Yeah, I was like "wait, isn't this a draw? How is he going to win this?" And then Hikaru moved his rook, and I realized he had an extra rook. My WTF moment!
Is it bad if the game review tells u that mittens was 92% correct and u were 83% considering that i have been playing just for a month chess only 40 games and i am rated 680 Elo ?
@@thebcwonder4850 f6 blunders the queen in one move with Qxh3. He's just poking fun at one of the Botez sisters, but I'm not sure of the reference lol
3:12 As I was in the kitchen preparing myself a delight I heard Hikaru sacrifice the rook with all his might, I sprinted through, stumbled and tumbled to my computer I heard him talking like a tutor. And with my lightning finger, I rewinded and was caught on the hook, for Hikaru himself sacrificed THE ROOK!
Oh guys he can’t fork at 9:26 the two rooks because mittens can just take Hikarus room with check then Hilary will recapture, and then mittens can protect his rook. Hope this helps!
The closed position technique was masterfully executed. Hikaru has special strategies against engines and though others might get lucky in a blind spot, he methodically out plays these lofty opponents. My feeling is he preps for everything far beyond appreciated. Even his speedruns. True chess professional. Heroic content.
Plot Twist: It's actually Mittens who is the CEO, Anish is just an empty suit, an actor hired to play a role to disguise Mittens' true intentions. Until it's too late!
That was a really interesting last game, with the very closed position. Seems like with no obvious options for the bot, Hikaru's human ability to have a long strategy like that is simply superior to what this bot could figure out.
Although he's a GM, Hikaru's ability to analyze every single move, in-depth, to the 't', is absolutely awe-inspiring. Truly inspirational and can be learnt a lot by the first game alone
@@THEpicND Not only years and years of practice but he's a natural. It takes a lot to not only reach this level of play but more to beat someone like him
Hikaru is such a genius. What’s crazy tho is Hikaru always ends up worse after a mittens move that he deems incorrect. Which just goes to show you how deep a chess bot can calculate
Hikaru as a 600 I can't describe how much I wish I knew what I was doing even a quarter as much as you do, watching you deal with these bots boggles the mind! Please send prayers for my poor little puzzle brain! Pleasure to watch as always sir.
OK THERE ARE SOM MANY COMMENTS ON A FORK AT 9:10 IF KNIGHT D7, ROOK TAKES F3, KING TAKES F3 AND IT IS A ROOK VS KNIGHT ENDGAME WHICH IS A WIN FOR MITTENS.
this is why I never forget that this man is a mind boggly insane player at the game of chess and way more than one of my hiperfixations to watch on TH-cam bc watching this high as shit im perplexed rn😭
video idea get a 500 rated player (may or maynot be me) in a call with u, and when u make a move, they ask how tf u thought of it and the process behind it. all that jazz
Hello hikaru I know your probably never gonna see this but just in case thanks so much , because of you and magnus i recently got into chess and i am really enjoying it ! Really like the way you play and your funny it s always fun watching your videos continue like this 👍👍
Not saying I know better but at 9:22 there was a fork of the rooks. Knight D7, Rook F3 check, King F3, and then its black to play whilst white has pressure on the black rook on c5. After black moves (anywhere, wouldn't matter), the Knight can go to B6 and help or sacrifice itself for the pawns
They can trade rooks with a check- after knight d7 there is rxf3+ (check), forcing a trade. After the rook on e5 can move away and obviously the rook will beet the knight in the endgame.
EXACTLY! AND TWICE!! 10:17 "Hikaru: what could the miracle possibly be?" IT IS FORKING THE ROOKS DAMNIT! I'm low elo as well, I guess this is the most we can come up with 😂
Mittens rook on F8 would simply take Hikarus rook on F3. The king would have to take it, and mittens could just move the rook on C5. Then it would be a knight vs a rook, clearly losing for Hikaru.
@@GMHikaru I'm 580 and i figured out it was a bad move the moment i saw that your rook can be taken with check and you'll end up in a knight vs rook. Of course im bad but i even saw that
Not being a native English speaker, at first it was harder for me to follow Hikaru, but once I got used to it he's become my favorite even better than Levy, and whether he slows down for us to follow him better or I became more attuned to his speech, in any case his content is very educational and entertaining. 👍
@@matrix88918 sigh are you blind the knight is pinned to the rook if knight moves Rook takes rook by also putting the king under the check after kings takes other rook just escapes after which it will be a rook vs knight endgame
9:19 there was a fork there to win a rook but idk i aint a gm Edit: Nvm, if Hikaru had done that rook takes rook king takes rook then it turns into a rook vs horse with pawns endgame
for people who dont understand why didnt Hikaru forked the rooks at 9:00 : Anish would take f3 and now Hikaru cannot stop the pawns from promoting on a1 or b1 (it is probably a blunder)
dont know why you're overlooking promotions or anything. its just wasnt a fork in the first place and thats it. black trades the rook with check and moves other rook and its rook vs knight ggs.
At 9:15 why doesn’t ND7 work for the rook fork? Even if mittens responds with RxF3 and then king takes, doesn’t Hikaru win a tempo since mittens has to move his rook on C5?
@@sereneyeti3680 nvm, didn’t see the pawn guarding the king but the knight is a slow piece, the rook will take the A and B pawn and mittens will essentially have 2 passed pawns
“You never win a game when you resign”
-Hikaru 2023
Wisdom for the ages.
Let's be clear on that
"You never win a game when you resign" Tartakower in original...
at 6:12
i mean that is pretty obvious, not all that smart esp from a supposed grandmaster
Hikarus energy in the opening is so addictive and i love it.
bro became gothamchess
@@EatingWaffles no
@@EatingWaffles no
@@EatingWaffles no
@@EatingWaffles no
I love how Hikaru explaining the situation and I still don't know WTF is going on in that situation
300 likes and no comments? Let me fix that
@@saarimsamgaming9511 hush
Yeah, I was like "wait, isn't this a draw? How is he going to win this?" And then Hikaru moved his rook, and I realized he had an extra rook. My WTF moment!
I'll never forget the pain that i felt when i was playing against Mittens
Is it bad if the game review tells u that mittens was 92% correct and u were 83% considering that i have been playing just for a month chess only 40 games and i am rated 680 Elo ?
@@T.Sh-TH-cam in how many moves?
When I saw the 1 elo mittens had I thought it would just be a fun little chess bot, can't believe I was so wrong
Why? Were you expecting to beat it?
@@gabrielbarros493bro I thought he was easy to beat cuz of 1 elo, i felt so disappointed when i losed to 1 elo cat in 20 moves
28:59 - "I can't play f6 cause that's a Botez gambit"
I'm just dying
that was hilarious
i was bout to comment it too
Does the Botez Gambit not work against bots?
@@thebcwonder4850 f6 blunders the queen in one move with Qxh3. He's just poking fun at one of the Botez sisters, but I'm not sure of the reference lol
the fact he remembers anishes moves and can just predict the lines
And that's how Chess simply works
@@xBerlingoo sadly i don't remember the lines i played in my last game
@@kefekefe20 Then you are still not good enough if you can't remember the line you played 💀
@@Apple_Beshy there is no good enough
I love how he explains every move, it helps me to get more skills 😺
Next mittens?
@@wyntter_She gone
Cursed Anish is a cat boy *furry*
as a member of the furry community having a cat boy bf is a perfect situation 😂
Hikaru pin this😮
@@todaycuber9115 keep yourself safe!
Certified boy kisser
@@gtALIEN ur comment sounded like a threat💀🚓🚓🚓
That last game against Anish Mittens was🔥🔥
3:12 As I was in the kitchen preparing myself a delight I heard Hikaru sacrifice the rook with all his might, I sprinted through, stumbled and tumbled to my computer I heard him talking like a tutor. And with my lightning finger, I rewinded and was caught on the hook, for Hikaru himself sacrificed THE ROOK!
Nice work ChatGPT
@@oligertipjetri4077 Dude, that wasnt chatgpt
try it
My poem skills are so good were they cause a riot.
@@oligertipjetri4077 yeah it has to much detail
No I saw a video of someone asking chatgpt to make a poem of levy sacrificing the rook
@@silentrobot7014 YALL CAN ASK CHATGPT, ALSO THANKS FOR THE COMPLIMENT
12:01 is a roller coaster of emotion
Oh guys he can’t fork at 9:26 the two rooks because mittens can just take Hikarus room with check then Hilary will recapture, and then mittens can protect his rook. Hope this helps!
Thank you
Obviously
I was about to coment that but then I thought a little
Hikaru strategically shifting his pieces across the board is just beautiful to watch
Me: Mom I want levy
Mom:We have levy at home
Levy at home: 3:13
Dude..
💀
Holy shit that's hilarious
Lmaoooo
3:20 Hikaru: "maybe knight f5"
Also Hikaru: *puts arrow from h4 to g5*
Hahahaha literally wtf I cant believe that just happened. Thats crazy bro
The closed position technique was masterfully executed. Hikaru has special strategies against engines and though others might get lucky in a blind spot, he methodically out plays these lofty opponents. My feeling is he preps for everything far beyond appreciated. Even his speedruns. True chess professional. Heroic content.
shut up george
Hikaru is so freaking good at playing closed positions. He brutalized the bot in that last game.
true, I remember him playing a game vs komodo in a closed position like this and I think he won
Hikaru in an untimed game against a cat: "I don't wanna spend too much time here"
Anish is the perfect CEO. He got Mittens back! What a brilliant idea. 😂
Plot Twist: It's actually Mittens who is the CEO, Anish is just an empty suit, an actor hired to play a role to disguise Mittens' true intentions. Until it's too late!
@@Patrick462 That makes perfect sense. 😎🤣
@@Patrick462 ok boomer
Hikaru:😐😑😶
Hikaru when he say welcome back:😄😄😃
People who think they are big brain at 9:07 knight fork it losses on the spot because u dont want a rook exchange
damn I thought the same, thinking its winning
Big brain
Why tho? You keep a pawn advantage and either a rook or a knight, that's a winning or draw position no?
@@teddylegroux1298 after the knight fork the rook on f8 can take hikaru's rook with check
That was a really interesting last game, with the very closed position. Seems like with no obvious options for the bot, Hikaru's human ability to have a long strategy like that is simply superior to what this bot could figure out.
Although he's a GM, Hikaru's ability to analyze every single move, in-depth, to the 't', is absolutely awe-inspiring. Truly inspirational and can be learnt a lot by the first game alone
What do u mean by 'Although'?
@@farishakim6759 I meant, being a GM it's expected out of him but he's brilliant. Poorly worded, I guess 😄
@@nirmalshah9947 nah..you're good..just want to confirm
What amazes me, is not the fact that he considers and calculates these moves, but the speed at which he can come to a decision. Really impressive
@@THEpicND Not only years and years of practice but he's a natural. It takes a lot to not only reach this level of play but more to beat someone like him
Hikaru is such a genius. What’s crazy tho is Hikaru always ends up worse after a mittens move that he deems incorrect. Which just goes to show you how deep a chess bot can calculate
That Botez Gambit remark had never dying 😂😂
Big Kakaru reveals going on in the Starcraft "Metaverse."
The switch from Hikaru in TH-cam mode to Hikaru in Twitch mode happens at around 3:32
9:39 missed a fork 🥲🥲
Hikaru, You must be crazy energetic in your childhood, you have unmatched energy!
funny part rubbing his hands happy 25:47
Hikaru as a 600 I can't describe how much I wish I knew what I was doing even a quarter as much as you do, watching you deal with these bots boggles the mind! Please send prayers for my poor little puzzle brain!
Pleasure to watch as always sir.
OK THERE ARE SOM MANY COMMENTS ON A FORK AT 9:10 IF KNIGHT D7, ROOK TAKES F3, KING TAKES F3 AND IT IS A ROOK VS KNIGHT ENDGAME WHICH IS A WIN FOR MITTENS.
Hikaru sacrificing the rook with all his energy HAHA
this is why I never forget that this man is a mind boggly insane player at the game of chess and way more than one of my hiperfixations to watch on TH-cam bc watching this high as shit im perplexed rn😭
A determined stare, showing your resolve to keep this trend going. The start of a great adventure. 9/10.
10/10
I'm a simple man. I see an annoying Gotham enjoyer on Hikaru video comments. I dislike.
@@gregorymorse8423 should stop being a beta and enjoy both probably lmao
@Gan. I enjoy both. But weird inside jokes crossing over is annoying and cringe. So sn alpha like me has come to set things straight
@@gregorymorse8423 just sounds like you're not funny to me
video idea get a 500 rated player (may or maynot be me) in a call with u, and when u make a move, they ask how tf u thought of it and the process behind it. all that jazz
Good for you, Hikaru, for finally finding someone or something against whom you can play a game of chess for fun.
Also wasn’t there a fork by the knight at 9:50, I think it’s a good move since It is a fork between the two black rooks
The rook can be taken forcing you to move the king and only having a knight against a rook.
NOOOOO the return of mittens, time for pain, gain and the weirdest games
3:10 absolutely legendary
Hikaru's raw calculation is absolutely insane.
Hikaru is legitimately such a fun person to watch
how you can be this good at chess is unbeliveable crazy
Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Hikaru: DEEEEZ KNIGHTS
I'm curious and also terrified if Hikaru Mittens actually exist
10:42 Nd7 fork
Hikaru is a wizard. No debate.
I love how all the chess players I watched speak so clear. I never have to use subtitles
Beautiful last game Hikaru and nice video overall, 9.8/10
I love when he explain every move
Hello hikaru I know your probably never gonna see this but just in case thanks so much , because of you and magnus i recently got into chess and i am really enjoying it !
Really like the way you play and your funny it s always fun watching your videos continue like this 👍👍
You played so well, great video!
3:12 "sacrifice the rook!"
"Meow"
-Mittens
The energy is so different when hikaru is making a video
such a great way of explaining, its so mesmorising! also missed a fork 10:13
the king just walking by the entire board, having a good time on the last game.
3:20 hikaru saying the rooook doesn’t feel the same as when levy says it
Hikaru = GOAT
Didn't he miss a fork on rooks at 9:31?
@@ΧρηστοςΒουκλης it will be a trade
@@ΧρηστοςΒουκλης yeah it was a trade not a fork and plus it wouldn't be a good position for hikaru
Your stream of thought is so satisfyingly refined!
Not saying I know better but at 9:22 there was a fork of the rooks. Knight D7, Rook F3 check, King F3, and then its black to play whilst white has pressure on the black rook on c5. After black moves (anywhere, wouldn't matter), the Knight can go to B6 and help or sacrifice itself for the pawns
Was looking for this comment 😂 is there a reason why that's a bad move?
They can trade rooks with a check- after knight d7 there is rxf3+ (check), forcing a trade. After the rook on e5 can move away and obviously the rook will beet the knight in the endgame.
@@AUBEP2 My bad, didnt notice he only has 1 rook. My fault
@@veerbatra2727 My bad, didnt notice he only has 1 rook. My fault. Its a bad move cause its a knight vs rook endgame and rook would obv win
that confidence as soon as the posittion closed in the last game
9:20 why wouldn’t forking the rooks work? Yea I’m low ELO it’s a genuine question 😢😅
Knight moves he just take the rook below it and its just a rook trade and rook vs knight is a losing endgame
EXACTLY! AND TWICE!!
10:17 "Hikaru: what could the miracle possibly be?" IT IS FORKING THE ROOKS DAMNIT!
I'm low elo as well, I guess this is the most we can come up with 😂
bcz there is rook f3 check,then king has to take and then the bot can move the other rook to safety
Mittens rook on F8 would simply take Hikarus rook on F3. The king would have to take it, and mittens could just move the rook on C5. Then it would be a knight vs a rook, clearly losing for Hikaru.
Really like these videos where you calculate the lines out loud, very instructional
The only big drawback is that in a "game" mode I can't show the analysis of what I am saying ala all the "fork" comments.
@@GMHikaru I'm 580 and i figured out it was a bad move the moment i saw that your rook can be taken with check and you'll end up in a knight vs rook. Of course im bad but i even saw that
Hikaru has like 3 different personalities: 1) Interview Hikaru 2) TH-cam Hikaru 3) Stream Hikaru
9:20 hikaru missed a rook fork with knight
Kid iQ -1 use ur brain kid
Hikaru...I affronted Anish Mittens myself and it destroyed me however i was beating but he stalemated me so a draw is better of something! :)
10:36 Kd7 if rook takes the rook on f3 you take back the rook with the king and u are winning tho?
@@dany9007 link of ur game?
@@dany9007 The best I can think of is
Nd7, Re3+, Kg2, Rxf2+, Kxf2, Rb3, Ke1, he wins the b2 pawn and promotion --> b4, axb4, a3, Nd3, Rb1+
9:20 bruh Nd7 was a brilliant move as u got 2 forks and u were winning a rook on ur next move but u missed that😐
Not being a native English speaker, at first it was harder for me to follow Hikaru, but once I got used to it he's become my favorite even better than Levy, and whether he slows down for us to follow him better or I became more attuned to his speech, in any case his content is very educational and entertaining. 👍
You can change the playback speed 👌
@@TurinTuramber 💀
How tf do people live their lives without learning English
@@hermionegranger7849 by not living in an english speaking country. I know that is a poor excuse, just do it and so many new possibilities open up.
@@hermionegranger7849 most do live happily.
Mittens: *breathes*
Hikaru: “after this I’m loosing”
9:16
How did he not see knight to d7!!
@@SAGE0536AGN okay, now i see
Thanks bro
"I'm sorry if I'm thinking really long and hard here..."
Bruh that's why I watch
30:16 crazy
Listening to you calculate is beyond amazing.
9:17 you overlooked a fork with your horse. (knight to d7)
No he didn't
@@Anup_sk23 d7 then the towers are forked right?
@@Anup_sk23 they are literally forked.
@@matrix88918 sigh are you blind the knight is pinned to the rook if knight moves Rook takes rook by also putting the king under the check after kings takes other rook just escapes after which it will be a rook vs knight endgame
Just in case you are wondering nd7 does not work because rxf3+
9:08 yu shuld ve forked da roks
Basically if Knight D7, rook takes F3 check, King takes F3, a rook vs Knight endgame is a win for mittens.
10:12 look at that beautiful knight fork on the rooks😖
Sacking the rook and it being the best move at that moment is so was funny to me
Stare good stare nice i approve
9:09 I was so pissed off bcuz I'm not rlly a good chess player but I wanted hikaru to do that fork WHSHAHHAHAGHAA
9:36 / 34:03 hikaru you can pla the bishep to d7 you can get one rock
3:15 AND HIKARU SACRIFICED THE ROOOK
9:19 there was a fork there to win a rook but idk i aint a gm
Edit: Nvm, if Hikaru had done that rook takes rook king takes rook then it turns into a rook vs horse with pawns endgame
This is so useful the way he explains everything wow
3:35 "to capture the juicer" lmfaoooo
for people who dont understand why didnt Hikaru forked the rooks at 9:00 : Anish would take f3 and now Hikaru cannot stop the pawns from promoting on a1 or b1 (it is probably a blunder)
There was also another fork at 9:47
dont know why you're overlooking promotions or anything. its just wasnt a fork in the first place and thats it.
black trades the rook with check and moves other rook and its rook vs knight ggs.
I don’t know if this is a good move or not but at 9:21 knight fork the two rooks
Hikaru doing his best levy impression on sacrificing THE ROOK
At 9:18 why did he not go knight d7 getting a rook and drawing that way?
Basically if Knight D7, rook takes F3 check, King takes F3, a rook vs Knight endgame is a win for mittens.
10:15 fork the rooks?
i love when he said im goona sacrifice a rook like gottam chess
25:45 Hikaru getting a bit excited there
Considering how good these bots are and how well hikaru still does you realise the level of this top gm business
Bro sac'd against mitten like mittens didnt saw that 6 moves prior 💀
At 9:15 why doesn’t ND7 work for the rook fork? Even if mittens responds with RxF3 and then king takes, doesn’t Hikaru win a tempo since mittens has to move his rook on C5?
I would love to know as well.
@@sereneyeti3680 nvm, didn’t see the pawn guarding the king but the knight is a slow piece, the rook will take the A and B pawn and mittens will essentially have 2 passed pawns
@@kiroyehezkel That makes sense. Thanks for explaining!
29:00 "That's a Botez Gambit" 😵
Potentially best video yet, TH-cam hikaru with a dash of twitch
every video in the intro Hikaru needs a moment to get into character
i love how he waited a second when thw video started because it looked like gotham chess