He has to be at least a "good" player.
The opening that destroyed hikaru more than his own mother spanking him
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Jul 8, 2020
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#24
from displayed behavior it appears some didn't get spanked or spanked enough
Jul 8, 2020
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#25
Uhohspaghettio1 wrote:
For the love of god Nakamura is not a good player.
I mean he's "okay", in terms of the top elite he isn't great. I don't why people here tend to go around talking about Nakamura as like some sort of chess superstar. He's 18th in the live world ratings right now, barely a supergm, and at 32 he's not going to improve a lot.
Sure he's probably the best player in the US, but in terms of international competition he tends to come around last in the exclusive elite competitions, if he gets invited at all.
If it's a national thing well first of all, this is a worldwide site. It's not about just you Americans. Secondly he's not even really American - he wasn't born in America. He was born in Japan to a Japanese dad and American mum and lived there for two years.
But if he's not a real American because he wasn't born here, then why do you call him the best US player when Caruana (who was born in the US) is clearly much better than Naka?
HIKARU IS AWESOME. he is one of the best chess players and is really fun too
Jul 8, 2020
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#27
I think he helps out lower rated players more via YouTube and twitch
olJoshie1 wrote:
I think he helps out lower rated players more via YouTube and twitch
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Jul 8, 2020
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#29
llama03 wrote:
Uhohspaghettio1 wrote:
For the love of god Nakamura is not a good player.
I mean he's "okay", in terms of the top elite he isn't great. I don't why people here tend to go around talking about Nakamura as like some sort of chess superstar. He's 18th in the live world ratings right now, barely a supergm, and at 32 he's not going to improve a lot.
Sure he's probably the best player in the US, but in terms of international competition he tends to come around last in the exclusive elite competitions, if he gets invited at all.
If it's a national thing well first of all, this is a worldwide site. It's not about just you Americans. Secondly he's not even really American - he wasn't born in America. He was born in Japan to a Japanese dad and American mum and lived there for two years.
But if he's not a real American because he wasn't born here, then why do you call him the best US player when Caruana (who was born in the US) is clearly much better than Naka?
According to this reliable source it's alphazero.
It's just an all-around OP opening.