Alternate title: Hikaru teaches the London to 450K people

@jameslutian1977

2 жыл бұрын

Wish he had more. By far the best chess content on youtube.

@enockmuco5659

2 жыл бұрын

518k now

@unwisebobcat624

2 жыл бұрын

Your forgetting all of the people who r watching it live too on top of the KZread views

@rupertpupkin4349

2 жыл бұрын

and now the 400 elo are as strong as 800

@eduardomota3068

Жыл бұрын

@@jameslutian1977 hanging pawns are excelent for teorical study

as a beginner who plays london this is like free coaching

@leomoelter7663

4 жыл бұрын

DukeTedder You can also - if you get a bit better, watch Eric Rosen he is a really good London System player and always explains his plans and ideas in his streams

@ohyeahsubscribetomaximilia5694

4 жыл бұрын

London System boring trash

@unnamedchannel2202

4 жыл бұрын

It is free coaching! Not only free but great fun too.

@mycrushisachicken

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if you had a real opening

@xvnbm

4 жыл бұрын

Actually you don't even have to be a beginner to learn stuff from this. Especially, if you have not been studying openings, but just played chess.

I just find it remarkable how one of the top players in the world is not only dedicating an hour and a half of his time to teach a novice chess, but he's also displaying that content to us completely for free. Surreal times.

@ilovekog

3 жыл бұрын

The fact that she is famous is maybe a good reason for him to teach her but i really am not sure

@RahulSingh-zo7sm

3 жыл бұрын

He is probably getting paid for it. I don't see a problem here

@TrainLechoo

3 жыл бұрын

Publicity is as good as money sometimes. Like doing a little extra for someone using your side hustle and turning down extra money for a facebook post

@chrisfowler2388

3 жыл бұрын

That sweet monetization pays him

@JCW86

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest, she's probably more generally well known than Hikaru is. Hikaru has seemingly tried to transition into more mainstream streaming with joining TSM, various collaborations with well known gaming/just talking streamers, etc. It only helps him and gets his name out there with viewers that weren't previously interested in chess.

Hikaru's patience on letting his student think for themselves gets my respect

Hikaru teaching her the London before she knows what a checkmate is.

@30noir

2 жыл бұрын

I know, right? I feel like the London system is a bit advanced when she's worried about checkmate in 4.

Her: "I beat Hikaru!!" Him: "Not quite..." *Resets board*

@kieran1990able

4 жыл бұрын

LOL salty Hikaru, couldn't get the comedy of her!!!

@HiFisch94

4 жыл бұрын

@@kieran1990able I'm not sure if he didn't just mock her back

@trashboat5270

4 жыл бұрын

The pride of GMs

@Belnick6666

4 жыл бұрын

u forgot time stamp

@peanut8269

4 жыл бұрын

@@Belnick6666 34:28

"NOOOO YOU CAN'T PLAY A SYSTEM THAT WORKS EVERYTIME" "Hahaha pawn hat goes brrrrrrrrr"

@arsonfly252

4 жыл бұрын

Except it doesn't work every time lol

@ohyeahsubscribetomaximilia5694

4 жыл бұрын

RowRowFightThePowaa I would love to see an old Benoni defense in the tournament against a London System player.

@legoman2m98

4 жыл бұрын

I would like but at 69 likes

@zaaxi7424

4 жыл бұрын

@@legoman2m98 nice

@zaaxi7424

4 жыл бұрын

@@arsonfly252most players at my level don't know anti-London openings, so it's easy to get in a London System position, that's what Hikaru has just shown us...

As a medium ranked player, I am so impressed by Hikaru as a teacher. Such patience and kindness by someone who could be studying disgusting engine lines instead.

@bluebox2395

3 жыл бұрын

What's disgusting engine lines means? Does that mean playing against bot and studying it?

@Bobo-yw4ph

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluebox2395 usually at the highest level they start evaluting every position recognizing patterns of positions that had already been solved by a bot. For example in many position there is a "best" Move found just by knowing what will happen after it in like 2-3 moves, even tho the move itself looks dumb

Nobody: Fuslie: "Rook bros" Hikaru: "I'm sorry what?"

@hanshansen1990

4 жыл бұрын

For sure she heard that on agadmators Channel. Bros for life

@Onei11

3 жыл бұрын

Bangbros 😂

@AJvsEverything

3 жыл бұрын

Was she trying to refer to keeping the opposing rooks on the same rank, or her own rooks on the same file?...

@raining1975

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny Cliche , yeah she didn’t quite get what he was saying. Hikaru was talking about the semi open file and she was talking about being taught to keep your rooks connected (battery, piggies on the 7th etc). I think the problem with some of these rules is not giving specific examples to when to break those rules bc there are many situations to go against the rule of thumb in chess.

Man this is crazy. There used to be no one streaming chess now everyone seems to be doing it lol. Always thought the reason was no one would give anyone the time of day unless they were titled. Love it

@HaroldSchmarold

4 жыл бұрын

@Mathew You bring in money

@NOU-iw3gb

4 жыл бұрын

*doing You have dong on your mind which means you're gay from now on. Live with that.

@axxentgaming8435

4 жыл бұрын

@ensayofr coz it's how they make a living

@heroricspiritfreinen38

4 жыл бұрын

@Mathew and they make money by making views...

@unnamedchannel2202

4 жыл бұрын

Look at it this way: Chess is fun!

THE AMOUNT OF PATIENCE THIS MAN HAS IS BEYOND MY CAPABILITY

@rojavida

2 жыл бұрын

I move to make Hikaru a saint because he has that much patience!

@kevinfetters3647

Жыл бұрын

It’s all fake for views.

it makes me smile that he immediately starts calling it "the hat" so good at relating to his student. awesome

Better coach her on the jerome gambit

@-_Nuke_-

4 жыл бұрын

FOR JEROME!

@wyl5774

4 жыл бұрын

Jerome is the answer

@razzogaming8861

4 жыл бұрын

That's what Jerome would of wanted

@vagga2u14

4 жыл бұрын

Jerome Gambit is the best!

@Puntoriza94

4 жыл бұрын

In Jerome we trust

She's a really good student. Not only a pretty good memory but also making a real effort to understand some of the reasons. Not surprised she performed so well in her first match. Awesome job

@mouadhaloui8114

4 жыл бұрын

can you please give me the link to her match?

@yamikagevg7841

4 жыл бұрын

@@GEM4stasame

@heroricspiritfreinen38

4 жыл бұрын

Link to the match please

@sebicroitoru2615

4 жыл бұрын

@@heroricspiritfreinen38 Can't get the link but if you go to the official Chess channel on twitch you can watch the VOD of Pogchamps day 1

@rakrul

4 жыл бұрын

@@mouadhaloui8114 kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4WixcZ8Y6adpag.html

This video is a free lesson on London Opening Emphasis on the word “free” Thanks Hikaru

@shroomsopenminds3623

2 жыл бұрын

He's getting paid. Just cause it was free to you doesn't mean it's free. He wouldn't be doing it for free trust me lol dude isn't gonna sit hear all day out of the kindness of his heart. Not to mention how hard is it to turn on a camera and stream? You deserve shit loads of money or praise for that? Wow the bar is low

@ambotsakandingnganaaybangs8836

2 жыл бұрын

@@shroomsopenminds3623 and how hard is it to help people? So does it also not deserve a praise? The sentence "How hard is it to turn the camera on and start streaming" is such a boomer mindset. Grow up, this is 21st century, the world is advancing.

@shroomsopenminds3623

2 жыл бұрын

@@ambotsakandingnganaaybangs8836 you call screwing a sex robot with VR goggles on "advancing" I call it a digital hell hole.

@benboothroyd1523

3 ай бұрын

@@shroomsopenminds3623 being able to access something for free, and doing something for free, are two different things. Yes Hikaru is getting paid. But you're accessing this for free, yes? Meaning it's content offered for free. It's irrelevant the financial gain Hikaru gets from it. The point is that lessons from Grandmasters would typically be behind a paywall, or simply inaccessible. Hikaru offers this for free, instead of instituting a paywall.

This is actually very good. I've always wanted to learn the London, and imagine how much Hikaru would charge for a private session:)

@zaaxi7424

4 жыл бұрын

not for newbs like you

19:37 Great teaching moment by Hikaru! Recognizing that you "made a mistake" by trying to teach something to difficult and changing to a better line which suits the student more is excellent!

these newbie chess lesson is good for me too to learn new openings

Eric Rosen approves.

@maxkho00

4 жыл бұрын

@sperare D'ah!

@maxkho00

4 жыл бұрын

@Stavros Michalovits Eric is a great teacher. In my opinion he is much better than Hikaru in that regard.

@tobjord

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxkho00 Agree, Eric Rosen and/or Simon Williams are better Teachers. No hate Hikaru!

@paulmorphy6314

4 жыл бұрын

Gata Kamsky approves

@evlx1240

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no my queen!

I love how Hikaru is trying not to laugh at some moves and the "checkmates" such a great guy

1:06:30 Hikaru's face when she said "Oh my God I'm playing the wrong color" lmaoo

The mic to picture delay was so weird to look experience

I’m guessing the 15th edition of How to Reassess Your Chess will feature The Hat, The Wooden Shield, The Fancy Horse Twizzle, The Spinning JPG, The GalacticTok, The Paul Charles Morphintime and The En PassanChop. :)

@Hakspo

4 жыл бұрын

dont forget the ice skater back rank and fettuccine bishop

@glennbaday8665

4 жыл бұрын

and the fossil

@slartibartfastm9714

4 жыл бұрын

And the rooks bros

@alexmanganas4900

4 жыл бұрын

Or the Jerome Gambit

@calvinclark3416

4 жыл бұрын

Bong cloud...

33:23 What's funny is that she actually pulls this mate setup on erobb in the tournament the next day.

@coleabrahams9331

4 жыл бұрын

Uhhhhhh😵😵😵😵Why did you spoil it!!????????? Why????????? Why!??😫😫😫😫

@CestosChannelByElite

4 жыл бұрын

Cole Abrahams 😔

@arciks11

3 жыл бұрын

Oh neat now I want to watch that after finishing this vid

33:28 hahahaha the way he took back that move says it all 😂😂

Hikaru's patience is godlike.

@earrapestudios9066

3 жыл бұрын

because he literally doesn’t care

I've been playing London System for 3 YEARS but this is the first time I learned how to properly attack with this opening! You are such an amazing teacher Hikaru Sempai! unlike my coach in high school (-.-)

@agustinkarpoff

4 жыл бұрын

Magnus Carlsen Jr. Come on Magnus, you have to know this

Thanks for this! I learned a lot from this free coaching! You're patience in teaching a novice player is very commendable. Please put out more videos like this, as well as a playlist for them. Please, please, please!!! Oh, and you rock!

That didn't feel like an hour and a half. Damn time does fly when your having fun.

Omg Hikaru you are such a great teacher. You have so much patience. Loved how you give her the chance to work her moves and think it through

A lesson for beginners but I learned London system as an intermediate. Thanks.

@avi123

4 жыл бұрын

Thx for telling me the name.

@53n47

3 жыл бұрын

same

That's amazing, I really feel like I understand the attacking ideas behind the London system so clearly and I love how he shows all the different nuances with different move orders from black. I'd love to see similar videos with all the main openings.

It's very nice Hikaru is teaching her an opening he would play himself in tournaments as well!

@jaxx3277

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@nischay4760

4 жыл бұрын

kinda silly to start with openings imo

@jaxx3277

4 жыл бұрын

GEM4sta you’re killing the joke

@charliek7600

4 жыл бұрын

Nischay but if you do, do the London system

@pokemonrampagemake

4 жыл бұрын

Nischay it’s a decent idea to give new players 3-4 openings and to force them to stick to them, just so they can focus on the rest of the game

Hikaru the fact that you took the time to make this patiently and for the education of the public just reinforces that you are a GM who truly cares for chess rather than the trappings of success like asking for large compensation before playing in the TATA January 2022 Tournament. Well done.

Hiraku!!! You're starting to grow on me dude. This is the kind of video I've been searching for.. Also you have great patience you're a natural teacher. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge this helps grow the game and mine. Bravo 👏! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

This was so wholesome and educational, cant believe i actually watched finished the entire thing

I love learning from these, I have no idea how to play chess properly and still find these so fun to watch. Thanks for the awesome content and staying active in the community :)

Have been playing London for the last one month... and concepts explained here are way better than a lot of chess channels!! Amazing... thanks GM Hikaru!!

Thank you Gm Hikaru just learned a new opening variations so grateful 🙏.

The one thing every coach wants to here: I’m going to practice this a lot haha

Fuslie is a wholesome person. I hope that she continues improving and advances to the next stage 🤗🤗🤗

“Yeah thanks for the game, that was fun, you lost” xD

Very well explained! Thank so much Hikaru! Have struggled with London opening when opponent goes off the beaten track. This video teaches you the principles and modifications needed (for beginners) to continue to develop and adapt to the variations thrown at you by the opponent in the London opening. It is really remarkable the amount of time that a super GM takes to teach not just one person but a whole community. International chess needs you, I will be rooting for you at the candidates 22 tournament Hiraku. All the best!!

Man these Videos are Super Valueable man, its step by step and lettin u think on ur own a little. Its a literal lesson for all of us, such good material to actually learn from. I just absorb sooo much from every Video i watch. Thanks Hikaru! And to me his way of Teaching just clicks for me very well, he breaks down chess in a way that you can take and apply it to your own game pretty effectively, so i thank you for that with these videos man.

@1:13:57 wonder what his chat said that he's reacting to.

@vrmaroli

3 жыл бұрын

We need to know 🦄 check the streams on Twitch

For the average chess guy these are just so useful to hear a GM giving his rationale for the various moves. Bravo to the Hikmonster !

This is one of the most wholesome and cool initiatives ever :)

I love it when she yells checkmate

This is the best content on youtube. period. one of the best chess players to ever live giving free lessons and making them available to all of us....incredible

pulled off a checkmate with this lesson, actually impressive

incredible video. first video that really helped to understand what the purpose of an opening really was. im probably at about the same skill level as fuslie was in the video, and this helped tremendously.

It is so funny looking at this part 34:33 after Erob vs Fuslie match , when Hikaru taught her the exact way to checkmate the opponent and she executed that plan flawlessly :)

13:49 Hikaru must assert that he is INDEED a hip Twitch emoticoner

Thanks so much Hikaru. I learned loads from this! :)

I started playing the london some days ago and I learned a lot from this video, they complement each other perfectly for a didactic presentation of the subject including mnemonic clues not to be underestimated.

This is amazing... I learn soooo much! Thanks guys for this awesome stream!

22:35 Respect to Hikaru that he stays so calm at this moment.

"I heard you said it would be a clown fiesta" Hikaru: *Deflection intensifies*

im still in awe how good this worked out for her...

Im just soaking this video up, I love her approach to the game, and how fast she picks it up. I don't even know what to say except I really enjoy watching her learn cause i learn so much as well.

Hikaru: discards early queenside against london Me: "let's play the London and see if I've improved" my opponent in the first game: "let's castle queenside"

@salmarwow

4 жыл бұрын

He castled in London queenside as black? Well, I never play London as white, but I'd definitely play it if black castle queenside :)

@Nabium

4 жыл бұрын

@@salmarwow same

This is the first time I learned anything about chess from Hikaru's channel haha. Never seen anything that went into detail like this before.

i improved a lot after watching this! i used to only play e4 with white now i play d4. looking forward to your coaching with Fuslie but with black this time!!

This was great. I think I just learned the London. Thanks, Hikaru. And congratulations on your big win against erobb, Fuslie!

Quite generally, getting a knight to the e5 square offers nice active play. If they want to eliminate it, you will recapture with a pawn on e5. This is a great clue that you can attack the h7 pawn with bishop and queen, as the e5 pawn prevents a knight on f6 defending the king. This is sort of known as the Pilsburry attack. Hikaru is just offering a Masterclass here

@zaaxi7424

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I didn't know it had a name, now I can study it, is this position common after non-London System openings?

@NOU-iw3gb

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

08:30 that was the advice that won her the game haha

@TheReddaredevil223

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure all of his advice won her the game.

@YudinhoBR

4 жыл бұрын

Actually is in the 33:00

This was great coaching! Thank you!

This I so great getting n explanation for the reasons to make certain moves! Thank you so much for the video!

Never knew Hikaru is such an amazing teacher. Putting up question every now and then and giving a simpiflied explanation of the motive of each move.

Just finished this. I'm gonna go outside right now asking random people for a high-stakes chess match.

I love how she said really and she talking to one of the best chess players

This is very helpful for a 1000 -1200 player learning the London. Just the repetition and understanding the basic strategy is very helpful. Fundamentals are always good to go back to. Thank you.

Pawn hat. New 5head opening in chess.

13:43 Hikaru learning something new everyday :D

@zachfitz6329

4 жыл бұрын

I think he referenced the wooden shield

just started playing chess again after 15 years & this 2 year old video is HUGE help. thank you so much!!

@gatormcklusky5850

Жыл бұрын

looking a little harder at this i do have a problem. Im a 700 player & every person i play against try's mate in 4 moves which is a royal pain always having to defend.

Excellent lesson. Lots of concepts are covered and everything is grounded in solid reasoning.

Her reactions when she makes the right move is so cute.

33:56 -- And here is where it becomes clear why Hikaru laughed so hard when Fuslie won her first game in the tournament. (i.e. with the exact same checkmate, which her opponent never saw coming!)

Love her way of remembering stuff.

I just love 1:07:00, where she's just missing that she's able to take with the pawn. It's one of the main struggles I had while getting better: to be to focused on the immediate relevant or strong pieces instead of just making room or preparing stuff

1:01:29 - Best moment of the entire video. "Checkmate!" "No." I remember playing for the first time and thinking this should win. :-D

Knight on B3: day112, ive completely aclimated to the other side of the board, the pawns have accepted me and no longer see me as hostile, I feel at home here.

i love how very patient hikaru is

Nice of Hikaru to share some time with a beginner. I usually play for c5 with a double fianchetto with black. The London's a tough nut to crack but affords black some time plus you can foresee the set up.

34:35 he goes full sweaty mode and puts her in her place at the of chess

59:26 Hikaru's patience is insane 💀

I think this is the most important chess channel on the internet right now and GM Hikaru is the best teacher a beginner could ask for.

Full marks for Nakamura! Excellent explanations and extreme patience teaching a newbie. Even though I am an advanced player, Nakamura has given me a better understanding of the London system.

Fuslie is so positive and happy =D and Hikaru is pro teacher!

1:02:20 ah yes, the well known lobster pincer checkmate

You're a very patient coach! Very nice beginners lesson.

This was actually a really good lesson for me :)

I'm by no means expert but, casteling so early with london opening have cost me dearly on quite many occasions. I prefer to delay it to see what my opponent is planning. If they challenge my dark square bishop from the get go i prefer to back it up and open the rook file. To me it seems most flexible. Then again, i'm playing scrubs mostly as im one of them.

Wow, I'm not a Hikaru's fan, but I'm really impressed by his pedagogical capacity. I understand now why his online importance is gowing up so fast.

@sahilbhatia3025

4 жыл бұрын

Peda- what?

@musical_lolu4811

4 жыл бұрын

It's a word dude. Or are you just woosh-fishing?

@bettinggetter

4 жыл бұрын

Thesaurus abuser WeirdChamp

@maxkho00

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I'm a Hikaru fan, but he isn't that great at explaining ideas in an accessible way. Most of the time, he either says something too complicated or confusing for the learner or just states rules as facts without explanation. He also oftentimes fails to use opportunities to explain important ideas which would really help his students - I think that's because he is struggling to recognise his students' strengths and weaknesses. To give you an example, when Fuslie was tasked with checkmating the opponent, both of the times she managed to get into the right position, but she couldn't finish it off because she attacked with her bishop instead of the queen. A better teacher would have realised that her thought process regarding checkmate prospects was slightly off and pointed out that, if you want to checkmate your opponent, you almost always want to attack with your most powerful piece(s), usually using the weaker pieces to support them. Another example would be when Fuslie asked whether doubled pawns were bad after taking on g3: a better teacher would have recognised that the intuition behind the question was right and tried to bolster this intuition. For example, they would explain that, indeed, doubled pawns are disadvantageous but that, in that particular situation, the advantage of having an open file for the rook was greater than the disadvantage posed by doubling the pawns, and perhaps further that, since a rook is worth 5 and a pawn is worth 1, positional advantages for rooks are usually more important than those for pawns. Instead, Hikaru completely destroyed the intuition, and now Fuslie will think that doubled pawns are fine. I could go on with these examples, like when Fuslie tried to defend her bishop (which is in general an excellent defensive) idea instead of going for checkmate or when Hikaru told her to always capture with the e-pawn but didn't explain that this was to create a future open file for her rook on the kingside, from where it would have more opportunities to attack the king. But I think you already get the point. I really like him as a steamer and a chess player, but as a teacher his ability isn't particularly impressive, imo.

@cthai721

4 жыл бұрын

@@maxkho00 Yup, he steams everyday.

Just watched the actual game... so rad! Great job you two!

omg , the patience of this god truly is divine...

Chess historian 100 years from now: "And from that moment on, this opening was known as 'Fuslie's Hat.'"

@kevinkruger1329

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes the fuslie's hat opening. What a great opening for white, but will black respond with the fuslie upside down defence. Been a great game so far, white is trying to trick black with the fuslie gambit, but black has declined in the remarkable offensive defence the throbbing moist play. Don't mind me, I'm just really board.

1:01:30 had be dying of laughter😂😂 the face Hikaru would make and how she said “checkmate” with such confidence 😭 great video tho I learned A LOT

Thanks this is super helpful!

I dont watch twitch so I didn't know who fusile is but she is a gem in this video. Her mind works fast. And she is a doer. When she starts the first few moves after the first learning sequence, she responds with "yes I can" and such stuff. Like resilient thinking instead of defeatist mode. Quite refreshing and it shows a maturity and responsibility. Amazing video!