Hikaru loses to a 13-year-old – The Underdog

In this episode of The Underdog with Robert Ris, we witness 13-year-old IM Kagan Ahmad from Azerbaijan defeating world blitz legend Hikaru Nakamura in a dramatic 112-move battle during the World Blitz Team Championship. Despite Hikaru’s deep experience and early initiative in a quiet Anti-Sicilian, he blunders with 21.h4, falling into a tactical shot Nxe5, allowing Ahmad to seize material and survive. Ahmad defends tenaciously, even under extreme time pressure, finding key tactical resources like Qa2 and Qf6 with only seconds on the clock. The endgame sees Hikaru applying relentless pressure, but Ahmad methodically converts his advantage and finishes with a brilliant checkmate sequence—proving that even the greatest can be toppled, and that this young prodigy might soon be making waves in the global chess scene.