Is Hikaru Nakamura The Greatest Player On Earth?

I've watched some of his games, he's brilliant. Not to mention he has, like, a 4000 rating. What do you guys think?

Watch him get choked out in a street fight (that he instigated) by a fellow GM will change your outlook on him.

yes he is pretty good probbably the best streamer right now.

it's all subjective

Other than, you know, the rating system and tournaments and matches...

Hikaru is the bullet chess champion and speed chess champion I think.

It would be great if there were these events where players could compete with each other and we could keep track of all the results.  And then... how about this idea...  then we could use some ranking system based on their results vs their average level of opposition.  Oh that would be great.  Oh, not only that but maybe there could be websites even, that let's you check every players record against any other player  and maybe we could publish a ranking or something based on the results.  Just an idea.

Edit: or what #8 said. Something like that. 

By the way, when The Magster played on here he had beaten Hikaru in multiple speed matches at different time controls.  Also in live real world otb chess, he beats Hikaru in speed chess.

Yeah, 1 vs 1 Magnus is probably the best. But in arenas and overall strength, I don`t know. Hikaru won that 50k dollar bullet tournament (for the first place prize) big time.

Ratings fluctuate all the time. You can't judge a person's skill level by looking at their current rating, you have to look at their rating over a long period of time. Also, in order to get an accurate gauge on if a person is better than another person they would have to have played multiple games against that person. Some say Bobby Fischer was better than Magnus. Of course, we can't ever know for sure if Fischer is better than Magnus, because they never played each other. Sure Nepo won Candidates, but does that automatically make him the "best" chess player? What if a 1800 beats him? Does that 1800 become the "best" player? There can't be a "best" player, because the "best" player is always changing. 

So you agree it's not "all subjective." Good.

I mean, it probably isn't subjective if the rating difference is over 500 points. Other than that, there aren't too many players that have played each other to the point where one can safely say that one is "better" than the other. 

@op yes he is the best, he is the world champion, lets worship , oh yess he is the besstesssss

He's not world champion and not likely to ever be. He seems to have developed some on-line chess presence more than playing in big events. The kids have already passed him and another generation is about to crop up that will push him further out of the spotlight.

no way

No. OK? Great, next...

Não mesmo

Bullet and blitz are both arguable. 5 speed chess championships in a row is pretty convincing and I dont think any other player in the world could do it.

Magnus beats Nakamura most of the time 1vs1 as its pretty clear that the guy feels some inferiority complex playing Magnus. This is why it's hard to tell who is objectively better and leaves room for arguments for both players. Against the field which is a bigger sample size anyway, Nakamura has done very well being the top rated player a couople of times.

Nakamura is missing the world championship titles, but again I wouldnt put too much weight into one competition but overall performance.