Obviously this was really well played, but often only moves aren't as hard to find as best moves in more nuanced positions. For example, the very next move: White has a very transparent threat: Bf6. Black's next move has to deal with the possibility of White promoting their pawns. You really only have to consider Kf7 and Kg8 (and sidenote: I think Kg8 is also fine? So not sure this even is a onlymove) - the fact that our opponent has a very concrete threat makes our move an only move, but also makes it easier to see what our best move is. The next move makes it even clearer: after h7 any decent amateur player would play Kg7. Next move: any Knight move loses on the spot, moving the King away from h8 loses on the spot, b4 just throws away a pawn, so the only candidates are Kh8, c3 and e5. (and Kh8 also quickly disappears if you calculate it a bit, which is very doable even for amateur players). Final example: 44. e5 This looks super impressive at first, but it really doesn't take that long to see it is the only reasonable option: b4 just throws away a pawn and frees up the white king, moving the knight loses on the spot because of Bf6. Moving the King away from h8 also loses on the spot, so what even would be our alternative move? Kh8 again. The fact that there is only one other alternative move makes this much easier for Hikaru to calculate. And indeed, as we can see by looking at time spent after 38 Hikaru was mainly just going through the motions and played fairly quickly. The far more impressive part of the endgame was the handful of moves leading up to 38. a4: The very deliberate transformation of the position with the Rooktrade and the very ambiguous moves where you can't just calculated to a loss 5 moves after a candidate move, but have to actually very thoroughly know what everything does in the position.
before Hikaro played 40.. c3, Benjamin Bok, commentating, said “Hopefully Hikaru takes a nice long think to find c3, his only chance.”. Instead Hikaru blitzed it in seconds. Commentators were stunned.
After his 39th minute he got enough time to calculate all posible lines as Ali spend that much time for his 40th move and only few lines are remaining, from starting from 40 th move hikaru was playing like a computer, moving best moves without thinking much, because all remaining lines are already there in his mind. He is very lucky that ali gave him that much time before c3 because he should have blundered it otherwise with only 1 min remaining in his clock.
What is so insane about c3? Have people never studied any endgames? Of course you have to trade as many pawns as possible, if you don’t play c3 nothing else works
@@KnightToRemember I defer to Benjamin Bok's commentary during the game. He was surprised Hikaru made that move so quickly. I'm sure you're a better player than me (seriously).
I thought this endgame was practically lost very early on but the way you maneuvered that with stockfish precision really reminded me how strong super GMs like yourself are. A thrill to watch
There is one chess piece people associate with _beauty..._ The KNIGHT. How Hikaru's knight was able to land on the precise squares to secure the draw was nothing short of spectacular.
If you turn the engine off and analyze this game on your own - the knight just becomes more and more beautiful. There are so many ideas that the knight just stops.
I watched it live. Alireza vs Hikaru are the last players yesterday, it was intense. I always knew Hikaru is losing but that night covering the perfect black squares of bishop lol.
Especially considering that the knight was tied down to prevent the bishop from checking Hikaru's king which would have led to the queen promotion. It was essential for preventing the insta loss and then its importance transitioned to securing the draw.
It will never stop being funny to me that one of the greatest Chess Players of all time, currently in the Candidates for an opportunity to play for the World Chess Championship, describes outside passed pawns at 11:58 as the "widePeepos"
It worked out this time, but it's not gonna work out every time. He did the exact same thing with Aronian and lost without even that much of a chance. Hikaru needs to stop playing into very sharp theory, especially that in which his king is left weak. I've noticed, out of the games in which Hikaru lost/was losing at some point in, a good chunk were due to him underestimating the weakness of his king. I've noticed that in his blitz games as well - he would often make a move totally nonchalantly and I'd think to myself, "that's a very bold move - why is he playing it like it's no big deal?"; I used to think that's just because he has 800 rating points on me and I don't know what I'm talking about, but it seems like I might've been onto something. I honestly think that, if he could find ways to avoid playing into very sharp prep, he could easily win the Candidates. It might still happen, but it's going to take a lot more from him to. He can't keep relying on his defensive abilities every game - at some point, the opponent will be more ruthless (like Fabi did in the first round) or he will make a mistake, and he's just going to start losing games.
@@maxkho00 That's true. Naka throughout his career is known as a wildman. If he played a bit more like Carlsen he could even be arguably world champion. If you know your chess history, it's like Naka is Tal and Carlsen is Botvinnik. But for the spectators, Hikaru's style is exciting. And of course for short time controls, Tal/Naka's style wins.
Probably better for him to review it and move on rather than not do so and think about the missed opportunities and such moving forward. Plus, his opponents might look to exploit something
@@adibakarlen I don't believe that. He's played chess his whole life. I believe he still has a dream to become world champion and probably figured now is better than later.
@@mitchellrusten3726 fr, a loss, a win, and a next level insane draw with razor sharp prep from alireza. Content machine in the biggest tourney of the year
People talk about Magnus in the endgame, but it seems like 9 out of 10 games, Hikaru turns a lost endgame into a draw. Either its plot armor or its the opponent's fear of Hikaru's trickery.
Incredible hold there. This draw feels like a win for me, crushing Alireza's insane prep with the long but correct time usage, keeping in mind that Alireza had almost 8 months to prepare and was at some point the favorite candidate after Ding, its just impressive.
i think that ding , alireza are overrated and duda is underrated , i have seen praggnanandha finding tougher stockfish moves in norway chess than ding did in candidates . i was rooting for him but its pure disappointment , he cannot even convert a +2 postion in classical formates
When Hikaru was becoming popular on twitch, Classical time format got a bad wrap for being too boring with lots of draws. Speed chess was considered better. Games like this will start to drive the casual chess fan to appreciate Classical. These complicated games with deep analysis can be a joy to follow.
God-level defense from Hikaru. He knew it was a draw so far ahead of commentators and stockfish. So many nuanced lines, tricks and traps in the endgame.
Beating Firouzja was the biggest reason Hikaru stated for reentering classical chess. Magnus stated that Firouzja should be his next competitor. Hikaru stepped it up by saying he would make Candidates and beat Firouzja. Excellent stuff! I’ve never watched so much chess commentary. 😂
It was a great game and I think another 11 rounds to go. By the way the games a draw and if anyone didn't know the result reading your comment would think Hikaru won! Well done to both players for a great game.
Hikaru does not sugarcoat in his analysis . Though he played with computer like precision in the endgame , he acknowledges that Alireza could have won if he had not exchanged the final rook pair . Still an astonishing achievement to hold the draw .
You should watch the commentary by Danny Rench. He and Alimera spent forever trying to solve the position and were in awe of how accurately you found the draw!
Can’t do anything but respect the prep you put continue to put in, plus the additional effort you go to, to recap for us online. A true entertainer, enjoy that rest day Hikaru! See you on the other side 😅
Let's just stop here for a minute and appreciate Hikaru's hard-working moral. He always pays attention to provide content. Even though he is on tournaments or contests. I wanted to sleep but man this match was exciting and I had to watch it completely.
Hah, that's a pretty accurate summary of the RUclips comments on the livestreams. Some of them were pretty nasty towards Hikaru (that he should retire, that he's an embarrassment for blundering while the eval bar showed only a slight advantage). They kept their mouth shut once it became clear that it was a draw.
It was never dead lost, what your talking about. The maximum advantage Alireza had was like +0.8 on depth 40 stockfish. Dont listen to stockfish on a lower depth than 35, because he would probably say some nonsense like "+1.6".
The game of the tournament so far. Huge respect to Firouzja for the insane prep - especially throwing down the gauntlet into your own prep, but I think this defense is going to teach a LOT of people how high-end chess works.
This is the face of a guy who's content just playing good chess without worrying about the results and the ultimate prize and whatever else. He's treating this candidates tournament like another titled Tuesday or arena kings or such. And boy is he a beast OTB as well..
Alireza demonstrated tremendous preparation. Hikaru demonstrated tremendous character. This game will go down as one of the most iconic draws in candidate history- truly magnificent display of talent on both sides- by pulling off that amazing endgame, Hikaru showed the world once again that he has the heart of a champion.
Impressive game when you walk into a one time preparation (I'm assuming that this game will be studied and re studied so not catching some one unguard again) and being able to dodge some serious bullets for me is just unbelievable
Sharing his thoughts during an ongoing tournament is really awesome. A great inspiration and motivation for many chess players. I hope Nakamura will win the tournament. But however it will end, with this stuff Hikaru is a legend.
I had to walk away and watch this a third time as well as gotham's recap. You are the bomb sauce Hikaru. it's great to see one of the GOATs take down the machine prep of this upcoming wave of chess players. Especially so, when you consider the amount of time Alireza's dad's team has with the computer, and the amount of content that you have put out for everybody.
Congratulations on that amazing game! C3 was incredible. I watched it live and the timeusage of that and the following moves were as impressive as they were drama of epic proportion.
Great game Hikaru, Firouzja tried to put you under a lot of pressure with his prep but you defended well and gave him no advantage Have a good rest day and best of luck for the matches ahead 🙌
Le Cd5 contrôle l'échiquier. Bravo à Hikaru pour cette formidable partie ! Incroyable finale ! Le fait que Hikaru a survécu à cette bonne préparation d'Alireza prouve la qualité et la grande combativité d'Hikaru!
"... you're not really playing against an opponent, you're playing against a machine, and that is never what you want to do... " That is the sort of insight I love from Hikaru. It has nothing to do with mediocre players like myself, but it is an interesting insight into the super GM world.
Love the recaps! I missed your whole game yesterday so I also really appreciate you not giving away the result at the beginning of the video because I did miss the game. Makes the recap a lot more intense not know what the result was!
Never underestimate the power of a monster knight in the endgame 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾great job, a knight and a pawn held down the center both un protected but neither touchable. SMH 🤦🏾♂️ how sway!
@@sokunine he thinks of himself first as an entertainer than a chess players, he overreact to make ppl with elo 600-1200 have fun watchin the match, most ppl when see a piece sack , they are 'wow', so yeah xD
Thanks a lot for giving us your brilliant analysis after each battle on the board considering this moment when you play your chance to challenge the world champion... I consider this, as most of the chess community, golden material. So thank and giving the circumstances if you feel eventually too tired during the coming rounds to do this recap, no worries, I forgive you... but only once ;) Keep it up, champ! you are one of my favorite candidates!
Hikarus defense in this game was better than any fortress could ever be. I wish you all the best for the rest of the candidates, you are going to rock it!!
That was an amazing end game calculation! You created a draw from what should have been a lost position. GL on the rest of the tournament and I am cheering for you to win it all.
It's crazy how super GMs can take the positions with so much ease even if they miss some critical positional ideas because it's so naturnal for a human to miss moves... But I being a mere 1400-1600 in rapid play 1000-1200 in blitz feel so terrible for every move and ideas I miss during the games.... I definitely need to learn to take it easy from the top GMs like Hikaru... Thanks for the videos... Good luck man.
I have no doubt streaming has helped, the constant feedback you get from streaming even through airing your thoughts definitely pays off. Also regarding streaming: the first great online chess performer in history, and there’s only one first!
Dear Hikaru, congrats on this most remarkable game! In my humble opinion it is one of your finest classical games ever. It was awesome and unbelievably tense. All the best in the further tourney!
GMs are ice cold man... playing such a tricky end game In such a high profile event and navigating a draw, that's just incredible mental stamina and knowledge. id have messed this up a million different ways in either color. thanks for the recaps Hikaru!!!
This is just RAW SKILL displayed here, what Hikaru is able to showcase in this game proves that when he is on form and when he's trying his absolute best, he's actually the best. I'm not sure if Magnus would have spotted all of these defensive moves.
Personally thought this was Hikaru's best game. Ali was so prepared and moved so quickly, and there were many instances during this game where Hikaru could have blundered into a loss. Winning 1/2 a point against a great and well prepared player, that's got to feel good. For the Candidates, I also think it's great to see how close the players are. Also, that the players are really well prepared and are absolutely going for it. This is such a joy for me to watch, and I thank Hikaru for giving us insights, during the tornament, in an understandable way.
Imagine Hikaru wins with the black pieces against Rapport tomorrow. The motivation boost could be enough to take down Nepo with white the day after. At least that is what I hope for.
Es la única persona en el planeta que luego de jugar una partida de un candidatos sube un vídeo del análisis de su partida, una locura lo que hace Hikaru por su comunidad
Compliments Grandmaster, not only you play wonderful games, (c3!! and e5!! Two superior category moves) you also find the time to analize them, moreover you are not worried your opponents can get some advantages looking your video. When I started studying chess, in 1972 after the Fischer-Spassky it would have been a dream listening a Candidate analysis after the game! Thank you!
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These recaps are bad ass.
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The recaps are nice
Pin of bad ass
You got embarassed of a life time by yourself, how you can do this. Lol.
Pin of shame d
The level of precision in the endgame was mind boggling.
Every move after 38. a4 was an only move, 16 to be exact.
Fish-brained is the highest compliment one can give in this case!
@@csquaredgaming LOL
Obviously this was really well played, but often only moves aren't as hard to find as best moves in more nuanced positions.
For example, the very next move: White has a very transparent threat: Bf6. Black's next move has to deal with the possibility of White promoting their pawns. You really only have to consider Kf7 and Kg8 (and sidenote: I think Kg8 is also fine? So not sure this even is a onlymove) - the fact that our opponent has a very concrete threat makes our move an only move, but also makes it easier to see what our best move is.
The next move makes it even clearer: after h7 any decent amateur player would play Kg7.
Next move: any Knight move loses on the spot, moving the King away from h8 loses on the spot, b4 just throws away a pawn, so the only candidates are Kh8, c3 and e5. (and Kh8 also quickly disappears if you calculate it a bit, which is very doable even for amateur players).
Final example: 44. e5 This looks super impressive at first, but it really doesn't take that long to see it is the only reasonable option: b4 just throws away a pawn and frees up the white king, moving the knight loses on the spot because of Bf6. Moving the King away from h8 also loses on the spot, so what even would be our alternative move? Kh8 again. The fact that there is only one other alternative move makes this much easier for Hikaru to calculate.
And indeed, as we can see by looking at time spent after 38 Hikaru was mainly just going through the motions and played fairly quickly.
The far more impressive part of the endgame was the handful of moves leading up to 38. a4: The very deliberate transformation of the position with the Rooktrade and the very ambiguous moves where you can't just calculated to a loss 5 moves after a candidate move, but have to actually very thoroughly know what everything does in the position.
@@Gabriel64468 I ain’t reading all that.
I’m happy for u tho.
Or sorry that happened 😔
@@icarusflying1814 it was worth the read
before Hikaro played 40.. c3, Benjamin Bok, commentating, said “Hopefully Hikaru takes a nice long think to find c3, his only chance.”. Instead Hikaru blitzed it in seconds. Commentators were stunned.
And the chat exploded too. He calculated 3 top engine moves ahead. Insane how good super GM are
After his 39th minute he got enough time to calculate all posible lines as Ali spend that much time for his 40th move and only few lines are remaining, from starting from 40 th move hikaru was playing like a computer, moving best moves without thinking much, because all remaining lines are already there in his mind. He is very lucky that ali gave him that much time before c3 because he should have blundered it otherwise with only 1 min remaining in his clock.
What is so insane about c3? Have people never studied any endgames? Of course you have to trade as many pawns as possible, if you don’t play c3 nothing else works
@@hunterhunter5998 it was basically a choice between two moves, he probably saw e5 would have lost a lot of moves in advance
@@KnightToRemember I defer to Benjamin Bok's commentary during the game. He was surprised Hikaru made that move so quickly. I'm sure you're a better player than me (seriously).
I thought this endgame was practically lost very early on but the way you maneuvered that with stockfish precision really reminded me how strong super GMs like yourself are. A thrill to watch
There is one chess piece people associate with _beauty..._ The KNIGHT.
How Hikaru's knight was able to land on the precise squares to secure the draw was nothing short of spectacular.
That knight was a monster in the endgame
If you turn the engine off and analyze this game on your own - the knight just becomes more and more beautiful. There are so many ideas that the knight just stops.
I watched it live. Alireza vs Hikaru are the last players yesterday, it was intense. I always knew Hikaru is losing but that night covering the perfect black squares of bishop lol.
Especially considering that the knight was tied down to prevent the bishop from checking Hikaru's king which would have led to the queen promotion. It was essential for preventing the insta loss and then its importance transitioned to securing the draw.
It will never stop being funny to me that one of the greatest Chess Players of all time, currently in the Candidates for an opportunity to play for the World Chess Championship, describes outside passed pawns at 11:58 as the "widePeepos"
I had to look up that term and am relieved to see it has nothing to do with anything like that "wide stance" political guy from back when.
@@UglyChileanDoorman well you'll always be relieved if you just not think about politics
Ha! That was Republican Senator Larry Craig from the beautiful (but perpetually politically stupid) state of Idaho - “the Gem State.”
Most impressive game I’ve seen from Hikaru. To run straight into that prep and come out unscathed… impressive.
The king was completely naked with black, yet he drew
It worked out this time, but it's not gonna work out every time. He did the exact same thing with Aronian and lost without even that much of a chance. Hikaru needs to stop playing into very sharp theory, especially that in which his king is left weak. I've noticed, out of the games in which Hikaru lost/was losing at some point in, a good chunk were due to him underestimating the weakness of his king. I've noticed that in his blitz games as well - he would often make a move totally nonchalantly and I'd think to myself, "that's a very bold move - why is he playing it like it's no big deal?"; I used to think that's just because he has 800 rating points on me and I don't know what I'm talking about, but it seems like I might've been onto something.
I honestly think that, if he could find ways to avoid playing into very sharp prep, he could easily win the Candidates. It might still happen, but it's going to take a lot more from him to. He can't keep relying on his defensive abilities every game - at some point, the opponent will be more ruthless (like Fabi did in the first round) or he will make a mistake, and he's just going to start losing games.
ok
So many times where only one move for black wasn't losing, and he found it every time. Impressive!
@@maxkho00 That's true. Naka throughout his career is known as a wildman. If he played a bit more like Carlsen he could even be arguably world champion. If you know your chess history, it's like Naka is Tal and Carlsen is Botvinnik. But for the spectators, Hikaru's style is exciting. And of course for short time controls, Tal/Naka's style wins.
Unbelievable you are able to make these after what must be exhausting games. We appreciate it :) enjoy that rest day, Hikaru! much-deserved.
Probably better for him to review it and move on rather than not do so and think about the missed opportunities and such moving forward. Plus, his opponents might look to exploit something
Hell Yeah...... That's what I was also wondering!!!!!!
Nakamura never care about the tournamsnt, he only care about streaming
@@adibakarlen I don't believe that. He's played chess his whole life. I believe he still has a dream to become world champion and probably figured now is better than later.
@@112233JORDAN I dont believe it either. lol. i was joking, dude
I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Hikaru with massive plot armor. Amazing defense.
Such plot armour is proof we are in a simulation
hikaru is the main character
I kinda went nuts when he instantly played c3. Very challenging and exciting game. Win, lose, or draw, Hikaru’s games have been nothing but content!
@@mitchellrusten3726 fr, a loss, a win, and a next level insane draw with razor sharp prep from alireza. Content machine in the biggest tourney of the year
People talk about Magnus in the endgame, but it seems like 9 out of 10 games, Hikaru turns a lost endgame into a draw. Either its plot armor or its the opponent's fear of Hikaru's trickery.
Incredible hold there. This draw feels like a win for me, crushing Alireza's insane prep with the long but correct time usage, keeping in mind that Alireza had almost 8 months to prepare and was at some point the favorite candidate after Ding, its just impressive.
Stop spoiling it for those who haven’t watched it yet… your comment is the top one so we see it right away. edit it to not spoil for more people
@@newlyhellewly6491 You scrolled down, what did you expect to see? Something other than the subject matter?
@@heath_00000 right? Dumb dumb
i think that ding , alireza are overrated and duda is underrated , i have seen praggnanandha finding tougher stockfish moves in norway chess than ding did in candidates . i was rooting for him but its pure disappointment , he cannot even convert a +2 postion in classical formates
@@newlyhellewly6491 gtf outta here, just watch the video and ignore the comments until the end. Why should he care? It's your decision to scroll down
When Hikaru was becoming popular on twitch, Classical time format got a bad wrap for being too boring with lots of draws. Speed chess was considered better. Games like this will start to drive the casual chess fan to appreciate Classical. These complicated games with deep analysis can be a joy to follow.
I was a little worried when you were short on time, then you played the 3 top engine moves with 2 minutes left. Pretty sweet. Go hikaru!
God-level defense from Hikaru. He knew it was a draw so far ahead of commentators and stockfish. So many nuanced lines, tricks and traps in the endgame.
He saw that line about 20 moves ahead! Extraordinary!
@@LuisFernando-yd3mx his energy and sharpness is on a whole different level than he usually is on streams and titled tuesdays.
@@moonbalancedd that's because he is talking to chat, hikaru who actually focuses probably could win every titled tuesday
The streaming recaps in middle of a very important tournament just shows the love Hikaru has for his followers.
The "most important" tourno there is .... perhaps?
Beating Firouzja was the biggest reason Hikaru stated for reentering classical chess. Magnus stated that Firouzja should be his next competitor. Hikaru stepped it up by saying he would make Candidates and beat Firouzja. Excellent stuff! I’ve never watched so much chess commentary. 😂
It was a great game and I think another 11 rounds to go. By the way the games a draw and if anyone didn't know the result reading your comment would think Hikaru won!
Well done to both players for a great game.
i like these kinds of videos because they make me think i understand chess
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Exactly. We get to be a SuperGM for almost 15 minutes. \0/
same
Hahahahaha
Hikaru does not sugarcoat in his analysis . Though he played with computer like precision in the endgame , he acknowledges that Alireza could have won if he had not exchanged the final rook pair . Still an astonishing achievement to hold the draw .
It was a great game . After playing for more than 5 + hours u manage to give us recap of the game.
Such an inspirational and hardworking person
you drew against stockfish, impressive
😂
Stockireza Fishrouzja
You should watch the commentary by Danny Rench. He and Alimera spent forever trying to solve the position and were in awe of how accurately you found the draw!
Can’t do anything but respect the prep you put continue to put in, plus the additional effort you go to, to recap for us online. A true entertainer, enjoy that rest day Hikaru! See you on the other side 😅
Not only uploading a video after an exhaustive game, but also taking photos with the fans in Madrid. You are a real master!
Stoked on your game! That was so much fun to watch!
Let's just stop here for a minute and appreciate Hikaru's hard-working moral. He always pays attention to provide content. Even though he is on tournaments or contests. I wanted to sleep but man this match was exciting and I had to watch it completely.
Hikaru is playing his best chess ever. This is just too good.
Commentators: OMG ALIREZA IS GOING TO DESTROY HIKARU! HE IS DEAD LOST! Hikaru: "I saw that this was just a draw because of my pawns"
Hah, that's a pretty accurate summary of the RUclips comments on the livestreams. Some of them were pretty nasty towards Hikaru (that he should retire, that he's an embarrassment for blundering while the eval bar showed only a slight advantage). They kept their mouth shut once it became clear that it was a draw.
@@sargeteg5927 you gotta chill those are the minorities
@@sargeteg5927 Huge fanbase also brings some negativity
@@willsmith124 can you tell them to keep his name out their fkn mouths?
It was never dead lost, what your talking about. The maximum advantage Alireza had was like +0.8 on depth 40 stockfish.
Dont listen to stockfish on a lower depth than 35, because he would probably say some nonsense like "+1.6".
The game of the tournament so far. Huge respect to Firouzja for the insane prep - especially throwing down the gauntlet into your own prep, but I think this defense is going to teach a LOT of people how high-end chess works.
dem, Hikaru's precision with the Knight to hold everything everywhere was amazing.
This is the face of a guy who's content just playing good chess without worrying about the results and the ultimate prize and whatever else. He's treating this candidates tournament like another titled Tuesday or arena kings or such. And boy is he a beast OTB as well..
i think in many ways it helps a lot to feel like u have nothing to lose, way less stress and pressure in that manner
I don’t think I’ve ever been this gripped by a drawing endgame before. What a job by Hikaru.
Thank you for these recaps Mr Nakamura
no problem
@@vercot7000 You're most welcome vercot
Great play Hikaru, he was clearly using his prep for 30+ moves and you had to calculate amazingly well to survive. You are in awesome form!
Im so proud of you for getting that win yesterday. Anyone who said you didn’t stand a chance is eating their words. Keep it up man!
Alireza demonstrated tremendous preparation. Hikaru demonstrated tremendous character. This game will go down as one of the most iconic draws in candidate history- truly magnificent display of talent on both sides- by pulling off that amazing endgame, Hikaru showed the world once again that he has the heart of a champion.
It's so amazing to see Hikaru plays from a4 to c3, which is the only drawing sequence with the clock under 5 minutes
the way he blitzed that pawn C3 was impressive such a GIGACHAD
Impressive game when you walk into a one time preparation (I'm assuming that this game will be studied and re studied so not catching some one unguard again) and being able to dodge some serious bullets for me is just unbelievable
Sharing his thoughts during an ongoing tournament is really awesome. A great inspiration and motivation for many chess players. I hope Nakamura will win the tournament. But however it will end, with this stuff Hikaru is a legend.
Computer runs for 9 months straight prepping this game.
Hikaru: I literally don't....
Thanks for the recaps! Makes so much more sense to listen to your reasoning after the game
I had to walk away and watch this a third time as well as gotham's recap. You are the bomb sauce Hikaru. it's great to see one of the GOATs take down the machine prep of this upcoming wave of chess players. Especially so, when you consider the amount of time Alireza's dad's team has with the computer, and the amount of content that you have put out for everybody.
a perfect example of how to use the time control rules to your best advantage... such a smart min-max :) beautiful
This was the best game of the tournament so far. You really defended that endgame perfectly. I'm rooting for you.
11:43 just wow!
1800+ players will understand the beauty of this position
The more I look at this end game the more I'm in awe. That position after c3 is so perfectly coordinated and thought through.
Insane performance.
Great recap! Awesome of you to talk through your thought process. You are doing great and would love to see you challenge Magnus.
The defense from Hikaru was a perfection. We are all cheering for you Hikaru...come on!!!
What a stellar hold, this endgame has a study like quality to it.
Congratulations on that amazing game!
C3 was incredible. I watched it live and the timeusage of that and the following moves were as impressive as they were drama of epic proportion.
Very nice! And right after the game was played. It was good to watch the game in real time and then get analysis so quickly.
Incredible how you seemed to have everything calculated in the endgame and instantly blitzing out every move with such precision.
Well done, and thank you for the recap! I was cheering for you the whole time!!
Great game Hikaru, Firouzja tried to put you under a lot of pressure with his prep but you defended well and gave him no advantage
Have a good rest day and best of luck for the matches ahead 🙌
that was the most amazing defensive use of a knight in the endgame I've ever seen. somehow it covered events on opposite corners of the board.
I love this game and how you explained, this endgame was amazing to see live. Wishing all the best!
Craziest most entertaining draw you'll ever see. Way to not lose your cool and find a great finish.
Hikaru, the way you survived Alireza's INSANE prep was really an impressive master class of how to play chess with the Black pieces.
WHAT A GAME HIKURU, WHAT A GAME!!!
Forget the rankings... From now on, in my books, you're the Greatest of All Times! 😂😂😤
Kf2 then c3, my mans pulling these brilliant moves every DAY
7:25 a farely serious blunder, the eval goes up by .4. while I don't consider it to be a blunder if my opponent doesn't see it
Thank you for doing this. Really amazing to have you perspective so quickly after the game finished.
you defended this game so brilliantly! Thanks for making the recap and sharing your thoughts from when you played
Le Cd5 contrôle l'échiquier. Bravo à Hikaru pour cette formidable partie ! Incroyable finale ! Le fait que Hikaru a survécu à cette bonne préparation d'Alireza prouve la qualité et la grande combativité d'Hikaru!
This is like a magician revealing their tricks after the show. Respect man!
"... you're not really playing against an opponent, you're playing against a machine, and that is never what you want to do... " That is the sort of insight I love from Hikaru. It has nothing to do with mediocre players like myself, but it is an interesting insight into the super GM world.
Love the recaps! I missed your whole game yesterday so I also really appreciate you not giving away the result at the beginning of the video because I did miss the game. Makes the recap a lot more intense not know what the result was!
Never underestimate the power of a monster knight in the endgame 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾great job, a knight and a pawn held down the center both un protected but neither touchable. SMH 🤦🏾♂️ how sway!
Hikaru recap: he sacs of course
Levy recap: HE SACS THE KNIIIIIIIIIGT!!!!!!
@@sokunine he thinks of himself first as an entertainer than a chess players, he overreact to make ppl with elo 600-1200 have fun watchin the match, most ppl when see a piece sack , they are 'wow', so yeah xD
"If he trades he can actually lose this, because of the wide peepos"
Thanks a lot for giving us your brilliant analysis after each battle on the board considering this moment when you play your chance to challenge the world champion... I consider this, as most of the chess community, golden material. So thank and giving the circumstances if you feel eventually too tired during the coming rounds to do this recap, no worries, I forgive you... but only once ;) Keep it up, champ! you are one of my favorite candidates!
Hikarus defense in this game was better than any fortress could ever be. I wish you all the best for the rest of the candidates, you are going to rock it!!
That was an amazing end game calculation! You created a draw from what should have been a lost position. GL on the rest of the tournament and I am cheering for you to win it all.
Finding a way to simplify that middlegame, out of his supergm’s deep prep, into a drawing endgame. Absolutely incredible stuff!
Those long pauses had me screaming, "You got this, Hikaru! Think it through." And you did! 👏
Thumbnail designer is always bringing heat, deserves a raise
Best thumbnails in the business imho.
Thanks!
Dang these recap videos are getting so many views. Nice dude
been a long time watcher, but this defense was truly a work of art. just subscribed and first ever (and probably only) yt comment. rooting for you!
It's crazy how super GMs can take the positions with so much ease even if they miss some critical positional ideas because it's so naturnal for a human to miss moves... But I being a mere 1400-1600 in rapid play 1000-1200 in blitz feel so terrible for every move and ideas I miss during the games.... I definitely need to learn to take it easy from the top GMs like Hikaru... Thanks for the videos... Good luck man.
Love these breakdowns, gives me the courage to go and practice some more, even if I keep getting pummeled lol
Awesome recap. GL for the rest of tournament. Rooting for u from New Zealand bro!
I literally got second hand stress watching this game, I was so happy when you pulled it out.
I have no doubt streaming has helped, the constant feedback you get from streaming even through airing your thoughts definitely pays off. Also regarding streaming: the first great online chess performer in history, and there’s only one first!
Dear Hikaru, congrats on this most remarkable game! In my humble opinion it is one of your finest classical games ever. It was awesome and unbelievably tense. All the best in the further tourney!
Hikaru just proved why he is one of the best Chess Grandmasters to ever exist.
Okay calm down but this will go down as a great match and one of the best ever endgames.
GMs are ice cold man... playing such a tricky end game In such a high profile event and navigating a draw, that's just incredible mental stamina and knowledge. id have messed this up a million different ways in either color. thanks for the recaps Hikaru!!!
This is just RAW SKILL displayed here, what Hikaru is able to showcase in this game proves that when he is on form and when he's trying his absolute best, he's actually the best. I'm not sure if Magnus would have spotted all of these defensive moves.
Rooting for you bro - your transparency of ultra-level-chess is unparalleled
Watching you playing is just pure art. So excited to watch your next games.
Thank you for making this recap videos .... You're awesome
Not only was 41...c3 a gigachad move, but the way it was blitzed out was like a punch to the gut. It took Alireza over an hour to get his breath back
Amazing defense! Looking forward to more exciting games. Thanks for the recap and rest well.
Hikaru you’re just my hero! Hope you win it all, very well deserved man
Outstanding Hikaru! Brilliant game. Hope you have a restful rest day.
Personally thought this was Hikaru's best game. Ali was so prepared and moved so quickly, and there were many instances during this game where Hikaru could have blundered into a loss. Winning 1/2 a point against a great and well prepared player, that's got to feel good.
For the Candidates, I also think it's great to see how close the players are. Also, that the players are really well prepared and are absolutely going for it. This is such a joy for me to watch, and I thank Hikaru for giving us insights, during the tornament, in an understandable way.
Nobody else does this. Hikaru is one of a kind. This game is a lesson in the knight outpost and then brilliant endgame play.
Imagine Hikaru wins with the black pieces against Rapport tomorrow. The motivation boost could be enough to take down Nepo with white the day after. At least that is what I hope for.
Es la única persona en el planeta que luego de jugar una partida de un candidatos sube un vídeo del análisis de su partida, una locura lo que hace Hikaru por su comunidad
Compliments Grandmaster, not only you play wonderful games, (c3!! and e5!! Two superior category moves) you also find the time to analize them, moreover you are not worried your opponents can get some advantages looking your video.
When I started studying chess, in 1972 after the Fischer-Spassky it would have been a dream listening a Candidate analysis after the game!
Thank you!
Let´s give credit to Firouzja too. Only a clash of two Super GM´s can result in such a beautiful tense game.