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Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by incomingpain »

alar44 wrote: post #25
incomingpain wrote: post #10

Hikaru is awesome to watch. He's headed to the candidates where I hope he takes it. It will be amazing for chess to see him compete for world championship.

Hikaru will get wiped by Carlson. Hikaru is a blitz/bullet player, not classical. They are different games.

>Hikaru will get wiped by Carlson. Hikaru is a blitz/bullet player, not classical. They are different games.

I can personally attest to this but Hikaru has been unusually strong in classical in his return. Hence why he's headed to the candidates.

Also remember... Hikaru might just end up being champion. Carlsen said he'll only fight firouzja.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by KptMarchewa »

alar44 wrote: post #25
incomingpain wrote: post #10

Hikaru is awesome to watch. He's headed to the candidates where I hope he takes it. It will be amazing for chess to see him compete for world championship.

Hikaru will get wiped by Carlson. Hikaru is a blitz/bullet player, not classical. They are different games.

He probably will be wiped. However, this comment would make more sense if he didn't literally beat a lot of good players in classical chess, winning FIDE Grand Prix 2022.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by tarentel »

SubiculumCode wrote: post #27

Hikaru instigates too much drama and whines way too much when things don't go his way. Not a fan at all. The best chess streamer is Danya, without a doubt. Those who know, know.

He's very impressive to watch. Whenever I play blitz I can get easily flustered and end up playing terrible moves. He will have 10 seconds left and is still explaining things or just casually chatting and still playing at a high accuracy. I get why people like him.

I agree though. He can be difficult to watch. He acts like a small child when he loses, even sometimes when he doesn't. It's really not surprising to learn from this article that no one in the high level chess world likes him.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by greedo »

tuvi13 wrote: post #15

One of the best yt channels for opening study is HangingPawns: https://www.youtube.com/c/HangingPawns Just great for starters and advanced players. Stjepan is a great teacher and 2013 ELO so not a GM but on the way towards that goal.

Eh, I find Stjepan a bit too scattered in his discussion. He takes tangents that can confuse beginners (under 1200 or so) when trying to comprehend the openings he is discussing.

Learning from online YTubers/Twitch streamers can be a mixed bag. They make the moves seem so easy and logical, without explaining a lot of the why's. Danya is one I love to watch, but he just sees things that players below his level have a hard time envisioning. Rosen is the chillest to watch, but his love of dubious gambits can encourage bad habits as well.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by Kiro »

People suggesting other chess channels misunderstand what Hikaru is about. It's about the memes, chat spam and interaction with other non-chess streamers. He's part of a bigger Twitch community of streamers that has become like its own reality show.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by birken »

For all of those getting excited about Hikaru in the candidates, keep in mind the 3 strongest players in the world who aren't Magnus didn't play in the FIDE Grand Prix for various reasons: Alireza Firouzja (already qualified), Ding Liren (weird travel restrictions) and Fabi (already qualified).

At least two of them and likely all 3 are going to be in the candidates, so this is just going to be an entirely different level of competition. The betting odds put Hikaru at I'm not necessarily a Hikaru fan, but I enjoyed his post-game recaps after the grand prix matches, because that type of analysis isn't something any other top level players are going to do for fear of revealing some weaknesses that opponents can seize upon (and believe me... Hikaru's opponent's teams will be scouting those videos). However, not caring can only get you so far as the level of competition increases.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by Bostonian »

incomingpain wrote: post #31
alar44 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hikaru will get wiped by Carlson. Hikaru is a blitz/bullet player, not classical. They are different games.

>Hikaru will get wiped by Carlson. Hikaru is a blitz/bullet player, not classical. They are different games. I can personally attest to this but Hikaru has been unusually strong in classical in his return. Hence why he's headed to the candidates. Also remember... Hikaru might just end up being champion. Carlsen said he'll only fight firouzja.

I don't think Carlsen would actually give up the title to Nakamura without a match.

Re: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

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Post by oldstrangers »

birken wrote: post #36

For all of those getting excited about Hikaru in the candidates, keep in mind the 3 strongest players in the world who aren't Magnus didn't play in the FIDE Grand Prix for various reasons: Alireza Firouzja (already qualified), Ding Liren (weird travel restrictions) and Fabi (already qualified). At least two of them and likely all 3 are going to be in the candidates, so this is just going to be an entirely different l…

It's so weird to see so many people online going out of their way to explain why Hikaru won't do well. The eagerness to discredit him is just perplexing.

He's earned the recognition already, he's a former #2 in the world and one of only a handful of players to ever have an ELO over 2800. Just enjoy his resurgence and see where it takes him.

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