Wesley So Overcomes Incredible Hikaru Comeback Effort!

[@musicman1989]

You know Hikaru really cares about someone when he handshakes his opponent instead of walking out despite being really mad.

[@kacperperzynski7488]

I heard So helped hikaru during fisher championship and it played huge role in hikaru victory. He had to overcome anger for their relationship

[@andresv.8880]

@@kacperperzynski7488 they're just good acquaintances, wesley is a super nice guy, he even watches hikaru's streams regularly

[@kristofferopstad2203]

Ehm... tbf he would handshake anyone sitting in that chair

[@mielone95]

Yeah because showing sportmanship and shaking anothers player hand at the end of the game is something to brag about

[@musicman1989]

@@mielone95 It is since hardly ever happens in chess.

[@sks3520]

8:45 Can we talk about Wesley trolling the camera ? 😂

[@silviapabon1282]

Hahaha

[@gmexistence6644]

Always finding some evidence delusional fanatical boys of Naka 😂😂😂 go cry delusional clown fans of Naka until SGM Wesley becomes World Chess Champion soon in God's perfect time lets see‼️✌🏿♟️🇺🇸🇵🇭❤️

[@xayl297]

I remember kobe bryant

[@Unpug]

LOL

[@Pfillep]

He was like. "Uhhh. Where do i go now? Like here?"

[@sung_kaban]

8:26 That reaction from Naka 😁, I feel sorry for the mouse. 😁

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIPKIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

Props to Wesley So, such a consistent player.

[@jermainerodgers]

Why he lost in chess960

[@politicfrog]

So has beein in the top 10 for the last 5 years. Very consistent player. I feel like he is good offensively he just want to play normal and safe chess and let his opponent make mistakes.

[@politicfrog]

​@@jermainerodgers because you cant win everything in chess? So has won so many tournament chess already.

[@jermainerodgers]

@@politicfrog bcs he didn't know how to castle

[@politicfrog]

@@jermainerodgers lame answer that shows who you are 🤣

[@ItsMeVicky]

GGs to all the players, it was so fun to watch!

[@Bai_Su_Zhen]

Also the commentators by the way. They are doing a spectacular job making this an exciting show to watch.

[@ordykamolane4455]

20 seconds for Hikaru is like 5 hours for someone else😂😂😂Danya is such a great commentator man

[@onionutube]

Whoa! been getting chess videos recommended to me lately... didn't know Wesley has come so far now... I remember playing chess with him back in High School and the teachers were talking about how he's such a genius... I was a Sophomore back then and he was in 6th grade. Good times... good times...

[@LightBuzzyear]

wesley has the power of God and anime on his side

[@joedorben3504]

bruh wtf anime was sent from the devil for sure

[@um8650]

@@joedorben3504 meaning he has the power of both god and satan on his side 🙏🙏

[@mikewiththemic]

@@joedorben3504 Anime is shorthand for "animation". It's just a medium; a tool. The tool itself is neither intrinsically good nor evil, but how the tool is being used determines this.

[@iguoyrxayananikihs9505]

@@joedorben3504 Wow, such a bias narrow minded view

[@black.beerd.gaming]

Wesley So should dress as IP Man his next finals. Shit would be 🥶🥶🥶

[@urielroderos2579]

Bruh, he does oddly look like IP Man HAHAHAHAHAHHHhAHA

[@black.beerd.gaming]

@@urielroderos2579 factsssss bro. Shit would be the coldest fit. The traditional Chinese wear is so damn sick imo.

[@TaxCollector25]

He's Filipino tho, but yeah he looks like ip man

[@TaxCollector25]

Or Donnie yen to be exact

[@black.beerd.gaming]

@@TaxCollector25 true. I'd say IP man because we know he means business

[@mikehresko]

Aman and Danya compliment each other perfectly.

[@mateit1479]

Inside, everyone know this was the real final.

[@user-dw4dq1if1m]

When you didnt resign online, but resign offline

[@yukisensei8051]

That last game was amazing to watch

[@mayumi_hiraya3142]

that was a spectacular match, what a relief of Wesley winning it

[@aljond941]

NO ONE GAVE WESLEY A CHANCE!! LET'S GOOO!!!

[@opside231]

They obviously played the moves that I already predicted

[@mr.pineapple4976]

opside, the one and only

[@lammatt]

what brand of beads are you using?

[@mohitwanjare7951]

@@lammatt hans corporation limited

[@dfg12382]

Chess players should have something to release the energy after a tough loss. Maybe some training dummy for Hikaru to beat up right next to the player seats.

[@pannenkoekspek]

Beth harmon fleshlight?

[@kaspafischer]

@@pannenkoekspek 🤣

[@john15399]

danya is an amazing shoutcaster oh my gosh

[@rhymetimeuk]

Wow, what an incredible match!! truly awesome to watch!

[@pr3ttyb0yfl4cko]

No offense to the opponent So fought in the finals, but for me, THIS WAS THE REAL FINALS. Insane match!

[@kilzoldyck5114]

Wesley trolling with the camera man lmfao

[@sebastianodena5587]

Props to the commentators,made the match more exciting!

[@fredericbouchardwong4596]

Love Fabi being there and providing analysis!!!!!

[@gmquizon6024]

8:22 poor mouse 😂 Hikaru's frustration 😅

[@richardwainwright507]

Great recap, this is what I subscribe for.

[@joelim8126]

LOVE THE HYPECASTING! THIS IS WHAT CHESS NEEDS!

[@bharlesCabbage]

Legend has it that to this day Hikaru has not changed his shirt.

[@eizendragon5141]

As a filo 🇵🇭 fan of hikaru. This is the match i cant side with, but Dang!! That was a clutch from Westley

[@xayl297]

Yeah

[@sebastianodena5587]

Nah,u were rooting for Wesley,dont lie!

[@sebastianodena5587]

Nah,u were rooting for Wesley,dont lie!

[@MVuke84]

If I had to win just one game, against either one of these guy's, I'd go into hiding. 🤣

[@michael8815]

Commentary has been amazing right throughout.

[@pratiks1]

this was the actual final!!!

[@zitternden]

This was a really well done video.

[@maloxi1472]

Wesley literally made Hikaru literally care

[@jryer1]

Congrats to Wesley. Sorry Champ, you can't win'em all!

[@streaming9190]

9:02 I didn't know this was fide rated tournament.

[@gawi]

It’s not everyday where we see Hikaru loses a Rapid event. Truly momentous event for So.

[@mikhail6884]

So Beat Hikaru on Rapid multiple times in their career..

[@gawi]

@@mikhail6884 when you say multiple, you actually mean 2, right? Wesley even said it in the interview.

[@aleksk4151]

I knew it Wesley is a GENIUS

[@kjbmarr]

hikaru is so good... at shaking his head

[@TheUncutAngel]

he played So good

[@pauljoseph3081]

It's a delight to see Wesley thriving in the top of the Chess world. Good thing his talents were taken by US, otherwise he would rot in the Philippine team.

[@pingerfrints6716]

in world chess olympiad i think he is the team captain.

[@botbot2085]

I tell what, Hikaru is going to come back stronger! That’s a kind of frustration that motivates

[@Philson]

EPIC match. Love them both!

[@edyrainz]

The commentary has been excellent as well

[@_mvr_]

My pea sized brain can't even comprehend Wesley's Rd8 move, it looks like a blunder but obviously there's more to it. Couldn't Hikaru take the rook and save the queen? Great players very clutch games

[@whothese]

Hikaru will lose the game if he didn't take it with a Queen

[@markritchie8874]

If Hikaru takes the rook with his own rook then Nc6+ forces the king onto the back rank (otherwise checkmate) and then Wesley's other rook comes down to fork king and queen.

[@_mvr_]

@@markritchie8874 Thanks I see it now

[@LoffysDomain]

GM Hikaru played really good. Felt great though when GM So won. Great broadcast.

[@Michael-D-or-MD]

not enough bobblehead caused the loss

[@zys7577]

8:35 :don't mind {Hikaru}

[@nightcrows787]

I really want to see this next match, especially after that one.

[@luv2stack]

Danya was made for this

[@Heinsalu]

Wesly is amazing...

[@Solbashio]

not as amazing as deez

[@valiantwarrior1988]

Deez what? Who's deez?

[@tatertot8081]

@@valiantwarrior1988 deez nuts🌰🌰

[@bhalarusa]

@@tatertot8081 lol

[@jasonhe5578]

if Hikaru had won that last game it would have been legendary...

[@Lusc1nt]

Eh, Hikaru didn't come back to become a world champ when he had the chance years ago

[@gmexistence6644]

That last game of there Match if SGM Wesley never uses some exhibition moves then your Naka easily defeated badly and thats the fact ‼️✌🏿♟️❤️🇺🇸🇵🇭

[@lammatt]

wesley looked so happy

[@flexoff2844]

Amazing players ❤️

[@ventralstreams]

How weird is it that they are both there, yet play on computers?

[@thematthewlai]

As a Toronto native. I am sad that this tournament didn't allow for live spectators! Please let live audience for next year!

[@MyOneFiftiethOfADollar]

Both you guys are excellent with your prosody matching the pivotal moments and trends in the game. Daniel, consider adding ensconced to your already broad SAT vocabulary. Ensconced was a favorite word of Alex Trebek. Nice synonym for entrenched c5 Knight as used in the game. The other commentator almost pulled off long distance relationship with the pieces during So’s time pressure. Both of you would have chances to be well compensated commentators in other fields!

[@bruceperez1634]

Wes coming out from 5 seconds remaining versus Hikaru's 28 seconds was just houdini move by Wes. Other GMs would have crumbled vs Hikaru with that low time pressure.

[@jonathandelosreyes4321]

These players are great. They have the potential to become GM.

[@kelvinlucas1845]

Yeah very promising young talents. They should just do away with peer pressure and listen to their teachers in school then maybe only maybe then they can attain a good level to become IM. GM is a long shot but not unattainable.

[@rolandosanidad7354]

@@kelvinlucas1845 🤣🤣🤣

[@this_rishi]

that last match gave me anxiety

[@light-water]

I think even moreso than Magnus losses, Hikaru hates losing to Wesley. Watch every single match he gets up and leaves the same way 🤣

[@yogipratama9370]

Wesley is the beast for Magnus and Hikaru

[@pr3ttyb0yfl4cko]

Wesley put fear in their eyes, especially Magnus lol.

[@vincentjosephcesista7497]

Wesley has nerves of steel

[@voradora]

naka tried to force a result in game 7, paid for it.

[@andremarques1088]

So Happy for Wesley kinda sad for Hikaru..

[@gregoreofernandez9500]

Where's Magnus

[@ramillazarte9786]

Congrats Wesley

[@jaypeekyle2384]

Let's go Wesley!

[@azrulashraf00]

The world's oldest esport

[@jakew4829]

Magnus: haha the rook!

[@marie-anne2062]

The sports carters hyped me out.

[@jrv4296]

For players like wesley you need Magnus Carlsen..😃😃

[@mavewrick2007]

Even magnus fails againts weslet

[@samarsinghholkar4044]

Wouldn't have been a comeback if Wesley hadn't opted for that weird trade at Rd8. He was just clearly better. As great as Hikaru is, he didn't force Wesley's hand here. Wes got carried away and gave Hikaru a lifeline.

[@Tyrantofthewind]

He gave away a lead to simplify the game knowing that Hikaru is extremely difficult to deal with the more pieces he has on the board. Obviously he didn't want that end game, but he still only needed a draw where-as Hikaru needed a win.

[@samarsinghholkar4044]

@@Tyrantofthewind I hear you. But simplification is trading similar pieces with your less active pieces which are not crucial to your position so that your advantage increases. Wesley created an unnecessarily dynamic position when he was already winning, moreover he lost all of his advantage. In fact, the position became much more practical and easy for Hikaru to play as all his remaining pieces were active and well-coordinated, whereas for Wesley one wrong move and he could get into a completely losing position. All he had to do was to plant his knight on c6 and push his king-side pawns like a normal game and he was +3. That is a completely winning position for top GMs even against someone like Magnus.

[@thlee3]

why arent they playing over the board while being in the same room!?

[@VidAudioJojo]

Why does the narrator call GM Hikaru Nakamura by his first name but calls GM Wesley So by his last name?

[@jerthemcercado]

shorter syllables

[@saikat93ify]

Is this tournament FIDE rated ?

[@ErmiusJillian]

Proud Filipino here. What a great match

[@Moepowerplant]

He switched sides tho. So plays for the US. After seeing your senate in action, however, I really can't blame him....

[@pr3ttyb0yfl4cko]

@@Moepowerplant You're not wrong. We even hate our own government. But we still support him despite repping a new flag. We love him, but our government doesn't.

[@juddsadac7204]

My countryman Wesley!! no, im not american..i'm filipino.

[@christopherjaya342]

Wesley POG

[@glenndonbayno3879]

Great Players.... Nice to Watch..

[@MarcoMate87]

What a fantastic song in the background. Does anyone know the title?

[@JerkyJones100]

Let's go So!

[@megumim]

Why do they have earphones I side the headphones?

[@josephrebanal6140]

So beat Hikaru on the his game. They played blitz on the last game that is the forte of Hikaru

[@Charlie-502]

Where the hell is this tournament being held. A warehouse?

[@tonysu8860]

Actually a pretty nice place, likely a convention hall in a Toronto hotel. But, for what you as a broadcast viewer could see which were mostly staging, it could have been anywhere including a warehouse.

[@iii898iii]

Proud Pinoy!!!

[@xru69]

Does he got a chance if he continued knight e4 then knight c3?

[@kangvito9894]

nice guy was won 🤣

[@xmetax]

These guys are so good. This was fun

[@lukeparagas2056]

7th game hikaru coulda pushed for a draw.

[@youdontknow8729]

what was hika exactly saying at last game ?

[@Ucj334esd]

That was Awesome ngl

[@reynsonpabito6175]

Congrats idol

[@ohno9720]

PI REPRESENT!

[@jemstar33]

Why are they playing on a computer instead of playing on a real chess board?

[@tonysu8860]

Seems the organizers standardized since some players like Nihal Sarin which Wesley is playing for the championship is playing from Serbia. But, this is also not particularly new or unusual. Several recent Meltwater events played in Norway played with this equipment as standard even when all the players of the event were in the building. I'd imagine it might also be an effort to make the game more relevant and familiar to the e-sports world where practically everything is played and displayed on a screen, whether it's a monitor or in VR goggles. The rules and play is also slightly different. Playing online allows players to make "pre-moves" which take practically no time off the clock for the move and can automatically impose rules like preventing illegal moves and automatically imposing the 50 move limit without needing a player to claim.

[@boyyapoz5264]

How come they play face to face but using computer? OTB 2.0? 😑😑😑

[@Sirmellowman]

Hikaru is such a baby about it, his emotions lost him two games there.

[@eminence_]

The hikaru we know

[@arsenusthearsenalswagus4200]

He was frustrated. Wesley game him 6 straight draws no matter how hard he tried to push him to make mistakes. That must have felt like youre playing an engine, albeit a weaker one. Like punching into a brick wall.

[@4fawksake707]

Donnie Yen played well

[@sheryinmoua8486]

Yall said he couldnt do it. Ik wesley was gonna win. Wes so underrated

[@ArchiTech-fq4xe]

Rest in peace hikaru better luck next time

[@AlexRochette]

Who is narrating?