@@monkeymuncher2 it's very difficult to prove that in these time controls but they have a record against one another. The record means nothing because players evolve and Hikaru is much better today then he was even a year ago but Wesley leads 4 games to 1 with 17 draws. But seriously Wesley So is the best defender, he's up there with Petrosian as greatest ever to play the game. Defenders often get called boring because their play is drawish. Hopefully Hikaru will play some classical and get into candidates so he can prove he has grown and challenge for the WCC. I defiantly think he has a chance to win it all.
As a piano player “pianissimo” means very quiet and soft-so kind of the same thing, but it doesn’t have anything to do with tempo-just dynamics. But it makes sense that “softly” still describes and illustrates the slow, creeping pace of that opening.
Everyone plays by the same rules. They both bid in Armageddon and So could have taken less time and played for a draw. Hikaru and So are just well-matched.
Watching live, the Re6 move he shows at 7:22 was very impressive. That move simply undid the Re8 he had made on the prior move, which was a mistake. He took several minutes on Re6, with the commentators saying the computer liked Re6 but it's tough for a human on account of having to take your medicine and reverse your prior move. But eventually Hikaru made the best move, and then snapped off his next few moves pretty quickly which resulted in Jeffrey using a chunk of time and the clocks getting back to roughly equal.
14:48 If anyone is confused about the Armageddon rules explanation, don't worry. Hikaru messed it up, but I've got your back. Who bid lower is the winner of the bidding and chooses color and will have the amount of time he bid. White has to win the game to win the Armageddon, while black only needs to draw to win. Here are the official rules: "If a game of Armageddon is to be played, each Player will, in secret, communicate to Tournament Officials a “bid”, meaning the amount of time such Player is willing to have choice of color. The maximum allowable bid is equal to the specified “base time” of the Armageddon game. The player with a lower bid will have the choice of color and begin the game with an amount of time equivalent to his/her bid. The other player will begin the game with the base time. If the bids are tied, those bids will be discarded, and players will submit another bid. No additional time will be added to either player’s clock during the game. The player that wins the game of Armageddon wins the set. If the game is drawn, the player with the black pieces will be considered the winner of the set."
Great to see Hikaru advancing even without wins and wish you all the best with your personal issue. And i loved your pronunciation of Giucco Piano, also saying pianissimo means very slow was fun for me. I don't speak Italian but I play plano and it's used as a musical term meaning very quiet or soft actually!
@@danielboone8256 I don't think so, although at this point it's unclear whether the mistranslation is intended or not. In this case it triggered me a bit too.
I love how he slips in those memes like el magneto and jumbo pony while still immaculately analysing the game and also explaining it in a way I can understand it
Pianissimo is used in music and means something should be played softly, quietly. It does not mean slow. There are other words for slow - Adagio for example. Pianissimo in the italian game is used for the not so sharp and aggressive variation of the game.
Actually "piano" or the superlative "pianissimo" can also be used to indicate a slow motion. For example, "andare piano" translates literally to "going slow".
How you manage to do these recaps so detailed and with such objectivity amazes me. Also interesting to see how the +ev factor plays a role when selecting openings and further plans. It's not easy to get into a "comfortable zone" against these top players, where your moves are a tad more natural than your opponent's, but Hikaru and Magnus consistently do this better than anyone else on the planet.
@ 2:58 , if the pawns get traded and the rooks are on the same file, can't black sac the bishop to win a pawn and a rook? say the pawns get traded there and the white rook is pinning the bishop to the black rook. the black bishop delivers a check on F2/winning a pawn, then white has to either move the king or take the bishop. either way, black wins the white rook.
u go girl, get him i love the idea that u r open to ur analysis and he is not hope our stockfish with nune the open source beats the leelazero tomorrow
14:50 actually when it comes to bidding in armagedon the winner plays the time he bid, so the one with 15 minutes is actually the loser of the bidding, but yeah
Onwards and upwards. Looking forward to your next awesome recap of your next match. Must be painful to slow things down to explain things to us mere mortals.
If it's legal it's fine. Always use the rules to your optimal advantage. If there's a problem with the rules then they need to be changed not the players using them.
The fact you never BS in your thumbnails makes you the best (chess) streamer. Thank you for never any clickbait BS, levy and botez need to take a cue from the BEST!! Best of luck Hicky!
This game was actually orchestrated in Madrid in 1998 via _wormhole_ to the future, so the annotations were prepared in Spain prior to the end of the last millennium. Notice how the first attempt of this game had to be aborted, because Wesley didn't _follow the script_ (and then they made up some lame excuse about a clock increment). Most chess games at the Grandmaster Level have already been rehearsed and prescribed and entered into a "secret database" in Copenhagen, over twenty years ago, and they're being "played out" by player/actors who know how to make it look as though it's "live." By revealing this, I'm taking a tremendous risk, but they'll just say it's a big conspiracy. And, it is! 🌈⭐ - j q t -
The Armageddon Auction should be Vickrey Style. That is, if Hikaru bids a lower time, he plays Black with Wesley's bid. Currently, both sides are incentivized to bid higher than their best bid. If a horsey becomes a pony, the high priest should become a giraffe.
lets goooooooooo GJ Hikaru, we got your back
grand jaster
Great Jokester
Grand juicer Hikaru
Grand jester
Gaster Jrand
Listening to Hikaru analyze chess is like listening to a professor lecture calculus to a toddler and succeeding.
LMAO!
Sometimes I feel like that other toddler looking around seeing if anyone else knows wtf is going on.
I was with u till the succeeding part 😅
I simply cant even keep going on with all the c4 b5 h2 f6 he throwing them like machine gun 😄😄
Match ended like 45min ago... now we get a 30min recap vid! Man's on fire!!
I really like your profile pic and name
Interesting pfp, where'd you get it
That pfp lol
Hardest working man in chess no question
No girlfriend lol
I love how open Hikaru is about the difficulty to find a move while playing Wesley. Wesley is very good on defense.
too bad Hikaru is better at defending haha
@@monkeymuncher2 it's very difficult to prove that in these time controls but they have a record against one another. The record means nothing because players evolve and Hikaru is much better today then he was even a year ago but Wesley leads 4 games to 1 with 17 draws. But seriously Wesley So is the best defender, he's up there with Petrosian as greatest ever to play the game. Defenders often get called boring because their play is drawish. Hopefully Hikaru will play some classical and get into candidates so he can prove he has grown and challenge for the WCC. I defiantly think he has a chance to win it all.
Nobody gives better insights to Hikaru games than Hikaru himself
Puzzling but true. 🤔
@@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836 only puzzling to unintelligent ppl bud
@@johnnyboy5073
You're clearly intelligent. Bet you're popular at parties, BUD. 😆
facts
As a piano player “pianissimo” means very quiet and soft-so kind of the same thing, but it doesn’t have anything to do with tempo-just dynamics. But it makes sense that “softly” still describes and illustrates the slow, creeping pace of that opening.
Yesss
I died a little listening to it but still very good explanation
as a classically trained guitar player, i cringed a little when he said it meant "Slow". haha, oh well
@@zachdelagarza1609 i am literally italian and it means " very slow"
@@IWKS1 no?
Hikaru really drew his way to a win. Love it😭
Everyone plays by the same rules.
They both bid in Armageddon and So could have taken less time and played for a draw. Hikaru and So are just well-matched.
Watching live, the Re6 move he shows at 7:22 was very impressive. That move simply undid the Re8 he had made on the prior move, which was a mistake. He took several minutes on Re6, with the commentators saying the computer liked Re6 but it's tough for a human on account of having to take your medicine and reverse your prior move. But eventually Hikaru made the best move, and then snapped off his next few moves pretty quickly which resulted in Jeffrey using a chunk of time and the clocks getting back to roughly equal.
"Finally, a worthy opponent."
our battle will be legendary!
Bros so fast he makes the videos while playing the games 😂
14:48 If anyone is confused about the Armageddon rules explanation, don't worry. Hikaru messed it up, but I've got your back. Who bid lower is the winner of the bidding and chooses color and will have the amount of time he bid. White has to win the game to win the Armageddon, while black only needs to draw to win.
Here are the official rules:
"If a game of Armageddon is to be played, each Player will, in secret, communicate to Tournament Officials a “bid”, meaning the amount of time such Player is willing to have choice of color. The maximum allowable bid is equal to the specified “base time” of the Armageddon game. The player with a lower bid will have the choice of color and begin the game with an amount of time equivalent to his/her bid. The other player will begin the game with the base time. If the bids are tied, those bids will be discarded, and players will submit another bid. No additional time will be added to either player’s clock during the game. The player that wins the game of Armageddon wins the set. If the game is drawn, the player with the black pieces will be considered the winner of the set."
Great to see Hikaru advancing even without wins and wish you all the best with your personal issue. And i loved your pronunciation of Giucco Piano, also saying pianissimo means very slow was fun for me. I don't speak Italian but I play plano and it's used as a musical term meaning very quiet or soft actually!
Personal issue?
@@danielboone8256 I don't think so, although at this point it's unclear whether the mistranslation is intended or not. In this case it triggered me a bit too.
In Italian piano can mean slow or soft, depending on the context
Wow this was phenomenal. Thanks for the breakdown. We need more GMs to share their thoughts. Would be great to hear Wesley’s POV as well
the absolute dedication this man has to post recaps as soon as possible is amazing, the way he explains thing as well is amazing
Several strong drawing weapons in that first game really well done Hikaru
I love how he slips in those memes like el magneto and jumbo pony while still immaculately analysing the game and also explaining it in a way I can understand it
LOVE IT MY GUY! WOW. CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE TWO GREATS TOMORROW!
Love you man. Your breakdown is legendary. Thanks for showing the thought and history behind the lines. Keep it up, best streamer ever
Wesley So is so hard to beat. He might not beat you, but you won't either. Unless you have an advantage.
these in depth video truly are amazing coming right from the horses mouth!!
Pianissimo is used in music and means something should be played softly, quietly. It does not mean slow. There are other words for slow - Adagio for example. Pianissimo in the italian game is used for the not so sharp and aggressive variation of the game.
Actually "piano" or the superlative "pianissimo" can also be used to indicate a slow motion. For example, "andare piano" translates literally to "going slow".
Have you ever looked at a real dictionary? Some words have dozens of meanings depending upon context.
Epic watching it live. Thanks for the recap.
Very well explained Hikaru, wish you the best of luck for tomorrows game!
How you manage to do these recaps so detailed and with such objectivity amazes me. Also interesting to see how the +ev factor plays a role when selecting openings and further plans. It's not easy to get into a "comfortable zone" against these top players, where your moves are a tad more natural than your opponent's, but Hikaru and Magnus consistently do this better than anyone else on the planet.
He said dezz knights nice
Best of luck playing Magnus. Rooting for you!
We're here to cheer for you Hikaruu. You'll win this
it's L Magneto Vs The H Bomb. let's goo ♥
Drawkamura makes his return 😱
It's called "strategy," Gump.
Smart people use it. 😁
Literally screamed out loud when I learned you advance to the finals to play magnus let’s go I can’t wait for tomorrow
💀
@@randomguy1280 funny huh well I caught a 5 pound bass in my pond how about that
congrats hikaru! hope you do well tomorrow, you are one of the main reasons i play everyday. A lot of my growth has come from watching you.
I like that you call your knights ponies, much better than the dull “horses”
6:27 "Deez Knights"
I love your content! Good luck in your match tomorrow! I'm rooting for ya!
26:53 "checkmate in uno" Grande Hikaru
Hikaru will win today .We all support you
Great win Hikaru! Magnus is next. You got this!!!
Hikaru’s pretty good for a guy that says pony.
@ 2:58 , if the pawns get traded and the rooks are on the same file, can't black sac the bishop to win a pawn and a rook? say the pawns get traded there and the white rook is pinning the bishop to the black rook. the black bishop delivers a check on F2/winning a pawn, then white has to either move the king or take the bishop. either way, black wins the white rook.
that was sweaty
Hikaru with a Levy stare to start the video, perfect
It was such a ridiculous miracle
u go girl, get him i love the idea that u r open to ur analysis and he is not
hope our stockfish with nune the open source beats the leelazero tomorrow
"Pianissimo" doesn't mean "slow" in Italian. It means "very quiet."
A “huge blunder” for top level chess mean in 10 moves the position is slightly worse but for me it’s hanging my queen…
You got this man, ur easly one of the best chess players.
Hikaru is the people’s champ
Big match up incoming!
I would like to see Hikaru play a gucci piano as well
Good luck tommorow !!!
14:50 actually when it comes to bidding in armagedon the winner plays the time he bid, so the one with 15 minutes is actually the loser of the bidding, but yeah
I wish I could speak with this many analogies
Hikaru will be the best coach in chess in the future , many years ppl around the world , will speak about his legacy
Wohoo congratulations and good luck tomorrow!! Will be watching for sure ❤
Onwards and upwards. Looking forward to your next awesome recap of your next match. Must be painful to slow things down to explain things to us mere mortals.
1:10 Ah yes, the Gucci Pianissimo
Good luck Hikaru , my sympathies for you and your family.
Best Chess content on youtube for sure! Thanks Hikaru
good luck tomorrow!
Bong cloud opening against Wesley pipes. I mean Wesley so
Chess look EASY waching You moving the pieces LOL?!!
I love how professionally he says "El magneto" 😂😂😂
Crazy tech difficulty in the middle had the MCs so confused lol
Good luck tomorrow! You and Magnus are already Goated. Just do your thing 🫡
I am magnus fan. But i never mind HIKARU WINNING. I am gonna enjoy.
And the best part is,we can have not 1 ,but 2 amazing matches between Carlsen and Drawmura
Yessss was waiting for this recap straight from the legend himself.
You can win tomorrow and prove that you are the goat
Welsey changing the opening in Armageddon was a very dirty move
If it's legal it's fine. Always use the rules to your optimal advantage. If there's a problem with the rules then they need to be changed not the players using them.
The fact you never BS in your thumbnails makes you the best (chess) streamer. Thank you for never any clickbait BS, levy and botez need to take a cue from the BEST!! Best of luck Hicky!
good luck tomorrow, should be a sweet match!
Great games today and i hope the games against Magnus will be in your favour!
GUCCI PIANO
lol good one
You got this beat Magnus!
Wow, great lighting! Looking good, Hikaru!
The way they did the Armageddon clocks was super shady
16:35
BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pianissimo is not a term for a tempo. it is a term for a loudness. means - very quiet or soft
6:27
"Deez knights"
Also like a second later: "knife"
Not montioning the ponys he said couple times
Hikaru is just a funny guy
So used to my eval bar dropping up and down like its doing push ups that it's strange to see so little movement in these games.
nice and solid approach! but I really hope that today you will get magnus out of his "comfort zone" and win the match! best of luck!
everytime he says "Deez nights" I get flashbacks🤣
Rooting for you man gl
This is what he meant when he leaked he was playing Magnus. This means that the tournament is staged.
Scripted -- the editor
Are you suggesting Wesley threw the match? Lol.
good luck will be rooting for you tomorrow
I'm so hyped for this. Let's goooooo
Well done! Go Hikaru!
Hikaru I love Magnus but you are my favorite chess player of all time
Hikarus streamer rating is unmatched !!!
Best wishes to you and your family, hope you get through whatever you are dealing with man and come out a stronger person. Good luck tomorrow!
What is he dealing with? What do you mean?
@@danielboone8256 i read his grandmother is passing.
@@javierg.249 Oh, that sucks
Does anyone else hear audio issues? It sounds like he's echoing, but it's his evil mirror dimension-robot brother.
Apoligies, but I am playing and doing recaps from a room full of boxes and a mattress. -HN
How does this guy make these videos so fast what
This game was actually orchestrated in Madrid in 1998 via _wormhole_ to the future, so the annotations were prepared in Spain prior to the end of the last millennium. Notice how the first attempt of this game had to be aborted, because Wesley didn't _follow the script_ (and then they made up some lame excuse about a clock increment). Most chess games at the Grandmaster Level have already been rehearsed and prescribed and entered into a "secret database" in Copenhagen, over twenty years ago, and they're being "played out" by player/actors who know how to make it look as though it's "live." By revealing this, I'm taking a tremendous risk, but they'll just say it's a big conspiracy. And, it is! 🌈⭐ - j q t -
The Armageddon Auction should be Vickrey Style. That is, if Hikaru bids a lower time, he plays Black with Wesley's bid. Currently, both sides are incentivized to bid higher than their best bid. If a horsey becomes a pony, the high priest should become a giraffe.
Bro things he’s Hikaru 😂
He's a beast!!!!
Good luck tomorrow. We're pulling for you.
had to check i wasnt on 1.5 x speed.. fast talking guy
Congrats on your win Hikaru!
Match tactics are so good.
I wholeheartedly believe you'll beat magnus tomorrow