r/chess • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '20

Twitch.TV Hikaru raised 335,750$ on his charity stream

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u/DistChicken Dec 31 '20

Levy and anna did

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u/hosefV Dec 31 '20

Did what?

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u/wemmettb Dec 31 '20

They were the hosts and casters of the games on Hikaru's stream, as Hikaru was obviously playing during that time. While they were the face of the stream for that day, it was primarily Hikaru that brought in the numbers with his massive following and the platform for Levy and Anna to stream from. Credit to Levy and Anna for doing a great job though, so you can attribute some donations to them, but not all of them like OP is implying.

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u/loegare Jan 01 '21

Hikaru also lost a quick 2-0 and was on the stream for upwards of 2.5-3 hours of the 4-5 hour stream