Hikaru vs. Gotham: FOG OF WAR Chess Variant

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  • @a-bombmori7393
    @a-bombmori7393 Рік тому +5771

    Ah, yes. Fog of war chess. The only time in chess where it's justifiable to say "Maybe he doesn't see it"

    • @tileguy918
      @tileguy918 Рік тому +135

      What about when I play my little brother

    • @Murphy_Law3143
      @Murphy_Law3143 Рік тому +28

      @@tileguy918 that's what I was about to say, but for sister

    • @gayatritripathisaxena7224
      @gayatritripathisaxena7224 Рік тому +40

      @@tileguy918 yes absolutely my younger son did not see he could kill my queen with a PAWN and he would get his queen back too

    • @prathmeshkalehere
      @prathmeshkalehere Рік тому +1

      Lmaooooooo

    • @isosta2373
      @isosta2373 Рік тому +13

      me blundering my queen but its an excellent move because all he did was advance a pawn

  • @Mrraz9960
    @Mrraz9960 3 роки тому +9114

    Hikaru: I knew exactly your position. I just didn't know where your pieces are, that's the problem.

    • @TheDarkRobloxian
      @TheDarkRobloxian 3 роки тому +251

      "position" as in how some pieces and squares developed; the frontline where levi can attack, etc

    • @rickpopken9250
      @rickpopken9250 3 роки тому +439

      @@TheDarkRobloxian i think the joke went over your head

    • @ImJustBob
      @ImJustBob 3 роки тому +57

      @@rickpopken9250 Joke? Where's the joke?

    • @user-nj1kw8tk4z
      @user-nj1kw8tk4z 3 роки тому +613

      @@ImJustBob over the head

    • @meetu_
      @meetu_ 3 роки тому +62

      @@user-nj1kw8tk4z nice

  • @LeChickenSan
    @LeChickenSan 3 роки тому +14970

    Levi: Hi
    Hikaru: Too much information, you lost

  • @saldan3985
    @saldan3985 3 роки тому +4047

    "Castling is a social construct"
    That's deep.

  • @TheAnyDuck
    @TheAnyDuck 3 роки тому +4324

    Hikaru before move one be like: I know exactly where your pieces are.

    • @lekistra1166
      @lekistra1166 3 роки тому +93

      Well yeah we all know?

    • @user-rw9no4vt7e
      @user-rw9no4vt7e 3 роки тому +22

      LMAOOO

    • @Takito_Loko
      @Takito_Loko 3 роки тому +52

      Double joke there. I like ir

    • @no-gd3ug
      @no-gd3ug 3 роки тому +22

      @@lekistra1166 that’s the joke

    • @okuri9991
      @okuri9991 3 роки тому +4

      @@no-gd3ug that's a kinda embarrassing reply

  • @JecIsBec
    @JecIsBec 3 роки тому +2874

    "oh I hung that"
    - Hikaru, after literally hanging his king

  • @albertbatfinder5240
    @albertbatfinder5240 3 роки тому +4231

    Haha, “I’m gonna pretend to look at the ceiling and calculate stuff”. Funny af.

  • @LordAJ12345
    @LordAJ12345 3 роки тому +6753

    Turning chess into a game of incolmplete information is really interesting.

    • @Redskies453
      @Redskies453 3 роки тому +1205

      This is how I usually play. I mean I can see the opposition pieces but I have no idea what's going on.

    • @Amateur2k
      @Amateur2k 3 роки тому +81

      Chess and poker in 1 game? Lovely

    • @Dynamikcheese
      @Dynamikcheese 3 роки тому +54

      Yeah. Would love got bots to play this variant. Very interesting game.

    • @mooncalf_4534
      @mooncalf_4534 3 роки тому +57

      @@Dynamikcheese Lowkey playing against engines but you have fog of war odds would be super funny

    • @bormisha
      @bormisha 3 роки тому +47

      This game is hardly possible without a computer. Perhaps it can be simulated with board and real pieces, if you have two boards and a neutral arbiter. Even then, it loses its dynamics.

  • @mikidof
    @mikidof 3 роки тому +3378

    You should be able to call in a UAV after taking 3 pawns

    • @kuppdaballsstrokedastaff429
      @kuppdaballsstrokedastaff429 3 роки тому +235

      What happens if he has the ghost perk on?

    • @KrazyCouch2
      @KrazyCouch2 3 роки тому +174

      This comments section is full of actually good jokes.
      I've never seen those in a UA-cam comments section before.

    • @AltairCreedZ
      @AltairCreedZ 3 роки тому +47

      That would actually be interesting, like just see the opponent's next two moves if you manage to quickly take 3 pieces

    • @caleblim6890
      @caleblim6890 3 роки тому +42

      Is that the UAV variant of the Tennison Gambit?

    • @aethermiss8636
      @aethermiss8636 3 роки тому +11

      And when only the king stand you got nukes

  • @vasi2372
    @vasi2372 2 роки тому +1337

    12:34 don't worry guys, that's something called the king's gambit where you sacrifice your king to lose the game faster

    • @trainingtm4484
      @trainingtm4484 Рік тому +75

      ah yes, my favorite gambit

    • @CrazyCrayfish
      @CrazyCrayfish Рік тому +47

      Hikaru gambit

    • @ranDOm9431
      @ranDOm9431 Рік тому +35

      The extreme Botez gambit

    • @zacharytang3840
      @zacharytang3840 Рік тому +35

      Botez Gambit: Checkmate In One; Hikaru Nakamura Variation; Wayward San Francisco Opening

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams Рік тому +16

      That's neat! I use this move all the time, I didn't know it had a name.

  • @Measos77
    @Measos77 3 роки тому +1717

    The fog of war was caused by the Bongcloud

    • @trevspeaks3
      @trevspeaks3 3 роки тому +10

      Dudes faces man! 🤔🤨😁😮🤔😁

    • @pranshusinha7266
      @pranshusinha7266 3 роки тому +2

      😂😂🤣🤣

    • @Tampasta
      @Tampasta 3 роки тому +5

      @@h2rChirag lobe it

    • @Eid0lonic
      @Eid0lonic 3 роки тому +9

      Bro stop advertising on other peoples channels

    • @somethingsomething8022
      @somethingsomething8022 2 роки тому +3

      @@h2rChirag you don’t even do chess content

  • @tawfiqulhudamugdha7617
    @tawfiqulhudamugdha7617 3 роки тому +1907

    Hikaru after every move: I know exactly where your pieces are.
    *Loses the best of three* ...
    Levi: I think you were gambling too much
    Hikaru: No no... I knew exactly where your pieces were!
    1 year later
    Hikaru loses to Magnus.
    Magnus: I think you were gambling too much
    Hikaru: But I knew exactly where your pieces were!

  • @aheinstein291
    @aheinstein291 3 роки тому +2387

    Hikaru: I knew exactly where your pieces were.
    Also Hikaru: Doesn't know the rooks are doubled/the pawn can take his knight.

    • @tobbelajs
      @tobbelajs 3 роки тому +113

      kinda sounds like a kid that sucks at hide n seek.

    • @lucasmatsuoca
      @lucasmatsuoca 3 роки тому +292

      the ultra ego is real hahaha i love how Levy always notice it but he pretends to agree and just ignores everything

    • @BPH29
      @BPH29 3 роки тому +94

      @@lucasmatsuoca yeah Levy knows not to bite the hand that feeds him. Hikaru is daddy to all these chess streamers lol

    • @greengoblin9567
      @greengoblin9567 3 роки тому +3

      How am I over 100 elo higher than hikaru in this gamemode

    • @greengoblin9567
      @greengoblin9567 3 роки тому +8

      I was winning so games by playing c3 qa4 and if they move their d pawn, I take their king

  • @brianmchaney7473
    @brianmchaney7473 3 роки тому +643

    Levi: ...
    Hikaru: See, you just gave away too much information because by pausing there, I know you had waffles for breakfast instead of eggs...

  • @sykes1024
    @sykes1024 3 роки тому +565

    Hikaru sure spends a lot of time saying "I basically knew where all your pieces were" but then upon Gotham suggesting a move "but I didn't know where your pieces were".

    • @benjaminparker5044
      @benjaminparker5044 3 роки тому +107

      “I basically knew you’re entire position.”
      “Don’t you think *insert move* would’ve been safer?”
      “But I had no information!”

    • @Princess_Ruto
      @Princess_Ruto 3 роки тому +116

      I'm noticing Hikaru does that a _lot._ Even when it came to something trivial like learning the rules of 5D chess, he insists that he completely understands everything in front of him when chat is pointing out he plainly doesn't. He's an incurable know-it-all.

    • @sykes1024
      @sykes1024 3 роки тому +44

      @@Princess_Ruto Oh, god. I watched that video because I desperately want to see a GM who actually knows the rules of 5D chess play it, to really see what some one *good* at chess play 5D chess well. But I was so sorely disappointed and frustrated. Like, I've seen other play 5D chess and pick up the rules pretty quickly and fully understand them, but then those people are so frustrating to watch because they're just so bad at regular chess so that even if they know what the rules are they just constantly miss super obvious problems that are gonna happen in just 1 move. I just want to see some one play 5D chess well.
      *skims the rules super fast*
      "Yeah, I know the rules."
      *proceeds to demonstrate he has no fucking idea how anything works*

    • @killerbug05
      @killerbug05 3 роки тому +41

      @@Princess_Ruto it's definitely not a good thing but I can see where it comes from mentally, when you're so good at something that you can be considered one of the few top players, subconsciously you'd like to think you know everything, "why else would I be one of the best if I don't know it all?" Can go through your mind. Not saying it's a good thing ofc, just saying it's understandable how he got to this point.

    • @tz4601
      @tz4601 2 роки тому +30

      The more I observe Hikaru the more I become convinced he is just on the autism spectrum to some degree, what they used to call Aspergers. A lot of his actions come off as him being an insufferable know it all, and maybe he is, but really I think he just doesn't understand social graces.

  • @bousemaster3989
    @bousemaster3989 3 роки тому +265

    Hikaru: you reveal too much information. I know where all your pieces are.
    -Loses second match

    • @theend6966
      @theend6966 3 роки тому +11

      with his suggestion he revealed too much information and lost

  • @blakemontgomery6599
    @blakemontgomery6599 3 роки тому +242

    Hikaru: I know where all your pieces are
    Also Hikaru: *loses because he didn’t know where the pieces were*

  • @fadhrigabestari4963
    @fadhrigabestari4963 3 роки тому +484

    hikaru's downfall in this variant is his hubris

    • @albertbatfinder5240
      @albertbatfinder5240 3 роки тому +185

      Fadhriga Bestari So true. He’s saying he won in every aspect of the game, except the tiny, tiny matter of the result. Its a bit of a cringe, especially the part when Levy has to explain the “discovery” rules. Twice.

    • @hypnoticlizard9693
      @hypnoticlizard9693 3 роки тому +102

      @@albertbatfinder5240 Hikaru "I knew your position all along" Nakamura

    • @fadhrigabestari4963
      @fadhrigabestari4963 3 роки тому +75

      JediNxf7 yes. But the biggest factor was the inability/refusal to acknowledge his lack of skill

    • @JamieClark
      @JamieClark 3 роки тому +8

      Isn’t that always sort of the theme?

  • @dennievandam6177
    @dennievandam6177 3 роки тому +773

    i love variants like this because it's only possible in online chess

    • @soundninja99
      @soundninja99 3 роки тому +18

      You can totally play this over the board. Just grab a friend, a blanket and some blindfolds

    • @alceusrydan6237
      @alceusrydan6237 3 роки тому +90

      TTate how can you do vision of pieces?

    • @pzr2681
      @pzr2681 3 роки тому +10

      Alceus Rydan you’ve stumped him!

    • @kmki
      @kmki 3 роки тому +90

      @@alceusrydan6237
      2 boards. Each player only sees one and his pieces on it. 3rd party person adds pieces of opposing side which should be seen.

    • @4purs
      @4purs 3 роки тому +123

      Karol Stach that’s so impractical LOL

  • @dariusgoh5314
    @dariusgoh5314 3 роки тому +784

    missed opportunity in the thumbnail: ‘where the fog are hikaru’s pieces???’

  • @michaelxthunder
    @michaelxthunder 3 роки тому +148

    Hikaru after 0 moves: I know exactly where your pieces are

    • @benismann
      @benismann Рік тому +10

      tbh after 0 moves - he definitely does. Hell maybe even i do

    • @elianjoensen2756
      @elianjoensen2756 Рік тому +2

      @@benismann maybe?!

    • @benismann
      @benismann Рік тому +2

      @@elianjoensen2756 maybe. I dont actually play chess

    • @Gronkadonk
      @Gronkadonk Рік тому +1

      And then he sacrificed THE GAAAME

  • @hutchyy6836
    @hutchyy6836 2 роки тому +46

    Hikaru is incapable of admitting when he's wrong.

    • @MrEvol94
      @MrEvol94 3 місяці тому +3

      seems to be very common among top chess players. That's why I watch gothamchess and anna cramling for chess vids, more relatable and likeable imo

  • @janon5815
    @janon5815 3 роки тому +233

    Really agree with the chat on this one. After losing, Hikaru really comes across as not wanting to admit he got outplayed.

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      @h2rChirag 3 роки тому

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    • @vvvss-cx1vd
      @vvvss-cx1vd Рік тому

      ‘Autistic man gets annoyed at not having control of the situation’ lol

    • @andv993
      @andv993 10 місяців тому +10

      yeah, it kind of happens when you're one of the best in the world. Getting outplayed becomes new

    • @badateverything2931
      @badateverything2931 5 місяців тому

      no this isnt even tru, i get that it looks like that, but to him he had a strategy he had set, except the strategy didnt fail he would just fuck setting it up, its like fenching but u accidently drop your sword, like damn really outplayed me there huh.@@andv993
      he would eventually admit his stratgey was flawed but thats not the main thing

  • @im2bored284
    @im2bored284 3 роки тому +153

    Hikaru: Confused from trying to figure out were Levi's pieces are
    Levi: Just vibing
    10:18

    • @couchpotato4928
      @couchpotato4928 2 роки тому +2

      That image has some serious meme potential

  • @bobbybobman3073
    @bobbybobman3073 Рік тому +447

    Can we please see some engines play this version? I'd love to see computers devise the least calculate-able openings where half the game is not verses bot deliberately trying to hide their pieces.

    • @oscarwang7227
      @oscarwang7227 Рік тому +68

      I think they’d break. The way they calculate where to move is by seeing where the opponent’s pieces are. Without being able to see, I don’t think they’d be able to move at all

    • @dudu28r81
      @dudu28r81 Рік тому +49

      @@oscarwang7227 Chess engines: Martin edition

    • @anonymousvine4105
      @anonymousvine4105 Рік тому +34

      That would be fun to program. Traditional and even variants like crazyhouse have perfect information. An engine for fog of war would need to use probabilities and focus more on risk trade offs versus ply depth.

    • @TewityPlays
      @TewityPlays Рік тому

      @@anonymousvine4105 but than you can calutcate every move meaning they must play random moves

    • @mjkrh
      @mjkrh Рік тому +2

      They'd just play solid and get a draw.
      Just program them to play a certain opening it would be fun then.

  • @lennertdevoldere7000
    @lennertdevoldere7000 3 роки тому +141

    11:25 missed win... He could have just taken the king

  • @Michael-M_Nguyen
    @Michael-M_Nguyen 3 роки тому +101

    15:40 So you're telling me, Hikaru calculated every combination of the opponents position, just to have it come down to a 50/50? 😂☠️

    • @JanischMaximilian
      @JanischMaximilian 2 роки тому +16

      I agree, Hikaru saying 50/50 is ridiculous. It would have been better to just admit that he doesn’t know where Levy‘s rooks are.

    • @lezty
      @lezty 7 місяців тому

      @@JanischMaximilianlevy took his queen with the rook, ofc hikaru knew where the rook was he just didn’t know if it was stacked

  • @creeperlolthetrouble
    @creeperlolthetrouble 3 роки тому +374

    11:25 would have been a won game he simply didnt take his king...

    • @broncogray1483
      @broncogray1483 3 роки тому +10

      Yeah...

    • @benconlon875
      @benconlon875 3 роки тому +31

      that was baffling

    • @benconlon875
      @benconlon875 3 роки тому +73

      JediNxf7 in the fog of war variant there is no check, you have to actually take the king

    • @XoIoRouge
      @XoIoRouge 3 роки тому +17

      @JediNxf7 except you can see your own pieces in fog of war, so that's not really a FoW blunder but just mouse slip blunder, which means you're playing a combination of two variants anyway.

    • @MegaAgamon
      @MegaAgamon 3 роки тому +14

      Guys it was black's turn to move. Levy just made a pre-move. He didn't miss capture the King.
      Although Hikaru left his king hanging for lols Levi had already made the premove he assumed that Hikaru would save his King.

  • @unholyXromance
    @unholyXromance 3 роки тому +783

    my friend did programming in uni and made exactly this mode in 2009, and he got a C. I know he didn't invent the mode, but I thought it was worth a lot more way back then

    • @eduardo_moya
      @eduardo_moya 3 роки тому +101

      It's a good idea, but on top of normal chess it's not too difficult to implement programming wise

    • @unholyXromance
      @unholyXromance 3 роки тому +146

      perhaps not, but he coded the chess as well. Didn't start with a template or anything

    • @mateusmt6194
      @mateusmt6194 3 роки тому +132

      @@unholyXromance Well that was worth a A project - you study to solve new things, not make what only the professor wants to see.

    • @bajsbrev4651
      @bajsbrev4651 3 роки тому +62

      Your friend was robbed for suure

    • @aggressivelyamicable5987
      @aggressivelyamicable5987 3 роки тому +118

      Without knowing the assignment requirements or difficulty expectations I cannot levy judgment.

  • @az1202
    @az1202 Рік тому +82

    "I don't think you should castle the king"
    Ok, I'll castle the knight instead

    • @strangejune
      @strangejune Рік тому +3

      and he sacrifices THE KIIING

  • @JosephLachh
    @JosephLachh 3 роки тому +50

    26:08
    “Well I had already blundered”
    We all know Levi’s catchphrase is “it’s not the first mistake that kills you, it’s the second”

  • @BBones541
    @BBones541 3 роки тому +123

    I feel like Hikaru just talks out of his ass half the time Lmao

    • @kripanart
      @kripanart 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @brianlam5847
      @brianlam5847 2 роки тому +42

      I mean he may be a GM, but the way he says stuff it seems he's trying to fake being really good

  • @snippletrap
    @snippletrap 3 роки тому +71

    Take a shot every time Hikaru says "information"

  • @crclayton
    @crclayton 3 роки тому +175

    Twitch chat at 27:00: "Did Hikaru say well played to Levy or something like that?"
    Nope. Man, it's so grating to hear him making excuses, insisting he had it all figured out, and not being a good sport when being defeated fair and square.

    • @kaiamy3779
      @kaiamy3779 2 роки тому +28

      Yeah how strange it’s almost as if being one of the worlds best at anything builds up an ego hm 🤔

    • @aleksamilosevic8792
      @aleksamilosevic8792 2 роки тому +7

      Wtf?He said right afterwards yeah that makes sense i didnt think of that when levy and him were disscusing about the game.

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr Рік тому +18

      @@aleksamilosevic8792 "yeah that makes sense i didnt think of that" is NOT "good game levy"

    • @aleksamilosevic8792
      @aleksamilosevic8792 Рік тому

      @@ABCDEFG-cj7mr It does.

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr Рік тому +22

      @@aleksamilosevic8792 ??? In which way?? Saying "That makes sense I did not think of that" is him commenting on himself, admitting that he missed something. "Good game levy" is commenting that levy played a good game, and deserved the win. It's messed up to think they're the same when it's CLEARLY not.

  • @realwhoasked
    @realwhoasked 3 роки тому +98

    1:15 Look at Hikarus Face, the change is hilarious

  • @udaysubramaniam2530
    @udaysubramaniam2530 3 роки тому +245

    Levy I love that you dont get flustered with Hikaru's constant moaning of lack of info...I feel like he denied you letting to enjoy your moment of beating a GM back to back...but you handled it very gracefully! Well played sir on all levels! 👏

    • @danieltorrejon4303
      @danieltorrejon4303 2 роки тому +39

      Agreed, Hikaru was really annoying. He never even commented about Levi winning, just about how he “knew where all of Levi’s pieces were”

    • @chrisdawson1776
      @chrisdawson1776 Рік тому

      @@danieltorrejon4303🤓

    • @JMZReview
      @JMZReview Рік тому +16

      @@chrisdawson1776
      Lmao cope

    • @chrisdawson1776
      @chrisdawson1776 Рік тому

      @@JMZReview ❄❄

    • @JMZReview
      @JMZReview Рік тому

      @@chrisdawson1776
      "Snowflake"
      Meanwhile, you talking about how LGBTQ people should exist:

  • @stt5v2002
    @stt5v2002 3 роки тому +36

    Hikaru reminds me of poker players who play by trying to guess your exact cards rather than considering the range of possible hands.

  • @mhtanks
    @mhtanks 3 роки тому +63

    Hikaru seems like the kinda guy you knew in highschool, and you're glad you'll never see them again afterward

    • @samjones583
      @samjones583 3 роки тому +17

      yeah, honestly ik he's actually insane at chess but I think he's overrated and really annoying

    • @kaiamy3779
      @kaiamy3779 2 роки тому +17

      I can get the annoying part but you’re aware he is literally one of if not the best in the world in several types of chess that’s not overrated he’s just good and has an ego to show for it

  • @GMPranav
    @GMPranav 3 роки тому +89

    We need an Atomic Chess and Fog of War combined variant, it should be called Nuclear Winter :P

    • @temkin9298
      @temkin9298 Рік тому +1

      Nah, we have to call it nuclear roulette.

  • @spmagic9083
    @spmagic9083 3 роки тому +50

    11:25 You could have taken his king!!!

  • @c0mpl3x1ty7
    @c0mpl3x1ty7 3 роки тому +70

    12:34 *casually hangs king*

    • @rookieman329
      @rookieman329 3 роки тому

      And hangs him by a toothpick.

    • @anotherfoodvlogger2511
      @anotherfoodvlogger2511 3 роки тому

      😆 my last opponent did that. He had my queen was about to win but then hanged his king to a pawn

  • @podge7356
    @podge7356 Рік тому +14

    I like the part where Hikaru said that he knew where Levy's pieces were

  • @theMosen
    @theMosen 3 роки тому +40

    16:27 Watch for a few seconds, then from 11:14 on. At about 11:28 you can see Hikaru's poker face when he realizes what just happened.

  • @cabaretbaretta7805
    @cabaretbaretta7805 3 роки тому +49

    The higher up he's looking, the deeper he is thinking.

  • @TunaBagels
    @TunaBagels 3 роки тому +65

    9:30
    GM Hikaru FoW Chess insight: If somebody offers a queen trade, take it! You get to see a ton of their pieces, and they get none. Offensive trading in general will net you information! Very neat.

    • @aban33
      @aban33 3 роки тому +13

      He also lost the best of 3 to an IM

    • @saqlainalvi5485
      @saqlainalvi5485 2 роки тому

      @@aban33 hikaru "I knew where your pieces are" nakamura

    • @rap3208
      @rap3208 2 роки тому +2

      @@aban33 I think hikaru loses because he's trying to do too much like know where every piece and pawn are so he can attack, the other guy barely have any idea of what's going on and is just playing a passive game and waits for hikaru to lunder.

    • @aban33
      @aban33 2 роки тому +8

      @@rap3208 Levy is no slouch my guy. He's not as good as Hikaru, but he doesn't "barely have an idea what's going on." He's an international master and a very strong chess player, Hikaru just overlooked his mistakes when making them.

    • @hackerulroman
      @hackerulroman Рік тому +1

      @@aban33 I’m 1 year late but he probably meant that Levy didn’t know much about Hikaru’s position

  • @thatoneguy9582
    @thatoneguy9582 3 роки тому +189

    Fog of War is my favourite variant for basically the sole reason that I, someone rated 1000 in online Blitz and doesn’t even have an OTB rating, once beat a Candidate Master rated 2269 OTB
    -i’m so sorry Aleksander Kumala-

  • @dozzio
    @dozzio 3 роки тому +183

    I want to corner Hikaru and shout humble yourself to him for 8 hours straight.

    • @saqlainalvi5485
      @saqlainalvi5485 2 роки тому +19

      Might not work 😂

    • @JimmyBoosterCrate
      @JimmyBoosterCrate 2 роки тому +9

      I think he would call the police on you bud

    • @hamidalharbi5939
      @hamidalharbi5939 2 роки тому +26

      Bububububut i did knew exactly where the pieces were!!

    • @sore_forey9259
      @sore_forey9259 Рік тому +2

      I doubt you could corner him, he knows exactly where you are long before you see him.

    • @NN-cc8uo
      @NN-cc8uo 5 місяців тому

      ​@@sore_forey9259Correction; he knows your position, but doesn't know exactly where you are

  • @eventerminator1382
    @eventerminator1382 3 роки тому +77

    This is an interesting game mode. Ties into real life strategy where you don’t have 100% info on the enemies movements

    • @dudu28r81
      @dudu28r81 Рік тому +2

      Yes, "fog of war" originally comes from real time strategy games like Age of Empires or Command and Conquer as well as turn-based ones like the Civilization series and that is exactly what it is meant to represent. In those games you often have to send scout units into enemy territory to get an idea of what army they're making or how they are developing economically and whether you're ahead or behind them.

    • @oddity1769
      @oddity1769 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@dudu28r81Aoe scouting is honestly really funny when you build an outpost and see like 50 units you didn't expect about to bring pain on your empire

    • @badateverything2931
      @badateverything2931 5 місяців тому

      "fun"@@oddity1769

  • @majintrader9778
    @majintrader9778 3 роки тому +244

    Chess is changing so much recently, looks more and more fun

    • @hardrocker8101
      @hardrocker8101 3 роки тому +5

      My friend and I played this for a couple hours. It was so fun.

    • @SonicsniperV7
      @SonicsniperV7 3 роки тому +47

      The online boom for chess was one of the best things to happen for the game. We get so many cool variants.

    • @anotherfoodvlogger2511
      @anotherfoodvlogger2511 3 роки тому +1

      The xxl is the best!

    • @anotherfoodvlogger2511
      @anotherfoodvlogger2511 3 роки тому +1

      Xxl fog of war too

  • @vernie7882
    @vernie7882 3 роки тому +27

    They say to this day Levy is giving away too much information.

  • @RyuQ
    @RyuQ 3 роки тому +72

    11:25 Hikaru.exe has stopped working

    • @Bradex.
      @Bradex. 3 роки тому +2

      And Levi Blunders

    • @brands2131
      @brands2131 3 роки тому +6

      Because Levi could of won the game by taking the king with the rook. But he retreats the rook. Hikari knew he dodged a bullet and is a bit dumbfounded by Levi, but doesn't say anything to not give anything away.

    • @JLJhippotype
      @JLJhippotype 3 роки тому

      lol

    • @CNFrostXY
      @CNFrostXY 3 роки тому

      @@brands2131 'could *have*'

    • @brands2131
      @brands2131 3 роки тому

      @@CNFrostXY thanks

  • @harrymack3565
    @harrymack3565 3 роки тому +7

    Levy: I have a king and it is on the board.
    Hikaru: You gave away to much info.

  • @CrimsonHam
    @CrimsonHam 3 роки тому +30

    The motto of this game mode is “wait what?”

  • @Vunderbread
    @Vunderbread 3 роки тому +21

    "I know you have a pawn on one square..."

  • @arnavbablani881
    @arnavbablani881 3 роки тому +19

    Hikaru: I know exactly where your pieces are
    Also Hikaru: *Blunders Rook*

  • @ZakkWasNotAvailable
    @ZakkWasNotAvailable 3 роки тому +13

    "Or should I play to confuse you? Play to confuse"
    Hikaru: immediately squints

  • @shiffin_chippe
    @shiffin_chippe 3 роки тому +297

    Chess960 with fog will be great😂😂

    • @hrishikeshkumar2264
      @hrishikeshkumar2264 3 роки тому +80

      It should officially be called Nightmare Chess 🤣

    • @shiffin_chippe
      @shiffin_chippe 3 роки тому +3

      @@hrishikeshkumar2264 lol😂

    • @OttawaRocks
      @OttawaRocks 3 роки тому +9

      and GMs should do a tournament with that variation... :-)

    • @geckogeico2212
      @geckogeico2212 3 роки тому +22

      But you still know your opponent's position is mirrored?

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 3 роки тому +3

      OTB with fog... yaayyy...

  • @willcee4966
    @willcee4966 2 роки тому +7

    Levy: Not this again
    Hikaru: YOU GAVE AWAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION!

  • @sybergoosejr
    @sybergoosejr Рік тому +64

    11:26 missed win rook takes king.

    • @HelloIAmAnExist
      @HelloIAmAnExist Рік тому +7

      Yep, chat also pointed it out
      Not only that, but they both missed it, because Hikaru knew that Levy could've taken with the rook, because the rooks saw each other, and that it'd put his king in the line of sight of the rook
      But Hikaru did point it out later in 16:30 though

  • @sambuddharanjankhanra6696
    @sambuddharanjankhanra6696 3 роки тому +49

    It would be fun if super GM's played this variant and after 15 or so moves tried guessing where the opponent's pieces(battleship style)..

  • @justanotherrandomguywithou2047
    @justanotherrandomguywithou2047 3 роки тому +20

    I know exactly where your pieces are. I just dont know where your rook is so I am gonna make a dump gambling move.
    ~ Hikaru 2020

  • @kacy6014
    @kacy6014 3 роки тому +30

    A tournament of GMs and high rated players playing this would be really entertaining to watch especially if they get to talk while they’re playing like they are here 😂

  • @piyushbastia6159
    @piyushbastia6159 3 роки тому +187

    Classic example of a cocky show-off getting owned !!! Levy on the other hand calmly beat him without talking much!!! Great content 😂

    • @terranloudenback2102
      @terranloudenback2102 3 роки тому +44

      Hikaru wayyy underestimated his opponent here

    • @motijewelsghatkoparw8516
      @motijewelsghatkoparw8516 2 роки тому +4

      @@terranloudenback2102 yes but Hikaru has also his unique calculus history n v all cant tell anything about legendary players like him

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr Рік тому +8

      @@motijewelsghatkoparw8516 ok? Hikaru might be a legendary player, it doesn't give him the right to belittle his opponents and make himself look like a god. Being good at a board game doesn't automatically give you the right to disrespect your opponents.

    • @qdenver9389
      @qdenver9389 Рік тому

      @@ABCDEFG-cj7mr espacially when the opponent beats your ass

    • @ABCDEFG-cj7mr
      @ABCDEFG-cj7mr Рік тому

      @@qdenver9389 Random 600 elo dick riding Hikaru's awful behavior, classic.

  • @Akshay-qu3dc
    @Akshay-qu3dc 3 роки тому +11

    I think this variant is really poetic. In war , armies have incomplete information about their opponents. And have to find out the position of enemy base camps. I think this variant simulates that scenario so well. Really cool stuff !!

    • @jrd33
      @jrd33 3 роки тому

      Real war doesn't have "base camps". I have no idea where you are getting your ideas about war from... computer games maybe?

    • @Akshay-qu3dc
      @Akshay-qu3dc 3 роки тому

      @@jrd33 Lol , wars don't have base camps ? They absolutely do. Generals would send batallions or some special units to specific positions in the enemy territory for variety of reasons like conducting a surprise raid , distraction , or maybe reporting enemy positions back to the headquarters. It's basic war tactics which have been employed throughout history in wars. And I found this variant of the game somewhat simulating that.

    • @hansmahr8627
      @hansmahr8627 3 роки тому

      I don't know, in war you do reconnaissance by sending out scouts or by other covert means, not by just putting your unit somewhere and hoping that you're not walking into a trap. Both in ancient and in modern times, commanders usually have a pretty good idea of the enemy forces before engaging in battle. Obviously there are ambushes and stuff like that but most of the time, war is more similar to regular chess where you know what the other side is doing.

  • @scarletevans4474
    @scarletevans4474 3 роки тому +9

    I love that brainstorm and exchanging ideas!
    Imaging them playing like 100 FoW games like that, how much they would grow!!

  • @alvaronicolasgrisieggler9804
    @alvaronicolasgrisieggler9804 3 роки тому +12

    6:52 when in Age of Empires the enemy takes your city or your watchtower

  • @fing_bong
    @fing_bong Рік тому +2

    1:18 hikaru went from 😄 to 😥

  • @corwind3058
    @corwind3058 3 роки тому +12

    I love how Gotham smiles every time he confuses Hikaru

  • @DjGorgo
    @DjGorgo 3 роки тому +11

    Hikaru also has a chessboard on his ceiling to visualize the board!

  • @nicholasaramirez885
    @nicholasaramirez885 3 роки тому +23

    What about an imposter chess variant,
    So like one of the opponents pieces is actually your piece and you don't know which one your opponent has control over, but you wouldn't want to activate your own too soon because it would be discovered and just traded or something.
    Both players can move the 2 imposter pieces.
    Once you move your imposter on your opponents side they will know which piece it is.
    Imposter piece is randomly selected and cannot be a pawn, king or queen.

  • @holydamn8263
    @holydamn8263 3 роки тому +8

    Hikaru listing all his mistakes and saying “i know where all your pieces are” and then loses

  • @Rustam2704
    @Rustam2704 3 роки тому +3

    5:57 - I'm gonna play smth totally different
    6:27 - proceeds to playing dutch defense, which he plays almost all the time

  • @anish.tiwari
    @anish.tiwari 2 роки тому +6

    Levy: *breathes*
    Hikaru: I am gonna end this man's whole carrier, you gave too much information

  • @Hesperiam
    @Hesperiam 3 роки тому +1

    This is so awesome of a game mode variant -- I was LITERALLY just thinking about this concept a couple weeks ago and thought how it would be such a cool tactical style of chess that made it almost like a war, where information and maximizing the control of your pieces is key

  • @josephoyek6574
    @josephoyek6574 3 роки тому +9

    When you move your Rook to f1 just to pretend you castled.

  • @thepiterp5
    @thepiterp5 3 роки тому +7

    1:19 i love how hikaru’s smile just instantly disappears

  • @justinmccoy4270
    @justinmccoy4270 3 роки тому +35

    11:27 hikarus face when he realized his opponent missed a mate in 1 😂

    • @leastbasedbaj7454
      @leastbasedbaj7454 3 роки тому

      LMAOII

    • @hawaiiblue2596
      @hawaiiblue2596 3 роки тому +1

      I just get an ad l8l

    • @MegaAgamon
      @MegaAgamon 3 роки тому

      Guys it was black's turn to move. Levy just made a pre-move. He didn't miss capture the King.
      Although Hikaru left his king hanging for lols Levi had already made the premove he assumed that Hikaru would save his King.

    • @justinmccoy4270
      @justinmccoy4270 3 роки тому +8

      @@MegaAgamon There is no premove allowed in fog of war

    • @Qaptyl
      @Qaptyl Рік тому

      its like in the terminal list when the fed guys found out reece had a shot on them

  • @supreme5998
    @supreme5998 3 роки тому +9

    This exchange is more intimate than two lovers talking.

  • @thegorn
    @thegorn 3 роки тому +10

    Agadmator watching and ready to screen grab “sad Hikaru” and blow it up full screen

  • @TheGreatBoomy25
    @TheGreatBoomy25 2 роки тому +7

    I love how Hikaru tries to justify a bad move. He gambles way too much, then after it doesn't work out it's "Yea, but.... "

  • @Lance0
    @Lance0 3 роки тому +6

    11:26 lol he forgot that you can capture kings, ie Rxg8 was much better

  • @saschaderschach-sensei3564
    @saschaderschach-sensei3564 3 роки тому +2

    26:00 the thing here is hikaru can see there is nothing on d3 therefore it has to be a bishop on e4

  • @bmci6488
    @bmci6488 3 роки тому +9

    This turns the game into something like StarCraft where using cheap units (pawns) to scout and get a read on openers (build openers). This is so great!

  • @lorenzocarrisi3482
    @lorenzocarrisi3482 3 роки тому +10

    1:27 Hikaru is doing the beth harmon challenge

  • @Velisatra
    @Velisatra Рік тому +7

    This is super interesting. I think this is more fun to watch than normal chess.

  • @kendallgordon2920
    @kendallgordon2920 Рік тому +1

    Gotham: cough* Hikaru: " you see you gave away to much information"

  • @raksori
    @raksori 3 роки тому +1

    What an awesome last match, especially the ending, nice move from Levy

  • @Brythnoth_of_the_Void
    @Brythnoth_of_the_Void 3 роки тому +5

    11:28 he could have won there since the aim is to take the king, and he had a straight shot on the opponents.

  • @taranciucgabrielradu
    @taranciucgabrielradu 3 роки тому +4

    I can already imagine the level of pre-moving damage to vision in this mode to avoid gambits for vision

  • @Banzai4ever
    @Banzai4ever 3 роки тому +1

    I loved the chat comment "This is starcraft now - Gotta sac workers for intel" :D

  • @danikgan98
    @danikgan98 3 роки тому +61

    Hikaru: I know where you pieces are
    Also Hikaru, literally the next move: oh I blundered, well the problem is I just didn’t know exactly where your pieces are
    Jesus! The whole video is about Hikaru bragging he knows everything and yet losing the game 🤯

  • @niki8280
    @niki8280 3 роки тому +9

    And here I am pretending to understand when hikaru and levy talk about how they know what each other is doing.

  • @LovelyBozo
    @LovelyBozo 3 роки тому

    I like how when they play together it always feels so passive aggressive like 2 people who are friends but also want to beat each other to a pulp.

  • @Rabarbaraaa
    @Rabarbaraaa 3 роки тому +2

    «Im gonna pretend to look at the ceiling and calculate stuff”
    *Looks at the floor*

  • @bonrirgundy8265
    @bonrirgundy8265 3 роки тому +3

    He’s lookin at the ceiling where he’s playing Gotham’s stream to see his placement

  • @bencarr8809
    @bencarr8809 3 роки тому +10

    11:26 th-th-th-thats all f-f-filks

  • @nutzl6381
    @nutzl6381 3 роки тому

    Levy: inhales
    Hikaru: u gave up too much information with that move

  • @henryenholm5660
    @henryenholm5660 3 роки тому +1

    Hikaru before any pieces are moved: I know exactly where your pieces are

  • @pianojonathan
    @pianojonathan 3 роки тому +81

    This sorts under the category «things I until recently never thought I’d hear from a super GM 16:27

    • @h2rChirag
      @h2rChirag 3 роки тому

      🤩🤩🤩🤩I Just Uploaded Some Great content, Chess Miniature , Brilliant Attacking games., queen sacrifising Etc. U Will lobe It. 🤩🤩🤓

    • @bdubsongob
      @bdubsongob 3 роки тому

      Pog

  • @xsunshine99_45
    @xsunshine99_45 3 роки тому +18

    I’m not sure but i think levy gave away too much information