FIRST BLOOD! || Hikaru Nakamura vs Vidit Gujrathi || Round 2 || FIDE Candidates Tournament (2024)

Nakamura, Hikaru (2789) - Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi (2727)
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence

Timestamps:

0:00 Hello Everyone
01:48 Game Starts!
02:12 EPIC PHOTO!
03:00 Completely New Game!
09:30 Pause the Video!
14:00 It Was in This Position
17:05 Contributions

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[camilohiche]

Vidit: I'm not quite sure yet how to play against Hikaru tomorro-
Agad: HELLO EVERYONE

[Rechnerstrom]

Watched it live. Lots of blood was spilled today. Today they took out the knives. Except Fabi. He went in with a hydraulic press.

[nams]

"He probably wanted to get out of the playing hall as soon as possible and make a video about his short game" 😂 what a burn! Instantly made me laugh

[prayasjain]

14:42 "He probably wanted to get out of playing hall as soon as possible and MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT HIS SHORT GAME" subtle burn by Agad 😂

[Aetherius]

Didn't expect a 2790 playing in the Candidates to end the game without even moving the queenside knight and rook. Ironically the final position looks like a game against Morphy, who Hikaru often states wasn't that strong by today's standards. So I think it would be really fitting to award Vidit the Morphy Head for this! Maybe you could put out another short clip just awarding him the Morphy Head?

[jddrew]

Turns out those beginner's books telling you to develop more than 0 pieces on the queen-side weren't joking around lol.

[davidanderson_surrey_bc]

*Hikaru, after Round 1:* I drew Fabi with Black! The worst is over!
*Hikaru, after Round 2:* My nightmare begins.

[rsr.]

That quote by Tarrasch on top of the board is just 🤌✨

[deepjitdey]

Vidit always shines the brightest in such tournaments. You're expecting Pragg to win, Gukesh to win. But, Vidit always turns up surprising everyone! I really like his brand of chess..😊

[cyclops]

I'm here in California and watching the matches live with Judit, Hess and Howell's wonderful commentary. However, it didn't feel complete. I wanted to hear "Hello Everyone!" from our wonderful friend across the pond in Croatia and boy did he deliver! Thanks a ton Agad!

[xethnyrrow]

A win playing the Berlin with black....that's amazing.

[AdityaBhopale]

Vidit 2.0 is just amazing and his games just make you feel awestruck!

[JJBAB]

Vidit said in the Post game interview that after Nc4 he started playing on his own.. Also props to the Indian viewers.. So many people watching the games at 4am is just incredible.. also Vidit is currently trending on twitter 😄

[Chess]

From sacrificing his king to hikaru, vidit has come a long way. 😂

[AfricanGM]

Interesting, what do you do to the full time streamer who literally doesn’t care??? Opening Prep.

[thesuperjacobshow]

Agadmator: "Players of questionable strength"

Me: "Honey! Agadmater is talking about me in his latest video!"

[vikramkrishnan]

Remember kids, this is why we develop our pieces before farting around and capturing opponent's pieces.

[trivet]

looks like 4 decisive games, will be busy tonight but cant wait for the videos!

[ChessShaastra]

Damn! The game just finished and you've already uploaded the video! Amazing

[purvishdholakia]

Was just waiting for you Sir… Respectfully you’re the best ❤