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🏆 World Fischer Random (2022)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Vladimir Fedoseev, Matthias Bluebaum, Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson

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World Fischer Random (2022)

Name: World Fischer Random
Event Date: October 25-30, 2022
Site: Reykjavik, Iceland
Format: double round-robin
Time Control: 30 moves in 25 minutes, plus 5 minutes for the rest of the game,
              plus 5 seconds increment per move starting from move 31.
<Final Standings>
1. Hikaru Nakamura
2. Ian Nepomniachtchi
3. Magnus Carlsen
4. Nodirbek Abdusattorov
5. Vladimir Vedoseev
6. Wesley So
7. Matthias Blübaum
8. Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson

Official Website: https://fischerrandom.fide.com/

 page 1 of 1; 23 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. V Fedoseev vs Bluebaum 1-0432022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
2. Abdusattorov vs Nepomniachtchi 1-0222022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
3. So vs H S Gretarsson  1-0192022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
4. Nepomniachtchi vs H S Gretarsson  1-0262022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
5. Abdusattorov vs So 1-0552022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
6. Carlsen vs V Fedoseev 1-0252022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
7. Carlsen vs Bluebaum  1-0312022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
8. Nepomniachtchi vs So 1-0182022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
9. Abdusattorov vs H S Gretarsson  1-0382022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
10. Nepomniachtchi vs So  1-0482022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
11. Abdusattorov vs H S Gretarsson  1-0382022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
12. So vs Nepomniachtchi  1-01062022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
13. Abdusattorov vs Nepomniachtchi  1-0292022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
14. Nepomniachtchi vs H S Gretarsson  1-0582022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
15. Nakamura vs Bluebaum  1-0432022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
16. Carlsen vs V Fedoseev  1-0232022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
17. Nakamura vs Abdusattorov  1-0592022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
18. Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen 1-0362022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
19. Abdusattorov vs Carlsen  1-0542022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
20. Carlsen vs Abdusattorov  1-0412022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
21. Carlsen vs Abdusattorov  1-0352022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
22. V Fedoseev vs So  1-0572022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
23. Nakamura vs Nepomniachtchi  1-0482022World Fischer Random000 Chess variants
 page 1 of 1; 23 games  PGN Download 
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Oct-26-22  paavoh: So far, all games seem to have the standard position and no moves...
Oct-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: I bid you patience.
Oct-26-22  lentil: I note that all games in a round begin with the same position. This seems fairest.
Oct-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  petemcd85: Just a reminder to set <PGN Viewer: pgn4web> then click <set> to view the games.
Oct-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan: Thanks.
Oct-27-22  coolthing76: <petemcd85> Thanks
Oct-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan:  
Group A
Wesley So
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson

Group B
Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Fedoseev
Matthias Bluebaum

Oct-27-22  Transfinite Cardinal: What Fischrandom all of the games begin with the classical position is this a Joke?
Oct-27-22  Transfinite Cardinal: And the board has frozen for all the games they're immobile. What a joke.
Oct-27-22  Chessius the Messius: Castling speaks for itself.
Oct-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  OhioChessFan: <Trans> please follow the advice <pete> gave:

<Just a reminder to set <PGN Viewer: pgn4web> then click <set> to view the games.>

Oct-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp:


click for larger view

17...Qe6
18. Qa8+ 1-0.
Nepo: <"I guess he relied on 0-0 after Qa8+, because you both protect your king from check and castle, but as far as I know in any chess rules since I was 5 or something, you can't castle when you're in check!">
Nepomniachtchi vs So, 2022

Oct-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: In that position castling is moving the rook to the other side without touching the king, SO that could explain the confusion.
Oct-29-22  carpovius: Nepo beats Carlsen and advances to the final.
Oct-29-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  moronovich: Yes, Nepo and Naka will play in the final tomorrow, sunday.
Oct-29-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: Carl and Abdu will fight it out for the bronze.
Oct-30-22  devere: Carlsen is the Salieri of Fischer random chess.
Oct-30-22  devere: Congratulations to Naka for winning the tournament
Oct-30-22  ndg2: Waiting for the recap on YT. The memes will be legendary!
Oct-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: One thing sure: a certain coterie hereabout are not singing chanteys to So's invincibility after this result.
Oct-30-22  nok: ^ Jetlag.

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Oct-30-22  AdolfoAugusto: Naka is now World Champion in something ahead of Sauron,
Oct-30-22  Chess for life: <lentil: I note that all games in a round begin with the same position. This seems fairest.> Can't seem to find anywhere how often the position gets changed. Seems like a very relevant piece of information and yet hard to find! Thank you.
Oct-30-22  dehanne: Chess is hard when you can't just memorize computer analysis.
Oct-31-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  fredthebear: Perhaps chess is much easier when one doesn't have to memorize opening theory since the initial alignment is random; just play on principle.
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