I know we do it for the memes.
But he was genuinely innocent. Insufferable though he is as a character. And character is a deliberate choice of word.
I mean, he has admitted to cheating online. People that know a lot more about chess and statistics than myself say he’s probably cheated more than what he admits to.
Regardless, he comes off as such an asshole that I can’t help but enjoy it every time he gets his ass handed to him.
Yes he cheated online. But according to all credible statisticians there was no reasonable evidence against him recently. Karpov was against him which only proves him as innocent (he later joined him as coach)
Not since he was 16 and got banned.
I do enjoy watching him lose too honestly.
Was this the story that he was using some sort of inserted sex toy to get info? I don’t follow chess but that’s obviously a very memorable headline. What was the follow up story, that it was just blatantly untrue?
Hikaru as a joke said he may have a vibrating buttplug to get info. People ran with it.
It was never meant seriously.
Hikaru is the chess personality I hate most.
Hikaru is the chess personality I hate most.
Well deserved. Hikaru is the biggest drama frog in the chess community, and never misses a chance to fan the flames for entertainment’s sake. He’s an unrepentant bully.
I’d be lying if I said I never guiltily enjoyed watching any of it, though.
I just started feeling bad for Hans eventually 😭
Getting tournament invites cancelled etc
Yeah, same. I’m glad they finally got everything more or less resolved. Incidentally, I lost a lot of respect for Danny Rensch and chess com for how they handled everything.
Hans definitely plays into being the Heel, so I get why some people don’t like him, but he’s also a genuinely very talented player. I look forward to seeing him succeed in the future.
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But of course! Lichess is great! From a spectator perspective though, chess com is kinda unavoidable.
I never cared for chess.com or Danny. I didn’t think he was bad at dealing with it all tbh. It was an odd situation. Most sports are run by stupid dinosaurs, hes probably one of rbe better people around.
I agree with Hans liking the heel role. I can see him in the candidates in not too long.
Pretty sure it was the chat of Eric Hansen who insinuated it first.
He was just vibing :)
Did he do a dill do or a dill don’t?
If the dill don’t fit, you must acquit
Ancient meme
