19:45 Hikaru: "I learned this when I was 9 years old this guy better know it" Levy: _Sweats_

These matches are like anime battles. Loses a queen, draws anyway. Lost every piece, wins by timeout.

"He had plenty of time to think and come up with better moves" says Hikaru when some random has 5 seconds on the clock left

culum2007: *Checks stream to see what Hikaru thinks they should do next* Hikaru: "Do you eat fries with mayonnaise?"

Me: Watches Hikaru for the first time Literally all my KZfaq Ads: Allow us to guide you in your journey to chess mastery

This is basically the chess equivalent of a Pokemon battle.

This is great entertainment. But I gotta say Hikarus facial expressions is the best part

37:45 Levy: Why is white sacrificing a rook??!! It's called a blunder, Levy.

players: having the match of their careers in front of thousands of people hikaru and levy: *"no mayo belongs on french fries too"*

Levy: I got some moves in mind but I’m not gonna say them out loud. Hikaru: Right, so yeah I mean White can move Knight to H5, Bishop G4. Levy: ...

44:19 watching Levy and Hikaru simultaneously scream over a blunder is sublime

22:00 Hikaru checks stockfish on ceiling to know what’s his favorite meal

12:20 Hikaru on that eating french fries with chopsticks meta

"Oh yes... NO!" So good.

It's still so unbelievable that Hikaru practically remembers every game he's ever played.

Levy-"I've played 400,000 games of chess", say average games with, classic, 10min, blitz and bullet, is like 15mins that might be generously low, but thats 6million minutes. Meaning that's 11.5 years of straight chess. Levy is 25 years old. Say you spend 8hrs a night sleeping so that 75k hours sleeping in 25 years or thats 8.5 years of sleep, so levy has spend 16.5 of his 25 years awake. So that means levy has spend 70% of his waking life playing chess

Wonder how good hikaru would be if he didn’t use Stockfish on his ceiling lol

Levy: "I don't wanna say the move, cuz you know, stream snipers" Hikaru: *let me lay down the theory and every good move possible.

"If my team wins, we're gonna win." Immortal words

Imagine playing for Hikaru and hearing “I’m so disappointed, wow, I’m just disappointed.”

I don't understand how Hikaru can just remember every move of a game he played a decade ago instantly

1:02:05 Levy - "That queen is trapped" Hikaru, reluctantly, - "Yes, yes it is..."

27:19 this......this is perfection.....syncs almost perfectly

Hikaru: *complains about chess elitism* Also Hikaru: *complains about Levy not going to the opera*

22:17 “A nice fill it minion” XD

19:50 “i learned this when i was 9 years old this guy better know it” bruh

31:15 Hikaru's face expression is just hillarious

22:16 legendary Hikaru quote, "Fill It Minion"

1:19:38 Ah yes, the proud country of Canadia

“You gotta go to with a girl, otherwise it’s just too weird.” Hikaru’s advice to go Paris.

"we should do this again soon..." - hikaru nakamura 2020

Hikaru: **Shows perfect rook move** Levy: WOW great move! Wait chat says stream sniper but neither of us *said* to do that Hikaru: Uhhh i told them to move Queen... What a content legend

44:17 Botez Gambit

zzwhoa: 5 Seconds on the clock Hikaru: He had plenty of time to think and come up with better moves Me: Taking 25 seconds just to calculate my opening move

You guys need to do this more often

i really liked the guy asking questions. it helps bring the master down to our level. great job both of you. thank you

7:40 that grishuck joke did not go unnoticed Levy

17:48 "This is like looking at one of Qiyu's games" LMAO I love how Levy and Qiyu constantly roast each other

I love when Levy laughs at something Hikaru says, and Hikaru just looks like "Fuck you laughing at? I'm serious."

The textbook definition of "My son can beat up your son."

44:30 was like a kick in the balls

31:15 is absolutely priceless ♥

1:22:04 is the moment I burst into laughs, Levy being a good teacher.

1:14:30 when two masters are on the edge of their seat wondering which 1200 will screw up first.

17:00 I couldn't stop replaying😂😂😂

Match Highlights in my opinion(Starting from 4 match). Round 4: 31:14 best moment ever, they were saying one thing and then they get uno reverse card Round 5: 37:33 Levi playing along is the best 38:15 troller gets trolled 44:15 Hikaru speaks it into reality Round 6: 50:50 kinda funny Round 7: 1:01:50 Goes from bad to worse 1:03:25 Maybe Hikaru should stop talking so he doesn't jinx it 1:06:10 Lmao Jake Round 8: 1:07:02 Levy speaks the truth 1:10:58 Hikaru done with life 1:11:55 Eval Bar did a uno reverse Round 9: 1:17:20 Levy now knows how Hikaru feels 1:21:19 ^^^ Round 10: 1:28:30 800 1:33:00 ...how as a 400. How can't an 800 not win this.

1:21:20 been rewatching that emotional rollercoaster for god knows how many times

It's crazy how these chess masters are able to think so clearly with all these patterns. The INSTANT a player makes a move Hikaru just draws like a ton of arrows around the most critical locations in the game.

0:57 match#1 ~2400 9:55 match#2 ~2300 18:50 match#3 ~2220 25:39 match#4 ~1941 highlights 31:15, 33:09 34:48 match#5 ~1765 highlights 36:54 sniping, 43:30 hilarious end game 45:42 match#6 ~1600 56:04 match#7 ~1425 highlights 59:00, 1:02:25, 1:03:28 1:05:05 match#8 (Forsen) ~1250 highlights 1:06:55, 1:10:50 (bottle trick), 1:11:50 to "worst" end game 1:15:04 match#9 ~1015 highlights 1:17:15, 1:18:16 (good move), 1:21:05 (intro) 1:24:09 match#10 ~850 highlights 1:28:30, 1:31:10 sniping with no idea where exactly to go to the ridiculous end 1:34:25 match#11 ~700

I feel like one way to see the differences in skill level is that lower ranked players very often tunnel vision on moving one piece and leave the rest standing on their starting positions.

Would be cool to see this with a round robin system. Like start with the lowest rated players and then the winner of that game faces off against the next-lowest rated player, etc.

The sequence at 44:20 lmaoo "that was uhm, shall we say, not inspiring"

1:21:16 is the clip from the start :)

subs: battling in chess hikaru and levi : battling if mayo belongs on sandwich or french fries

Seeing Levy die inside after the Queen mouse slip made me die of laughter! that was just to hilarious!

37:18 That guy was 100% stream sniping lol

Things you don't want your chess coach to scream during your match: "That move hangs everything!"

What a content thank you guys good job Hikaru and Levy !!! Much love so much fun

Hikaru's statement at 1:09:00... Respect bro! I am one of the current National Dart Champions and every moment I get I try to pay attention and give respect to lower players. Without the lower ranked players which are the majority us higher skilled players would have no fans.

As a 550 score player myself, I enjoy seeing the lower scoring play matches while the pros give live commentary. I enjoyed seeing the mistakes that I normally make but having the pros talk about their choices instead. Sometimes when I watch Hikaru play versus other good players, he makes the game look easier and then I int my score. I enjoyed the commentary... Aside from the "Oh what? That was bad." and "No no, no! That was stupid, what is this?"

10:47 cursed pawn

Thank you for the content Levy! Can't wait to see you make GM!

i love wholesome food talks! something so comforting about it

Hikaru: "WHAT!?? YOU WON'T EAT FRENCH FRIES WITH MAYO???!" Also Hikaru: *Eats fries with Chopsticks*

44:16 There's literally no other moves to get your queen dead lol

new to chess ! and new subscriber ! been watching your videos all day long. learning so much got a checkmate in 6 moves today. felt so gooooood

Loved to see this, games and commentary was very entertaining!

Levy is so humble and gentle, great guy Btw loved the format guys, keep up with this great work! And keep bringing these battles 🔥🤩🤩

34:54 levy spitting facts about The Carushow

I love how Hikaru is all chill when someone blunders a queen into a draw, while Levy freaks out, lmfao.

Levý is too humble. We all learn from you Levy. You are a great teacher.

5:40 when the weed starts hitting

I like the banter between Hikaru and Levy.... They're seem like long time friends

When you do sub battles you could add a twist: At any point during the game one of the participants can ask for ONE move

Started watching your videos and have won the past 9 of 10 games and have risen about 100 points 🙌 appreciate your content!

love these sub battles i didnt think chess and laughter went togther

This should be a branch of chess. Having a team tournaments like this

32:40 "It's still a win, it's the right colored bishop, Levy." "They don't know that!" (lol!)

Hikaru: "Man it's so weird I can't even play a completely different game when I'm playing blindfold chess." Me: "Wow. Imagine not being able to multitask while playing blindfolded chess."

Some of the moments in this video have me in stitches from bursting with laughter. 'The drunken bar-fight' format really works wonders

1:33:15 The most perfectly cut scream ever

lol! Hikaru at 1:02:24 can only stare in horror as his player blunders to death

21:38, you can pinpoint the exact moment where Hikaru's heart breaks :)

44:15 I literally stood up from my chair when that happened

This was a TON of fun!!! Thanks for making chess fun!

Hikaru: this is your only chance to beat me at anything Levy: allow me to introduce you to the streamer awards

Us watching GMs play chess : " I'm confused,I don't understand?". GMs watching us play chess : "I'm confused,I don't understand?"

Don't you enjoy how the level of analysis in Hikaru streams is leagues beyond that of games between super GMs? The fact has always been so profoundly hilarious to me.

This is just Hikaru and Levi getting disappointed for nearly 2 hours straight lolol

Not sure where Naka got his info. Check the crosstable for the Carl Dunn Memorial held in 2020. In round 4, Alex Richter of Iowa defeated GM Timur Gareyev. Alex entered the event rated 2329, which seems to be a bit higher than 2285.

I’ve never been so offended on how different Hikaru said “filet mignon” .-.

"I'm sure you guys dip bread in soda" had me dead 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hikaru "You can think like 2 seconds on every move, plenty of time" Nakamura

As a novice player getting into chess at like 800, I feel like being better than Mr. Gotham over here would be an incredibly unlikely goal, seeing as I'm already 20

1:01:45 lol the eval bar on the side doubles as Hikaru's energy meter!

1:27:55 Iowa has scholastic chess clubs. I used to be a part of several. Great video! Love the gameplay, love the analysis. You have earned my subscription! (on KZfaq; can't afford to sub on Twitch right now)

22:18 the way he says filet mignon

The opening scene had me dying!! The reactions are priceless!

what i love is how hikaru sees all the best moves but levy understands the low ELOs, truly balancing eachother out

14:54 lol I thought he was about to say he was a traditional cocaine addict