#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness

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Lex Fridman

Society & Culture, Technology, Science, Philosophy

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 174 minutes

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Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in the world. He is also one of the top chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Hikaru’s Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gmhikaru
Hikaru’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GMHikaru
Hikaru’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GMHikaru
Hikaru’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/gmhikaru
Hikaru’s Website: https://hikarunakamura.com
Macauley Peterson’s video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tGXvcQP6VPo

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:59) – A private game vs Magnus Carlsen
(14:47) – Chess openings
(30:59) – Mental preparation
(39:40) – Chess tactics
(50:03) – Solving chess
(55:43) – Aggression and ego
(1:00:28) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal
(1:10:21) – How to cheat in chess
(1:24:44) – Greatest chess player of all time
(1:35:00) – Hikaru’s immortal game
(1:47:26) – Paul Morphy
(1:49:10) – World Chess Championship
(1:51:59) – Magnus Carlsen
(1:55:33) – Sergey Karjakin
(1:58:00) – Beauty of chess
(2:04:55) – Day in the life
(2:19:34) – Streaming
(2:34:13) – Taking risks
(2:39:42) – Depression
(2:44:31) – Advice for young people
(2:51:51) – Love

Transcript

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Hikaro and the Kamora, a chess super-grandmaster.
0:05.3	He's one of the greatest chess players in the world, including currently being ranked
0:09.0	world number one in Blitz chess.
0:12.2	He's also one of the most popular chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube, which you should definitely
0:17.5	check out.
0:18.7	His channel's name on both is GM Hikaro.
0:23.5	And now a quick few second mention of each sponsor.
0:26.2	Check them out in the description.
0:27.2	It's the best way to support this podcast.
0:29.8	We got Ms. In a Main for Style, Inside Track of Biamond and Aring, Net Sweet for Business
0:35.1	Management Software, and Simple Safe for Home Security.
0:39.6	Choose wisely, my friends.
0:41.3	And now onto the full ad reads.
0:43.2	As always, no ads in the middle.
0:44.7	I try to make this interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out the sponsors.
0:49.4	I enjoy their stuff.
0:50.8	Maybe you will too.
0:53.4	This show is brought to you by Ms. In and Main.
0:57.4	The maker of comfortable stylish dress shirts and other menswear and the maker of a brand
1:03.3	name, that's for some reason really fun to say.
1:06.6	Ms. In a Main.
1:08.3	Ms. In a Main with a plus between the Ms. and the main.
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