Hikaru stunned by \u201cgarbage\u201d chess cheating allegations after blitz rating record YT: GMHikaruKick streamer and Chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has found himself at the center of a new controversy following his record-breaking performance on Chess.com. Vladimir Kramnik, another chess grandmaster, has taken to his Chess.com profile to seemingly accuse Hikaru of cheating in a cryptic message. Kramnik references an individual\u2019s extraordinary performance in three-minute blitz games and shares statistics that he believes many would find \u201cinteresting.\u201d The post clearly points toward Hikaru\u2019s performances of late and raises cheating concerns and allegations. Hikaru, who recently set a new all-time Chess.com Blitz rating record, has now responded to the accusations after yet another grandmaster, Ian Nepomniachtchi, tweeted a screenshot of Kramnik\u2019s message, adding fuel to the fire. Hikaru immediately questioned the intent behind Kramnik\u2019s profile update and Nepomniachtchi\u2019s tweet, labeling them as \u201cgarbage.\u201d \u201cVladimir appears to be referencing my record\u2026is he really accusing me of cheating?\u201d Hikaru tweeted. \u201c[Ian Nepomniachtchi] are you jumping on this accusation as well by tweeting this garbage??\u201d Hikaru is regarded as one of the top chess players in the world and is best known for his rapid and blitz chess skills. The accusation comes just days after Hikaru shattered the Chess.com blitz rating record, achieving a new high of 3336, surpassing his previous record. Hikaru\u2019s chess knowledge and ability are so incredible that even popular streamer Tyler1, who has turned to Chess.com in recent months, hilariously reacted to his puzzle-solving skills in a viral video. This isn\u2019t the first time Kramnik has publicly accused a player of cheating, having previously announced that he\u2019ll boycott Chess.com after stating the site harbors \u201cobvious cheaters\u201d following a defeat to Hans Niemann. Much like this time, Kramnik used his Chess.com profile to seemingly accuse Niemann of cheating non-directly before stating, \u201cI promise I will continue trying my best to save chess from this disease.\u201d Stay tuned to Dexerto for more chess and entertainment news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hikaru stunned by \u201cgarbage\u201d chess cheating allegations after blitz rating record YT: GMHikaruKick streamer and Chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has found himself at the center of a new controversy following his record-breaking performance on Chess.com. Vladimir Kramnik, another chess grandmaster, has taken to his Chess.com profile to seemingly accuse Hikaru of cheating in a cryptic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}