That Time Hikaru Made an Illegal Move

Hikaru reacts to a compilation of illegal moves in classical chess.

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[GMHikaru]

So many rules. So many ways to break them.

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[MichaelJanzer]

Hikaru: Can remember entire chess games from 12 years ago
Also Hikaru: I can't remember if I touched the king

[Hanyamanusiabiasa]

5:22
He forgot that auto-queen doesn't exist at a physical chess.

[youngfornow]

Carlsen just seems to have such class. Accepting the silly decision with little hesitiation and still shaking his opponents hand (win did get awarded to magnus under further analysis). Giving Nepomniachtchi a draw when he arrived late. Big respect for being incredible at chess and showing great sportsmanship.

[beastop]

21:01 when the teacher separates you and your best friend and you see him alone in the corner 😂😂

[valentinrafael]

12:32 It's so funny to see both kings in check at the same time. It's like watching kids play chess and then they trade kings and castle with bishops and knights.

[sarthakanand]

21:01 Hikaru knew that he will be revisiting this video in the future so he gave himself a look, saying "You there yet?""

[theocouloumbis]

The self control showed by magnus to shake the other guys hand after that dirty move is crazy. Chess players are on another level of etiquette

[YuriThePhish]

9:47 a true king leads his men to victory.

[YetAnotherScrub]

Hikaru's king at 9:50 : "Oh, you're approaching me? Instead of running away, you're coming right to me?"
Gujrathi's king: "I can't beat the s**t out of you without getting closer."

[anisekaieddomtorreto]

Chess: *A beautiful game*
Chess rules: *I'm going to imply one of the stupidest rules even in Blitz Grandmaster Tournaments where everything understandable is not allowed to be understandable.*

[Roguekriger]

13:00 one thing that stood out to me here during this argument was that the truly biggest difference between Hikaru touching the king and Inarkiev's illegal move is that Hikaru didn't really have anything to gain from his illegal move while Inarkiev did. That alone settles the argument imo

[imightbebiased]

Garry Chess has determined you broke the rules of chess. I say to to you, "good day!"

[crooksteezy]

11:05 magnus should’ve taken the king on his next move and just looked at the guy 😂

[PranavDoesSoftware]

All these GMs in these clips have such big brains that their hands need to come in and support them. :)

[kaptkraut]

"Wait, what just happened? I don't remember that game..."

"This game ended in a draw by the way. It was also more of a fun game."

[foomer]

6:00, Garry Chess, the creator of Chess™ always wins, even if it isn't his match, he is always the winner.

[alfredocham]

"The arbiter awarded Inarkiev the victory, but the decision was quickly overturned by the chief arbiter, who ruled that Carlsen’s move was not technically illegal even though it resulted in an illegal position and invited the participants to continue the game from the position in which it was stopped. Inarkiev refused to continue, leaving Carlsen as the winner; Inarkiev's subsequent appeal was dismissed."

[christophergiannaras]

I remember watching the first one. It wasn't a loss because, upon checking the instant replay, the queen next to the clock ended up touching Fabi's clock, not his hand. He was clearly reaching for a new queen to put on the board.

[nocheapdopamine]

“He touch ze king!”
“He touch ze king?”
“He touch ze king.”
“He touch ze king.”