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| Nov-30-23 | | EvanTheTerrible: <It is hard to tell how far the extra tournament depends on Gukesh's result in London> It seems that it might have already been organized?
https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... I wonder who they will fill out the field with. Surely some local players, but they will also need some foreigners. What players are willing to fly to India on 2 week's notice during the holidays? |
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| Nov-30-23 | | fabelhaft: Given all the talk about cheating in totally pointless events, I’m surprised no one ever suggested something was off with those 27 daily games Ding Liren played. Yes, some meant that it was bending the rules to hold those events, but no one ever said anything about the games themselves. Ding Liren got losing positions against some ”weakies” in the 2500s. These games are so unknown that they have never been included in this database. No matter how good positions Ding’s opponents got, they duly blundered and lost, after spending all their time early and being down to seconds. Some were drawn quickly. There’s much talk about Nakamura’s <suspicious> undefeated streak in casual online games against amateurs, with nothing at stake, but no mention of it being suspicious that Ding Liren’s opponents played as they did. Much was at stake, not casual games but the World Championship title. I don’t know how suspicious it is that weaker players blunder and lose against a super GM like Ding Liren, but given the circumstances it all seems a little fishy. When these events were arranged only to get Ding Liren to the Candidates, how likely is it that the Chinese players would best him and stop this from happening? A few losses and Aronian would have been in the Candidates instead. |
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| Nov-30-23 | | fabelhaft: This time the Candidates qualification is so complicated that only Kramnik is able to figure out all the probabilities. |
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| Nov-30-23 | | jphamlore: Whatever one thinks of Ding Liren's rating, he does seem to have a knack of coming through when he absolutely has to, such as defeating Nakamura final round of Candidates. |
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| Nov-30-23 | | tuttifrutty: Only because Naka wasn’t aware Magnus isn’t playing the Championship match which was announced after he lost. Had he known ahead of time,?he would have played differently. Blame it on Magnus. :) |
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Nov-30-23
 | | offramp: I am watching the live chess on YouTube.
Jovanka Houska is a British WGM and an English barrister. She studied law at Nottingham. Yasser Seirawan was a child in Nottingham UK.
Peter Svidler loves cricket and has seen three Tests at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. |
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| Nov-30-23 | | fabelhaft: <Per FIDE, if Dominguez wants to be eligible by rating he must play outside the US. The thing is, per their actual regulations this is not a rule that exists. It's just a thing they're saying now> https://x.com/chessnumbers/status/1... |
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| Nov-30-23 | | fabelhaft: At the moment it looks as if nothing can prevent this from becoming the fifth all draws round. |
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Nov-30-23
 | | plang: Maybe, but the 3 games still going still have a lot of play left in them. |
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| Nov-30-23 | | edbermac: Fab wins against Rapport to wrap up another SC tourney. |
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Dec-01-23
 | | PawnSac: Fab's live rating is 2804 now after winning SC |
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Dec-01-23
 | | Korora: Duda having 100% draws, that's no surprise because health issues caused him to drop out. But Nepo and Cowboy the Solemn playing all eight of their games and the cat winning all eight of them... Coincidence? |
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| Dec-01-23 | | fabelhaft: A great finish by Caruana, while Rapport clearly has played too much the last month, dropping more than 30 Elo. He came here immediately after Grand Swiss and European Team Championship and had nothing in the tank. |
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| Dec-01-23 | | fabelhaft: 15 draws in a row for Nepo after the win against Asadli in the World Cup. |
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Dec-01-23
 | | MissScarlett: <Dominguez: After FIDE’s Changes, I Will Fight for the Candidates> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blq... |
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Dec-01-23
 | | Williebob: Congrats Fabi! He is clearly on the warpath to become the next World Champion. |
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Dec-01-23
 | | Atterdag: <Williebob: Congrats Fabi! He is clearly on the warpath to become the next World Champion.> And rightly so. Besides the unwilling former, I can't think of any other player on this planet who deserves more to become the next world champion. He and Ding Liren haven't met very often, so I think a match between them would be quite open. One might expect the youngsters from India could play a role, but IMO they are not yet ready for that in this circle - very likely in the next, though. |
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Dec-01-23
| | Williebob: Agreed on all points, <Atterdag>.
Caruana might like to use a match opportunity to correct this record:
<Classical games: Ding Liren beat Fabiano Caruana 4 to 2, with 9 draws.>
search "caruana vs ding"
<One might expect the youngsters from India could play a role, but IMO they are not yet ready for that in this circle - very likely in the next, though.>
The 2-year cycle has one advantage (among many negatives in my view) in that young players can look forward to more chances during their peak years. It looks like today's top juniors are in no hurry to lay siege to Mount Olympus; let the old guard thin themselves out a little! |
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Dec-01-23
| | Atterdag: <Williebob> I'm sure Caruana will do that! Ding Liren has sort of flown under the radar in his career - his results didn't shout: here is the next world champion. Now that he holds the title, he has also become a much more desirable target, the player everyone wants to beat. Caruana has been among the three strongest players for many years and his tournament score is far more impressive than DL's. The 4-2 deficit means nada IMHO. I am not in favour of the 2 year cycle - I think it should be 3. More than ever I think it's important to guard the prestige and importance of the title. |
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| Dec-02-23 | | Mayankk: How does Gukesh cross So and Giri if he wins London Chess Classic ? At a TAR of 2650, outright win nets him 10 * 1.5 = 15 points. That will take him from 79.5 to 82.3 since his 12.2 from Malmo drops off. That is still below Giri and So who are at 84.3 and 83.4 respectively. I must be missing something. |
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| Dec-02-23 | | Olavi: <Mayankk> The average rating of the eight strongest players is well over 2670, which is enough. |
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| Dec-02-23 | | Olavi: From the regulations: 4) The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament. This average is referred to as TAR (tournament average rating) |
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Dec-02-23
 | | perfidious: <Atterdag....Caruana has been among the three strongest players for many years and his tournament score is far more impressive than DL's....> Tough for anyone to succeed in an arena with one player who has dominated top-class play for well over a decade and, as you say, Caruana, who has also proven his mettle. This is analogous to what Anand faced when Kasparov and Karpov bestrode the world as he earned his spurs. <....I am not in favour of the 2 year cycle - I think it should be 3. More than ever I think it's important to guard the prestige and importance of the title.> The former three-year cycle was, in my opinion also, clearly superior to the present system; as a serious challenger, all one seems to be doing is preparing for the next title match. |
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| Dec-02-23 | | Mayankk: Thanks <Olavi>. I was calculating TAR using all 10 players instead of top 8. Appreciate the correction. |
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Dec-03-23
| | Atterdag: Thanks for these nuances, <perfidious>. Indeed, the competition at the very top is dense & tough. |
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