Hello Everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that the rest of the ScrubStomping Speedrun will be on More GM Hikaru. We had too many videos to release at once and we decided to finish the speedrun over there. Part 6 and 7 are up over there. Part 6 is ua-cam.com/video/AAgeR6xWShw/v-deo.html - don't forget to drop a sub over there as once we're at 50K subs on More GM Hikaru I'll do a speedrun with eyetracker to 3200 - that's always been a request and I'm hoping I get to do it for everyone. Thanks for all the support!
@@gabiblack it honestly isn't. Hikaru was serious about not being able to do chess in his head while doing tasks such as driving, missing levy's implication completely.
a gambit is not a set or fixed thing. it is a situation based trap for your opponent to fall in. you must have multiple gambits and attacks up your sleeve ready for any scenario. and if the opponent does not fall for it, it is up to your skill and experience tow in.
Hikaru: Shows where he thinks Levy will move by hovering the piece or drawing arrows Levy: Makes a different move Me, who has no idea what the difference is between the moves or what they accomplish: "Lmao what an idiot"
@@shiro298 do the pieces not remain the same throughout? like you could track the moves back to the starting position and see that its the kingside knight for example.
@@kyen2390 no I didn't have a blindfold on but I'm sure I would have been able to see it anyway. It's visualising the board in your head instead of right in front of you, which makes it similar, just more difficult to concentrate
@@deathmeter7243100 iq isn’t average, it’s slightly above average. I couldn’t find an exact figure but I’m pretty sure the average iq is somewhere between 95-100 worldwide
28:54 the problem with blind war (or whatever we'd call it) is that you'd have to give lists of where pieces are whenever a move gives new information.
See I don't see why people dislike Levy so much. He's just very honest, and he's even more critical of himself so it's not like he's being hypocritical
22:38 Hikaru, after sac'ing a bunch of pawns for dubious, if at all existent, compensation, and still winning due to his opponent blundering 2 pieces, an exchange, and a *queen*, all almost consecutively: "I thought that guy was a 2000" All 2000s everywhere: "Am I a joke to you"
the queen was probably on purpose as a trick hoping his blindfolded opponent didn't see anything, and since it's a 5 min game the fork exchange blunder is understandable +2000s are trash
Amazing! It's very relaxing to see you playing blindfolded - you both speed it a bit down, and gives more time to internalize... now I feel I wanna learn to play blindfolded chess...
a ruling just came in guys hikaru is officially considered a chess engine and is banned from pro play. Man this new tech just keeps getting crazier and crazier.
This is quite interesting.. For some reason.. i learned something. Levi is strong because he learns to play the game, basically studying the game like a book. memorizing all those stuffs and all.. Hikaru on the other hand.. is something else. He made some unorthodox moves, and.. i dont know what to call it, other than talented genius.
@@gustavopinedaxdHikaru once mentioned in a stream that he likes to get off preparation or book chess quickly so he gets to play "true chess" with his opponent. Magnus does the same sometimes. Part of the reason Bobby Fischer actually went insane was that he thought that chess was devolving into who can memorize the most openings and lines, instead of pure skill. So I'd say it's that. Hikaru wants to go his own way, making up an entirely new opening every time as soon as he can
its so surreal hearing them talk about Queen's Gambit as it came out, the thing that slingshotted their careers in entertainment and they didnt even realize just mentioned it so casually around 8:30
The most epic moment of all time is when Levy asks Hikaru if he had already seen that new show called Queen's Gambit. That was the beginning of an epoch
Hearing Hikaru ask "have you heard of that show 'The Queen's Gambit'?" and then levy talking about how the trailer seemed accurate, but he's not sure about the correlation of substance abuse and chess is so fucking wild months later, knowing that they've both talked about how good the show was, and how much it boosted the chess boom even more. That was a really crazy moment
oh my god, this is so impressive? being able to keep track of 32 pieces, each with unique moves, across 64 squares, visualizing every move, remembering every piece's position, being able to still see the best moves to checkmate someone?? like holy shit . theyre on a whole other level of chess i'm speechless
That forced mate calculation at the end of game 1 was awesome.. When you can see that sequence that quickly, you can even play on 5 boards blindfolded.. big fan of Naka the speed demon!!
Hey Hikaru, you should check out 'Thinking fast and slow' by Daniel Kahneman (Nobel prize winner for behavioural economics). He explains very nicely as to why we can't do multitasking when we are engaged in somewhat complex or engaging tasks..like driving and visualizing chess simultaneously. Great book on making better decisions. Highly recommended. P.S. I'm a big fan of yours and love the content, especially made by you & Levy together.
27:04 Ok, I’m gonna be fine as a Hypo / aphantasic grandmaster. I will make it there one day. I know how a night moves. I can “picture” movements, but I cannot “imagine” a still chess board. I just can’t. Now I know it won’t handicap me in the future.
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Hello Everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that the rest of the ScrubStomping Speedrun will be on More GM Hikaru. We had too many videos to release at once and we decided to finish the speedrun over there. Part 6 and 7 are up over there. Part 6 is ua-cam.com/video/AAgeR6xWShw/v-deo.html - don't forget to drop a sub over there as once we're at 50K subs on More GM Hikaru I'll do a speedrun with eyetracker to 3200 - that's always been a request and I'm hoping I get to do it for everyone. Thanks for all the support!
Oh my god I am your fan
Especially your premoves
Hello Everyone to you too!
IIf these guys are scrubs i'm trash..lol
@@stockfish2866 l0
Not being able to calculate things while driving is a known human limitation, you should look it up, it's actually pretty interesting and strange.
I like how Hikaru still looks up or to the side to calculate even if his blindfolded..
really good example for heuristics
Engine on his blindfold that only activates if he looks up
@@jasperkra-caskey2048 the ONLY logical conclusion
it's actually a common tactic for humans in general. Looking up does some science stuff to our brain and we remember better basically.
You mean to tell me GMs dont actually see the pieces on the ceiling?
"I can't do blindfold chess while driving" i dont think i can drive with a blindfold either
I'm so sad Levi missed that. That was a pro-level of deadpan from Hikaru.
@@descendency He meant he just can't visualize a game of chess and drive at the same time. Not actually doing blindfolded chess
monkaSteer
@@shamalamadingleberry7203 it's a joke dum dum
@@gabiblack it honestly isn't. Hikaru was serious about not being able to do chess in his head while doing tasks such as driving, missing levy's implication completely.
Hikaru’s victim blunders: “oh, I didn’t see that move!”
Hikaru: “dont worry, I didn’t either”
I like how you called him a victim 😂😂😂😂 tho at the same time its an honour to be playing against these legends
Such precision on the ending of the 1st game. When he explained Re7 instead of Qf7... Daaang! That's why he's a SuperGM
How tf did he calculated all that in a second?
@@emilianofernandez7399 past experience
You forget that Bishop e6, Rook takes Bishop and check, King d6
Countless hours of studying books of opening and positions combined with constant chess since the age of like 5. Couldn't be me.
He saw clearer than me on 500 mg of caffeine
Hikaru: *looks up at the ceiling with a blindfold*
Levy: *wears glasses with a blindfold*
Nothing wrong here I guess.
Nothing can stop hikaru to see to stockfish ceiling
I mean it just feels weird not wearing glasses and it would be hella wrong to be still with head and blindfolded while thinking
It’s so he can’t see clearer
look at ceiling is more blood to brain and glasses are like google glass and have stockfish built in
@@noobiechessjxwyspllmaoo took me a second to get this! Once I did it made me cackle
Hikaru or Levi: "How did I not see that?"
Everyone else: ...
@@jkingenglish just dabs🤣🤣
Underrated
My best strategy
For white: Queen’s gambit
For black: Sicilian
For blindfold: Botez gambit
a gambit is not a set or fixed thing. it is a situation based trap for your opponent to fall in. you must have multiple gambits and attacks up your sleeve ready for any scenario. and if the opponent does not fall for it, it is up to your skill and experience tow in.
@@xeraphyx7903 Somehow I get the feeling you don't know what a Botez Gambit is
@@xeraphyx7903 r/woooooosh
@@jamesl.8853 exactly
@@xeraphyx7903 Botez gambit is blundering the Queen.
Hiraku could prolly premove a whole game blindfolded
That would be a nice new gamemode
"Hiraku" Dollarstore Hikaru
playing black:
1. e4
... ok i won
I feel like he did that during his first game lol
before his oppooentn even moved
27:28
Levy: I‘ve played like multiple masters who can‘t visualize.
Hikaru: What?
Me who can‘t win against 1000s: Wow, what a noob
19:05 Hikaru counting material blindfolded blows my mind
Came to comment this, realized I was 4 months too late, liked your comment
@@Nmc01236 1 yr ago… yo u still play chess?
@@deathmeter7243 lol, yeah, every now and then
@@Nmc01236 2 yrs ago do you still play chess
@@blinks2066 yessir
'Actually levy you are wrong' has to be one of hikarus favorite sentences
Hikaru: played more like a 1600 than a 1200
Levi: *calls a 1300 a 300*
To be fair, he played like a 300.
Hikaru: Shows where he thinks Levy will move by hovering the piece or drawing arrows
Levy: Makes a different move
Me, who has no idea what the difference is between the moves or what they accomplish: "Lmao what an idiot"
Same
The difference between the moves is that they are made by different pieces
Hope this helps ☺️
@@Trathien- That isn't always the case :)
@@Trathien- not only that. but also they go to different places.
@@shiro298 do the pieces not remain the same throughout? like you could track the moves back to the starting position and see that its the kingside knight for example.
At 41:45 blindfolded Hikaru corrects Levy holy shit
And blindfolded Levy corrects Hikaru on the "forced checkmate"
6:38 blew my damn mind
@@artemis477 pretty sure u didnt have a blindfold on nor did you set it up
@@kyen2390 no I didn't have a blindfold on but I'm sure I would have been able to see it anyway. It's visualising the board in your head instead of right in front of you, which makes it similar, just more difficult to concentrate
@@artemis477 that's the point bruh
@@artemis477 cuz we are normal people not chess gods lmao
also good job for seeing that
@@karlcossaboon7072 well fair enough and thank you
“Better to be white than black” 57:16 hikaru nakamura, 2020 😂
Canceled
This joke was so foul 😂😭
Chat:"cmonbruh"
He is not wrong.
@@Jartran72 Touché
Hikaru: "I cannot do blindfold chess when I'm driving"
Let's pause on this for a moment. I'm surprised Levy didn't jump on it.
Proves chess players are smart in chess only
@@7cpm293 I don't understand the joke, do you guys think he means actually having a blindfold on while he's driving?
@@planetsheen1020 when you drive with a blindfold you will crash
@@7cpm293 you do know that blindfold chess doesn't require you to have a blindfold right? 😂. It just means that you can't see the pieces
@@Andy.3 ok
48:09
“We should just sit at a table without the board and pieces and just say the moves”
Proceeds to laugh in high IQ
Hes 101 iq
@@AlanGonzalez-ev6ur That’s average. To be exact that’s 1 above average.
@@AlanGonzalez-ev6ur this guy thought iq was capped at a 100😂😂😂
Bros actually right he’s 102
@@deathmeter7243100 iq isn’t average, it’s slightly above average. I couldn’t find an exact figure but I’m pretty sure the average iq is somewhere between 95-100 worldwide
29:57 Eric Rosen would be proud of that Oscar worthy performance
This is insane. Like 6:32. Just insane how good Hikaru is even blindfolded. Its crazy. And Levy is like "wtf" meanwhile :D
13:24 When you see mate in 1 but it's actually a botez gambit
I'm the guy at 44:42, that was such a pleasure :)
Congrats man
Good game my dude, you played very well
Wow!! What an honor that would be!! I look forward to seeing the game!!
@@000PontusLoeksFan000 Hikaru said I was really good 👉👈
@@germaincasse the pointy shy hands are never not cute
28:54 the problem with blind war (or whatever we'd call it) is that you'd have to give lists of where pieces are whenever a move gives new information.
Levy : "The Gidens Widen Hagen Gambit"
Hikaru : "The Wat??"
Levy : "a b c d"
Hikaru : " Oh yea yea i know that one"
timestamp : 18:00
52:48 hilarious hikaru troll
How many of you view my content ONLY on youtube?
Hikaru randomly pissing himself laughing is hilarious
56:16 out of context is hilarious
See I don't see why people dislike Levy so much. He's just very honest, and he's even more critical of himself so it's not like he's being hypocritical
52:50 Hikaru trolling Levy lmao
22:38
Hikaru, after sac'ing a bunch of pawns for dubious, if at all existent, compensation, and still winning due to his opponent blundering 2 pieces, an exchange, and a *queen*, all almost consecutively: "I thought that guy was a 2000"
All 2000s everywhere: "Am I a joke to you"
Well, yeah
the queen was probably on purpose as a trick hoping his blindfolded opponent didn't see anything, and since it's a 5 min game the fork exchange blunder is understandable
+2000s are trash
Anyone 300+ higher rated seems like a chess god until you reach that level and realize how not perfect it is
I love how hikaru just laughs at random things lmao
This blindfolded guy is really good, he should play in tournaments...
S U P E R GM
@@ahcryz2543 hikaru is a grandmaster and levy is im
@@gc-wb5xy Hikaru Is super grandmaster, none bringed levy in
@@ahcryz2543 what's super gm I thought gm is the highest title
@@gc-wb5xy Grandmaster that reached 2700+ rating.
Amazing! It's very relaxing to see you playing blindfolded - you both speed it a bit down, and gives more time to internalize... now I feel I wanna learn to play blindfolded chess...
56:32
Hikaru: 1.D4
Gotham: 2.Bishop...
I always love seeing Hikaru and Levi's collaborations, they have good dynamics
Hikaru: The only time I cant do blindfold chess is when I'm driving.
Levy:
Hikaru: The only time I cant do blindfold chess is when I'm driving.
Levy:
Time stamp?
@20:30 says it once, gets no response plays the game, says it in a different way, then still gets no response.
a ruling just came in guys hikaru is officially considered a chess engine and is banned from pro play. Man this new tech just keeps getting crazier and crazier.
I always love seeing Hikaru and Levi's collaborations, they have good dynamics. 19:05 Hikaru counting material blindfolded blows my mind.
Blindfolded chess always kills me...in a good way. I feel really confident until e4 is played on the first move and then it's too nerve racking. 👍
The pre-move mate in Hikaru’s first game is pure genius! It just made me laugh so loud.
@roro good for you mr. grandmaster
KingslayerHD is reconsidering life right now
Hikaru says "yeah, yes, yes, yeah" lot cause he's pre moving levy's statements
When Hikaru put his blind fold on again and Levy was putting his on... I was thinking, this is about to be epic!
9:23 best sponsorship shoutout ever. Them other streamers should learn from this
That blows my mind that hikaru saw two different mates and instantaneously understood one was forced and went with that one so he could premove
10:50 I legit can't stop laughing, lmao 😅
Did he say he cant do blindfold chess while driving 💀
Well can you?
Only like a thousand times
levy: i hit 2988 yesterday !
hikaru: *unimpressed* mhm
"Can't do blindfold chess whilst driving..." Well you done well driving while blindfolded let alone trying to play chess as well.
it's actually funny when Levy said "queen h takes f3 check" because it's rare when you have 2 queens and you need to specify which queen to move
1:05:44 when you want to try new stuff with your gf
6:37
Me: "Yea this is complicated there might be a checkm.."
Hikaru: 6:38
Shoutout to ludwig for buying high and selling low lmaoooo
Soooo... 2 GMs can play chess even without a board or pieces by just talking to each other?
Levy is an IM, but yeah.
Who misses Hikaru and Levy collabs?
mi
me 😭😭
This is quite interesting..
For some reason.. i learned something.
Levi is strong because he learns to play the game, basically studying the game like a book. memorizing all those stuffs and all..
Hikaru on the other hand.. is something else. He made some unorthodox moves, and.. i dont know what to call it, other than talented genius.
the reason is hikaru likes to bully weaker opponents by playing objectively bad openings and lines and tricks sometimes since he's stronger he'll win
@@gustavopinedaxd pov magnus with the kings march playing GMs
@@gustavopinedaxdHikaru once mentioned in a stream that he likes to get off preparation or book chess quickly so he gets to play "true chess" with his opponent.
Magnus does the same sometimes.
Part of the reason Bobby Fischer actually went insane was that he thought that chess was devolving into who can memorize the most openings and lines, instead of pure skill.
So I'd say it's that. Hikaru wants to go his own way, making up an entirely new opening every time as soon as he can
24:14 I think Hikaru would've said "Like women" or something but he pulled the break before he gets canceled 😂
“Have you seen the show The Queen’s Gambit or something?”
If they only knew... 😝
8:25
Blindfold
Everyone:
Hikaru: Sleep Mask
Levy Rozman: Fantasy Night Club Mask
I laughed too much at the Ludwig catching the stray at 9:30
its so surreal hearing them talk about Queen's Gambit as it came out, the thing that slingshotted their careers in entertainment and they didnt even realize just mentioned it so casually around 8:30
nah, it was covid lockdowns. that show didn't do anywhere near as much to elevate them.
41:30 Hikaru is like stfu levy I’m check mating him
very interesting to hear them talking about queen's gambit 2 years after it came out, knowing that it had such a big impact on chess
The most epic moment of all time is when Levy asks Hikaru if he had already seen that new show called Queen's Gambit. That was the beginning of an epoch
oh I love their collab so much
I hope they will do this again even though it's unlikely
41:44 when the guy with the blindfold has to correct the guy without the blindfold. Hikaru is a god amongst men
Not being able to visualise is a known thing, some people literally do not have the ability to see images in their head.
6:36 Hikaru : Saying his magic spells better than Harry Potter's , Levy : Wow.... XD
19:04 when you count pawns blindfolded... you must be dreaming pawns at night.
Hikaru: "Have you heard of Queen's Gambit"
... proceeds to see their channels explode.
1:13:09
Levi: thinking soo deeply
Hikaru: just solving it for a seconds :ASDASDASd
The title should be: Hikaru reads mind of Gothamchess.
Hikaru chuckling at Levy's blindfold is cracking me up 🤪
1:43 kudos to him for not playing en passant
I love how they absolutely humiliated the second guy
9:07 Haha funny as hell. "Hikaru, we can't both be blindfolded..."
Hearing Hikaru ask "have you heard of that show 'The Queen's Gambit'?" and then levy talking about how the trailer seemed accurate, but he's not sure about the correlation of substance abuse and chess is so fucking wild months later, knowing that they've both talked about how good the show was, and how much it boosted the chess boom even more. That was a really crazy moment
Yup, I’m thinking the same thing in 2022!
oh my god, this is so impressive? being able to keep track of 32 pieces, each with unique moves, across 64 squares, visualizing every move, remembering every piece's position, being able to still see the best moves to checkmate someone?? like holy shit . theyre on a whole other level of chess i'm speechless
6:36 watch levis face XD
hes like "im not blind howd he see that so fast
I would like to see a game where both Hikaru and another GM play against each other blindfolded
That forced mate calculation at the end of game 1 was awesome.. When you can see that sequence that quickly, you can even play on 5 boards blindfolded.. big fan of Naka the speed demon!!
Hikaru- “I can’t play blind chess when I am driving.”
56:23 idk why but I’m crying at the way he looked at the camera bro 😭😭😭
by seeing the thumbnail i personally thought this was sekiro......
I just watched this entire thing and I don’t regret a second of it
Hey Hikaru, you should check out 'Thinking fast and slow' by Daniel Kahneman (Nobel prize winner for behavioural economics).
He explains very nicely as to why we can't do multitasking when we are engaged in somewhat complex or engaging tasks..like driving and visualizing chess simultaneously. Great book on making better decisions. Highly recommended.
P.S. I'm a big fan of yours and love the content, especially made by you & Levy together.
OMG Chess instead of being a 2D game has a pretty much amount of influence but the thumnail made me think bro is playing mortal kombat or something
Come for the Sekiro thumbnail, stay for the God level play POG.
6:39 man, that is insane lol
27:04
Ok, I’m gonna be fine as a Hypo / aphantasic grandmaster. I will make it there one day. I know how a night moves. I can “picture” movements, but I cannot “imagine” a still chess board. I just can’t. Now I know it won’t handicap me in the future.
I have the same thing, my thoughts are just 'blobs' and concepts, not pictures. It's probably a disadvantage but ehh what can we do
I like how Hikaru is trying to premove the levy''s move
sekiro thumbnail 👀
I thought nobody would notice
How good do you have to be to be sad about not finding the optimal premove mating sequence
6:36: look at Levy's face, he is like , 'a.....'
His mind didn't even processed the moves and Hikaru already had checkmated him 😂😂
You guys are my favorite two chess players. Y'all are both hilarious lol so glad I found your channels.
Seeing hikaru laugh so hard that he had to move off camera 😂
Here's me blundering pieces with my eyes open😶🌫️
Bro is riding with a blindfold and premoving the whole route
My guy even premoves blindfolded, meanwhile I'm out there hanging my queen 50% of my games