Hikaru's Smurfing Drama Explained - Video

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Hikaru Nakamura has just gone undefeated at a tournament on his journey to qualify for the Candidates tournament.

But here’s the twist: he didn’t sweep a major, international event. He went 7-0 in… the Louisiana State Championship.

So why is one of the greatest American players in history basically smurfing? What does that have to do with his journey to the most important tournament in chess? And how do the local chess players he crushed feel about it?

Written by: Sean Weteselaar
Edited by: Colten Gowan (@TheOnlyZoltan)
Hosted & Produced by: Danny Burke (@lurkeyburke)

All footage courtesy: https://pastebin.com/HeNXghNs

Music used under license from Associated Production Music LLC (”APM”).

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