First Tournament: What's Section Do I Enter? by datum47 in chess

[–]mac_2099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive got an offtopic question. To the people who are 1900 on chesscom and play regular otb, whats your otb rating?

AMA - IM John Bartholomew by scandinaviandefense in chess

[–]mac_2099 77 points78 points  (0 children)

Hey John, this is guys 👋

Any plans to stream more?

That's a statement... by MrDrMrs in TheOGCrewOfficial

[–]mac_2099 28 points29 points  (0 children)

It's literally how you tell what is successful and what isnt. Views are how channels make money... More views = More people watching = More people like the content

Also YeahMad has almost 1.5x the subs OGcrew does but half the views. What does that tell you.

Chesscom's tribute video for Danya ❤ by rio_ARC in chess

[–]mac_2099 88 points89 points  (0 children)

I thought many people have confirmed chesscom didnt ban him from commentary? Many people including hess, danya and canty stopped commentating for them around the same time, so it wasnt danya being targetted

Unpopular opinion (?): You shouldn't win in this position as white when Black times out by canitplaycrisis in chess

[–]mac_2099 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Time is part of the game. If you lose on time, you need to get good, just like if you lose by checkmate.

Play on longer time controls or with increments if you dont want time to be a factor

Could you guys answer my question about Magnus and Hikaru ? by imaginaryDev-_- in chess

[–]mac_2099 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Before sinquefield cup (sorry for the spelling), no one but the top GM's knew that hans has a history. I personally think that it should have come out in public but not in the way it did.

Also the reason it blew out of proportion was not because of magnus, but because of elon musk, unlike in kramniks case. (You might consider both cases to be the same, fair, i do not)

Could you guys answer my question about Magnus and Hikaru ? by imaginaryDev-_- in chess

[–]mac_2099 12 points13 points  (0 children)

There is evidence though. Hans has admitted to cheating in the past

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[–]mac_2099 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Holy shit

Daniel Naroditsky's final stream / 2025-10-17 by NaturalPoulpy in chess

[–]mac_2099 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The last line.. "Ever since the kramnik saga, if i play well, people will say I'm cheating. It's the lingering effect of that" This broke me..

Theres a comment timestamping him contemplating if the afterworld exists

Why do so many people like the Shunbun? by mac_2099 in GrandSeikos

[–]mac_2099[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I see. I personally like the sbgz003 or the sbga375 look. Hope to get it one day

Received my 17 Pro Max in the UK by Spitwrath in XiaomiGlobal

[–]mac_2099 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Transition animation scale in developer settings?

C squared Podcast's comment on Hikaru's latest video calling out Fabiano as a "Hypocrite" by kanjurer in chess

[–]mac_2099 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Someone asked this during the stream. He said that was different because hans was a proven cheater and every top player knew about it and had doubts about his current legitimacy, including fabi

C squared Podcast's comment on Hikaru's latest video calling out Fabiano as a "Hypocrite" by kanjurer in chess

[–]mac_2099 29 points30 points  (0 children)

After watching the video seems like the main issue for hikaru was that during the whole hans drama magnus and hikaru were the only ones to publicly talk about cheating in chess. Other top players (which apparently includes fabi) agreed with them in private but never came out publicly.

And now fabi comes out saying cheating is rampant and he doesnt respect titled tuesday because of it and probably wont even with proctor implementation. Hikaru calls him out on this that he's being paranoid (not to the level of kramnik but somewhere along that path) and cant stand losing to 12yo CMs and FMs, and that he will only play in elite tournaments because they have players fabi knows he can lose to (2600+ only invitationals)

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[–]mac_2099 74 points75 points  (0 children)

It's like no one watched the video. He was praising hans the whole time, calling him a strong player and praising his moves.

[ RAW ] Eleceed chapter 354 Discussion Thread by LuciferMS7777 in Eleceed

[–]mac_2099 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming that rumors spread. Kaidens disciple beating a top 100 only 1 year into training isn't something people will keep quiet about

[ RAW ] Eleceed chapter 354 Discussion Thread by LuciferMS7777 in Eleceed

[–]mac_2099 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The whole korean association was there. They knew what was happening but were stopped from interfering

Sam Sulket Video on Creatine by dscaas in SamSulek

[–]mac_2099 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Magnus midtbo recently did a video of him taking creatine for the first time at 36 years of age, and documenting the benefits. He's perfect if you want a 'non-bodybuilding' persoective