See No Evil | Blindfold Chess with GM Hikaru Nakamura and Gothamchess

Blindfold chess with GM Hikaru Nakamura and Gothamchess aka IM Levy Rozman
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[@GMHikaru]

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[@oo-nx3cd]

Yes your Lord

[@sanjivassassin6522]

Is this thumbnail from The 50 shades of grey ?

[@nickysharma1593]

Yes thumbnail is from Fifty Shades of Grey

[@2dgamer649]

YOU ARFE BVERY COOL

[@GothamChess]

it felt good

[@elijahholguin7625]

pog?

[@TheVidzgamez73]

Jesus christ 😂 please stop

[@ashfaaqriphque]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@romanballista]

U guys doing brokeback mountain ?

[@SandbagCasts]

My eyes will never recover

[@ChessGeek1]

At this point the thumbnails dont even suprise me

[@niconilo97]

Who break the 666 likes

[@michelcharbonnier7603]

Its funny that Levy plays like a monster when blindfolded but misses an instant check-mate when looking at the board.

[@samayahone3497]

Concentrating harder when he can't see lol

[@css2165]

all while he's playing against 700s

[@magnuswieroed6649]

Whatever you’re paying the thumbnail guy, it isn’t enough.

[@varunmotwani7628]

Lmfao true

[@satori1134]

"You really confused me, let me replay the whole game in my head, one sec."

[@newcool1230]

lmao who is doing these thumbnails...

[@TheFearmonger]

plot twist: its levy

[@ahzamarain6863]

Well the description says it's a guy named Jaron and it links his twitter, but I love the idea that Levy would make these thumbnails 😂

[@lussanderguilherme9195]

Wtff hahahahhaha

[@mxtrem3]

@@TheFearmonger plot twist: made by levy, approved by hikaru

[@wooshbait36]

It's Magnus Carlsen. He is thumbnail artist for Hikaru's channel.

[@ditya97]

“Let me replay the whole game in my head” lmao how does he say that so casually 😂

[@eulefranz944]

8:45 hikaru is truely his own computer, he even has a replay feature gg

[@ryanjansenbaranda8556]

not even human kek

[@zerad3307]

Yepp

[@NeoNeonGreen]

Yeah like come on I cant even remember what I ate for dinner

[@kkio8258]

Plot twist: the blindfold thing has replay video

[@haggaisimon7748]

@@NeoNeonGreen I keep forgetting if I took my medicine 10 min ago:)

[@arjunpadiyar956]

I feel like Hikaru's mask is just a VR Stockfish headset...

[@christopherclubb9167]

His brain is Stockfish, but his heart is Alpha Zero

[@JoeARedHawk275]

Christopher Clubb It’s kinda true lmao. He actually memorized so many positions, it’s insane. However, for positions he doesn’t know, he doesn’t always make the best moves out of thin air like alpha zero can

[@josephlee9267]

I love how even with a blindfold, Hikaru still looks up at the ceiling

[@ChaosZTC]

Ikr

[@wanzulianawanzainuddin7725]

Ceiling gave him the elo

[@garlicbreadstick404]

The secret to hikaru's chess mastery is that the ceiling telepathically inputs orders into his brain

[@angus6410]

1:25:36 Levy premoving misses Hikaru's checkmate idea LOL

[@gtALIEN]

LMAO HES SO DISAPPOINTED IN LEVY

[@Al-hb6uj]

Laughs* “I’m sorry”

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

Well hikaru also caused levy to lose because he misheard him

[@xferas7766]

@@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065 when

[@Not3xactly]

That pause by Levy before he realizes he fucked up lol

[@harshrajsinghrathore2812]

I watch the vids only so that youtube never stops giving me these amazing thumbnails

[@lunchaofficial]

Gay

[@harshrajsinghrathore2812]

@@lunchaofficial thine mother

[@zerotolerance5477]

I love how Hikaru knows what Levy is gonna do before he even says it

[@samridhsharma416]

Shouldn't it be the other way around for the thumbnail? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@therockdwarfmockdwarf1476]

Levy tries it and misses the hikaru mate idea

[@abdulrahmanmady7596]

No. Hikaru must have heard the double click sound so he knew Levi recaptured.

[@josephking5078]

Hikaru is like a proud but reserved dad whenever Levi picks the move he had laid out lol

[@tomyniepo9058]

Love how levy goes “goddammit” when hikaru plays the bongcloud

[@bensmith7172]

True

[@peterfox1380]

I love how Hikaru already hovers the piece over the square before Levy even says the move

[@Ezek18-32]

7:48 Levy's face when he realizes he has made a move without telling Hikaru... XD

[@izanazir7088]

"Either you say the move i played or I have no other choice but to play chess in mind with you"

[@0997oiuzztreqqiuztt]

I just wanted to go to sleep, god damn my Hikaru addiction.

[@statue6133]

same dude, it is 4am here

[@talhaozsoy6772]

These thumbnails alone can get me to watch the videos. No need for content

[@jenprismology]

was NOT expecting this thumbnail but okay i guess

[@demerzel3798]

Watching Hikaru premove Levy's move right before Levy says it never fails to bring me joy.

[@isamuog6529]

i love when hikaru premoves levi's moves with levi saying anything. tells me 2 things 1 that levi is doing something right in his movements and 2 hikaru is just too good in the brain 🧠

[@eylonuri1194]

Me: glad I see the pawn fork on d4 Hikaru: let me just replay the game in my head real quick

[@ShadMuffin]

I know it's unrelated to this video but Gotham, Daniel, Agad, and most importantly you have helped me a lot in chess just by making content. I've done nothing but face the computer at level 10 on mobile, and train my theory with your videos, and I won 6/9 10 minute no increment rated games today. Even snuck in a 3 minute game win and a 1 minute loss

[@ChrisK-tv8of]

Thats very good but you should play against real players and not computers.

[@ShadMuffin]

@@ChrisK-tv8of Yeah, it didn't prepare me for the moves I would be facing at my rating

[@gardenvariety9957]

Congratulations on your progress in chess!

[@therockdwarfmockdwarf1476]

@@ShadMuffin what’s your rating now? (For rapid)

[@ShadMuffin]

@@therockdwarfmockdwarf1476 Just above 1000 in rapid now, for refrence I believe I was 600 when I posted this. Though I'm playing a lot more daily than rapid atm and that's just below 1200.

[@baileysmith4744]

best part of having a good player with you when youre blindfolded is they know what moves you are thinking and doesnt waste time asking what to do

[@willdrunkenstein5367]

15:37 Hikaru: Let's get the show started Levy: God damn it...

[@ougintoga7195]

lmao 14:58 levy started talking without hikaru hearing anything

[@M.Ch-INFJ-T]

Loool

[@jordonyang8]

Initially I thought levy was going to against Hikaru blindfolded which was insane but Hikaru is only making moves for him 😂😂😂

[@repos12]

TIMESTAMPS: Game 1: (Levy): 0:22 Game 2: (Hikaru): 4:15 Game 3: (Levy): 12:18 Game 4: (Hikaru): 15:33 Game 5: (Levy): 24:35 Game 6: (Hikaru): 35:42 Game 7: (Levy): 44:46 (Hikaru calls this the 3rd game) Game 8: (Hikaru): 51:22 Game 9: (Levy): 57:05 Game 10: (Hikaru): 1:07:15 Game 11: (Levy): 1:16:25 Game 12: (Hikaru): 1:21:08

[@some1and297]

That was actually incredible; Levi messing up Hikaru then Hikaru replaying every move that was played that game in his head.

[@loganvoldeng7549]

He does that and then cant remember where he just set his coffee. Its crazy

[@anturanggatantra2137]

The thumbnail is WIILD

[@user-qb9wc6qw3f]

I like how Hikaru has a big smile when Levy plays

[@XoIoRouge]

For those who've seen Levy's shorter upload, his video is a clip of this, from 24:30 to 50:30

[@johnvuillemot4805]

When the man from gotham said he would dawn the mask one last time i really expected something else

[@CrashEng]

The brilliance (to me as a noob) behind Hikaru hovering the move he anticipates Levy will play is so amazing to me. Just feels like unbridled intelligence from him. I'm so impressed by that.

[@jackkrom]

He's a genius, in my opinion. But vids like this are carnival tricks to get clicks.

[@Ro-Ghost]

​@jackkrom nothing wrong with posting entertaining content

[@fixer8173]

Always love to see a professionals at work. Next level thumbnail, the chess is good too.

[@massineboulboul6251]

46:17 did he try to move the opponent pawn, it so easy that he thought that he was training 😂

[@allstatechair5096]

Hold up... I like the thumbnail >:)

[@Unpug]

I love how much Hikaru smiles in this, it’s like he’s a proud teacher of Levy every time he plays

[@Not3xactly]

He replayed the whole game in his head. These guys are on another level

[@arekwalczak5041]

Mindblowing when Hikaru recreated 12 moves :O

[@ChessGeek1]

The skill it takes to do this is crazy

[@twrk139]

More like very good visual memory than skill, but those two in chess are correlated so yeah

[@Braunnix]

5:20 tries to look at chat whilst blindfolded

[@lopezlion3164]

Anyone else noticed the 4 connected knights around 1:11:15? Majestic.

[@maxobiyessir]

"Let me play back the whole game in my head" 💀

[@champs774]

This is incredible. I'm impressed how Hikaru just replayed the game from the start in his head. It's making me to want to do the same. Thanks.

[@urlnasser]

1:26:08 “ u found the mate, i didn’t even see the mate with my eyes”

[@chem826]

Yeah that’s cringe lol

[@alvin55531]

I think it's crazy that Hikaru even considered the possibility he was losing to a 1000 rated player..

[@mercronniel3122]

Thumbnail guy needs a raise

[@MegaNumber001]

I know these guys are good and run through moves in their heads constantly but this is still astounding to me

[@chaselowrance1406]

When levy is blindfolded it would be hilarious if Hikaru played him and just smashed him

[@justajobin1510]

I like how hikaru is predicting his moves

[@muhammadmoneebanwar3087]

*"He had us in the first half not gonna lie."*-IM Levy

[@Shalomitz]

They should do this again, this is phenomenal content

[@tanmaygarg30]

Bruh I love how hikari just premoves all of his moves😂

[@CrustyDonutts]

When Hikaru premoves Levy, and Blindfolded Levy makes the move - the affirmation of one's decision making - incredible!

[@shojulee]

Alright, you better be paying your thumbnail artist some good money.

[@makijamias5004]

Part 2/2 should also be uploaded in Hikaru's Onlyforks

[@johnbluz675]

Definitely my favorite thumbnails in all of youtube!

[@jackharrington6397]

This thumbnail is so good

[@reychelamoroso6898]

hikaru's first game is so fast that we didnt get to see it

[@StevenSenjaya]

So much trolling in just one video, that's legendary xD

[@jvthan]

just love how hikaru basically plays the orher guys moves before he actually calls them

[@DavidPaykin]

When the thumbnail is just as impressive as the blindfold chess

[@stevemcintosh9381]

Hikaru: “King e2” Levy: *sigh* “Goddamn it…”

[@antonistsiki8464]

The fact that they can win without seeing is just obscene for a beginner like me,I don't have words.

[@jl_woodworks]

The human brain is amazing. Very good at detecting patterns. These guys have years of training and experience. The blindfold ability is a byproduct of that experience and training.

[@nod_jawk]

The thumbnail is really hikarious

[@ahjgbhlahgaohgl]

These thumbnails keep getting better and better lol

[@coreyscolaro288]

Levy premoving and fucking up the checkmate was great lmfao

[@stanmarch3589]

Ngl, Hikaru looking for his coffee is bonus entertainment 😅😂😂

[@roughlyunderscore]

- let me replay the whole game in my head Excuse me

[@Q.....]

Mr Hikaru is really chill and cool. Thnx you for the content 😘

[@jaredgentile5838]

your friendship is beautiful to behold

[@kvoidcoconut2437]

the most impressive thing, is how hikarus mic isnt picking up any of the fan audio

[@mingster96]

you have to try to play levi while he's blindfolded lmao

[@tfth_stojanoski8321]

That wouldnt make sense cuz Hikaru is better

[@jstiller30]

haha i love it. everytime hikaru takes his mask off and rubs his eyes it looks like hes waking up from a nap

[@TheMarksT]

Good point! Right before our eyes that way. Ggs. Thx.

[@killo500]

these 2 could meet eachother at the park and play chess to pass the time... like brother they dont even have the board

[@luffy1882gsg]

The thumbnail is very unique

[@devyadav3273]

Actually Hikaru and Levy were playing against each other. "Who wins faster!"

[@stefanmirkovic1840]

Your editor deserves a pay raise

[@warsmith1294]

I love how Hikaru could guess Gotham's next move

[@MyselfVlogsPaul]

“enough with the English syntax, we’re not Ludwig” 😂

[@Doomted90]

Hikaru hovering the pieces because of course that's the only move!

[@wynoglia]

I love this uncle nephew feel you guys give

[@mcmudkipp]

I think these guys forget that 700-1000 players can have good defensive/attacking ideas. But just miss things like a hanging piece, or fail to recognize a pin or basic tactic. Like 100% if we didn't do 1 move blunders easy clap higher rating.

[@DonFreeq]

I have never ever seen in my life 1k or below player with good defensive technique. Lowest ever was like 1500. Attacking very rarely may happen though.

[@mcmudkipp]

@@DonFreeq They **can**. Will not always be perfect of course and may miss things. Its just they always act shocked that games aren't all 10 movers using an opening trap

[@satori1134]

You 2 should play against each other blindfolded.

[@joeroot6664]

They should have done a prank where one of them played the other without them knowing

[@matthewimm651]

That was nuts

[@Aegon1]

Lemme replay the whole game in my head Bruh I can’t remember two moves ago

[@periodic98]

Hear no evil,speak no evil

[@Squatsheldon]

Come on, how good can you really be at chess? 8:32 Oh.

[@darkumineru1681]

3:14 i was so ready for u to troll him by saying "i premoved nearly every single move u made"

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Levy would take that as a compliment. It means he's playing good chess.

[@gwzwnglaidaimari4913]

Keeping Your eyes open in a blindfold is like using Headphones in a car

[@dangduynguyen3145]

When will you reveal the thumbnails maker ?

[@RanEncounter]

Look at the description.

[@bigdoggetom6549]

12:18 Hikaru predicting the moves of both players 😭

[@raptorcrasherinc.9823]

i like how Levy intentionally messed up in the second game just to have Hikaru show off his incredible power

[@clippityclapity]

Both of them studiply talking when the other's headphones were off was hilarious

[@zerad3307]

Broo the thumbnail kill me lmaoo