Magnus Carlsen claims Hikaru is \u201cimproving\u201d despite beating him during Champions Chess Tour Instagram: Magnus CarlsenTop Chess player Magnus Carlsen paid a backhanded compliment to one of his biggest rivals, Hikaru Nakamura, during the Champions Chess Tour only to beat him in the next match. Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are arguably the two most high-profile chess players in the world, and their clashes over the years have been well-documented, culminating in one of the biggest rivalries in the scene at the moment. And during the Champions Chess Tour, which started this December, Carlsen said that Hikaru was \u201cshowing signs of improvement\u201d, before going on to best him in his next match. It\u2019s not the first time Carlsen has commented on his Hikaru\u2019s career. Last month when Hikaru was facing cheating allegations, Carlsen took to social media to roast some of his plays in Speed Chess. Magnus Carlsen pays backhanded compliment to GMHikaru during CCT While being interviewed for the upcoming match with Hikaru, Carlsen was asked what kind of preparations he was making for the showdown. He answered: \u201cI don\u2019t know\u2026 I haven\u2019t thought too much about it yet. But I guess he won a fairly convincing match now, so at least he\u2019s showing signs of improvement.\u201d The interviewer also suggested that Hikaru posed a major threat to Carlsen in the tournament, a statement that Carlsen didn\u2019t respond to. For more information about previous clashes between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, check out how Carlsen responded to Hikaru\u2019s cheating allegations last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Magnus Carlsen claims Hikaru is \u201cimproving\u201d despite beating him during Champions Chess Tour Instagram: Magnus CarlsenTop Chess player Magnus Carlsen paid a backhanded compliment to one of his biggest rivals, Hikaru Nakamura, during the Champions Chess Tour only to beat him in the next match. Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are arguably the two most […]<\/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-54750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54750","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=54750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}