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| Apr-09-25 | | stone free or die: Agree with <tamar>... please allow me to amend: Freestyle isn't real chess(, especially at these time controls). |
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Apr-10-25
 | | Atterdag: Agree with <Stone->. I see it as a bit sad that all these wonderful players use their participation and energy on freestyle chess instead of real chess. |
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| Apr-11-25 | | 1300patzer: So, "memorization and engines" is real chess, but having to play unfamiliar positions is not? |
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Apr-11-25
 | | Open Defence: We have seen some really creative ideas, with very interesting OTB struggles. Even when one side looks to be winning the other side finds a practical resource causing their opponent to stumble It could be what the Chess World needs, however without the broadbased efforts to develop it, we may see it peter out after an initial wave of interest. |
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Apr-12-25
| | Atterdag: <1300patzer> True, <"memorization and engines"> are indeed serious threats to real chess, but I don't think changing the starting positions is the solution. I suggest quicker formats with less time for perfection and benefits of preparations. Freestyle is undoubtedly a fun distraction for the elite, who may be bored by playing the same opening systems over and over again. Chess is, after all, their profession, it's what they do for a living. For all the amateurs all over the world and the lower rated players in clubs and local tournaments, the opening repertoire is far from exhausted - there is still much to learn and practizise. There is very little to learn from replaying the games in this tournament. They learn how skillfully the great players manoeuvre in unusual positions, but they can hardly transfer any of it to the game they meet in their clubs and among other players at their level. That aside, Freestyle also ignores the whole history of chess and a large percentage of the wisdom accumulated in it, based on the same start position and the same rules. There have been many attempts to make chess more appealing: 3-dimensional, boards with 3, 4 players, boards with more squares and what not, but by the end of the day, our trusty classical chess remains. |
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Apr-12-25
| | Open Defence: Arjun Erigaisi beat Ian Nepomniatchi in a wonderful attacking game |
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Apr-12-25
 | | offramp: ATM on Youtube I am watching MVL v Abussatorov. The game is being played in Paris. The two commentators are <Leko and Judit Polgar>. They are both Hungarian but they are speaking totally natural English. The event is very interesting. |
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Apr-13-25
 | | tamar: Perhaps it is a pipe dream as an ongoing venture, but I enjoy seeing players put on their own resources. With Freestyle, we are back in the age of Morphy or even before, where the best players were regarded as wizards, and ordinary players had no clue why they chose setups. |
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| Apr-14-25 | | IvKolisch: No idea why <chessgames.com> insists on putting Rameshbabu's last name first as opposed to every other name on the list. |
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Apr-14-25
 | | WannaBe: <IvKolisch> Because FIDE player card have it as Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu https://ratings.fide.com/profile/25...
Contact FIDE to get this fixed, and CG.com will follow the corrected format. Thank you |
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Apr-14-25
 | | beatgiant: To clarify, Tamil names don't follow the assumptions of European style first and last names. The Rameshbabu is from his father's name, but if he has children in the future, they will bear the name Praggnanandhaa from his name. This is exactly the same as the case of Anand, where Viswanathan is his father's name. |
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| Apr-14-25 | | Bobby Fiske: Magnus won another super tournament. |
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Apr-14-25
 | | fredthebear: Fabiano Caruana took in $100,000 for third place. Not bad. Caruana made a good run last year as well, won by Vincent Keymer: https://www.freestyle-chess.com/new... |
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Apr-15-25
| | Open Defence: <IvKolisch: No idea why <chessgames.com> insists on putting Rameshbabu's last name first as opposed to every other name on the list.> His name is Praggnanandhaa. Rameshbabu is his father's name |
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Apr-17-25
| | Atterdag: This tournament was not the finest moment for the current world champion. True, freestyle is not a yard-stick for ordinary strength in chess, but +3 -8 =2 can't be satisfactory for Gukesh. On a note: Ding Liren, the former, is now at place 21 on the live ratings list. Carlsen still no. 1 in classical, rapid and blitz. |
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| Apr-17-25 | | Bobby Fiske: Grenke Chess Festival about to start any minute, CET 1900.
https://www.grenkechessopen.de/en/
All the heavy hitters chose to play the Freestyle portion:
https://chess-results.com/tnr116003...
Expert commentary by IM Trent and GM Leko on YouTube:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MioG0... |
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| Apr-17-25 | | ColdSong: Things are not that hard to understand.Classical chess is and will always be fascinating,for a lot of reasons,for chess lovers,till they reach a level when they will just understand that the classical position has no future,and will no more wish to be deprived to the right to create their own game from the very beginning. |
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| Apr-17-25 | | Olavi: Chess is more creative, requires more creativity and produces positions of more diversity and incomparably finer and more interesting nuances than this poor relative. Chess also attracts minds who are willing to do serious mental labour, who welcome an intellectual challenge. This cultural vacuum game, Fischerrandom or 960 or whatever it's called, is of course good for light entertainment. |
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Apr-17-25
 | | MissScarlett: <Expert commentary by GM Leko on YouTube and IM Trent> |
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| Apr-20-25 | | MrMelad: No page for Grenke?
I’m deeply impressed by Carlsen’s performance at Grenke - currently 5/5. Morphy vibes. He’s finding rare, brilliant patterns, like the queen and rook on the 6th rank vs. Grandelius, and the tactical masterpiece against Bacrot, where he foresaw complex only move lines to enable Bh3. Now we can see his tactics are as brilliant as his positional prowess, yet, maybe slightly less efficient in standard chess, hence his usual preference for positional play. I’m enjoying this tournament more than I expected and far more than I have in years. |
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Apr-20-25
| | MissScarlett: You mean GRENKE Chess Open (2025)? The Freestyle event will take a little longer. The available PGNs include the top 69 boards per round, and each game has to have its ECO code manually switched to OOO before it will be properly uploaded. 5 x 69 = 345. |
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| Apr-20-25 | | MrMelad: Thanks <MissScarlett>. <each game has to have its ECO code manually> Sounds like a prompt for
https://www.cursor.com/
to me.
If you want my help (with the implementation, not just the prompt) let me know… |
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Apr-20-25
 | | Sally Simpson: < each game has to have its ECO code manually switched to OOO> You can run a macro through the PGN file to change it within seconds. Use a spurious tag and change it to '[ECO "000"] ' or a wildcard [ECO "***"] to [ECO '000'] (remember to highlight only the freestyle games.) I use a macro on RHP PGN games to remove the site info and replace it with the RHP game I.D. (which does not show up in a normal PGN viewer) Notepad lite does it pretty quick with with over 20,000 games. |
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Apr-26-25
 | | PawnSac: < WannaBe: <IvKolisch> Because FIDE player card have it as Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu https://ratings.fide.com/profile/25...
Contact FIDE to get this fixed, and CG.com will follow the corrected format. Thank you > If anyone has the ability to get it "fixed", it is Pragg, yet it doesn't seem to concern him. So that being the case, why should it concern anyone else? |
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Apr-26-25
| | PawnSac: < Open Defence: We have seen some really creative ideas, with very interesting OTB struggles. > yes it is refreshing!
< Even when one side looks to be winning the other side finds a practical resource causing their opponent to stumble > we see this in standard chess too, but it seems more prevalent since the positions are far less clear. < It could be what the Chess World needs, however without the broad based efforts to develop it, we may see it peter out after an initial wave of interest. > Some may argue it's just a current fad, but I suspect we will soon see opening systems developed from the different piece arrangements. |
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