Hikaru Nakamura is better than Magnus Carlsen?
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Magnus is better but Hikaru is still an incredible player
Disadvantages: Carlsen is great at slow chess and takes his time.
Advantages: Nakamura is a quick thinker and fast player. Due to the fast timing, Carlsen would not be able to think very much.
Both players are incredible at chess.
Jul 2, 2021
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#147
YangyangShenorBabyKoi wrote:
Disadvantages: Carlsen is great at slow chess and takes his time.
Advantages: Nakamura is a quick thinker and fast player. Due to the fast timing, Carlsen would not be able to think very much.
Carlsen is blitz champion.
Jul 2, 2021
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#148
AunTheKnight wrote:
YangyangShenorBabyKoi wrote:
Disadvantages: Carlsen is great at slow chess and takes his time.
Advantages: Nakamura is a quick thinker and fast player. Due to the fast timing, Carlsen would not be able to think very much.
Carlsen is blitz champion.
No point arguing with naka fans, they are sort of blind followers
Jul 2, 2021
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#149
MrIndia wrote:
AunTheKnight wrote:
YangyangShenorBabyKoi wrote:
Disadvantages: Carlsen is great at slow chess and takes his time.
Advantages: Nakamura is a quick thinker and fast player. Due to the fast timing, Carlsen would not be able to think very much.
Carlsen is blitz champion.
No point arguing with naka fans, they are sort of blind followers
Yes lol. I was thinking that they just watch Hikaru’s streams. The depressing thing is that they were 1700 blitz and don’t know anything about Carlsen, and just blindly follow Nakamura.
IMO the 3 best chess players of all time
1.Magnus Carlsen
2.Viswanathan Anand
3.Vladimir Kramnik
I do know about Carlsen
I'll say their tied
I think Carlsen broke Nakamura. That's why Hikaru has declined so much in Classical, IMO.
Hikaru is an awesome chess player.
But I believe he's ranked in the top 30 or top 20 at this moment regarding classical.
And he's ranked Second for blitz. Sooooo no, at this moment he's not better then Magnus
Sep 21, 2021
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#155
FIDE has a years-long process of qualifying tournaments and matches to select the challenger for a match vs the world champion. Magnus Carlsen has successfully gone through this process and become world champion, then defended his title. Nakamura has not. Should he succeed in the next cycle, then he can be considered as better than Carlsen.
Sep 23, 2021
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#156
Magnus is his superior in all time controls, only the most deluded would believe Nakamura is his better. :)
OK, I like Hikaru, but Magnus is better
Sep 23, 2021
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#158
TanVibrantMonk wrote:
Hikaru is only good at bullet and blitz ...
Hikaru is a super grandmaster in classical, too.
For perspective:
- Titled masters are the top 1% of all chess players.
- Grandmasters are the top 1% of all titled masters.
- Super grandmasters (like Hikaru) are the top 1% of all grandmasters.
Yes, Magnus is the undisputed king of the hill. His accomplishments speak for themselves.
But give Hikaru credit where credit is due ...
Yes, Hikaru is a stellar player. Great skill. But... The Magster is better than Hikaru at classical, rapid, blitz, aaaand bullet, even 960. Not only in real over the board play but even in online competition too. They've played many blitz & bullet games right here on chess.com. Anybody can look the results up. The Magster is likely better in rock/paper/scissors, badminton, & connect 4 too.
