He posted it on you tube all the same, and yes, he (Hikaru) is a bit good.
I'd rather watch the ginger ninja ahead of Nakamura or Finegold, any day.
Humility is a virtue.
What is the Simon Williams Hikaru Nakamura Story?
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Oct 6, 2017
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Simon lost (something like) 11 in a row in blitz before eventually winning his first game.
He posted it on you tube all the same, and yes, he (Hikaru) is a bit good.
I'd rather watch the ginger ninja ahead of Nakamura or Finegold, any day.
Humility is a virtue.
He posted it on you tube all the same, and yes, he (Hikaru) is a bit good.
I'd rather watch the ginger ninja ahead of Nakamura or Finegold, any day.
Humility is a virtue.
No I don't think this was the story. I think Ben Finegold said that if the story is true it would a career highlight for Simon, and Finegold hates Naka.
Also Danny said it was a post tournament story and Simon said he and Naka are friends 'now'. So I am assuming they weren't friends when the incident happened, or it was not a friendly incident.
So losing 11 games to Naka doesnt seem to be the story. All indications are the Simon and naka were involved in some heated exchange of words at the very least or a prank of some sort which Naka didn't like.
Oct 7, 2017
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ZebraGang wrote:
Simon Williams slept with Hikaru Nakamura's girlfriend.
That's so 1980s...Nigel Short and Tony Miles
Simon called him Harry by mistake
Naka's real name is Christopher, actually.
Nakamura subscribed at Simon Williams's Twitch channel while Simon was streaming live yesterday. The Ginger got so proud and happy.
Apr 9, 2021
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Lol I'd have loved to witness Hikaru get rough on Simon Williams and Williams knocking him out.
That'd bring back memories of Akeem Gregory bustin Hikaru in the face at a tournament.
https://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2002/NB_Akeem.html
Simon punched Hikaru in the face after Hikaru provoked him https://streamable.com/ixtxb0
Jul 21, 2023
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This is a bit late now, but seeing Simon interview Hikaru after the recent Bullet Chess Championship I thought an update is in place. The story with the physical altercation was confirmed in the C Squared podcast. There are similar stories with other players, Hikaru seems to have been a bit of an a** in the past. However, they seem to be on good terms now. Hikaru even recapped Simon's brilliant win in Reykjavik ( https://www.chess.com/news/view/2023-reykjavik-open-williams-sacrifices-queen ) and was full of praise for him.
I was watching the Ben Finegold vs Ginger GM stream when Danny said that there was a Naka story involving Simon that he wanted to mention in the Career lowlight segment for Simon but they eventually agreed not to bring it up.
It just got me curious. What is that story. Anyone know what happened?