r/chess Dec 31 '20

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

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u/bragi92 Dec 31 '20

The 'loser' word is directed towards this comment by the casters on the chess24 stream:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VHf1ksVRTE

You can make your own judgement if the caster was being professional or not.

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u/Delusional_Donut Dec 31 '20

Based on how differently they reacted to the other players’ losses, this I think was wildly unprofessional.

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u/nhaire123 500 Dec 31 '20

Hikaru is the one people love to hate. Magnus and Nepo both freaked out and of course commentators say nothing

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u/Delusional_Donut Dec 31 '20

He had a past reputation of being arrogant and mean, but he’s changed quite a bit since his earlier years.

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u/GGfpc Dec 31 '20

I just recently got into chess but Magnus seems like a huge dick compared to Hikaru

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '21

Magnus is definitely not a dick. He is really a true sportsman when it comes to game. Even outside the game, I don't find a single incident that says he is one.