Normal chess teachers: The kings indian defence generally consists of a fianchetto and d4. Hikaru: I believe it was the October of 1998...

@caralho5237

2 жыл бұрын

Hikaru having blitz flashbacks

@achillesheel12

2 жыл бұрын

Insane memory

@joshbrownlow4821

2 жыл бұрын

Man’s a audio book with a face

@Kortogan

2 жыл бұрын

Hikaru: "I'm gonna say, somewhere around October 25th, 1998" ...me struggling to remember what happened last week.

@sankethtricksforyou0077

2 жыл бұрын

This comment have 686 likes so my comment goes to all of them I want to ask is anyone know why this opening have indian word in its name I hope someone know please reply me

sorry Hikaru the kings indian is refuted by 3000 elo chess engines so i’m not going to play it in my 800 elo games

@georgedan6270

2 жыл бұрын

It's a classic opening

@asam239

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgedan6270 sarcasm*

@alistercaddy1208

2 жыл бұрын

There's something special about a joke that really works well but only for a tiny demographic of people. I loled.

@PashutHerenstein

Жыл бұрын

😂

@Skyscraper21

Жыл бұрын

Wait what? Kings Indian is too weak for ELO 3000? I might need another one then

Thank you so much Mr Nakamura I am now much more prepared to go up against someone playing the fianchetto kings Indian in 1997 or 1998 than I would have been other wise

@davidsandrock7826

2 жыл бұрын

In case of accidental time travel, we are all much more prepared.

@kobil316SH

Жыл бұрын

Good luck

@Gol_D_Rog3r

Жыл бұрын

Just because I read this I'm gonna play the fianchetto today

@juniorking5978

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@@davidsandrock7826 t

Hey hikaru I just wanted to say thanks because yesterday the rating list (for New Rated players) was Published... It showed That I got a Rating of 1400 (I KNOW That It Isn't A Lot, But It means so Much to me) All Thanks To Your Videos... It's Lessons Like This That helped me Improve My Chess..

@robertr7923

2 жыл бұрын

For instructive videos i highly recommend watching Daniel naroditskys videos

@dhushy63

2 жыл бұрын

Keep going

@greenman9123

2 жыл бұрын

Ghey

@nilsuwewinkler2974

2 жыл бұрын

1400 is Perfect, keep going !

@ayapotato7429

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats!

I remember when Hikaru won with Black using the King's Indian vs Magnus in a must win game.

@Puiinguinn

2 жыл бұрын

Same with Boris that was one of my favorite games, my man sacrificed his queen 6 times (I think it was 6)

@mattdiehl1706

2 жыл бұрын

No you don’t

@905LilO

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattdiehl1706 Thanks Matt, very cool!

@jestfullgremblim8002

Жыл бұрын

@@905LilO hahaha that was awesome

@jestfullgremblim8002

Жыл бұрын

@@mattdiehl1706 Dementia is not a joke, Matt.

Please make more lessons like this

Hikaru played Kings Indian a lot in SCC this year and won.

@tenshi1333

2 жыл бұрын

He also played the Covid Gambit, but lost. Edit : Reading your comment, you would mean last year technically because he got disqualified from the SCC in 2021 before 2022.

@tommydashed4205

2 жыл бұрын

@@tenshi1333 Hikaru was dq'd from the CSL not the SCC. He just won the SCC a couple weeks ago for the 4th time in a row.

@alternateimmaster2213

2 жыл бұрын

@@tenshi1333 no lol, he won the Speed Chess Championship - what are you on about? 23-8 against Wesley So in the final.

@victorgtx5397

Жыл бұрын

@@tommydashed4205 and now he won the SCC for the 5th time in a row.

This is great seeing more vids like this would be really nice

Prep back in the day: "if our opponent plays this move, we can trade here and win a pawn, otherwise we'll have to play this move" Prep now: "the computer says to sack the queen for optimal piece activity"

More videos like these!! Thank you Grand Master Hikaru

I’ve been looking for one of these for weeks now thanks so much!

Thank you pls keep this series coming. I was struggling against fianchetto variation was very helpfull. Much love

@AlxM96

2 жыл бұрын

Fianchetto* but I agree, these videos are awesome and I hope they keep coming

Hikaru, please make more Kings Indian vids, I actually watched Teimoir Radjabov games playing Kings Indian, he's definitely very good but after seeing most of your game plays on Kings Indian, I wanted your lessons soooo much more coz of the way you played, it was just brilliant

HOW?! How does he remember the exact sequence of moves from some random game in Trinidad and Tobago (!!) 20 years ago?!

@Ashutoshkrrai-gk9cr

2 жыл бұрын

Thats the reason why these guys are at the very top level from a long time...that's simply due to tremendous concentration and freakin good memory!!

@lavenderlilacs

2 жыл бұрын

hey that's my homeland!

@tengu8560

2 жыл бұрын

Bc he looked the game before showing it to the stream 🧠

@FlockOfYahweh

2 жыл бұрын

How?? You give up sex with opposite gender

@echelon1014

Жыл бұрын

@@FlockOfYahweh so wheres the disadvantage at

I have been trying to understand this opening. Thank you for this

Congratulations Hikaru my favorite player became blitz no1 .

In 1998 Hikaru was competing at 10 years old. WILD

I love you Hikaru. Checkmate covid with kings indian. ❤love from india 🙂❤

I was 8 months old, that day. Now I am learning that defence!!

love this hikaru

Love from India..❤️

Good video as always

Could you do a video like how to play against certain openings? Like more beginner tutorial, say in this opening with both kings castles short we would usually go for this, in that opening for that… you know what I mean? Just what are the strengths and weaknesses of some common openings and would the game strategies be. I would enjoy anything from 5 minutes to one hour, I’m just curious how u see these. Hm?

@oom_boudewijns6920

2 жыл бұрын

Look up Jozarov's chess channel. He has a big kings indian theory playlist. Also some other openings

@tomasfedor6863

2 жыл бұрын

@@oom_boudewijns6920 thanks for the tip, havent seen those. Anyway, I just wanted to see Hikaru’s point of view and explanation specifically.

I love Hikaru doing videos like this, he should do some more

That beginning was kinda XD but thanks! I love play against king’s Indian but maybe I’ll try play kings Indian.

Hikaru remembers the date time location and round from ‘98. Smh. Impressive

Me watching this 3 days before a tournament : So... I'll just use Wayward Queen

Me: "Did I eat breakfast this morning?!" Grandpa Hikaru: "The year was 1998. It was a beautiful Tuesday evening, as I prepared for the 413th tournament in my career..."

Hi Hikaru, I just started learning chess and bought GingerGM's book on Black Lion. Do you think this is worth learning or should I focus on other things? I'm currently finishing up Bobby Fisher Teaches Chess, 1st section of Silmans Endgame book, and the Tao of Chess

"basic preparation" lol...

Hikaru the GOAT of KINGS INDIAN

Why does Hikaru always look like he just finished swallowing or eating or something😂

It's pronounced "2 bay go" but glad you visited!!! 💫🤟🙌🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

I can confirm that game in 1998 was against me.

guys can you explain what is the point to trade black bishop vs white knight at 01:51 ?

Hey I am so happy since I got 1100 Elo points in lichess by playing only kings Indian as black and I played for a month!!

@abhinandanbanerjee5471

2 жыл бұрын

Good going bhai

@supMgaKaJobless

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats

@veni1

2 жыл бұрын

at that level openings don't matter you just need to not hang too many pieces and take the pieces that the opponent is hanging

@riikyramirez6547

2 жыл бұрын

@@veni1 I mean I'm that level and sometimes that's true but setting up my openings allows for easier play

@missachin5054

2 жыл бұрын

Where did you learn theory ?

very helpful

Hikaru: let’s look at this line that your 600 elo opponents will never play so this is really all irrelevant

Black bishop at f5 would be a great move ig

1997, wasn't Hikaru like 10 years old back then?😂

Me: How do you play the KID? Levy: So let's say you're using the London system...

If Chucky was talking he would come up with at least dozen of games and positions from the top of his head instantly. Naka is very vague and brief compared to what you get from Chucky.

I want to go back to the 90's lol. Good video :)

Hikarus memory is indescribable

This one time at band camp

hikaru can i request on how you face against the Italian game as black. cause i always lose when i am black and face against the Italian opening.

can you do a speedrun king's Indian

breakdown of Boris v hikaru

i play better and see more moves after watching the speedruns and the matrix bullet vids... but these lessons never really do it for me... im mostly focused on how he can remember specific moves in specific game all the way back to the 90s... that always throws me off

Hey Hikaru .. hope you're feeling better

Hunk Punk

You are fast nakamuru !!

The kings indian of 1998

Damn nice. + Hikaru talks so fast lol

Too fast 😂😂

"back in the old days" when my sneakers were new

The main thing I’ve learned here is that chess has given Hikaru a lot of opportunities to travel.

35-40 more watches and I’ll have this down.

Next Caro Kann please!!

Hello GM Hikaru. I am a big supporter and I am so excited you are going to be fighting it out in the Candidates Tournament. My constructive criticism is that you go through the lines way too fast and skip over some of the transitions. This makes your absolutely amazing teaching difficult to study.

Si a Good teacher

I like these videos

watching at half speed, to keep up

im 14 elo, the Sicilian gambet defense mechanism is a better opening than kindian king defense

Your a genius and i cant wait for you to win the singfield cup again

Bruh i cant see the pieces because of the subtitles

Nice video

Yoooo trinidad and tobago lezzzz gooooooo 💙

YOU ARE A G I LOVE U VIDS

Hi from Trinidad and TobAgo 😄

2:13 Isn't a pawn hanging on b7?

@darkcloud12345678900

2 жыл бұрын

it goes into a even line where white loses a pawn for a queen trade, so its not really a hanging pawn. since after Qb7, kb6,

Hikaru is probably the most dangerous player with the King's Indian

@TheFlagMaster.

2 жыл бұрын

Someone has never heard of Kasparov....

@mouadalr6924

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlagMaster. Someone doesn't know that Kasparov f*cking retired lol

I can't.. xD

Hey Hikaru, howzit? Feelin recovered? Congrats on a performance and the rating thing ;) Anyway not sure in which hotel u got stuck, but if u able to walk around, there are few music jam sessions close in the city center. Maybe keen to join (i guess blues vibe)? Drinks on us!

More more more

Love frm india 🇮🇳

And he lost a lot of games, does that mean its a bad opening ?

@ethanl.1699

2 жыл бұрын

No, Kings Indian is a reputable opening. Openings are only meant to create playable positions, and from the end of the opening is the middle game where anything can happen, such as blunders and mistakes which could lose the game or go into an endgame where the same could happen.

Wait, so there is such a thing as a non-fianchetto King's Indian?

@Zeldasouls

2 жыл бұрын

He’s referring to the fianchetto variation that white chose to go into with g3.

Hey hikaru you should change the title of "How Hikaru Play King's Indian Defense"

Hello, thanks for the tutorial, maybe you could do other slow (more slover :))tutoril with black... For example I like the speed of teaching pokimane. For me it is very helpful I believe that it can help more people. THX for ur content:)

Volume is too low.

its more pirc defense

@ivandunnachie1612

2 жыл бұрын

Pirc is against E4

What chess app allows what his doing with the chessboard (with the arrows, red squares)?

@tin5048

Жыл бұрын

@@mossjohnson thank you

POG!!!

I tried the king indian defense against my mom , it didn't work hikaru why?

is he still in Poland?

Nice

Hikaru is a cutie

No one likes French defense. No one does tutorials😞

You just weak ma boi 😂

Back in the old days - Hikaru Nakamura Chess has been around for centuries.

@azicker93

2 жыл бұрын

Engines haven't been tho

Dude slow down. We're not SGM 3500 ELO chess supercomputers. lol

Who can better explain Kings Indian defence than the best modern opening player in the world.

Me: lost the track and started day dreaming at about the middle Hikaru: so there you guys go Me: wakes up... so uhm do I watch it again or do I pretend I get it...

@dionel1388

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😭😭

Theory and Computers ruin the experience of Chess. The whole idea of Chess is the struggle between minds, but when memorization of move orders, theory and computers come into play, the art, the inspiration of the struggle is gone, and becomes inhuman.

@Raziel2404

2 жыл бұрын

@ShoryukenPunch Trust me, I can see why he gave up on Chess, with the pattern recognition, memorization, etc. But the greatest struggle in Chess is seen through taking what one has learnt and pitching your skills and creativity against someone else of equal stature, in terms of Chess. And, no, I am not. I am way younger than him.

@adamthacker8009

2 жыл бұрын

@@Raziel2404 he was joking its irrelevant that you're younger 😂 he died a while ago

@lucasluka4909

2 жыл бұрын

Before computer there were books. Memorization was always a part of the game.

@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443

Жыл бұрын

Gms playing bongcloud

Le Quang Liem 🚩🚩🚩viet nam

How are you??

Can't he speed this up a bit?

❤

I’m just saying that I’d like more of these lessons I’d you can them Hikaru