why did nakamura call magnus "Sauron"

on his twitter....im still trying to interpret what he meant

is he saying magnus is a really strong chess player, or is he bad for chess (sauron is the personification of evil in LOTR)

Because he sees everything?

do you think nakamura meant it in positive light or negative light?

Positive, gotta be. To good a complement.

Being the best means people (especially your rivals) will be jealous of you.

Does that make Nakamura a combination of Frodo and Gollum, by the way?

I don't think 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 is going to work against Carlsen.

No ?mark

That is exactly right.

Yes, the "Eye of Mordor".

No, because Naka will never dethrone him.

I hate Naka, he's obnoxious and has no respect.

To continue the analogy, Naka = Saruman or Lord Denethor (you pick).

Tough. Deal with it. Naka may never touch carlsen but he has beaten every other top GM in the world. What have you done?

Sauron, (who is also known as The All Seeing Eye) seems like a pretty decent nickname for Carlsen, all things considered ;)...

Huh? You mean the Great Eye?

No.

I feel like Magnus would more fit the role of Morgoth in this case. Nakamura can be Sauron, which makes Nakamura Magnus' slave.

Although neither of them are evil at all, Nakamura was probably only joking, Magnus probably wouldn’t want a slave, and a lot of other things that would prove this theory wrong.