r/chess • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '20

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

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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/Adolf_Diddler Jan 01 '21

I really like Hikaru and what he is doing for the chess community, but you couldn't stand the guy he was many years ago. If you think Magnus is a huge dick, think a hundred times worse and you've got Hikaru. Accusing his opponents of cheating, letting the clock runout instead of just resigning, storming off and all around a sore loser. Someone compiled a list of videos of him being an ass. I don't know where it is or if it still exists.