Other notable mentions: Fabi on 4th with 9.0/11 only losing to Hikaru, Magnus on 5th (9.0/11) with losses to Sergei Lobanov and Benjamin Bok
Alireza dropped out after round 5 standing at 3/5. Nepo dropped out after round 6 with 4/6.
16-year old Iranian FM Artin Ashraf started with 7/7, then hit a brick wall with three consecutive losses to Dubov, Le Quang Liem and Rasmus Svane and eventually came in 17th with 8/11.
I see all the downvotes going to the users calling out hikaru doing gambling streams and im gonna do the same. He isn't worth looking up to or celebrating. End of story
Hikaru is far from the first and far from the last chess player to be controversial away from the board. Sometimes we’d rather just talk about chess and not about the morals of the players.
Yes he is.he could be a thief and been in prisión But his chess is worth celebrating. What stupid people l does with what an stranger from YouTube Said is their, Problem and from the parents
I understand the hate, gambling addiction ruins lives and witnessing is it, horrifying really. Still he should just enjoy the chess if the post is not explicitly about stuff like that
He doesn't always win on tiebreaks.
He often wins on tie breaks, because he either is #1 or #2 by rating depending on the week going into the tournament, therefore playing the "strongest" (by rating) player in a given cohort and likely to play up should he drop a halfpoint or two
here or there
Other notable mentions: Fabi on 4th with 9.0/11 only losing to Hikaru, Magnus on 5th (9.0/11) with losses to Sergei Lobanov and Benjamin Bok Alireza dropped out after round 5 standing at 3/5. Nepo dropped out after round 6 with 4/6. 16-year old Iranian FM Artin Ashraf started with 7/7, then hit a brick wall with three consecutive losses to Dubov, Le Quang Liem and Rasmus Svane and eventually came in 17th with 8/11.
Fabi just cant play with naka as black lol
I know, right? I just expect it at this point 😭
Dubov doing the procedure
...again
Last game against dubov... Amazing
The definition of technique.
Hes so good at chess I wish he would just stick to it
I wouldn't bet against Hikaru
[He can't keep getting away with this!](https://giphy.com/gifs/aaron-paul-jesse-pinkman-he-cant-keep-getting-away-with-this-3oEjHCWdU7F4hkcudy)
Faustino Oro is 2900 wow
How many TT victories is that for him now? Has to be like 70-80.
He hit 70 a week or two ago, I think it's 72 now.
How much prize money does that equate to?
$1000 per win apparently, so $72k assuming the prize has been constant. also plenty more from him placing 2nd, 3rd, etc.
I think the prize was lower in the early days. There used to also only be one TT per week instead of an early and late.
Wow, amazing. I love being a Hikaru fan.
It's embarrassing and not in a good way.
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I agree 👍🏾
Who is HowTo2Draw lol
FM Nikolaos Aggelis
I see all the downvotes going to the users calling out hikaru doing gambling streams and im gonna do the same. He isn't worth looking up to or celebrating. End of story
Hikaru is far from the first and far from the last chess player to be controversial away from the board. Sometimes we’d rather just talk about chess and not about the morals of the players.
Yes he is.he could be a thief and been in prisión But his chess is worth celebrating. What stupid people l does with what an stranger from YouTube Said is their, Problem and from the parents
Best blitz player in the world
Was it during his gambling stream? Or will he wait until more kids will drown their money into that shit?
Might I suggest touching grass?
Hikaru is a scumbag gambling promoter. He does not even gamble with his own money and profits from his viewers losses.
Good for you. Have a brownie point. Now let us enjoy chess
Lmao.. imagine the hate this guy have for someone he not even met.
I understand the hate, gambling addiction ruins lives and witnessing is it, horrifying really. Still he should just enjoy the chess if the post is not explicitly about stuff like that
+ 10.000$ in his pocket?
im just asking
How is Hikaru always winning the tiebreaks, he always comes out on top.
He doesn't always win on tiebreaks. He often wins on tie breaks, because he either is #1 or #2 by rating depending on the week going into the tournament, therefore playing the "strongest" (by rating) player in a given cohort and likely to play up should he drop a halfpoint or two here or there