Hikaru/Levy v Hess/Naroditsky! Batman & Robin Of Chess Fight Commentator Duo! Team Chess Battle SF2
06.03.2024
Team Chess Battle is an event where two-player teams can freely communicate while facing other teams in a series of rapid chess games. Eight teams of two players each compete in a single-elimination bracket. Hikaru Nakamura, GothamChess, Anish Giri, Daniel Naroditsky, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana and more battle for their share of the $25,000 prize fund!
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It's a good format because a team is as good as their best player, but also as bad as their worst player. So when you have a balanced team ELO vs an imbalanced team ELO there's a really good dynamic matchup. It's pure fun and excitement.
I love this idea for a tournament
Danyas pop off is legendary, he completely lost control and was stimming like crazy – he was so excited. Delighted the lads won, most likeable guys going and great chess duo.
Danbert for the win. That was intense!
Danya and Robert well deserved win! Amazing chemistry. Rooting for you in the final
Truly incredible stuff. Happy for Hess-Danya combo.
okay this might give us the Robert / Danya fanfic that we have been deserving for years
Danya's humility recognizing Robert all the time is just awesome. Although he's clearly the stronger player, this really was team work. They both contributed to the outcome and valuable contributions they were.
Danya's celebration showed he really cared. What a show, guys. Exciting from beginning to end. This format IS HERE TO STAY, LEMME TELL YOU.
i don't often LOL while watching chess, but when I do, it's danya.
2:07:20 how robert manages to stay composed and not SNAP is actually insane.
danya was giving ME anxiety.
i love how they both acknowledge it at the end too. what a thriller!
Levi at start of game said … "Okay, so we are going to go to c4, and hopefully not go to armageddon" — His dream came true.
carlsen and botez would be fun next time π
Such an amazing format. The only thing that I would want more of is arrows cause these players are too high level for me to follow when mentioning some variations. But the format is absolute fire. Maybe give some increment too to make it easier for them to collab at the end.
1:57:48 best moment of the match
Such emotion and dedication on display from Danya and Hess. Game 2 was a rollercoaster!
That was so awesome! I was soooo happy for Danya and Hess, they really fought hard for the win. Hess is so wholesome and calm under pressure and Danya is so energetic which makes for a fun dynamic. Can't wait for the final
Excellent concept! I like hearing the thoughts of both high-class teams. I would certainly like seeing more of this chess format.
Hikaru couldn't care less
1:20:35 He said the thing
Wow amaaaaaaaaazing content. Maybe the best I've ever seen!
this makes me realize how bad at chess i am
Interesting is a bad word now! Hess is hilarious
2:08:07 easily best part of entire video
Great format. Love listening to these geniuses.
Danyaπ π
I thought in game 2 Levy wasted too much time in move 23 (time stamp 1:38:20.) Almost matching the time Danya and Hess spent on their move. Only to play the move Hikaru instinctively said to play. Those 3 minutes could have come in handy later. Almost seemed like he felt bad for opponents being in severe time disadvantage.
Danya impressions π
Great chemistry from both of 2 teams, great content.β€
Like watching someone watching paint dry.
So satisfying to see the obnoxious team lose
What was with Danyas weird mouth and hand fidgeting lol.
The funniest part was when Danya did his impression of Hikaru saying something like βI remember playing a game against a Russian in 1999β and then Hikaru said almost exactly that
Next year magnus and levy
Hans and the hotel owner where he trashes the room.
Kramnik and someone he deemed a cheater
Omg Daniel is so cute after that win haha so hype
Danyaβs endorphin rush at the end was awesome to see
Danya imitating Hikaru recalling moves from some past tournament at 21:15 just after Hikaru talked about moves from a past tournament at 17:30 really made me lol π
This is my new favorite format. Hearing great players discuss ideas during the game is instructive, but it's also massively exciting!
1:45:11
Hikaru: this is not a serious event, you gotta go for content (sacks rook)
Hikaru slurping noodles into the microphone is the grossest thing Iβve ever listened to
Bro! Love the support and reality from Hikaru towards Levy.
I do love the trash talk too though haha
21:15 Naroditsky doing a Hikaru impression.
amazing format
danny so cute, love the 2v2 talk
Is this the Danya that does not care? π
Danya like he won a $100k parlay in Vegas ππ π₯
10:40 Nah, Danya's trash talking in bullet brawl is pretty good.
I was really enjoying this but those stupid emotes constantly popping up on the board were so distracting
21:15 lol
Now I get what chess players talk after the game. They just quickly discuss everything we were able to joyfully listen in this video
this is like the most excited Danya has ever been