Typical Botez Gambit Speedrun "Lets sac" "I need to clog the center" "I have terrible pawn structure" "This guy knows what he is doing" "I blundered, I am gonna lose the game" "I'm gonna need to move fast" "BUT NOW HE ALLOWS ME TO DO THIS" "Now I have 2 horseys and 2 bishops and 2 rooks for the queen" "I gonna win the game"

@Nedoponimanie

2 жыл бұрын

You missed "i'm so bad at chess"

@afgnshha

2 жыл бұрын

“Crap he found the move..” “I’m up on time at least gotta keep moving fast”

@leonsunu1209

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nedoponimanie true😂😂

@charlespanache7047

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine a Hikaru action figure with 10 top phrases

it's gonna be like removing a weighted vest when hikaru can use his queen again

@juannunez4436

2 жыл бұрын

Hikaru Lee

@theyruinedyoutubeagain

2 жыл бұрын

DBZ

@maggietang4536

2 жыл бұрын

Stop limiting free speech. I talk one trash talk and gets muted.

@dark_magician_sdy

2 жыл бұрын

Stop letting me blunder I'm trying to get to 1000 in rapid

@Bruh-bk6yo

2 жыл бұрын

STOP FUCKING GIVING ME INDIAN PLAYERS AS MY OPPONENTS.

i hope this series never ends

@MrJoosebawkz

2 жыл бұрын

at ep 49 my guess is that this is the second to last episode 😔

@plostyle786

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm I guess I was foolish to think it would end here.

@DonutOfNinja

2 жыл бұрын

He will beat magnus in the championships with a botez gambit

@Goatz99

2 жыл бұрын

Na your trah

@coreyscolaro288

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedrizzle6 always gotta get the guy to state the obvious. We get it u watch the streams man

*Premature Saculation is the best terminology to come out of the botez gambit Speedrun*

@arturjr.8580

2 жыл бұрын

Sadge

Above all odds, he still finds a way to win. Damn this is epic

this is the best series on KZread

@llSlackingOffll

2 жыл бұрын

Gothamchess guess the elo is a close contender

@mihongling4689

Жыл бұрын

Not the best in utube best in chess yt

Will this series end with a match with a real Botez?

@cardmaster2563

2 жыл бұрын

loll

@mountains_beaches98

2 жыл бұрын

that would be fun to watch

love these videos! as a 1035 rated person, I am truly humbled

@vardhan254

2 жыл бұрын

as a 600 rated player i agree

@LilChi423

2 жыл бұрын

Really puts it all in perspective lol

@angelg740

2 жыл бұрын

Noov

@ahmadmatter5612

2 жыл бұрын

Even as a 1700 blitz I am amazed! Even an IM will be amazed

@michaelnorman4

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahmadmatter5612 shut up

Unfortunate for a common super GM to get matched with these monster IM‘s

I always look forward to this series :D

Me: "He's going to do it, he's going to do it, HE'S GOING TO DO IT!!!" *10 minutes later* Me: "DANG IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

This is by far the best chess series I have ever seen, it’s actually so helpful watching how hikaru uses tactics to win back so much material against such high level players. Amazing series Hikaru, keep the content rolling!

Hikaru with his queen would be like rock lee without weights

props to hikaru for not saccing for that rook in game 2. If I were in his shoes - one game away from my goal after 19 hours against an IM - you couldnt pay me to bring the queen back and sac for that bishop instead. Big Dick Energy making it harder on yourself in that position

@lucmermans37

2 жыл бұрын

It's not a matter of making it harder for himself. It would actually be harder if he took the rook

@han-huo

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucmermans37 How? I'm 800, I wouldn't know

@UltimateEarthElement

2 жыл бұрын

@@han-huo he’s 🧢

@RayAtchley

2 жыл бұрын

The positional value of the Bishop was much higher, taking the Bishop was better for him

@naphackDT

2 жыл бұрын

@@han-huo here is my limited chess knowledge: Trading for an active bishop at least gives some tempo compensation. Trading for an inactive rook in the corner leaves the active bishop in play while also putting the Queen on a strong diagonal. Usually, the reason for killing an undeveloped rook in the corner would be that you then proceed to trade material and transition into a winning endgame with a material advantage. But Hikaru wants to trade his queen. Material is irrelevant once you are down a queen, everything is about tempo and position.

Next episode can't come any sooner. Thrilling installment of the series - don't want it to end.

The best thumbnails on youtube:

The only thing sus here is the quality of the thumbnails and intros. I mean how can the editor deliver such a high quality time after time without being some kind of impostor?! I am asking as a mere crew member. 😂

The intro music is so cool, and Hikaru is the best player in the world playing Bootez gambit

Great content as always, Hikaru is the GOAT

I don’t understand how a man can just remember a game from like years ago from a set up it’s so interesting

@peterahdy7354

2 жыл бұрын

Memory

These guys resign games that I would be convinced im winning lol

Calling a knight "knife" got me every time

I’m not sure Hikaru’s editor isn’t the greatest editor of all time

I think above 2000 your Botez gambit can be traded for a rook. Especially on the game he lost against the IM were it was right there for the taking.

Imagine all the top GMs of the world playing a game of Among us that would be top tier content

I wish we had only 30 episodes with like 35 min. Videos xD

14:10 wait the german show Dark? i love that show

Whats the song that starts at 17 min.? Feel like I’ve heard it somewhere and I love the melody :) Pls let me know know :)

Keep teasing us with not getting the record. That at least means there are more videos coming.

Can’t sleep on them IMs man. Those guys are assiduous

Botez speedrun in a nutshell - Hikaru sacs - 2000 Opponent plays normally, the position is not good - 2000 elo Opponent makes a blunder that NO 600 player makes when I play the game - Hikaru wins

Seriously ever thumbnail is a work of art.

so Hikaru planned this series of 50 episodes

Hikaru when it’s the last game at least try until the end.. hope for a mouseslip 😂

@quill444

2 жыл бұрын

I kind of enjoy these _Thelma & Louise_ endings. - j q t -

This guy making a queen sacrifice like a good thing🤣🤣🤣🤣

@samuelcarley7245

2 жыл бұрын

He's a streamer... People love it, and that's good for him. It's a meta-chess move.

give hikaru back his queen, and watch all these guys crumble.

@YSFmemories

2 жыл бұрын

then he would have an extra bishop over the other guy XD

@infinitytoinfinitysquaredb7836

2 жыл бұрын

You'd lose the drama. The large majority crumble even with the queen.

This serie should be called: "the hippo speedrun"

@Tsundemo

2 жыл бұрын

nah

@nomecognome1221

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tsundemo you understand why ? It is the opening hikaru makes all matches

@Tsundemo

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomecognome1221 sure but he's also sacking his queen every game which is the whole point of the speedrun. botez gambit hence the name botez gambit speedrun which makes more sense than just calling it "the hippo" btw he wasn't playing the hippo in the early games for the most part he played normal openings and sacked his queen for a pawn. But you probably haven't seen the whole series so you wouldn't know

@nomecognome1221

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tsundemo i saw them ....of course it is better the boetz speedrun...it was only a funny comment about the opening he used very often on this speedrun

@Tsundemo

2 жыл бұрын

@@nomecognome1221 nah

"It's better than playing some monster IM". Hmm, what is Hikaru, then?

It's so entertaining to read chat, when Russian or Ukrainian players play against Hikaru, lol.

There should be open mic after the kill… as in warzone

That game was important for me too

missed opportunity to call the video Maidenless chess is sus

That's a cool addidas shirt.

So freaking close

Saludos desde Venezuela

Tricks only finale???

Crazy to me that he never just takes the rook

Great content Hikaru! I think you can grind to 2400.

@shadowfax3505

2 жыл бұрын

This series was live streamed and ended a few months ago

@cooldes4593

2 жыл бұрын

@@shadowfax3505 did he reach 2371?

@shadowfax3505

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he did. I was watching it live, but I had to leave before he ever got there

@Noname-ur1vu

2 жыл бұрын

Oh ok. I find it interesting he did it over a single day. Is this so people don't get hip to this challenge?

@shadowfax3505

2 жыл бұрын

@@Noname-ur1vu He actually did the entire speedrun over the course of a few weeks. The last few episodes that have been posted on here he did on one day

Sus

Did Alexandra ever talk about Hikaru botez run

…. Night C2? That fork? I feel like there’s something I’m not seeing

2:10 why dont the knight go c2 and fork the rock and queen?

I think you resigned early last game you had chances I believe lol im 1050 rapid dont listen to me haha...

17:30 what's wrong with f4? Feels like the queen is trapped

@alanhuang3005

2 жыл бұрын

Rxg2 or Nxh3 look very strong for black

Oh I’m kinda early :D looking forward to watching this

HIKARU IS LITERALLY THE BEST CHESS PLAYER EVER IN THE WHOLE WORLD HISTORY!! QUEENLESS!!

@hypercubemaster2729

2 жыл бұрын

He's literally not. Just because no other GM has done this yet does not mean they can't. Hikaru is a streamer and he does this for entertainment: that's it. Don't get me wrong: Hikaru is insanely skilled, but Magnus Carlsen has the highest rating in all of chess history for a reason.

i love you hikaru

@APerson-14

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

It's pretty sus.

Bro... You can't even get a shitty chair with wheels and arm rests for less than $100 unless you bolt casters to a lawn chair!

2:09 Is Nc2 not a fork? What am I missing

@raphaelbajet7583

2 жыл бұрын

@@outsmiter4894 thanks, didn't see that

I feel like u should have more viewers tbh... U get wayy less than I thought u would on yt

I don't know man, kinda sus

6:28 mit huv won thut gam f hed tacn the rooc nstd.

the among us thumbnail 😭😭😭

@georgeinvuctum6327

2 жыл бұрын

Haven’t you heard? It’s in again!!

@ivel17

2 жыл бұрын

Amogus 😳

NC2?! 2:08

@naphackDT

2 жыл бұрын

... NC2 RxD7 NxE3 RxE3 Easily winning endgame for white.

@brunolara2293

2 жыл бұрын

@@naphackDT no, use your brain and you will see why it does not work

@naphackDT

2 жыл бұрын

@@brunolara2293 It goes exactly as I laid it out. Black traded the queen for a bishop. So if white trades their queen for a knight and a rook, white will be up a rook for the endgame.

Almost there:)

Hi bro Hikaru :)

spoiler: Hikaru gives up his woman to make a new woman

Is the speedrun only to shame the Botez sisters ??

@tobyonatabe2601

2 жыл бұрын

It’s mostly for the memes, but it could be seen as mockery, although I hope it isn’t as it wasn’t meant to be like that.

@ignacysap6507

2 жыл бұрын

@@tobyonatabe2601 my comment wasn’t that serious but ok

@tobyonatabe2601

2 жыл бұрын

@@ignacysap6507 lol

@tobyonatabe2601

2 жыл бұрын

@@ignacysap6507 was in that kinda mood

@ignacysap6507

2 жыл бұрын

@@tobyonatabe2601 whatever

wapanahuman

Actually starting doing better knowing good players can lose to people with no queen

@onnoquinten2944

2 жыл бұрын

Humility is a big part of chess. There are always better moves, you just have to find them

amogus

Early u posted 6 minutes ago

I hate chess

@Tsundemo

2 жыл бұрын

yeah..

first onee!!

@APerson-14

2 жыл бұрын

No

Hey I’m first

@APerson-14

2 жыл бұрын

No

First

@APerson-14

2 жыл бұрын

Ur life is litterally typing first oml no one cares type something else bro

@georgeinvuctum6327

2 жыл бұрын

@@APerson-14 Bro ur the one going around telling people what to do maybe you should type something else

hikaru pls stop playing bad moves

Im gay but no one will find out thanks to these comments

Lichess study for Part 49: study/3sNDujTN