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[@konachan01]

Mittens rated (1) but beats Super GM Hikaru. Kramnik: Interesting

[@smoshy921]

😂

[@user-of6fk7zl4n]

😅😅😅😅

[@arafathossainadib7731]

performing at a 4000 level??

[@groovelinee]

Mathematically impossible !!!

[@Vallhalia]

You won the internet, sir! 🤣

[@thomasostroski7113]

I like how thorough Hikaru is being in his explanations to ensure Kramnik knows he's not cheating.

[@mylesstewartirvine2355]

I had a foster cat called Mittens. Nightmare. Just as difficult to play against.

[@Acent_Luna]

I've never had a cat, but I'm pretty sure a cat is difficult to play against. Especially in person.

[@svx123]

Did it consistently play the Catalan system?

[@patricktho6546]

@@svx123 It constantly won using the berlin wall

[@FireFlyIsMaWife]

Mine is a Scottish fold so you know what opening it plays

[@FoolsGold310]

​@@FireFlyIsMaWife I know, he likes London System and English Defense right?

[@thebattosai7814]

Hikaru is the type of person to bully a cat for the second time💀

[@jacobmccain8082]

Why did Wiz Khalifa's "I beat the p*ssy up" start playing in my head when I read that?

[@NakaruHikamuraOP]

😂😂

[@user-ij1nx4jm7x]

🤐@@NakaruHikamuraOP

[@trapezoided]

and you are the type of person to comment before watching the video at all and end up with a comment that doesn't make sense💀

[@a.j.leclair5426]

​​@@trapezoidedyou sir are a the hero Gotham deserves but the one it needs right now! 😂😅😂😅

[@peters616]

Levi also was able to draw one game. But in that game Mittens seemed a little weaker maybe there's a bit of randomness in its rating game to game.

[@stevejohn7459]

I played and won with a 97.6% accuracy against Mitten’s 95% accuracy! I won with 1 Brilliant move, 5 great moves and so many great moves! I won within 80-90 moves,

[@stevejohn7459]

Also! When I played the bot, it said Mittens was playing like a 900 bot with a high accuracy and for me, it said I played like a 1100 elo player when I’m rated 2000 elo, lol.

[@AyyImMCC]

​@@stevejohn7459great job man that's crazy.. best I could get was a draw with 97 percent, infact mittens was better with -1 in that but I somehow held off. He literally got three brilliants..

[@bardiafn5966]

Kramnik live reaction : very intresting ..

[@makytondr8607]

For me, bots seem to do better or worse depending on the platform and browser. Just a feeling though, haven’t kept any stats.

[@ivan_pozdeev_u]

20:25 That Hikaru guy you're talking about sounds like a promising youngster. Might even be a GM someday!

[@agentpuggles]

Lol 😂 I found it funny how he referred to himself like that

[@theYoutubeHandle]

I think that's multi personality disorder.

[@gen-zisgoofy8304]

This joke is so old

[@bardiafn5966]

Very intresting ...

[@ivan_pozdeev_u]

@@gen-zisgoofy8304 I prefer the word 'timeless' ;-)

[@AndreFernandesMovies]

"welcome back everybody, for todayyyyyyyyy's video..." man, I love this intro's where Hikaru sounds super excited all the time xD

[@jadon3776]

As someone who’s never played mittens, I find it amusing that Hikaru isn’t undefeated against it like me.

[@maxwillian6967]

Go and play with mittens I am sure you will destroy him

[@kylereynolds1758]

This is such a good video. Very educational!

[@zoulogist9171]

I’m just going about my day and Hikaru draws 6 arrows in 1.5 seconds

[@thevideogamerslo7136]

you should try to play a classical chess match against mittens, where she plays a normal blitz match and you have 1hour and 30 minutes + 30 sec per move + additional time after move 40 just like FIDE rules

[@Makex_sweden]

I think computers only need a second or so to find the best move, time matters more for humans than computers

[@rickeboi8594]

@@Makex_swedeni think thats the point hes making

[@gabrieln.6064]

​@@Makex_swedenIt depends on the depth of the analysis, for great depths it could take several seconds, depending on the processing power

[@chessbergen]

I like how Hikaru says, "Hikaru won the game" instead of, "I won the game"

[@DonaldOda]

Based off of the rating of your opponent I find their performance…. Interesting. Now I’m not saying anything but statistically the chances of this ELO performing with such high play would be found interesting by anyone.

[@0Mr.Geek0]

let’s create a petition to get this investigated.

[@NN-cc8uo]

Yeah... not accusing him of anything though, we just find it... *interesting*

[@Alg3br4]

I have looked at the first game on the analysis board, as Mittens' play during 3:27-3:31 felt wrong to me. Lo and behold, she had actually blundered! Mittens should've played 16. ...bxc6 immediately. Though down a pawn, she would've had some compensation, with pressure against the weak e3-pawn as well as attacking chances against your king. Instead, she played Qxe3+ first, and after Kh1 bxc6, she managed to win the pawn back. However, my first thought here was that her queen was somehow getting stuck in the middle of the board. Indeed, the engine has confirmed my suspicion: On move 18, it found the incredible moves Bd4 and Nd4, both of which trap the black queen! 18. Bd4 is the simpler and more forcing option, since it attacks the queen directly. Here are a few sample lines after 18. ...exd4 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Rxe3: - 20. ...Nxe3 21. Qc1 Nxg2 22. Kxg2. The pawns on c6 and d4 are hanging, and both will fall shortly. Then, white can push P on the queenside to win. :^) - 20. ...dxe3 21. Qc1. Here, c6 is hanging, and e3 is under attack (white threatens to remove the defender with h3 next turn). Either pawn will fall, and black's position will collapse as a result. - 20. ...Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxd1 22. Rxe6. This endgame is completely winning for white. Material is even, but the black pawns on c6, d6 and d4, as well as the knight on d1 are all hanging at the same time. All those pawns will fall in quick succession, and white can then push P once again. Instead of justifying her in-between check with 17. ...bxc6, Mittens should've corrected her mistake by either retreating her queen or playing Ng4. Regardless, after 18. cxb7, she would've ended up 1-2 pawns down in a worse position, with all your queenside passed pawns marching up the board. It seems like Mittens went in blindly to equalize material and _then_ start an attack, not realizing the tactical dangers around her queen. Would this analysis change your verdict about her current strength?

[@tylerh6594]

Yea I saw that too

[@rafaelrobin5155]

Mittens blundering? Interesting...

[@0Mr.Geek0]

Given the elo disparity, I can’t help but find it a bit… interesting that Hikaru managed to draw against Mittens. This should be investigated.

[@dahcat]

Interesting...

[@MaybeBlackMesa]

I put Mittens against Stockfish 16 and he was completely lost at move 26, don't know where that pinpoints his rating.

[@aaronjatzeck9141]

​​@@mikeh7175do you actually care he said "he" ?

[@abbasmehdi2923]

You maybe playing with local stockfish engines. Play at a good server.

[@0Mr.Geek0]

this Mittens might be worse than the last one, not a crazy theory given they constantly fudge her rating. also depends on the opening. if Hikaru played a Ruy Lopez against Mittens he’d be completely lost at move 26, but he played a solid opening and drew. my guess is it’s around 3000, but it’s also a bot and won’t take many risks to win since it doesn’t understand it’s opponent is weaker.

[@stevejohn7459]

I did the same thing but he lasted until move 83 where he had 1 queen, 2 rooks, and 4 pawns vs stockfish 16 with 1 queen, 2 bishops, a past pawn and 3 other pawns. This happened when stockfish played the Halloween Gambit mainlines!

[@smoshy921]

Elo 1 cat defeating a super gm hmmmm i think everyone will find this interesting.....

[@msqway11]

chess speaks for itself

[@craigrathe2469]

Great games. Great video. ... BTW, Mitten's cryptic trash-talking is great.

[@Shadoxite]

"That thing! is Satanic!!" -levy

[@S_Brillante]

Mittens 😼

[@benagix]

Fun fact: you can three crown mittens by setting a one minute timer and then just avoid getting checkmated, mittens will lose on time.

[@Patrick462]

FYI Hikaru's "Welcome Back Everyone" was specifically for me.

[@Ward8668]

😂

[@msqway11]

thats cute, is he your boyfriend?

[@SORRYTEAMUP]

Hikarus thumbnail are amazing 😂😂

[@thebattosai7814]

When an evil cat has respawned to destory christmas, you can count on hikaru to defeat it

[@user-ij1nx4jm7x]

🙃

[@msqway11]

but i love the christmas story

[@WhoGivesAFucCk]

This aged well.

[@user-ij1nx4jm7x]

i bet its african that has their acc as this username lol@@WhoGivesAFucCk

[@NimbusCloud_]

we need Duo vs Mittens

[@thirdycelebrado9606]

Like a full level

[@The-legend888]

Hikaru never fails to make a great thumbnail

[@logicallylazy]

Thumbnail is by JoJoChessNoob 👍

[@mariemjlassi723]

His editor* let's give credit where credit is due

[@logicallylazy]

@@mariemjlassi723 I do not believe his editor created this thumbnail. It was JojoChessNoob. He is very talented 👍

[@caricatura389]

Milli Vanilli del ajedrez. Lo demuestran estás tres partidas con el gatito.

[@Kraterlandschaft]

Everytime Mittens wins god kills a kitten.

[@msqway11]

if only. how many games do you think i can resign in a minute? 30? × 60 min = 1800/ hour × 10 hour shift = 18000 × 100 employees = 1,800,000/ day × 100 days = 1.8 billion "To date, statistics indicate that there are over 220 million pet cats around the globe. On the other hand, there are at least 480 million street cats worldwide. So, there should be over *600 million* cats in the world in total." so yeah if what you said were true 100 people working 10 hour shifts a day could basically genocide the entire cat race in about a month. ah well, its a nice thought

[@msqway11]

also its funnier when you know my cat is right here laying on me as i typed that. dumb little bastard doesnt even know. wouldnt have clawed my damn leg begging for treats earlier if he knew what was good for him

[@0Mr.Geek0]

God*

[@Kraterlandschaft]

@@0Mr.Geek0Mittens > god

[@jorgegarridosocorro2493]

I think they should have put the question master and star plumber.

[@nitd955]

Enjoyed trash talk by mittens😂😂

[@devinward639]

Kramnik: Levy played the English and drew mittens, and now Hikaru plays the English as well? Interesting…

[@jigsaw2253]

Boring comment

[@madarauchiha12552]

2:04 Mittens is getting self awareness

[@fozbeats9528]

For todaaaaaayzzzz video 😂😂😂, I Can't

[@NightwindArcher]

Hikaru you could have trapped Mitten's queen in that first game. Stockfish confirmed.

[@JohnToridas]

Hikaru in santa outfit on thumbnail, looks like Greasus Goldtooth from Warhammer Total War

[@alexh0rg320]

I start playing chess about a week, and just imagine, i really think Mittens is 1 mmr bot, i just want to try some opening and got just destroyed. thanks kitty

[@armaanmehanger4154]

Mitten's actual rating is around 2800 (classical) btw (Not official, but has been tested a bit over the year)

[@adityarallapalli8308]

I don't think so.

[@armaanmehanger4154]

​@@adityarallapalli8308I tested Mittens against some 2800 rated engines and gave the 2800 engines 2hrs + 40 sec increment and the score was 16 - 16

[@nikolakatanic1085]

any source of that?

[@timber_hearthian8499]

i don't think so. from an article online i believe mittens rating is around 3200-3500 elo. slightly worse than stockfish.

[@wonderwind2716]

​@@timber_hearthian8499 but Hikaru draws the second game with black, showing that Mittens is not super strong and can easily win all games to humans. I don't think Hikaru can draw 3200 classic elo bot (just like a 2400 IM can't draw 2780 Hikaru in classic), even with the drawing technique shown in the video. I think 2900-3000 elo is a fair guess.

[@victorfinberg8595]

16:15 well, obviously a cat is going to play with the mouse before killing it. just when the mouse thought it was going to escape ...

[@donsurlylyte]

yeah mittens is back merry christmas.

[@MillionaireMindset729]

29:31 ia hullarious😅

[@user-cx1xp9bx7k]

5:10 LOL

[@ashutoshpattnaik5446]

Grind like a GM

[@Kyoxyx]

Damn its been a year since then?? mittens is here again

[@seya_2]

Feels like it was a few months ago tbh

[@NakaruHikamuraOP]

Yeah

[@NakaruHikamuraOP]

@@seya_2 yeah only 12 months ago

[@dynox_]

Hikaru turned into stockfish when he beat mittens

[@willpanter209]

He’s all over the platforms

[@phoceanix]

Hikaru needs to speedrun mittens

[@gabrielrekt]

Just saw a Levy in an ad before the video started whaaa

[@amyx231]

Couple of days ago I downloaded the app. Saw Mittens the “easy” cute kitty. Yeah… it’s a demon. 😂

[@Pentagon005875]

FIRST HIKARU CHRISTMAS THUMBNAIL FOR THIS YEAR

[@danielndobe1257]

At least you got to last that long against that thing

[@adarkol1575]

bro just lost to a 1 elo

[@zone07]

I've never felt so lost!

[@NatePogany]

4:12 move bishop to c1🤷‍♂️ idk I’m a beginner

[@vaibhavrevandkar6153]

I really thought mittens had 1 rating and got bullied so bad now I know the reason why😂

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

I suspect Mittens is receiving help from an engine 🤔

[@Riz00550]

Mitten is the engine itself 😂

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

@@Riz00550 ??

[@WebDevCentral-jq5kj]

Mittens is getting help from stockfish lol.

[@user-yl9in1zy6h]

19:40 Bruh,this sound made me think that was a mate XD (I was scared)

[@DobroSC2]

Hudddge draw vs cat! GG

[@pozitiv4ik175]

3:59 what about the Bishop to d4?

[@mohittewari4127]

Fun fact after seeing how good mittens is we conclude that he is rated 1 as it's his rank not elo

[@user-cu9rb9cx6m]

Ngl that's smart

[@thedigitalnerds]

Someone's definitely recommended Hikaru to up his energy in his video.

[@ALGRiM247]

the return of batman - hikaru the return of buttplug - nieman

[@JoshuaParajes]

mittens is a new bot but hikaru is the chosen one

[@VikashChessGod]

4:12 hikaru missed bishop D4 trapping the queen 👑

[@KevinChantal]

No he didnt. Blacks E pawn takes the bishop.

[@VikashChessGod]

​@@KevinChantal then rook f3 traps queen

[@user-lo1sy3sm1u]

Queen can take on d4

[@VikashChessGod]

​@@user-lo1sy3sm1uknight takes queen

[@alcatraz2981]

Checked with the engine, you’re right. Wow

[@MrChessgator]

The shipping to Canada is almost the same as the product price!! Free shipping or no buy!!

[@NakaruHikamuraOP]

What

[@damonowens6947]

What

[@gohtzewenn590]

What

[@userjk7]

Mittens speaks for itself

[@Ivan-iw5cd]

Amo esa camisa de la rivera 👌🙌

[@grgaprenkster6966]

e

[@LukaMarincek]

They should give New titels SGM - Super Grand Master , so Kramnik could talk about it again. Jelousy knows no limits.

[@hanzo6288]

Hikaru casually drawing with stockfish

[@stevejohn7459]

Yeah, Stockfish 15 to be exact! Stockfish 16 nearly drew with Mittens but found a series of checks and sacrifices that lead to a hard but a win for white with 1 queen, 2 bishops, 4 pawns and one of those pawns is a past pawn vs Mittens with 1 queen, 2 rooks, 4 pawns.

[@walterwhite210]

​@@stevejohn7459stockfish 15 would shit on mittens

[@Rudy137]

I'm scared of the "first 30 seconds of the video" hikaru

[@prathamesh413]

Holy what a great skill to survive against bots

[@brayanroman]

That Intro XD

[@DavidKfilmmaker]

Use the game analysis and it will say what level both played at

[@msqway11]

that number is basically meaningless

[@userjk7]

Ah, the clogged toilet variation

[@DBD_Dan]

10months later and he's bacj

[@user-rr5jt5kf7d]

He try to mate me which quite rude -Hikaru Nakamura ‏‪

[@abdulrhmanziedan8764]

i played 99.9 against mittens, and guess what? we drew with a 100 accuracy on thw other side

[@zinoubrahami8274]

bro did the ultimate asian face for a moment

[@devpatel7688]

Hikaru whole video ... '' I don't like my position ''😅

[@IsisMusic]

Nice to see Mittens back. Best chess bot ever

[@perthiger7302]

Will you try to beat stochfish??

[@Tom-hf4om]

We need Hans Niemann bot (Hans is 3600 elo)

[@rc4828]

Not funny.n

[@ivan_pozdeev_u]

Its avatar should be wearing a Stockfish logo T-shirt.

[@Tom-hf4om]

@@ivan_pozdeev_u fr💀

[@NakaruHikamuraOP]

@@ivan_pozdeev_u lol

[@Dietskittles]

The Mittens dialog is completely unhinged. What happened to them in the last 12 months? 😂

[@mafyakenan9198]

imagine u best chess players one of the all time and u lose random site of random content bot which everyone can open with their cpu with simple computer at least garry kasparov losing against scientists not for little kitty

[@boogheman5594]

He beat mittens, someone call Kramnik, this is interesting.

[@smolbean1571]

hikaru has w shirts no diff.

[@fernandomanju]

I flagged mittens in adrawn position

[@vojtechnovacek7776]

2:51 is this Mittens' comment directed at Kramnik? 🤣

[@Gamer23243]

1 elo but the flag is the whole world

[@thirdycelebrado9606]

That why just do max level

[@pranavjoshi6396]

Nice Hairstyle btw😂

[@toiletpaper2884]

Bro thinks his Hikaru💀 Wait he is Hikaru

[@MattJH33]

27:36 Mittens bodies Hikaru

[@katis999]

Yeah, Kramnik is gonna find the Mittens performance..."interesting"... :)

[@basedad]

MITTENS!!!!!

[@zenflare]

Great video. This bot seems impossible to beat.

[@stevejohn7459]

I beat it and it said mittens played like a 900 elo bot despite having an 95% accuracy compared to to my 97.6% accuracy and the bot played brilliant in the beginning, middle and end games compared to my Brilliant move in the middle game, unfortunately he didn’t take the “free” bishop and I beat it with 1 queen, 2 bishops vs Mitten’s army of 1 queen and 2 rooks!

[@edgegodfrivolous]

@@stevejohn7459 i bet barack obama himself congratulated you on your fine victory, didn't he?

[@absolutesonic4266]

​@@edgegodfrivolouslmao ☠️ thank you for this 🔥

[@zurcyde]

Hikaru's introduction always serms so sarcastic, like he really despises his audience

[@u2q00l]

Facts

[@topoftops4305]

Did Hikaru missed bishop D4 trapping the queen in the 4:02 minute?

[@doltage]

Pawn on e5 takes

[@justintharp5652]

They made the Mittens bot play at Han's Neimann level- the freaking bot is cheating with stock 🐟 🤣✅

[@Facedless]

29:25 33000 RATING GIGACHAD