carlsen vs nakamura question

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bjapan96

why are these two considered rivals when nakamura has never even beaten carlsen in a classical game?

here are their heads up records:

Classical games: Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura 7 to 0, with 15 draws.

Including rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura 12 to 5, with 20 draws.

Only rapid/exhibition games: Magnus Carlsen tied Hikaru Nakamura 5 to 5, with 5 draws.

ThefakeGM

lol

TheDeepOne

Hikaru is a chess.com hero so everyone here hopes he can one day be as good as magnus even though he's already older.

Barry_Helafonte2

they are rivals because they want to win

but unfortunately

i dont believe nakamura has won a game yet