Is this Magnus Carlsen?

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So here's a guy who currently has a bullet rating of 3003, this rating is still rising at a pretty good pace. His username is stoptryinghard, now we all know that Carlsen's username in ICC is stoptryharding. 

So, is this actually Magnus Carlsen who's playing here? He has played over 1000 bullet games, so allegations of cheating can be ruled out. 

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According to this page - https://www.chess.com/livechess/players?type=Bullet , he's currently the 3rd best bullet player in this site. Actually the 2nd best if he's actually Carlsen.

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That is carlsen, no doubt.

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If he gets to 4000 I might be swayed. Smile

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AussieRookie wrote:

If he gets to 4000 I might be swayed.

That's too much, even for Komodo.

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OnceUponaCheckmate wrote:

Several has told me GM Magnus the #1 is himself. Can he have 2 accounts?

Titled players are allowed to use two accounts.

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Many Scandinavian people told me that Magnus has a ghost account..

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KID_Harish wrote:

Many Scandinavian people told me that Magnus has a ghost account..

What's a ghost account?

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Nxa6 wrote:

His username is stoptryinghard, now we all know that Carlsen's username in ICC is stoptryharding. 

Yes, because we all knew that...

Now, question: Why do you care?

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ChessOath wrote:
Nxa6 wrote:

His username is stoptryinghard, now we all know that Carlsen's username in ICC is stoptryharding. 

Yes, because we all knew that...

Now, question: Why do you care?

Are you a troll?

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Do you think that I'm a troll because I questioned the importance of knowing if a certain account belongs to MC or because I said that I didn't know his ICC handle?

That's a somewhat rhetorical question, since in either case I think that you're pretty delusional.

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ChessOath wrote:

Do you think that I'm a troll because I questioned the importance of knowing if a certain account belongs to MC or because I said that I didn't know his ICC handle?

That's a somewhat rhetorical question, since in either case I think that you're pretty delusional.

You don't have to say anything anymore. You have succesfully made it into my block list.

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Might be his brother Mangus or his sister Margus or his dad Mr Margus or his uncle Mr Magoo. Undecided

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Don't worry about Dick, I mean, ChessOath.

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cafardstrike wrote:

Don't worry about Dick, I mean, ChessOath.

Why? Is his name dick?

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I think he calls him a dick because he's not always nice to people.

He's an okay guy though.
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Uncheney my heart, Cocker.

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Nxa6 wrote:

So here's a guy who currently has a bullet rating of 3003, this rating is still rising at a pretty good pace. His username is stoptryinghard, now we all know that Carlsen's username in ICC is stoptryharding. 

So, is this actually Magnus Carlsen who's playing here? He has played over 1000 bullet games, so allegations of cheating can be ruled out. 

The account appeared soon after Magnus joined chess.com with his official name. Very similar name to his ICC handle. Norway flag in the profile. And, in short amount of time, he's risen to 3000+, passing all the other strong bullet players on this site—and now closing in on Hikaru.

Seems like it's Magnus' second account, to me! If it weren't, I'd be very surprised.

Either way, I'd love to see a match between the herculean Hikaru and the sky-rocketing StopTryingHard!

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Nxa6 wrote:

His username is stoptryinghard, now we all know that Carlsen's username in ICC is stoptryharding. 

If that's the case, then I'm inclined to believe that this guy isn't Carlsen. It seems like he's trying too hard Laughing to imitate Carlsen, with the username and the Norwegian flag. If it were Carlsen himself, I imagine that he wouldn't want it to be so obvious.

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I think he is.