A beginner tutorial from one of the best chess players. What else do you need

Hikaru is way too good with the arrows and stuff.

This was really helpful Hikaru, most chess videos explain long lines that most of us scrubs never see on the board. I just play for fun. I don't want to study or be referred to as someone's 'student.' The concepts you explained make sense. What a nice relaxing video. Wish you the best!

This wasn’t boring at all. Throughly enjoyed it. Please do more of these!

Wow imagine I just decided to play chess properly since I was a kid, and you have a GM just lowkey chilling and explaining their thoughts. Please keep these kinds of videos coming 🍝

This was really great and educational. I hope you continue to do a series like this man. Not only entertaining, but helpful with your narration.

Thank you for this. I hit 1400 online largely because of these videos of Hikaru stepping through what he’s looking for with every move.

I love this type of content ! Super chill and we get more interactions with you. Thank you for your amazing work I love your videos !

I love this content. I've heard many chess principles but seeing them explained by none other than Hikaru himself is just so instructive & awesome, I can't thank my stars enough.

Really appreciate the explanations because GM Hikaru is so concrete! Been plagued by the usual generic “opening principles” riddled with exceptions like Swiss cheese. Grateful for this & would love to see more🙏

Beginner theory masterclass, truly a professor of chess. This is where you can learn the ideas, stragegies, mentality and many higher level concepts. Which is the type of knowledge you simply can't get anywhere, especially presented professionally and in such a compact format. I think Hikaru could write a great book of chess concepts that assumes you know the rules and basics of the game that is easier to unpack and level up than most that exist. Likely built from the dynamic ideas created from videos like this. Unplanned content against random players brings about all sorts of creative and intersting aspects.

For those who are wondering how did GM Hikaru move his white pawn from E5 to F6 at 6:49? The answer is below and it's kind of long😅👇 SPOILER ALERT ⚠️ Answer - This move is called "en passant" in chess and can be only be done by using pawns. If you see the opponent moves the black pawn two squares forward from F7 to F5 on its first move. And the white pawn is at E5 currently. So as chess is like real battle, in this situation white pawn can force attack before the black pawn reaches F5. Therefore, the white pawn moves from E5 to F6. Basically it's an assumption that black has only moved one square instead of two where you cross attack. So now GM Hikaru is not obliged to do this move,he can move any other piece, but if he wants to do the en passant move he must do it within the next move otherwise this move cannot be played. Further, this move for white is only applicable if the opponent moves any of his black pawns for the FIRST TIME and has moved it TWO SQAURES FORWARD on it's first move, bypassing the cross attack of the white pawn. If you now understand this move, like my comment otherwise don't. 😅

Absolutely educational is fact and not only beginners but mid-level players too! What I loved the most is your modest and well cultured built character for such a known chess prodigy, makes it truly connecting and bonding content %100 where the others simply don't have.. we appreciate you Hikaru 🙏🏼

Arguably one of the best videos Hikaru has put out. There’s a lot of beginners concepts that are explained perfectly. As an older, newer player (Feb of this year), this has put a ton of theory into perspective.

This is very nice and interesting. I love how you are chill and supportive when playing and explaining your thoughts.

Hikaru, thank you for your content. Really love how you keep up responding to live chat while explaining some chess to us. You created a lovely atmosphere on your streams and it is warming my heart. Also I appreciate your honesty when you respond to the questions that could intimidate some other streamers or bloggers. Keep going and all the best wishes from Italy :)

I am a beginner and I've been very hesitant to play chess lately and I would have never thought I would ever watch a 1 hour video of chess but I have to say, I watched it and I enjoyed it and I would love to watch more of such content. THANKS

this is so helpful PLEASE DO MORE of these videos for us beginners 😭

This is what I have been looking for! A GM playing the game and describing it while he does in simple terms. Thanks!!

You need to play chess for 10 years minimum and have minimum rating of 2k to understand this begginers tutorial >

“Did your barber know you are the one and only Hikaru Nakamura?” Hikaru: Yeah..because the barber is myself” 😂 Hikaru is effortlessly funny. Very instructive content btw. An hour well spent.

I am just 5 days into Chess, and this is eye opening and very informative, thank you!

I watch your vids multiple times a day - some of my fave content. I really like the educational series (and disrespect speedruns of course) lol.

I like the combo of chill music, chess and soothing commentary

easily one of the best chess streamers. very good conversationalist. very entertaining to watch and i love how he keeps it real "if i had 50 mil do you really think id stream 5 days a week 8 hrs a day"

Normally when a GM starts talking my eyes glaze over listening to all the variations mentioned without any explanations. This was great. He took time and explained as simple as a top five GM is able to think.

Thank you Hikaru, keep the uploading the Kick streams. super insightful and hoping to get better with you just narrating.

Thank you!!! Your explanations are really concise and accessible :)

New to chess and these videos are master class really helps to improve gameplay to say the least 💪

Bro messed up the thumbnail 💀 . the chess board goes “H” before “G”

Thank you for this, its still way ahead of my skill but i love the way you explain the reasons for the moves, especially the openings 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Love you Hikaru! This is great for us beginners! I so enjoy watching you play the hustlers!😆

"Also it's 5/0 so I can talk alot more" 💀

This is fantastic. Chill time, good education. Excellent vibes.

Hikaru, thanks a lot. Waiting to see your other video for beginners! It was so curious to hear personal info too!

Love these, just got back into chess at 42, you’re amazing!

THANK YOU HIKARU!.Please keep making these kind of EDUCATIONAL CHESS VIDEOS more in the future.👍

These are really good lessons. While I am not a complete beginner, ideas like pawn to e4 and not using hyper modern openings until one has the skills are lessons I needed to learn. Thanks.

Very calming and respectful. I find your game summaries and blitz too fast for my slow old brain. This format is perfect. Well done Hikaru 👍

Thank you for making this! I learned so much that I subscribed just for more of these!

Also wanna chime in and say that this is def one of my favorite types of content!

Thumbnail is wrong after F G comes not H

This content is great, I'd love to see more of it!

Also want to say this is a gem of a content! Thanks and definitely more of it 🙌

Next Hikaru Nakamura didn't realise he was playing with original Hikaru Nakamura 😂😂

6:46 how the pawn took that pawn. The bishop was gone

I love how you explain things Hikaru! Thanks for taking the time to do this in such a calm and measured manner. I appreciate it. Have a great day! Love your idea about donating to charities. That’s a really good feeling.

Awesome content! Would like to see more of these videos💪

Ive been thinking about how chess relates to life constantly for the past few months. How every little move you make is either "!!" Or "??" Or just plain" ?" And how just like chess our position in life is based soley on those decisions. Maybe my position is unfavorable, i often think, but definitely not unwinnable. All i can do is keep pushing p and try to promote a queen 😂😂

I eagerly want to attend and not miss any chess lectures by Professor Nakamura.

This was a cool video. I dont reslly know a lot about chess, ive just found watching yourself and magnus to be pretty entertaining. I feel like after this video i understand 2 new things that i didnt really about chess before. The importance of owning the middle of the board, and finding open lanes for your pieces when possible.

This is so incredible with you explaining this move by move, thank you!!

Thank you GM Hikaru! Without You, Danya, and Levy, I would not be learning chess right now. Edit: It's sounds crazy now that you could think you were somehow declining or past your prime, as you are recently showing great chess in competitive events and are putting out more content for your viewers than ever before! I foresee you becoming like Vishy or Kasparov, amazing and active in the chess world well into what you would call "senior". Please continue your work and career, you are a benefit to all of chess! 😎🤙

Great content hikaru

This is FANTASTIC, extremely informative and wonderfully simple to track and consume.

This guy is good at chess.

I thought Hikaru said he doesn't do videos explaining beginner concepts 🤔

Love the educational stream, relaxing.

Good video

Please Hikaru make a separate series for chess gambits... Like if u agree.......

this was really informative,,, thanks a lot for explaining these concepts!

This was a very good video. It is actually very helpful to beginning chess players -- or to those who need a good refresher.

Thank you for doing content like this! You're an inspiration.

Really useful for someone such as myself, new to really trying to learn the game and get better.

Thanks for the content, Im also new on chess, rating about 900-1000 this helps a lot seeing how you explain each move and how to predict what the opponent wants to do and how to counter it

Thank you for these videos! They’re incredibly easy to follow and enjoyable. I’m an adult now but I still remember searching up your name as a kid when I first picked up chess.

need more of this

Love this. My favorite. Please make more. Soak up a lot like this

So good to listen to him play. He sees EVERYTHING!

I love this kind of content, keep doing it please! 🎉

I really like this kind of content it's very relaxing and educational. I really learned a lot definitely worth subscribing.

Youre having fun playing chess...GM hikaru ur brilliant and ur humble too.

Very instructiv vid, thx. Have to try build on this👌💯 Keep up tha great work Hikaru. Greatings from Norway, and a very green noob plater. Love chess though. Love watching Magnus & Hikaru.. U both on a wildly higer lvl than most others🤘✌️🖖✨️

Thank you Hikaru , This format is a very fluid and enjoyable way to learn.

you make chess look so simple it's just beautiful to watch it.

Really excellent content from the legend. I have learnt a lot just by watching the games and few basic tips. My game has improved a lot a I have a different perspective of thought.

It's great that he teaches others the way.

Thanks for the format, really appreciate it

Loved this as a beginner. Thanks! I would love to see another run where you play 1.D4

more of this, best content

I love this i play your opening im usually good doing seeing discovered checks and etc i just need advice on where to put my pieces in game

Thanks for this! Many more humans will find this valuable forever. Timeless lessons from one of the greatest

I find this absolutely crazy when you break it down, it’s just a bunch of ideas and steps to get there

I found this stream very helpful, thank you

Perfect. I truly love you Mr GmHikaru. Good luck lovely GM

favourite type of content for me, really helps the beginners

This is great content. Simply explaining what you're thinking on each move is very helpful for us scrubs.

Sat through the whole video and loved every second of it. Didn't even realize it was an hour long. Thanks Hikaru. Lots of great information. Hope to see more videos like this.

I played before from primary to secondary school and luckily got into high level competitions, however, I gave up chess in my college. Now, it's been 8 years since I quit and wanted to go back to my old hobby. Then, I found Hikaru

People in chat complaining 5 min too slow. I really enjoyed the slower pace & taking time to explain basic concepts. Even on the things know, it's nice to see I'm correct when making those decisions.

Super content Thanks a lot please continue ! ❤❤❤

Hikaru plays chess like most ppl breathe, just incredible how easy he makes a very difficult game look

Thanks for the lesson

I love this concept. We get to see you win and learn.

Nice video! Thank you for the lesson, Hikaru!

Big thank you, super educational!

Please more content like this! Thank you!

Thanks to you I made progress in chess. Keep up your great work!

amazing vid!! in the future please consider only playing one opening per color so we can gain a better appreciation of them. it's difficult to understand all the intricacies when the structures are so varied so often

Do more something like this, i really like it