Hikaru Strikes Eric Hansen’s Chessbrah YouTube Channel For Copyright

Twitch streamer and Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has been accused of trying to take down the YouTube channel of one of his streaming rivals, Eric Hansen. Hikaru Nakamura has become one of the biggest names in chess gaining a huge following on his twitch channel.

He is by far the most popular chess streamer on the platform, however, this has also brought with it some controversy in the past as he previously had some drama with sisters Alexandra and Andrea Botez. While Eric Hansen of the Chessbrah is a streamer we picked out as someone to keep an eye out for 2021 as he’s seeing a fair amount of growth this year. These two have a history of dramatic clashes, both on and off the chessboard. Now, Hansen has now accused Nakamura of copyright striking videos on Hansen’s chessbrah YouTube channel.

In a recent stream on April 6, Hansen explained what’s been going on as he stated; “I just can’t play. Hikaru’s channel is striking our videos. One more and our channel gets deleted.” Then, he further added that he got an email that was sent from youtube and Hansen says that he has to go and sort that out, especially if it means the potential loss of the channel entirely. The copyright claim was made by Bent Pixels Select, who work with TSM and Hikaru. Of course, losing his whole YouTube channel would be a huge blow to Hansen and the wider Chessbrah crew.