Svenderlunk Vs. Nakamura

[Marat1993]

Super!

[melovepeas]

5 people love checkers...

[bigwood427]

he can FOO moves in a second NAWWHATIMEAN?

[advenger32]

hmmm, how long can you take before hitting the button?

[pufixas]

holy snap

[SaMOOOrai]

EXTREME!!!!!

[adit255]

whats your rating?

[gmjothiramesh]

naka moves fast

[gmjothiramesh]

lol

[pross1986]

idiots

[medra1980]

look at 0:23 he moves the queen to d2 after Nakamura played knight e4 and Nakamura castles instead of taking the queen

[krakatoahhh007]

Anyone remember the days when you actually had to be a very strong world class player to be awarded the GM title? Now they pretty much hand it out to any 2200 putz that can fog a mirror.

[ImAlwaysR1ght]

Are you going to each Naka video and copy and pasting this? Wtf?

[medra1980]

bull shit

[DavidForthoffer]

I'd like to know the rules they were playing by. Back in my day, playing with Walter Browne, Julio Kaplan, Nick deFirmian, Larry Christiansen, and others in the U.C. Berkeley crowd, the rules included having to pick up pieces you knocked over, on your own time. Ditto for moving a piece not quite onto the destination square. Moving, knocking a piece over, punching the clock, and straightening the piece on your opponent's time was considered cheating.

[donkeyjune]

holy shit! when did every one discover this video? xoxo

[sergeidave]

Did the guy hand Nakamura money for that win?

[aaronmcc23]

Nakamura is crazy at blitz. His 5 minute rating on the ICC is first at like 2850 or something

[joestl314]

It's funny how Naka just tossing the pieces at the guys and makes him pick them up. Check out my channel if you wanna see "Legal" bullet chess.

[caikovskee]

What you talking, naka only did it once, and thats when he captured,doesn't really matter.

[tuktukktotam]

they should play bullet over computer they knock pieces all of the place In decent tournaments you get penalized for it .

[2TheDeath]

Instead of 16...Qh4? the sacrifice Bxh2+! wins quickly.

[undeadnightorc]

I just analyzed this game on Fritz and it shows that Nakamura's 16th move (the one where everyone oohing and ahhing and waiting for Svenderlunk to move) actually gives Nak a losing score and favors white's position. That is, if Sven pushed his pawn to block the bishop....

[XXNeanderPaulXX]

The time factor in speed/bullet chess is like having another queen if you get a clock advantage on your opponent. Assuming you're correct and white is winning after move 16, he's almost certainly going to lose on time anyway. There's simply no time for analysis. How long did it take Fritz to analyze the position, anyway?

[babynofomai]

hez not taht good!!

[sleepyeyeguy]

actually he is "that" good. (top player in the US and blitz champion

[J575]

actually the top player in the U.S. is Gata Kamsky

[scarface18707]

@J575 but that guy's barely American, he has an east European accent and everything, Nakamura is the best real American.

[J575]

@scarface18707 you do know nakamura was born in japan right? the only difference is that gata has an accent. if you become a citizen and embrace america and its values it doesn't matter where you were born you are an american

[scarface18707]

@J575 Yes I did know, and yes ultimately you are correct, but I just feel, as an American, that Nakamura being raised here, is the best representative for United States Chess.

[J575]

@scarface18707 I understand your point and now I'm leaning toward agreeing with you... *sigh* agreed.

[rikitee]

steve. you got your ass kicked. hes only a gm. his knights move the same as yours man.

[EternalEnigma314]

Naka or not, I'd of thrown the pieces back at him. GM or not, he has to pick them up before hitting his clock.

[Resendiz]

me too, id probably stop the clock and lecture him on how to move the pieces. How to play chess, well thats another story. But id make him a good talk.

[cruiseylee]

Nak had only 10 seconds for the full match lol, this guy had 5 mins? why was he moving so fast with 5 mins in hand???

[bornwithanattitude]

because he's an amateur. probably less than 1400.

[cruiseylee]

But the more amateur u are normally the longer u take to make moves. I think this was a set up. It has to be. Or as u say this guy was just useless and therefore not very impressive. Although still very good.

[Gilmoy]

08|1.e4 c6 10|2.Nf3 d5 12|3.exd5 13|cxd5 (14 N drops d-pawn, fixes it) 15|4.d4 Nc6 17|5.Nc3 Nf6 18|6.Be2 Bf5 19|7.O-O e6(-and-a-half) 20|8.Qd2 (21 N topples Q, fixes e6) 8..Bd6 (fixes Q) 22|9.Qd1 Ne4 23|10.Qd2?? (Nxd2 0-1) O-O? 24|11.Qd1 g5 25|12.Qe1? g4 27|13.Nd2 Nxd4 (N topples his Ne4 to f3, ignores it) (28 S picks up N's N"e4" from f3 and) 28|14.Ndxe4 29|dxe4 31|15.Be3 Nf3! 33|16.gxf3 Qh4 (mate threat) (whistle) 51|17.fxe4?? Qxh2# (55 N shows f3-f4 blocking the mate)

[spiritgifted]

Nak is a great blitz player...but his depth of creativity will not allow him any shot at the Title.His approach to the game is pattern recognition...but his approach to his opponents lacks the respect necessary to beat any of the top ten players.I have taught chess 34 years.FIDE 4/06 2520 plus...

[elcriollito]

He won the miami chess open 2007 at miami

[dfwtexxaas]

He so fast that he moves befor you even place your piece down.

[sim288]

i love Hikaru, very skilled player at such a young age. That is great!

[jedirifleman]

all i know is that flappin your lips during a game is rude shit.....so peeps STFU during a game..

[Wikimedian]

It's just a friendly man of course you can talk!

[jedirifleman]

bullshit...when everyone oooooohed it keyed the dude in that he was in deep shit so he stopped and looked harder...its like playing against 20 people and its rude shit period!

[jedirifleman]

it wasnt a "friendly" game either, if you look at the end it was for a dollar...not alot of money but worth japslappin a biatch over who gives the game away with an ooooooooooh sound at a critical point.

[Wikimedian]

man are you kidding? Do you know who Nakaura is? Do you think this Svenderlunk guy thought he was going to win? It all for fun and laughs, obviously. If you play chess and go to tournaments you wouldn't think this was wrong "chess etiquette" at all.

[jedirifleman]

i play chess every day for dollars and i hate people who comment on the game or make sounds that alert my opponent to danger...we have evicted habitual talkers and oooooh ahhhhhers from our table or called the game a draw and made the offender pay us a dollar each....talk at a tournament and comment on a game in progress and i guarentee you get booted from the tourney.

[Wikimedian]

Of course, but this isn't a tournament. It's a friendly between a SuperGM who could beat this guy blindfold.

[Flayer723]

Nakamura isn't a superGM. To be a superGM you have to be rated at least 2700, a rating Nakamura has never reached yet.

[bornwithanattitude]

after that tournament he won, he will probably be 2700+ . he will soon join the kinds of Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and that kid Magnus who's climbing up the ladder pretty fast. (we might have a new youngest champ soon).

[latinevil666]

yeah i agree

[Resendiz]

Though Nakamura is a very skilled player, I dont think hes in the same level as Magnus, but very close.

[alainaiso]

2710 now 1 years later :-)

[Pippin76]

He has now, sorry!

[jedirifleman]

sure i know who naka is...i chat with him in channel 97 on icc where his handle is "(GM) smallville" and yes everyone in 5 min blitz has a chance to win against a (GM)....i have beaten (GM) (FM) and (IM) players who blundered.

[Wikimedian]

Sure you did... Noob

[jedirifleman]

nice schoolyard comeback wikimedian....it will serve you well next year in the 6th grade if you graduate from 5th....also it may win a few name calling matches for you on the short bus with all your special ed friends.

[Wikimedian]

Said that guy who has "beaten" GMs, IMs, and FMs, but is a NB (NoBody).

[jedirifleman]

again you come up with another good elementary schoolyard cut down....i bet you are the best in your special ed class and are a true bronze medalist in the special olympics.

[Wikimedian]

Whatever you say, NB. And real classy: making fun of special ed kids.

[dovespin1]

whats your rating friend?

[svenderlunk]

Just to clarify Wikimedian is correct...it was a friendly game. Hikaru was hanging out with our chess team most of the weekend (he goes to Dickenson, the Penn State school of Law, and I go to Penn State). This was right before the final round of the tournament in the skittles room.

[svenderlunk]

I convinced him to let me play him in public and my friend video taped it. As for people saying "ooh" at the crucial position - it was my friend. Naka had just sacrificed a knight and had mating threats...i was rated under 1200 at the time. I didn't think that I was going to win and I didn't mind losing some money...I got a much larger check for placing in the tournament a couple hours later.

[timbreo]

i could never play that fast on a game that isnt computer...

[VDRP]

Oops, perhaps that was his queen?!?

[VDRP]

Nakamura lost cause he accidently knocked his King over.

[Cirius777]

ACCIDENTLY!

[alb3586]

nakamura best blitz bullet player

[xpistolwhipx]

Wiki Who cares...its chess

[Wikimedian]

nakamura is cheating. You can't drop pieces and go on like that in bullet chess.

[sleepyeyeguy]

Brilliant chess players have often historically been assholes

[AntiBullS]

Mura is a bad ass mofo at chess. He is a real fighter ,he has reputation of a grinder .

[Link52315231]

Mamedyarov is better IMO.

[jmbd07]

Nakamura isn't that fast lol... Ok, he is quick, but he makes the pieces fall down, and the other guy has to replace them on his time... Whenever it happens, he should just press on the clock and ask Nakamura to fix this...

[ongyj]

There's no real difference in the end... "the other guy"(Svenderlunk) got checkmated. What I'm more upset about is the "external distraction" that was allowed to exist surrounding the players.

[jhoravi]

check out ICCs top ranking.. Nakamura tops all 5mins, 3mins & bullet with an all time 3700+ ELO!!

[Pb0071]

They had the world blitz championship (3 min 1 sec.) tournament in Israel last year 9/5-8, 2006. The winner was Grischuk and second place was Svidler. Anand was 4th place. Do they have world championship for Blitz (1 minute time limit) also? Is Nakamura world class chess blitz player?

[Antoszka83]

I am sad Nakamura has to live in a country where chess is not appreciated.

[legionofthedamned]

Nakamura is soooo fast !!!

[alexmagnus1]

What was the time control? That looked faster than internet bullet lol.

[falloutfusion]

What was the game? I can't see what pieces were moved at some points.

[iamFegor]

very nice

[robertkarpov]

why is hikru fagamura such a cocky little tool

[etchenba]

what were the odds in that game?

[jbeatty79]

Bend?? lol

[kizzle21]

OMG! Nerds love a good game of chess.

[donkeyjune]

Woo Hoo!! I'm so proud of you. I saw the big trophy you were sporting on your myspace page. who rawks? I think it's you.