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Is Hikaru the best chess streamer?

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rebus2k

i like hikaru

ChrisWainscott
Hikaru is not the most entertaining streamer, but he is the best.
ChrisWainscott
And the only streamer I’d put ahead of him for entertainment are the Chessbrahs.

He’s a close second.
vonderlasa
Chessexplained
TNRL

can't decide between GM Hikaru Nakamura, GM Eric Hansen, GM Eric Hammer, a combination of all three would be perfect

dtownva

Gingergm is entertaining. Hikaru, when he sings, is the most annoying streamer out there.

ChrisWainscott
Hikaru sings good stuff though!
dtownva

The head bobbing, scycronized with the out-of-tune voice, makes me want to crush beer cans against my forehead. That or slam my fingers in a door. I can only watch him for so long. . . . He sure can blast out the tactics, though, credit where credit is due.

VikrantPlaysD4

Hikaru's the king of chess.com but not the king of Twitch. wink.pngplatinum.png

Acroduster

Just look at the views he gets. Hikaru always has 2-3000 viewers while the manscaper chessbrahs have a few hundred. Hikaru plays the top rated players, top 20, while other streamers are always playing low rated or viewers. Everyone keeps trying to get Hikaru to play that Ben finegold clown. I wish he would, that would make for a great stream. 

ChrisWainscott
Hikaru has the best Twitch bio, that’s for sure!
Acroduster

That is true Chris! 

ChrisWainscott
For those who don’t know, Acroduster wrote Hikaru’s Twitch bio.
RyanZ_MD

what is his twitch bio?

DV_90

Yes, but Levi si also good

Alain1931
Magnus is also God
SymphonicKnight

Naroditsky has the most useful streams when he does rapid stream runs, when he explains the opening and tactics as he plays, and even more after the game. He has videos of this on YouTube.