Part of his strength is his ability to read far into the game very fast, and to make seemingly stupid moves, which, in fact, lure the opponent to playing what looks like the obviously correct move, which Hikaru then uses against them.
Part of his strength is his ability to read far into the game very fast, and to make seemingly stupid moves. Seemingly stupid moves lure the opponent to playing. This is in fact. This playing looks like the obviously correct move. Hikaru then uses against them the obviously correct move.