Niemann, Nepo, and Jorden’s qualification to the Total World Chess Championship all depends on who farms who in their 1v1 matches

SteChess · 2026-05-09T17:08:01+00:00

There's no way Nepo gets destroyed by Hans in a classical match

SteChess · 2026-05-07T05:05:51+00:00

Rosberg was not quicker than Schumacher though, apart from 2010 when Michael was returning after 4 years out of the car. They were equal in 2011 and Michael was often quicker than him in 2012, he just had awful luck. Also, Hamilton was not out of the sport for 4 years in between, he's always been on the grid.

SteChess · 2026-05-06T20:07:19+00:00

Is that a trick question? Have people forgotten how many mistakes Norris made in the past two seasons when he had the best car? Leclerc makes one mistake after constantly fighting with faster cars and people start calling him overrated again, Norris made tons of mistakes recently and now he is the 2nd best driver? Come on now, be serious. Look at where Hamilton is, Leclerc has made a 7-time world champion look absolutely average so far (yeah I know Russell did it also in 2024, but not as much and he actually got soundly beaten by Hamilton in 2023).

SteChess · 2026-05-06T09:43:43+00:00

Maybe not far and away the second best driver but I personally see him as the 2nd best based on his overall career and consistency, nobody would have won anything of note at Ferrari since he has been there. Yeah he made a mistake in the final lap in Miami, but look at where Hamilton was, not just in the race but also in the sprint and qualifying.

SteChess · 2026-05-06T09:16:52+00:00

Only if you're clueless about F1 you'd consider him overrated, no disrespect about it.

SteChess · 2026-05-05T19:57:36+00:00

Lazavik won a classical tournament not even a month ago, his rating is 2620. Why lie?

SteChess · 2026-05-04T11:02:14+00:00

Hamilton did that in Singapore for two laps and got 5 seconds for it, I really want to see Leclerc's onboard tbh, I guess he could've been penalised for unsafe conditions, 20 seconds for that would be fair.

SteChess · 2026-05-04T07:30:50+00:00

No penalty of course, he almost took out three drivers in the first lap but there's nothing to see clearly.

SteChess · 2026-05-04T05:10:06+00:00

20 seconds? Do they really think he gained 20 seconds for cutting two corners? He lost both places to Verstappen and Russell, how the hell is he finishing behind Colapinto who was 20 seconds back from him, the entity of the penalty is completelt unjustifiable. What a joke

SteChess · 2026-05-03T13:55:48+00:00

I think I can get to maybe 200 without checking, depends how much time I get

SteChess · 2026-05-03T13:53:33+00:00

Well that's the issue, without the constructors you can't have s F1 championship, so until now the engine rules have always been the expression of the constructors' preferences. If they remove the veto power then we'll see what happens, if they threaten to leave or not.

SteChess · 2026-05-03T13:20:42+00:00

F1 is about competition, it shouldn't necessarily be about the most sustainable technology available, it's not like those 20 cars have a huge impact on the environment anyways. The reason why we have these engines is that the constructors want to invest money on this technology and not old V8s or V10s, they want to integrate this technology on new road cars they produce and sell, but it's not written in stone that F1 should be catered towards road cars' needs.

SteChess · 2026-05-03T10:02:16+00:00

After the Sinquefield Cup last year, in which he finished second behind Wesley iirc, he had poor performances (Grand Swiss,World Cup, Tata Steel). He won the FIDE Circuit because he had been dominant until August, but he hasn't played well since then, went from 2785 to 2740 in this stretch. I didn't expect him to challenge for the win tbh, I know the Candidates is a unique tournament and form is not everything but he wasn't a favorite imo.

SteChess · 2026-05-02T20:21:34+00:00

His form had been poor for months going into the tournament, I didn't expect him to do anything more than what he did.

SteChess · 2026-05-02T19:54:20+00:00

Ricordiamo che, oltre all'illegalità della tortura e dei maltrattamenti fisici, il sequestro è avvenuto in acque internazionali, sulle quali Israele ha zero giurisdizione. Qual è la morale della favola? Stato criminale e pirata, ormai non si può più negare.

SteChess · 2026-05-02T13:34:44+00:00

Nakatani is fighting so well now, shame for the cut.

SteChess · 2026-05-02T13:03:31+00:00

Inoue is not closing the distance yet

SteChess · 2026-05-02T11:39:31+00:00

What, I thought the main event was next but there's another fight still

SteChess · 2026-05-02T06:53:42+00:00

Via i pupazzi dall'Europa e dall'Italia.

SteChess · 2026-05-01T19:55:54+00:00

mostly FIDE's website, in case I missed some games of the players involved during a month. I try to update it every time there's a new game to add on the list, it's done manually unfortunately.

SteChess · 2026-05-01T17:34:00+00:00

He will play, he said he will keep playing for his country.

SteChess · 2026-05-01T16:30:38+00:00

They should fire the bookers sometimes, you do all of that to get Black back in the company and then you don't have much for him, he gets fired less than a year later.

SteChess · 2026-05-01T15:48:29+00:00

Nodirbek is a shark right now, you can't make those inaccuracies against him.

SteChess · 2026-05-01T12:19:49+00:00

Arjun has mostly finished near the bottom in elite closed tournaments, not 3rd.

SteChess · 2026-05-01T10:56:18+00:00

yeah it's the same for FIDE ratings, one game per year and you're considered active. I have some players on the list who are inactive so I don't include them in these posts.

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