THE RETURN OF MITTENS!!! 

Mittens rated (1) but beats Super GM Hikaru. Kramnik: Interesting

I like how thorough Hikaru is being in his explanations to ensure Kramnik knows he's not cheating.

Hikaru is the type of person to bully a cat for the second time💀

I had a foster cat called Mittens. Nightmare. Just as difficult to play against.

20:25 That Hikaru guy you're talking about sounds like a promising youngster. Might even be a GM someday!

Levi also was able to draw one game. But in that game Mittens seemed a little weaker maybe there's a bit of randomness in its rating game to game.

"welcome back everybody, for todayyyyyyyyy's video..." man, I love this intro's where Hikaru sounds super excited all the time xD

I’m just going about my day and Hikaru draws 6 arrows in 1.5 seconds

As someone who’s never played mittens, I find it amusing that Hikaru isn’t undefeated against it like me.

I like how Hikaru says, "Hikaru won the game" instead of, "I won the game"

Elo 1 cat defeating a super gm hmmmm i think everyone will find this interesting.....

Given the elo disparity, I can’t help but find it a bit… interesting that Hikaru managed to draw against Mittens. This should be investigated.

This is such a good video. Very educational!

Mittens 😼

we need Duo vs Mittens

you should try to play a classical chess match against mittens, where she plays a normal blitz match and you have 1hour and 30 minutes + 30 sec per move + additional time after move 40 just like FIDE rules

Based off of the rating of your opponent I find their performance…. Interesting. Now I’m not saying anything but statistically the chances of this ELO performing with such high play would be found interesting by anyone.

When an evil cat has respawned to destory christmas, you can count on hikaru to defeat it

I put Mittens against Stockfish 16 and he was completely lost at move 26, don't know where that pinpoints his rating.

Everytime Mittens wins god kills a kitten.

FYI Hikaru's "Welcome Back Everyone" was specifically for me.

Hikaru never fails to make a great thumbnail

Great games. Great video. ... BTW, Mitten's cryptic trash-talking is great.

2:04 Mittens is getting self awareness

Damn its been a year since then?? mittens is here again

I have looked at the first game on the analysis board, as Mittens' play during 3:27-3:31 felt wrong to me. Lo and behold, she had actually blundered! Mittens should've played 16. ...bxc6 immediately. Though down a pawn, she would've had some compensation, with pressure against the weak e3-pawn as well as attacking chances against your king. Instead, she played Qxe3+ first, and after Kh1 bxc6, she managed to win the pawn back. However, my first thought here was that her queen was somehow getting stuck in the middle of the board. Indeed, the engine has confirmed my suspicion: On move 18, it found the incredible moves Bd4 and Nd4, both of which trap the black queen! 18. Bd4 is the simpler and more forcing option, since it attacks the queen directly. Here are a few sample lines after 18. ...exd4 19. Rf3 Ng4 20. Rxe3: - 20. ...Nxe3 21. Qc1 Nxg2 22. Kxg2. The pawns on c6 and d4 are hanging, and both will fall shortly. Then, white can push P on the queenside to win. :^) - 20. ...dxe3 21. Qc1. Here, c6 is hanging, and e3 is under attack (white threatens to remove the defender with h3 next turn). Either pawn will fall, and black's position will collapse as a result. - 20. ...Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Nxd1 22. Rxe6. This endgame is completely winning for white. Material is even, but the black pawns on c6, d6 and d4, as well as the knight on d1 are all hanging at the same time. All those pawns will fall in quick succession, and white can then push P once again. Instead of justifying her in-between check with 17. ...bxc6, Mittens should've corrected her mistake by either retreating her queen or playing Ng4. Regardless, after 18. cxb7, she would've ended up 1-2 pawns down in a worse position, with all your queenside passed pawns marching up the board. It seems like Mittens went in blindly to equalize material and _then_ start an attack, not realizing the tactical dangers around her queen. Would this analysis change your verdict about her current strength?

Fun fact: you can three crown mittens by setting a one minute timer and then just avoid getting checkmated, mittens will lose on time.

Kramnik: Levy played the English and drew mittens, and now Hikaru plays the English as well? Interesting…

Hikarus thumbnail are amazing 😂😂

Hikaru you could have trapped Mitten's queen in that first game. Stockfish confirmed.

Enjoyed trash talk by mittens😂😂

Hikaru in santa outfit on thumbnail, looks like Greasus Goldtooth from Warhammer Total War

Hikaru turned into stockfish when he beat mittens

I've never felt so lost!

I think they should have put the question master and star plumber.

Hikaru needs to speedrun mittens

At least you got to last that long against that thing

FIRST HIKARU CHRISTMAS THUMBNAIL FOR THIS YEAR

yeah mittens is back merry christmas.

For todaaaaaayzzzz video 😂😂😂, I Can't

Like a full level

Milli Vanilli del ajedrez. Lo demuestran estás tres partidas con el gatito.

bro just lost to a 1 elo

Just saw a Levy in an ad before the video started whaaa

He’s all over the platforms

mittens is a new bot but hikaru is the chosen one

I really thought mittens had 1 rating and got bullied so bad now I know the reason why😂

I suspect Mittens is receiving help from an engine 🤔

Couple of days ago I downloaded the app. Saw Mittens the “easy” cute kitty. Yeah… it’s a demon. 😂

We need Hans Niemann bot (Hans is 3600 elo)

29:31 ia hullarious😅

Grind like a GM

5:10 LOL

Hudddge draw vs cat! GG

3:59 what about the Bishop to d4?

Someone's definitely recommended Hikaru to up his energy in his video.

the return of batman - hikaru the return of buttplug - nieman

10months later and he's bacj

Mitten's actual rating is around 2800 (classical) btw (Not official, but has been tested a bit over the year)

27:36 Mittens bodies Hikaru

16:15 well, obviously a cat is going to play with the mouse before killing it. just when the mouse thought it was going to escape ...

Mittens speaks for itself

I'm scared of the "first 30 seconds of the video" hikaru

19:40 Bruh,this sound made me think that was a mate XD (I was scared)

Fun fact after seeing how good mittens is we conclude that he is rated 1 as it's his rank not elo

Nice to see Mittens back. Best chess bot ever

Ah, the clogged toilet variation

Hikaru whole video ... '' I don't like my position ''😅

I start playing chess about a week, and just imagine, i really think Mittens is 1 mmr bot, i just want to try some opening and got just destroyed. thanks kitty

Hikaru casually drawing with stockfish

I flagged mittens in adrawn position

The Mittens dialog is completely unhinged. What happened to them in the last 12 months? 😂

bro did the ultimate asian face for a moment

1 elo but the flag is the whole world

hikaru has w shirts no diff.

He beat mittens, someone call Kramnik, this is interesting.

Holy what a great skill to survive against bots

Yeah, Kramnik is gonna find the Mittens performance..."interesting"... :)

That Intro XD

2:51 is this Mittens' comment directed at Kramnik? 🤣

4:12 hikaru missed bishop D4 trapping the queen 👑

Amo esa camisa de la rivera 👌🙌

Great video. This bot seems impossible to beat.

29:25 33000 RATING GIGACHAD

They should give New titels SGM - Super Grand Master , so Kramnik could talk about it again. Jelousy knows no limits.

Bro thinks his Hikaru💀 Wait he is Hikaru

i played 99.9 against mittens, and guess what? we drew with a 100 accuracy on thw other side

4:12 move bishop to c1🤷‍♂️ idk I’m a beginner

Hikaru's introduction always serms so sarcastic, like he really despises his audience

MITTENS!!!!!

He try to mate me which quite rude -Hikaru Nakamura ‏‪

cat go brr

Mittens trash talk said it was going to be a draw at the beginning when you did the 50 moves draw

Mittens profile picture comes from a cat called elgato

Hasn’t Kramnik said anything new in the last day?

Will you try to beat stochfish??

Use the game analysis and it will say what level both played at

Wonder what the accuracies were

Nice Hairstyle btw😂

They made the Mittens bot play at Han's Neimann level- the freaking bot is cheating with stock 🐟 🤣✅