Sure but it's frustrating watching because it seems like a lot players wait until they've lost their time advantage before they start playing like time matters.
@@krl97a when you have time to avoid mistakes, you kind of have to do it. Other people tried to rush early and just end up making a mistake and losing with a bunch of time on the clock
@Lobster Of course but eventually he started moving very fast because time was his only way to win. He just waited until the time advantage flipped, when it was too late.
this is a phenomenon that happens in almost all areas of professional sports and games. The difference between tiger woods and the 50th best player on earth is about as big as the 50th best player on earth and every single guy you've seen at your local club. You wouldn't believe how slippery of a slope the skill gap is at a top
@@TheTiltedOne Yeah it’s the same in soccer, basketball, any sport I can think of, the skill gap between top 10 players / top 100 players is the same as the gap between top 100 players and top 1000 players
It's the same in any professional setting. the best of the best are rare regardless of if it's chess, baseball or competitive eating lol There are always the aliens
He played very well for a 2200 OTB player considering I've seen Hikaru crush some 2200's (2500ish online) without breaking a sweat. Most Fms who play him on Coffee Chess get wrapped up in his speed and feel pressured to play fast disregarding the time control advantage. This guy was pretty methodical and stayed composed.
@@sylvainsanesti3499 All that plays into his playing though. He played solid and calculated and the card that was best for doing his best. But I see what you mean. He was kind of symmetrical which helps to bring out drawish positions.
@@humanmerelybeing1966 at 2:42 is one of them. And I just picked a random time in the video. I sure felt like he was moving before the guy tapped his clock many times too. But hey, it seems it's no big deal in this context. It's like, milliseconds before his actual turn
@@thefourthperspective Haha. I have used that line a lot. I've seen that series multiple times, and stopped when they dropped him, just like I stopped with Two and a Half Men, which great, too, but I didn't watch a lot of the episodes of it. Lol
@@vladivascanu108 What, you do know playing intense games, actually burn calories, same with s3x. One is mental stamina, the other physical stamina. Both can exhaust you. Both lets you satisfied one with a victory, the other with hope u don't have to pay child support.
@@langtonmwanza6689 I did not mean with 10 seconds? I was just saying far lower rated players are at least somewhat familiar with the pattern, so it is unsurprising that a Super GM sees the pattern instantly
@@CheezTetris yup, i am lvl 1 i dont play, not for yrs and yrs, but I can still see things given enough time, can see many moves ahead. Its the time constraint that is amazing, and yes it is expected someone who plays thousands upon thousands of games to be at that high of a lvl
Imagine the hours and dedication to the game you have to have to become a 2200 otb player and 2500 online only to play Hikaru in and odds game where Hikaru has a minute on the clock and Hikaru says in the middle game that he’s thinking about the game he played earlier that must be soul crushing
Probably enough hours of study to have earned a couple Masters degrees and do something productive and start one of the manufacturing dynasty's that gave mankind opportunity and got us out of poverty. Great game though, if we are not allowed to make money. lol :) That is why USA has not put out a lot of world top players in comparison to communist nations. But,---we are getting better at the game for some reason.
at the end there hikaru was up on time, only by a second or two, but considering he started with a 4 minute diadvantage, against a 2200! he practically skinned him alive, ruthless!
I now feel like some sort of weird voyeur into the chess community. I've played with friends over my life, I know the rules and the fact that openings exist but not much else.. and yet the past few years I've consumed so much chess media it's crazy. I treat it like some sort of real life anime: Hikaru, the arrogant yet likeable natural born talent that has suddenly-relatable ups and downs; Magnus, the godlike, nigh-unbeatable, overpowered machine with eidetic memory; Ian Nepomniachtchi. the charismatic and flamboyant swordsman, unpredictable and aggressive, a showman at heart... etc. There's something to the sport
Woah, he defended pretty well a lot of that endgame. Man, I feel I would’ve struggled to find the right move on that low time setting, he’s really strong gg
What I love about this game is that Hikaru doesn’t seem to Be doing that much in the opening and middle game, but black is just grasping for space on the board with a bishop and knight that can’t ever seem to find a good spot.
@@HarmonicSliver He had 10 seconds left, mate, and that given he had to physically move the piece and press the clock after every move, which takes a lot of time. The equivalent of that would be something like 2 or 3 seconds online. It's absolutely insane to spot that tactic with that little time on the clock. I'm pretty sure that, other than maybe Magnus, no other superGM would spot that given the time constraints.
Giving the fact that Hikaru played thousands of bullet games, he knows his tactics as every professional chess player. So it‘s not absolutely insane, it‘s standard. I played chess for 40 years and I’m pretty sure, that many players would also find that move quickly. There are only two minor pieces left.
@@HarmonicSliver This is Dunning-Kruger at its finest. No, you would never find that move with that little time left, and nor would almost anyone except Hikaru and maybe Magnus.
4:11 was such a good idea, enticing black to move the black pawn up since the bishop is there, but then moving white bishop back and setting up the pawn blockade to stop the black bishop from being able to find any use on that side of the board now
@@HoodieTM Picasso is a fraud and a joke of an artist. Simplified version. Famous for mediocrity, disguised as special and unique. Just like what I'd do as a child in my diaper.
Those guys are playing world level chess and I'm just here asking myself during the whole video how the people inside can see the game with that big ass board right in their face.
Dan got himself into a bit of time pressure, whereas Hikaru moved more briskly and managed his clock better. Hikaru is a relentless machine. 😄 I'd enjoy seeing a rematch with less time pressure involved.
@@Mathijs_A Perhaps. My point was that excessive time pressure tends to force people's level of play to drop well below their rating ... unless of course they're just following classic match move sequence memory, but that only helps until the sequence jumps the rails of memory. At least without the self inflicted time pressure, he could have finished more strongly (and probably still have lost ... just not as quickly).
Massive blunder at the end with Bc5 but crazy how Hikaru spotted it in 0.01 second, I guess he probably already knew in advance that this could be a blunder and so he insta moved.
@ 0:53, black knight to g4; setting up triple fork to move the king. Then the black diagonal is won and then black's white bishop can hassle the corner.
Thing about top players in any sport is that small margins are usually way above lower ranking players' maximum capacity, meaning that they'll never reach that level in the moment. That's why you see Super GMs like Magnus and Hikaru, among others, who just roflstomp all competition, basically, up until a certain echelon of players.
There may have been the sun in his eyes too , but that was some lowkey shade. Not really an insult though, people on his level can 'easily' be running multiple games even while against similar ranked players.
My fantasy is to one day rock up at Coffee Chess and play The Great Carlini, Boston Mike, Monster Mike, Sue, Tommy Lambo and of course, the one and only Hikaru! Let's make it happen! Hello from England :) (my other favourite is Big Tex, loved his trash talk! Haggup! RIP BT).
Hikaru thinking about a previous game during a time odds game against a FM ☠️. GM’s are a whole other level to mere mortals
Hes not human bro..my god
I don't think many GMs would be able to pull anything close to this, but it's Hikaru
super* GMs
Not any GM tho, only him and a few are above the rest
@@raymendez3403 there are quite a few gms that can do that. not to downplay hikaru's ability but 2650+ gms are serious demons.
that was a remarkable game! loved the intensity at the end! 🔥
Hikaru did it after he play Mike.
And the music was great as well
Sure but it's frustrating watching because it seems like a lot players wait until they've lost their time advantage before they start playing like time matters.
@@krl97a when you have time to avoid mistakes, you kind of have to do it. Other people tried to rush early and just end up making a mistake and losing with a bunch of time on the clock
@Lobster Of course but eventually he started moving very fast because time was his only way to win. He just waited until the time advantage flipped, when it was too late.
When a super GM ask your ratings, you know you made it.
1k likes but no reply
@@scrps-j4f The comment spoke for itself.
What's the timestamp
@@_cosec_ 6:38
his reply to being 2500 online is literally "not bad" lol
2:00 imagine being the FM and you think you got Hikaru thinking but he actually had a whole different game in his head
ajajajajaj and its not even an exageration or a lie, he literaly can even play multiple games in his head
That's probably the most disrespectful thing to say to an adversary.
@@MaxIronsThird Just a weird flex
How is that a flex you weirdo
wrggg
"You did pretty well" - one of the nicest things I've heard Hikaru say to someone
Tf?
Change "someone" to "an opponent not named Magnus" and I agree. It's named the "Hikaru Nakamura Sportsmanship Trophy" for a reason.
I think it’s just so unfathomable how the top .01% of chess players are so much better than .1% of chess players by this amount
this is a phenomenon that happens in almost all areas of professional sports and games. The difference between tiger woods and the 50th best player on earth is about as big as the 50th best player on earth and every single guy you've seen at your local club. You wouldn't believe how slippery of a slope the skill gap is at a top
@@TheTiltedOne Yeah it’s the same in soccer, basketball, any sport I can think of, the skill gap between top 10 players / top 100 players is the same as the gap between top 100 players and top 1000 players
@@crung Top 100 players and the top 100,000 players *
Federer will still probably beat most players. That's how it is in the elite echelon of every sport, especially individual sports.
It's the same in any professional setting. the best of the best are rare regardless of if it's chess, baseball or competitive eating lol There are always the aliens
He played very well for a 2200 OTB player considering I've seen Hikaru crush some 2200's (2500ish online) without breaking a sweat. Most Fms who play him on Coffee Chess get wrapped up in his speed and feel pressured to play fast disregarding the time control advantage. This guy was pretty methodical and stayed composed.
to be fair he played a quite passive position, so there were less chance for him to be crushed. playing solid and exchanging pieces until the very end
@@sylvainsanesti3499 All that plays into his playing though. He played solid and calculated and the card that was best for doing his best. But I see what you mean. He was kind of symmetrical which helps to bring out drawish positions.
Your over the board elo is lower than your online elo.
@@_RDMPTN Did you really skip read the part where I put "(2500ish online)", clearly implying elo is higher online?
2500 online is about 2300 otb
1:19 the guy in the restaurant behind the window thought Hikaru was looking at him but all Hikaru saw is chess board in front of his eyes😂
GMs don't have to pop pills to see the board anywhere they want!
It's a technique that involves brain activity
*involves.
@@_RDMPTN it's my auto-correction keyboard.
@@_RDMPTN involves
Hikaru started pre-moving the pieces over the board lol
What an enjoyable and excellent game
Which means he technically lost but hey, let's not let the rules get in the way or a good video.
@@meanmutton In what sense?
@@humanmerelybeing1966 he moved before it was his turn. I doubt this would fly in an official tournament.
@@HalIOfFamer Timestamp?
@@humanmerelybeing1966 at 2:42 is one of them. And I just picked a random time in the video. I sure felt like he was moving before the guy tapped his clock many times too. But hey, it seems it's no big deal in this context. It's like, milliseconds before his actual turn
Great to see Hikaru playing with the Coffee Chess crew again. Very entertaining and instructive, particularly with Brian's post-game analysis.
Just another example of why it's so important to have an elite endgame.
Hikaru in a time scramble is terrifying. As soon as the time started getting close I knew the position didn’t even matter anymore
That's what she said
@@thefourthperspective Haha. I have used that line a lot. I've seen that series multiple times, and stopped when they dropped him, just like I stopped with Two and a Half Men, which great, too, but I didn't watch a lot of the episodes of it. Lol
Legend has it that Hikaru is still thinking about that second game
Hikaru asking for the rate is like asking for your name after having S3X .
😂😂😂
Best thing about this comment is how you are comparing s3x with a chess game even though they are the exact opposite.
@@vladivascanu108
What, you do know playing intense games, actually burn calories, same with s3x. One is mental stamina, the other physical stamina. Both can exhaust you. Both lets you satisfied one with a victory, the other with hope u don't have to pay child support.
@@vladivascanu108unno how. You are both disappointing and fucked on many positions at the end of both
@@vladivascanu108 Either king gets f'd
I can't believe Hikaru can spot those small brilliancies under so much time pressure.
He's seen it before
I mean you can see stuff like that pretty consistently at like 1500-1600 online and Hikaru is over 3000 online so it makes sense lmao
@@CheezTetriswhat are you talking about, I'm 2000 online and I would definitely miss that if I had 10 seconds on the clock
@@langtonmwanza6689 I did not mean with 10 seconds? I was just saying far lower rated players are at least somewhat familiar with the pattern, so it is unsurprising that a Super GM sees the pattern instantly
@@CheezTetris yup, i am lvl 1
i dont play, not for yrs and yrs, but I can still see things given enough time, can see many moves ahead. Its the time constraint that is amazing, and yes it is expected someone who plays thousands upon thousands of games to be at that high of a lvl
Imagine the hours and dedication to the game you have to have to become a 2200 otb player and 2500 online only to play Hikaru in and odds game where Hikaru has a minute on the clock and Hikaru says in the middle game that he’s thinking about the game he played earlier that must be soul crushing
Probably enough hours of study to have earned a couple Masters degrees and do something productive and start one of the manufacturing dynasty's that gave mankind opportunity and got us out of poverty.
Great game though, if we are not allowed to make money. lol :) That is why USA has not put out a lot of world top players in comparison to communist nations. But,---we are getting better at the game for some reason.
@@EarthSurferUSA copium overdose
dog stop schizoposting
@@MrOlympuse410yes
@@MrOlympuse410 hes saying if we weren't a capitalist country, we'd have better resources to find, pay, and train people to be the best chess players
That end game was deep. Like watching Inception the Movie. So much going on, geez!
I’m not sure how anyone could beat Hikaru IRL in blitz. His coordination and speed is insane in a time crunch.
Unless you're Magnus Carlsen ;)
Isn’t hikaru better in blitz?
@@osmenvy426 Hikaru is best blitz player
@@Kashchei_Chess more like unless ure danya or andrew tang
@@MoonMaa4n Definitely not. How many world championships in Blitz has Hikaru won? And how many has Magnus won? :P
I love seeing Hikaru with the Coffee Chess guys. He's so damn good.
From the first collab to now and I'll keep saying it, I LOVE these videos with Hikaru.
That vibes felt good.. and thank you for those positions demonstrated at the end, it was fun❤ subscribing❤
Even given the time odds and Hikaru being distracted, that guy did really well putting Hikaru on edge.
at the end there hikaru was up on time, only by a second or two, but considering he started with a 4 minute diadvantage, against a 2200! he practically skinned him alive, ruthless!
It's crazy seeing Hikaru take pieces he already knew about before the guy even made his moves.
It's really cool ^_^
I now feel like some sort of weird voyeur into the chess community. I've played with friends over my life, I know the rules and the fact that openings exist but not much else.. and yet the past few years I've consumed so much chess media it's crazy. I treat it like some sort of real life anime: Hikaru, the arrogant yet likeable natural born talent that has suddenly-relatable ups and downs; Magnus, the godlike, nigh-unbeatable, overpowered machine with eidetic memory; Ian Nepomniachtchi. the charismatic and flamboyant swordsman, unpredictable and aggressive, a showman at heart... etc. There's something to the sport
That post game analysis was amazing, short sweet but some great and valuable points in there💪🏼
Woah, he defended pretty well a lot of that endgame. Man, I feel I would’ve struggled to find the right move on that low time setting, he’s really strong gg
@djolo514099.9999
That was brutal by the FM against a super GM even with the time odds and a great analysis at the end
What does fm mean
@@realspitter2727 fide master, right below IM i believe
It must be immensely satisfying to have Hikaru stress the point "You're good".
It's a life goal for a lot of people!
"my pawn is better than yours"
that was funny
Because it was white
When your understanding of chess is the basics of how each piece moves and the youtube algorithm decides you belong here
What I love about this game is that Hikaru doesn’t seem to
Be doing that much in the opening and middle game, but black is just grasping for space on the board with a bishop and knight that can’t ever seem to find a good spot.
6:04 that hurts. What a beast Hikaru is to see that move that fast
I find it quite easy. Just a normal pin. These guys have seen it over and over again.
@@HarmonicSliver He had 10 seconds left, mate, and that given he had to physically move the piece and press the clock after every move, which takes a lot of time. The equivalent of that would be something like 2 or 3 seconds online. It's absolutely insane to spot that tactic with that little time on the clock. I'm pretty sure that, other than maybe Magnus, no other superGM would spot that given the time constraints.
Giving the fact that Hikaru played thousands of bullet games, he knows his tactics as every professional chess player. So it‘s not absolutely insane, it‘s standard. I played chess for 40 years and I’m pretty sure, that many players would also find that move quickly. There are only two minor pieces left.
@@HarmonicSliver This is Dunning-Kruger at its finest. No, you would never find that move with that little time left, and nor would almost anyone except Hikaru and maybe Magnus.
@@maxkho00 i'm pretty sure there a bit of bullet/blitz super gms that are on par with him
I love the "that's all he needs" and "walk the line baby!" spectator comment, makes the game comes to life
Haha, “What’s your rating?” is basically “Damn, you’re actually good!” 👍🏽🤣
4:11 was such a good idea, enticing black to move the black pawn up since the bishop is there, but then moving white bishop back and setting up the pawn blockade to stop the black bishop from being able to find any use on that side of the board now
@2:00 that was the most amazing and funny "dis" I've ever heard in chess. But I think it was accidental, which makes it even funnier.
Hikaru is just sick! Like watching paint a Picasso in 20 seconds. 😀
Picasso? That painting that looks like someone threw shyt on the wall and colored it?
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour I supposed you could’ve done better? 😂😂😂
@@jsj297 Then Picasso? Yes. I did better than Picasso in my diaper as an infant.
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour bro what
@@HoodieTM Picasso is a fraud and a joke of an artist. Simplified version. Famous for mediocrity, disguised as special and unique. Just like what I'd do as a child in my diaper.
I'm so curious about that 2nd game HIkaru kept thinking about, can't wait for it to come out!
They said it's on Hikaru's channel in the vid.
i cant even process what piece they are moving and they are moving it at that speed that too with a plan all ahead! hats off to these goats!!
Hikaru premove over the board, his hand go to the piece before the black move. What a show.
That endgame tactic from Hikaru in that time trouble is just brilliant. I don’t know how they see these in a glimpse
They train all their life every day
I'm amazed myself how he can move so efficiently and correctly in a time scramble.
Hikaru can beat 25K rated player with time odds plus using half of his mind to thinking about the previous game he played. this is insane 😁
2.5k*, 25k would be a pretty terrifyingly high ELO
Those guys are playing world level chess and I'm just here asking myself during the whole video how the people inside can see the game with that big ass board right in their face.
Lmao
How do you see that far in advance in 20 seconds plus your opponent’s 5 minutes?
Elite skills.
Thankfully Dr. Nakamoto did not answer, “Should I get fries or onion rings with my burger?” As he was looking in the window for the waitperson.
6:02 The rule is to use one hand to move and not two. Very untwo thousand five hundred.
Dan got himself into a bit of time pressure, whereas Hikaru moved more briskly and managed his clock better. Hikaru is a relentless machine. 😄
I'd enjoy seeing a rematch with less time pressure involved.
yeah, he almost had him if it wanst for the pressue at the end, where he failed to hold the line, he could have manuevered his way back
Less time pressure means Hikaru just cruises to victory. 2200-2250 OTB is great, but the difference with 2750-2800 is way too big
@@Mathijs_A Perhaps. My point was that excessive time pressure tends to force people's level of play to drop well below their rating ... unless of course they're just following classic match move sequence memory, but that only helps until the sequence jumps the rails of memory.
At least without the self inflicted time pressure, he could have finished more strongly (and probably still have lost ... just not as quickly).
Hikaru premoving so fast the board lagged😎🤌🏻
Hey guys
At 6:30
Hikaru moved pawn with his palm and he inserted as move since he touched the piece What a clutch though
hikaru cheated
6:02 Beautiful knight to e5 i didn't understand at first because it happened so quick!
@3:11 would it be possible to sac the knight @e4 in order to push the pawn or take the other pawn with extra cover for the pawn
I don't think so I don't see how it's better because you allow the knight to cover more squares for nothing not sure though
Massive blunder at the end with Bc5 but crazy how Hikaru spotted it in 0.01 second, I guess he probably already knew in advance that this could be a blunder and so he insta moved.
yup, he knew, he was waiting for it
Hikaru keeps fouling by moving his piece before the guy has a chance to hit the clock.
Hikaru is that player that reminds me most on how a computer plays.
i mean he prob played the computer a million times, that isnt surprising at all
Bruh that Nf5 tactic in time scramble found in a split second is absolutely insane.
@ 0:53, black knight to g4; setting up triple fork to move the king. Then the black diagonal is won and then black's white bishop can hassle the corner.
You ain't winning material, you are winning rows and files. 1100 here🫤💨
Nope, those damn pawns get in the way.
That was great! Nice analysis also.
1:19 Lol, Hikaru just ignored the guy inside the store, lmao.
That end game was crazy as hell
There was not a single second in the game where the eval bar liked Black.
Very dominant win by Hikaru despite the time odds.
“What rating are you?”
“2500 online”
“Not bad”
😂😂😂
Hikaru: It's not the sun. The sun is nothing to me. I'm more powerful than the sun.
Opening: Driving Miss Daisy
Middle game: Collateral
Endgame: Fast & Furious
6:03... mmm bad habits
Forgot about this banging channel glad I'm back ❤
The BGM made me feels like you are facing final boss. Exciting!
When you play so fast your sleeve moves a piece and you go "Ok" the next move.
At 2:04, can black win a pawn with …Bxe4, NxB, NxN, RxN, BxN? What is the refutation?
Thing about top players in any sport is that small margins are usually way above lower ranking players' maximum capacity, meaning that they'll never reach that level in the moment. That's why you see Super GMs like Magnus and Hikaru, among others, who just roflstomp all competition, basically, up until a certain echelon of players.
These games are so ridiculously fast that I learn absolutely nothing, but they sure are fun to watch.
Wow. Looked good through the middle game, then late in the middle game the fireworks started.
We knew what it was going to happen. We still enjoyed the ride. Pretty much.
So wild that he had only ONE MINUTE and played like he was unphased
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 that was intense at the end !!
It's funny because the guy who lost would only need to 60 seconds to beat me. Chess is such a deep and fun game.
Feisty Forest vs. Hikaru! The match we ALL want to see!
Where are the next games? Couldn’t find them. Thanks in advance folks.
@6.03 that is naughty Dan - you are not allowed to use two hands OTB. One hand only.
Dude is moving his pieces before the clock is even pressed.
3:45 was Black knight to B8 better?
"Hikaru is looking too much to his left. Very suspicius. Lets do The Procedure." 😅😅😅
This was great! He attacked and defended extremely well, but Hikaru is just on another level
I imaging Hikaru thinking "You only have 2500, another easy fish".
Board almost caught fire from that pace at the end there.
2500 is CRAZY high to 99% of players, Hikaru is almost 1000 points above...now that's insane.
4:48 wasnt it adeal to take with the knight instead?
He is one of two players in the world with such confidence and brutality on the chess board
Who’s the other?
@@dababy259 Nepo
magnus?@@lashaxoperia5917
3:18 he missed Nxe5 Immortal game against the super GM
I would have got up and left after he said "I'm still thinking about a previous game."
There may have been the sun in his eyes too , but that was some lowkey shade.
Not really an insult though, people on his level can 'easily' be running multiple games even while against similar ranked players.
4:04 he should move his queen to a 7 to make pressure in my opinion on the dark squares
I have no clue what happened at 6:02 and why it was a big deal
My fantasy is to one day rock up at Coffee Chess and play The Great Carlini, Boston Mike, Monster Mike, Sue, Tommy Lambo and of course, the one and only Hikaru! Let's make it happen! Hello from England :) (my other favourite is Big Tex, loved his trash talk! Haggup! RIP BT).
That's your fantasy!?
NERD!🤓
Hikaru takes on a 2500, and secretly is thinking, I eat 2500s for breakfast.
Love the analysis thank you!
Where in NYC are these games being played?
After I crushed Alphazero I was ordered by the high court to never play chess again
the tactic at 5:56 with the pon who can't take back the knights is incredible
Does it matter that white moves before it’s his turn and clock starts ?
haaa.i found the bishop captures move in less than 5 seconds. I think others did too. Why wouldn't you create more doubled pawn islands?
A genuine question guys .how do we enter into these tournaments? What is the first step .where do I enter for start for qualification? Thanks 🙏🏽