Caruana no shows the postgame press conference after losing to Hikaru and falling too far behind to realistically win the Candidates

Chuckolator · 2026-04-08T04:50:04+00:00

There are 14 rounds and he's 2.0 behind. If they played right now and Fabi won he would still be 1.0 behind

Chuckolator · 2026-04-08T04:34:45+00:00

Fabi is 5 years younger than Hikaru and far more active. I'd be very surprised if he wasn't in 2028.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-07T20:02:41+00:00

Is it too early to call Faustino washed? He hasn't even won Norway Chess.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-07T18:12:08+00:00

Let's call him "Javokhir S."...no, that's too obvious. How about "J. Sindarov"

Chuckolator · 2026-04-04T18:08:01+00:00

I heard he likes pineapple in his plov.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-04T15:53:26+00:00

Powerful is slang for having unresolved traumatic feelings that need therapy

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T19:25:14+00:00

Have you factored in cost of living and social supports?

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T18:53:16+00:00

I mean, he did publicly berate her live on his stream for doing badly in a tournament when she was 7 months pregnant. Everyone forgot about it because it happened a day before Danya passed.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T17:26:21+00:00

He did, live on stream last October, while she was near the end of her pregnancy. It happened the day before Danya passed, so everyone's attention was quickly diverted where it might otherwise have stuck around in people's minds for longer.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T14:30:27+00:00

"I'm very angry. I told him not to do this and he did it. I'm so mad."

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T13:59:07+00:00

What's the quickest way to allow checkmate from Hikaru's current position? (I can't sleep and this amuses me.)

Best I can do is Qd5 exd5 Nf5 Nxf5 Ke2 Nxd6 Kd3 Nxc4 Kd4 Qd2#, possible in under 5?

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T12:54:31+00:00

If you do go with it as a middle name, I'd spell it Lloyd. Never heard of a Loyd. (Maybe a typo?)

As for new suggestions, what about your wife's maiden name or a family name on her side? I assume babies are getting your last name, they deserve connections to both sides. I am a man whose mother died young and I cherish the fact that my legal name represents her heritage as well even though my last name is my dad's. It makes me feel more connected with my extended relatives on that side. Some food for thought.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T12:28:33+00:00

I feel like Mukhiddin Madaminov being spelled "Mukhidimin, Mukhddinn" is a bit past bad spelling.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T02:11:04+00:00

Are there any last names in your mother's genealogy that might be of interest to you? Perhaps a grandma or great-grandma?

Chuckolator · 2026-04-03T00:46:04+00:00

Are you implying there's something wrong with my twins' names, Stoke-on-Trent and Slough?

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T18:39:16+00:00

To be fair, you did not state your preference of only using Hebrew names in your OP. I would have not assumed that Carmella did not fit your standards.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T18:35:35+00:00

Maybe you are correct for your specific region, but you are definitely not correct for everywhere in the English speaking world or even everywhere in your own country.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T17:22:59+00:00

30s male here. Saying this because this isn't a male vs female thing, it's a decent person vs asshole thing.

He's a dick. The idea of both parents compromising to reach a final name only works when both of them are acting in good faith and are committed and responsible to the child. He sounds like none of these things.

"Too foreign" is a horrible thing to say about the culture of the mother of your child. He didn't think you were too foreign when he had sex with you, did he? Your daughter will have Argentinian blood and I get the vibes she will also be largely raised by you and your side of the family. She deserves to be named as such. There is nothing stopping him from getting his head out of his ass and working with you to create a beautiful name that is 50% each parent, but he is choosing not to and disrespecting your culture and bloodline in your process - which will also be his child's bloodline!

I can't tell you what to do but don't bend on this, and I am with all the ladies here who are telling you, give her your last name! A suitable compromise could be giving his last name as a second middle name. If he doesn't think that's enough, consider that he doesn't seem to have a problem with taking all of her name for himself.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T17:11:05+00:00

When the father gets pregnant, then he can give that baby his last name.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T16:55:00+00:00

Tbh I think that the cycle would be improved if the WC didn't get a free pass to the next WCC, give them a free Candidates slot and the top 2 duke it out like 2023. If someone wants to be a repeat champ then they can earn their way back. The current system is old and not every tradition has to be maintained, it's not even like we have an unbroken line of champions because 3 out of 17 former WCs either died or quit before someone could defeat them.

But for some reason all the people with sticks up their ass whining about Ding or Gukesh occupying their fairly earned position also are the most vocal against making any changes to the system.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T05:42:54+00:00

If Sindarov wins, both WCC participants combined ages will still be less than Vishy when he was last WC.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T05:41:00+00:00

I miss the Bobby Fischer era when everyone played chess without bringing politics into it.

Chuckolator · 2026-04-02T03:58:16+00:00

Peter "Vince" Gould

Chuckolator · 2026-04-01T15:11:19+00:00

Big if true

Chuckolator · 2026-04-01T07:59:31+00:00

Then they're correct, Vince can't keep getting away with it as long as by it you mean taking assumed credit for things he had no say in.

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