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| Dec-19-21 | | Albertan: Firouzja is acting like a star and it’s good for us all: https://worldchess.com/news/all/fir... |
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| Dec-30-21 | | ndg2: After a rather disappointing rapid WC tournament and pretty bad runs in the blitz WC during most of the first and second day, Alireza could make up leeway at the end of the second day and vindicate himself with a third place. Tiebreak rules did not permit him to participate in the playoffs with the other two players with 15 points (Duda, MVL). |
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| Jan-03-22 | | sicilianchameleon: Tata Steel will be sorely lacking at least one worthy participant this year. They really should've met that compensation demand. Stupid Tata Steel. |
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| Jan-03-22 | | blueofnoon: I think Nakamura made very good point in his recent YouTube video.
https://youtu.be/Deof3xSAQ94
1. Contrary to the common belief, looks like organizers of so-called super tournaments are running on tight budget. The biggest motivation for top GMs to join such tournaments is not money but to play with other top GMs. 2. Right now, like it or not, the only chess player who can attract sponsors outside of the chess community is Magnus Carlsen. The situation will of course change once Firouzja establishes himself as the best player in the world, but for the time being, no sponsor wants to spend extra money on super tournaments because of Firouzja. While I do understand where Firouzja is coming from, I think he should prioritize gaining valuable experience and further elo points until he becomes the absolute best. |
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| Jan-03-22 | | TheBirdman33: <blueofnoon>: <Contrary to the common belief, looks like organizers of so-called super tournaments are running on tight budget. [etc.]> Nonsensical imo, here's why: 1. The VIP treatment of "honourable" guests alone would cost ten times the amount that Firouzja would supposedly (who knows, really? Nakamura? - BS) want for having been forced to move while in the middle of a game deciding the outcome, final standing, and prize money 2. I bet the amount of money would not even be an issue for Alireza - he just wants an apology for being treated disrespectfully, with a small compensation 3. If it would be the money that maybe papa Firouzja was after, then that does not make much sense either, since a good Wijk this year will in any case be more profitable financially 4. Companies like Tata and their sponsorship parties and little luxury vacations, dining at the most expensive restaurants have an enormous budget, needless to say So it is just, "We're bigger than you, you are no Magnus, Ali, so for now we treat you as the newcomer that you are." [[and apologies?? Haha - Compensation ? HAHAHA ]] -- If Firouzja had companies backing him like in Magnus' case, it would be a slight problem, but a Firouzja compensation demand can easily be "swept aside"... My personal opinion is that this "demand" by Firouzja is not the smart move career-wise, but in terms of keeping his head up high, standing up straight, rightfully so being the proud young man that he is, he did the right thing. |
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| Jan-03-22 | | blueofnoon: <TheBirdman33> of course everyone is entitled to his / her opinion, but as a fact; 1. Tata Steel organizers already made a public apology to Firouzja.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/tat... 2. Nakamura in the video I shared above, said his appearance fee in Tata Steel was 12,500 USD when he was almost number 2 in the world. So that's the money you can expect from Tata Steel. If Firouzja's demand for Tata's misbehavior was like 1,000 USD, they might have given it a good thought, but I suspect that was not the case. I am not criticizing Firoujza in any way, he has a freedom to not play in a tournament that made him uncomfortable, in spite of an influence that his decision may make on other tournament organizers. However, if he thinks he deserves 50,000 USD (I do not know the actual number of course, I am just making up a number here) for the incident he experienced last year, the only way for him seems to be going to a court. |
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| Jan-03-22 | | blueofnoon: <4. Companies like Tata and their sponsorship parties and little luxury vacations, dining at the most expensive restaurants have an enormous budget, needless to say> Actually this validates Nakamura's point btw. Firouzja is big in the chess community, but that does not mean someone outside of the community shows respect to him that he or his fans believe he deserves. Nakamura thinks the only possible exception is Carlsen at the moment, which is not an offense to Firouzja. |
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| Jan-03-22 | | TheBirdman33: <2. Nakamura in the video I shared above, said his appearance fee in Tata Steel was 12,500 USD when he was almost number 2 in the world. So that's the money you can expect from Tata Steel.> That was about 7 years ago, right? It's hard for me to believe that Firouzja demanded more than 2,500 Euro, 5,000 tops--- but speculating is useless, the Tata representative seems to have said it was higher than what they had in mind, and papa Firouzja did not return calls for a negotiation of sorts, which is indeed a pity, for ALL involved actually, including AF's development at 18 years of age. |
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| Jan-09-22 | | Albertan: Player who quit Iran over Israel Boycott wins 2021 ‘Rising Star’ Award: https://www.iranintl.com/en/2022010... |
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| Jan-12-22 | | Albertan: A brilliant year:Alireza Firouzja’s rise to the very top: https://en.chessbase.com/post/alire... |
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| Feb-17-22 | | Albertan: Firouzja Among ‘´Full’´ Grand Chess Tour Participants But Not Carlsen or Nakamura: https://www.chess.com/news/view/202... |
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| Apr-14-22 | | Albertan: The Superbet Chess Classic Romania & Superbeat Rapid & Blitz Poland Wildcards Announced: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-s... |
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| Apr-28-22 | | cplyakap: His peak is 2804. Not 2728. |
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| May-02-22 | | Albertan: 2022 Superbet Chess Classic Romania:
https://grandchesstour.org/2022-gra... This link shows who is playing in this event,as well as the playing schedule. |
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| Jun-18-22 | | EdwinKorir: Playing the candidates |
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Jul-07-22
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| Jul-07-22 | | ILikeKeres: This description is wrong.
Firouzja finished first in Norway 2020 and fifth in Norway 2021, not second in Norway 2021 as the blurb claims. |
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| Aug-11-22 | | Whitehat1963: About a hundred years ago, the number of legitimate, competitive challengers to the world champion (Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine) was relatively small. You had guys like Rubinstein, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Euwe, Flohr, Keres, Nimzovich, etc. But only a few of them really had good chance to win. Today, we have a lot of parity. I think anyone rated in the top 20 or even 25 or 30 could put up a decent challenge. I don’t think anyone can beat Carlsen right now, which might be why he seems to be walking away, but aside from Carlsen, no one else is clearly head and shoulders above the rest. Lasker had Capablanca. Capablanca had Alekhine. Alekhine had Euwe and the Soviets. Later, the Soviets had each other and Fischer. And after Fischer walked away, Karpov and Kasparov had each other. Later, there were Anand, Kramnik, and Topalov. But Carlsen doesn’t seem to have anyone to really challenge him. And if he walks away, whoever takes up the crown will be extremely vulnerable to challenges from all directions. Are we confident that either Nepo or Ding will be able to keep the title for more than one championship cycle as players like Firouzja, Gukesh, and Abdusattorov reach their prime? And what if Carlsen feels like coming back to show everyone who the “real” champion is? So, is this an exciting time? A confusing time? Or something else? Or will we likely see a few players dominate the scene for several years the way Anand, Kramnik, and Topalov did before the emergence of Carlsen? Pull out your crystal ball and tell us who you think is likely to be the champion and his closest contenders. |
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| Aug-11-22 | | Schwartz: In a match between challengers from two candidates we'd expect a greater number of contenders. The latest championship match was strange; I guess Ding Liren. Wesley So is a contender and his preemptive style may be challenged by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. |
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| Jan-06-23 | | tonsillolith: Ok, wow. This kid's live blitz rating is over 2900! I'm going to go ahead and assume that, because I've never personally seen a higher one, and I'm too lazy to check the history, that he has <the highest live blitz rating of all time> and is <the first ever to crack 2900> in that context. Bearing those assumptions in mind...Congrats to Firouzja!! |
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Jan-06-23
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The top 5 ratings are:
Carlsen 2986 (Dec 2017)
Vachier-Lagrave 2948 (Jul 2019)
Nakamura 2934 (Mar 2019)
Grischuk 2923 (Aug 2012)
Karjakin 2906 (Jan 2013)
Alireza is #6. |
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| Jan-07-23 | | tonsillolith: <MissScarlet> thanks for that tip. I'm typically viewing chess stuff on my phone (when I ought to be doing elsewise), so that information doesn't seem to be as readily available. In any case, now things seem as they should - Carlsen has the highest live blitz rating of all time. Of course! Yet just shy of 3000?! Wowsers! I just $#@+ my pants.
I guess I'm not so used to looking at live ratings compared to FIDE ratings. |
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Jan-07-23
| | MissScarlett: Whatever happened to Karjakin? |
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| Jan-07-23 | | nok: <Yet just shy of 3000?! Wowsers!> People have been rated 2900+ before, but these ratings where kinda provisional. |
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| Jan-10-23 | | Yuri Stremel: <Yet just shy of 3000> And probably will remain like that since FIDE recently changed the K factor to gain rating in Blitz and Rapid. Carlsen's record is likely never again to be touched. |
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