During a Twitch stream, xQc was granted the title of Grandmaster while playing online blitz matches on chess.com. The promotion was quite shocking as the coveted "GM" rank is only held by an elite few. On that note, xQc was only sitting at 🐎a 589 rating, typical for chess beginners. For perspective, actual chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has a 3214 blitz ranking – currently number 1 on the leadജerboards.
Overall, the chess community has proven that they are more than ready to deal with the new attention that Twitch has driven the sport. The streamer's sudden promotion wasꦅ likely a lighthearted prank set up by chess.com admins, especially considering that xQc is fairly new to the sport and only playing for fun. Additionally, chess.com even on a separate page – only to be eventual♚ly removed after the fun died down.
Certain chess persona𒀰lities emerged as vocal opponents to the recent attention Hikaru and xQc generated through their collaboration. Nevertheless, many of these "chess elitists" have come around. for his earlier insults, apologizing to xQc fans and showing some respectable sportsmanship. Oh, and is starting to warm up to the platform.
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