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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Aronian vs Abdusattorov |
  | ½-½ | 36 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A15 English |
| 2. D Gukesh vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 3. So vs B Deac |
| 1-0 | 40 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A21 English |
| 4. Firouzja vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| 1-0 | 51 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 5. Duda vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 73 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 6. Caruana vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| ½-½ | 50 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A21 English |
| 7. Abdusattorov vs D Gukesh |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 8. Duda vs Firouzja |
| ½-½ | 55 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation |
| 9. Vachier-Lagrave vs So |
| 1-0 | 73 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
| 10. B Deac vs Aronian |
| 1-0 | 81 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 |
| 11. D Gukesh vs B Deac |
| ½-½ | 63 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A06 Reti Opening |
| 12. Firouzja vs Caruana |
| 0-1 | 73 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 13. R Praggnanandhaa vs Abdusattorov |
| 1-0 | 61 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 |
| 14. Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 48 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | D85 Grunfeld |
| 15. So vs Duda |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
| 16. B Deac vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 17. Vachier-Lagrave vs D Gukesh |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | C45 Scotch Game |
| 18. Firouzja vs So |
| ½-½ | 41 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 19. Duda vs Aronian |
| 0-1 | 40 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | C58 Two Knights |
| 20. Caruana vs Abdusattorov |
| ½-½ | 23 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A14 English |
| 21. Aronian vs Firouzja |
| ½-½ | 58 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
| 22. So vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 65 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | B33 Sicilian |
| 23. D Gukesh vs Duda |
| ½-½ | 49 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 24. R Praggnanandhaa vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 45 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 25. Abdusattorov vs B Deac |
| ½-½ | 57 | 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Romania | A20 English |
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May-14-25
 | | beatgiant: <Olavi> By <splendid isolation> are you implying that no other player has finished last while World Champion? For example, how about Ding at Stavanger 2024? |
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| May-14-25 | | Olavi: <beatgiant> That's too recent for my memory. I remember only old things. |
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May-14-25
 | | fredthebear: <Heavy is the head that wears the crown, all too often.> Wanna see the world's biggest goat? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MFgd... Dommaraju Gukesh probably has not yet made himself one with his head: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M-Sb... There is still much to learn for an 18-year-old who became the 18th world chess champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op8... Does Gukesh even know what the King Burger checkmate is? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xyx-... Has he ever had to deal with haven? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6xyv... Has he been hypnotized by freestyle? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iQ-d... Was he smitten by the Botez sisters? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDc... Did Anna Cramling make him feel guilty? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_hWJ... Is he worried about the next prodigy? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xL2r... Maybe he should train with Dina? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4jYm... Is it the traffic, or the weather? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eA07... Is he preoccupied trying to decide between gasoline, electric, or two wheels? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/la3s... Is this lifechanging transformation overwhelming? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OHfp... Most people in their entire life will never change... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bw2U... Could he be on a sugar high? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YXzs... Did he get click baited by GothamChess? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/majT... Could it be the artwork, or a man crush? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kj6l... Is he rattled by the Google police? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J4tE... Was Gukesh's ego bruised when he was confused with Hikaru? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TISz... Is he troubled by the harsh truth of the world -- "Those who create the rules are often the first to break them." https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2KVi... Is he worried sick, or does he know that he can opt out of this challenge? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3943... Maybe its from UV rays? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QV02... Or, perhaps his father is too heavy handed? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tkRl... Or, far too light? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oQk8... It could've been a scam caller: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SHtL... |
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May-14-25
| | fredthebear: This just might be the solution fix for Gukesh: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HUyz... Maybe he needs to get his fix with kicks at Dicks: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VHgh... Or, simply switch hotels: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aRsq... The GOAT Bobby Fischer didn't have to deal with all this convoluted modernization. If it all got to the experienced, well-read Ding Liren, it can certainly mess up an 18-year-old. Now we must all think like a bush and help come up with his best move. You gotta believe he's a Chessgamer. In the meantime, be disciplined, and associate with men of good quality... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rm0Q...
Well, it is far too late for that for most goons and macaroons here, but if the Hit King Peter Rose can get into the MLB HOF posthumously, there's still hope for us all. |
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| May-15-25 | | 1300patzer: One vid link, watch. Two, might watch both. More, watch none. |
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| May-15-25 | | fabelhaft: Bilbao 2008 ended just a month before the title match against Kramnik, so Anand doing badly there wasn’t too surprising. Gukesh could still avoid last place here, given that he shares it with Duda. The latter has white against Deac left while Gukesh’s white is against Caruana, so Gukesh has the slightly tougher finish. |
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| May-15-25 | | fabelhaft: In Norway 2017 Carlsen had only one player behind him (Karjakin). Ding was last with quite some margin in Norway 2024, Anand has the mentioned Bilbao, while Kramnik has Sofia 2005. So Gukesh would be in good company if he does end up last here. |
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May-15-25
 | | offramp: Gukesh became the World Champion when he was 18. After he beat Ding Liren, Gukesh won Tata Steel Masters (2025) (1st= with Praggers). I wonder how well did the other young WC winners? They are Lasker, Tal and Kasparov. Did they win their first 3 tournaments as WC? |
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May-15-25
 | | alexmagnus: We should stop treating world championship as some infallibility standard. No other sports do. Only in chess you can hear words like "sacred" and "romance" in the context of the title. There is nothing sacred or romantic about it. Nor is "the crown" something permanent that has to be worn. One wins the title, one puts on the crown, one puts it down on the next day and moves on. |
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May-15-25
| | alexmagnus: <There is nothing sacred or romantic about it.> It's a game, not a religion nor a love affair. |
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| May-15-25 | | Olavi: There are hundreds and hundreds of players, including many of the World Champions, who lived, breathed, smoked (!) chess 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In sports what you say may be true. |
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| May-15-25 | | stone free or die: After living nearly a century under the curse of the Bambino, Boston's winning of the World Series (baseball) was a religious experience. The entire city was in love with those misfits(*). Just saying.
(*) Idiots may be substituted at will! |
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May-15-25
 | | Sally Simpson: Gukesh. No crisis. He has lost two game to players who are currently hot and tie for the lead, his mind will be on other more serious matters at home regarding India and Pakistan. |
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| May-15-25 | | fabelhaft: Pragg on the way to score his second super tournament win in a few months, Tata in January and now sole lead before the last round, where he is white against a tiring Aronian. |
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May-15-25
 | | MarcusBierce: <Olavi: Well Anand did score one clear last place during his reign, Bilbao 2008> Then after he lost to Carlsen, he won the Candidates again! The only person to come close to doing this is Karpov when winning three matches to play Kasparov again in 1990. It’s very rare. |
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May-15-25
| | Sally Simpson: ....Nepomniachtchi. |
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| May-15-25 | | fabelhaft: Three top tournaments for Pragg in 2025 and only one player has scored a better result than him… Chithambaram V R Aravindh in Prague. |
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May-15-25
| | MarcusBierce: <Sally Simpson: ....Nepomniachtchi.> He was never WC |
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May-15-25
 | | Atterdag: FYI the latest issue of New in Chess contains articles about the late Boris Spassky. The main article suggests, Spassky would have preferred to be buried next to Fischer on Iceland and not in a Moscow cementary alongside KGB dignitaries and that sort of wonderful beings. It is reported that his relatives outside Russia were adviced not to go to his funeral for safety reasons. Regardless, may this great player rest in peace. |
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May-15-25
| | Sally Simpson: <Hi Marcus>
I know. I'm just showing everyone I could spell his name. (I thought you meant, won a candidates more than once. My bad.) |
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May-15-25
| | Sally Simpson: ...and Gukesh has notched up a win. Quite a game. Aronian vs D Gukesh, 2025 |
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| May-15-25 | | Olavi: <MarcusBierce> Technically 2014 was the only time Anand won the candidates. In 2005 he was included by rating, his second place qualified him to the 2007 WC tournament.
Karpov won in 1974 and 90 and technically in 87; Smyslov and Spassky won twice. But not after losing the title. |
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May-15-25
| | beatgiant: <Olavi> Anand won the 1995 Candidates too. And Korchnoi, like Nepomniachtchi, won the Candidates twice but never became Champion. |
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May-15-25
| | beatgiant: I think this is a complete list of multiple-time winners of the Candidates: Smyslov, Spassky, Karpov, Korchnoi, Anand, Nepomniachtchi. Of these, Smyslov and Spassky won the title, Korchnoi and Nepomniachtchi never won the title, and Karpov and Anand won the Candidates after losing the title. |
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| May-16-25 | | Olavi: <beatgiant> Right, 1995 of course. Then there is the classification problem of Karpov's performance in the corresponding FIDE cycle: he was included at the semifinal stage vs. Gelfand as the defending champion. |
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