it's practically his job he's been playing chess since he was young so these things are just there in his subconsciousness no need to think of them everytime because they're not new to him
@@isavenewspapers8890 I think knowing how to defend a two knights vs pawn is also very tricky, not the type of thing you expect even masters to have memorized (especially not with so little time) because it’s all about forcing a stalemate while you’re slowly running out of waiting moves
You block the pawn with one knight, then corner the enemy king with your king and other knight, then bring the blocking knight over last of all. Memorizing this technique is simple. The impressive thing is Nakamura's calculation and visualization speed.
@@isavenewspapers8890 2 knights on their own can't force checkmate but can force stalemate. Two knights and a pawn is different in that you can force the stalemated side to move their pawn, forcing a checkmate a few more moves later. The same can only happen with only two knights if your opponent blunder, but this position is a forced mate in 40 at worst
@@isavenewspapers8890 well yes, thats pretty much what chess is. you play your game waiting for the other player to blunder, otherwise its just a draw every time.
It's only possible because of the pawn moves. Otherwise 2 knights is a stalemate since there's no way to checkmate the king, with no inbetween move where the king isn't checked, but also has a legal move left. While still alowing you to check him with the next move and taking away all his legal moves. Thus the pawn leaves a legal move, and makes the mate possible.
There is something called the troitsky's line involved when there are two knights and a single enemy pawn involved (Only two knights and king vs king is draw) . Hikaru delivered a masterclass on how to mate with two knights .
So I looked it up, the Troitsky line is on g6 for black pawn, which means g3 for white. That pawn is clearly ahead of that square so I think there is no forced mate here
0:33 this position is a tablebase draw, 0:57 is when the mistake happens, Kc1 is draw, Ka1 leads to mate. Unfortunately wasn't a forced mate most of the time.
@@adityarallapalli8308 Oh absolutely, I couldn't complete 2 bishop checkmate with unlimited time, yet Hikaru did this one while both players were premoving. I just noticed "forced" in the title and wanted to correct it for no reason at all. Chess be brutal
It's so rare that you'd think to yourself, "why study it?" And even if you did, blitzing it out is a completely different story. Absolutely astonishing.
@@isavenewspapers8890 there's probably 600s that watch this video and probably just think "oh well hes incredibly good so of course he can do this" when what he did is legitimately one of the most impressive things I've seen hikaru do,even if it wasn't completely forced
@@isavenewspapers8890 True buts its still extremely impressive nonetheless. I mean most people (even some good players) couldn’t do what he just did under the same circumstances.
two knights and king cant *force* checkmate of a king in most positions, but they most certainly can checkmate a king. the pawn makes it possible to force it (and Naka didn't actually force it here, there were a couple of draw by force moves the opponent missed. not that most people would do better, especially in a time scramble, but this was not a textbook endgame win).
Those weren't blunders but a way to force a draw which the opponent even succeeded in for a second. For eg the Ka1 move was a mistake but Kc1 was a draw.
game 6 of carlsen nepo was a tablebase draw too but look what happened there. Also that was a classical game and this is a blitz game with the opponent only haveing 10 seconds remaining.
White had a chance to draw all the way up to 0:57. if you ask me it seems insanely weird for a player of that level to not push the pawn to force a draw.
Alot of top GM's could do this , I guess top 50 could find this , Magnus , Alireza , Wesley , Nihal , Artiemeiv , Ding , MVL could easily do it , other might take little time but they all definitely know it ...
@@hemasingh8033 I thought the same. But there's a stream of Vidit Gujarathi who tries the two knights checkmate for almost 40 mins and then finally gives up because he couldn't solve it.
I love the fact that Hikaru didn't take that last pawn even though he could easily do that before delivering the knight checkmate. Absolutely mad how confident he was in making that checkate just 1 move before a queen promotion for white
if he did take the pawn, the game would be unwinnable; that pawn is what the two knights checkmate relies on. for all the only ways to force a king into a mating net, a king trap is inevitable; the pawn prevents a stalemate from happening, but you have land the checkmate before it queens. it is true that any intermediate/advanced player can learn this, but to do it in a blitz game is still just otherworldly
What's insane is that Hikaru is one of the greatest chess players in all of chess history. One of the greatest ever. He just happens to live in the era of monsters. I don't even play chess but that was just beautiful.
Her only hope was to promote the pawn and in theory the pawn can advance 3 squares before the mate happens, one advance forced by "stalemate", so her defense wasn't the best, but given the time... I could maybe have found this mate in a daily game but nothing with any time pressure.
@@pas5word409 Only if your opponent is dumb enough to blunder mate in 2. Seriously, the position at 0:57 is a dead draw but white moved the king to a2 instead of c1, which is what enabled the checkmate.
@@lukew6725 Damn that's an old comment. Yeah I made that when I first started chess and thought Hikaru was some sort of god, but now I'm 1800 and I agree, it was a draw. Idk what I was thinking back then.
Except that 90% of this video isn't a forced mate, white just blundered mate in 2 at the end. If you don't believe me, plug the position at 0:57 into a computer and see what you get.
can someone tell me why didn't the opponent pushed the pawn @ 0:37, can't take the pawn because then its a draw and white king is not in check, so why not just push the pawn?
I'm just learning chess but I saw a stale mate & not checkmate. Somebody please tell me where I'm wrong. The last black king move trapped the white king where it had no moves & then quickly the black knight moved before the white king ever moved.
Now I see it. I didn't see that there was still a white pawn on the board that moves after the last black king move. I figured I must be missing something.
2 knights vs advanced pawn is actually not the hardest forced win. The hardest table base win is 2 bishops vs 1 knight, for which in certain positions, you can force mate in under 50 moves.
What. the. actual. fuck. These GM's can probably do all these checkmate patterns in their dreams. I know how to do Knight + Bishop (but it will took me like 25 moves and long time) but holy fck, this is my first time seeing this mate pattern done so fast like it's nothing.
This is like: yea I know I should study how to mate with 2 knights but let’s be honest, if that ever happens it will be draw anyway, come on guy nobody knows how to mate with 2 knight and a pawn, it’s just didactic, no one will ever use that knowledge to win a actual match, it’s a waste of time Hikaru: no
Brilliant! I remember I studied this type of endgame amongst others. This was surely one of the most complicated ones where you should not take the pawn, but use it to avoid a stalemate position so that mate with two knights becomes possible. I worked a few hours on this type of endgame while Hikaru does it in seconds lol. Impressive!
the pawn thats why hikaru didnt take the pawn, you need the opponent to have a pawn for the 2 knights endgame to be a win that's how crazy this endgame is
@@aftermath4096 ohhhh wow. Didn't even notice the pawn was still alive at the end. I am guessing then its impossible to checkmake a lone king with a king and two knights unless they got a free pawn.
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What's your favourite checkmate?
Since we don't know how to do this, we have to go with the smothered mate :D
Mate:missionary
Smothered
Boden's mate with a queen sacrifice
good old and simple rook and king
Hikaru checkmates with 2 knights me who stalemates with 2 rooks 😌
🥲
i stalemate with 5 queens
Technically 2 knights vs only the king is a stalemate, in this case it isnt because Elham could still move the pawn.
@@87hazardpuppet87 Why create 5 queens in the first place, cockiness usually leads to stalemate, they cover too many squares.
Hah!! Me who lost with 2 queens 😌
When Hikaru goes silent for a moment you know something impressive is about to happen, lol.
I wish something impressive is about to happen more, then
Then why are you here?
This is insane 😂 the confidence from hikaru is just different
its understandable, like hes been doing this all his life.
it's practically his job he's been playing chess since he was young so these things are just there in his subconsciousness no need to think of them everytime because they're not new to him
Well, he lets the pawn live on purpose because otherwise he knew he would most likely stalemate.
@@TimDaOne it is impossible without the pawn I think
@@DakHamer 😂 Voor zover ik probeer is het onmogelijk ja
Such a rare endgame. It's a shock that he's actually memorized the technique to such a degree.
You mean the technique of waiting for your opponent to blunder?
@@isavenewspapers8890 I think knowing how to defend a two knights vs pawn is also very tricky, not the type of thing you expect even masters to have memorized (especially not with so little time) because it’s all about forcing a stalemate while you’re slowly running out of waiting moves
You block the pawn with one knight, then corner the enemy king with your king and other knight, then bring the blocking knight over last of all. Memorizing this technique is simple. The impressive thing is Nakamura's calculation and visualization speed.
@@isavenewspapers8890 2 knights on their own can't force checkmate but can force stalemate. Two knights and a pawn is different in that you can force the stalemated side to move their pawn, forcing a checkmate a few more moves later. The same can only happen with only two knights if your opponent blunder, but this position is a forced mate in 40 at worst
@@isavenewspapers8890 well yes, thats pretty much what chess is. you play your game waiting for the other player to blunder, otherwise its just a draw every time.
It's only possible because of the pawn moves. Otherwise 2 knights is a stalemate since there's no way to checkmate the king, with no inbetween move where the king isn't checked, but also has a legal move left. While still alowing you to check him with the next move and taking away all his legal moves.
Thus the pawn leaves a legal move, and makes the mate possible.
Ah I see. Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking how is it possible to check with 2 knights, but I didn't see the pawn. I'm very novice.
wow so he didn't take the pawn on purpose
It wasn't a forced mate though (see Troitsky line).
@@goodester6924 I know.
@@collegewifi5024 Yeah, had he taken the pawn, the game would end in a draw.
There is something called the troitsky's line involved when there are two knights and a single enemy pawn involved (Only two knights and king vs king is draw) . Hikaru delivered a masterclass on how to mate with two knights .
The opponent had draw so many times in last 5 moves but he was just premoving. Even the second last move he could have played Kc1 instead of Ka1
@@AKhan0372 yeah, I was trying to figure out the mate And realised that too.
So I looked it up, the Troitsky line is on g6 for black pawn, which means g3 for white. That pawn is clearly ahead of that square so I think there is no forced mate here
@derek To be fair naka was playing blitz and the other game you mentioned players had more time. It is not not a fair comparison.
Still a draw.
0:33 this position is a tablebase draw, 0:57 is when the mistake happens, Kc1 is draw, Ka1 leads to mate. Unfortunately wasn't a forced mate most of the time.
yeah i saw that Kc1 too.. how on earth could the guy blunder like so. Stay out of the corner
no
@@florinz8847 yes
man, anyway figuring it in a few seconds is just awesome.
I think we should enjoy it. Anyways nice info 🤞
@@adityarallapalli8308 Oh absolutely, I couldn't complete 2 bishop checkmate with unlimited time, yet Hikaru did this one while both players were premoving. I just noticed "forced" in the title and wanted to correct it for no reason at all. Chess be brutal
KNN vs KP is indeed one of the hardest endgames in chess. The fact that Hikaru is able to deliver it in a blitz game is astonishing.
It's so rare that you'd think to yourself, "why study it?" And even if you did, blitzing it out is a completely different story. Absolutely astonishing.
The fact that this chain apparently has its own pet word is astonishing.
It's not even a forced mate
@@isavenewspapers8890 Indeed
@@ParisDorn159 maybe it is with a pawn to avoid stalemate?
I'd have just resigned.
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You didn't though
@@havardmj homie hikaru isnt running his yt channels
@@assgrabberpremium oh,
it was easy draw all time. Even the second to last move instead of playing king to corner Ka1 white could have played Kc1
That's more impressive than some people probably think it is
I’m looking around and I have no idea who you’re talking about
@@isavenewspapers8890 there's probably 600s that watch this video and probably just think "oh well hes incredibly good so of course he can do this" when what he did is legitimately one of the most impressive things I've seen hikaru do,even if it wasn't completely forced
@@trallegas6589 He exploited time pressure so that his opponent would make a mistake and lose. That’s not exactly a rare sight.
@@isavenewspapers8890 True buts its still extremely impressive nonetheless. I mean most people (even some good players) couldn’t do what he just did under the same circumstances.
@@lucastekobum5017 Given how much he focuses on chess it seems like the expected result.
This is just super GM level shit, hats off hikaru lord
What makes this checkmate so good is the fact that 2 knights cannot checkmate the king . He has to have a pawn. Just so beautiful.
two knights and king cant *force* checkmate of a king in most positions, but they most certainly can checkmate a king. the pawn makes it possible to force it (and Naka didn't actually force it here, there were a couple of draw by force moves the opponent missed. not that most people would do better, especially in a time scramble, but this was not a textbook endgame win).
@@jedinxf7 To us mere mortals, leaving the pawn in play to avoid a later stalemate was impressive indeed.
Blitzed it out in 17 seconds...
Jeeze super gms really are a different breed
Opponent giving away all his pieces knowing he could not win 😜
Not win,draw
Well his play does at least “force” a draw, but he blundered mate unfortunately
I love when players blunder then they start kamikazing all there pieces😂😂
Those weren't blunders but a way to force a draw which the opponent even succeeded in for a second. For eg the Ka1 move was a mistake but Kc1 was a draw.
Premoving on the troitsky line in a blitz game is insane
At 0:33 when it gets down to just the Knights and 1 pawn, it's not a forced checkmate; it's a tablebase draw.
game 6 of carlsen nepo was a tablebase draw too but look what happened there. Also that was a classical game and this is a blitz game with the opponent only haveing 10 seconds remaining.
@@cardscook7721 but the title says "forced checkmate", and it's not a forced checkmate. That's my point.
@@matthewviramontes3131 I can affirm this
White had a chance to draw all the way up to 0:57. if you ask me it seems insanely weird for a player of that level to not push the pawn to force a draw.
"Sheesh , tough game" says Hikaru while completing a two knights mate while I cant even mate with two bishops😥
I still haven’t learned how to mate with two bishops yet too.
well at least u guys know how to mate with two queens, i think thats enough. mating with 2 bishops takes it a lil too far, 😉
that's amazing, not every GM knows how to do that, but probably only 2 people can do that in a real blitz game
Alot of top GM's could do this ,
I guess top 50 could find this ,
Magnus , Alireza , Wesley , Nihal , Artiemeiv , Ding , MVL could easily do it , other might take little time but they all definitely know it ...
Its not hard all u gottta do is pay attention to what squares ur pieces cover... like every gm could do it if they had to
@@hemasingh8033 all of these could do it of course, but only hikaru can do that in 5 seconds
@@hemasingh8033 in a blitz game? You have to be very fast and precise, I think Andrew Tang would do it
@@hemasingh8033 I thought the same. But there's a stream of Vidit Gujarathi who tries the two knights checkmate for almost 40 mins and then finally gives up because he couldn't solve it.
He sacrificed a knight and a bishop to get him a chance to promote, but wouldn’t sacrifice a pawn for a draw in a losing position
This is only possible because Hikaru knew the recipe for 2 knights mate, leaving an enemy pawn alive to avoid a stalemate...
I love the fact that Hikaru didn't take that last pawn even though he could easily do that before delivering the knight checkmate. Absolutely mad how confident he was in making that checkate just 1 move before a queen promotion for white
if he did take the pawn, the game would be unwinnable; that pawn is what the two knights checkmate relies on. for all the only ways to force a king into a mating net, a king trap is inevitable; the pawn prevents a stalemate from happening, but you have land the checkmate before it queens.
it is true that any intermediate/advanced player can learn this, but to do it in a blitz game is still just otherworldly
If white king had moved to c1 when he was on b1 instead going to corner (a1), it wouldn't have been a forced mate.
It wasn't forced most of the time, the opponent blundered. However, Karjakin pulled it off in a classical game, which is absolutely mind boggling.
His opponent missed the draw with g6 after the knight moved away from blocking the pawn
I somtimes forget how good this guy is
and i struggle to mate with king and rook and blame it on time pressure, cool.
That seems like something you should learn.
If white stalled until they timed out it would have been draw by insufficent material lmao
No force mate there, it was a draw, his opponent just commited mistake
What's insane is that Hikaru is one of the greatest chess players in all of chess history. One of the greatest ever. He just happens to live in the era of monsters. I don't even play chess but that was just beautiful.
I bet his opponent was impressed 😂
The reason Hikaru could win was because his opponent couldn't go for the 50 move rule with so little time, so he had to gamble for stalemate.
I don't know man, the Queen vs two bishops on some positions are hard
Genius at work
Her only hope was to promote the pawn and in theory the pawn can advance 3 squares before the mate happens, one advance forced by "stalemate", so her defense wasn't the best, but given the time... I could maybe have found this mate in a daily game but nothing with any time pressure.
Too good Hikaru. No wonder u r a super GM
Hikaru's the type of guy to make chess look like its a rhythm game💀💀
0:38 Is Ng6 even a safe pre-move if white plays g6?
I think Queen vs Rook is equally hard if not harder to convert
You can tell it's difficult when Hikaru is completely silent as he plays.
you can't force checkmate wit two knights unless your opponent boobs it up
You can if you go through a stalemate, which the pawn prevents. So 2N vs a pawn is very possible
@@pas5word409 Only if your opponent is dumb enough to blunder mate in 2. Seriously, the position at 0:57 is a dead draw but white moved the king to a2 instead of c1, which is what enabled the checkmate.
@@lukew6725 Damn that's an old comment. Yeah I made that when I first started chess and thought Hikaru was some sort of god, but now I'm 1800 and I agree, it was a draw. Idk what I was thinking back then.
This might just be the most impressive chess sequence I've ever seen.
Except that 90% of this video isn't a forced mate, white just blundered mate in 2 at the end. If you don't believe me, plug the position at 0:57 into a computer and see what you get.
can someone tell me why didn't the opponent pushed the pawn @ 0:37, can't take the pawn because then its a draw and white king is not in check, so why not just push the pawn?
He could have, but he only had 10 seconds remaining so he had premoved his king in order to preserve his time
I just realized that white only need to let the pawn die to make a draw 🤦🏻♂️
I'm just learning chess but I saw a stale mate & not checkmate. Somebody please tell me where I'm wrong. The last black king move trapped the white king where it had no moves & then quickly the black knight moved before the white king ever moved.
Now I see it. I didn't see that there was still a white pawn on the board that moves after the last black king move. I figured I must be missing something.
Ah, so that's how you checkmate with two knights!
good thing his opponent had a pawn, this could have easily been stalemate
Haters say Elham sacrificed himself for content
This is hard because, unless the opponent plays poorly, you cant check mate with 2 knights.
same 2 knight check mate was delivered by Sergey in a boarrd game
that sheesh at the end got me
that was actually pretty gnarly
That was an insane checkmate!
Troitsky would be proud.
Me, rated 1000 and have no idea that’s going on: “Interesting”
That's what you do when you learn how the knight moves
0:57 That's the move where white blundered mate in 2. Very deceiving video.
Yes. It's white blunder (Ka1) that gave it away.
But its generally possible to do it with 2 knights vs pawn.
It was actually a forced mate but Hikaru blundered it, I put it through stockfish & it was mate in a few moves before Hikaru played knight there
Btw his opponent is a 15yo from norway
dude that is super sick that's why GMs are GMs
What a legend.
Sir I really enjoy watching any programs that you are on your style of play has helped me to enjoy playing chess tremendously thank you Sir
Wow, 2 knights checkmate. Im impressed!
Hikaru blundered at 0:37 with giving white a chance to go down with the pawn right?
no, if he took the pawn it caould have been a stalemate
@@eg8049he is right, if he takes the pawn it's stalemate if he doesn't the pawn promotes.
tbh his opponent made i super easy for him
2 knights vs advanced pawn is actually not the hardest forced win. The hardest table base win is 2 bishops vs 1 knight, for which in certain positions, you can force mate in under 50 moves.
Saw this on r/chess, my mind was blown away
You’re the shit, Naka. Just amazing.
Didn't know knights could do that, damn
you miss g6 when you premove the ponys
i can´t do the checkmate with the bishop and the knight :(
What. the. actual. fuck. These GM's can probably do all these checkmate patterns in their dreams.
I know how to do Knight + Bishop (but it will took me like 25 moves and long time) but holy fck, this is my first time seeing this mate pattern done so fast like it's nothing.
What's hilarious is that two knights and a king is a much harder checkmating pattern. A bishop covers so many squares.
It’s not actually a forced mate pattern. Like in a classical game with GMs, this cannot happen
@@ihatehiphopcultureandsosho6317 it's a draw like 80 percent of time she just went into the corner
@@umwxntedsxul393 2 knight and King is book draw ,
But when opponent have 1 pawn then it's winning as it prevent stalemate ..
This is like: yea I know I should study how to mate with 2 knights but let’s be honest, if that ever happens it will be draw anyway, come on guy nobody knows how to mate with 2 knight and a pawn, it’s just didactic, no one will ever use that knowledge to win a actual match, it’s a waste of time
Hikaru: no
If you are a GM should you be able to be this so fast? This guys is on another level
GMs aren't expected to be the flash, And do the two knights checkmate on Blitz?! But This Guy Is A Super GM.
with 30 seconds on the clock too
Brilliant! I remember I studied this type of endgame amongst others. This was surely one of the most complicated ones where you should not take the pawn, but use it to avoid a stalemate position so that mate with two knights becomes possible. I worked a few hours on this type of endgame while Hikaru does it in seconds lol. Impressive!
Why did white sac it's pieces? I don't understand that at all
Probably thought it was a draw
Hikaru hit em the SHEEESH
It would take me 20 minutes to figure this out wtf
I plugged this position into the computer and white must have blundered because this should be a draw.
White blundered two moves before mate by moving to a1 instead of c1
why cant clip channels link full video ffs
this is from a stream
white should have just let the time run out because of insufficient material hahaha
If white king hasn't pawn it would be a draw
How did he pull that off in under a minute😳😳😳
How did he know that it's the "hardest forced checkmate in chess" if he couldn't even remember if it was a draw or not?
because it cannot be forced his opponent walked into it and if he didn't have a pawn it would have been a draw by insufficient material
It's a book draw until and unless opponent blunders
@@hemasingh8033 exactly
The white king goes into a corner. Suicidal.
Do You see the music? Holy Jesus!
What? Are u kidding me? Genius!!!
Unbelievable.
Why’d the guy sack his bishop lol
I’m sure he knew what he’s doing I just don’t understNd
THAT was fantastic!
I struggle to checkmate with a queen and a rook lmao
"this is the hardest forced checkmate"
Me who's seen cjxchess17's videos : pathetic
Wait how does he do it so fast ...
Unbelievable...
Nice win against pam beesly
So 2 Knights are Winnable huh, i see
Its only winable if the enemy has a pawn, otherwise the position right before the mate woud be stalemate
@@timoritter3099 is it because before it got mated the King cant move?
@@非代替トークン yes
@@timoritter3099 even if the opponent had a pawn it's still a draw but in this case his opponent walked right into it by going to the corner
Isn't Nf4 a massive blunder?
How was it not stalemate when he moved king to C2. I don't understand. He moved the king then the knight after and no stalemate what??
the pawn
thats why hikaru didnt take the pawn, you need the opponent to have a pawn for the 2 knights endgame to be a win
that's how crazy this endgame is
@@aftermath4096 ohhhh wow. Didn't even notice the pawn was still alive at the end. I am guessing then its impossible to checkmake a lone king with a king and two knights unless they got a free pawn.
@@meruemo776 yes exactly, the pawn is crucial, otherwise it's a forced draw
hi sir is there possible to checkmate the king with 1 bishop only and king..I hope you can answer 🙂
No it is not possible
Why did white trade knight and Bishop for 2 pawns?
move 75. instead of Kc2 , g6 was a draw no?