The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 10:55 PM UTC

debacle wrote: post #74

oldstrangers wrote: post #39

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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.

And he's fun. People like him (and Magnus, and the Botez sisters) because they are fun. On Twitch, the most successful players almost never have the most viewership.

Post by voldacar » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 12:25 AM UTC

Post by zaidw » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 12:35 AM UTC

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ajkjk wrote: post #102

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I can't handle Agadmator because he skips so many important moves without analysis, and when he does provide analysis it's not very insightful. I think he's just a weaker player than the others. Levy (GothamChess) is a much better player, although it's tedious that a lot of his content is silly stuff like laughing at beginner games. He also tilts really hard which makes me feel really bad because I just want to sit d…

Agadmator shouldn't really be seen as a game analyst, he just reads out the PGN and has the computer going in the background. His content is mostly directed towards casual chess players (or not even chess players at all, just youtube watchers interested in chess) who want to keep up with some more interesting & current high level games.

Post by andrei_says_ » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 1:07 AM UTC

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…”

Post by ChrisLomont » Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 1:43 AM UTC

russian_bots wrote: post #130

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…

He also won 3 times on demand, including against Levon Aronian. > but escaped some very bad positions with draws, which against higher level competition he might not be so lucky. Hikaru is well-known for being able to defend insanely well, and highly capable of escaping with draws against any level of player. This is such a strangely critically toned comment.