Hikaru Nakamura Battles Against Magnus Carlsen's Speed

At Norway Chess 2023, we saw a battle of the titans as Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen took to the board in the Blitz portion and went toe-to-toe til Magnus' Speed just completely took over.

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[Robert_DeVille]

Turns up late, wanders over, takes his jacket off, has an OCD moment & sorts the pieces out & after losing a big chunk of time, outplays Hikaru with the black pieces. What a monster!

[liljackypaper]

I don't think anyone could do the job Danya does commentating these matches. Just incredible

[wishiwassleeping]

Knowing how insanely skilled Hikaru is just further clarifies how much better Magnus is than everyone else.

[ChessPlease]

This is absolutely my favourite way to engage with high level chess. Blitz time control, some gentle editing and world class commentary. Love this format!

[SongofIceandTea]

wtf man, Carlsen came late and looks like drunk thor from Avengers Endgame and giving Nakamura almost 30 seconds head start and still wins, he really flexing that he is the best in the world by far.

[fronze]

The simultaneous head scratch at 5:27 was super nutty

[AgnaktoreX]

The commentary feels so fluent and natural I love it :D
And what a game, love it how Magnus squeezed so much out of this position

[nossenkanter]

"It's a lot harder without a mouse." - Naka

[propagandaBreaker]

I don't know if we can really measure how extraordinary Carlsen is. He pulls an incredible defense from the time the night is trapped. There are at least 10 reusable ideas in what he does. And manage to win. That is just magic

[KorbladeGaming]

Hikaru definitely has a dart board with Magnus face on it

[peterkerkelov]

What a game and what a wonderful commentator Daniel is!

[Epaul_]

Magnus’ end game is so clinical. Never any wasted moves

[BigBossIsBack]

Hikaru didn't even really blunder, just slowly got outplayed by Magnus

[publicaccount]

Nakamura is literally a living emoji with his facial expressions

[geert]

'triggering Hikaru' is what Magnus writes down as occupation

[deeeeeeps]

The only thing better than Magnus's save was Daniels commentary. What a legend.

[basg]

10:52 wow both players premoved handshakes that we couldn’t even see

[TheWizardsOfOz]

Hikaru and Magnus were really cooking this game.

[teongreen]

Magnus is so nice giving Hikaru 30 extra seconds. What a guy :)

[lucasdeschenes]

He smoked hikaru out of a terrible position in the most casual way making it look easy. Ouch