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
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
@@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
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.
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
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
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
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!!
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
Imagine being a 1300, and you encounter GM Hikaru, and even tho you lost you still feel you did pretty good against him, only to find out he was playing you blindfolded lol
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.
Stuff like this shows how much skill just comes from reps. Just reps. Talent has to be there to get to IM or GM level, clearly, but all that talent won't do anything without like tens of thousands of games of practice.
I used to run pieces for a guy when I was a kid that would play one of his friends while he was in the other room. He would tell me the moves and I would relay the other moves to the guy. He would play the entire game like that... He would lose sometimes on timed matches but could win everytime if it was untimed... Granted he was playing a person in the 1000s
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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 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
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
'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.
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
@@warlord212 yessir
At 41:45 blindfolded Hikaru corrects Levy holy shit
And blindfolded Levy corrects Hikaru on the "forced checkmate"
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.
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
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
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
29:57 Eric Rosen would be proud of that Oscar worthy performance
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. 👍
“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
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
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
This is insane. Like 6:32. Just insane how good Hikaru is even blindfolded. Its crazy. And Levy is like "wtf" meanwhile :D
I love how hikaru just laughs at random things lmao
Hikaru randomly pissing himself laughing is hilarious
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.
13:24 When you see mate in 1 but it's actually a botez gambit
Hikaru says "yeah, yes, yes, yeah" lot cause he's pre moving levy's statements
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
I always love seeing Hikaru and Levi's collaborations, they have good dynamics
KingslayerHD is reconsidering life right now
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
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.
When Hikaru put his blind fold on again and Levy was putting his on... I was thinking, this is about to be epic!
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
52:48 hilarious hikaru troll
How many of you view my content ONLY on youtube?
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
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
56:32
Hikaru: 1.D4
Gotham: 2.Bishop...
56:16 out of context is hilarious
oh I love their collab so much
I hope they will do this again even though it's unlikely
I always love seeing Hikaru and Levi's collaborations, they have good dynamics. 19:05 Hikaru counting material blindfolded blows my mind.
"Can't do blindfold chess whilst driving..." Well you done well driving while blindfolded let alone trying to play chess as well.
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
Did he say he cant do blindfold chess while driving 💀
Well can you?
Only like a thousand times
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
9:23 best sponsorship shoutout ever. Them other streamers should learn from this
I would like to see a game where both Hikaru and another GM play against each other blindfolded
levy: i hit 2988 yesterday !
hikaru: *unimpressed* mhm
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
I just watched this entire thing and I don’t regret a second of it
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
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.
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: 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.
Shoutout to ludwig for buying high and selling low lmaoooo
I like how Hikaru is trying to premove the levy''s move
The title should be: Hikaru reads mind of Gothamchess.
I love how they absolutely humiliated the second guy
Hikaru chuckling at Levy's blindfold is cracking me up 🤪
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!
Not being able to visualise is a known thing, some people literally do not have the ability to see images in their head.
Soooo... 2 GMs can play chess even without a board or pieces by just talking to each other?
Levy is an IM, but yeah.
24:14 I think Hikaru would've said "Like women" or something but he pulled the break before he gets canceled 😂
How good do you have to be to be sad about not finding the optimal premove mating sequence
Who misses Hikaru and Levy collabs?
mi
me 😭😭
41:30 Hikaru is like stfu levy I’m check mating him
Hikaru: "Have you heard of Queen's Gambit"
... proceeds to see their channels explode.
10:50 I legit can't stop laughing, lmao 😅
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
Amazing stuff by Hikaru, but damn that 1200 in game 1 was really good. Props to him as well
Come for the Sekiro thumbnail, stay for the God level play POG.
19:04 when you count pawns blindfolded... you must be dreaming pawns at night.
Imagine being a 1300, and you encounter GM Hikaru, and even tho you lost you still feel you did pretty good against him, only to find out he was playing you blindfolded lol
Levy's eye covering is really quite fun
Hikaru- “I can’t play blind chess when I am driving.”
1:43 kudos to him for not playing en passant
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.
41:44 when the guy with the blindfold has to correct the guy without the blindfold. Hikaru is a god amongst men
“Have you seen the show The Queen’s Gambit or something?”
If they only knew... 😝
8:25
Hikaru making premoves in blindfold chess is just boss level behavior.
You simply can't compete with that.
This guy still premoves even blindfolded
56:23 idk why but I’m crying at the way he looked at the camera bro 😭😭😭
Blindfold
Everyone:
Hikaru: Sleep Mask
Levy Rozman: Fantasy Night Club Mask
Stuff like this shows how much skill just comes from reps. Just reps. Talent has to be there to get to IM or GM level, clearly, but all that talent won't do anything without like tens of thousands of games of practice.
helps that they have a photographic memory to play blindfolded
6:36 Hikaru : Saying his magic spells better than Harry Potter's , Levy : Wow.... XD
6:36 watch levis face XD
hes like "im not blind howd he see that so fast
is anyone gonna talk about how well the 1200 played
I know right, im like 1330 and that dude would smoke me
At the beginning of the game I thought we the audience were supposed to imagine the game just by the call outs hahaha
You guys are my favorite two chess players. Y'all are both hilarious lol so glad I found your channels.
I used to run pieces for a guy when I was a kid that would play one of his friends while he was in the other room. He would tell me the moves and I would relay the other moves to the guy. He would play the entire game like that... He would lose sometimes on timed matches but could win everytime if it was untimed... Granted he was playing a person in the 1000s
Here's me blundering pieces with my eyes open😶🌫️
I laughed too much at the Ludwig catching the stray at 9:30
I've never thought I'd seen a long footage of people playing chess blindfolded
This was really fun, Hikaru was crackin up the whole time and it's also amazing to see this guys play blindfolded chess
They're talking, laughing, joking, wasting playing time and still winning blindly. My mind is blown out!