I know better than to expect the haters to own up to their unprincipled skepticism, but I'm hoping they learn a lesson in epistemics. And hopefully Chess.com has the cahones to do a proper apology and reinstate the vacated high score.

[@JeanYanb]

BIG !!!!

[@magilmart]

He has just made 105 on the 15th of May 2019. Only 11 days after this video

[@derpyderp3560]

To do that would require no hesitation what so ever there's a lot of genius chess players in the world and he is most definitely 1 of them

[@EgoCZ]

I hope that bishop promote puzzle actually happened in game

[@EGarrett01]

Troll youtube recommending this to everyone who watches Hikaru's Puzzle Rush videos.

[@nicolascarreras2864]

Wow !!! Congrats, you are amazing

[@locrianphyrigian3779]

Dude that endgame one was filthy!

[@zwakeleradebe9526]

wow, 96 world record now . you are the best

[@Hilltycoon]

104 now LOL

[@mercylessplayer]

@@Hilltycoon what

[@Hilltycoon]

@@mercylessplayer Casper broke his own record a few days ago. He's on 104 now

[@mercylessplayer]

@@Hilltycoon That's amazing

[@hubert155]

Nr. 48 is a beast mode puzzle .

[@deemulya]

I slowed down the video to 0.25 and anyway I don’t even have time to think so quickly

[@mcpartridgeboy]

would love to see you in a face off against magnus or hikaru at this ! could be a fun new way to compete in chess !

[@singh2492]

can someone get this in notice of Hikaru and/or Danny Rensch we need thm to see this and acknowledge. This was brilliant

[@scarletevans4474]

3:26 awesome puzzle, I was like WTF! :O And so happy seeing such highscores! Keep going! :-)

[@zeNUKEify]

Nakamura: “Impossible.”

[@theroguepishogue]

the most satisfying video oms

[@reyalomarooz]

Nakamura saw this video then he threw his computer out the window as well as eric hansen hahahahahaha

[@nicholastidemann9384]

Nakamura threw Eric Hansen out the window?

[@vp4744]

@@nicholastidemann9384 That would be filicide, illegal move.

[@benb4728]

@@nicholastidemann9384 Just like when Blackburne threw Steinitz out the window in 1867 in Paris.

[@DimitrisPsarelis]

He does all these in 5 minutes. Me tries to find the timer for the entire first run.

[@luukprieckaerts5405]

Congrats :) i like it that there are a lot young very good chess players in our country :)

[@levi8971]

Look at the tabs at the top, it says Welcome Magnus, it's clearly Magnus Carlsen in disguise.

[@nitishdas22]

Good observation!

[@frostwaffy]

Its like counting cards in Blackjack :)

[@WilliamJonesChess]

Error 1 at 04:45 Error 2 at 05:03 Enjoy this one at 05:23

[@turtle207]

Something is not clear to me. Hikaru and slow caterpillar have no memory? They don't remember any puzzle above 40?

[@danjeory3659]

This is also precisely what I thought. Perhaps Casper has some sort of incredible, freakish memory talent or something. I guess it's possible. It's like a lot of these things in sport. You get people who couldn't play soccer at the hightest level, but hold the record for the most keepy-ups or other tricks in other sports.

[@TheRealJetHu]

He could also just be focusing on breaking puzzle rush records than playing chess. It's like masturbation vs having sex. You'd ejaculate first from masturbation because your goal is to ejaculate. (It may not apply to everyone though).

[@fib1478]

Probably they play Puzzle Rush a lot, more than Hikaru

[@styx85]

Laundry's done!

[@cameotic]

Phenomenal skill, respect!

[@tebogoramahoyo]

I like the message after he completes the puzzle "is this even possible? 60+ in puzzle rush..." 😂

[@felipebarrera9560]

96 now

[@ifyoureadthisyoudi]

Congrats on becoming GM Casper

[@MrKostol]

Impressive on the one side, but it seems, he isn't solving, but showing great memory. Then and when I play puzzle rush, 35 is my best.

[@pucek365]

Dude, this is pattern recognition. If he was to show memory he would have to remember tens of thousands positions. It is impossible to remember all. I think that number of possible combinations grows to incredibly large numbers

[@lucasgarciadeviedma5986]

Chess.com: *cheat cheat cheat* Casper: hold my beer

[@-Mohog]

Amazing, well done!

[@deathbombs]

when studying for school becomes chess puzzles

[@kevinreyeskev2475]

He got a 73 today!

[@felipebarrera9560]

96 now!!

[@kevinreyeskev2475]

felipe gomez gomez omg!!

[@derpyderp3560]

The strongest of minds at speed chess would dominate here

[@alanschulz9169]

Thank you captain obvious.

[@derpyderp3560]

@@alanschulz9169 do people like you have to act like assholes or is it just something you like to do🖕

[@achraf517]

@@derpyderp3560 lmao chill down boi

[@hollowlander]

What are they talking about? This video is not going to convince me any more that he is not a bot

[@BlockyFish-wf8qc]

70 factorial?

[@elche752]

run casper, naka is mad .lol

[@AAa-iw7zd]

Stockfish would be proud of him

[@Aj-ch5kz]

Btw those of u who are saying he has memorised it should know that hikaru has tried puzzle rush for countless hours just while streaming so he should also get score above 60 ...but yeah he's a super GM so we can't say anything can we?

[@jerppazz4525]

he has memorized them tho :) comparing to others doesnt change that. he has multiple accounts.

[@Bhuyakasha]

Funnily enough he is even playing with animations on

[@nikitapisek2901]

I guess he doesnt sleep ... He memorized puzzles, i guess

[@joseluisbruna4792]

Very impressive

[@alexIVMKD]

Beautiful

[@xaviersolana4365]

93!! it's hard to believe for ordinary humans

[@felipebarrera9560]

96 now, he will reach 100?

[@XDTrokts]

Wow this guy has such a damn good memory in every puzzle

[@witamywdzungli]

Y'all are actually dumb af. Very funny to me how an entire comment section think this guy memorized millions of puzzles.

[@batmansehs]

Hikaru is crying .

[@lbp_chessguy5640]

Amazing!

[@philippechauvire9157]

92... It's just impossible. Casper Schoppen has to give a public demonstration of his abilities if he wants to be seriously recognised as the puzzle rush world champion.

[@TheGreatslyfer]

Where you see 92?

[@philippechauvire9157]

@@TheGreatslyfer Just go to chess.com and have a look. The record is now 96... No comment.

[@TheGreatslyfer]

@@philippechauvire9157 omfg lol, how... I can't even

[@geometricart7851]

@@TheGreatslyfer if he can do 70 then 92 can't be out of the question. There are players on chess.com that have 6000-12000+ tactics rating. They just memorized all the puzzles. Therer arent't that many at those high levels

[@dautyakupov4587]

Now this dude has 105!!!Holy Shit

[@anonxnor]

1.197857e+100 is a pretty insane record!

[@KidsLearnHTML]

Sick.

[@candrahenry89]

Me : wht jst happen? Him : capture capture capture

[@jackrollins2847]

Prepare for this to be beaten tommorrow...

[@Siacourage]

If he is really this good (I'm Skeptical by the way) Chess.com should invite him to their headquarters to prove his skill. Unfortunately, in this video, we cannot tell for certain that he is not using a chess bot.

[@Tomxypdq]

Better to have a camera from behind the player to prove clicks and cursor movements match what is happening on screen. I give the benefit of the doubt, but approximating proof is ALMOST proof. Good work guys. Must be frustrating.