21:01 "getting ready to murder the king" I love his expression afterward, like he's thinking "Did I just say that? Why'd I say murder? anyway you guys"
Thank you Hikaru for giving access to your mind and taking a casual, entertaining, relatable approach. It's rare to have the best in the world give such inside looks into their craft.
its honestly crazy, imagine someone like Scottie Pippen "interact" and teaching you basketball on daily basis, Tarantino teaching you how to make movie, or some top scientist like Tesla teaching you, mind-boggling
@@suilauk9954Magnus actually teaches during his streams too if you ever watch them... he just isn't an influencer he's the 5x world championship his games speak volumes for themselves. Learn off that
As a 41yo father that got back to chess 3 months ago (haven't played since I was 16yo) because of my youngest daughter, I love how you can teach me, so I can pass on to her and teach her some basic points, knowing I'm not getting her to learn stuff that are too difficult at her age, for her and for me!! Thank you for the straight forward-thinking and for sharing! Imo it's these types of TH-cam videos/content that make new people want to play chess, because you make them see that chess is not something made up just for geniuses and that anyone can play it with easy basic principles, if they just know which is which ;) Sorry if my English is not the best for expressing myself Thank you and good luck on all your future endeavors from a Portuguese fan!
When you have almost all, you have to give back to people. Anyways, he gives info to people as the speed of thinking makes the differece, so he's not afraid to share his thinking process.
@@cosminaurelian4987 yeah, it's not like hikaru is worried about all of the 500s in his chat that will threaten his position as a reputable grand master.
they say Heineken is probably the best lager in the world, but I don't believe them. Hikaru is very good, but there are many great teachers online, especially at the Saint Louis chess club
Absolutely love that you're doing these professor episodes! For someone stuck at 800 in games but 2400 puzzles, your explanations of the early game is wonderful. Thanks prof 光る!
@@swarleystinson1 rapid. Blitz/bullet I'm like 580. BUT! I literally only play like once a week (if that) and mainly do puzzles and bots. Honestly I just need to play more games against real people. I can spot tactics easily but always seem to get myself into trouble in the openings.
I feel your pain I am similar where I can see the tactics and puzzles easily, but my openings are pure trash. This has helped me tremendously with openings
Omg me too!!! 2100 puzzles (flirting with 2200) but I'm pretty stuck at around 650 rapid and absolutely unbearably stuck at around 550 elo in blitz. Any tips are greatly appreciated.
Guy playing against Hikaru: "He's taking a long time to make a move, I must have made a great move that has him thinking" Hikaru: *busy googling himself on the other monitor*
For white: E4 (Scotch, Exchange carokann, Granprix sicilian) For black it was a bit more complicated but basically E4E5 and D4D5. He played Kan sicilian once and considered scandinavian good for beginners. Watch the video to see how to play them!
Just imagine playing some casual chess and you suddenly get a free masterclass by Hikaru Nakamura-sama himself, what a legend to take time out of his day to teach random noobs.
True but he had shown a tournament or a play of 1997 that means he’s freaking experienced haha so the experience and learning from mistakes and development really brought this to a point where most of the things he does is muscle memory 😂. Just like breathing 🌚🤣
I started playing 1e4 in the last 5 games I've played and won all 5. Simplifying and getting my pieces out faster really helped and I appreciate the advice in this video
Hikaru is a ray of sunshine and hilarious. Hikaru and Daniel are the only two in the chess world elite that aren’t snooze fests. Keep up the awesome content!
Great beginner video as usual! 0:27 General opening strategy for beginners 0:32 Scotch opening 6:25 Note on Black opening strategy for beginners 6:57 Pawn should mostly take back toward center as a general rule 8:07 Scotch opening book recommendation from Garry Lane 12:10 Hikaru's step dad teaching opening with similar opening ideas 12:27 How not to open as a beginners with black 15:15 Black opening ideas after white 1.c4 15:59 How to play modern as a beginner = "don't bother..." 16:38 What makes opening difficult? 16:51 General opening strategy for beginners 19:34 Black opening ideas after white 1.e3 21:29 Grand Prix Attack 23:11 Hikaru recognizing a flow about the open he recommends fro beginners (easy developing) 24:10 Draw back from white not taking the center right away 27:09 Trading down when you are way ahead on material 28:09 Hikaru recommend Scotch opening over Ruy Lopez 34:43 Black opening ideas against the Scotch played by white 37:35 Hikaru not recommending the Scotch Mieses Variation for beginners 42:05 Black opening Sicilian defense against white 1.e4 52:54 Black Classic exchange Caro Kann against white Caro Kann 1.c6 (Easy dev. play for Black) 59:34 Hikaru recommending the Vienna and Scotch opening (Be aware of the Charley Horse Mate) 1:03:36 Hikaru recommending Grand Prix and Scotch opening yet again (Easy dev. play at start) 1:04:10 Hikaru not recommending Italian and Spanish opens because we want easy piece play 1:05:49 Scotch 4 knights Variation 1:06:20 Black opening ideas after white 1.b3 1:14:30 Grand Prix Open (easy development of pieces) 1:16:40 Black opening after White London Open 1:18:00 Hikaru telling us why not to play the London as a beginner 1:18:22 Hikaru (B) playing the queen gambit line against White 1:23:14 Scandi (B) "One opening that I actually recommend for beginner"
Amazing at 07:38 he preempts white’s response and when they don’t oblige he goes straight into a childhood memory in response to the unexpected move!! Wow 👌 thanks for the content 👑
These Professor Hikaru videos have been so informative at low levels it has inspired me to start playing again. Thanks for giving us this level of insight.
Hikaru, I absolutely love your humor and the chill spirits. It truly is a pleasure watching your videos. To be able to gain knowledtge from one of the goats in the game is AMAZING! Thank You so much for whaty you provide to the chess world. Truly are a great person. I hope you become the chess champion.
I was lucky to get a group training session with GM Youri Averbakh in 1990 and somebody asked for games with Bobby Fischer, so he showed us 2 games by just finding the moves back from his memory 😮 He said he was remembering all games he had played in tournament
Bruh i died when he randomly just said “if i have all of the towers that makes me the king of spain” like wtffff 🤣🤣🤣🤣 bruh hikaru has to be the funniest chess gm on the planet ☠️☠️☠️
Guys, I find it helpful that every time Hikaru's opponent makes a move, you pause the video and make your own (example) move to counter them. Then you compare your move with Hikaru's and see why our move is good or bad. Just thought I'd share...
At 45:29 Hikaru says he never heard of a grandmaster who got dementia/alzheimer. I can tell you from personal experience David Bronstein had both. And when I met him he was very non compos mentis, but he STILL was able to kick butt in a simul at Princeton-area chess club. So go figure that out. (Apparently V.Smyslov too, but I cannot tell you that from personal experience.) There was a paper in JAMA claiming activities like chess seem to reduce dementia risk by about 10%. So: hardly a cure-all, but seems to have some benefit.
Both hikaru and levi are so entertaining. Hikaru seems a bit more straight forward with less hype but very informative. I need to learn some openings or at least defenses
I would love a college chess degree type of TH-cam playlist from you. Chess 095 going over the very basics then chess 101. Then gradually up. Freshman classes start with a 1, sophomore classes start with a 2, junior classes start with a 3. Senior classes start with a 4 and I’ve heard of graduate level 500, or 600 level classes. That refers to what year of college that class is typically taken during, but the two numbers after signify how difficult it should be given the year of school.
I'm a beginner and this is the best opening lesson I have ever watched. Helped me much more than detailed lessons on specific openings. Thx Hikaru! :-)))
I used to play chess against my grandpa when I was a child, then I started again a week ago (after have played and lost random games against my friends. I've applied your openings and I've to thank you because you gave me a lot of strategies with a simple video. You basically unlocked my brain, so thank you so much! Apologies for my English level, i keep on practicing every day.
1:15:41 I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why you didnt just play bishop h6 and checkmate with queen, then I pressed play and that was the exact move you did. I just didnt look at the previous move and so didnt realise that you were avoiding an attack on the light squared bishop
What I gathered: 1. Develop your minor pieces 2. Control the center 3. Castle the king 4. Practice tactics 5. Learn from playing 1000s of games of chess when to deviate from rules 1-3 and play the best move that you prepared
yeah right? And why would it concern him this much? His behaviour seemed so bizarre. It's also his most replayed part of the video, yet nobody is mentioning it in the comments.
@4:03 that was a sweet casual side remark 😁 I googled it expecting to see some sort of chess giant in the search results but nothing like that at all :)
21:01 "getting ready to murder the king"
I love his expression afterward, like he's thinking "Did I just say that? Why'd I say murder? anyway you guys"
Thank you Hikaru for giving access to your mind and taking a casual, entertaining, relatable approach. It's rare to have the best in the world give such inside looks into their craft.
And it's almost free
Wdym almost, ts is free. Exempting the time and I took to make a TH-cam account and the Internet I pay for, I access his videos for free
its honestly crazy, imagine someone like Scottie Pippen "interact" and teaching you basketball on daily basis, Tarantino teaching you how to make movie, or some top scientist like Tesla teaching you, mind-boggling
Hikaru is a better teacher than magnus will ever be
@@suilauk9954Magnus actually teaches during his streams too if you ever watch them... he just isn't an influencer he's the 5x world championship his games speak volumes for themselves. Learn off that
As a 41yo father that got back to chess 3 months ago (haven't played since I was 16yo) because of my youngest daughter, I love how you can teach me, so I can pass on to her and teach her some basic points, knowing I'm not getting her to learn stuff that are too difficult at her age, for her and for me!! Thank you for the straight forward-thinking and for sharing! Imo it's these types of TH-cam videos/content that make new people want to play chess, because you make them see that chess is not something made up just for geniuses and that anyone can play it with easy basic principles, if they just know which is which ;)
Sorry if my English is not the best for expressing myself
Thank you and good luck on all your future endeavors from a Portuguese fan!
If your chess is as good as your English,you'll be alright. All the best
Very good English 👍 muito beim
Tl;dr
Bros the irl martin
„Don‘t listen to these influencers like Levi Rozman and Alexander Botez“ 😂
When did he said that?
Around 5:55
He included himself too
He said Hikaru too, It was a joke@@OneEyeMamba
Stockfish watching this, chuckling, going... "...Fool."
This man is probably the best chess teacher alive, and he’s teaching it to the masses. What a guy 🤘
When you have almost all, you have to give back to people. Anyways, he gives info to people as the speed of thinking makes the differece, so he's not afraid to share his thinking process.
@@cosminaurelian4987 yeah, it's not like hikaru is worried about all of the 500s in his chat that will threaten his position as a reputable grand master.
they say Heineken is probably the best lager in the world, but I don't believe them. Hikaru is very good, but there are many great teachers online, especially at the Saint Louis chess club
Absolutely love that you're doing these professor episodes! For someone stuck at 800 in games but 2400 puzzles, your explanations of the early game is wonderful. Thanks prof 光る!
that’s quite the discrepancy!!! do you mean 800 in bullet/blitz or 800 in rapid?
@@swarleystinson1 rapid. Blitz/bullet I'm like 580. BUT! I literally only play like once a week (if that) and mainly do puzzles and bots. Honestly I just need to play more games against real people. I can spot tactics easily but always seem to get myself into trouble in the openings.
700 to 800 in games too! Very much a causal as well ❤😍
I feel your pain I am similar where I can see the tactics and puzzles easily, but my openings are pure trash. This has helped me tremendously with openings
Omg me too!!! 2100 puzzles (flirting with 2200) but I'm pretty stuck at around 650 rapid and absolutely unbearably stuck at around 550 elo in blitz. Any tips are greatly appreciated.
"If you can't remember your games, choose another profession." - Hikaru Nakamura
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Well it's a hobby
Quit if you can't take it seriously@@Agent-57
@@sashimi879So only professionals can play chess? You're the one who should quit the internet forever for being a dick.
Guy playing against Hikaru: "He's taking a long time to make a move, I must have made a great move that has him thinking"
Hikaru: *busy googling himself on the other monitor*
For white: E4 (Scotch, Exchange carokann, Granprix sicilian)
For black it was a bit more complicated but basically E4E5 and D4D5. He played Kan sicilian once and considered scandinavian good for beginners.
Watch the video to see how to play them!
please more professor hikaru this content is so good
True, GM Nakamura is best portraited as professor. Danya is pilot.
Can’t help but constantly zone out and listen to Hikaru’s life stories and then end up 10 moves deeper into the position with no idea how it got there
I just hate how easy hikaru makes it look
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He shows how attacking his queen and forking it to his king is actually checkmate 😂
lol that’s what I enjoy the most
So very instructive to have a GM at this level explain the reasoning behind his moves
Just imagine playing some casual chess and you suddenly get a free masterclass by Hikaru Nakamura-sama himself, what a legend to take time out of his day to teach random noobs.
This is the best type of video from Hikaru which he delivers once in a while.
I am to this day amazed by Hickeroo's calculations. He is on a whole different level. Superhuman.
Trust me, it’s not really superhuman. It’s just incredible. This is by far not his best display of it, in fact he’s barely even trying.
@@chessandmusicwithoskiez6241 i know, and that's the best part
@@sage_sausehe’s said b4 it’s mostly not calculating it’s more so intuition and unconscious; sorta like walking and talking
True but he had shown a tournament or a play of 1997 that means he’s freaking experienced haha so the experience and learning from mistakes and development really brought this to a point where most of the things he does is muscle memory 😂. Just like breathing 🌚🤣
Hickeroo
Hikaru is always able to make his videos entertaining and educational goat!
I started playing 1e4 in the last 5 games I've played and won all 5. Simplifying and getting my pieces out faster really helped and I appreciate the advice in this video
Hikaru is a ray of sunshine and hilarious. Hikaru and Daniel are the only two in the chess world elite that aren’t snooze fests. Keep up the awesome content!
Wow this is gold. Thanks Hikaru for showing the thought process and ideas.
Great beginner video as usual!
0:27 General opening strategy for beginners
0:32 Scotch opening
6:25 Note on Black opening strategy for beginners
6:57 Pawn should mostly take back toward center as a general rule
8:07 Scotch opening book recommendation from Garry Lane
12:10 Hikaru's step dad teaching opening with similar opening ideas
12:27 How not to open as a beginners with black
15:15 Black opening ideas after white 1.c4
15:59 How to play modern as a beginner = "don't bother..."
16:38 What makes opening difficult?
16:51 General opening strategy for beginners
19:34 Black opening ideas after white 1.e3
21:29 Grand Prix Attack
23:11 Hikaru recognizing a flow about the open he recommends fro beginners (easy developing)
24:10 Draw back from white not taking the center right away
27:09 Trading down when you are way ahead on material
28:09 Hikaru recommend Scotch opening over Ruy Lopez
34:43 Black opening ideas against the Scotch played by white
37:35 Hikaru not recommending the Scotch Mieses Variation for beginners
42:05 Black opening Sicilian defense against white 1.e4
52:54 Black Classic exchange Caro Kann against white Caro Kann 1.c6 (Easy dev. play for Black)
59:34 Hikaru recommending the Vienna and Scotch opening (Be aware of the Charley Horse Mate)
1:03:36 Hikaru recommending Grand Prix and Scotch opening yet again (Easy dev. play at start)
1:04:10 Hikaru not recommending Italian and Spanish opens because we want easy piece play
1:05:49 Scotch 4 knights Variation
1:06:20 Black opening ideas after white 1.b3
1:14:30 Grand Prix Open (easy development of pieces)
1:16:40 Black opening after White London Open
1:18:00 Hikaru telling us why not to play the London as a beginner
1:18:22 Hikaru (B) playing the queen gambit line against White
1:23:14 Scandi (B) "One opening that I actually recommend for beginner"
Thx bro
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Serious chess lover spotted!
42:33 that was in a nick of time..... most intense move in this video
"double stack in honor of Dave Thomas" is an elite line from Hikaru
Amazing at 07:38 he preempts white’s response and when they don’t oblige he goes straight into a childhood memory in response to the unexpected move!! Wow 👌 thanks for the content 👑
28minutes in and I feel stronger already
Also, him remembering the games where he faces the opening situations was just baffling
These Professor Hikaru videos have been so informative at low levels it has inspired me to start playing again. Thanks for giving us this level of insight.
"C4 is a good move", proceeds to obliterate the opponent in the next 10 moves
4:03 not Dave Thomas 😂 I actually laughed. Double stack the Rook in honor of Dave Thomas 😂
Remembering games 26 years ago is how you get top level in a lot of strategy type games. Your brain is the database of what worked and didn't.
I was waiting too for hikaru. So serious and funny at the same time😊
12:49 im going to punish him very seriously 😂. Idk why, but this made me laugh.
A truly GrandMaster, I like the way you explain so clearly all the possible movements...
8:20 "technology ruining everything" seems a valid opinion 😂
Hikaru, I absolutely love your humor and the chill spirits. It truly is a pleasure watching your videos. To be able to gain knowledtge from one of the goats in the game is AMAZING! Thank You so much for whaty you provide to the chess world. Truly are a great person. I hope you become the chess champion.
21:00 "Getting ready to murder the king". The best line ever.
"It's been dumbed down a lot by all these weird influencers" Deadpan delivery on that joke, I almost missed it. Too funny
I was lucky to get a group training session with GM Youri Averbakh in 1990 and somebody asked for games with Bobby Fischer, so he showed us 2 games by just finding the moves back from his memory 😮 He said he was remembering all games he had played in tournament
Bruh i died when he randomly just said “if i have all of the towers that makes me the king of spain” like wtffff 🤣🤣🤣🤣 bruh hikaru has to be the funniest chess gm on the planet ☠️☠️☠️
When you stack the rook, say it like GM Hikaru: "CASTLEMANIA !!!"
These videos are so entertaining and educational!!! More like this please
Unreal that he remembers the name of a random train station in Hungary from all those years ago (Keleti pu).
Guys, I find it helpful that every time Hikaru's opponent makes a move, you pause the video and make your own (example) move to counter them.
Then you compare your move with Hikaru's and see why our move is good or bad. Just thought I'd share...
I like this idea but he knows and calls what his opponent will do and what he will play after that 🤣
@@MatthewWarrington-rv5sz mute 🧠⚡️
muy interesante, gracias mi amiga
as an 1800 I really benefit a lot from these videos , plz uncle keep them coming
Hungarian dude hanged his queen 3 times
"I'm going to punish him very very seriously" 🤣
Thank you so much for this engaging and helpful video! You’re my favourite chess player so I really appreciate your insight on how to improve 🤙
21:19 If you need to see the demonic nature of professor Hikaru loop 5 seconds with this time point. 🤣🤣🤣
At 45:29 Hikaru says he never heard of a grandmaster who got dementia/alzheimer. I can tell you from personal experience David Bronstein had both. And when I met him he was very non compos mentis, but he STILL was able to kick butt in a simul at Princeton-area chess club. So go figure that out. (Apparently V.Smyslov too, but I cannot tell you that from personal experience.)
There was a paper in JAMA claiming activities like chess seem to reduce dementia risk by about 10%. So: hardly a cure-all, but seems to have some benefit.
I love how Hikaru explaining every detail about his move. He also humble..
hi Hikaru this is so useful! I love that you did things that you wouldnt do and explained why. Its a true masterclass
33:00 Bro taught us how to use the piston how to use the riffle how suffocate the opponent like a gang boss… so useful so brutal…
Loved that blitz-styled opening course. Game after game of high-octane knowledge! GGs
All opponents Looks like all beginner 😂
1:05:30 guy loses his queen FOUR different times then Hikaru graciously puts him out of his misery 😂😂😂😂
I think this is one of the first youtube videos where I've actually used the slow down function. Great video!
Both hikaru and levi are so entertaining. Hikaru seems a bit more straight forward with less hype but very informative. I need to learn some openings or at least defenses
thank you so much...looking forward to more videos like this...teach us what u know for beginners GMhikaru
I would love a college chess degree type of TH-cam playlist from you. Chess 095 going over the very basics then chess 101. Then gradually up. Freshman classes start with a 1, sophomore classes start with a 2, junior classes start with a 3. Senior classes start with a 4 and I’ve heard of graduate level 500, or 600 level classes. That refers to what year of college that class is typically taken during, but the two numbers after signify how difficult it should be given the year of school.
Yo Hikaru, I think you get cooler by the day. High competence, low ego. Looks great on you, keep it up! Bravo
I just used that first opening and I've beaten 1000 "elo" online. Openings help a ridiculous amount.
17:45 - The "only human" line was The Merovingian in the battle against Neo after they first met. Why did I instantly recognize this?
"9/11 really put a huge damper on the 2000s" is such a funny sentence
Valuable to hear GM Hikaru’s reasoning, both the general concepts and concrete considerations behind these openings🙏
"Double Stack" in honor of Dave Thomas. 🤣
Scotch is a great opening, very sharp and fun. My favorite one ❤ Thanks GOAT Hikaru for all your videos, pedagogy and always good mood !
I think I learned more about chess in those first few examples than ever have anywheres else.
Thank you man! You are awsome. My game improved a lot after I watched some of your videos. You are amazing teacher
Great content. This calm, conversational approach is very instructive and entertaining. I will keep looking for this content. Thanks!
I'm a beginner and this is the best opening lesson I have ever watched. Helped me much more than detailed lessons on specific openings. Thx Hikaru! :-)))
I love how he just walks through people
15:16 actualy it's mate in one 🤣
how?
it's mate in 2, there's no mate in one
love u hikaru ❤. Great to hear you talk. I'm glad that you exist and that you broadcast all this stuff!
That 500 at the beginning honestly played really well!
1:13:33 Hikaru thinks more about chess in 3 seconds than I've probably thought about chess combined in my lifetime
I used to play chess against my grandpa when I was a child, then I started again a week ago (after have played and lost random games against my friends. I've applied your openings and I've to thank you because you gave me a lot of strategies with a simple video. You basically unlocked my brain, so thank you so much!
Apologies for my English level, i keep on practicing every day.
Hikaru is the greatest teacher & commentator…..you covered a lot in a small timeframe
1:06:50 The opponents DP has a selfie with Hikaru...love that.
Love these instructional videos.
1:15:41 I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out why you didnt just play bishop h6 and checkmate with queen, then I pressed play and that was the exact move you did. I just didnt look at the previous move and so didnt realise that you were avoiding an attack on the light squared bishop
This is a very productive stream, there is a lot to learn. Thanks a lot.
That’s so cool you got to see a chess match on top of those non-fire-resistant steel towers..
9:35 "Look at Deez bishops."
8:19 thank you Mother Nakamura ❤ for taking care of this monster computer for a brain that we all look up to now
Amusing explanation of castlemania around 5:45 😉
I totally with what you said about the Modern. I'm "2006" USCF and I still don't know what I'm doing when I try to play it.
The new terminology for the Veresov Attack is now called The Skeeter Hawk
Trying to play compete at chess has humbled my intelligence.
What I gathered:
1. Develop your minor pieces
2. Control the center
3. Castle the king
4. Practice tactics
5. Learn from playing 1000s of games of chess when to deviate from rules 1-3 and play the best move that you prepared
He spent a lot of effort trying to confirm the month of a match he had in 1997
yeah right? And why would it concern him this much? His behaviour seemed so bizarre. It's also his most replayed part of the video, yet nobody is mentioning it in the comments.
Thank you for sharing such insightful content @GMHikaru
7:40 Did he just say... PALPATRON!!!!!!!!! AUTOBOTS ASSEMBLE!
lol at first I heard Dave Thomas and thought “Who is this ChessMaster Dave Thomas?” 😂
❤Double Stacks 😅
I love the sudden intro man 😂 you’ve earned my sub, good stuff mate
damn that knight move from trabert was savage
"In honor of dave thomas"lol..subscribed
@4:03 that was a sweet casual side remark 😁
I googled it expecting to see some sort of chess giant in the search results but nothing like that at all :)
Other chess streamers: *selling courses to become grand master*
Hikaru: *literally making 400s to 2400*
This is why I love Hikaru
8:29
Beginner here
I feel like bishop to B4 would’ve been better yes? Puts him in check, takes away his castling opportunity.
love to see hikaru play 15+10 speed run