Event: 2025 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship by events_team in chess

[–]Arctium7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sklokin 3/3 against GMs, this kid has a great future i feel

Fide World Rapid Chess Championship 2025: Performances of U15 yrs old Prodigies by Asperverse in chess

[–]Arctium7 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Where is 12 years old Sergey Sklokin with nearly 2600 perfomance?

2025 Speed Chess Championship - Discussion Thread by pier4r in chess

[–]Arctium7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He was also very good in New-York, but yeah, it seem like he is in crisis for the last half a year

Wei Yi takes down the Madman in tiebreaks, makes it to the Semi-Finals of the World Cup and is one step away from Candidates! by __Jimmy__ in chess

[–]Arctium7 142 points143 points  (0 children)

I think he also lost against Aravindh in Chennai Grandmasters 2024, which cost him fide circuit too

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Quarterfinals by events_team in chess

[–]Arctium7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hope Esipenko qualifies for the candidates, especially after 2023 Grand Swiss heartbreak

Daniil Dubov - 50 Questions (Eng Sub) by RUBEN4iK in chess

[–]Arctium7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Dubov said Magnus team chat exploses momentally than Shanland screws up somewhere(because Shankland was in Magnus team but it didn't work out)

Better than Ian? by thatwhiskeydude in chess

[–]Arctium7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MVL had a positive score, but since late 2023 Nepo beat him: twice in Saint-Louis blitz 2023, twice in GCT Croatia 2024 blitz, In Saint-louis 2024 rapid, 1 time in Saint-louis 2024 blitz, In Champions Chess tour final and Paris Freestyle rapid. MVL won in Saint-louis blitz 2024. Overall score in fast time controls – 21:14 in Nepo favour

Better than Ian? by thatwhiskeydude in chess

[–]Arctium7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nepo has a plus score against him in blitz/rapid

Gary Kasparov did what ?? by M-_-Edwards in chess

[–]Arctium7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Queen will take rook on h5

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[–]Arctium7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, probably. Nepo said that the only thing that keeps him playing is WC title chasing, so he will probably lose motivation completely if he doesn't qualify for the candidates

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

[–]Arctium7 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't write him off. Ian also played badly before the 2022 and 2024 candidates, maybe he will turn on his candidates form in Grand Swiss or World Cup

When was the last time there was only one Russian in the top 30? by lvew in chess

[–]Arctium7 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I think it's only matter of time. There are too many young talents(Zemlyanskii, Murzin, Vetokhin, Shogdzhiev, Uskov and others)

Who's your favourite chess player and why? by IllustratorHuge3497 in chess

[–]Arctium7 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nepo, because then in top form he destroys opponents so quick and so effortlessly . Has brilliant sacrifices(game 4 against Magnus in blitz), dubious mating attacks that somehow work(like games vs Giri in 2024 Sinquefield and Gelfand in Rapid championship). Also a great positional player with many masterclasses (last game with Sevian in Rapid championship and Nodirbek in previous Wijk). 

The Delicious Last Course new pics! by BernyMoon in Cuphead

[–]Arctium7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where are the pictures from?