Grischuk puts Hikaru in a corner on GMHikaru

A September Titled Tuesday encounter shares the upload shelf with U.S. Championship analysis and a puzzled Magnus reaction.

Channel: GMHikaru Story of October 17, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

I Had No Other Choice

Fifteen uploads, plenty of chess. Hikaru Nakamura's busiest new release was "I Had No Other Choice," the first installment from his September 22 Titled Tuesday session, whose description singles out a difficult encounter with Alexander Grischuk.

Grischuk is a three-time World Blitz champion, so getting into trouble against him comes with distinguished company. The upload has drawn roughly 141,000 views. In the comments, though, the recurring amusement is Hikaru referring to Hikaru: viewers pick up on the streamer discussing the strong grandmaster almost as if he were somebody else. Others focus on how his assessment of a position lines up with the evaluation bar.

The week also brought "HANS AND FABI CRASH AND BURN," covering Ray Robson's game against Hans Niemann and Andy Woodward's against Fabiano Caruana at the U.S. Championship in St. Louis. Tournament play sits alongside the title's more mischievous proposition in "STRANGE! Vidit sacrificed his King against Hikaru."

Right now, "Hikaru Is CONFUSED At Magnus Losing 😅" is attracting the most daily views. Two other active uploads bring the pressure back to Hikaru's own clock: a Bullet Brawl installment titled "My Brain Stopped Working But I Still Won" and "MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!," drawn from a three-minute session with early time trouble.

Across the channel, daily viewing is moderately above its usual level, and subscribers grew over the week. That makes for a healthy backdrop to a shelf where elite tournament analysis and the everyday panic of a ticking chess clock comfortably coexist.

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The videos drawing views on GMHikaru right now

STRANGE! Vidit sacrificed his King against Hikaru127,227 views · 2026-10-13 Hikaru Is CONFUSED At Magnus Losing 😅125,818 views · 2026-10-16 HANS AND FABI CRASH AND BURN118,579 views · 2026-10-14 Why draw when you can win?101,516 views · 2026-10-15 Forceably Mating a 2992 NM97,423 views · 2026-10-14 My Brain Stopped Working But I Still Won39,637 views MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!88,511 views

The numbers

Here is how GMHikaru's audience and uploads moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

GMHikaru

8,846,204

Speedy Boykins

6,248,192

Valkyrae

2,885,413

berleezy

2,176,243

loltyler1

1,732,170

Duke Dennis

435,806

GTLive

377,360

CouRage

375,836

Nadeshot

44,304

subscribers

3,260,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,430,489,479

views per day

1,362,882

typical day: 1,180,981

first-day views of each video posted this week

I Had No Other Choice

87,815

STRANGE! Vidit sacrificed his King agai…

81,515

HANS AND FABI CRASH AND BURN

81,566

Why draw when you can win?

80,176

Forceably Mating a 2992 NM

69,424

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CouRage

4,640,000

Valkyrae

4,040,000

Duke Dennis

3,620,000

GTLive

3,560,000

GMHikaru

3,260,000

Nadeshot

3,200,000

berleezy

2,950,000

Speedy Boykins

2,780,000

loltyler1

2,760,000

As of October 17, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.