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incomingpain on April 13, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: The most popular chess streamer on Twitch

>Hikaru will get wiped by Carlson. Hikaru is a blitz/bullet player, not classical. They are different games.

I can personally attest to this but Hikaru has been unusually strong in classical in his return. Hence why he's headed to the candidates.

Also remember... Hikaru might just end up being champion. Carlsen said he'll only fight firouzja.

Bostonian on April 13, 2022 [–]

I don't think Carlsen would actually give up the title to Nakamura without a match.

incomingpain on April 13, 2022 | [–]

>I don't think Carlsen would actually give up the title to Nakamura without a match.

Oh ya I agree, I think such a competition would be amazing.

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