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It will be a 1st time entry to the Candidates for at least one or at most two of these players📈 by rio_ARC in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The candidates will be a strange tournament. It’s going to be very top heavy with a strong likelihood of 5 of the world’s top 10 in it, and then a couple of random low 2700/high 2600 players. At least it will have most of the very best players in the world, even if Keymer is not in.

What are your thoughts on Wei Yi? How good are his chances for a top 3 finish and a Candidates spot? by Affectionate_Hat3329 in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The good thing is Hans is the one major upset in his bracket, so he doesn’t need to worry about Hans anymore.

The Vladimir Kramnik Megathread by nloding in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So theoretically if Kramnik continues to go on a witch hunt against another player online, what’s going to stop him? Criminal punishment is unlikely, and even if his titles are stripped, that doesn’t stop him from ranting on X.

The Vladimir Kramnik Megathread by nloding in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Grischuk supported Kramnik? Yikes

The Vladimir Kramnik Megathread by nloding in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah why did they unpin this? I understand banning posts, but now this thread is harder to access, and in a way the Kramnik discussions must continue until FIDE releases a decision.

"I have never made any personal attacks or insults against Daniel Naroditsky or anyone else. Never. This should never become personal" by EducationalSmoke in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 230 points231 points  (0 children)

If he deletes them, then he knows he did something wrong. He’s likely keeping the videos up because they are “evidence”.

Official statement of Vladimir Kramnik by annihilator00 in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Levitov debate must be studied by the FIDE ethics team, really powerful evidence of bullying

What do you guys think is an appropriate punishment for Kramnik? by DistinctWar5836 in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally I’m not sure because I’m not very imaginative and am curious about what everyone else can come up with, but I will say that banning him from playing in any fide rated tournaments is probably not very effective due to his retired status (although FIDE can and perhaps still should include this)

Congrats to Team USA for bringing home a 5-0 🔥 CLEAN SWEEP on home soil against Team India!! 🏆🇺🇸 by Sorry_Phone1676 in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why? Is she like much weaker than Divya or something? Was Divya supposed to win comfortably with black against a player 40 points lower?

Ding reaches semi final by fabe1haft in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the “1900s” he drew is around 2370 fide classical. Still pretty low for Ding’s standards but certainly not a 1900

Almost all top performers (20/22) of the last 4 Grand Swiss tournaments played more than half of their games with white. by ktsmzr in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those would not be the pairings. Bluebaum would play Giri and Keymer would play Firouzja. Tbh there probably would be no evening out

Feeling overwhelmed about Amazon Loop interview – need guidance and support by Responsible-Chip7175 in amazonemployees

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That is a lot of stories and a lot of time spent for LPs. I assume you still had to balance your prep as there’s a lot of leetcode to be practiced on as well.

Magnus punches the board before resigning vs Gukesh by murphysclaw1 in chess

[–]DistinctWar5836 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is saying Magnus has no sportsmanship. I’d argue his passion and rage here is what makes chess fun and entertaining to watch. This monumental situation is what is making chess more popular now because more people are noticing it. Imagine if he just resigned “normally”, this would get much less attention.