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| Apr-05-26 | | masterwojtek: @offramp <He looks slightly Chinese. UZB is only 300 miles to China, across KRZ.> & you must be off british cliffs. mostly within 300 miles as well. |
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| Apr-06-26 | | Ruanpablo1: SindaGOAT or SindaGOD |
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Apr-12-26
 | | ketchuplover: All hail the next world champion! |
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Apr-12-26
 | | Petrosianic: <ketchuplover: All hail the next world champion!> I'd like to congratulate Sindarov on winning the world title, and also for his first successful title defense, two years from now. |
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Apr-12-26
 | | perfidious: Why not Sindarov's third successful defence while we are at it? I could even edit his bio in advance. |
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| Apr-12-26 | | Olavi: <perfidious> You could write his biography, to the honour of his 50th birthday, now. I could contribute. |
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Apr-12-26
| | perfidious: Why not? Sounds fine to me. |
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| Apr-14-26 | | newzild: A shame about the motorbike accident just before his 92nd birthday. Taken too young! |
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Apr-14-26
| | perfidious: As the late John Curdo wrote:
<Get 'em while they're young> |
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Apr-14-26
 | | FSR: Congratulations on a brilliant victory in the Candidates tournament! I hope you dethrone Gukesh! |
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| Apr-14-26 | | Peinalkes6: Congratulations for winning the world championship! |
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| Apr-14-26 | | Eastfrisian: Just now, it could happen. Gukesh has not good results, but we shall see. |
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Apr-14-26
| | perfidious: While I like Sindarov's chances, I have not yet written the epitaph for Gukesh, as it appears others have, here and elsewhere. It will be remembered that, entering the defence of his title in 2000, Kasparov was on top form, and we know what followed. |
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| Apr-14-26 | | Twilight of the Idol: And we mustn't forget how much Ding Liren overperformed our expectations. The Sindarov-Gukesh match will be close. |
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| Apr-14-26 | | Peinalkes6: It's stunning to read the first page of kibitzing. He goes from being a kid to winning the Candidates within a page. Even NN receives more attention than Sindarov! |
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Apr-14-26
 | | Sally Simpson: <Peinalkes>
Yes he has kind of sneaked in under the door like a limbo dancer. Even when he won the 2025 World Cup. we saw here Freelance Assassin saying; "Job well done, Sindarov. Respect." FIDE World Cup (2025) (kibitz #572) and then we got 2½ pages on Carlsen. CHESS magazine did not give him a mention until January this year. His fellow countryman Abdusattorov, appeared on the cover in that issue.
The picture here of Sindarov has been lifted from Wiki. |
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Apr-15-26
 | | offramp: I'm nailing a gold coin to the mizzenmast. I believe that Gukesh will beat Sindarov and remain as World Champion. |
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Apr-15-26
| | Sally Simpson: <offramp>
I've nicked your gold coin and replaced it with a brass farthing. I too think Gukesh will win. In round one Sindarov was in trouble v Esipenko who blew it with a hasty 27...Bxf3. After that Sindarov knew his luck was in and Esipenko (my tip to win the event) never recovered. Caruana, Giri and Nakamura are past it.
Wei Yi was hopelessly off form.
Pragg was too busy looking at his sister's game in the other candidates.
Bluebaum was stuck in a drawing rut. |
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| Apr-15-26 | | Cassandro: <Sally S: After that Sindarov knew his luck was in and Esipenko (my tip to win the event) never recovered.> Luck had very little to do with it. What a superficial comment. |
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Apr-15-26
| | Sally Simpson: <Cass>
Superficial Luck? |
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Apr-15-26
 | | tamar: My favorite Sindarov moment was when he turned the tide against Caruana with a King walk as Black. It appears his defense has improved, which was the question mark surrounding him. |
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Apr-15-26
| | perfidious: <And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of earth.> |
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Apr-16-26
| | offramp: Bet365 says that the match will begin on December 15th 2026. |
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| Apr-16-26 | | Muttley101: Any particular reason for Revelation, <perfidious>? I'm probably missing something. |
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Apr-19-26
| | FSR: <offramp: I'm nailing a gold coin to the mizzenmast. I believe that Gukesh will beat Sindarov and remain as World Champion.> That is a bold prediction. I will make the easier prediction: that Sindarov will win. He is playing much better and more confidently right now. And he's hungrier. I think it's psychologically easier for the challenger. Some great world champions, like Karpov, Kasparov, and Carlsen, have succeeded in defending their world championships. Lesser world champions usually don't. Note, incidentally, that Botvinnik never won a match as world champion. In each case he either drew the match, thus retaining his title (an option not available to Gukesh), or lost. The matches he won were return matches - against Smyslov and Tal - after losing his title. |
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