"Come with 10 million bucks" - GMHikaru responds as Magnus Carlsen claims he could beat the streamer in a Chessboxing match

Fans mostly enjoy Twitch streamer and Grandmaster GMHikaru's on-the-board battles against World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen. However, the two most popular Chess players might just do the unthinkable and take each other on in a Chessboxing match. This comes after Carlsen recently took a lie detector test, during which he was asked (by GM David Howell):

Carlsen responded:

Watch Carlsen's entire lie detector test here:

However, in a twist, the answer was found to be a lie according to the polygraph examiner. This naturally stunned Hikaru, who was not expecting it to be a lie either. The streamer jocularly responded:

With the FIDE Candidates 2024 now done, GMHikaru returned to his usual livestreams. In his most recent stream on Kick.com, he responded to a new Chess.com video featuring Magnus Carlsen taking a lie detector test.

At some point in the video, Magnus claimed he believed he could defeat Hikaru Nakamura in a Chessboxing match. Yet, when it was revealed as untrue, a visibly stunned Hikaru reacted:

(Timestamp: 12:37)

GMHikaru later added:

He said that he thinks that Magnus would beat him, adding:

Magnus Carlsen and GMHikaru were ready to face off in a 1v1 Chess event scheduled to coincide with YouTube streamer Ludwig Ahgren's Chessboxing event in late 2023. However, the event hit a snag and was ultimately canceled because sponsors had withdrawn.

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