The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

Post by llimllib » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 6:02 PM UTC

joshuamorton wrote: post #91

tibbar wrote: post #83

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Actually Hikaru would be (as of today) 6/8 among the Candidates in classical ELO, as the world #11 in live ratings. If anything, Hikaru is probably underrated ; he gained around 20 ELO points in the two Grand Prix legs. Like the OP, I'll disclaim being a Hikaru apologist; but he is world #1 in blitz and world #2 (briefly #1 this year) in rapid rating, which is why, for example, http://universalrating.com/ratings.php…

Who is he higher than? He's tied for last as of current ratings on the fide website, or does that not yet include results from grand prix round 3? (Which would put him ahead of Teimor and Duda, presumably) > seems his strategy is just to survive the openings and then try to outplay or flag people later on, which is a surprisingly viable strategy. This doesn't work when people are both stronger middlegame players than…

Post by javert » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 6:06 PM UTC

oldstrangers wrote: post #39

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.

Post by to1y » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 6:09 PM UTC

zeteo wrote: post #84

cellis wrote: post #61

While everyone is plugging their favorite streamers allow me to plug GothamChess. Definitely most entertaining for me as well as educational, followed by the Botez sisters, Agadmator and then Hikaru. I like watching him, but he plays lines that I can’t possibly hope to remember ( I’m around 1800 blitz / bullet ), and so it’s more like watching a magician. “So guys, let’s play the sodium…”

GothamChess's friend Eric Rosen is also very good. (Actually I think he may have won their latest match.) I really like his unshakable calm attitude - even when scrambling with 5s left on the clock he still finds time to make informative little comments.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 6:14 PM UTC

cellis wrote: post #100

pkulak wrote: post #86

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Gotham is my favorite, and he's "not even a GM". But once you're 1000+ points higher than me, it just doesn't matter. All these guys and gals are so indescribably better than me at chess, that I'm choosing based on communication and other intangibles.

I thought he recently became a GM?

Post by Scarblac » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC

mattbuilds wrote: post #41

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Carlsen has a huge plus score against him though, I'd expect the match to be extremely one sided. Something in Nakamura's style doesn't work against Magnus.

To be fair, something in everyone's style doesn't work against Magnus. Very few (if any) top players have a winning record vs him.