Levy Confronts Hikaru About GM Title 

You should make a video titled: “I interviewed GothamChess” in which you talk to a prerecorded version of yourself and act as if nothing is wrong

Bro sacrificed Magnus

easily becoming the 🐐 of chess interviews

Hikaru premoved levy's new sense of confidence

“I’m pretty confident one of the kids I played against will be playing in a world championship match.” Hikaru premoved Gukesh’s win.

Hikaru is right - by playing online he has given a huge amount of joy back to the community even if 99.9% of the players lost within 2 min. There is no other sport where this happens. Losing to Hikaru is a dream for many of us!

The next day: I INTERVIEWED KRAMNIK

Can't wait to see Hikaru premove his punches in the ring

hikaru: i'm very proud of you levy: poker face

Interviewing Hikaru after confronting him last time is a nice change of pace ;)

It's great that their wives are tolerant of being in an open marriage.

Levy in shorts:😱🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 Levy in videos: ☺️🙂

I can't believe he interviewed Gothamchess.

Hikaru premoving his words

*SPOILER ALERT* haha 00:02 Discussing Hikaru Nakamura's insights on becoming a grandmaster 01:59 Adapting to modern chess playing strategies 05:30 Discussion on playing under different identities and its impact on performance 07:16 Online vs Offline Chess: Biases in player performance. 10:32 Online chess playing has raised the overall level of players significantly 12:09 Chess world has changed a lot post-pandemic 15:26 Streaming brought chess to a bigger audience and reignited my passion for the game. 16:59 Hikaru discusses sponsorship and motivation 20:10 Hikaru expresses confusion and surprise at accusations of cheating by KIC 21:32 Hikaru felt he played much worse than usual due to shock. 24:22 Discussion on cheating accusations in chess 25:55 Discusses the unrealistic aspect of automated cheating in chess tournaments. 28:38 Discussion on hobbies and interests beyond chess 30:12 Discussion on personal upbringing influencing success in streaming 33:13 Importance of social media for upcoming chess players 34:56 Importance of nurturing next generation chess players 38:09 Balancing chess focus with building personal profile 39:37 Recognizability and downsides of fame 42:32 Discussion about the etiquette and potential risks of chess boxing. 44:00 Hikaru discusses the potential of chess boxing and the challenges of finding a balanced match.

So Hikar.. GMHikaru: Premoves 10000 word answer.

Hikaru makes an interesting point about the fact that online chess allows people to more easily play a lot of games against high rated players. Do yall think that this might be affecting older players ability to improve/maintain their edge? Because there are a lot of players who have exceeded expectations for their age, Hikaru included in that statement, also thinking of Vishy. A lot of people say that you can't really get super good at an older age because younger players have a higher cognition and more time, but maybe just raw access to high level play was a large limiting factor?

It's really nice to see the two of you creating content together again hope we see some more videos like the sub battles blindfold (blast from the past)or whatever. Hope we see more of the two of you!

Thanks Levy, Hikaru. You guys got me back into chess. The first time I've played regularly since middle school. I'm hooked.

Kramnik: It's not an accusation, it's a special insinuation operation 😉

You've actually dropped a tonne of great interviews in a very short time! Looking forward to this one

Hikaru never fails to interview Levy again

I can't believe that Gotham still didn't interviewed Nikaru Hakamura

Hikaru is such a good interviewee - very well spoken and interesting inputs

Hikaru have been so chill in this tournament. Really feel good to see him in this way.

I really enjoyed this conversation between the two kings of chess content creation. Please more of that kind!

Im a fan from fes morocco, just letting you know you have a huge fanbase here, we appreciate the content and would love to have you visit our city someday.

Bro got motivated by hikaru to become GM

levy, just watched your if your stuck at chess clik here vid form 3yrs back, just mentioning it helped alot, and thx for the amazing content, keep up the good work!

Levy, you're really good at interviewing. You press for answers in a cool way and ask good questions. Well done! Hikaru always seems pretty open and willing to share information.

The wide shot is getting Gothams invisible friend. 😂😅

I feel like it's not a wild proposition for Levy to train with Hikaru to get to GM. It'd be like swinging with a weighted bat before stepping up to the plate. Plus could make for great content for either channel.

i like to see Levy grow as an interviewer. His questions and a bit more free flow style is improving.

You know, it's interesting, the subject of Hikaru's contributions to chess (starting around 14:00). It's happened kind of subtly - in part due to Hikaru being *very* private about his personal life - but he's likely done more for chess than any player in history. Yes, he has an abrasive personality at times. He has a big chip on his shoulder, and believes everyone is trying to undermine or discredit him. This, and his hate for losing, has given rise to some rather some toxic moments. But he's also a very humble guy. He's undeniably been the biggest chess presence on the internet, second only to perhaps Levy - but in another stratosphere in terms of skill. For him to sit on stream, several hours a day, playing kids who he *knows* will study his game, who he *knows* will elevate their play level... all for us the viewers to sit back and appreciate. It's incredible to live in such an era. Not to mention, the funding of some kids travel expenses & coaching, just because he learned that the family couldn't afford his tournament expenses... that's beautiful. And beautiful that he kept it private on stream until asked about it in interviews.

Levy should really interview gothamchess one of these days

agadmator inspired me to watch more chess and got me more into the game. I never really hear chess players give him the props he deserves as a creator.

I suggest you to do a interview playlist. I really liked them all and feel as a chess communicator with a lot of numbers, this is something you can leverage more with interviewing those high profile players

i just saw this in my notifs and HAD to see this. W vid Gotham I also have your book!

You two guys are really a blessing for chess. Keep on going 🤘👍 Edit: as a German i can say that Vincent Keymer is becoming sort of popular here. He already has been special guest in one of the biggest tv sport shows where usually football is featured mainly. If you ever happen to meet him please try and interview him, he is a very friendly and well spoken young man.

Hikaru definitely made his presence in the chess world, especially in a positive impact.

These interviews are amazing Levy! Very well played!

I didnt used to watch Levy much earlier. But after his video/interview/podcast with Sagar, i grt to know lot of his insights and now i respect him a lot. Salute to you Gotham sir.

After magnus its hikarus turn to be milked by levi

Best chess duo yall gotta collab more

Awesome interview, thank you so much for your content and everything you do for chess! You are largely responsible for me getting into the game pretty late in life, but I continue to learn so much from you and Hikaru that I'm seeing my ELO slowly go up. You 100% can be a grandmaster, and I am SO excited to be part of that journey! Keep being awesome, forget the haters, and remember always when you sit down at the board: YOU ARE A LIVING LEGEND. I fully believe you can and WILL get the mental game in check (pun intended) and allow your strength at the board to shine.

Levy really be sacking Magnus for Hikaru

This man has interviewed like half the Chess players in the world this past month wtf

Great interview lads! Honest, encouraging and informative.

I'm still crying Hikaru didn't quite make the comeback

Hikaru is so well-spoken. It's really interesting to hear him speak longform and not on stream. He's a great communicator.

If blatantsweat says "2 views in 23 seconds bro fell off" I'm going to lose my marbles

I think its important that Hikaru played i serious events and tournaments over the board, because it helps to show that even though you have a ton of games online for your opponents to gain information on you, at the end of the day, chess speaks for itself, and you can still have strong chances at world champion

Hikaru started talking and I needed to like the video. It's Hikaru talking stuff with Gotham! Amazing!

For gambling over chess games, I think it would really have to be games like Chess 960 or something that dissentivizes draws. Maybe a version of the game where a draw gives each player 0 | 0 or -1 | -1 instead of 0.5 | 0.5

Even Andrea said she's going to stop boxing outside of exercise. It's quite the risky sport

Still waiting for the Hans interview with Kramnik

would love to hear Hikaru's take on Magnus's suggestion that long games should be reserved for fisher random and leave conventional chess for timed/rapid games due to the level of openings amongst the top players

Levy is honestly a great interviewer. I'd love him to just interview everyone in the chess world one by one

i am thankful for both your and hikaru’s channels for getting me back into following chess. i watched the whole candidates this year for the first time. i was excited to root for familiar players that i got to know through your channels. keep up the good work

The amount of times Hikaru said “some random GM” lol

RU-vid options shows 1080p60, the video clearly shows 1080o24...

HIkaru premoving a gambling stream was a big blunder

Levi, this has nothing to do with the video but I'm 40 years old and learned to play as a child, but never played much past age 9. Seeing your videos and enthusiasm has piqued my interest and I've signed up to play online and get a rating and I really enjoy it. I doubt I would have done this had RU-vid not recommended your channel. Thanks

I do think if Magnus, Hikaru and You were gone chess would lose at least 50% of public interests

Hikaru is a real one for that answer for Levy on GM

anyone notice Hikaru's socks look invisible? the line in them perfectly matches the line in the sofa, looks like its green screened out

thanks for finally uploading this

Hikaru interviews are so oddly compelling.

"Levy, mentally you are not quite there" -- Hikaru 2024

So nice you can just get them for so long. So easy based on already knowing each other

Hikaru doing ROFL even staying on a edge of greatest of chess tournaments

Been waiting on this full interview since that GM question popped up on my shorts.

The two best entertainers in the industry. Would love more talks like this Levy.

Just bought my first tennis racket. Hope to break into the 2700s of chess soon

You can see that Hikaru is nervous speaking to the GOAT

It's a great interview! Good discussions, thanks!

Hi. All the best, Levy for your upcoming tournament

18:56 the slight of hands my brother 😂🎉

What a great interview. Thank you to you both👌

They need to do more collabs

Shoutout to all the small chess creators ❤🎉

this aged like fine wine with the gambling drama

Do the lie detector test together.

nice video, I laughed a lot with the niagara falls hypothetical tragedy and your story of the guy who didn't say your name right

Hikaru is so amazingly well spoken and has amazing insight into life and the world of chess. Wonderful interview!

Always nice talks with hikaru

You are right. If it wasn't for the three of you. I wouldn't watch as much. I'll keep up with pragg but it won't be the same.

Levy should get Hikaru to be his coach/mentor to become a GM

Loved the interview.

Need a Podcast asap

It started with hikaru roasting Levy and him sacrificing Magnus to gain tempo !

Lmao Levy just straight up starting the interview with that question 😂 he has a grudge against Hikaru. You can do it Levy!

That opening is pure Lex fridman

Enough of formal interviews, I wanna hear you two's pillow talk

For future reference, it use to be: “l interviewed hikaru again!”

Watching people play classical chess is like watching a painter paint. You don't. You observe the work of art when complete.

When Hikaru talks about allowing kids to play one of the best chess players in the world, that's just crazy to me. He's not like oh yeah I'm pretty good at chess, or oh yeah I'm a beast at chess, He's literally like yeah out of 9 billion people on earth there's probably four or five that are better than me at chess. Crazy but true.

Hikaru can have his message and Kramnik can have his message and everyone doesn’t completely lose their mind

Hikaru premoved the whole candidates tournament 🤣

So grateful for you guys man. Thanks for the content 🥹 love this game. Only been learning the past year or so but this is amazing