I never liked her (chessbae94) anyways. She basically bought herself into modding and regulating a lot of twitch channels and chatrooms. She banned a lot of people for criticism against her and some toxic streamers.
@@oishiich.4814 if you know who chessbae is you know that she's the most toxic person she bans everyone who doesn't agree with her she ran big supporters of hikaru out of the channel like brujaweb ...etc people that are old fans of chess streamers know these things, new comers to the category don't and that's what's working in her favor at the moment but they'll come to see it in time everyone does at the end
I used to not like Eric but now I really feel for him for past few months what he has been through. At least he came out with truth. He seems like a nice guy as oppose to Hikaru.
Her side of the story is probably that Hikaru was the one who was manipulating her and everybody else, and while I think Hikaru is a jerk sometimes and probably went along with a lot of it because he wants to make money and grow his channel, I think she's the one who was pulling a lot of the strings. I wouldn't trust her side of the story any too much unless she owns up to what she did. I have no reason to doubt what Eric's saying.
@@timmiaushamburg chessbae definitely, hiakru is in the wrong, probably the remaining 10% but chessbae has screwed with a lot of streamers, look into it. It's messed up
@@Haammmzzzz hikaru is the person who is giving chessbae power. Without hikaru permission she cant do anything. And hikaru is a toxic person. When you think about it all its simple whats going on...
@@st0rmchas3r Hikaru didn't make her mod on Botezlive nor did he make her mod on Chessbrah (which Chessbae was at one point). Chessbae has lots of power which she gained through thousands of dollars worth of donations. Hikaru like most of her victims fell for her, as did Chess.com which made her a mod. Chessbae is not a scapegoat, she's literally the one pulling the strings.
Very Thankful for this VID, assuming that this is true, This gives us A LOT of information and a WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE about the CHESS COMMINITY and who the "BOSES" are in Twitch/Chess. Very Very interesting!
Yeah, I've always been wondering why Chessbrahs weren't blowing up as much as Hikaru, the Botez sisters, Gotham, etc. due to the Chess boom especially considering that they've been content creators longer than ANY of them. It's all starting to make a little bit more sense.
@@Eorzat Also Eric is probably the second strongest chess grandmaster after Hikaru lol and combine that with the fact that they have been streaming the longest, they should defiantly be in the top5 at least.
@@realtruth2757 Eric is definitely not the second strongest GM after HIkaru in ANY category. I'm willing to defend him on this bullshit drama, but that's going a bit too far lol
Eric is trying his best to be genuine, he always has been but the situation is so delicate. He doesn't want drama, he just wants to play chess and create content, and for some reason those clout chasers & toxic people get in his way because of personal grudges or sth stupid. Always will be a Chessbrah
I feel hikaru has not faced enough repercussions. You can’t just be a dickhead to people and then write a half assed apology saying that you are a competitive personality as if hat justifies all of your actions.
What are you expecting? You want to cancel Hikaru? Give him a chance to change and improve now that he admitted (and frankly realized) his mistakes Otherwise we'll all lose his chess, which is, and everybody admits to that, out of this world
@@goliathkiller5271 no I’m never one for cancelling and in many ways I agree with you. But somehow it feels unfair that hikaru has done all this stuff and is streaming again like nothing happened idk...
@@henrybullough2822 He's definitely not streaming like nothing happened. Tune in on his stream and you'll definitely find something's off He feels bad, and he definitely should. But if he keeps feeling bad he might just stop, because it shows he's sometimes on the verge of cracking. At the end of the day, he's a bit weird but still human. Anybody getting that much hate will feel really bad...
@@rmmm8666 Nah, I really don't think that's what he said. I'm pretty sure he read Danya's essay, and I'm pretty sure that's what he wrote about. He didn't realize he was acting like such a POS, and I think now he does. 1 page apology means you're not trying to justify your actions, you know you were plainly wrong
Dang she hit him with the "we weren't in a relationship" in her response. That's gotta hurt... cold blooooooded. If you're reading this Eric, sorry dude.
Well that's just female nature. Women don't love men, they love what men can do for them. A woman will only love a man as long as it's convenient to do so
Ok, Hikaru's toxic behavior regarding chess was one thing. I honestly compartmentalized that to just an aspect of his personality that I didn't like. But the fact that he and his wench would go as far as to fuck with someone one's personal life to this extent pisses me off to no end. If everything he says here is true I don't think I can mess with Hikaru anymore.
I'm new to all this. Who is Chessbae? Why would they and Hikaru want Alexandira to stop talking to Eric? Simply because they don't like him or something?
@@MCFC248 idk much but Chessbae was like a chess.com moderator who works with lots of streamers including Hikaru but she's recently been outed for abusing her powers, also Hikaru doesn't like Eric for some reason, Hikaru's a dick
I really have no words for chessbae. Well, I have words for her but i don't want to be rude. It's awful, how you can gain (toxic) power from having money. Hopefully, she will be never allowed to be a part of any chess-stuff anymore.
@@lajoskutas302 If it were up to a viewer vote she’d have been kicked out at 10-1 margins any time over the past three years. It was the streamers taking her cash that kept her in power but even before all these intimate details of her sociopathic behavior behind the scenes came out she’s been detested for her narcissistic behavior by chat since she first appeared on the scene. If anything she’s lucky that the part of this where nearly everyone watching the streams hated her has taken a backseat and now the focus is on her manipulating everybody and everything behind the scenes instead of being a more straight-forward piece of shit in chat. I guess people can delude themselves into thinking a community enjoys them when they ban anyone that criticizes them.
From what I am beginning to understand this has a lot to do with the concept of "reciprocity". It seems that at some point Chessbae used to give a lot of money("generous" twitch donations) to a lot of these streamers to the point where they started feeling subconsciously obliged to follow her word. So what came next? Power! They let her be a mod in their channels, they let her manage their online images etc. She gained control over them, to the point where she was able to manipulate them in major ways (like this Alexandra situation where she was able to convince her to leave Eric). So in some ways it seems that Chessbae subconsciously bought their trust. A big lesson to be learned here is to always ask why someone you don't even know is giving you "free stuff" and what price will you have to pay once they also need a favour from you.
@@ap3xst4rzz24 definitely. But all these stories make her look a lot like a psychopath and if that is the case you are only "gucci" to a psychopath for as long as they need you and after that you'll wish you'd never met them
While that can be true, but i think, we should still seeing that Pogchamps is about introducing new people to chess. The effect of Pogchamps on that is more significant than power that Hikaru or Chessbae gained. And if that true, i think chesscom start to diversify coach and commentator into more GM or chess master. AFAIK Hikaru commenting on less match than previous Pogchamps.
Ben Finegold knows Hikaru, he literally went to Hikaru's parents' wedding and was his second after he fired Kasparov (lol). Of course he will have some bias as anyone does, but I doubt anyone in the scene knows Hikaru better than Ben.
@@swordsman1137 on the countrary my friend, the pogchamp contestant work closly with a closed group which are the inner circle of Hikaru, except two that works with hess and danya, i love Levy and Anna, i don't dislike hikaru at all i just hate chessbae
@@stoun2007 What i meant with new people is not the streamer (while technically some of them also new player), but the viewer who come into chess because they see those streamer play. The effect of Pogchamps into general audience about chess is vastly more important. And all of that can be done without including "power hungry" like Chessbae. For example, the match when GM Hess, Ludwig, and i forgot the other one, commentating on, alot of viewer like it because how entertaining it is, and there are alot of chess advice for low rated everytime Ludwig ask why something is blunder or what is the best move.
Man my heart goes out to Eric. He has his issues, but it seems like he's trying to battle them genuinely. He's obviously hurt by all these unnecessary complications in his personal life, no person who's already struggling has to go through such shit.
Eric is 100% right to be upset. Alexandra should have told ChessBae off. Together they should have exposed this awful, manipulative person instead of agreeing to her demands.
Let's be honest, Alexandra chose the money over eric's friendship. She followed Hikaru and Chessbae because they had the more views/income. That's lame, and you can see it truly makes Eric sad
I didn't expect this drama to go to get dark... Hikaru and Chessbae using their e-cred to give an ultimatum, "I'm going to damage your relationship or your career: choose one."
Literally not what happened if you listen to anybody who isn't Chessbrah. Botez herself says this never happened, and both of them say Hikaru had nothing to do with it, but keep being toxic 👍
@@deaconblackfire2896 apparently Alex also said they weren't together... then said "when we broke up". Alex's motive for covering this is obvious, I don't see motive for Eric to lie about it. If it is a lie, the first thing you KNOW will happen is Alex will say so. Common sense tells me the story is true and Alex is career-minded.
@@deaconblackfire2896 It's not that black/white. From the Alex clip you can tell that the chessbea thing was a breeding ground for a lot of argument between them. Alex seems to focus more on Eric's "poor" reaction to that situation . But tbf, Eric must've been under a lot of pressure. I can understand that from his perspective chessbea fckt things up for him and Alex.
Man, over the last few weeks I’ve really come to love all of the chessbrahs. They’re so funny and cool and they’re just tryna play chess and yet they keep getting railed. We love you ❤️
I've never really liked the Chessbrah channel nor Eric, but these recent videos he's released I've actually completely turned around and really feel for him and like him.
You're right in a sense, but it's not like she's being a bad guy here. She's a young adult looking to forge a career for herself. You honestly can't fault her if she's given an ultimatum between professional development and a relationship. She can always date other people, but choosing Eric here could've been disastrous for her career, especially considering the vindictive behavior being shown by chessbae and hikaru.
@@karl9791 regardless. She says that she just wanted to not associate with him for two weeks. That’s not something a friend would do when their friend is down. Alexandra looks bad by her own admission imo.
Man, you can tell just by the nature of the story how much this situation has affected Eric. Feel so bad for him, even though he seems to take it like a champ (on the outside atleast). Can understand how one would also be really upset by how Alexandra reacted (even though she isn't in the wrong at all and her choice in this isn't easy) its still difficult when the one you really like doesnt immediatly defend you and take a bullet for you, even though it may objectively be an unreasonable ask. Chessbae really has no sense of reality and no empathy at all..
It's only a matter of time before Levy outgrows Hikaru. Levy seems like a decent, loyal guy so he might not go against Hikaru, but I can for sure see him going against Chessbae (if she's even left in the scene, hopefully she won't be kept behind the scenes after Chesscom and Hikaru dropped her)
I can fully understand both views on this situation. In case of Eric it's completely normal how he reacted when he didn't got full support. On Alex side it was a completely rational decision - as usual of very intelligent people they got problems to relate rational decision onto the emotional way you treat another person. I had the same problem some years ago and lost a wonderful person on something like this cause I thought the other person would need to understand my rational decision but now I know I couldn't really transfer into hers. It's quite hard to do it when you have problems with emotions and what other people really are feeling for you.
I have a lot of respect for how Eric handles this. mostly off-camera and if he speaks on camera, then with a lot of care and making very sure to not say anything not fair
I must know who this ChessBae is now; this is wild. Also, shows Alexandra's age and professional vulnerability. Sucks that this happened, but that's not a relationship he needed to be in. Alex clearly needs more growth and Chessbae needs to take a firm seat somewhere.
D J look at the similarities, she’s from California so it’s clear she’s rich, born in 94, has literal red streaks in her hair (just like her avatar shit), and takes a mod status as serious as her life (female trait)
2:00 - 'when she was given that ultimatum and she wasn't immediately on my side, I was upset' - Jesus Christ, could anyone blame him? This is absurdly toxic. A person who would play ball with an ultimatum like that, be it for career reasons or 'growing teh channel' or w/e would be gone from my life forever
People like Eric are just so hard to find and it’s 100% Alexandra’s loss, the fact chessbae treats her that badly and Hikaru randomly tells her what and what not to do with her channel and her life, and she just willingly bends over instead of being with someone who truly loves her tells you so much about her. But Hikaru now just looks like a 70s comic book villain, what is that dude doing with his life? How does he even sleep at night? The moment I saw his ugly face and I just felt that something was wrong about him, no you don’t tell me that chessbae acts without Hikaru’s consent, their topstar.
The brahs have been really stand-up guys through all of this, and I seriously feel bad for all the toxic shit they've been through. They really didn't deserve it either as it sounds like the thing that started this whole mess was just them trying to avoid drama by removing chessbae from their channel, and it must have been hard to have had to keep the abuse/manipulation under wraps and to see none of your 'friends'/co-workers stand up for you for so long. Chessbae honestly sounds like a pretty fucked up person.
As Alex said, there's a lot more nuance to all these situations than people are giving them credit. I know this is a chess community thing, but not everything is black and white. A lot of people made mistakes along the way and we should remind each other to put down the pitchforks and let the people involved deal with things amongst themselves
@@DemonicIsaac666 thanks, I heard there's video but hadn't found it. There were lots of contradicting accounts of what happened. Eric's rape joke and him allowing chat (if they are true, I'm relying on her words here) to insult her are unacceptable. Categorically. So is Chessbae's controlling behavior. But I found it weird how quickly Alexandria threw chessbae under the bus by saying "under guise of friendship".
The irony is that if Chessbae really is what she's being portrayed at, she's laughing seeing streamers go at each others and probably wanted that to happens from the beginning, people trying to cancel this or that streamer are still playing right in her hands for he own enjoyment...
Very true. That part of the power dynamic, to see he effects of your power as it disrupts others. Power is not just about the pleasure of being on top. As they say, it’s not that I win, it’s that you lose.
She chose the money and fame over him (assuming she was ever genuinely interested). I've always felt that Alexandra was extremely shallow. This story really puts things in perspective.
Reminder that the main issue is that Chessbae and apparently Hikaru have tried to cripple his channel (his livelihood) . That's why it's too personal with him. This is not only about Botez.
In her response she says multiple times that you guys didn't date, but then she says multiple times that you broke up? Also, she claims she doesn't remember if Chessbae told her she couldn't visit Eric or not, but how do you not remember that? I don't think she's a horrible person but she clearly is trying to do damage control here.
I wonder, if their relationship still good, will Alex has better chess career or not. But for now, atleast i'm glad Magnus give Botez sister some wise advice.
@@albertopulido4267 how the knight move? Haha.. Just kidding about that. What i meant with advice is advice about chess, which even though i'm not sure if they get enough from Magnus on their stream collaboration to improve their skill, i think they can starting to know how the world champion think.
@@ChessJourneyman exactly she even said she was retired from professional chess, she's an entertainer first and a chess player second, of course she loves chess and is honored to have magnus give advice but if anything she'll increase rating online
Very Thankful for this VID, assuming that this is true, This gives us A LOT of information and a WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE about the CHESS COMMINITY and who the "BOSES" are in Twitch/Chess. Very Very interesting!
I wonder if when the Botez sisters called out Hikaru and then apologized for it, that if it was because they actually misinterpreted things like they said, or if it was the same shit as now that we are finding out that they were told to shut up or they would be cancelled.
1. If these issues interest you, it's worth it to check Alexandra's comments in the Twitch link above, it's at the 6:00 minute mark. It offers a good deal of context from her perspective. 2. I've had enough of Nakamura. At the outset of the recent drama my view was that I don't really know these people, so I will try not to pass judgment as though I do. But over the last couple of weeks too much clear evidence has accumulated about Nakamura. I have seen Eric's assertions regarding Nakamura's character and observed the various responses from those who know him, as well as his non-apology apology. I'm done. The nicest chess streamers universally have chimed in that Nakamura has been unreasonably rude to them. So the hell with it: I hereby pledge not to watch Nakamura on Twitch or RUclips or anywhere else. Let's show him that acting like an asshole isn't cool. Thumbs up if you agree to that. 3. On the other hand, I'm not so sure as everyone else here seems to be about chessbae. (If you don't know why references to her keep coming up, it's because she is a very big donor to all the chess streamers and has influence in their channels. That includes support over the years to chessbrahs, to Botez, and most recently to Nakamura. Naka recently severed some ties with her after she threatened chessbrahs with copystrikes, which Nakamura reports he did not know. Her real name and bio are not public information.) In any event: I have not personally observed her being a psychopath. If you have, then form your own judgment, that's your call. But in my view it's hard to know, because we haven't seen her face or heard her voice, or seen much more than comments in streams and heard stories second-hand. And in my view, that's not that much to go on in determining one's view of personality. I've watched her mod a few times and exchanged a few words. So, I don't know, maybe she's a psychopath; but then again she may be just a person trying to get things done, just like all the streamers, and like the rest of us. And what she is trying to do in part is make the streaming world less hostile to women. That much is clearly part of her agenda. Let's face it: Twitch is a very misogynistic culture. Women streamers like Alexandra and Andrea are constantly subject to harassment. And male streamers are often toxic on the subject. When Eric goes on a drunken rant about raping XQc's girlfriend, that doesn't mean he's entirely a terrible person, but it's also not acceptable, as he would agree. According to Alexandra, that was what got chessbae upset, and led to her urging Alexandra not to stream jointly with Eric, which then led to Eric and Alexandra having hard feelings. Alexandra reports that her conversations with chessbae have been more in the category of checking in with an older sister, rather than dealing with a psychopath. But even if chessbae is a psychopath or some completely unreasonable and manipulative person: it's still the case that objectification of women, degrading them, nasty comments, are all part of the online culture, and I'm on the side of let's try to change that. 4. People casually say "You need to see a therapist" as a shorthand for "you're nuts, or "too much for me to deal with." Speaking as a therapist myself, I kind of hate that. It makes therapy seem like this terrible destination that only the truly deranged end up in. In fact, my clients are normal people trying to make it in a stressful world. I say all that as preface to this: if you are ever in a position like Eric seems to have been for the last year, like the stress Alexandra seems to be showing, consider talking to a professional. I'd recommend it to them if they asked me. Now, if talking to friends and family is sufficient, excellent, do that. But avoiding dealing with stuff and going toward anger and emotional reactivity probably isn't the call and leads to a lot of difficulties. There are so many moments in all the drama here when I've thought, "Ah, if this were my client, I sure could think of some helpful things to say." So, you know: consider it. We're not that scary. 5. I keep seeing the curious phrase "Who would have thought that chess has drama?" MEEEE. Because all people have drama. Carpenters, butchers, lawyers, and chess players too. That's people. Peace.
As far as chessbae trying to make the streaming world less hostile to women, there’s a thread on Reddit where she was making derogatory comments to ILYSuiteheart when she decided to stream chess for a day
Eric. you seem to wear your heart on your sleeve and come across as a young man a bit conflicted. You are young, and still finding your way (just like everyone else your age). You don't know what to do? Just be you, and you will be fine. It got you to where you are, and it will see you throughout your days.
You might want to check out her response. It's not quite that simple, it seems. I don't know for certain, I'm just saying that there are at least two sides here.
Eric I know what you are feeling. And having so much empathy to her, shows that you have big heart. But afterall face the facts: 1) She made her decision when she didn't take your side. I know that you would sacrifice almost everything for person you love and if partner is not ready to just take your side then she is not right for you. Move on!!! 2) I watched her streams and never saw any regrets or sadness about this situation. And I know it hurts, but Move ON! 3) if she wanted to see you no one could stopped her. She just trying to sit on 2 chairs or keeping you for reserve. Serious relationships doesn't work like that. Move on Eric! P.S. you are very handsome, smart, intelligent person. Have a little big dignity for yourself and look around, you will definitely find someone for whom you will be the whole world. And who would turn that world down for you, bro!
To those who want to boil this down to "chessbae and hikaru ruined everything": One lesson I've learned the hard way is, it's important to consider how a relationship can weather adversity. Everything can be going great until there's a hiccup; how that gets dealt with is important for long-term in a way it isn't for casual dating. $0.02
I hear a lot about chessBae but I’m not exactly sure who she is. Can someone explain who she is and what other times has she exploited her power? Also was hikaru’s beef with Eric part of the reason chessBae said Alexandra couldn’t be with Eric?
Chessbae was one of the most controbutioner of the Twitch for many years. And she become mod of the most chess streamers. But when she became Hikarus head mod, she start to screw other channels(mostly with chessbrahs)
@@hakansenzeybek3246 jeez she really seems like an the emperor palpatine of chess operating from the shadows lol. I assumed this is mostly with hikarus knowledge right?
@@lucagerza7372 Definitely. Hikaru and chessbrah is always had a tension between each other(I think they fought fist to fist Actually. They had a video.) I think hikaru used chessbae to fuck up chessbrahs.
Another thing that's so weird about Chessbae is that a lot of the chess channels I would go to had a heart emote with Chessbae's name on it. I dont know if she asked the streamers to do this to feed her ego or if they simply did it on their own as a way to show their gratitude. There were a few of these emotes, not sure if they are still around because I stopped following chess on twitch. It just seems very odd, especially now with all these stories about Chessbae's despicable personality.
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Full VOD: www.twitch.tv/videos/985682950?t=0h30m42s
Alexandra's Response : www.twitch.tv/videos/985744047
Eric has rage issues, no surprise...
She obviously lied, he didn't get the hint
Hey, you should also upload Botez's comment, story sounded totally different lmao
@@PrivateJoker0119 can you link to the comment?
@@PrivateJoker0119 Where did Alexandra talk about it?
Who knew the chess scene had so much drama
Shut up bot
Everyone who played chess
@@uzking1140 very accurate deduction you’ve made there.
Netflix
LOL
With the music in the background it sounds like your buddy grieving in a club over an ex
uhmmmm...that's exactly what it is. He looks pretty stoned too.
Lmao
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Found the guy who doesn’t watch chessbrah
chess bae wrecking people relationship ? wth
Yes, as crazy as it sounds, coming from an honest and sober looking Eric, it should be true
Maybe she liked Eric before or maybe there were seeing each other and didn't end in a good note.
I never liked her (chessbae94) anyways. She basically bought herself into modding and regulating a lot of twitch channels and chatrooms. She banned a lot of people for criticism against her and some toxic streamers.
@@oishiich.4814 if you know who chessbae is you know that she's the most toxic person she bans everyone who doesn't agree with her she ran big supporters of hikaru out of the channel like brujaweb ...etc people that are old fans of chess streamers know these things, new comers to the category don't and that's what's working in her favor at the moment but they'll come to see it in time everyone does at the end
who is chessbae?
Eric has been on beast mode for the last four days 😂
After all this shit he got he better be, id be mad as fuck
He's also been playing some good chess
@@marlonbrando6615 completely overshadowed by the drama you must recognize that ;)
You know Eric chess channel?
I used to not like Eric but now I really feel for him for past few months what he has been through. At least he came out with truth. He seems like a nice guy as oppose to Hikaru.
At the very least, Eric seems honest and as if he's capable of blaming himself and reflecting on his past actions.
Not to mention well-spoken.
Bro. Eric is super likeable.
@@1Plebeian hes a basic bro.
@@SteveJobzz and his competition?
i know i have not heard her side of the story but it seems like nobody has anything positive to say about chessbae
True.
They all dump her now that she is not fueling them with tons of dollars like she used to... that’s how sad their world is.
Never thought you were a chess fan. Love your vidss
😂😂
Her side of the story is probably that Hikaru was the one who was manipulating her and everybody else, and while I think Hikaru is a jerk sometimes and probably went along with a lot of it because he wants to make money and grow his channel, I think she's the one who was pulling a lot of the strings. I wouldn't trust her side of the story any too much unless she owns up to what she did. I have no reason to doubt what Eric's saying.
is it just me or is literally 90% of chess drama because of that witch chessbae?
hikaru*
@@timmiaushamburg chessbae definitely, hiakru is in the wrong, probably the remaining 10% but chessbae has screwed with a lot of streamers, look into it. It's messed up
@@Haammmzzzz hikaru is the person who is giving chessbae power.
Without hikaru permission she cant do anything. And hikaru is a toxic person. When you think about it all its simple whats going on...
Chessbae is just the face and scape goat here. It is Hikaru giving her all the powers and do these shit.
@@st0rmchas3r Hikaru didn't make her mod on Botezlive nor did he make her mod on Chessbrah (which Chessbae was at one point). Chessbae has lots of power which she gained through thousands of dollars worth of donations. Hikaru like most of her victims fell for her, as did Chess.com which made her a mod. Chessbae is not a scapegoat, she's literally the one pulling the strings.
More and more I’m seeing the chessbrahs have took a lot of shit for a while, even keeping it to theirselves.. I support and respect them a lot more.
Very Thankful for this VID, assuming that this is true, This gives us A LOT of information and a WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE about the CHESS COMMINITY and who the "BOSES" are in Twitch/Chess. Very Very interesting!
Yeah, I've always been wondering why Chessbrahs weren't blowing up as much as Hikaru, the Botez sisters, Gotham, etc. due to the Chess boom especially considering that they've been content creators longer than ANY of them. It's all starting to make a little bit more sense.
@@Eorzat Also Eric is probably the second strongest chess grandmaster after Hikaru lol and combine that with the fact that they have been streaming the longest, they should defiantly be in the top5 at least.
@@Eorzat you’re absolutely right, it is most definitely making sense now. Chessbrahs got my sub from Hikaru last night. 😁
@@realtruth2757 Eric is definitely not the second strongest GM after HIkaru in ANY category. I'm willing to defend him on this bullshit drama, but that's going a bit too far lol
Eric is trying his best to be genuine, he always has been but the situation is so delicate. He doesn't want drama, he just wants to play chess and create content, and for some reason those clout chasers & toxic people get in his way because of personal grudges or sth stupid.
Always will be a Chessbrah
I feel hikaru has not faced enough repercussions. You can’t just be a dickhead to people and then write a half assed apology saying that you are a competitive personality as if hat justifies all of your actions.
What are you expecting? You want to cancel Hikaru? Give him a chance to change and improve now that he admitted (and frankly realized) his mistakes
Otherwise we'll all lose his chess, which is, and everybody admits to that, out of this world
@@goliathkiller5271 no I’m never one for cancelling and in many ways I agree with you. But somehow it feels unfair that hikaru has done all this stuff and is streaming again like nothing happened idk...
@@goliathkiller5271 What exactly has he admitted? My mans literally just said "let's move on, this is all chessbae's fault"
@@henrybullough2822 He's definitely not streaming like nothing happened. Tune in on his stream and you'll definitely find something's off
He feels bad, and he definitely should. But if he keeps feeling bad he might just stop, because it shows he's sometimes on the verge of cracking. At the end of the day, he's a bit weird but still human. Anybody getting that much hate will feel really bad...
@@rmmm8666 Nah, I really don't think that's what he said. I'm pretty sure he read Danya's essay, and I'm pretty sure that's what he wrote about. He didn't realize he was acting like such a POS, and I think now he does. 1 page apology means you're not trying to justify your actions, you know you were plainly wrong
Dang she hit him with the "we weren't in a relationship" in her response. That's gotta hurt... cold blooooooded. If you're reading this Eric, sorry dude.
Doesn’t surprise me tbh. I’ve been in a similar situation and the girl outright lied about everything and tried to blame it on me to save face.
a few sentences later she does say "when we broke up", which kinda discredits her initial statement
Link?
@@jazzminchen4204 it's in the 26 min upload on their twitch but don't know timestamp for the quote.
Well that's just female nature. Women don't love men, they love what men can do for them. A woman will only love a man as long as it's convenient to do so
chess bae moving streamers like pawns?
She is like the evil little witch that plays the power game with money.
Well well well, how the turntables..The pawn movers have become the pawns.
@@sjoerdtenijenhuis1681 or maybe she uses hikaru’s juicer kekw
And creating weaknesses in own camp
What is chessbae?
Ok, Hikaru's toxic behavior regarding chess was one thing. I honestly compartmentalized that to just an aspect of his personality that I didn't like. But the fact that he and his wench would go as far as to fuck with someone one's personal life to this extent pisses me off to no end. If everything he says here is true I don't think I can mess with Hikaru anymore.
And how did he take responsibility? Demoted and blamed it all on Chessbae. Proper manly that.
Eric clearly said it was chessbae tho?
@@PrivateJoker0119 maybe, but don't forget once alex has drama with hikaru just because he doesn't like they do Just Chatting on Twitch
@@oishiich.4814 still it's not enough evidence. Hikaru might be an a**hole, but it doesn't mean he knew everything about what Bae was doing
@@imparis47 when other people just bias hatred against other people lol, I can't imagine living like that must be so sad
Chessbae is probably that annoying spoiled cousin that you just hate meeting at family reunions
She probably thought she was “untouchable” (hehe, get it?)
I'm new to all this. Who is Chessbae? Why would they and Hikaru want Alexandira to stop talking to Eric? Simply because they don't like him or something?
@@MCFC248 ignore me I just commented to get the notification once the question from the dude above me is answered
@@MCFC248 Ignore me also
@@MCFC248 idk much but Chessbae was like a chess.com moderator who works with lots of streamers including Hikaru but she's recently been outed for abusing her powers, also Hikaru doesn't like Eric for some reason, Hikaru's a dick
I really have no words for chessbae. Well, I have words for her but i don't want to be rude. It's awful, how you can gain (toxic) power from having money. Hopefully, she will be never allowed to be a part of any chess-stuff anymore.
She's a sociopath who happen to buy her way into the online chess community. And now she's spreading toxisity.
I hope she will disappear from chess community forever, sick mind.
@@lajoskutas302 If it were up to a viewer vote she’d have been kicked out at 10-1 margins any time over the past three years. It was the streamers taking her cash that kept her in power but even before all these intimate details of her sociopathic behavior behind the scenes came out she’s been detested for her narcissistic behavior by chat since she first appeared on the scene.
If anything she’s lucky that the part of this where nearly everyone watching the streams hated her has taken a backseat and now the focus is on her manipulating everybody and everything behind the scenes instead of being a more straight-forward piece of shit in chat.
I guess people can delude themselves into thinking a community enjoys them when they ban anyone that criticizes them.
@@thomasharris1090 Well said.
Who the hell is Chessbae anyways....I mean, at this point why is she being kept anonymous??
From what I am beginning to understand this has a lot to do with the concept of "reciprocity". It seems that at some point Chessbae used to give a lot of money("generous" twitch donations) to a lot of these streamers to the point where they started feeling subconsciously obliged to follow her word. So what came next? Power! They let her be a mod in their channels, they let her manage their online images etc. She gained control over them, to the point where she was able to manipulate them in major ways (like this Alexandra situation where she was able to convince her to leave Eric). So in some ways it seems that Chessbae subconsciously bought their trust.
A big lesson to be learned here is to always ask why someone you don't even know is giving you "free stuff" and what price will you have to pay once they also need a favour from you.
Lol tell that to half the USA please. Buncha lemmings chasing the cliff.
She smart then, just get in her good side then you Gucci
@@ap3xst4rzz24 definitely. But all these stories make her look a lot like a psychopath and if that is the case you are only "gucci" to a psychopath for as long as they need you and after that you'll wish you'd never met them
if someone can convince a woman to leave a man, then that woman NEVER loved the man to begin with
Why was she giving "free stuff" ? 'Cause she wanted to sit at the cool kids table. This is all so 10th grade.
Up until now I had no idea how much power ChessBae had. I thought she just monitored bad behavior in the chat
True i always saw her as an irrelevant chess mod
@@leaosolitario9012 yeah i often saw her in chat and i thought ok another chat moderator no big deal
She's got money. That makes weak people pliable. Hello Hikaru!
chessbae was very nice. She gave me a gift subscription. So many nasty people in this chat.
chessbae is hikarus girlfriend 😂😂
seems like eric and alexandra get forked by chessbae
bahahahah
Notice too, Hikaru puts part on the attack by pinning everyone
What a blessing to hear someone speak so maturely about emotional issues in this way.
you appreciate things, that I find to be cowardice. speak the truth or fck off
So Ben was right after all, Pogchamps wasn't about introducing new people to chess, it was simply about power for Hikaru. Very sad.
While that can be true, but i think, we should still seeing that Pogchamps is about introducing new people to chess. The effect of Pogchamps on that is more significant than power that Hikaru or Chessbae gained.
And if that true, i think chesscom start to diversify coach and commentator into more GM or chess master. AFAIK Hikaru commenting on less match than previous Pogchamps.
@@swordsman1137 Incorrect.
Ben Finegold knows Hikaru, he literally went to Hikaru's parents' wedding and was his second after he fired Kasparov (lol). Of course he will have some bias as anyone does, but I doubt anyone in the scene knows Hikaru better than Ben.
@@swordsman1137 on the countrary my friend, the pogchamp contestant work closly with a closed group which are the inner circle of Hikaru, except two that works with hess and danya, i love Levy and Anna, i don't dislike hikaru at all i just hate chessbae
@@stoun2007 What i meant with new people is not the streamer (while technically some of them also new player), but the viewer who come into chess because they see those streamer play. The effect of Pogchamps into general audience about chess is vastly more important. And all of that can be done without including "power hungry" like Chessbae. For example, the match when GM Hess, Ludwig, and i forgot the other one, commentating on, alot of viewer like it because how entertaining it is, and there are alot of chess advice for low rated everytime Ludwig ask why something is blunder or what is the best move.
Man my heart goes out to Eric. He has his issues, but it seems like he's trying to battle them genuinely. He's obviously hurt by all these unnecessary complications in his personal life, no person who's already struggling has to go through such shit.
Eric is 100% right to be upset. Alexandra should have told ChessBae off. Together they should have exposed this awful, manipulative person instead of agreeing to her demands.
EXACTLYYYYY
Chessbae be like:
If Eric wouldn't want to see me, then I won't allow anyone to see him.. wahahaha..
😂😂
Hikaru is probably still butt hurt from that fight
He doesn't care, he literally doesn't care, like he really doesn't care.
This just crossed all lines! Unbelievable!
6:15 and forward - such fitting music describing the reign and terror of the whole situation
I wanna hear Alex's side. Hikaru throwing chessbae under the bus doesn't exonerate him if Eric is to be believed
Here it is: www.twitch.tv/videos/985744047
It seems like she confirmed all the facts?
Damn chessbae is going to get death threats now, she is becoming cartoonishly villainy
Cartoonishly or psychopathically
@@autismfart8109 Why not both?
Who is chessbae btw?
@@Marttalksalot a person who is known and has admin/control in a lot of the popular chess streamers channels
@@autismfart8109 How can chessbae control who Hikaru raids? Can’t she just be removed from being an admin/mod?
Let's be honest, Alexandra chose the money over eric's friendship. She followed Hikaru and Chessbae because they had the more views/income. That's lame, and you can see it truly makes Eric sad
Was they just friends or together?
@@nohatenopain together
@@allucid4083 OOF THEY FUCKINH🔥
Remember this, no matter what happen when a personloves you, she will never deserted you even when you re apart.
Ty 💓
I didn't expect this drama to go to get dark... Hikaru and Chessbae using their e-cred to give an ultimatum, "I'm going to damage your relationship or your career: choose one."
It's pretty damn crazy
Literally not what happened if you listen to anybody who isn't Chessbrah. Botez herself says this never happened, and both of them say Hikaru had nothing to do with it, but keep being toxic 👍
@@deaconblackfire2896 yeah, beacause they would admit doing bad things that would dmg ther public image.
@@deaconblackfire2896 apparently Alex also said they weren't together... then said "when we broke up". Alex's motive for covering this is obvious, I don't see motive for Eric to lie about it. If it is a lie, the first thing you KNOW will happen is Alex will say so. Common sense tells me the story is true and Alex is career-minded.
@@deaconblackfire2896 It's not that black/white. From the Alex clip you can tell that the chessbea thing was a breeding ground for a lot of argument between them. Alex seems to focus more on Eric's "poor" reaction to that situation . But tbf, Eric must've been under a lot of pressure. I can understand that from his perspective chessbea fckt things up for him and Alex.
Chessbae is like a mysterious super villain checkmating everyone from the shadows
very human and honest Eric! respect! Just take some time man, you gonna be back on top in no time!
Man, over the last few weeks I’ve really come to love all of the chessbrahs. They’re so funny and cool and they’re just tryna play chess and yet they keep getting railed. We love you ❤️
I've never really liked the Chessbrah channel nor Eric, but these recent videos he's released I've actually completely turned around and really feel for him and like him.
Oh my gosh, that is actually evil what on earth!
Eric's been through a lot of pain, and being thrown under the bus is something he definitely didn't need.
I’m never watching another hikaru video ever again, personal choice, not Eric’s fault.
none of them are instructive anyway, he's a horrible teacher... watching Rosen or Finegold is more useful
@@Matthew-zn3zm just watch chessbase india
much much much better
@@abhiwastaken Sagar Shah proud student
@@srinjoymisra4945 truuuu
Can anyone explain to me what Chessbae's motivation is behind wanting Alexandra and Eric not see each other? Is there some background story to this?
who knows how emotional you got - but she didnt love you much if after 1.5 years she dropped you that quick over this.
True words my man.
Hard but true.
Edit. : i correct myself. I just watched alexandra speak about this. Is different.
You're right in a sense, but it's not like she's being a bad guy here. She's a young adult looking to forge a career for herself. You honestly can't fault her if she's given an ultimatum between professional development and a relationship. She can always date other people, but choosing Eric here could've been disastrous for her career, especially considering the vindictive behavior being shown by chessbae and hikaru.
@@unit104 watch his approach in twitch. Link in the comment pinned. She have another version. And eric himself apologies in chat
@@karl9791 regardless. She says that she just wanted to not associate with him for two weeks. That’s not something a friend would do when their friend is down. Alexandra looks bad by her own admission imo.
Man, you can tell just by the nature of the story how much this situation has affected Eric. Feel so bad for him, even though he seems to take it like a champ (on the outside atleast). Can understand how one would also be really upset by how Alexandra reacted (even though she isn't in the wrong at all and her choice in this isn't easy) its still difficult when the one you really like doesnt immediatly defend you and take a bullet for you, even though it may objectively be an unreasonable ask. Chessbae really has no sense of reality and no empathy at all..
I think Eric has the power to do a brutus on hikaru/chesshoe
It's only a matter of time before Levy outgrows Hikaru. Levy seems like a decent, loyal guy so he might not go against Hikaru, but I can for sure see him going against Chessbae (if she's even left in the scene, hopefully she won't be kept behind the scenes after Chesscom and Hikaru dropped her)
@@noxus7462 No one really likes chessbae
Music makes me wanna dance, story makes me wanna cry.
I can fully understand both views on this situation. In case of Eric it's completely normal how he reacted when he didn't got full support. On Alex side it was a completely rational decision - as usual of very intelligent people they got problems to relate rational decision onto the emotional way you treat another person. I had the same problem some years ago and lost a wonderful person on something like this cause I thought the other person would need to understand my rational decision but now I know I couldn't really transfer into hers. It's quite hard to do it when you have problems with emotions and what other people really are feeling for you.
Jeez, I didn't realize Hikaru was like Tonya Harding and chessbae is Jeff Gilooly
Honestly , Hikaru doesn’t even care
Chat do i care? Chat chat. No i dont care yeah i dont care. Chat do i care? No probably not. Do i care though? Chat?
He literally doesn’t care
Like he actually just doesn't care like like at all
I have a lot of respect for how Eric handles this. mostly off-camera and if he speaks on camera, then with a lot of care and making very sure to not say anything not fair
I must know who this ChessBae is now; this is wild. Also, shows Alexandra's age and professional vulnerability. Sucks that this happened, but that's not a relationship he needed to be in. Alex clearly needs more growth and Chessbae needs to take a firm seat somewhere.
Even last night Alexandra jumped on stream before Eric had finished to make sure she didn't look bad, although Eric didn't blame her for anything
Apparently it’s Erika Malykin. Both are from San Francisco. Malykin was born 1994, so there are some similarities to Chessbae94.
Just what i found
@@roseann6769 lets not go full reddit and throw names around just because they "might be the one".
D J look at the similarities, she’s from California so it’s clear she’s rich, born in 94, has literal red streaks in her hair (just like her avatar shit), and takes a mod status as serious as her life (female trait)
2:00 - 'when she was given that ultimatum and she wasn't immediately on my side, I was upset' - Jesus Christ, could anyone blame him? This is absurdly toxic. A person who would play ball with an ultimatum like that, be it for career reasons or 'growing teh channel' or w/e would be gone from my life forever
Agreed.
I can’t believe this is actually a thing lol, like holy shit - this is some sort of psychopathic trap and you need to speak out more like this
watching this video feels like Eric is grieving to two GMs while they are playing chess in a club
More comments than the other drama videos . keep up the great work !
People like Eric are just so hard to find and it’s 100% Alexandra’s loss, the fact chessbae treats her that badly and Hikaru randomly tells her what and what not to do with her channel and her life, and she just willingly bends over instead of being with someone who truly loves her tells you so much about her. But Hikaru now just looks like a 70s comic book villain, what is that dude doing with his life? How does he even sleep at night? The moment I saw his ugly face and I just felt that something was wrong about him, no you don’t tell me that chessbae acts without Hikaru’s consent, their topstar.
The brahs have been really stand-up guys through all of this, and I seriously feel bad for all the toxic shit they've been through. They really didn't deserve it either as it sounds like the thing that started this whole mess was just them trying to avoid drama by removing chessbae from their channel, and it must have been hard to have had to keep the abuse/manipulation under wraps and to see none of your 'friends'/co-workers stand up for you for so long. Chessbae honestly sounds like a pretty fucked up person.
Watch Botez's response too guys. Its imperative you see both sides before coming to a conclusion.
As Alex said, there's a lot more nuance to all these situations than people are giving them credit.
I know this is a chess community thing, but not everything is black and white. A lot of people made mistakes along the way and we should remind each other to put down the pitchforks and let the people involved deal with things amongst themselves
I think she didnt love you that much dude. You deserved better bro.
Or just afraid to lose her job and livelihood. I wish to hear her side too but don't think we will.
@@DemonicIsaac666 thanks, I heard there's video but hadn't found it. There were lots of contradicting accounts of what happened. Eric's rape joke and him allowing chat (if they are true, I'm relying on her words here) to insult her are unacceptable. Categorically. So is Chessbae's controlling behavior. But I found it weird how quickly Alexandria threw chessbae under the bus by saying "under guise of friendship".
@@GarryMan-mp3rx you are not wrong. Though I don't know Eric and Alexandra closely enough to take sides on this one.
Alexandra just isnt that into him..she made a live stream taking issue with his framing
women dont love men, they just love what men can give them
The irony is that if Chessbae really is what she's being portrayed at, she's laughing seeing streamers go at each others and probably wanted that to happens from the beginning, people trying to cancel this or that streamer are still playing right in her hands for he own enjoyment...
Very true. That part of the power dynamic, to see he effects of your power as it disrupts others. Power is not just about the pleasure of being on top. As they say, it’s not that I win, it’s that you lose.
She chose the money and fame over him (assuming she was ever genuinely interested). I've always felt that Alexandra was extremely shallow. This story really puts things in perspective.
The music is so funny in this context
Reminder that the main issue is that Chessbae and apparently Hikaru have tried to cripple his channel (his livelihood) . That's why it's too personal with him. This is not only about Botez.
She’s not yours, it’s just your turn.
Going by whatever I know from the Internet, I feel very bad for Eric.
I figured that was it, but I didn't think it was that messed up...
In her response she says multiple times that you guys didn't date, but then she says multiple times that you broke up? Also, she claims she doesn't remember if Chessbae told her she couldn't visit Eric or not, but how do you not remember that? I don't think she's a horrible person but she clearly is trying to do damage control here.
Damm this chess drama is crazy.
Showing support for my chessbrahs
I wonder, if their relationship still good, will Alex has better chess career or not.
But for now, atleast i'm glad Magnus give Botez sister some wise advice.
Which advice did Magnus give her?
@@albertopulido4267 how the knight move? Haha.. Just kidding about that.
What i meant with advice is advice about chess, which even though i'm not sure if they get enough from Magnus on their stream collaboration to improve their skill, i think they can starting to know how the world champion think.
She's a low level FM looking for fast ways to cash out. Hardly a person who will become an IM or better.
@@ChessJourneyman exactly she even said she was retired from professional chess, she's an entertainer first and a chess player second, of course she loves chess and is honored to have magnus give advice but if anything she'll increase rating online
@@swordsman1137 thank you for the answer, man
hikaru is downright evil
This comment is just for the algorithm so that more people see the Video.
Very Thankful for this VID, assuming that this is true, This gives us A LOT of information and a WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE about the CHESS COMMINITY and who the "BOSES" are in Twitch/Chess. Very Very interesting!
Perhaps is one of these moments where one misses a checkmate, consequently causing a stalemate, making it impossible for both sides to make a move.
Hikaru and chessbae are trying to play a chess game with people’s lives and it’s NOT on
Nah they’re getting hard countered,they made a blunder that I don’t think they’re coming back from.
hikaru took Eric's queen.
I wonder if when the Botez sisters called out Hikaru and then apologized for it, that if it was because they actually misinterpreted things like they said, or if it was the same shit as now that we are finding out that they were told to shut up or they would be cancelled.
Dam i didn't know you were putting your rook in her open file
Genius. As expected from a peter xD
I would just leak the convo. Simple as that. If Chessbae is writing insane stuff like that, leaking it would 100% put people on Alexandra's side.
Knowing chessbae, this sounds completely legit.
1. If these issues interest you, it's worth it to check Alexandra's comments in the Twitch link above, it's at the 6:00 minute mark. It offers a good deal of context from her perspective.
2. I've had enough of Nakamura. At the outset of the recent drama my view was that I don't really know these people, so I will try not to pass judgment as though I do. But over the last couple of weeks too much clear evidence has accumulated about Nakamura. I have seen Eric's assertions regarding Nakamura's character and observed the various responses from those who know him, as well as his non-apology apology. I'm done. The nicest chess streamers universally have chimed in that Nakamura has been unreasonably rude to them. So the hell with it: I hereby pledge not to watch Nakamura on Twitch or RUclips or anywhere else. Let's show him that acting like an asshole isn't cool. Thumbs up if you agree to that.
3. On the other hand, I'm not so sure as everyone else here seems to be about chessbae. (If you don't know why references to her keep coming up, it's because she is a very big donor to all the chess streamers and has influence in their channels. That includes support over the years to chessbrahs, to Botez, and most recently to Nakamura. Naka recently severed some ties with her after she threatened chessbrahs with copystrikes, which Nakamura reports he did not know. Her real name and bio are not public information.)
In any event: I have not personally observed her being a psychopath. If you have, then form your own judgment, that's your call. But in my view it's hard to know, because we haven't seen her face or heard her voice, or seen much more than comments in streams and heard stories second-hand. And in my view, that's not that much to go on in determining one's view of personality. I've watched her mod a few times and exchanged a few words. So, I don't know, maybe she's a psychopath; but then again she may be just a person trying to get things done, just like all the streamers, and like the rest of us. And what she is trying to do in part is make the streaming world less hostile to women. That much is clearly part of her agenda. Let's face it: Twitch is a very misogynistic culture. Women streamers like Alexandra and Andrea are constantly subject to harassment. And male streamers are often toxic on the subject. When Eric goes on a drunken rant about raping XQc's girlfriend, that doesn't mean he's entirely a terrible person, but it's also not acceptable, as he would agree. According to Alexandra, that was what got chessbae upset, and led to her urging Alexandra not to stream jointly with Eric, which then led to Eric and Alexandra having hard feelings. Alexandra reports that her conversations with chessbae have been more in the category of checking in with an older sister, rather than dealing with a psychopath. But even if chessbae is a psychopath or some completely unreasonable and manipulative person: it's still the case that objectification of women, degrading them, nasty comments, are all part of the online culture, and I'm on the side of let's try to change that.
4. People casually say "You need to see a therapist" as a shorthand for "you're nuts, or "too much for me to deal with." Speaking as a therapist myself, I kind of hate that. It makes therapy seem like this terrible destination that only the truly deranged end up in. In fact, my clients are normal people trying to make it in a stressful world. I say all that as preface to this: if you are ever in a position like Eric seems to have been for the last year, like the stress Alexandra seems to be showing, consider talking to a professional. I'd recommend it to them if they asked me. Now, if talking to friends and family is sufficient, excellent, do that. But avoiding dealing with stuff and going toward anger and emotional reactivity probably isn't the call and leads to a lot of difficulties. There are so many moments in all the drama here when I've thought, "Ah, if this were my client, I sure could think of some helpful things to say." So, you know: consider it. We're not that scary.
5. I keep seeing the curious phrase "Who would have thought that chess has drama?" MEEEE. Because all people have drama. Carpenters, butchers, lawyers, and chess players too. That's people.
Peace.
As far as chessbae trying to make the streaming world less hostile to women, there’s a thread on Reddit where she was making derogatory comments to ILYSuiteheart when she decided to stream chess for a day
I wonder if hikaru just threw chessbae under the bus because of her anomality. And hikaru is also responsible for everything, that is coming up.
I used to be a fan - but now I am a full blown air conditioner!
Eric. you seem to wear your heart on your sleeve and come across as a young man a bit conflicted. You are young, and still finding your way (just like everyone else your age). You don't know what to do? Just be you, and you will be fine. It got you to where you are, and it will see you throughout your days.
That actually so fucked up, Hikaru has to respond to this
He did, but in a very “it’s everyone’s fault, we all acted badly” kind of way. Link that he put on his tweet: t.co/RoYqEg38GO?amp=1
Eric said chessbae
@@PrivateJoker0119 Chessbae has close link with Hikaru from what I gather.
Anyone know the song playing throughout the second half of the video? 6:41
Brah: welcome to celebrity living.
Alexandra was only concerned about her channel. Eric was just a convenience for her.
You might want to check out her response. It's not quite that simple, it seems. I don't know for certain, I'm just saying that there are at least two sides here.
Eric I know what you are feeling. And having so much empathy to her, shows that you have big heart. But afterall face the facts:
1) She made her decision when she didn't take your side. I know that you would sacrifice almost everything for person you love and if partner is not ready to just take your side then she is not right for you. Move on!!!
2) I watched her streams and never saw any regrets or sadness about this situation. And I know it hurts, but Move ON!
3) if she wanted to see you no one could stopped her. She just trying to sit on 2 chairs or keeping you for reserve. Serious relationships doesn't work like that. Move on Eric!
P.S. you are very handsome, smart, intelligent person. Have a little big dignity for yourself and look around, you will definitely find someone for whom you will be the whole world. And who would turn that world down for you, bro!
I was thinking of getting a chess tattoo, a king and queen trying to defeat some evil grand Master, perhaps chessbae could be this evil antagonist
You know in all my games of chess I have never seen one where a king is actually killed, they always just end one step away
I think there is a dark side of the chess community.
Every community, especially the bigger ones have dark sides. But yeah man I understand what you are saying, I didn't see that coming😂.
no shit sherlock
To those who want to boil this down to "chessbae and hikaru ruined everything":
One lesson I've learned the hard way is, it's important to consider how a relationship can weather adversity. Everything can be going great until there's a hiccup; how that gets dealt with is important for long-term in a way it isn't for casual dating. $0.02
Can somebody explain to me why he is still only playing on chess_com?
Bro made the right move.
I hear a lot about chessBae but I’m not exactly sure who she is. Can someone explain who she is and what other times has she exploited her power? Also was hikaru’s beef with Eric part of the reason chessBae said Alexandra couldn’t be with Eric?
Chessbae was one of the most controbutioner of the Twitch for many years. And she become mod of the most chess streamers. But when she became Hikarus head mod, she start to screw other channels(mostly with chessbrahs)
Few really knows who she is, yet she's wealthy enough to influence from the shadows. Regarding the last question, I suspect yes.
She start to cut off chessbrahs from chess.tv and other things like pogchamps. And then she start to strike chessbrahs youtube channel.
@@hakansenzeybek3246 jeez she really seems like an the emperor palpatine of chess operating from the shadows lol. I assumed this is mostly with hikarus knowledge right?
@@lucagerza7372 Definitely. Hikaru and chessbrah is always had a tension between each other(I think they fought fist to fist Actually. They had a video.) I think hikaru used chessbae to fuck up chessbrahs.
Brooo if your girl doesnt stick by you in that situation thats messed up. You have every right to be upset. Tbh they did you a favour my man
wow too heavy i wasen't expecting that dang
She dumped him for Hikarus friendship and Eric got jealous so she got tired of it. Saved ya 9 minutes
at least you clapped her cheeks
It is all about money... The one with more money wins... However that win is temporary as in the long run it is the truth that prevails.
Another thing that's so weird about Chessbae is that a lot of the chess channels I would go to had a heart emote with Chessbae's name on it. I dont know if she asked the streamers to do this to feed her ego or if they simply did it on their own as a way to show their gratitude. There were a few of these emotes, not sure if they are still around because I stopped following chess on twitch. It just seems very odd, especially now with all these stories about Chessbae's despicable personality.