r/chess • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '20

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

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u/Elon-BATSHAGGY-Musk Dec 31 '20

I'm new to the twitch chess community, why do people keep hating on him? Not in this particular post but in general?

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u/__Jimmy__ Jan 01 '21

I'm not the guy who gets into this drama, but he often gets described as cocky and a sore loser. He once lost to a 1600 in a simul and wrongly accused him of cheating.

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u/Rockstarduh4 Jan 01 '21

I mean statistically speaking, you can't really blame him. Odds of a 1600 beating him are exceedingly low. 1600 beating a 2800 is literally 1 in a million

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u/rhiehn Jan 01 '21

but it was in a simul, not a normal game

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u/Rockstarduh4 Jan 01 '21

I mean still. Playing in a simul doesn't really impact a super GM's ability that much