Hikaru Forgets His Opponent's Spelling at Candidates

[Udhayaenator]

Hikaru can memorize 10 million variations for a move but this one is not his area..

[bilbonec]

Eventually, Hikaru wrote "Ian".

[shubhraj]

Plot twist: he forgot the spelling of his own name.

[Vibes_home]

He is writing his opponent name in Death note 😂

[AyushYadav-stkr]

He read: NEPOMNIACHTCHI
he remembered: NEPO
he wrote: N
😂

[oorgiy]

As a Russian speaker I would say that English spelling of Nepo’s last name is fucking hard to remember

[denarybeatle]

"So who is your opponent?"
"Napoleon"

[HAN.CoD.NATISK]

For those who don't understand. The surname of the second player, when literally translated, means “Not Remembering”

[throwawaelee]

"I...A...N. Got it."

Hikaru, probably

[itsMe]

What was the most complicated part of this game for you?….. Hikaru: writing his name

[Drago]

Hikaru in his mind:
"NEPOM"
"NIACH"
"TCHI"

Then ---> "Okay, I get it"

[AdmiralKz]

Knowing what Ian’s surname means makes it even funnier. Nepomniachtchi (rus. Непомнящий) literally means “<someone> who doesn’t remember”, like Ian Forgetful.

Also, what’s the duck has happened with the spelling? It should be Nepomnyashchiy or even simpler: Nepomnyashiy

[DomesticHusband-qyhz]

Teacher: What's the longest word in english
Me: Nepomniachtchi

[jaroslavkreisl]

That is not so difficult.
- Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

[henrytomas]

Hika probably only needed a single glance where I would need at least 6 lol

[chelovek]

Да там так написали "Непомнящий", что я и сам не с первого раза бы написал 😂

[anilmaurya-lc]

Chess Inida: Hikaru Forgets His Opponent's Spelling
Hikaru: In real, I forgot the Year

[Yainsida]

just because it was double checks, unwillingly hikaru makes king move

[No_IG]

bro playing pre brain game with hikaru 💀

[rokakaka]

Its funny how 1 russian letter is writter with 5 latin letters in his name