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Doesn’t make much sense for Hikaru to cheat. He competes over the board where it’s much harder to cheat, and he makes most of his money through streaming, not t
by wufufufu 3y ago
Doesn’t make much sense for Hikaru to cheat. He competes over the board where it’s much harder to cheat, and he makes most of his money through streaming, not through competition results.
- fairity 3y agoThe size of his streaming audience is largely predicated on his perceived skill though. So, he may hypothetically feel pressure to cheat in order to impress his audience.
- jaxr 3y agoI'm not sure that translates very linearly. Most of the chess YouTube "stars" are not even GMs. Most of the viewers are hardly good players, so what you can learn from an IM is astronomical. Charisma and good at teaching are much better skills than a 1000 ELO difference imo. To your point, beating Magnus might drag a lot of people to his stream.
- drexlspivey 3y agoThat’s right, the most popular content creator on Youtube is an IM and the most popular game analysis channel is by an amateur
- TylerE 3y agoThat’s nothing new. Many of the books supposedly by GMs are ghostwritten by non-titled players.
- paulddraper 3y ago> Most of the chess YouTube "stars" are not even GMs. But they have tutorials, put tons of effort into entertaining content, etc. Hikaru doesn't. People watch Hiraku because they want to watch a top 5 player.
- lupire 3y agoThey watch Hikaru because he is fun while he plays and wins. Offline, he is #4 is slow chess and #1 in Blitz. He's not facing strong challenges on Titled Tuesday, and (like all top players) he is so good that there simply aren't enough players and data to make the empirical Elo scale work for assessing his win probabilities.
- paulddraper 3y agoBut his appeal as a streamer is due to his strength. The stronger he is, the more his name is listed as the winner, the more viewers he has.
- rgoulter 3y agoWondering if Hikaru is using an engine is a bit like wondering if John Carmack gets his insights from ChatGPT.