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Profess chess player, streamer, disruptor Hikaru Nakamura is all of them..
The world No.3 chess player with over two million subscribers on YouTube and nearly two million followers on Twitch, is one of the top two favourites for the Candidates tournament that will be played in Toronto between April 3-22..
In 2022, El Pais reported that Hikaru was the wealthiest chess player in the world with an estimated fortune of $50 million, only a tiny part of it from chess earnings..
In a podcast with Lex Fridman in October 2022, Hikaru spoke of little things from his childhood following baseball on the radio since he didnt have cable, playing blitz on the Internet Chess Club and being impressed by the oratorial and sartorial skills of a professor whose DVDs he watched while being homeschooled that he believed led him to a career in streaming..
In hindsight an unfortunate game for Hikaru to lose since Ding ended up playing the World Championship (and won) after Carlsen decided not to defend his title..
