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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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| May-16-25 | | fabelhaft: Anand also qualified for a FIDE title match against Karpov in 1998, even if the format was strange to say the least. |
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May-16-25
| | Atterdag: Regardless of who won what in the past, it would be nice if we now and in future could be blessed with a world champion who occasionally would honour the title and not serve the world chess community with average-top-twenty results. And that, of course, has nothing to do with <religion> or <love affairs> - it is, I think, a fair, simple, expectation. |
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| May-16-25 | | fisayo123: Pragg in the lead but MVL, Fabi and Firouzja with outside chances.
Fun last round! |
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May-16-25
 | | offramp: I think this tournament was garbage. The last round is still in progress. Firouizja could end up in equal first. |
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May-16-25
 | | plang: Absent Carlsen there is no clear #1 so you are going to get results like this where virtually all the participants have a realistic chance of winning. I don't see that as a bad thing - it is just the way it is.
Talents like Fischer, Kasparov or Carlsen don't come along every day. |
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| May-16-25 | | stone free or die: Magnus is asked ~"Is Gukesh a Worthy World Champion": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2l...
It worth watching in its entirety, but they definitely tease out the answer till the end. Spoiler Alert:
I'll cut to the chase - ~"Yes I think he is"
(Just released, the interview must predate Superbet) |
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May-16-25
 | | Open Defence: Congratulations to <Praggnanandhaa> <offramp> I thought the tournament was brilliant, interesting games and you never knew who would win until the end |
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May-16-25
| | MarcusBierce: <Olavi> <beatgiant> yes, all that you guys have said is true. My point is staying hungry and excellent after gaining - and especially losing - the title is more rare than many realize. It remains to be seen how Gukesh responds to becoming WC so young. Though it wasn’t within the historical lineage of WC champions, a possible corollary career projection may be found in Ponomariov. Certainly too early to tell. |
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May-16-25
 | | fredthebear: The champ heeded the words of the chess whisper and voila! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBu... |
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| May-17-25 | | cehertan: I’m liking Firouza for the next Candidates cycle. Impressed by his play here though the field is still wide open. |
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May-17-25
 | | MissScarlett: Does Firouzja work with any coaches? We know how useful his father is. |
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| May-18-25 | | rainingpieces: Nice to see MVL doing well |
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May-18-25
| | MissScarlett: Confused by a tweet of Ramachandran Ramesh : <Congratulations to @rpraggnachess for winning the @GrandChessTour Superbet Romanian event convincingly. Special congratulations to @vaibhavschess AND the other second for doing a great job!> I wasn't aware there was a tie-break: Superbet Chess Classic Romania TB (2025) Still wondering how this qualifies as convincing. |
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May-19-25
| | Atterdag: A very short tie-breaker. Two games between the three would have been more fair IMO. Yes, <convincing> is merely a stretching of reality - as often seen by fans & friends. |
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