Some people would have said dome, some might have said bunker, others might even have said bubble, but Levy was always a special child so he went with “reverse bathtub”
Grischuk is a god of bullet whilst seemingly being the worst player to play bullet "Oh wow grischuk with white already spent 45 second whilst his opponent only spends 10" 1-0
Grischuk is the anime character who dodges his opponent atacks with unimpressed face during the whole battle and only in end uleahes his full potential. I wait his game with Hikaru so much
Levy: "All of this has been seen before" Me, who doesn't remember any openings and only watches chess through Levy and Hikaru: Oh yes, of course, I think I remember this one 🧐
I think if a player withdraws from the Candidates he is replaced by the highest rated player by elo (which would be Ding). So Hikaru could do it if he qualifies
Hikaru didn’t promise anything, he said he might, you never know and gain a million social credits. But he said it’s probably not possible and still 50/50
Levyboy, I'm a huge fan of yours but Hikaru didn't promise anything of the like. Someone in the chat came up with the idea and he said: that's a funny idea, you know what, if I do win the Grand Prix I might consider giving up my spot for Ding. Then he also mentioned that FIDE probably wouldn't allow it anyways
“Parents are supposed to love their children equally, sometimes I’m not so sure?” Do you need to tell us something Levy? You can talk to us, this is a safe place. XD
Most recent high-level Pirc I found was Yu Yangyi - Magnus Carlsen at the St Louis Rapid in 2019. Most recent classical game was Evgeny Tomashevsky - Teimour Radjabov, coincidentally also in the Grand Prix (Palma de Mallorca 2017). There might have been others I missed though.
Dude i'm hooked on your recaps, you make chess so fun for me, and your "lingo" is understandable and relateable, and its reallt helping me get my friends into chess when i'm teaching them
I love how everyone was saying hikarus is "washed", is afraid to play classical and can only play bullet onstream and how they cant wait till he plays a tournament and gets smashed and hikaru just shows up and shuts them down with such a statement of a game. i remember how chat went crazy when he found that bishop f6 tactic
Assuming he does win, and i do think he is far from a favorite given the other competition (especially Levon in this tourny), it would be a great gesture for him to do. We all know Ding deserves a seat at the candidates
Rofl omg the exact thing that Hikaru seemingly said about offering Ding the spot is what I dreamed I would do if I was a super GM and won the Grand Prix a few days ago^^
@@AmericazGotTalentYT but nowadays Hikaru focuses more on short duration formats than classical. Also he has come to accept that he cannot beat Magnus in classical format for WC. Ding on the other hand is in his prime and doing extremely good in classical chess. Hikaru here is definitely choosing chess over himself which I've great respect for.
19:41 it might not be the last time two 2700s played a Piertz defense but Kramnik played one in the last round of the 2013 candidates against Ivanchuk.
19:35 Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura, 2018 Gibraltar Chess Festival 1/2 Tomashevsky vs Radjabov, 2017 Grand Prix 1-0 Jon Ludvig Hammer vs Anish Giri, 2015 Norway Chess 1/2 Vasif Durarbayli vs Gata Kamsky, 2014 Europen Club Cup 1-0 obviously, we all remember Ivanchuy vs Kramnik, 2013 Candidates 1-0 Duda, Wang Hao, Matlakov, Vitiugov, Ponomariov, Caruana, Carlsen, Nepo played it against 24-2500s note: I searched those games in the quiet line only, there are more games in the f4 line
I like these Nimzo Indian lines where you first look at your white-squared bishop and think its boxed in by its own pawns, and then you play the game and its the black light-squared bishop that looks stupid on its long diagonal and can't do anything, because your pawns control the center and the whole board.
0:40 Is there a real reason he doesnt have an interest in playing in the Candidates? I mean it's a chance to face and potentially become the World Champion!
I can almost guarantee the organizers wouldn't allow Hikaru to give away his spot to a specific player. They'll be as stupid as they've always been and give it to someone else.
I'm glad Hikaru won, even though I don't like him, I didn't like that when he got a chance to play in a big chess tournament people said he was undeserving, the man is a great chess player.
Hikaru and Rapport are my faves this round. Such a creative and interesting game. Props to Sasha too by playing my fave opening for black, surviving such a difficult position while low in time is insane.
"Doesn't have an interest in playing in the Candidates'" = "I'd get owned, and would rather beat up on chess noobs and gloat about it on YT." Big man is a big man. Although I'd love to see Magnus owning the noob if Hickaru made to the WC (lol)
