Who'll Face Hikaru in the Grand Finale? Magnus, Danya or Alireza? | Bullet Chess Championship 2023 

@@archuser181 U can play 100k games , it is not that will determine your level, maybe just deal better the time of thinking but Jikary even doesnt do that and u are just saying , number of matchs played doesnt matter 😂

​@@archuser181What about Lichess bro?

​@@archuser181don't be a crying child. grow up

​@@archuser181cry harder

Naka is no longer intimidated by Magnus... The gap between naka and Magnus is finally shrinking.

He was never leading my friend- literally was trying to close the gap all the match- and he’s not humble he said it a reality check for him, hope u understand that

@@ericcarlsen6194 I believe that if you ever find yourself in a position in which you're widely recognized as the greatest player of all time, you may indeed be seen as being humble when you give praise and acknowledge the respect you hold for your rivals

​@@ericcarlsen6194you don't know what humble is dude

@@ericcarlsen6194 you seem bitter

Ericcarlson is right. Flow state hikaru vs flow state magnus is the difference Magnus is describing.

It's actually them realizing that each of those 4 had them moments of pure confidence and being in the flow, in which each of them basically stronger than everybody else. Yet these spikes of super strength like Lewandowski 5 goals in 9 minutes (ok, maybe not that extrordinarly super) come and go for everyone, that's why the winner is decided through so many hours of play, to test and stretch and create variety of circumstances

These guys are all very classy and showing great sportsmanship...great to see

​​@@erickanter4090 Fischer World championship...

Now I can hear him saying "WELcome bACk everyone and for todays video..." after this tiring game.

Errm...I think they're already alive

@@mofe620 🤓

They will get old tho in few years

I think they get passed before then

This is the first time they have ever played a long 1'0 match, been waiting many years for this.

Physical arena is not a good idea..cus Bullet is so fast that most of the time need to premove. Imagine having the chess pieces keep falling cus people keep placing them at quick pace

Physical arena + online chess like many esports

@@farishakim6759 No, they play on computer of course.

I think Ali Reza is the one person capable of beating either Naka or Magnus on his day - in five years time he’ll be at his absolute peak while Naka and Magnus will both be closing in on 40.

​@@julianhodgson1961 As long as Alireza isn't focused on Chess he won't become the next best online (or OTB for that matter) player

Hikaru is a person alive that can beat Magnus

Seriously you can't imagine? I can easily imagine Alireza Gukesh or Nihal beat these players in a near future. Alireza beat hikaru in 2021 and his matches with them were close this year.

@@mehdimehdikhani5899 lol, by the time magnus and naka deteriorates. these two legends will never be surpassed at their prime in any generation.

They were really good. Hess spots things so quickly

GOAT commentators.

Haha, too bad it's bullet 😅 I personally think chess loses something when flagging becomes a factor

Correction- at bullet, not chess wth

2 point lead still will not make hikaru better than magnus at bullet.

@@luisitogonzales3169 then how come magnus said hikaru was superior to him the entire match

At bullet chess* only. Hikaru probably been the best bullet player ever since the early days of online chess lol

Oh wow Didn't realise this was his first

I'm actually surprised Magnus went to finals. He doesn't play too many bullets so I was 100% expecting Danya making it a 50/50 and Alireza would definitely win. Somehow he won both and took to tie breaks

Spoilers noooo 💀

@@ConClasher3you’re the one reading the comments lol

Why the spoiler dude

I agree, that’s so many games! My mind would be fried

It's all pointless anyway, there should be no losers vs winners final bracket.

​@@dexio8601why double elimination makes it more fun

Agreed, Hikaru had no warmup games.

@@zanies6288Double elimination is way better. More skill less luck.

thats what i think as well. do u think hikaru could do that? i mean if the roles were reverse. Its just a cool thought to think about. ITs crazy how close it was.

i will say though Hikaru had certain games he should've won in the match against magnus so techenically it wouldn't have ben that close. but still. close!! and Magnus said Hikaru is good folks....that means Hikaru is GOOOD

That's winners bracket for you bro. In any sport, the winners' bracket winner should have some quite an advantage to reward you for not losing a single match.

@@bonnax07 Not saying its not fair, one thing is that it is impressive that hikaru did not lose a single match and that shows why he is the bullet goat. But the other remarkable part is that in the very last day magnus was able to take down back to back Daniel and Alireza while taking Hikaru to 15-15 games. With only like 5 minutes of rest between each matches lmao.

@@dan.m.8614 i think a better way is that magnus should have 1 match only on the same day before hikaru (the one against alireza). Not two. Better scheduling for improvement for succeeding BCC events.

Great comeback but then after he tied it, Magnus had 4 totally winning positions in a row and 1 almost winning position, but Hikaru’s incredible tenaciousness in bad positions enabled him to go 3-1-1.

I love Danny and Hess or Danya and Hess depending on my mood. Hess is ridiculously good and Danny/Danya each have a way of adding some spice.

Yeah, well Hikaru is a better bullet player than Magnus, and he has been for a while. Magnus never even plays bullet, and Hikaru plays all the time. Hikaru has been better than everyone in bullet for a long long time. It would be boring if Magnus was the best at that as well. Hikaru is playing really well lately though, not just bullet. I feel overall he's number 2 in the world in all the formats combined. He's number 2 in classical on the ratings list as well.

@@billj4525wouldn’t matter. Hikaru is the best in fast time controls. Even in 3-0 he’s the best because he’s the best in scrambles. He’s just is

Umm, no lol. He doesn't have less experience. Magnus plays on Lichess more often. Hikaru is just a better bullet player, plain and simple.

@@vasilijeboskovic5948 Lol, Hikaru has probably played 10x more Bullet games than Magnus during his life. You're statement is just wrong

​@@vasilijeboskovic5948this is bs look at their game counts. The fact Magnus made the game that close tells that he is nothing to scoff off

@@zanies6288 yeah exactly. compare that with classical, the gap is quite high between hikaru and magnus compared to the gap in blitz and bullet.

Nobody is surprised. As long as it's CHESS, Magnus will always excel if he wants to 😂 he's gifted

Naka beat Carlsen in the speed chess championship too, did you forget?

Hikaru is also the Fischer random world champ!

@@dexio8601 Definitely true bud, but that was also a super close fight (13-14). In addition, we all know Magnus has like 5 World Blitz Titles and has been in insane form currently in blitz going 9/9 in Superbet and 11/11 in titled tuesday (beating both hikaru and fabi.) But yeah I dont see anyone coming close to hikaru's second spot either.

This is a good take. I would say that Hikaru though is the GOAT of online chess. The laundry list of accolades and victories over Magnus online, I’d give him the nod. Magnus is still the GOAT over the board for all formats

There were tons of matches where he was winning but choked, the scoreboard could look much worse for Magnus. Also, it was 8-3 at some point, then Hikaru had a mental collapse as he usually does against Magnus, but still won. Magnus himself just said that hilaru was ,,much faster and saw tactics he didn't". Don't act like he won by flagging or dirty little tricks. He IS the better bullett player. About blitz, very 50-5p, probably Magnus a bit better, both mostly because Hikaru still tends to collapse against Magnus evem when he has advantage and actually plays better - although not as much as a few years ago

Was there an argument. Has magnus ever beaten him at this format?

Typical magnus fans, always discredit his opponent whenever magnus lost and making 100 excuses on why their idol lost.

​@@lordtouchme77Hikaru definitely is better bullet player. But come on. Magnus hardly even plays bullets. Hikaru & Alireza should be the 2 favourites

I mean, that's why Hikaru is better

Nope, easy money for Hikaru - the bullet goat, and the goat of online chess.

I don't understand why people like to speak for their favorite players, Magnus said what he said, you don't need to add to it

That and his baby toe was sore

@@RMF49 lmao

He is great, no doubt, but come on, there is no way you solidify anything winning a bullet tournament.

@@kolovikon2118yeah hikaru is amazing but I have to agree.

@@kolovikon2118 This year hikaru has won the American cup, norway chess, and has now proved he's the best bullet player. Hikaru is the best performing player of 2023.

He's not even in the conversation for the title of GOAT.

@@kolovikon2118 He's been winning everything nonstop

I think he sounds much more secure than compared to before he started streaming

Lmao did you know him personally? Or is that just your own headcanon?

Because he doesn't play bullet chess much? Ian, ding, gukesh, Levon, and rapport are all brilliant players but it doesn't always transfer to bullet, blitz, rapid, etc.

His instincts are insane, but he isn't as familiar with the game theory of bullet as much.

he is the best player in current times with a big margin, not only one of the best players. Hands down, if you think about all time controls combined. Ask Hikaru!

No one thinks low of Magnus. At least no one with a developed brain. Most people know that he's at the very least top 3 player of all time. I think it's pretty clear that he's the GOAT. You are probably just making stuff up

He is not the goat nakamura, fisher, morphy etc all better

Nope, Magnus just plays on Lichess. Hikaru > Magnus, at least in bullet.

​@@vasilijeboskovic5948You're a chess beginner.

​@@vasilijeboskovic5948Even in LiChess he didn't play insane amount of games like others.

Magnites: coulda shoulda woulda

@@RMF49 Nakavirus : He's already the GOAT because he won a bullet tournament 🤣🤡

Magnus would never be that upset to lose to someone better then him. Hikaru is the GOAT of Bullet. Even 5 years ago Hikaru would smack him. Hikaru isn’t even at his peak in this format

@@andrewbradley3305 five years ago magnus would have had a better chance of winning than naka he was adopting ppl like alireza, zhigalko which nakamura never did before but now magnus is not the same

@@andrewbradley3305 the same goat who almost got adopted by him in 1+1 in scc i know it's increment but it's still bullet the fact is magnus is way out of his prime and hikaru and is just capitalising on that

Cope harder. Flagging is part of the game and Hikaru wasn’t losing. What do you want Hikaru to do, resign an advantageous position? The pause happened after a win by Hikaru, he didn’t need to regain himself. Magnus just choked five straight winning positions where tenacious Hikaru went 3-1-1.

@@RMF49 Disrupting the play is a classic dirt tactic by a dirty, scummy player. Look at the panic and pressure on his face at this point on his channel. It was a deliberate tactic because he knew he was throwing hard. I expect nothing else from him.

@@CosyBrew He didn’t “disrupt” anything. It was between games and he didn’t know if it was even over yet. He asked the officials what OT game number it was. Danny and Hess knew what he was asking and they didn’t consider it disrupting the game. Hikaru was on the verge of winning. He didn’t need to regain anything. You’re just a Magnite whiner who doesn’t even know that flagging isn’t dirty. Hikaru lost his lead 5 games before that pause. Since the point it was tied, Magnus is the one who threw. He choked big time. He had 5 straight winning positions and threw all of them except when Hikaru hung a knight. Hikaru’s just too tenacious in bad positions. Look at the 14-14 game. Look at the eval bar. Look at the position. Hikaru found a way. Brilliant. Even Magnus was totally impressed.

@@RMF49 You're a Naka nuthugger.

Wild why can’t you just admire Hikaru the way Magnus did. He said it. Hikaru is far above everyone else

Copium

Get lost even magnus said that hikaru is on another level have some respect pls

@@jeanabiazar1183 how are they equal ? One is a 5x World Champion the other one plays on Twitch for a living. It’s like comparing the best NBA player with a globetrotter.

@@PacmanNobrelol 😂. Hikaru is already richest chess player.

@@PacmanNobre cope