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Hikaru Puts Down Money vs South African Chess Hustler

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With time odds and money odds on the table, can any of these talented South African players defeat the legendary Hikaru Nakamura in speed chess?!

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20 Comments

@chess Creator 5 years ago Pinned

Watch more of Hikaru Nakamura's chess games here!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-qLOQ-OEls5mp-V-KO_z3TAgfbVmXLAj

@ZeroComment-qs2te 1 year ago

The guy he played against is the 7th best player in South Africa. He’s an IM. He’s not just some random hustler on the street.

@lukehughes6943 2 years ago

The speed at the end, my son plays like that too. Except he's 4 and none of his moves are legal, but it all looks the same to me.

@mikehawk8270 2 years ago

Does Hikaru fucking think

@magno172 2 years ago

'i dun like this ... who r u?'

hehehehe

@TooManyChoices1 3 years ago

Holy crap! Chess hustler put up a better endgame defense in a OTB time scramble against Hikaru than 95+% of the professional chess players 😂.

@khoalam9235 8 years ago

But that African player is actually a very good player himself. He probably knows who Hikaru is at that level

@HYPOXIAN 1 year ago

He played till endgame, which means he's far better than the most in the world.

@S1NGUL4RITY_GG 2 years ago

The speed after the queen trade is insane! Wonderfully played by both sides!

@chanddd2 3 years ago

2:47 "I don't like this", "why, who are you?" lmao.

@mach5406 2 years ago

Actually Hikaru put in R100 and at the end took the other R10 for winning. So the loser won R90. A clever way of being kind.

@ihsanokur 7 years ago

Did you notice? Hikaru only took his own money.

@mylovelyman2 7 years ago

To hold his own against Naka for as long as he did is worthy honour.

@levivue8972 8 years ago

That hustler was pretty good taking the gm to end game like that

@Bai_Su_Zhen 3 years ago

There's no way you know chess that well and don't know Hikaru. This guy deserves his credit for taking the challenge. He even put money on beating Hikaru for content, that's actually insane.

@tombstonechess2231 2 years ago

I dont know why, I've watched a ton of hikaru games, but wayching him play on a board like this makes me realize just how scary he must be to face. Literally like a human computer who makes perfect moves in an instant.

@ceroso398 8 years ago (edited)

2:46

- I don't like this
- Why? Who are you?

LOL I'm dying

@kieranmartin6030 8 years ago

Who was this South African hustler? He's awesome but nobody cares to mention it. Yes Nakamura beat him but Nakamura is a human blitz AI machine only equaled by two other GM's in the world.