Context and Timeline: (Written by reddit user u/powerchicken)
March 27: Hikaru Nakamura and Eric Hansen (Chessbrahs) have long been at bad terms and tensions recently escalated following a confusing draw in a blitz game between the two in which Nakamura briefly ranted about the result. This incident was originally discussed here: redd.it/mdzecv
March 28: This led to a video post featuring both players' reactions. Thread is still up, but the video was allegedly taken down by Nakamura's team for copyright infringement: redd.it/metiqt
March 29: Ben Finegold, who himself has a poor relationship with Nakamura, parodied Nakamura's rant on Stream. redd.it/mfe2t2
April 1: Hansen and Nakamura played one-another in Chess.com's Bullet Chess Championship in which Hansen blundered his queen in one of the games, with Nakamura reacting by laughing hysterically. redd.it/mhzdro (This coincided with r/Chess's April Fools gag, so some comments will seem odd and out-of-place.)
April 3: During the Lichess Titled Blitz Arena, Magnus Carlsen streamed himself playing the tournament and parodied Nakamura's rant throughout the stream. This was discussed in the following two threads: redd.it/mjf2qf & redd.it/mjki6g
April 6: Hansen confirms on stream that Nakamura's team has issued copyright strikes against videos on the Chessbrahs youtube channel featuring clips of Nakamura. redd.it/mlilxu
April 6: Nakamura's manager ChessBae94 responds, claiming their network issued the strike and not themselves. redd.it/mlktd0
April 7: On stream, Nakamura briefly comments on the drama by claiming the chess community could have driven him to suicide if he weren't mentally strong. redd.it/mm4mmn
April 7: CURRENTLY DEVELOPING: Hansen goes live on Twitch and openly speaks about the drama and their hostile relationship, including a 2018 fight at a St Louis party which Hansen claims Nakamura instigated following a blitz game, confirmation that the copyright strike was intentional and that Nakamura's team had been in touch with the Chessbrahs with unspecified demands, and much, much more. redd.it/mm5tyq redd.it/mm6a1m redd.it/mm6iud redd.it/mljxoe redd.it/mm65mm
This is currently live here: / chessbrah - The full VOD can be watched here: / 978764250
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