Eric addresses the Hikaru Copyright Drama

[@GGxEpsilon]

For context and time line, please read the description. I will keep that updated.

[@joseffelis]

Appreciate the work. Have subscribed. Interested to see how this develops

[@31redorange08]

MVP ✨

[@meeeeee423]

Youre a king for putting this together

[@XsuperXrcrazyX]

Bro you're a legend

[@XsuperXrcrazyX]

@@guspartschmuth592 He alone when he does that. He is pretty respectful when talking to people , and you are saying that like you have never been angry before

[@justajk4749]

As soon as I saw that Daniel Naroditsky was complaining about Hikaru, I knew which side I was on

[@deftrascal1626]

It's so sad because nothing that Daniel said convinced me, what convinced me was his face and body language as he said it that told the whole story

[@kirillvishnyakov3035]

do you have a link to what Daniel said ?

[@deftrascal1626]

@@kirillvishnyakov3035 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIXOlqCXo6yqaKs

[@oOPPHOo]

@@deftrascal1626 TL;DR for those who can't be bothered to click a link: Danya says the ONLY problem he has with Hikaru is that Hikarua has very little patience for _others_ cancelling online games, but also shows very little consideration when _he's_ the one who cancels a game with short to no notice. Personally, I wouldn't take look at this fairly trivial dispute between Hikaru and Danya as decisive evidence that Hikaru is a genuinely toxic guy within the community.

[@deftrascal1626]

@@oOPPHOo that’s my point though, nothing he says out loud is bad about hikaru, it’s his body language. He has this far away look in his eye as he’s talking about it and he’s very slow since he’s thinking very carefully about what he says

[@jvillzy]

Imagine if Hikaru blundered a queen and Eric laughed hysterically just like he did. Hikaru would literally kill someone.

[@jimmiejom9311]

Nah, dude, Hikaru doesn't care. He doesn't even care dude. He literally doesn't even care.

[@hewhobringsthenight9907]

@@jimmiejom9311 what you mean he doesnt care? he really really doesnt care chat? chat? i do care? no, i do not really care, chat?

[@mikkelhansen3714]

@@hewhobringsthenight9907 gold

[@patrick1532]

@@jimmiejom9311 LOL

[@Algorox]

@@jimmiejom9311 I love you for making that reference, LOL.

[@jordibruggeman6302]

Hikaru is in trouble, his image has gotten pretty dark lately

[@Timmy2by4]

Seems like he is only friends with people that will help enhance his career. It was the same with the Botez sisters a few weeks ago. As most super GMs almost never lose I’d imagine they have a hard time dealing with negative attention.

[@michaelangelo2192]

@@Timmy2by4 Difference between him and the Botez sisters is that he has a deep, deep past of being hated by nearly every GM. All GMs basically know each other and as Eric states, they all have 'Hikaru stories'. Accusing Eric of alcoholism was a stupid, stupid thing to say considering how he has gotten into many drunk fights at tournaments (even carried out of a stretcher one time). Man needs to keep his mouth shut with the amount of dirt on him...

[@juyifan7933]

His immage was always bad with the longterm players.

[@rakshitsingh5281]

Check corporate chess india on this they have explained everything

[@xyugi0007]

nah, everyone will forget about this in a month. hikaru pulls in the numbers.

[@jimgu2578]

I have seen a bit too many respectable people accusing Hikaru of various things. It’s hard to brush that away as personal beef.

[@michaelangelo2192]

Exactly bro. When people who never get in beef are in fights with Hikaru, ya gotta see the common link...

[@rakshitsingh5281]

Check corporate chess india on this they have explained everything

[@Tyrantofthewind]

"Respectable people". Certainly not this clown or Ben Finegold lol.

[@stanleytime9193]

@@Tyrantofthewind David Howell, Chessexplained, Bartholemew, Akshat Chandra, Levon Aronian, Sam Shankland have all had bad experinces with him

[@BongelaMnguni]

@@stanleytime9193 and recently Lawrence Trent

[@whitedog510]

“We edited out Hikaru repeating himself”. So fricking funny. Lol

[@tonyjonesbassoonwhippet2271]

Anybody following chess for at least a few years will know that hikaru isn't well liked within the community. I feel for Eric.

[@jeremythomas4744]

I havent followed the online community though ive been playing for 7 years but i can say that i cant bring myself to watch his videos. They are just...weird amd seems like something is not natural

[@jeremythomas4744]

With eric (hansen) you see both sides

[@tankytrash1281]

@@jeremythomas4744 ofc they are he is acting all the time

[@josephlitjc6430]

@@jeremythomas4744 I may have gotten lucky, my first video on Hikaru after watching chessbrah for a few months had him saying these exact words , "I mean Aman is just bad, he just isn't a good player". Like, damn, doesn't even have the decency to fake it on camera, how insecure does one have to be to achieve narcissism like this?

[@omegalulz9613]

Im on eric side , eric rosen

[@ralph2509]

Anyone here after seeing that drunk fight video

[@Lars-tj7sx]

Me

[@GGxEpsilon]

I did see that, at first I thought Eric was joking. Eric said Hikaru came back in the morning looking for more but Yasser held him back.

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

@@GGxEpsilon the guys a total sham

[@AyushSingh-ii1tm]

Plz give link

[@fingerboard03]

What was that about? Sorry for asking, I'm new to this community

[@AndresHortillosa]

I have known Eric since he was a kid back when he was a Fide Master. He's kind and polite.

[@kabulput]

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be sarcastic

[@pleasurepain9647]

I'm not sure if he's even talking about Eric Hansen. Maybe Eric Rosen

[@AndresHortillosa]

@@pleasurepain9647 You must think I am senile. Yes, I know both of them. I have played against Eric Rosen at least twice. I think I drew both games. I have not played Eric Hansen, but we go back a long way. We got acquainted at an invitational event organized by Danny of chess.com in Arizona. He was not a GM or an IM then.

[@AndresHortillosa]

@@kabulput Why would you think it is sarcasm?

[@Aurora79]

Imagine holding back these thoughts from 2018 (where the fight's original footage date said was from the description). Damn Eric.

[@bensorrentino778]

He didn't need to say anything about hikaru until he tried to take their channel down and shit like that

[@Aurora79]

@love is trash bich need cash I mean as in addressing this information to the public. And @Ben Sorrentino I think so.

[@Pl0x37]

even just watching how he talks about levy and his chess skill, obviously levy isn't a grandmaster but hikaru disrespects him so much behind his back. that aint how you should talk about your friend, when i see that it doesn't make hikaru look like a good person

[@matthewrigby6089]

I agree, he's always talking down to Levy. I think Hikaru found Levy kind of funny, but then he realized how popular Levy was getting, and started getting jealous.

[@tele2925]

Levy is trapped in the hikaru world

[@MrNadav1995]

he belittles him constantly to boost his own fractured ego...its pathetic

[@ozbezarious1796]

Lmao i think Levy is the only one who can tolerate Hikaru

[@andreidinu7316]

I had the same feeling yesterday. It's like Hikaru needs to place himself above Levy, even though they both thought of the same moves, Hikaru was like "yeah I thought of something totally different".

[@HellBound1100]

The idea of Hikaru trying to pick a fight with Aman is hilarious to me for some reason. I literally burst out laughing when I heard that

[@jezza425]

90% of the public would destroy Hikaru in a fight. He better be careful what he wishes for.

[@josephlitjc6430]

@@jezza425 Aman would drop kick him. As an Asian, the only reason martial arts exists is to somewhat compensate for the fact we would get memed on by any bipedal mammal in a battle of strength.

[@manhetna6350]

Aman could KO him in 1 move

[@alastairdesouza7246]

It'll be mate in one

[@dbjmk8083]

@@josephlitjc6430 there's some strong asians, you can't throw your whole race under the bus because you're not athletic.

[@prashants5071]

When Ben said that hikaru was toxic and everyone knows it in chess community, people like Eric kept quiet..

[@prashants5071]

@@mnm1273 that's why I like Ben. He doesn't mince his words...

[@gots0359]

@@Krabbzy ben and yassir shame same personality its fucking hilarious watching them

[@sunritroykarmakar4406]

Ben doesnt need support .hikaru isnt strong enough to hold ben s balls, finegold has an opinion , has had a veryyy succesful chess career, has coached thousands of students(including shankland hansen) and is streaming on the side nowadays, contrary to eric and danya

[@gots0359]

@Gil Monteverde but did he keep thousand tho?

[@hutchyy6836]

@@Krabbzy He can be toxic. The stuff he said about boxbox was uncalled for.

[@darrenfleming7901]

Like Eric said, streamers with a larger audience often get to spoonfeed the narrative. It's not that it's a bad thing so many new chess fans are watching hikaru, but you need the self awareness to realize you're not gonna get a nuanced take on this by listening only to Hikaru's side of the story. Its fine if you wanna listen to one streamer exclusively, but don't go parroting their one-sided opinion, at that point its just obfuscating things and making it harder for everyone involved to be treated fairly.

[@ChannelURL777]

Yo what fucking word is “obfuscating” lmfao

[@Lars-tj7sx]

@@ChannelURL777 (verb) render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. Source: Oxford languages

[@ChannelURL777]

@@Lars-tj7sx ahhhhhh okay

[@Eorzat]

"Obfuscating" sounds like a word only English-majors would use lol. But I absolutely agree. There's WAY too many people who only tune into Hikaru's streams, listen to his point of view, and then act like they have a competent perspective on Chess and the Chess world just from watching Hikaru alone.

[@31redorange08]

@@Eorzat It's very common in IT security.

[@ianp5673]

you dont need to spend more than 10 minutes watching hikaru to know he's insecure

[@jornflim78]

Exactly, it strikes me every time how immature his character is and I don't even watch him much. It is like watching a child. Also I have some credentials to say these things, I'm a psychologist. I'm not trash talking or even thinking negatively about him, but Hikaru would do well to reflect on himself and aim to improve his character. Also he might want to address it publicly and say that he wants to be a better person. I'd recommend him to see a counsellor. He probably has the money for it and it makes personal improvement much easier. A better character is definitely money well spent.

[@h4mmy753]

@@jornflim78 Ever since Ben Finegold said that he acts just like Trump, I can't unsee it.

[@TheLearningFrontier]

Always feel like he is trying a fake laugh

[@stasiu1216]

isnt that most of the high rated chess players? I feel like they're arrogant and when they lose they go triggeronie macaronie

[@hika7_183]

@@stasiu1216 yeah true idk why i even can see it in magnus

[@sleepyhead3326]

As soon as I discovered about hikaru's personality some time ago, I immediately watched clips of carlsen destroying him in games lmao

[@vedraj8166]

Bro carlsen have a record of 14-1 against hikaru in classical chess😂

[@sneamer1282]

While Hikaru is trying to bully everyone, it's good to have Magnus around who just bullies him in the game of chess and also kind of managed to make him stop playing classical since he just could not reach his level.

[@speeddemon2901]

The one player I think magnus truly despises is hikaru....

[@stefanvichev8882]

@@speeddemon2901 what is the basis of this

[@jackjon7763]

@@stefanvichev8882 the fact everyone hates hikaru and Carlson has made fun of him. Plus hikaru accusing everyone of cheating

[@jeetuag]

Its a simple case of Hiki being insecure.

[@yalanyalan9811]

Doesn't know how to be vulnerable :(

[@insanestuff9470]

Yes biggest bully

[@BHKP3]

grown men should go to therapy

[@josephlitjc6430]

​@@BHKP3 He's smart and all, but he might genuinely have spectrum disorder. Just based on his "Chat I don't care" actions, all the signs of Au tism can be related to it. Repeated actions or body movements Unaware of the consequences of his/her actions Persistant repetition of words or phrases Intense focus on a limited number of things (Goes on for another 5 mins) Change in tone of voice, anxious. If so, damn we should go easy on him, but if this is the result of narcissism, he needs a wake-up call.

[@carton9892]

@@josephlitjc6430 he does act a little odd in many social situations sometimes. I thought it might have been the classic stereotype of chess grandmasters getting lost in the game.

[@irvinc8737]

Hey! this one chat, look at this nonsense chat, chat he's blaming and complaining again chat chat.. CHAAAATTT!!!!!!!! -hickarou

[@stanleytime9193]

Hikaru fans are so dumb

[@strikercool911]

@@stanleytime9193 it's just new people getting to chess watching hikaru first because he's "well bahaved" and acts stupidly infront of chat atracts the chidren

[@kookoon]

Hikaru almost destroyed a 200k+ subs chess channel. #growthegame

[@dk212]

Exactly, Naka doesn’t care about growing the game unless it’s him. And his channel. Guys been a goof for years.

[@mrhed0nist]

@@dk212 Back in his Smallville days he was known as a bit of an arse but that was years ago and I assumed he'd grown up.

[@zertbrown4642]

reminds me of the botez sister and naka drama

[@dk212]

@@zertbrown4642 totally. Guy picks fights with everyone. Thinks he’s the only guy that can stream chess

[@sameash3153]

Finegold was right.

[@sameash3153]

Bro I'm just gonna say it. Finegold was right and was crucified for it. Hopefully one day the newcomers will look past the hit piece they did on him.

[@ParisDorn159]

Nah Finegold is still a huge ass and his comments from the old drama were not justified in the slightest

[@SPKNearn1]

@@ParisDorn159 ben wanted to trash hikaru for being greedy and only looking at money and ended up insulting streamers and that's wrong by him but he is right on continuously joking about hikaru's childish behavior

[@IntrusiveThot420]

@@ParisDorn159 what happened with the old drama? I've been a finegold fan for a while because of his beginner chess lectures.

[@ParisDorn159]

@@IntrusiveThot420 look up penguinz0 Finegold

[@ninehills42]

Finegold is a boomer. He has good sense of humor but doesnt understand the new jokes.

[@shamilmakhov6741]

im here from russian chess community, and i can vouch for eric's words. some of the biggest russian channels (Crestbook and Levitov Chess) have spilt their dislike for hikaru multiple times, however, they refrained from sifting through the dirty clothes on stream. these are people that have been in chess world longer than hikaru and are in close contact with other top gms. notoriety without borders, you see

[@YuraK25]

Нихуя себе Шамиль чистокровный русский

[@michaelscott5653]

When everyone in the world dislikes you, that's when you know your crap

[@deepayanbardhan911]

But what is the general reason for dislike towards him (in Russia) (apart from online nonsense that goes on from time to time)?

[@shamilmakhov6741]

@@deepayanbardhan911 again, I haven't heard much coz they maintain some level of decency but they sure as hell (especially Crestbook aka Sergey Shipov, Kasparov's former second) point him out as one of the most toxic chess players they've ever met. when Crestbook meets hikaru on titled tuesday, his face is just full of disgust. he'd rather not play him at all were it not for the thousands of viewers

[@shamilmakhov6741]

@@deepayanbardhan911 i suppose they had their chance to witness the behaviour behind the curtains of pro scene. on top of that, can't say for the whole world but russian top chess channels usually mind what they say, so to speak, old school of chess - chess journos, world champions' seconds. if hype, it's content to hype on, not gossip

[@saxy1player]

Hikaru is such a persona. But it's probably for the best - I don't think we want to see his real self.

[@deftrascal1626]

even the persona is unlikeable, it's crazy how he puts this face up and you can still see his true self shining through in how he carries himself. Even just talking to chat he's weirdly passive aggressive

[@hypnoticlizard9693]

Hikaru is really petty. He gets really salty when he plays bad or loses.

[@Foto_gui]

Did eric got out of the bullet tournament because of this?

[@Foto_gui]

@Ryan Carthew ty

[@Housemusiclyfe]

@Ryan Carthew Dang that sucks man, Eric's such a strong player it would've been sick to see him go against the other top dogs.

[@ianp5673]

hell eric is dealing with it extremely maturely. its not just one person being ashit and mass fighting. 1 person is shit and 1 other person is the exact opposite doing everything right to try to mend the situation but the former is so shit it cant be resolved. i have come across similar situations, i think eric should be given credit for haaving the courage to speak up

[@pandphilip9452]

Man, Hikaru is really just painting himself as a bad person right now. I've watched a lot of videos of him and i really thought he wasn't this kind of a dude. Considering the interest of chess has increased since last year, this will not benefit Hikaru's public view unless he makes an apology about it, because the way he acts right now and has done in the past is just unacceptable.

[@chillax9184]

Not painting himself a bad person. He's really that guy just being a two faced so he could cater his new fans. He's always been the bad guy

[@jakobegger5007]

An apology really does nothing here. Hikky was been a negative individual in the chess world for a long time and only his new viewers think he is a good person. Chess fans who have been here for a longer time (5 years for me) know who Hikaru really is and have mostly accepted that, as has Eric. So really nobody is surprised about Hikaru's behaviour of long time viewers and it should definitely come as no surprise that Hikky's entourage is really misinformed and ready to accept whatever he claims without doing any independent research.

[@wilfredstandup]

I like Eric's style....we fight then go back to chess. Srs

[@thatmadlad5381]

Lol true

[@rakshitsingh5281]

Check corporate chess india on this they have explained everything

[@mcgeetestes1138]

@Gil Monteverde What?eric just a regular guy

[@sgarg7588]

@@mcgeetestes1138 lol with his rage he can rip Nakamura apart

[@RIStar-ds7wr]

I'm sorry. But chess is the last medium I would've assumed where people had beef LMAO! In all seriousness I think I read somewhere that Nakamura has anger issues. SO I hope he gets the help for that.

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

what? people get mad over literally everything. were you born yesterday?

[@antsinyt8028]

Just curious can you give me the source about hikaru having anger management issues or whatever thx

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

@@antsinyt8028 He tried to fight like many people and he actually got beaten by Hansen, also he called magnus a little bitch, and many GM's have spoken out on verbal abuse as well. If you want to know, doing research is easy, and asking for sources in youtube comment section just makes it seem like you're denying it

[@obi_wanshinobi]

Yeah, chess drama is so weird. Like a month ago a streamer named Levy accused someone of cheating online and because of that, people threatened to murder his girlfriend.

[@conradnal8934]

@@user-zb8tq5pr4x I've never heart that he called Magnus a little bitch. I understood he had some issues with GMs but the information I'm reading in the comments of various videos are extremely disappointing

[@travissorenson9554]

I joined the chess community about 6 months ago. Naturally I subbed to Hikaru, watched some streams, etc. But it didn't take long for me to see his terrible personality especially towards Levy aka GothamChess. I have not been subbed or supporting any of his channels for a while now.

[@EnzoMachiavelli]

I've always been curious as to what compels people to give money to multi millionaires.

[@jasonsnitch]

@@EnzoMachiavelli twitch prime

[@Giovanni1972]

@@EnzoMachiavelli I saw that Hikaru said in a video that the media claims of him being rich are false. Apparently there's some articles saying he has millions $.

[@EnzoMachiavelli]

@@Giovanni1972 He obviously doesn't have multi million dollars in cash. His total asset value is easily in the millions.

[@Blitnock]

You are spot on. Hikaru doesn't need detractors; he does a good enough job himself. The only way for him to get better is to just come out live admitting that he is emotionally stunted, probably because of his extremely limited upbringing (like many others at the top of chess, to be fair) and that he acknowledges this fact and will try to be a better person and "grow up" and this includes swallowing his pride when he is wrong, admitting he is wrong, and promise to try not to repeat his mistake. Otherwise he is not worth watching in my opinion. The only exception is it is ok to watch his channel during a tournament for the commentary. His channel has often had by far the best commentary during tournaments.

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

He insults Kasparov, Ben finegold, and botez sisters. Im not even surprised he does this on chessbrah.

[@josephlitjc6430]

Kasparov? Jeez, if he wants to be a narcissist on those other people, not okay but he could potentially back it up, but he's never been a world champion in a normal format, so saying that about Kasparov is kinda ridiculous. A few weeks ago a 50 year old Kasparov drew against Magnus Carlson, Hikaru might literally get drop-kicked by Kasparov at this rate.

[@josephlitjc6430]

@Harsh Raval 🤣

[@swordsman1137]

@Harsh Raval iirc he won somes US championship. But idk if he won more outside that

[@swordsman1137]

Wait, isn't that Kasparov become his mentor for a year or so? That rude to insult someone who teach you some top secret chess sauce.

[@akiramoon5272]

He also accused Andrew Tang of cheating after losing to him, he also insulted John Bartholomew on ICC, and insulted David Howell because he was upset he drew him.

[@DolanTrump2137]

Hikaru with his 167cm/5'5 height trying to fight anyone seems like a hilarious thing

[@akbinnn2106]

163 really?

[@Flickeralex]

1'63 m? seriously?

[@DolanTrump2137]

@@guspartschmuth592 and? He is still a manlet lmao

[@DolanTrump2137]

@@guspartschmuth592 and that's why he is so desperate for attention? That's why he cares so much about his image? He doesn't laugh at me and normal people like me, he craves our attention. That's why whenever someone steals the spotlight he goes ape shit against him.

[@DolanTrump2137]

@@guspartschmuth592 yeah dude, keep thinking it's all about the money. However, when you hit 40s you will regret thinking this way

[@josephpeat]

thank you for writing out the context it doesn't come off as unbiased but that could just be the overwhelming info stacked against Hikaru (possibly justified). but it helps fill in the holes i was missing from tuning into streams from time to time

[@hatelatv8255]

Isn't this hypocratic that when hikaru used chessbase India video and when they gave him copyright strike and then after talking resolved the issue but still levy & hikaru make fun of chessbase india when sagar and Eric match gng on and saying that he was busy reading fair play laws I mean everyone take it as a fun and people even troll sagar but now when hikaru or his team doing the same thing it's totally opposite people are saying that it's right u should give strike when someone use ur video sagar was saying the same thing

[@snehilmalav6262]

True that Tweet this and tag hikaru and chessbae so that it reaches upto there level

[@chillax9184]

@Raoul Herskovits I doubt Levy will do

[@damiester1]

@Raoul Herskovits Levy's his lapdog so...

[@GGxEpsilon]

Strange i never heard about this. Well lifes been too monotonous and boring this past year. Can anybody explain the full thing?

[@baxterbotox7661]

@@GGxEpsilon Basically just what the other guy said. Hikaru had a ChessBase India vid in one of his things, and he got a copyright strike about it. He complained about it a lot. Like, a whole lot. Pretty much the opposite of his "I don't even care" shtick because he clearly did care. Now he does the same thing to Eric and other streamers, and presumably "literally doesn't even care" that he could get their channels (extremely important in the community) taken down.

[@tute4748]

So we finally know who's the real Sauron after all this time

[@hypnoticlizard9693]

Now it makes sense why he always see himself as the villain among the top players because hes made himself the villain.

[@MrRed-cf6gk]

I think his attitude has improved. But then he does things like these strikes and you have to wonder.

[@thura1627]

he also doubled down and said he agrees with the strike and tried to explain to the chat why the strike was justified.

[@MrRed-cf6gk]

@@thura1627 oof. R.I.P. He'll have to back pedal pretty fast if he wants to maintain credibility.

[@dudeabides23]

This is why we love Agadmator. No teenage drama bs. Just good content and jokes.

[@Alchemistic88]

Every GM and person who knows these guys personally are vouching for Eric. All the Hikaru fans are arguing about the character of a man they don't know personally. That's why it's really clear who is telling the truth and who needs to reassess their actions. Having said that, I do feel bad for Hikaru. It doesn't sound like many people like him and that can be pretty lonely. Which might be why he is so toxicly competitive and mean to people. Not everyone has an easy time making friends and getting on with people, so while I disagree with what he did; I still hope he's gonna be okay after he got exposed like this.

[@AayushSaxena07]

I disagree, Hikari is the top streamers and most of the people wants to be friends with him, but if he still can't make good friends and be nice with people then it's his mistake

[@TuequoiseQueso]

I think Hikaru's is a case of social ineptitude. He was homeschooled iirc, on top of that he probably wasn't spending time socializing with other kids. And as a teen/adult, if having social interactions with others doesn't feel like second nature, good fking luck making friends and bonding with people Because you're not picking up social cues(e.g. whether you're making the other party feel uncomfortable, or if they're interested in the topic/story you're talking about etc). You might come across as arrogant or rude even if you didn't mean to be. So Hikaru is IMO sometimes, arrogant/rude/immature you name it. But the real problem is imo he doesn't even realize or admit that he's those things. He seems to have this edgy "me against the world" mentality. Not everybody's out to get you man gees. It's not like social skills can't be learned, but he doesn't seem to be even trying.

[@Chesslover06]

No cap Hikaru has accused me of cheating in blitz and I'm not even that strong

[@mhm8742]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Chesslover06]

@ken yes once, then I lost 5 in a row the next tournament

[@breadbaskets2772]

you know its bad when randoms in the youtube comments have hikaru stories

[@speeddemon2901]

@@Chesslover06 congrats dude thanks for defeating him

[@QuestionmarkCosmo]

post the game or it didn't happen :)

[@hoon_sol]

Nakamura: I wasn't even there. I wasn't in the room when they filed the copyright strikes. Legasov: If you weren't there, then where were you? Nakamura: The toilet.

[@GGxEpsilon]

Chernobyl?

[@hoon_sol]

@@GGxEpsilon: Eric Hansen is in shock. He's delusional, take him to the infirmary.

[@speeddemon2901]

I see you are a man of culture

[@Nicholas5c]

Eric is so humble, I really started disking Hikaru when he and Levy did the puzzles and he was like clowning him for not being able to solve the grandmaster's puzzles. Like that, 's suppose to be one of his best friends and he's so condesending just rubs me the wrong way not surprised at all to learn he's been like that to everybody his whole life

[@pavelvitek9348]

Hikaru being the face of the new generation of chess players is just sad.

[@chessbrilliance8783]

Hikaru is 30+ now. New generation of strong players are 15 .

[@speeddemon2901]

@@chessbrilliance8783 he is talking about the growth of chess.

[@chessbrilliance8783]

@@speeddemon2901 me too. Nakamura represent nobody except himself.

[@swordsman1137]

Nice, at last i can find video for me to catch up of what is happening. Thanks

[@nyx6629]

Damn, so i recently got back into chess and watched hikaru's vids, thought he was a pre decent guy. This then got into my recommended and i dove deep into the rabbit hole, and now my view on hikaru has drastically changed. I guess i still respect him as a GM, less as a person and ill prolly stop watching him

[@montydurand467]

In my opinion we should think of it like Bobby Fischer. He's great at chess and we should acknowledge that, but as a person....not the best to put it nicely. Separate the art from the artist.

[@totalhysteria]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6mXnmOkp66Yadk This one says a lot about him.

[@totalhysteria]

@@montydurand467 true, but the big difference here is that Fischer was extremly controverisal for his political view. Some see him as evil, some see him as a hero. With Hikaru, I think it might be a matter of some personality disorder.

[@factandsuspicionpodcast2727]

Even John Bartholomew has a Nakamura story. That says it all for me. Sorry this happened to you, Eric.

[@insanemaniac9317]

John is like the Bob Ross of chess so yea

[@hypnoticlizard9693]

Anybody got a link to Johns story?

[@swordsman1137]

@@insanemaniac9317 isn't that Yasser?

[@olawaleokunola7605]

John is about the nicest guy in chess

[@jackjon7763]

Hikaru trying to fight people because he lost a game is absolutely ridiculous

[@deepayanbardhan911]

I don't doubt Eric at all, cause Hikaru himself mentioned that he has been the most hated player in the community during his 1M celebration stream. But why is it so? (considering he meant that even before his streaming career began, so what are the reasons apart from online dramas - like the brawl and what else)- obviously, searching doesn't show anything relevant!

[@yudistiraliem135]

You can look up stories from Hikaru’s class mates about how he was hated even back then.

[@deepayanbardhan911]

@@yudistiraliem135 if you have links to such please post it.

[@JerHope]

It’s just sad Hikaru has a following considering his mentality... consider us lucky we’ve had a dominant Champion in Magnus to keep someone like that away from the title

[@roryt1985]

It’s sad that people who have never met him are taking sides based on someone else’s experiences.

[@xeli3046]

Other KZbinrs are afraid to address this because there is more for them to risk, yes, in doing so Hikaru pulls the "mate-in-one" copystrike

[@Lee-jt4hz]

saw Eric for the first time due to this drama and thought "man, he must be a really dirty player to make hikaru behave like a toddler". Im glad i now know that was not the case

[@AgentSmith911]

I've been following the online chess community for a couple of decades now, and I remember that Hikaru was even toxic on the old ICC platform when he lost there. He's been like this for his whole career.

[@saudadeetristeza8425]

Yo that sucks. Wishing you justice

[@TheFoezee]

Similar thing happened to the botez during pogchamps. People keep drinking the hikaru koolaid

[@fvr6715]

Hikaru just doesn't know how to lose without insinuating that the Person cheated even if It is a respected GM

[@geaggeg1862]

Someone gimme the TLDR please

[@aaronjosephs2560]

Chessbrah had a video of him beating Hikaru and Hikaru getting very irrationally upset about it, and Hikaru copyright struck Chessbrah as revenge

[@GGxEpsilon]

So Eric and Hikaru were in a time scramble, Eric offered a draw, Hikaru declined. Hikaru offered a draw next move but both had like 4 secs so Eric did not see that. Hikaru got upset with that and let his time run out and went on a long rant. Eric uploaded the video on his YT and people backed up Eric so Hikaru took down the video.

[@juyifan7933]

This video is from 2018, they were drunk on a party and agreed to grapple and obviously Hikaru lost. This video surfaced on the wake of Hikaru-Chessbrah drama, after getting tilted from a loss Hikaru didnt like Eric posting his tilt on his channel and decided to issue copyright strikes against the chessbrah. Chessbrah has now 2 copyright strikes, one more and youtube deletes their channel, talks between the 2 parties are not going well and drama is escalating.

[@sportsjefe]

@@juyifan7933 Hikaru can't touch the fight video, it's not on a big channel and it's not using content from a stream. What Hikaru went after was a video where Eric synced the two feeds, and Team Hikaru pulled the other videos of synced games in order to justify striking ChessBrah's video.

[@juyifan7933]

@@sportsjefe Obviously I know that. Didnt you read my comment? I said this video surfaced after the drama, not that it caused the drama.

[@32braveheart]

I just unsubscribed from Hikaru's channels. Consider doing the same.

[@cptnoremac]

I never did subscribe. What a damn child.

[@doji-san]

I''m still subbed on his channel.. I'm not there for the drama, I'm there for chess play and learn something..

[@christian2978]

he keeps saying he tried to fight me but in the video isnt that them both wrestling , and im pretty sure there both drunk

[@Sam-kj9ui]

Get ready to be reported by Hikaru's channel lmao. Anyway, thanks for uploading this. I've never really liked Hikaru from the start, he always seem to not take loses very well. When other players blunder he laughs his ass off and critisizes them but when he missed that one mate in one for example he immediately makes excuses and doesnt accept that he blundered. Honestly feel bad that his fame just made him what he is today. Also feel bad for other small chess creators who can't speak up for themselves because of Hikaru's influence over the whole chess scene.

[@GGxEpsilon]

Make sure i get remembered in the history books, i will go down fighting for the good side.

[@Ahmed-my5yl]

@@GGxEpsilon Keep fighting the good fight my dude.

[@overlord267]

If Hikaru was the best in the world, he would be an IRL super villain. Right now, Magnus existing only makes Hikaru a normal villain.

[@sp1ink]

This is just great drama - couldn't write it

[@daytimecloudsurfer]

i know it's difficult on twitch and on different platforms but this kinda stuff happens irl all the time, needs to be a mediator or something, and keep in mind meditation is not just one meeting but a long term process

[@9RepeatingMonkeys]

bro I cant believe I just watched a video of Eric choking out Hikaru hahahaha amazing

[@memelord8957]

This video is fire let's go!!!!

[@srijan4622]

Holy shit. I've been watch you the chessbrahs for year. I've been enjoying Hikaru's channel recently and never would've thunk that he would do something this petty. Now this is getting me angry

[@TheChocolateChiken]

Hikaru fight compilation for the next ChessBrah video?

[@likithkb8599]

Knew something happened with Eric and hikaru, but recently got to know something this big

[@jamesbuie5017]

I believe you. Just keep doing your thing.

[@mxyzptlk1616]

I hate this stuff between you two. I hope this can somehow be resolved. Or, at least we can just move forward as a community.

[@GGxEpsilon]

I think we will come out of this as a better community. Being as extensive as this is, everybody will work on reforming themselves. The chat will always be a troll tho.

[@ランダムドイツ人]

Alright that's it. I'm changing my chess.com flair from hikaru to chessbrah. I did not even know any of that. I mean, i was getting hints here and there, but i didn't think it was that bad...

[@IIIIIIIIIIIIIIPKIIIIIIIIIIIIII]

Quite the gullible one aren't you

[@ランダムドイツ人]

You're probably right, but you gotta admit that Eric was really persuasive. Probably because he everything he said made sense (I've actually done a bit of research.) Then again you could argue that I haven't even heard hikarus opinion and you would be completely right :)

[@jezza425]

Hikaru is great at chess of course. But obviously lives a very sheltered life.

[@Minej_Mosuris]

I've been following chess for about a year now, but i've been playing chess for way longer... Just discovered this today, I even ocasionly watch Hikaru's videos.... So finding out that he is actually so hated is actually Insane to hear, makes me completely regret watching him tho

[@1Plebeian]

Hated might be overstating things

[@just10NU]

So that's why I couldn't find the video Eric posted anymore. I fell asleep watching and I guess I'll never finish watching it :(

[@zackcvfair]

True side finally gets revealed, huh?

[@sold1er7]

Ok that is just weird.Hikaru wanted to fight someone ...That is ultra weird .To fight u have to be in shape

[@GGxEpsilon]

He knows karate tho

[@bkorodi1797]

@@GGxEpsilon xd Come on dude. He doesn't know shit, and karate is mostly a joke anyway.

[@wahbi79]

@@GGxEpsilon he knows karate and kinda fat ??? Bruh

[@GGxEpsilon]

@@bkorodi1797 sarcasm my dude 😂😂

[@colossalko]

11:50 "So what often happens is Hikaru will say something and he'll get a message from Chessbae... Telling him he said something wrong and he'll correct himself." Check out Hikaru on his bullet speedrun part 4 about a minute into it you see a perfect example of this.

[@moskon95]

watched the first 2:30 and he didnt correct himself once. can you please give me the exact time?

[@colossalko]

@@moskon95 It's all in the first couple minutes. He shits on the chessboard then pretends to like it when he finds out that Gothamchess made it

[@eulefranz944]

You know that there is something wrong with chess when chessbae controls everything and pulls the strings... When chessbrahs are left out When the botez sisters have beef but then it "has been dealt with behind the scenes and now everything is fine" When danya said there has been things... Just listen to alex and andrea how they talk about him in their original video, this was not a missunderstanding. I thought naka had changed when he started out I could not watxh him because he was salty, but not in a funny gamer way, but roxic salty. When the boom happened after years of not looking at his channel he behaved differently. However, starting with the botez drama I knew that things had been the same way all along...

[@s0nar]

Me and a couple of friends recently got into chess and when they started watching Hikaru I pointed out to them that he seems like he has a personality disorder.... that’s just from watching his content. Eric is right.

[@sourandbitter3062]

I agree, it's obvious.

[@mariomujica2987]

Is this why he didnt play daniel in the bullet championship?

[@GGxEpsilon]

Yes

[@sharduldeshpande059]

I agree that this "put in timeout" thing is getting out of hand. One thing you say .. even slightly critical and you're shut

[@kwhd559]

On ICC usually when he lost a game he would immediately log off, and I notice recently he has this Tourettes like thing where he repeats himself constantly, or just matter of factly insult other players. There was a time back in the day he was claiming publicly that Carlsen was afraid of him, and then Carlsen seemed to have made a conscious decision to destroy him every time they met over the board and pretty much succeeded, and carlsen holds some ridiculously lopsided plus score over him in all formats. Carlsen also made a point of decimating him in some chess.com speed chess final some years back, I think Nakamura was streaming from Africa or somewhere like that and Carlsen made a special point of humiliating him in the bullet portion as well, which was supposed to be naka's forte. The stories of Naka's rudeness are legendary and you would be hard pressed to find someone that he has lost to that he didn't accuse of cheating, so there you go.

[@dominicboileau]

Heavy stuff man...

[@ColossusBall]

Copyright drama and this dude out here ripping 15 minutes of unedited stream recording.

[@GGxEpsilon]

Ouch 😣

[@toniokettner4821]

why can you just copyright strike random videos willy nilly and be successful??

[@swordsman1137]

That's actually KZbin fault on implementing copyright system on KZbin. And its become an issue for content creator here for years.

[@josephalonsabe7633]

This makes me sad, didn’t know this since I just started watching chess during COVID. How is levy viewed in the chess community?

[@tom4115]

most of them like him. i don't. i think he's an elitist tosser.

[@swordsman1137]

@@tom4115 why he considered elitist? Doesn't he like everyone that new to chess, especially with his chess tutorial?

[@boblybob74]

@@tom4115 lmfao on what basis

[@tom4115]

@@boblybob74 On the basis that he talked shit about the coffee chess guys (who are awesome) as if they were beneath him.

[@Tkjawa]

Y’all just mad because Hikaru is making more bank than all chess players except magnus.

[@GGxEpsilon]

People don't hate on Elon and he has the biggest bank of them all. I don't think money is a factor whatsoever

[@Tkjawa]

@@GGxEpsilon People dislike those at the top. Hikaru is easily the most popular and most liked chess player amongst fans around the world. What does it matter whether he’s liked with the top 10 GMs in the world?

[@KaptenShambles]

@@Tkjawa If you like when people are being toxic and bashing knocking down others, ur part of the problem...

[@Tkjawa]

@@KaptenShambles never toxic with millions of his fans or in my life as i’ve followed him and his channel for a while. Just because a few arrogant GMs with high IQs dislike him doesn’t mean i’m going to judge him as a toxic person. Nice try though

[@thechesslobster2768]

Eric, even though you've made mistakes, your maturity to own up to them and take action to make sure the small slip ups don't happen again, is the reason I watch chessbrah and will no longer be following Hikaru. I've been a long time chess player (2100 elo) , I have gone to tournaments since I was really young, and have experienced this shift to the online board due to covid. I can tell you care about chess, and the health of it's community.

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

Hikaru has all the hallmarks of a sociopath.

[@IntrusiveThot420]

Not a hikaru fan, but he's not a sociopath. Just a douchebag and a bully.

[@nucksfordacup]

Nah not a sociopath. If you’ve ever gone to a chess competition with preteen and teenagers rated 1600+, you will understand how Chess is full of guys who can’t control losing, feeling threatened by peers, are bad sports/toxic, and have inflated egos.

[@ladagspa2008]

I agree. That's what I feel when I see him and his content

[@ChernobylClocks]

Eric one move away from blundering his channel :(

[@johngrey1074]

Poor analogy. Blunder implies that Eric miscalculated. In reality, Hikaru is using an engine (KZbin mods) to steal the game from him.

[@ChernobylClocks]

@@johngrey1074 ok John

[@Whyteyy]

I like both hikaru and eric so idk what to do

[@Halmir4126]

You can like hikaru Eric is just saying hikaru is a massive prick and has been one for decades.

[@armandolopez2274]

No wonder Hikaru is on such a push for online chess. Who wants to be in a room where you are the most disliked person and you have tension with everyone?

[@Gush27]

Seems Ben Finegold was right all along. Wonder if Cr1tikal or whatever will make another video about this.

[@drn5985]

Right about what? Calling people Negative Talents in life? Both were ass hats at that time but Hikaru basically masking it well.

[@swordsman1137]

I think you need to see it per case, not on the person because everyone make mistake.

[@313theskillz]

Hikaru's teeth are at 2 strikes out of 3 on the yellow scale

[@mattwilliams7454]

It is possible that as people grow and mature, they change their ways.

[@kempokiai]

As someone who got into watching chess last year, I always thought Eric and Ben were toxic while Hikaru was just pompous but had the chops to back it up. Over this past year I watched as Hikaru started to show his true colors and now after all Eric and Ben have been through, I no longer believe Eric and Ben are toxic. It is infact Hikaru who is the toxic one here and I have revoked my sub to his channel in favor of subbing to Eric and Ben. Hikaru does not deserve my support with his blatant bad behavior at the moment.

[@justrandomthings8158]

Literally me

[@yingyangyolo9343]

The guy he is talking about must be totally fun at parties

[@ripiano]

People who don't know Hikaru before he became "born-again" with all this new corporate clout should just pay attention to their recommended videos after watching this one..

[@teejiik]

Who else waiting for Ben Finegold to chip in?

[@Cowmilker98]

He already did, watch the stream on his KZbin channel its great

[@fakatsa9252]

I really didnt know news, and as eric said i did my own research and its really drama

[@ilikecommenting6849]

Can you post some links/clips?

[@bozidarugljesic2907]

Hikaru was lacking support in his early days now when he has so manny wiewers and big suport from his community he uses it in a wrong way, that speaks enough about a person

[@rollothecolloo]

Can annyone tell me why eric not play on the bullet tourney ?

[@GGxEpsilon]

His channel was about to be deleted. So he couldn't continue.

[@Nvwheeler]

I remember watching a game on Christof Selecki's channel, Chess Explained, between Christof and Hikaru. Christof won and when he began analyzing the game, as he does for EVERY game, Hikaru got upset complaining Christof didn't have the right to do that. Why? I guess he felt insulted that a lower ranked player would analyze a game he lost. Frankly he's just a poor sport

[@GtLukero]

This is they way Hikaru has ALWAYS been. Back in 2019 he banned me from his Twitch channel FOR SAYING "HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S NOT IN THE MOOD FOR CHESS RIGHT NOW". At that point I realized I'm not dealing with a 30 year old grown up, but rather a salty child who just cant accept genuine criticism and is going to silence ANYONE who does anything against his interest.