Hikaru #1 Blitz Rating is 3370 !!

@Hikaru did it again

GM Hikaru Nakamura is #1 in blitz

Blitz rating 3370.  Dont tell @vladimirkramnik

how did @Hikaru achieve this amazing and possibly best rating ? 

Simply farming excellent blitz players but not world class blitz players

What is the streak or record on last 50 games ?

49 wins and 1 loss

he did lose to @chessbrainiacontwitch once but made lots of points winning so many against his young opponent.

lets see one instructive endgame won by @hikaru with the Black pieces

you can replay the live action for free going to Hikaru's kick channel here https://kick.com/gmhikaru and select recent streams 

Lets see how Hikaru took a decisive advantage here with the Black pieces. This is given as a quiz as you can try to solve on the board or press ? for the solution

what are the opponent usernames ? here's a sample

@BlueSmurfsAreBlue

@ElliotAldersonTwitch and you can replay live games against @hikaru here https://www.twitch.tv/elliot_alderson_chess

It's amazing the number of games @Hikaru is playing online. 

2 Titled Tuesdays every Tuesday. Arena Kings. Bullet Brawl.

and then these farming blitz sessions 3+0 

and @Hikaru has to prepare for the candidates in 2 months, as Vidit , Alireza, Nepo and Caruana are preparing openings with Chessbase, Stockfish16, and teams of seconds for White and Black openings.

https://candidates2024.fide.com/

@MagnusCarlsen are you going to do something about being the #2 rated player on chess.com ?

Stay Tuned !!