So, Hikaru Visited Lichess ...

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After winning his 4th consecutive Speed Chess Championship, Hikaru Nakamura mentioned that he played a few games on Lichess, recently. surprise.png

Immediately curious, I went to that site's Bullet leaderboard to find him. It took only a few seconds to spot his username: "TSMFTXH".

The playing session that he mentioned began 2 days ago, and he's currently 3000+, and #14 in the top player's list.

Some of you might find this interesting, because a certain World Champion also plays on that site ...

I don't know if Hikaru will continue to dabble over there, but if he does, there's a chance that "TSMFTXH" and "DrChampionstein" might run into each other ... perhaps in a bullet match ...

What do you think?

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Boring, carlsen is like 500 light years ahead of him lol

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Stil1 wrote:

So, Hikaru Visited Lichess...

 

...and got slaughtered...

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Carlsen disciplines Naka whenever they play one another.

It’s little more interesting than someone beating up there younger sibling.
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Woww, that's very interesting. 

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Oh no, chess.com's chubby mascot admitting chess.com lags in comparison to lichess. How funny.

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Steven-ODonoghue wrote:

It would certainly be fun to see some games between them. (Especially if Naka gets crushed)

Naroditsky, who has played both of them hundreds of times, said at one point that he believes Carlsen is simply a stronger online player than Naka, even in non-increment bullet.

lol when did he say that? i dont think so ..naka will definetly win in non increment bullet

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Hi

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JuergenWerner wrote:
Stil1 wrote:

So, Hikaru Visited Lichess...

 

...and got slaughtered...

 But if he's already 3000 and 14th on the whole site in two days, no he didn't get slaughtered. He would have crushed almost everyone he played. How does it even make sense to say that? There is literally no human on the planet that can slaughter Hikaru in fast online chess....and there is only one person that can really beat him in a speed match.  He's literally the second best blitz and bullet player on Earth. So unless he only played Magnus I'm very curious how one supports the argument he got slaughtered. You make it sound like Lichess is nothing, nothing but alien chess gods for whom the weakest players are 4000s and go up to 6000s or something. No, Hikaru can go to Lichess and godstomp every human on there except for maybe 5, and 4 of those remaining 5 he would beat soundly, and only 1 could beat him in the long run.

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GigaChadMagnoose wrote:

Hikaru feeling lonely during christmas time so he hopes he'll get adopted.

 There is no human on Earth that can adopt Hikaru, and you know that perfectly well.

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I would say Dr Drunkenstein would win, but you never know.

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I think Magnus and Naka have played 2 separate 3 hour matches on here. 

The Magster won both. I think he's higher rated in blitz AND bullet.

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DreamscapeHorizons wrote:

I think Magnus and Naka have played 2 separate 3 hour matches on here. 

The Magster won both. I think he's higher rated in blitz AND bullet.

True. But I think their last match, here, was 5 years ago.

Since then, Hikaru has been walking all over everyone. Without Carlsen to stand in the way, Nakamura seems to have very little competition.

(Even Wesley So joked that maybe Hikaru should sit out one of the next SCCs, just to give other players a chance ...)

Mostly, I find the idea of Hikaru playing on Lichess to be fascinating because there, he might finally run into someone capable of giving him a serious struggle: Carlsen himself.

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CooloutAC wrote:

I'm glad he's going to the upcoming World Rapid and Blitz Championship and I look forward to the coverage.  He's a beast.

Same.

I think it'll be an exciting tournament. Besides Hikaru, there will also be in attendance: Carlsen and Firouzja.

I'm betting a lot of eyes will be on Magnus and Alireza, when they face each other, due to Carlsen's recent comments. tongue.png

Magnus and Hikaru squaring off should also be quite thrilling.

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CooloutAC wrote:

Now you've made me more excited!

grin.png These are the players lists: 

Rapid - https://worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/rapid-open/

Blitz - https://worldrapidandblitz.fide.com/blitz-open/

I actually find this event more exciting than the World Championship ...

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Lichess does lag less. A lot less.

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very interesting
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Whats magnus Carlsons username

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Stil1 wrote:
CooloutAC wrote:

I'm glad he's going to the upcoming World Rapid and Blitz Championship and I look forward to the coverage.  He's a beast.

Same.

I think it'll be an exciting tournament. Besides Hikaru, there will also be in attendance: Carlsen and Firouzja.

I'm betting a lot of eyes will be on Magnus and Alireza, when they face each other, due to Carlsen's recent comments.

Magnus and Hikaru squaring off should also be quite thrilling.

 

 

Less thrilling and more cringe-inducing...last time they played magnus won and hikaru cried at the board...not a joke look it up

 

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CooloutAC wrote:
Vilhelm_Pisa wrote:
Stil1 wrote:
CooloutAC wrote:

I'm glad he's going to the upcoming World Rapid and Blitz Championship and I look forward to the coverage.  He's a beast.

Same.

I think it'll be an exciting tournament. Besides Hikaru, there will also be in attendance: Carlsen and Firouzja.

I'm betting a lot of eyes will be on Magnus and Alireza, when they face each other, due to Carlsen's recent comments.

Magnus and Hikaru squaring off should also be quite thrilling.

 

 

Less thrilling and more cringe-inducing...last time they played magnus won and hikaru cried at the board...not a joke look it up

 

I watched the video noone cried, and seems more thrilling to me then watching paint dry at the WCC where the challenger cried after every move in the bathroom.

 

 

Right...he didn't cry and you don't pick your nose...