'So we reply reply reply... Can I reply this? No, this is really bad. What am I doing? Okay, reply, reply, reply, okay they really should surrender now'
Besides being an extraordinary chess player, Hikaru truly deserves kudos for popularizing chess and embracing all its weird memes and quirks in its online era
Modern players are stronger so its not too unreasonable. But best is more subjective, and is about eras, having never been world champion or even qualified for WC match, I'd say theres no way he's top 10. He has won US champion multiple times. I'd say top 15 might be a bit generous but its his opinion
Considering that most nowadays super GMs are better than all WCs up to the 70s and considering all kinds of chess is played nowadays he is quite accurate. Considering the only classical OTB chess I will say he is probably more in the top 15-20 all time. In blitz and in bullet is Top 2 All time.
@@blender_wiki bit silly saying blitz all time. All time refers to classical only , blitz has very little history as game taken seriously outside of todays era
@@404talentnotfound5you need an undergraduate degree before getting admitted into a law school. It is common for lawyers to major in political science before going to law school afterwards
@@patogordo1385Yeah, so what guys? Predominantly Europeans are critical to the US for not having the metric system. So why doesn’t the whole world? It’s because it doesn’t matter. The US is large enough and influential enough to keep the imperial system alive. We use the metric system for science because this application actually does benefit us. Changing it in general would actually have more negative effects than positive. Not big effects but still negative.
@@huntersedlacek7495 All the time that gets lost when Europeans have to explain the metric system to Americans and also the other way around, is a reason to change everything to one system. This would be of course the metric because way more people use it and it's way more simple. Especially in a globalized world, there is the need that things like this are generalized. So i disagree with you, it would have definitely more positive effects.
In another video a long time ago, there was a similar question asked and Hikaru said there is kind of a brotherhood comradery with all the top chess players, but nothing more than that. p.s. I'm summarizing; I don't remember his exact wording, but sounds more like competitors than even friends.
Despite Hikaru's success in his career, it's hard to determine who is wealthier between him and his brother Asuka, as Asuka also appears to be doing very well
Dude, Hikaru makes more than Doctors and Lawyers. $200k/yearly is nothing. Hikaru has TH-cam and Twitch where he easily makes way more than $1MM, not to even mention, tournaments where he sometimes makes over $50k in just a single tournament, i.e. getting 2nd in Qatar Masters
I am pretty sure Hikaru works a lot harder. Look at the amount of time he spends streaming, then think of preparations , maintaining his channel , studying games, reporting evens and news and analysing games...and a lot of what's behind.
Nah Hikaru makes way more than that. 200-300k he makes that just in tournament earnings in a year, if not more. Now factor in his biggest income which is Twitch. He is making WAY more. @@baka1984
0:11 hikaru's iq? What do you think?! He is definitely one of the best chess players. Chess is a game that requires quite a lot of logic and strategy, and Hikaru plays very fast; his IQ is probably 130+.
Nope you dont need high IQ to be top chess player even if people seem to think so. Also if he got like 109 from these online test that would suggest its actually lower since these online tests actually overrate your actual IQ.
He did that test while streaming and doing some shits, skipping questions etc. That test means nothing. Yes, to be a top player in the world you need a high IQ. @@smildob2776
that's not how IQ works. No one "has" an IQ, if you take an IQ test multiple times you will get different scores, depending on factors like focus, energy, health, age, familiarity with the test, etc. It would be more accurate to talk about an "IQ range" but even that is flawed.
@@B-fq7ffYou are referring to fluid IQ which is separate from crystalized IQ. Yes, being tired will lower your fluid iq; you wont however forget everything you've learned throughout your life, aka, your crystalized IQ. Those with higher fluid IQs build more into their crystalized IQs. Real IQ tests, administered by a proctor measures your crystalized IQ primarily. To reiterate, crystalized IQ doesn't change. You aren't going to forget F = M * V just because you are tired.
@@smildob2776 but he wasn't paying attention to the test while taking it lol. He even guessed randomly at times because chat asked him to. Have you watched it at all?
"top 10-15 in the world" wasn't he 2nd and 3rd to Magnus at several points? I know there are different divisions to factor in, but WELL inside the top 10?
Why is Hikaru Nakamura so talkative and so fluent in English? hahaha and it makes me unable to stop thinking and amazed at this chess GM and how he plays
He was raised in the US, so he's probably been speaking English for most of his life. His streaming career has probably made him very talkative and fluency, of course, just comes from practice.
Definitely, since chess players have gotten a lot stronger over time. This is very controversial but not one chess player from before the 1990's could beat Hikaru except Kasparov and maybeee Fischer but as good as he was he just didn't live during the computer chess era.
@@alphalance9408 fischer wouldn't be anywhere close at his peak. You're totally right about new generation players being stronger than the last but fischer is wildly incorrect. A few from the past would have a decent shot at beating Hikaru if you just plucked them from the past. Feels like you've picked kasparov and fischer because those are two of the biggest names ever but that's such a surface level superficial choice
Hikaru, Magnus and many of this generation is so good and high rated compared to those in the past partially due to computers and being able to learn the best lines. Fischer or someone completely different from the past could have surpassed them with the latest tech. But he's speaking from an ability perspective and is not wrong. Would be unlike someone of Japanese descent to lie.
I don't think that's entirely true, Tal in his prime was playing midgames and endgames similarly sharp to what's being played today and that was before computers, if he would take minor concessions to get players out of theory there's at least a case to be made that he could take games from todays top GMs
@@alphalance9408 what about Karpov, Vishy and Kramnik? Kamsky and Peter Svidler? And I believe Levon is older than him as well, isn't it? And if we talk about younger than him than I see Magnus, clearly Fabi who is always the underdog and underrated, Wesley, MVL, Ding. I have just listed 11 and I can think of at least 10 more, not even considering youngsters like Alireza. Not all of these would absolutely crush him, not even Magnus can do it but still you can't just say he's better than all of them.
I thought he was going to say top ten now. He's definitely not top ten all time. He's probably top five now. This is my top ten of all time: 1. Bobby Fischer 2. Gary Kasparov 3. Mikhail Botvinnik 4. Magnus Carlsen 5. Jose Capablanca 6. Emanuel Lasker 7. Alexander Alekhine 8. Anatoly Karpov 9. Viswanathan Anand 10. Vladimir Kramnik
I think that to make that ranking, you have to evaluate classics, rapid and blitz. Ding is world champion and, in my opinion, less complete than Naka. I think the same about Kramnik, and other champions. His problem is having run into Magnus. Surely it would be in the top 15.
hikaru rushing the questions like chess puzzles
Let's keep going
'So we reply reply reply... Can I reply this? No, this is really bad. What am I doing? Okay, reply, reply, reply, okay they really should surrender now'
Hikaru is part VIKING! (this answers so many questions)
Lol
@@snoopstp4189true. Like his appreciation of Magnus skill aside!
He premoved his answers
Underrated comment 😂
There is the Streamer Hikaru and then there is the Actor Hikaru. This is the Actor Hikaru you can tell by the calm demeanor and lack of giggling.
可你曾经那么爱我干嘛演出细节
Imposter Naka
bro is switching personality fr
@@JohnPaulBuce its called autism
and the lack of head bob
- What's your name?
- Well, the answer obviously is Hikaru Nakamura
🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Being top 10 of all time is... Acceptable to my modest standards - Hikaru Nakamura, 2023
I don't have a huge ego, I only think I'm top 10-15 or so.
I mean I am second but it is still nice@@incredulouschordate
@@incredulouschordate Its not having a big ego if its the truth🔥
@@alphalance9408 true, but that's a big IF for someone who has never been world champion and has never been the highest ranked player
Obviously
Besides being an extraordinary chess player, Hikaru truly deserves kudos for popularizing chess and embracing all its weird memes and quirks in its online era
Bro thinks he's Hikaru
He's real Hikaru
@@Josuke8ManHe wish he would be 😏
As a scandinavian im claiming hikaru so we actually have the two most prominent chess players from scandinavia 😁
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂It's means both are Scandinavian brothers.. Who keeps fighting
One and a half*
@@thenatron6136If you wanna be a bit xenophobic you can say that.😂
@@huntersedlacek7495Whatˋs xenophobic about that?
I’m nowhere near the greatest player of all time.
I’m in the top 10 or 15 players of all time.
- Hikaru Nakamura
Modern players are stronger so its not too unreasonable. But best is more subjective, and is about eras, having never been world champion or even qualified for WC match, I'd say theres no way he's top 10. He has won US champion multiple times. I'd say top 15 might be a bit generous but its his opinion
Which isn't near at all
@@jamesjacob21 I think he meant across every format. The question was not "are you the best classical player"
Considering that most nowadays super GMs are better than all WCs up to the 70s and considering all kinds of chess is played nowadays he is quite accurate. Considering the only classical OTB chess I will say he is probably more in the top 15-20 all time.
In blitz and in bullet is Top 2 All time.
@@blender_wiki bit silly saying blitz all time. All time refers to classical only , blitz has very little history as game taken seriously outside of todays era
Ok but the most important question: dose Hikaru know how the Knight moves?
horsey piece?
Just New players and magnus dosenn't know thats 😂
Does not dose
Wrong, you should ask him whether or not he's hiding stockifsh at his desk
(Don't tell him Kramnik asked)
At his ceiling*@@Checkmate_Edits
We need more of this... hikaru would have made a very good. Lawyer bravo sir
Dont you study LAW, for being a LAWyer? I thought POLITICAL science goes almost hand in hand with being a politician.
@@404talentnotfound5 Politicians create legislation. Legislation IS Law
Lawyer? Interesting…
@@404talentnotfound5you need an undergraduate degree before getting admitted into a law school. It is common for lawyers to major in political science before going to law school afterwards
uh based on what? Didn't even finish college, barely explains answers
Funny that he calls the metric system a "European standard" when it's really the global standard. 😂
@@patogordo1385Yeah, so what guys? Predominantly Europeans are critical to the US for not having the metric system. So why doesn’t the whole world? It’s because it doesn’t matter. The US is large enough and influential enough to keep the imperial system alive. We use the metric system for science because this application actually does benefit us. Changing it in general would actually have more negative effects than positive. Not big effects but still negative.
@@huntersedlacek7495 stop
@@WeAreTheSaverOfLuminant Bruh, stop what?
@@huntersedlacek7495 Nationalism drives you crazy.
@@huntersedlacek7495 All the time that gets lost when Europeans have to explain the metric system to Americans and also the other way around, is a reason to change everything to one system. This would be of course the metric because way more people use it and it's way more simple. Especially in a globalized world, there is the need that things like this are generalized. So i disagree with you, it would have definitely more positive effects.
I really wish one of the questions were, "Does Hikaru love Magnus"
Of course, he’s his butt-buddy ;)
In another video a long time ago, there was a similar question asked and Hikaru said there is kind of a brotherhood comradery with all the top chess players, but nothing more than that. p.s. I'm summarizing; I don't remember his exact wording, but sounds more like competitors than even friends.
We need the magnus version too!!!
Magnus with the Chessbrahs with his DJ lurking in the background keeping their drinks topped off.
Hikaru’s IQ is about 111 because he is always number one.
Despite Hikaru's success in his career, it's hard to determine who is wealthier between him and his brother Asuka, as Asuka also appears to be doing very well
@@baka1984Hikaru makes more
Hikaru makes way more.
Dude, Hikaru makes more than Doctors and Lawyers. $200k/yearly is nothing. Hikaru has TH-cam and Twitch where he easily makes way more than $1MM, not to even mention, tournaments where he sometimes makes over $50k in just a single tournament, i.e. getting 2nd in Qatar Masters
I am pretty sure Hikaru works a lot harder. Look at the amount of time he spends streaming, then think of preparations , maintaining his channel , studying games, reporting evens and news and analysing games...and a lot of what's behind.
Nah Hikaru makes way more than that. 200-300k he makes that just in tournament earnings in a year, if not more. Now factor in his biggest income which is Twitch. He is making WAY more. @@baka1984
Hikaru, humble as always, thats why the fans love him
😂
0:45 our GOAT is back to #2
that was very cool of Hikaru sharing some detail we all wanted to know
True chess fans know this is a reupload
Chess 2 trailer just dropped
thank you for answering the retired question, my brother and I have been fighting over that and now I win the argument!
I want to see him as world champion one day.
One thing which surprises me the most is is hikaru has a 7-1 lead over vishy in classical
Question: Is Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru: No.
3:00 there ain't no Nakamura competitive play footage without him looking at the ceiling
He’s one of the best chess players in the world and his Brother is casually an executive at JP Morgan. Imagine being their cousin 💀
I wanna see Hikaru in WWE and Shinsuke playing chess.
Hikaru is so humble, bro, all things considered, you are top 3
delusional
"european standards" dude its the standard of the world 😭
In the beginning, there was stupid. And stupid was stupid. And stupid was with stupid...
He premoved those questions
Hikaru is premoving the questions like he does to chess.
"they think i have a massive ego"
lmfao i can never forget hikaru saying "bro thinks hes hikaru or something"
Stunned that he took so long...
He could've just said: "nice ok lets go next"
0:11 hikaru's iq? What do you think?! He is definitely one of the best chess players. Chess is a game that requires quite a lot of logic and strategy, and Hikaru plays very fast; his IQ is probably 130+.
Nope you dont need high IQ to be top chess player even if people seem to think so. Also if he got like 109 from these online test that would suggest its actually lower since these online tests actually overrate your actual IQ.
He did that test while streaming and doing some shits, skipping questions etc. That test means nothing. Yes, to be a top player in the world you need a high IQ. @@smildob2776
that's not how IQ works. No one "has" an IQ, if you take an IQ test multiple times you will get different scores, depending on factors like focus, energy, health, age, familiarity with the test, etc. It would be more accurate to talk about an "IQ range" but even that is flawed.
@@B-fq7ffYou are referring to fluid IQ which is separate from crystalized IQ.
Yes, being tired will lower your fluid iq; you wont however forget everything you've learned throughout your life, aka, your crystalized IQ.
Those with higher fluid IQs build more into their crystalized IQs.
Real IQ tests, administered by a proctor measures your crystalized IQ primarily. To reiterate, crystalized IQ doesn't change.
You aren't going to forget F = M * V just because you are tired.
@@smildob2776 but he wasn't paying attention to the test while taking it lol. He even guessed randomly at times because chat asked him to. Have you watched it at all?
“What can’t Hikaru Nakamura stop saying”
“The answer of course is ‘the answer is of course’”
He held for his life not to add 2. Ke2 after saying he prefers to start with 1. e4
WIRED but better.
He played so much blitz that he blitz out his questions.
"top 10-15 in the world" wasn't he 2nd and 3rd to Magnus at several points? I know there are different divisions to factor in, but WELL inside the top 10?
Why is Hikaru Nakamura so talkative and so fluent in English? hahaha and it makes me unable to stop thinking and amazed at this chess GM and how he plays
He was raised in the US, so he's probably been speaking English for most of his life. His streaming career has probably made him very talkative and fluency, of course, just comes from practice.
man wired looks different today
This is just what the doctor ordered
Am I the only one who was confused when they uploaded the video and took it down later. Now it’s back, I guess.
So Hikarus mom is Scandinavian, Magnus and Hikaru must be related. Maybe they should do DNA test next!
Please don't retire
This guy seems smart, he should get into checkers
every single answer starts with:
'Obviously' or 'Of Course'...
Favorite opening: Bongcloud
"Something decent at least" I love it. Short kings stand tall
Wired: yall will be hearing from my legal team very soon
Hikaru is like a much more likable and chill Vegeta, and Magnus is like a pompous Goku.
don't watch if you're here for the juicy questions
that would be cool, "Hikaru knows we love him?"
“Shin-soo-kee” man hikaru really is American lol
I laughed too, but yeah he's an American who happens to have a Japanese name
Hikaru is most definitely top 15, I’d say top 10 at his best.
Definitely, since chess players have gotten a lot stronger over time. This is very controversial but not one chess player from before the 1990's could beat Hikaru except Kasparov and maybeee Fischer but as good as he was he just didn't live during the computer chess era.
@@alphalance9408 fischer wouldn't be anywhere close at his peak. You're totally right about new generation players being stronger than the last but fischer is wildly incorrect. A few from the past would have a decent shot at beating Hikaru if you just plucked them from the past. Feels like you've picked kasparov and fischer because those are two of the biggest names ever but that's such a surface level superficial choice
Hikaru, Magnus and many of this generation is so good and high rated compared to those in the past partially due to computers and being able to learn the best lines.
Fischer or someone completely different from the past could have surpassed them with the latest tech.
But he's speaking from an ability perspective and is not wrong. Would be unlike someone of Japanese descent to lie.
I don't think that's entirely true, Tal in his prime was playing midgames and endgames similarly sharp to what's being played today and that was before computers, if he would take minor concessions to get players out of theory there's at least a case to be made that he could take games from todays top GMs
@@alphalance9408 what about Karpov, Vishy and Kramnik? Kamsky and Peter Svidler? And I believe Levon is older than him as well, isn't it? And if we talk about younger than him than I see Magnus, clearly Fabi who is always the underdog and underrated, Wesley, MVL, Ding. I have just listed 11 and I can think of at least 10 more, not even considering youngsters like Alireza. Not all of these would absolutely crush him, not even Magnus can do it but still you can't just say he's better than all of them.
Hikaru looks great, I didn’t realize he was 35!
Well, this interview showed what political science Hikaru would be like
Thank you, Hikaru and team!
"Did fame change Hikaru?"
"Nah, he's still a stick in the mud." - Magnum Carlos
Doesnt know his IQ after doing nothing but IQ tests his entire life.
Imagine santa not knowing what's inside his presents
4:27 what is that trophy supposed to be of?
Looks like a Moon rock.
His brothers name is Asuka LOL.
"Does Hikaru Nakamura literally care?"
the answer to that would be of course NO
"I did not actually finish" Hikaru sounds like my wife!
Where is the question "Is H.N. have a Stockfish on his ceiling?":^)
good one
Hikaru probably closer to 5”5 😂
it checks the staircase
I thought he was going to say top ten now. He's definitely not top ten all time. He's probably top five now. This is my top ten of all time:
1. Bobby Fischer
2. Gary Kasparov
3. Mikhail Botvinnik
4. Magnus Carlsen
5. Jose Capablanca
6. Emanuel Lasker
7. Alexander Alekhine
8. Anatoly Karpov
9. Viswanathan Anand
10. Vladimir Kramnik
This hikaru guys looks like a great smart person he should try chess
You produce very entertaining videos. Bravo
We need more content like this Danny😅
OUR FISCHER WORLD CHAMPION LES GOOOO🔥🔥🔥
Is that Shingo Nakamura playing in the background? 🤔 nice
Hikaruuu
Bro thinks he is Levy Rozman. No way this Nakamura guy considers himself top 15 of all time when Levy is the goat.
Good! Now I waiting to see for that same last question to Magnus in the next video!
Hikaru was playing question rush
Drax: I'll do you one better, why is hikaru nakamura?
Google: "Is Hikar -"
Hikaru: "Okay so I can take take and take arghhh but then it would mean..."
hikaru being hikaru
"something like that" - Hikaru don't play with us! we KNOW you KNOW your rank!!!
So maybe he’s Magnus’ long lost half cousin👀
Damn, so this video was recorded on October 10th 2023 (0:48) and they just released it? lol
I whish to all guys don't be retired, move forward and Never Give Up☝️
Even the goat himself.. Acknowledged that Hikaru is best in rapid and blitz... So yeah you are best...
I think that to make that ranking, you have to evaluate classics, rapid and blitz. Ding is world champion and, in my opinion, less complete than Naka. I think the same about Kramnik, and other champions. His problem is having run into Magnus. Surely it would be in the top 15.
Simply a great person ... and chess player
Shinsuke Nakamura is actually a professional wrestler in the WWE
Loved it! Please do more of these with other players as well!
Not a bad video, I like that you took a clip from an original video instead of reposting another short
Of Course
Obviously, this is an interview
I though Hikaru would start off the video with
"Welcome back everyone for todayyyyyz video we will answer some question .........."
Top 10 GOAT
I like how the pokal is shaped Like a big chicken nugget
Question about TSM: Hikaru talks about TSMC silicon chip company and stocks.
they really removed the video to reupload cause u could see hikaru in the end
He doesn't usually look this handsome does he?
Scandinavian... interesting... very interesting...