Hikaru has proved that you don't need a queen in your life to be successful

@whothefoxcares

Жыл бұрын

pregnant Ken dolls are for losers.

@thewon554

Жыл бұрын

Do u have knights and bishops in your life?

@lillemy5062

Жыл бұрын

@@thewon554 Belugay is a majestic stallion

@bernardopicao267

Жыл бұрын

LGBT icon

@YOLO22272

Жыл бұрын

And that all you need is a king😏

Hikaru sacced a queen. "Opponent has a compromised pawn structure, so I should win the game." Lol.

@mohammedfathi3592

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I was legit scared when he said this at like move 4 after he sacced his queen against a damn titled player.

@andrefruth41

Жыл бұрын

and then he did.

14:44 - "I'm not actually that good" 🤣 Getting to nearly 2400 *without* a queen is pretty insane to me!

@paulgraf5746

Жыл бұрын

Well for someone who has reached 3300 these 2400s are like noobs if he had a queen, so for him it’s probably not that big of a deal 😂

@omniyambot9876

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@@paulgraf5746 lol. I can't comprehend the difference between them. I can't even reach 1800.. maybe that's like playing with 900s..

@nic12344

Жыл бұрын

Well, it's not really "without a queen". He exchanges it for a minor piece, which means it's more like he's playing without a rook...

@brandonovich6063

Жыл бұрын

@@nic12344 it's without a queen, if someone does that by accident, it's called losing your queen.

@nic12344

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@@brandonovich6063 No, it's called being down the exchange... But since it's made on purpose here, we can call it an exchange sacrifice, since he gains a positional advantage and a minor piece for his queen. It's still a loosing position, but it's far from simply hanging your queen and even further from playing without a queen as OP suggested.

I'm stuck in 1500 while this man cruises his pineapple shirt all the way to 2400 just amazing

@SilhSe

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and eating some mashed potatoes 😅

@kaydens6964

Жыл бұрын

Without a queen 😂

At the end of this series he should play a few games against Alexandra Botez to see if he can beat her actually with no Queen! Thanks Hiraku for so much daily content!

@juanchi_legend

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He absolutely can. He has beaten people like Levy with no queen and Levy is way better than Alex

@CCPlayz2k

Жыл бұрын

@@juanchi_legend when has he beaten levy without a queen?

@lokitac4748

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@@juanchi_legend He has not beaten Levy without a queen.

@h.g.762

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Hikaru said multiple times that levy would know how to trade down after the sac... but basically "people like levy" was right, since he won against dozens of IM's in this speedrun

@mahyu21

Жыл бұрын

@@juanchi_legend I saw that game once and hikaru lost to levi

Can we all appreciate that Hikaru could literally become a titled player queenless if he wanted?

@britrulog8234

Жыл бұрын

He wouldnt, on official time format would never happen

@maxkho00

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@@britrulog8234 I think CubeNite meant to imply 2400 online is titled-player strength, which I'd definitely like to believe, being close to that rating myself, but I literally know someone who is 2500 in blitz on chess сом but 1400 USCF, which is mindboggling, but just goes to show that online blitz chess and classical OTB chess aren't one and the same.

@masterxd9759

Жыл бұрын

In real games any 1600+ player will win

@connorskudlarek8598

Жыл бұрын

@@masterxd9759 these aren't exactly fake games... lol

@masterxd9759

Жыл бұрын

@@connorskudlarek8598 you get the point

This series is so full of masterpieces.

The fact that every intro to the same series has different pictures should not be taken for granted

Now you have to play Botez down a queen

@Anonymous-wv6zb

Жыл бұрын

We'll have a double Botez Gambit variation

@joshs7160

Жыл бұрын

he would still crush her, but I would watch it

@TheCinemaniak

Жыл бұрын

he would destroy both of them

Final boss must be Alexandra Botez

@Udit838

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit give this man an award

13:58 i love how a super gm sees a blunder and after that it's just so simple to convert, crazy

@maxkho00

Жыл бұрын

I mean, the guy just hung his queen lol. Doesn't take a superGM to spot a hanging queen.

@iiREYteoii

Жыл бұрын

@@maxkho00 i didn't mean spotting the blunder, it was obvious, i meant after that he just kinda premoved the whole end game

The final episode should be Hikaru without a queen vs Alexandra.

Man the thumbnail is actually legendary because that's Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker the moment he was about to lose his "queen". Great reference lol

Wait, i'm confused..... he has a 267 win to 25 losses....while sacking his queen every game?

@tomzeru

Жыл бұрын

Yes but at higher level he goes for strategical sacrifice against stronger pieces. But just like bong cloud speedrun proves that you don't need a good opening, this speedrun proves that you don't need a queen (when you played chess everyday for 15 years at high level)

@maxkho00

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but most of those wins were against lower-rated players.

@archangel6957

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention at earlier stages he sacrificed queen for pawn 😆 so

@maxkho00

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@Francisco Vicente Me? Yes, absolutely. I think I'd beat him up a queen for a piece in 3+0 blitz. But then again, I'm rated 2310, while Hikaru's queenless rating is 2400, so perhaps not. But still, I just can't imagine struggling to convert a position in which I'm up a whole queen for just a piece.

@maxkho00

Жыл бұрын

@Francisco Vicente Who were you talking to, then? I got notified so I responded. 2300 is barely a flex. We hang a piece every other game. But still, a piece isn't a queen, so I'm surprised that Hikaru would be statistically expected to win against me with queen for piece odds.

*Hikaru down a queen: "I think I'm doing ok here, can't complain"*

"Hmmm, a little bit dubious" -Hikaru down six pawns.

Hikaru: moves bishop to attack the queen opponent: moves the queen to a safe square chat: YoU MiSsEd FrEe QuEeN!!!

@infernalflamezz7480

Жыл бұрын

Yea thought that too for a second then realised it was pinned

I respect Hikaru for also showing us games he has lost.

Maybe the real queens are the friends that we failed to make along the way.

this thumbnail reference was a very awesome reference to the amazing spiderman 2

The Hog Rider card is unlocked from the Spell Valley (Arena 5). He is a very fast building-targeting, melee troop with moderately high hitpoints and damage. He appears just like his Clash of Clans counterpart; a man with brown eyebrows, a beard, a mohawk, and a golden body piercing in his left ear who is riding a hog. A Hog Rider card costs 4 Elixir to deploy. Strategy His fast move speed can boost forward mini tanks like an Ice Golem in a push. At the same time, he can also function as a tank for lower hitpoint troops such as Goblins as he still has a fair amount of health. Most cheap swarms complement the Hog Rider well, as they are nearly as fast as him and usually force more than one card out of the opponent's hand. The Hog Rider struggles with swarms, as they can damage him down and defeat him quickly while obstructing his path. Barbarians in particular can fully counter him without very strict timing on the defender's part, though be wary of spells. A Hunter can kill the Hog Rider in 2 hits if placed right on top of it. However, if you place something in front of the Hog Rider, the Hunter's splash will damage the Hog Rider and hit the card in front of it more. The Hog Rider in conjunction with the Freeze can surprise the opponent and allow the Hog Rider to deal much more damage than anticipated, especially if the opponent's go-to counter is a swarm, or swarms are their only effective counter to him. Skeletons and Bats will immediately be defeated by the spell, while Spear Goblins, Goblins, and Minions will be at low enough health to be defeated by a follow up Zap or Giant Snowball. However, this strategy isn't very effective against buildings as the Hog Rider will take a while to destroy the building, giving the opponent ample time to articulate another counter. Against non-swarm troops, it can deal a lot of damage during the freeze time, but this can allow the opponent to set up a massive counterpush. For this reason, players should either only go for a Hog Rider + Freeze when they have other units backing it up from a counterattack, or if the match is about to end and they need to deal as much damage as possible. It is not a good idea to send in a Hog Rider simply to destroy a building, especially if it is the only building targeting unit available, as defeating Crown Towers becomes substantially more difficult. Spells or simply waiting out the lifetime of the building are more effective. The exception to this is an Elixir Collector placed in front of the King's Tower. If a Hog Rider placed at the bridge, he can destroy the Collector for a positive Elixir trade, though the damage from both Princess Towers will usually mean he does not survive to deal any damage to them. However, if the opponent sends in defending troops, it can be an opportunity to gain spell damage value. In a deck with several low-cost cards, it might be worth it to simply send the Hog Rider against one building. These decks shuffle their card rotation quick enough, that they will arrive to their next Hog Rider before the next building arrives in the opponent's card rotation. Long-ranged troops like Musketeer and Flying Machine can snipe those buildings, preserving some of the Hog Rider's health, possibly allowing it to get some Tower damage. When there are buildings placed in the middle to counter the Hog Rider, understanding the placement of the Hog Rider and the type of building placed can help the Hog Rider to bypass certain buildings. Passive buildings such as spawners and Elixir Collector have a larger hitbox than defensive buildings; which means that if a passive building was placed 3 tiles away from the river in the middle of the opponent's side, then it is impossible for the Hog Rider to bypass that placement as the Hog Rider will get pulled to that building. Defensive buildings have a smaller hitbox than a passive building, which means if that if a defensive building was placed three tiles away from the river in the middle of the opponent's side, a Hog Rider placed at the very left or right side of the Arena may be able to bypass it due to its smaller hitbox. If the player has a building already placed down in the center of the arena, and the opponent tries to bypass it with a Hog Rider at the edge of the arena, they can use certain air troops to push the Hog Rider towards the building as it jumps over the river, effectively denying the bypass attempt. They must be already hovering over the correct placement, as very quick reflexes are required to correctly perform this technique. For Bats, Skeleton Dragons, and Minion Horde, they should be placed right in front of the Hog Rider as soon as it is deployed. For Minions, Skeleton Barrel, Mega Minion, Flying Machine, Electro Dragon, Baby Dragon, Inferno Dragon, Balloon, and Lava Hound, stagger the above placement one tile to the right if the Hog Rider is placed on the left side of the arena, and vice versa. They can also use ground troops to achieve the same result. Something like an Ice Golem deployed at the Hog Rider’s landing spot will obstruct his path and force him to go around the unit, which causes him to be closer to the building instead of the Crown Tower. The Hog Rider can kite Very Fast non-building targeting troops due to his own Very Fast speed and building only targeting if he is placed on the fourth tile from the bridge, slightly into the opposite lane. He can also stall grounded units when placed right at the bridge. He will pull them towards him while deploying, and then be untargetable by them when he jumps over the bridge. After landing, he will pull them back. This can be useful when the player needs to deal damage in the same lane they are defending. It will also help separate troops behind a tank in a large push. A Tornado placed on the second tile front of the player's King's Tower and staggered two tiles towards the Princess Tower will activate it without any damage dealt to the Princess Tower, helping them in defending future pushes. This can also be a method of mitigating all damage dealt to a Princess Tower, but doing this more than three times may result in the King's Tower's health being low enough to be targeted directly, opening up the possible threat of a back door three crown. A better alternative is to pull the Hog away from the Princess Tower into the attacking range of all three Crown Towers, which will negate all damage as long as none of them are already distracted A very powerful combo is the Hog Rider, the Musketeer, and the Valkyrie, typically referred to as the Trifecta. The Musketeer will defend against most troops, while the Valkyrie can protect her and the Hog Rider from swarms or high damage units. The Hog Rider is used to deal damage to the tower. This can be effectively countered by Lightning, one-shotting the Musketeer and severely damaging both the Valkyrie and Hog Rider. The Minion Horde is also effective, but the enemy can Zap them and the Musketeer will one-shot them all. Even if the Musketeer is defeated, the Hog Rider and Valkyrie will have enough time to severely damage the Tower. The Hog Rider should be placed behind the Valkyrie to give it a boost so that it stays in front of the Hog Rider, protecting it. A Hog Rider combined with a Goblin Barrel can be awkward for the opponent to defend against. Timing it so that the Hog Rider is tanking the tower shots for the Goblins is the most effective way to deal damage. However, a Barbarian Barrel can shut this down with minimal Tower damage for a positive Elixir trade, as long as the Goblin Barrel was placed directly on the Tower. Pairing the Hog Rider with the Balloon can deal devastating damage. If executed properly, the Hog Rider will act as a tank while the Balloon threatens to deal massive damage. The Hog Rider can also destroy any buildings attempting to slow down the combo. However, this combo is very vulnerable to swarms and anti-air cards as neither of the troops target anything but buildings. Additionally, they are easy to separate, due to the disparity in move speeds. Alternatively, the Hog Rider and the Balloon can be played in different lanes to spread the opponent's defenses thin. However, a building or Tornado can bring them back together for an easier defense. The Hog Rider can be paired with the Lumberjack as both a swarm bait and damage combo. It is a very fast combo with an extremely high damage output potential, so the enemy will likely try to counter it with a swarm. If this happens, use a spell like Arrows to render the opponent defenseless. If they manage to defeat the Lumberjack, the dropped Rage will make the Hog Rider even more dangerous than it normally is. A fast and deadly combination is the Hog Rider and Mini P.E.K.K.A. combo. Both units are fast but the Mini P.E.K.K.A. does much more damage and does not attack only buildings so the Mini P.E.K.K.A. can deal with troops like the Executioner and Musketeer. However, this combo can be defeated with swarms like Skeleton Army, which will defeat both of them since neither of them can deal area damage. They are also unable to target air troops, so the Minion Horde can stop this easily. A risky play is to deploy the Hog Rider at the bridge as soon as the match starts. If the opponent does not react fast enough, the Hog Rider will deal a significant amount of damage to the Princess Tower. This can also allow the player to quickly scout the opponent's deck if they happen to react to him fast enough.

@royal_rojo3722

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What did I just read

@angelhopeyt

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@@royal_rojo3722 Thankful to have you as a crewmate… but do you want to add a letter and become screwmates instead? Hey, are you one of my tasks? Because I really want to do you. Hey, are you a vent? Because I’m the imposter and I’d love to come in you. I have a lot of tasks to complete still, but I’d love to do you first. Hey, call me the MedBay… because I’d love to scan your body. Figuring out the imposter is hard…. but I’ve got something harder. I’m jealous of your hat… Because it gets to be on you. Hey are you busy later? Because I’d love to explore your lower engine. Hey, you’re done your tasks right? Wanna come explore my cockpit then? If you’re the imposter, I’d love to be the vent… That way you can come inside me whenever you want. Damn, I wish you were a task… Because I’d have no problem doing you and over and over. Hey did you just kill me? Because I’ve got a big bone sticking out now…

@ChepFrosty

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please get out of my head i quit three years ago

@njardhakstad158

Жыл бұрын

Hog rider is no skill

@maxkho00

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@@royal_rojo3722 You just read all of that? Impressive.

I fckng love your thumbnails - always funny and fits imo perfect hehehe

Didn't he miss the rook on A8 in like the first 3 min during the knight trades

Hikaru great content as ever. Who knows how many casual Chess players or even totally non-Chess players Hikaru has brought into the game? It's great

Excellent video, would have never thought Hikaru is actually a mortal

17:34 that was hilarious

2:34 for those who think why didn't he took the rook that's cuz a fianchettoed bishop is better than gaining +2 material postionally.

@nathangrabias8045

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Its cuz if he takes the rook hes already down too much material so its just trading into a losing endgame since hes already down because he lost queen.

@Neonb88

Жыл бұрын

He still should have taken it

Can already tell off the intro this is about to be a “very” funny video

I just loved the game more than anything in the world with outstanding commentry yourself amazing..

Thanks for sharing your amazing content!

Lovely, Hikaru. Loved this!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That shoulder shrug when Hikaru said he is "not" that good... Lol

Someone probably already said this but Hikaru has the best video intros on youtube.

Never thought I would hear Hikaru say “2467 can I beat him”

this title is ruthless haha

2:23 hikaru missed free rook

@aftabmansuri9387

Жыл бұрын

its not a free rook, your down a queen if u keep exchanging and make the game simpler you'll lose.

The intro and the shirt are straight from the 90's

What song is playing in the background? It sounds pretty damn good

thanks for uploading yay.

Hikarus way to say to Alex, “ you are muh queen”

At 15:06, anything wrong if white goes Qc6? Will the Queen be trapped?

*Dear editorial staff:* This video is before the 50th episode in the playlist not after!

jajajaj " NO BUENO ,NO BUENO" NICE GM

15:06 did hikaru just miss qc6 lol

Pineapple shirt and beard is Hikaru's final form.

full of masterpieces

"I'm not actually that good, but it's what it is. " - Chess Grandmaster Hikaru

so whats the song at 5:48 please tell me i need that groove in my life

Over 3000 gm worried bout game vs 2400 lol

Standing ovation.

Hikaru being higher rated than me when playing without a queen makes me want to quit chess

2:24 why no BxA8 ? Did I miss something? Or bad position?

Man I wish I was this good at chess

14:32 beautiful time

4:10 why we didn't eat queen

The ultimate way to reach master has been revealed. give up your queen asap!!! I just can't get it to work though

Did anybody realize his opponent blundered a rook and he didn’t see it

@gojomakesedits

Жыл бұрын

I mean.. I saw that but did Hikaru really miss that? I don't think a man like him can actually just "not see" a hanging rook. It was not a free rook that rook would've cost him a bishop, i.e it's giving a bishop for a useless rook so maybe he didn't take it on purpose.

@jackhanma6553

Жыл бұрын

he did see it buddy,if he gives the rook for the bishop his opponent is going to be completely winning and he wants to keep as many pieces on the board as possible. dont think its that likely for a 2700 to miss a hanging rook

Still can't find myself a queen tho☹️

@Joontis

Жыл бұрын

Stay strong king 👑

Can someone explain why he didn't take the queen 4:15 with the bishop I guess its some kind of trap "oh no my queen" but i just don't see it

@mafw5572

Жыл бұрын

wasnt his turn

@SirMisterMister

Жыл бұрын

Yeah okay im stupid

@SirMisterMister

Жыл бұрын

But thx anyways

A great master 🔥

Wait, did Hikaru make a blunder at 15:06? After his move Na6, white can play Qc6. Or I'm missing something?

@MilesIsReal

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was a mistake; keep in mind how little time both of em had while playing though.

no time vs no moves

"paid actors!" Hahaha, very funny!

he probably doesnt need a queen in the candidates

I'll never be 2400 with four queens.

Oh no, my Queen!

2:24 did hikaru miss bishop takes rook! ?! ?! ?

@TheGhost-sv8pu

Жыл бұрын

no, he didn't take it because he was at a material disadvantage and capturing the rook would only simplify the position, plus his bishop is too good to capture the rook

At 2:23 why doesn't he play Bb8 there. Rating is only 1000 so sorry if I missed something completely clear about this but the only reason I can think of is he valued that bishop more then the opponents castle and if that is the case what value of the bishop or lack of value of the castle made him come to that conclusion.

@gojomakesedits

Жыл бұрын

Pretty impressive you noticed that as a thousand and you are right. So there is this rule that *you should not trade if you are down points/piece. However unless you are Alphazero you should always take the rook. No matter how *active* the bishop is or no matter how *inactive* their rook is. But at this point Hikaru was not just down a piece. He was down a whole queen. In this case trading bishops for rooks becomes more complicated. To further top it off Hikaru had an extremely active bishop staring down the diagonal whereas the rook was undeveloped at the corner of the board. Basically your priority should be coordinating all your pieces and put pressure on the king, trade as little as possible and wait for them to make a mistake. That same bishop actually took the queen later.

why didnt he take the rook with the bishop after dxnc4

Tough games

This is why I sub

5:41 2300 FM didn't see Rxf1??

Amazing!!

Even the pineapple shirt sacced the pineapples in the process. 😂 Mad respect for this insane speedrun!

love the intro

Just ammazing

CHESS DADDY

15:02 somebody pls explain to me. why he didnt play qeen c6?

@aaaaaa-rr8xm

Жыл бұрын

queen might be trapped after

Now Hikaru vs Alexandra Botez, and he has to sac. To see who is really better

3000 run on London

I bet he got some pieces for it. So not really a queen sacrifice.

what the fuk is he listening in headset?

2:23 why no take rook

Why hikaru didn't take the rook at 2:35

hold on a second are you trying to tell me that a super GM / peak 2 in the World, is better than some 2000 player ?

2:24 please explain why he doesn’t take

@gojomakesedits

Жыл бұрын

When you are down points you don't wanna trade. Hikaru was down a queen and so trading is the last thing he would want to do, he would want to coordinate his pieces to give a mate instead of Sacrificing his extremely active bishop for an inactive rook. (The only time he traded was because he needed space in order to give an attack)

2:24 is bishop take rook bad?

@gojomakesedits

Жыл бұрын

When you are down points you don't wanna trade. Hikaru was down a queen and so trading is the last thing he would want to do, he would want to coordinate his pieces to give a mate instead of Sacrificing his extremely active bishop for an inactive rook. (The only time he traded was because he needed space in order to give an attack) That bishop also later won him the queen

@inperfect_

Жыл бұрын

@@gojomakesedits Ooooo

5:35 Can anyone tell me why he didn’t take the queen

@gojomakesedits

Жыл бұрын

Bishop was pinned to the king

Nice respectful title

KZread un-subbing me again!? Resubbed and angry with KZread.

can someone tell me why he didnt take the rook with the bishop at 2:25?

@A99Diaz

Жыл бұрын

In that position bishop is white’s best and most active piece whereas the rook is dead in the corner doing nothing. I guess they have similar value there so trading would be “simplification”

don't that satanic sign!

Stop ending the vids on losses bro:D

Hikaru: Sacrifices his queen every game for a gambit for content. Also Hikaru: I'm losing here cmon bro

yeah, no shite

Why does every video on this channel have such an egomaniacal title

Is this true I?don't believe it let me check

Maybe but shes better looking

No bueno :D

paid actors ! lol😝