Which Top SuperGM Is Behind This Account?

[@GMHikaru]

We will tell you who this is... in time.

[@matiaschevalier8910]

It was Levy, guys

[@mrtotallynotclickbait2544]

xqc really be trying to hide his identity...

[@ЦТТҮАДашдорж.Бат-Эрдэнэ]

Or maybe it was the legendary Rowan Atkinson got a real chess talent :)

[@psychicspy1234]

It’s Anish giri 🤟🏼

[@cruyff_eafc]

@@ЦТТҮАДашдорж.Бат-Эрдэнэ Haha

[@danielvaldecantos3629]

"i can usually sense that something is off" the account is literally named MrBean at 3k elo

[@christianw6819]

lol hes so akward

[@victor6010]

XD

[@theflyingdude6523]

Lolll

[@gregortheoverlander4122]

I think his point was that he can tell when it's an engine user. He was making it clear that he was sure that it was an extremely strong player and not a cheater

[@dannyinsi4720]

Plot Twist: It's actually Rowan Atkinson who is playing with that account.

[@imamasterbaiter6645]

Sussy Baka

[@spacesanduniversediscovery4878]

Yes exactly. Your name is not cristian name. He has iq of 178

[@ColHogan-bu2xq]

😅

[@gayupgayup4834]

How did people work that out ?

[@kartikeyasaxena3465]

😂

[@ped7g]

How to recognise Hikaru by time usage: - if the opponent does blitz 15 moves of opening except being stuck on insignificant turn 4 for 9 seconds, it's Hikaru, typing something on other monitor or checking chat...

[@sandeepshetty1589]

do you accept this woman to be ....... Hikaru: I definitely do...i am pretty sure i do...hmm, i think...my instincts are really good...although...i am not 100% sure

[@christianw6819]

He's so socially awkward lol

[@2ndintelligentWorld]

@@christianw6819 not sure if socially awkward is the right phrase lol first of all it's not actively engaging in a social conversation and he seems very comfortable rather than awkward. just like any sensible person he's just saying he could be wrong. Hikaru does tend to overdo it but really has nothing to do with how he interacts socially lol

[@JecIsBec]

Person: *makes really minor mistake* Hikaru: ok so I know it's not Magnus

[@aryashetty3924]

It's not a minor mistake. That actually loses the game on the spot.

[@KetsuguVOD]

Lmao i thought the same!!😂 It's a real investigation all the way through this mysterious video!

[@benschmitt7035]

@@aryashetty3924 its a positional inacuracy that leads into a losing endgame lol, its not like he blundered forced mate in 3 or something

[@chessplatypus4769]

@@benschmitt7035 which loses the game on the spot..

[@joseluisgonzalez1047]

Guesses incorrectly like 10 times. Hikaru: Aha! My instincts are good.

[@rgmoney14101994]

Wouldnt be a GM otherwise!

[@johngoss1801]

the instincts he was referring to had absolutely NOTHING to do with who the person was. he was referring to whether or not the person was cheating or not.

[@NoTv10]

Lmfao

[@johngoss1801]

@xNrY_ BoSS yeah on a second listen I misunderstood his engine user reference.

[@NicoDavid]

Ben Finegold

[@vrup]

Fen Binegold

[@halffolk21]

Ben is looking me 2600. On his main account.

[@gynt5938]

Nice character arc on your content love the coverage of the philippine culture and your apolitical stand in the upcoming Presedential election is good but it can be your downfall for trying to please everyone. Hope you to be succesful and did not know you liked chess kudos to you.

[@Eufamis]

Bean Finegold

[@dddd2319]

See u in bulldogs channel as well

[@alexsmith3598]

I just love the idea of 2 super GMs playing 15 turns against each other and one side is just like "Oh my god, David? It's been so long!! How are the kids?" Like they're in the White Lotus.

[@quintend1305]

Definitely Giri, he looks like Mr.Bean

[@kad9947]

Damn 🤣

[@dr.mitbhavsar3086]

Broooo😅😂

[@mohammed-elghali3027]

"It's not Magnus but it could be Magnus. I don't think it is but it could be". Levy was right, choosing to became a SGM means you gave up sanity

[@goku445]

pretty much

[@cloudlights2643]

😂😂😂

[@jonsno3688]

I mean it makes sense tho it really could be but in his opinion he doesn’t think it is

[@azamat_bagatov69]

You don't "choose" to be like this.

[@mnm3556]

This is Ian Nepomniachtchi. They just mentioned it in Hikaru's stream after their game in the world rapid championship.

[@name6771]

Link?

[@misaelmorales2019]

It is confirmed. It was Nepo prepping for the world championship.

[@kmktruthserum9328]

0:53 David 3:24 Magnus 4:08 NOT David and MIGHT be Magnus 5:41 NOT Luke 5:50 NOT NIGEL THORNBERRY 5:52 MAYBE WESLEY 6:07 very good player in 2700 6:34 NOT INDIANA JONES 6:43 MAYBE ANISH 7:58 NOT MAGNUS 8:20 NOT SIMON 8:34 NOT ADAMS 8:55 Ting Loren 9:02 He's playing terrible 9:21 AHA! 10:26 headbanging 12:59 NOT MAMADEOV 15:00 the last game against this top 10 player. im not going to play them on I'm not going to play them on this account. yeah that was he found that nice tactic. again I'm not going to say who it is it's not Magnus but it's the top 10 player all I'm going to say I WAS NOT WRONG 😂 😂 😂

[@MrDane59]

Should edit to Ding liren

[@WizardKingMerlin]

when you guess everything, you'll eventually be right lol

[@obtuse947]

who in the fuck is Ting Loren 😂

[@alternateimmaster2213]

@@obtuse947 he typed it trolling hikaru's pronunciation

[@aayu2386]

@@obtuse947 the guy above American #1 Babiano lasagna

[@hpekristiansen]

24:40 There are three possibilities: An engine user, a 2700+ or *something weird* . I like to imagine some weird alien with tentacles playing online chess.

[@arkabanerjee1091]

😂😂😂😂

[@abhishekchauhan6869]

He said "my instincts are good" 41 time.

[@adamleckius]

Thx for keeping score champ

[@podunkest]

And, "I just don't know who it is" in the first five or ten minutes about 50 times

[@kozatas]

Hikaru would be a charismatic wisdom guy if he spends %20 of the words he spends now.

[@atharvtiwari1638]

For those who are wondering mrbean is hikaru

[@ordinarryalien]

I believe you. (I don't.)

[@dk062787]

So I didn’t hear him.. is his instinct good?

[@rocketdog67ify]

I think he literally doesn’t really care

[@akshay9840]

Hikaru recieved a dm : it said " Hikaru u have a great instinct" End of the story

[@ASHISHKUMARDPSG]

My nigaru

[@inspiration3364]

Lol!!!! That's probably the story

[@adamleckius]

Haha exactly, that confirmed it

[@denominator208]

Let's leave it at that.

[@conradnal8934]

Lmao

[@goodluk654]

It cannot be Magnus. You said it yourself, it has to be a 2700s...

[@johnbarnesNnaptown]

I knew I was right, it was one of the 20 players that he named

[@cultoftyler9045]

well, first off. he said it was a top 10.

[@Aleronx90]

Wouldn't a Hidden Chess Cup (AoE2 fans know) be fun? I think it'd be crazy cool featuring top level GMs facing each other without actually knowing who is who thus being unable to leverage certain information.

[@84xyzabc]

Perhaps you don't know what a super-GM is! They will spot each other in minutes, depending on whether on time format!

[@Aleronx90]

@@84xyzabc You're probably right but that'd be still fun for the viewers

[@hassanfakhri7890]

Love this idea

[@kaiserkatzenhund5893]

I didn’t know MrBean played chess

[@amethyst10]

Epic

[@phen-themoogle7651]

And he's in the top 20 of best players alive nowadays xD

[@sandeepshetty1589]

The uncertainty principle: This is definitely Magnus...This is Magnus...This should be Magnus...This may be Magnus...This could be Magnus...This could not be Magnus...This may not be Magnus...This should not be Magnus...This is not Magnus...This is definitely not Magnus...Damm, my instincts are really good...definitely good...may be good...i don't know...although i do...may be

[@inspiration3364]

Lol

[@muhammadscott571]

Video summary

[@blackmamba5380]

You are really Magnusfied arent you?

[@andresberger6240]

Gone crazy

[@ABC_Guest]

This reminds me of "Guess the ELO", but 10x harder.

[@sickofseeingjustsomeguywit8168]

It's actually Levy. He doesn't reveal his skills but is secretly a super gm.

[@hpy2101]

It was later confirmed that the account belongs to Ian Nepomniatchi

[@beast29399]

High chance of it being Anish because he was also training with vidit for scc match against duda so he must be practising for that match through this smurf account and in the end hikaru also said opponent is 100 percent a top 10 player

[@revlismorningstar825]

Ended up being Wesley So

[@beast29399]

@@revlismorningstar825 what's the proof

[@RajatGupta-vu8xp]

@@revlismorningstar825 no Wesley i has different anonyms account

[@JCW86]

@@revlismorningstar825 no it didn't lol. wesley doesn't have that kind of sense of humor to create an account like that

[@joshualogan6655]

@@JCW86 He does

[@dakid2323]

I think I know whom Hikaru is hinting at. Top 10 player, quality dump in a time scramble, sharp, a username which is funny in a super cheesy way, A player that Hikaru guessed more than once...I'm going to guess Wesley. His real account is rated 3088 in blitz, on which he hasnt played since September...Wesley fits the bill perfectly. Anish is such a huge troll. If it were him, he'd name his account MrRozman or something.

[@anone-mouse1672]

For everyone wondering, it's Wesley.

[@alternateimmaster2213]

How do you know?

[@betterthanyou3465]

I assume it is him but do we have proof

[@marazdovuscu2484]

Hikaru first kept saying it might be wesley then after he learns he says "my instincts are good","he is top ten" etc. Does he think he's "not saying it"now lmao does he really think people are that stupid

[@nullisexquisite1371]

@@marazdovuscu2484 stop with the negative comments

[@NoNameAtAll2]

shut up, Wesley

[@iamiupa]

Plot twist would be it's Levy trolling and he's secretly got his GM title without announcing it and bribing FIDE not to disclose his new 2900 rating.

[@ashwin2263]

😂😂

[@suntzu6122]

Guys, one thing is for certain. Hikaru def doesnt know who this is. Def a strong player, not sure who tho. Lmaooo

[@yeahthisismyname5016]

But his instincts are very good

[@mikelz6936]

VERY GOOD!

[@inspiration3364]

Lol. I'm with you

[@cobrasums]

@Let's Play Chess who is iy

[@aldrichahnii]

It was Wesley. Some subscribers confirmed that it was him.

[@rayfangrui]

The suspense is killing me

[@anuraglamichhane1733]

Assuming Grand Swiss players would be busy preparing, it leaves out Wesley, Anish and Ding. Naka was skeptic it being Anish because of the insane speed (but could be Anish practising for speed chess championship). My bet would be Wesely So though.

[@aniketprasad3128]

Why not Nepo practicing blitz 😆

[@cadespaulding3837]

Cant be Wesley because only 1 top 10 player from that country. So based on your theory it would be Ding.

[@anuraglamichhane1733]

@@cadespaulding3837 No Hikaru never said specifically like (the country he's from doesn't have more than 2 tip 10s) but he just made an assumption in general off the top of his head that in top 10 there are no 2 players from the same country, and therefore if he gave out the country, it would give away the player.

[@ElPapelMan]

Hikaru confirmed today on stream that this is Ian Nepo lmfao

[@Emmanuel-yj4tp]

I really REALLY love these kinds of vids where Hikaru faces off against an anonymous top 20 supergm tbh, its always fun to watch the extremely high level chess between two players. Well it would actually be nice to know the identity of the player at the end of the vid so we can check our guesses. Sadly, thats rarely gonna happen since majority of smurf accounts is made to mask identities. 😔😔😔. Fun vid overall tho.

[@alternateimmaster2213]

Hell yeah - it's extremely cool

[@Hsyin.c46]

I think it was Ben Finegold

[@anuraglamichhane1733]

High chance it's wesley so. Most of the other top 10 are playing Grand Swiss. Nepo preparing for WC. Grischuk barely plays online. Hikaru was slightly skeptical it being Anish because Anish is not as fast. Extremely fast, sharp, not playing the grand swiss leaves only Wesley in my opinion.

[@theoneonly8472]

It was Wesley So

[@goldenboypierre3284]

@@Hsyin.c46 Ben is not Top 10

[@SilentKnight-89]

Hikaru with the savage dig at the great Simon Williams

[@SuperGGLOL]

Hikaru repeating himself throughout the whole Of game 2

[@magnum4989]

first time viewer?

[@mohammedasharabi3134]

Is it Ian? Maybe that's why Hikaru doesn't want to reveal it

[@Larbez]

This is clearly Levy from 2025 :)

[@dwikiirfansaputra]

its nepo, hikaru said it on stream

[@Pattonator14]

Names 10 possibilities, "my instincts were great!" lmao

[@cultoftyler9045]

he named like 5 max

[@pagnedaman3777]

"i was not wrong." Lmao how could you be wrong when you guess everyone?

[@silaskonig4306]

It was Nepo who wanted to stay anonymous training Blitz for the wc

[@jacobvaten5686]

That's what I reckon as well

[@vampirejs758]

Did your editor actually catch hold of all GMs and take such a photo, because it just looks so real!

[@zkenk]

I think Hikaru's instincts are good

[@mohammedshehada5373]

really really good, but i could be wrong tho. But I think its good

[@richiksen1396]

Guys, just in case you missed it, his instincts are good.

[@jacobvaten5686]

Hikaru wouldnt say cause its Nepo practicing before World Cup; he wouldnt say cause Nepo is trying to keep his prep private

[@descendency]

Or one of his seconds.

[@MtnMichael88]

Grischuk looks the most guilty in the thumbnail

[@Kyrqs]

This seems like Ian Nepomniatchi because it's fast, creative, and very high level.

[@TheG010]

I need Magnus to anonymously play Hikaru 😂

[@random9-548]

Based on the openings, Ding Liren is my guess, he plays d4 as white and e5 against e4, also Classical set up against anything else, he is very solid and positional, it makes sense. My second guess is Anish Giri and its based on the troll account name and the troll picture...

[@andresberger6240]

Giri won't do that Bxg6. That was Garry Kasparov.

[@ClassicPass_]

"No, it's not Simon Williams, it's A QUALITY PLAYER"

[@blanc18]

“This is a 2700 but I just don’t know who it is” repeats this 200 times

[@averysbragbook]

Levi Rossman repair group

[@dududududu6019]

so from guess the elo we get into guess the supergm

[@richiej2640351]

Man he fooled everyone, Hikaru is Mr. Bean, Mr Bean is Hikaru. He’s playing himself on another monitor and pc. Duh

[@richiej2640351]

Come on Hikaru throw me a heart, thanks for the pin though :)

[@bayleybayley]

Is it Death from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey? I reckon it is you know

[@user-hi3ke6qh7q]

It's all of them. 1 Carlsen, Magnus 2 Ding, Liren 3 Caruana, Fabiano 4 Aronian, Levon 5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian 6 Giri, Anish 7 Grischuk, Alexander 8 So, Wesley 9 Firouzja, Alireza 10 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

[@shivammittal6895]

Did someone notice the sudden confidence boost after knowing who the person really is .... 😂😂😂😂

[@victor6010]

cuz he found out it wasn't magnus lul

[@goku445]

Also noticed the drop of confidence when he thought it was Magnus.

[@shivammittal6895]

@@goku445 yupp 😂😂

[@BiggyJimbo]

19:05 - MVL and Alireza Firouzja are both French, and in the top 10

[@observemudau]

They can't be playing online while they are both playing live tournaments duhh

[@BiggyJimbo]

@@observemudau Haha I know, it's just that Hikaru said he didn't think that there were 2 players in the top 10 from the same country

[@EmperorHung]

LOVE this kind of video, somebody to actually give Hikaru a run for his money. NOBODY PRESSURES HIKARU!!!

[@andrewbradley3305]

It’s Wesley

[@kan3425]

It's ian nepomniachtchi, he was revealed on stream yesterday by Benjamin Bok

[@MsUncleKevin]

Thats Veselin Topalov for sure!

[@slyck_supracotra7136]

I think it's the GM who is smiling on the thumbnail👀😃

[@maferreira1984]

I love how he not only guessed 50 different people but also got more and more generic, like "it's David Howell"; "no, it's a 2700 player"; "it's definitely someone very very good", LOL. In the end he was like "oh, it's definitely a human being... unless, of course, it's an engine... but it's something that exists, I know that... a-ha! My instinct is good, guys, I got it right, it's an existing thing".

[@jackhanbond]

"Actually now I know it's not Magnus". Hikaru's respect for Magnus is unparalleled.

[@praveenrawat6574]

Guys its Anish Giri preparing for SCC

[@GeekonaBike]

The Flag was right after all, It was David Howell

[@goodforyou9596]

Maybe he who is making videos of "am I gonna be a GM?"

[@crabcrab2024]

Damn! Hikaru’s talk is absolutely hilarious!

[@rpa6153]

"I think it's David Howell... I think it's David Howell unless I'm crazy... I think it's David Howell although David Howell's username is Howitzer so maybe it's not David Howell." Hikaru determining MrBean might not be David Howell because MrBean is not David Howell's username.

[@sl__p.d_priv_d]

It's Nepo, the guy who was battling Magnoose

[@kartikeyasaxena3465]

1. Cannot be Carlsen and Nepo because they have partnership with LiChess 2. Cannot be Anish because he doesn't play this fast 3. Cannot be Fabi,MVL, and Aronian because they were busy in Grand Swiss 4. Cannot be Alireza because Hikaru confirmed it 5. Can be Ding Liren but I doubt 6. Wesley once played by creating a fake account back too so it must be him

[@leadnitrate2194]

Nepo doesn't have a partnership with lichess He has a chess com account called iachessq or something Magnus doesn't have a partnership with lichess either, he has one with chees24

[@kartikeyasaxena3465]

@@leadnitrate2194 you get the point right

[@observemudau]

@@kartikeyasaxena3465 He definitely does not get the point

[@manawearblack]

@@kartikeyasaxena3465 it's a moot point, the whole point of an anonymous account is that your partnership doesn't matter as nobody knows who you are, levy has anon accounts on lichess, infact most players do lol, even I have an anon account on lichess

[@fIyingwithoutwings]

Ding Liren also doesn’t play that fast, check out his games with chessbrah unless he got faster the past year but doubt it

[@TheDentist27]

Names all top 10 players "I knew it was him!"

[@xanderdejesus5831]

Does anyone know the song playing at 4:41?

[@backcross5071]

At: 19.05 min you said "i dont think there are any countries that have more than one player in the top 10.But your country got three with Levon , Russia got two ,and France got two either . nice vid thanks for sharing !

[@steventheunis9546]

4:43 Hikaru blunders mate or loses queen. Rd1+, Kg2, Nh4# opponent misses this and plays Rc8 ?

[@thegame9808]

It is David Howell, he said it at the start and why we was so proud later. The flag matches him to .

[@ParanoidAandroid]

He said it was a top 10 player, so it's not David Howell

[@thegame9808]

@@ParanoidAandroid Then based on his original it would be Wesley So, but he also said it felt like a 2700 which would be David and the London location and flag nearly confirms its David as well. Now I want to know for sure, somebody find out facts and get back. Also when he says top 10, I think that means more like top 30 in his mind, people reading to directly into that. Only other guess than David Howell would be Wesley So on a fake account , but I’m still gonna bet on it being David Howell.

[@ParanoidAandroid]

@@thegame9808 I do think he literally meant top 10, because at some point in the video he said he doesn’t want to reveal the nationality because there is no country that has two two top 10 players, implying that if he gave us the nationality we’d know who it is

[@WalterHWhite-tq2gd]

"Guess the elo but you can't know if i'm right"

[@ralphgreenwood2469]

Hikaru is not sure of anything except that he is unsure.

[@wredred4725]

Or maybe it really is Mr. Bean...

[@wisadoublev8899]

Did the editor forgot to put the thumbnail on the intro?

[@Jonny_Haas]

Maybe for that reason, even if we are good, is difficult to have a channel of playing chess, if that happen to a normal good player we would be massacred by a super GM. Instead Hikaru obviously is able to face anyone.

[@noahsilva1781]

Wesley... he had guessed it and said later he wasn't wrong.

[@9181shreyasbhatt]

At 2:45 Hikaru : e5 pawn hanging. It seems I can take it. Me : Really, Night takes Night takes Night takes, no no queen is eying g2. Pause the video. Bishop takes than rook takes and sill mate threat. Think think, Hikaru said it's hanging, u are missing the trick... After million years, I don't see it lets see Hikaru's trick. Unpause. Hikaru : Ahh no, its mate threat, what am I doing. Me : ....

[@descendency]

Guys. It's my alt account that I actually play like a top 10 player when I'm on it. Otherwise, I play like a lame non-titled player.

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

Hey Hikaru! 👋🏾 Thank You for everything You have done for Firouzja! I seen an interview with Him giving You credit for playing a lot of Chess Games with Him getting Him in Phenomenal Chess Shape! You're a Great Human Being for doing that Hikaru! Lord Bless You Hikaru! 💯🤜🏾🤛🏾👑🥇🙌🏾🤲🏾🔑

[@observemudau]

He did that because he could not beat Magnus

[@justiceadaghebalu416]

@@observemudau vayolence

[@alternateimmaster2213]

What interview?

[@Alex-yq5xl]

Im very curious, which interview and when??

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

@@alternateimmaster2213 I'm not sure but I think it was during the Opera Euro Rapid the interviewers was the Gentleman from Gotham Chess and Anna Rudolph the Interview is on Hikaru Nakamura's Channel?

[@GreyGhost.]

a prat ..... guess EVERYONE and then say " My instincts are good."

[@howard8438]

What was the "amazing retort" at 13:14? Why couldn't he take with the pawn? His knight protects the forking square on e6 (which would fork king, queen and both rooks!) So what's the problem?

[@beliebigername6700]

I guess there is b4, at least winning a piece back, since the knight can't leave. Looks rough for black to play

[@dielmanmandielman315]

If you take with the pawn, b4 threatens the knights because of a fork

[@viktortrbovic5358]

He plays pawn b4 to kick away the knight and then he forks but Hikaru missed bishop d5 as a defensive resource.

[@howard8438]

So I put it in the computer, turns out our man Hikaru overreacted, he could have taken with the pawn after all. The comments saying b4 are correct but then Rxd4 means you exchange a rook and pawn for a knight and bishop and it's an equal position.

[@Newcenturion100]

I'm sure he meant that he's instinct was right that it was a SGM. Not a specific one.

[@moz2589]

Hikaru has really pristine skin lately

[@lxWiNNeRxl]

I don't know why but I really enjoyed this. And Hikarus comments made it even more interesting because I really didn't know what was going

[@spamonfire1472]

For anyone wondering, its GM QTCinderella

[@matchi1275]

No wesley

[@gamingforever7336]

9:15 caught using mobile you are now disqualified according to thicc rulebook

[@FalConXG]

It could be XQC🤣

[@baraaelshafee1932]

anyone knows music at 2:42?

[@LarryRevell]

Hikaru could be playing TWO PLAYERS

[@plutover08]

Lol It was nepo

[@savilahmed9859]

My guess is Nepo! Secretly prepping for the World Championship with this account. xD