Hikaru vs. Gotham: FOG OF WAR Chess Variant

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  • @a-bombmori7393
    @a-bombmori7393 ปีที่แล้ว +6418

    Ah, yes. Fog of war chess. The only time in chess where it's justifiable to say "Maybe he doesn't see it"

    • @tile_guy
      @tile_guy ปีที่แล้ว +151

      What about when I play my little brother

    • @Murphy_Law3143
      @Murphy_Law3143 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@tile_guy that's what I was about to say, but for sister

    • @gayatritripathisaxena7224
      @gayatritripathisaxena7224 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@tile_guy yes absolutely my younger son did not see he could kill my queen with a PAWN and he would get his queen back too

    • @prathmeshkalehere
      @prathmeshkalehere ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmaooooooo

    • @isosta2373
      @isosta2373 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      me blundering my queen but its an excellent move because all he did was advance a pawn

  • @Mrraz9960
    @Mrraz9960 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9489

    Hikaru: I knew exactly your position. I just didn't know where your pieces are, that's the problem.

    • @TheDarkRobloxian
      @TheDarkRobloxian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      "position" as in how some pieces and squares developed; the frontline where levi can attack, etc

    • @rickpopken9250
      @rickpopken9250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +456

      @@TheDarkRobloxian i think the joke went over your head

    • @ImJustBob
      @ImJustBob 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@rickpopken9250 Joke? Where's the joke?

    • @タカコン-j1o
      @タカコン-j1o 3 ปีที่แล้ว +627

      @@ImJustBob over the head

    • @meetu_
      @meetu_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@タカコン-j1o nice

  • @LeChickenSan
    @LeChickenSan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15452

    Levi: Hi
    Hikaru: Too much information, you lost

    • @Sover1gn
      @Sover1gn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +292

      Also Hikaru: *Now die*

    • @vdmur7952
      @vdmur7952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      true

    • @knivesin2727
      @knivesin2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Okay bye...

    • @Raveio-hr3zr
      @Raveio-hr3zr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I was just about to comment this when i saw your comment

    • @benjaminparker5044
      @benjaminparker5044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      *blunders*

  • @vasi2372
    @vasi2372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1495

    12:34 don't worry guys, that's something called the king's gambit where you sacrifice your king to lose the game faster

    • @AkariXUns
      @AkariXUns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      ah yes, my favorite gambit

    • @CrazyCrayfish
      @CrazyCrayfish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Hikaru gambit

    • @ranDOm9431
      @ranDOm9431 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The extreme Botez gambit

    • @zacharytang3840
      @zacharytang3840 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Botez Gambit: Checkmate In One; Hikaru Nakamura Variation; Wayward San Francisco Opening

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That's neat! I use this move all the time, I didn't know it had a name.

  • @TheAnyDuck
    @TheAnyDuck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4514

    Hikaru before move one be like: I know exactly where your pieces are.

    • @lekistra1166
      @lekistra1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Well yeah we all know?

    • @VeggiePatch
      @VeggiePatch 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      LMAOOO

    • @Takito_Loko
      @Takito_Loko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Double joke there. I like ir

    • @no-gd3ug
      @no-gd3ug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@lekistra1166 that’s the joke

    • @okuri9991
      @okuri9991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@no-gd3ug that's a kinda embarrassing reply

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan3985 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4181

    "Castling is a social construct"
    That's deep.

    • @Mr.Pista-1
      @Mr.Pista-1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      It's a religion like moving knighta to the center

    • @rowanbaxter5362
      @rowanbaxter5362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      it’s like opening with pawn e4

    • @Razorcarl
      @Razorcarl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      so deep

    • @MiserableMidnight
      @MiserableMidnight 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No it’s not

    • @knalleballkalle8365
      @knalleballkalle8365 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Created by the monarchs to maintain their status quo

  • @mikidof
    @mikidof 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3450

    You should be able to call in a UAV after taking 3 pawns

    • @kuppdaballsstrokedastaff429
      @kuppdaballsstrokedastaff429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +242

      What happens if he has the ghost perk on?

    • @KrazyCouch2
      @KrazyCouch2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      This comments section is full of actually good jokes.
      I've never seen those in a TH-cam comments section before.

    • @AltairCreedZ
      @AltairCreedZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      That would actually be interesting, like just see the opponent's next two moves if you manage to quickly take 3 pieces

    • @caleblim6890
      @caleblim6890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Is that the UAV variant of the Tennison Gambit?

    • @aethermiss8636
      @aethermiss8636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      And when only the king stand you got nukes

  • @JecIsBec
    @JecIsBec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3013

    "oh I hung that"
    - Hikaru, after literally hanging his king

    • @dd-nz8ry
      @dd-nz8ry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      Louis XVI

    • @TrogdorPlays
      @TrogdorPlays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      "Oh no my king!"

    • @yashwanthmurugavel3740
      @yashwanthmurugavel3740 3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      11:25 Levy misses rook takes KING!!!!!

    • @splenden2235
      @splenden2235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@yashwanthmurugavel3740 bruh

    • @owenaspinall2046
      @owenaspinall2046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@yashwanthmurugavel3740 Yeah, I saw that too.

  • @LordAJ12345
    @LordAJ12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6844

    Turning chess into a game of incolmplete information is really interesting.

    • @Redskies453
      @Redskies453 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1230

      This is how I usually play. I mean I can see the opposition pieces but I have no idea what's going on.

    • @Amateur2k
      @Amateur2k 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Chess and poker in 1 game? Lovely

    • @Dynamikcheese
      @Dynamikcheese 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Yeah. Would love got bots to play this variant. Very interesting game.

    • @mooncalf_4534
      @mooncalf_4534 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@Dynamikcheese Lowkey playing against engines but you have fog of war odds would be super funny

    • @bormisha
      @bormisha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      This game is hardly possible without a computer. Perhaps it can be simulated with board and real pieces, if you have two boards and a neutral arbiter. Even then, it loses its dynamics.

  • @tawfiqulhudamugdha7617
    @tawfiqulhudamugdha7617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1974

    Hikaru after every move: I know exactly where your pieces are.
    *Loses the best of three* ...
    Levi: I think you were gambling too much
    Hikaru: No no... I knew exactly where your pieces were!
    1 year later
    Hikaru loses to Magnus.
    Magnus: I think you were gambling too much
    Hikaru: But I knew exactly where your pieces were!

  • @albertbatfinder5240
    @albertbatfinder5240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4315

    Haha, “I’m gonna pretend to look at the ceiling and calculate stuff”. Funny af.

    • @BatmanIsBossAtMc
      @BatmanIsBossAtMc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      i think he really is looking at the ceiling he’s just pretending to calculate

    • @albertbatfinder5240
      @albertbatfinder5240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Ha! And that is exactly what he wants you to think.

    • @BatmanIsBossAtMc
      @BatmanIsBossAtMc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Feitan Uchiha it was a joke 😐

    • @endlessnightmare1528
      @endlessnightmare1528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@BatmanIsBossAtMc Oop my bad.

    • @mikekaze7175
      @mikekaze7175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      when did he say it ?

  • @aheinstein291
    @aheinstein291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2426

    Hikaru: I knew exactly where your pieces were.
    Also Hikaru: Doesn't know the rooks are doubled/the pawn can take his knight.

    • @tobbelajs
      @tobbelajs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      kinda sounds like a kid that sucks at hide n seek.

    • @MatsMatsuo
      @MatsMatsuo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      the ultra ego is real hahaha i love how Levy always notice it but he pretends to agree and just ignores everything

    • @BPH29
      @BPH29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@MatsMatsuo yeah Levy knows not to bite the hand that feeds him. Hikaru is daddy to all these chess streamers lol

    • @greengoblin9567
      @greengoblin9567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How am I over 100 elo higher than hikaru in this gamemode

    • @greengoblin9567
      @greengoblin9567 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I was winning so games by playing c3 qa4 and if they move their d pawn, I take their king

  • @Measos77
    @Measos77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1759

    The fog of war was caused by the Bongcloud

    • @trevspeaks3
      @trevspeaks3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Dudes faces man! 🤔🤨😁😮🤔😁

    • @pranshusinha7266
      @pranshusinha7266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂🤣🤣

    • @Tampasta
      @Tampasta 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@h2rChirag lobe it

    • @Eid0lonic
      @Eid0lonic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bro stop advertising on other peoples channels

    • @somethingsomething8022
      @somethingsomething8022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@h2rChirag you don’t even do chess content

  • @brianmchaney7473
    @brianmchaney7473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +689

    Levi: ...
    Hikaru: See, you just gave away too much information because by pausing there, I know you had waffles for breakfast instead of eggs...

    • @jesterpenetrate6912
      @jesterpenetrate6912 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      XDDD

    • @thesquatscott1598
      @thesquatscott1598 ปีที่แล้ว

      💀

    • @totally100darthvader7
      @totally100darthvader7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And judging by that, I can see that your king is completely exposed and your most powerful pieces are on the other side of the board. Should've eaten eggs, man.

  • @bobbybobman3073
    @bobbybobman3073 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    Can we please see some engines play this version? I'd love to see computers devise the least calculate-able openings where half the game is not verses bot deliberately trying to hide their pieces.

    • @oscarwang7227
      @oscarwang7227 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I think they’d break. The way they calculate where to move is by seeing where the opponent’s pieces are. Without being able to see, I don’t think they’d be able to move at all

    • @dudu28r81
      @dudu28r81 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@oscarwang7227 Chess engines: Martin edition

    • @anonymousvine4105
      @anonymousvine4105 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That would be fun to program. Traditional and even variants like crazyhouse have perfect information. An engine for fog of war would need to use probabilities and focus more on risk trade offs versus ply depth.

    • @TewityPlays
      @TewityPlays ปีที่แล้ว

      @@anonymousvine4105 but than you can calutcate every move meaning they must play random moves

    • @mjkrh
      @mjkrh ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They'd just play solid and get a draw.
      Just program them to play a certain opening it would be fun then.

  • @blakemontgomery6599
    @blakemontgomery6599 3 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Hikaru: I know where all your pieces are
    Also Hikaru: *loses because he didn’t know where the pieces were*

  • @dennievandam6177
    @dennievandam6177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +789

    i love variants like this because it's only possible in online chess

    • @soundninja99
      @soundninja99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You can totally play this over the board. Just grab a friend, a blanket and some blindfolds

    • @alceusrydan6237
      @alceusrydan6237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      TTate how can you do vision of pieces?

    • @pzr2681
      @pzr2681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Alceus Rydan you’ve stumped him!

    • @kmki
      @kmki 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@alceusrydan6237
      2 boards. Each player only sees one and his pieces on it. 3rd party person adds pieces of opposing side which should be seen.

    • @4purs
      @4purs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Karol Stach that’s so impractical LOL

  • @sykes1024
    @sykes1024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +589

    Hikaru sure spends a lot of time saying "I basically knew where all your pieces were" but then upon Gotham suggesting a move "but I didn't know where your pieces were".

    • @benjaminparker5044
      @benjaminparker5044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      “I basically knew you’re entire position.”
      “Don’t you think *insert move* would’ve been safer?”
      “But I had no information!”

    • @Princess_Ruto
      @Princess_Ruto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      I'm noticing Hikaru does that a _lot._ Even when it came to something trivial like learning the rules of 5D chess, he insists that he completely understands everything in front of him when chat is pointing out he plainly doesn't. He's an incurable know-it-all.

    • @sykes1024
      @sykes1024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@Princess_Ruto Oh, god. I watched that video because I desperately want to see a GM who actually knows the rules of 5D chess play it, to really see what some one *good* at chess play 5D chess well. But I was so sorely disappointed and frustrated. Like, I've seen other play 5D chess and pick up the rules pretty quickly and fully understand them, but then those people are so frustrating to watch because they're just so bad at regular chess so that even if they know what the rules are they just constantly miss super obvious problems that are gonna happen in just 1 move. I just want to see some one play 5D chess well.
      *skims the rules super fast*
      "Yeah, I know the rules."
      *proceeds to demonstrate he has no fucking idea how anything works*

    • @killerbug05
      @killerbug05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@Princess_Ruto it's definitely not a good thing but I can see where it comes from mentally, when you're so good at something that you can be considered one of the few top players, subconsciously you'd like to think you know everything, "why else would I be one of the best if I don't know it all?" Can go through your mind. Not saying it's a good thing ofc, just saying it's understandable how he got to this point.

    • @tz4601
      @tz4601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The more I observe Hikaru the more I become convinced he is just on the autism spectrum to some degree, what they used to call Aspergers. A lot of his actions come off as him being an insufferable know it all, and maybe he is, but really I think he just doesn't understand social graces.

  • @bousemaster3989
    @bousemaster3989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Hikaru: you reveal too much information. I know where all your pieces are.
    -Loses second match

    • @theend6966
      @theend6966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      with his suggestion he revealed too much information and lost

  • @unholyXromance
    @unholyXromance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +796

    my friend did programming in uni and made exactly this mode in 2009, and he got a C. I know he didn't invent the mode, but I thought it was worth a lot more way back then

    • @eduardo_moya
      @eduardo_moya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      It's a good idea, but on top of normal chess it's not too difficult to implement programming wise

    • @unholyXromance
      @unholyXromance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      perhaps not, but he coded the chess as well. Didn't start with a template or anything

    • @mateusmt6194
      @mateusmt6194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      @@unholyXromance Well that was worth a A project - you study to solve new things, not make what only the professor wants to see.

    • @bajsbrev4651
      @bajsbrev4651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Your friend was robbed for suure

    • @aggressivelyamicable5987
      @aggressivelyamicable5987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      Without knowing the assignment requirements or difficulty expectations I cannot levy judgment.

  • @lennertdevoldere7000
    @lennertdevoldere7000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    11:25 missed win... He could have just taken the king

  • @fadhrigabestari4963
    @fadhrigabestari4963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    hikaru's downfall in this variant is his hubris

    • @albertbatfinder5240
      @albertbatfinder5240 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      Fadhriga Bestari So true. He’s saying he won in every aspect of the game, except the tiny, tiny matter of the result. Its a bit of a cringe, especially the part when Levy has to explain the “discovery” rules. Twice.

    • @hypnoticlizard9693
      @hypnoticlizard9693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      @@albertbatfinder5240 Hikaru "I knew your position all along" Nakamura

    • @fadhrigabestari4963
      @fadhrigabestari4963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      JediNxf7 yes. But the biggest factor was the inability/refusal to acknowledge his lack of skill

    • @JamieClark
      @JamieClark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Isn’t that always sort of the theme?

  • @creeperlolthetrouble
    @creeperlolthetrouble 4 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    11:25 would have been a won game he simply didnt take his king...

    • @broncogray1483
      @broncogray1483 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah...

    • @benconlon875
      @benconlon875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      that was baffling

    • @benconlon875
      @benconlon875 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      JediNxf7 in the fog of war variant there is no check, you have to actually take the king

    • @XoIoRouge
      @XoIoRouge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @JediNxf7 except you can see your own pieces in fog of war, so that's not really a FoW blunder but just mouse slip blunder, which means you're playing a combination of two variants anyway.

    • @MegaAgamon
      @MegaAgamon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Guys it was black's turn to move. Levy just made a pre-move. He didn't miss capture the King.
      Although Hikaru left his king hanging for lols Levi had already made the premove he assumed that Hikaru would save his King.

  • @Michael-M_Nguyen
    @Michael-M_Nguyen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    15:40 So you're telling me, Hikaru calculated every combination of the opponents position, just to have it come down to a 50/50? 😂☠️

    • @JanischMaximilian
      @JanischMaximilian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I agree, Hikaru saying 50/50 is ridiculous. It would have been better to just admit that he doesn’t know where Levy‘s rooks are.

    • @lezty
      @lezty ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@JanischMaximilianlevy took his queen with the rook, ofc hikaru knew where the rook was he just didn’t know if it was stacked

  • @im2bored284
    @im2bored284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Hikaru: Confused from trying to figure out were Levi's pieces are
    Levi: Just vibing
    10:18

    • @theunreadyone
      @theunreadyone 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That image has some serious meme potential

  • @michaelxthunder
    @michaelxthunder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    Hikaru after 0 moves: I know exactly where your pieces are

    • @benismann
      @benismann ปีที่แล้ว +10

      tbh after 0 moves - he definitely does. Hell maybe even i do

    • @elianjoensen2756
      @elianjoensen2756 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@benismann maybe?!

    • @benismann
      @benismann ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elianjoensen2756 maybe. I dont actually play chess

    • @Schlaggot
      @Schlaggot ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And then he sacrificed THE GAAAME

  • @janon5815
    @janon5815 4 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Really agree with the chat on this one. After losing, Hikaru really comes across as not wanting to admit he got outplayed.

    • @h2rChirag
      @h2rChirag 4 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @vvvss-cx1vd
      @vvvss-cx1vd ปีที่แล้ว

      ‘Autistic man gets annoyed at not having control of the situation’ lol

    • @andv993
      @andv993 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      yeah, it kind of happens when you're one of the best in the world. Getting outplayed becomes new

    • @badateverything2931
      @badateverything2931 ปีที่แล้ว

      no this isnt even tru, i get that it looks like that, but to him he had a strategy he had set, except the strategy didnt fail he would just fuck setting it up, its like fenching but u accidently drop your sword, like damn really outplayed me there huh.@@andv993
      he would eventually admit his stratgey was flawed but thats not the main thing

  • @JosephLachh
    @JosephLachh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    26:08
    “Well I had already blundered”
    We all know Levi’s catchphrase is “it’s not the first mistake that kills you, it’s the second”

  • @dariusgoh5314
    @dariusgoh5314 4 ปีที่แล้ว +797

    missed opportunity in the thumbnail: ‘where the fog are hikaru’s pieces???’

    • @rohanrajeev81
      @rohanrajeev81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nice pun😂

    • @DrShreenivasDesai
      @DrShreenivasDesai 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣

    • @murkkz1679
      @murkkz1679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That took me way to long to notice.....

    • @Quvl
      @Quvl 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well thats the alternative thumbnail text

    • @yessir6427
      @yessir6427 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      o fugg :DDD

  • @az1202
    @az1202 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    "I don't think you should castle the king"
    Ok, I'll castle the knight instead

    • @strangejune
      @strangejune ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and he sacrifices THE KIIING

  • @crclayton
    @crclayton 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Twitch chat at 27:00: "Did Hikaru say well played to Levy or something like that?"
    Nope. Man, it's so grating to hear him making excuses, insisting he had it all figured out, and not being a good sport when being defeated fair and square.

    • @kaiamy3779
      @kaiamy3779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Yeah how strange it’s almost as if being one of the worlds best at anything builds up an ego hm 🤔

    • @aleksamilosevic8792
      @aleksamilosevic8792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wtf?He said right afterwards yeah that makes sense i didnt think of that when levy and him were disscusing about the game.

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@aleksamilosevic8792 "yeah that makes sense i didnt think of that" is NOT "good game levy"

    • @aleksamilosevic8792
      @aleksamilosevic8792 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ABCDEFG-cj7mr It does.

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@aleksamilosevic8792 ??? In which way?? Saying "That makes sense I did not think of that" is him commenting on himself, admitting that he missed something. "Good game levy" is commenting that levy played a good game, and deserved the win. It's messed up to think they're the same when it's CLEARLY not.

  • @hutchyy6836
    @hutchyy6836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Hikaru is incapable of admitting when he's wrong.

    • @MrEvol94
      @MrEvol94 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      seems to be very common among top chess players. That's why I watch gothamchess and anna cramling for chess vids, more relatable and likeable imo

    • @shilohinq
      @shilohinq 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      im 3 years late, but this is a normal human phenomenon, idk why you're commenting about it

    • @hutchyy6836
      @hutchyy6836 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@shilohinq 3 years - wow, time flies. Yeah idk, I just think he's especially arrogant, and I guess it annoyed me enough to comment.

  • @udaysubramaniam2530
    @udaysubramaniam2530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    Levy I love that you dont get flustered with Hikaru's constant moaning of lack of info...I feel like he denied you letting to enjoy your moment of beating a GM back to back...but you handled it very gracefully! Well played sir on all levels! 👏

    • @dannytjon
      @dannytjon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Agreed, Hikaru was really annoying. He never even commented about Levi winning, just about how he “knew where all of Levi’s pieces were”

    • @chrisdawson1776
      @chrisdawson1776 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dannytjon🤓

    • @JMZReview
      @JMZReview ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@chrisdawson1776
      Lmao cope

    • @chrisdawson1776
      @chrisdawson1776 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JMZReview ❄❄

    • @JMZReview
      @JMZReview ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chrisdawson1776
      "Snowflake"
      Meanwhile, you talking about how LGBTQ people should exist:

  • @thatoneguy9582
    @thatoneguy9582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Fog of War is my favourite variant for basically the sole reason that I, someone rated 1000 in online Blitz and doesn’t even have an OTB rating, once beat a Candidate Master rated 2269 OTB
    -i’m so sorry Aleksander Kumala-

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    We need an Atomic Chess and Fog of War combined variant, it should be called Nuclear Winter :P

    • @temkin9298
      @temkin9298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, we have to call it nuclear roulette.

  • @stt5v2002
    @stt5v2002 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Hikaru reminds me of poker players who play by trying to guess your exact cards rather than considering the range of possible hands.

    • @atfti
      @atfti 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Not that it's impossible

  • @realwhoasked
    @realwhoasked 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    1:15 Look at Hikarus Face, the change is hilarious

  • @spmagic9083
    @spmagic9083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    11:25 You could have taken his king!!!

  • @BBones541
    @BBones541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I feel like Hikaru just talks out of his ass half the time Lmao

    • @kripanart
      @kripanart 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @brianlam5847
      @brianlam5847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I mean he may be a GM, but the way he says stuff it seems he's trying to fake being really good

  • @TunaBagels
    @TunaBagels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    9:30
    GM Hikaru FoW Chess insight: If somebody offers a queen trade, take it! You get to see a ton of their pieces, and they get none. Offensive trading in general will net you information! Very neat.

    • @aban33
      @aban33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      He also lost the best of 3 to an IM

    • @saqlainalvi5485
      @saqlainalvi5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aban33 hikaru "I knew where your pieces are" nakamura

    • @rap3208
      @rap3208 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@aban33 I think hikaru loses because he's trying to do too much like know where every piece and pawn are so he can attack, the other guy barely have any idea of what's going on and is just playing a passive game and waits for hikaru to lunder.

    • @aban33
      @aban33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@rap3208 Levy is no slouch my guy. He's not as good as Hikaru, but he doesn't "barely have an idea what's going on." He's an international master and a very strong chess player, Hikaru just overlooked his mistakes when making them.

    • @hackerulroman
      @hackerulroman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aban33 I’m 1 year late but he probably meant that Levy didn’t know much about Hikaru’s position

  • @eventerminator1382
    @eventerminator1382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    This is an interesting game mode. Ties into real life strategy where you don’t have 100% info on the enemies movements

    • @dudu28r81
      @dudu28r81 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, "fog of war" originally comes from real time strategy games like Age of Empires or Command and Conquer as well as turn-based ones like the Civilization series and that is exactly what it is meant to represent. In those games you often have to send scout units into enemy territory to get an idea of what army they're making or how they are developing economically and whether you're ahead or behind them.

    • @badateverything2931
      @badateverything2931 ปีที่แล้ว

      "fun"@oddity1769

  • @mhtanks
    @mhtanks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Hikaru seems like the kinda guy you knew in highschool, and you're glad you'll never see them again afterward

    • @samjones583
      @samjones583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      yeah, honestly ik he's actually insane at chess but I think he's overrated and really annoying

    • @kaiamy3779
      @kaiamy3779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I can get the annoying part but you’re aware he is literally one of if not the best in the world in several types of chess that’s not overrated he’s just good and has an ego to show for it

  • @theMosen
    @theMosen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    16:27 Watch for a few seconds, then from 11:14 on. At about 11:28 you can see Hikaru's poker face when he realizes what just happened.

  • @podge7356
    @podge7356 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I like the part where Hikaru said that he knew where Levy's pieces were

  • @snippletrap
    @snippletrap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Take a shot every time Hikaru says "information"

  • @sambuddharanjankhanra6696
    @sambuddharanjankhanra6696 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    It would be fun if super GM's played this variant and after 15 or so moves tried guessing where the opponent's pieces(battleship style)..

  • @shiffin_chippe
    @shiffin_chippe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +297

    Chess960 with fog will be great😂😂

    • @hrishikeshkumar2264
      @hrishikeshkumar2264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      It should officially be called Nightmare Chess 🤣

    • @shiffin_chippe
      @shiffin_chippe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@hrishikeshkumar2264 lol😂

    • @OttawaRocks
      @OttawaRocks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      and GMs should do a tournament with that variation... :-)

    • @geckogeico2212
      @geckogeico2212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      But you still know your opponent's position is mirrored?

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      OTB with fog... yaayyy...

  • @cabaretbaretta7805
    @cabaretbaretta7805 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    The higher up he's looking, the deeper he is thinking.

  • @majintrader9778
    @majintrader9778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Chess is changing so much recently, looks more and more fun

    • @hardrocker8101
      @hardrocker8101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My friend and I played this for a couple hours. It was so fun.

    • @SonicsniperV7
      @SonicsniperV7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      The online boom for chess was one of the best things to happen for the game. We get so many cool variants.

    • @anotherfoodvlogger2511
      @anotherfoodvlogger2511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The xxl is the best!

    • @anotherfoodvlogger2511
      @anotherfoodvlogger2511 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Xxl fog of war too

  • @dozzio
    @dozzio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I want to corner Hikaru and shout humble yourself to him for 8 hours straight.

    • @saqlainalvi5485
      @saqlainalvi5485 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Might not work 😂

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think he would call the police on you bud

    • @hamidalharbi5939
      @hamidalharbi5939 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Bububububut i did knew exactly where the pieces were!!

    • @sore_forey9259
      @sore_forey9259 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I doubt you could corner him, he knows exactly where you are long before you see him.

    • @NN-cc8uo
      @NN-cc8uo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@sore_forey9259Correction; he knows your position, but doesn't know exactly where you are

  • @c0mpl3x1ty7
    @c0mpl3x1ty7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    12:34 *casually hangs king*

    • @rookieman329
      @rookieman329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And hangs him by a toothpick.

    • @anotherfoodvlogger2511
      @anotherfoodvlogger2511 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      😆 my last opponent did that. He had my queen was about to win but then hanged his king to a pawn

  • @BonW
    @BonW 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Levy's a kind gentleman, not calling out Hikaru's ego. Good sportsmanship on his end
    Hikaru not complimenting Levy's good moves, in my opinion, is not good sportsmanship.

  • @vernie7882
    @vernie7882 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    They say to this day Levy is giving away too much information.

  • @arnavbablani881
    @arnavbablani881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hikaru: I know exactly where your pieces are
    Also Hikaru: *Blunders Rook*

  • @scarletevans4474
    @scarletevans4474 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love that brainstorm and exchanging ideas!
    Imaging them playing like 100 FoW games like that, how much they would grow!!

  • @sybergoosejr
    @sybergoosejr ปีที่แล้ว +64

    11:26 missed win rook takes king.

    • @HelloIAmAnExist
      @HelloIAmAnExist ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yep, chat also pointed it out
      Not only that, but they both missed it, because Hikaru knew that Levy could've taken with the rook, because the rooks saw each other, and that it'd put his king in the line of sight of the rook
      But Hikaru did point it out later in 16:30 though

  • @CrimsonHam
    @CrimsonHam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The motto of this game mode is “wait what?”

  • @Mistral434
    @Mistral434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "I know you have a pawn on one square..."

  • @harrymack3565
    @harrymack3565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Levy: I have a king and it is on the board.
    Hikaru: You gave away to much info.

  • @kacy6014
    @kacy6014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    A tournament of GMs and high rated players playing this would be really entertaining to watch especially if they get to talk while they’re playing like they are here 😂

  • @piyushbastia6159
    @piyushbastia6159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    Classic example of a cocky show-off getting owned !!! Levy on the other hand calmly beat him without talking much!!! Great content 😂

    • @terranloudenback2102
      @terranloudenback2102 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Hikaru wayyy underestimated his opponent here

    • @motijewelsghatkoparw8516
      @motijewelsghatkoparw8516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@terranloudenback2102 yes but Hikaru has also his unique calculus history n v all cant tell anything about legendary players like him

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@motijewelsghatkoparw8516 ok? Hikaru might be a legendary player, it doesn't give him the right to belittle his opponents and make himself look like a god. Being good at a board game doesn't automatically give you the right to disrespect your opponents.

    • @qdenver9389
      @qdenver9389 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ABCDEFG-cj7mr espacially when the opponent beats your ass

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@qdenver9389 Random 600 elo dick riding Hikaru's awful behavior, classic.

  • @Mihael_river
    @Mihael_river 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I know exactly where your pieces are. I just dont know where your rook is so I am gonna make a dump gambling move.
    ~ Hikaru 2020

  • @ZakkWasNotAvailable
    @ZakkWasNotAvailable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Or should I play to confuse you? Play to confuse"
    Hikaru: immediately squints

  • @danikgan98
    @danikgan98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Hikaru: I know where you pieces are
    Also Hikaru, literally the next move: oh I blundered, well the problem is I just didn’t know exactly where your pieces are
    Jesus! The whole video is about Hikaru bragging he knows everything and yet losing the game 🤯

  • @willcee4966
    @willcee4966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Levy: Not this again
    Hikaru: YOU GAVE AWAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION!

  • @NBAI823
    @NBAI823 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The fact that I had this idea decided it was dumb and disregarded it and it’s an actual thing

  • @Akshay-qu3dc
    @Akshay-qu3dc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I think this variant is really poetic. In war , armies have incomplete information about their opponents. And have to find out the position of enemy base camps. I think this variant simulates that scenario so well. Really cool stuff !!

    • @jrd33
      @jrd33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Real war doesn't have "base camps". I have no idea where you are getting your ideas about war from... computer games maybe?

    • @Akshay-qu3dc
      @Akshay-qu3dc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jrd33 Lol , wars don't have base camps ? They absolutely do. Generals would send batallions or some special units to specific positions in the enemy territory for variety of reasons like conducting a surprise raid , distraction , or maybe reporting enemy positions back to the headquarters. It's basic war tactics which have been employed throughout history in wars. And I found this variant of the game somewhat simulating that.

    • @hansmahr8627
      @hansmahr8627 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't know, in war you do reconnaissance by sending out scouts or by other covert means, not by just putting your unit somewhere and hoping that you're not walking into a trap. Both in ancient and in modern times, commanders usually have a pretty good idea of the enemy forces before engaging in battle. Obviously there are ambushes and stuff like that but most of the time, war is more similar to regular chess where you know what the other side is doing.

  • @Rustam2704
    @Rustam2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    5:57 - I'm gonna play smth totally different
    6:27 - proceeds to playing dutch defense, which he plays almost all the time

  • @alvaronicolasgrisieggler9804
    @alvaronicolasgrisieggler9804 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    6:52 when in Age of Empires the enemy takes your city or your watchtower

  • @RyuQ
    @RyuQ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    11:25 Hikaru.exe has stopped working

    • @Bradex.
      @Bradex. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Levi Blunders

    • @brands2131
      @brands2131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Because Levi could of won the game by taking the king with the rook. But he retreats the rook. Hikari knew he dodged a bullet and is a bit dumbfounded by Levi, but doesn't say anything to not give anything away.

    • @JLJhippotype
      @JLJhippotype 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @CNFrostXY
      @CNFrostXY 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brands2131 'could *have*'

    • @brands2131
      @brands2131 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CNFrostXY thanks

  • @thepiterp5
    @thepiterp5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:19 i love how hikaru’s smile just instantly disappears

  • @ZachTheHuman
    @ZachTheHuman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    “Actually, castling is, like, a social construct. I don’t partake.”

  • @bmci6488
    @bmci6488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This turns the game into something like StarCraft where using cheap units (pawns) to scout and get a read on openers (build openers). This is so great!

  • @DjGorgo
    @DjGorgo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hikaru also has a chessboard on his ceiling to visualize the board!

  • @anish.tiwari
    @anish.tiwari 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Levy: *breathes*
    Hikaru: I am gonna end this man's whole carrier, you gave too much information

  • @holydamn8263
    @holydamn8263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Hikaru listing all his mistakes and saying “i know where all your pieces are” and then loses

  • @corwind3058
    @corwind3058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love how Gotham smiles every time he confuses Hikaru

  • @Brythnoth_of_the_Void
    @Brythnoth_of_the_Void 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    11:28 he could have won there since the aim is to take the king, and he had a straight shot on the opponents.

  • @thegorn
    @thegorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Agadmator watching and ready to screen grab “sad Hikaru” and blow it up full screen

  • @kendallgordon2920
    @kendallgordon2920 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotham: cough* Hikaru: " you see you gave away to much information"

  • @TheGreatBoomy25
    @TheGreatBoomy25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I love how Hikaru tries to justify a bad move. He gambles way too much, then after it doesn't work out it's "Yea, but.... "

  • @_j5155_
    @_j5155_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    11:26 levy misses checkmate, capture the KING

  • @nicholasaramirez885
    @nicholasaramirez885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    What about an imposter chess variant,
    So like one of the opponents pieces is actually your piece and you don't know which one your opponent has control over, but you wouldn't want to activate your own too soon because it would be discovered and just traded or something.
    Both players can move the 2 imposter pieces.
    Once you move your imposter on your opponents side they will know which piece it is.
    Imposter piece is randomly selected and cannot be a pawn, king or queen.

    • @spencergraham-thille9896
      @spencergraham-thille9896 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds pretty neat.

    • @The_Jovian
      @The_Jovian 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Castling or Kings Knight to the f file are instant death

  • @saschas-Schachwelt
    @saschas-Schachwelt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    26:00 the thing here is hikaru can see there is nothing on d3 therefore it has to be a bishop on e4

  • @Lance0
    @Lance0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    11:26 lol he forgot that you can capture kings, ie Rxg8 was much better

  • @WillKazarian
    @WillKazarian 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sacks Queen: 'It's for the Information'

  • @lorenzocarrisi3482
    @lorenzocarrisi3482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1:27 Hikaru is doing the beth harmon challenge

  • @Baby_Baller
    @Baby_Baller ปีที่แล้ว +1

    69420ELO player: *moves on move 1*
    Hikaru: *predicts checkmate on move 52*
    Hikaru: nah mate GG

  • @pianojonathan
    @pianojonathan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    This sorts under the category «things I until recently never thought I’d hear from a super GM 16:27

    • @h2rChirag
      @h2rChirag 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤩🤩🤩🤩I Just Uploaded Some Great content, Chess Miniature , Brilliant Attacking games., queen sacrifising Etc. U Will lobe It. 🤩🤩🤓

    • @bdubsongob
      @bdubsongob 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pog

  • @supreme5998
    @supreme5998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This exchange is more intimate than two lovers talking.

  • @Velisatra
    @Velisatra ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is super interesting. I think this is more fun to watch than normal chess.

  • @josephoyek6574
    @josephoyek6574 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When you move your Rook to f1 just to pretend you castled.

  • @taranciucgabrielradu
    @taranciucgabrielradu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can already imagine the level of pre-moving damage to vision in this mode to avoid gambits for vision

  • @miawmiawgary2024
    @miawmiawgary2024 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    11:20 missed capture king

  • @fantakid3498
    @fantakid3498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how they can memorise which moves they made and the postitioning the pieces were at and then there's me... Cant even memorise 1 opening

  • @killerbug05
    @killerbug05 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    levy: "hey chat hows your day"
    hikaru: "so umm anyway it's checkmate in 2, yeah you gave away too much information. you referenced the entity known as "chat" meaning you are currently streaming, and i know you most likely live in new york city newyork, thus i contacted my network of spies to cross reference homes and apartments in new york city new york with network usage finding the top few hundred resedential building and sending my top hitmen into each of them until i found you specifically at which point i ordered them to assassinate you, and that levy is why i am the best bullet chess player, because while people play bullet chess i play bullet-chess." *evil villain laugh*

  • @carlorodneydotig
    @carlorodneydotig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If you want unknown gameplay, you can play Game of the Generals! It's really a great game Levy!

  • @mfbjo6854
    @mfbjo6854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me: "Hey Hikaru, you wanna pl.."
    Hikaru: "You gave away too much information, you lost"

  • @justinmccoy4270
    @justinmccoy4270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    11:27 hikarus face when he realized his opponent missed a mate in 1 😂

    • @leastbasedbaj7454
      @leastbasedbaj7454 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAOII

    • @hawaiiblue2596
      @hawaiiblue2596 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I just get an ad l8l

    • @MegaAgamon
      @MegaAgamon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys it was black's turn to move. Levy just made a pre-move. He didn't miss capture the King.
      Although Hikaru left his king hanging for lols Levi had already made the premove he assumed that Hikaru would save his King.

    • @justinmccoy4270
      @justinmccoy4270 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MegaAgamon There is no premove allowed in fog of war

    • @Qaptyl
      @Qaptyl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      its like in the terminal list when the fed guys found out reece had a shot on them

  • @deadliestprawn6398
    @deadliestprawn6398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Since the mod seems to just uncover squares that your pieces can move to (whether its a capture or not) then if you don't have vision of your pawn's diagonal capture squares, they must be empty. And if you've got a pawn at your opponent's ranks and a diagonal square lights up but doesn't show a piece, that would indicate an available en passant? Gotta give this a try.