Hikaru vs chess hustler! $$$ game !

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ESP-918

Endgame speed, is that even human? 

Another guy seems pretty good as well , any guesses of his rating? 

https://youtu.be/CLp2UbBNm0s

ESP-918

I found who the hustler is:

Johannes Mabusela FIDE rating 2270 

I thought so, that hustler was about FM strength, judging by speed and accuracy he played. 

ESP-918

Oh wow he's actually an International Master 

https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=14300702

ESP-918

Well no wonder now he was just couple of pawns down and lasted all the way till endgame

ESP-918

https://youtu.be/xn0TN468yU4

ESP-918

https://youtu.be/fz4zF-cvjVo

ESP-918

Did you like it? 

KeSetoKaiba
ESP-918 wrote:

Did you like it? 

Yes, that was very instructive for me. I am used to longer time controls, but I just played in my first rated blitz tournament this last week and I am still getting over the different feel of fast OTB chess; it is an entirely different thing altogether. I watched the video twice: once to follow the game and once to see the subtle quirks that help in OTB fast chess. For the later I was looking primarily at how Hikaru physically moves. The biggest thing I noticed they both did was pass the captured pieces to the other hand to put away later - very smart, it saves precious seconds! The other thing was how Hikaru barely ever looked at the clock - he would just glance quickly. When I play, I only glance too; unlike Hikaru however, I tend to look at the clock button to make sure I hit it - especially at the start of the game, he almost never took his eyes off of the board. This was interestingly helpful; thanks for sharing this video.