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Carlsen or Nakamura?

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magipi

Carlsen was one of the greatest players of all time, but his time is over. He is semi-retired, he'll probably never play in another serious tournament.

Nakamura is a miracle that he was able to regain his peak strength at the age of 36 and become number 2 again, totally out of the blue. But time is not on his side. The future belongs to the youngsters, a lot of guys around 20 are in the elite already.

Manasik12

I think Carlsen

ErickAndreyCruz

Carlsen

HvH1977

Carlsen

waleedSalah10

Carlsen

chessuser1845

I like both but i think carlsen is better

Khnemu_Nehep
imbigbdk wrote:

hikaru is an awful player and i would destroy him in hand to hand combat

You're probably 12 so i doubt that.

userchess45

Magnus

VerifiedChessYarshe

Carlsen

AerryChris

Hans Niemann is better than both on the board.

simaarsalan
Carlsen
DreamChessing
Magnus is better at classical while hikaru is fast paced.
bigbeast321

It depends on the time control. Carlsen is WAY better if it is something like classical or rapid, and hikaru tends to be better in faster time controls like blitz or bullet

Neeqness
idk13243 wrote:

Carlsen is definitely better. Especially at endgames. Hikaru has the potential to become the best but he was born in the wrong generation.

Carlsen and Nakamura are the same generation. Nakamura is only 3 years older.

infinitemeditations1pweek

Hans Niemann will be better than both of them if he keeps working at it for many many years.

Lemon576
Kowarenai wrote:

Carlsen but for some laughs i would say nakamura as he is a tactical player

Yeah. I feel like hikaru is the better streamer

difficulttosay

Magnus is best

RyanZ_MD

Carlsen is better at blitz, rapid, and classical, hikaru better at bullet

GMitchell1989
Carlson
aserew12

Hikaru carlsenamura