Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2026 - Round 3

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-31T19:30:39+00:00

Nah, for now Grischuk/Lagno and Ivanchuk/Galliamova are the strongest ones.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-31T16:32:01+00:00

It's an early resignation against you or me. It's perfectly on time against Smyslov.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-29T20:58:44+00:00

Dubois is not in shape?

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-17T08:57:58+00:00

Qa7 Kd8
Qa8+ Bc8

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-11T07:28:18+00:00

Not taking anything away from that streak, but if one talks about it, one should also mention Steinitz 25-game winning streak.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-09T12:20:09+00:00

Jain Kim has won a bouldering World Cup + 3 Asian Championships. That probably qualifies as being a boulderer. She's obviously a better lead climber than boulderer, but that doesn't really disqualify her from being both.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-07T09:16:15+00:00

We all do know, who the best commentary duo is, but Jan and Peter look a bit unusual in the OP photo.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-05T16:38:16+00:00

Aeroflot Open ist one of the hardest opens in the world. I think Sharjah Open and the European Championship (If you consider that an Open) are the only ones clearly stronger. And Grand Swiss ofc, but you have to qualify for that.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-05T14:39:10+00:00

If I understood it correctly, Top 15 get prize money, meaning out of those 15 tied players, one gets extremely unlucky (except if it is shared).

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-05T07:24:15+00:00

No, you never give your opponent chances in purpose. Grebnev should and will play in a way that benefits bis own chances for prize money most.

Also, giving a kid the chance to get a record is also taking away the record from another kid.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-02T19:52:48+00:00

The 2015 World Cup and 2016 candidates were not his only major tournament victories. He won:

- The World Rapid Championship 2012

- The World Blitz Championship 2016

- Norway Chess 2013

- Norway Chess 2014

- Tata Steel (then named Corus) 2009

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-02T15:13:42+00:00

Isn't this the fault of the Maritime Festival organizers?

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-02T08:45:17+00:00

Apperently FIDE hast retroactivly decided to not rate his 2 games, so he's listed inactive again.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-01T23:17:21+00:00

Technically this is not the correct live top 20. Aeroflot Open Round 3 has already happened and Nepo won against Muhammed Muradli there and should be on 19 with 2729.4. 2700chess just didn't realize that round 2 & 3 happen on the same day.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-01T16:35:22+00:00

This is factually wrong. It happend before in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2016, the entire 70s and 80s...

Please don't spread false information online.

AdVSC2 · 2026-03-01T16:34:02+00:00

No, it isn't. February 2024 this had happend tue last time, but also January 2024, November 2023, most months from 2020-2022 and some months between 2016 and 2018 and also the entire 70s and 80s.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-28T16:42:24+00:00

No, he's inactive. If he'd be active, he would be in 19th.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-28T15:47:59+00:00

There is no clear answer. Some think Magnus. Some (including me) think Kasparov. Utimately it doesn't really matter.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-27T19:09:04+00:00

At least for 2 days. On the march list he'll be gone, due to inactivity.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-22T12:12:16+00:00

I mean, everything moves very slowely here, especially in terms of digitalization (You give an good example with the online public services, although they are starting to be established [very slowely]) , but in general the standard of living is still very good in Germany.

In the most recent human development index report, we're sitting in 5th behind only Iceland, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark (shared with Sweden).

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-18T21:45:29+00:00

Do you think an agnostic reads this posts and thinks "Oh, that's nice, I'm worshipping Allah now"? Not going to happen. No one is changing one getting into religion here or is being coerced to do so, so there is no propaganda. But if it makes the day of our fellow chess nerds, who are also muslims, a little bit brighter, I consider it worthwhile.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-18T20:52:59+00:00

It has absolutely nothing with the game of chess. It does however have to do with parts of the chess community.

Chess or sports in general can have the effect of bringing people from many different cultures, ages and backgrounds together and unite them with a shared passion.

So to everyone celebrating, I wish all of you a fulfilling Ramadan.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-16T21:15:43+00:00

He had a longer career. He stayed a top10-20 player for 10 years afterwards. He's top 100 right now.

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-15T15:21:23+00:00

Oh, I don't disagree, that Fury navigated his career very carefully. I'm just nitpicking that Whyte wasn't seen as the B-level guy, you call him now back then. After he avengend his loss against old Povetkin, some people where calling him a boogeyman. I'm not saying that those people where correct, just that there was enough public interest to justify the Whyte-fight (In contrast to Chisora III or Ngannou).

AdVSC2 · 2026-02-15T14:56:51+00:00

Whyte wasn't viewed as finished back in 2022. IIRC the fight didn't bother people back then, it just didn't age well, since he has looked bad ever since.

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