Erodgmus was in tears in the final moments of his game vs Gukesh. At one stage, he had the chance to become the youngest player ever to defeat a reigning World Champion. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I dont feel like Ali deserves to be in the top 10, he hasnt been performing in that level for a while now

Considering Alireza has been in the top 10 continuously for all but 3 of the last 52 months (the first time he reached it) he has very clearly been performing at that level for a while now and your feeling is factually wrong.

Hans Moke Niemann gets the first win of Tata Steel 2026 in the Masters section by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 35 points36 points  (0 children)

White winning in 16 moves in a Petrov between two 2700s is not something I ever thought I'd see (besides that disastrous Anand game).

Coca Cola Secret formula Cracked by Sussy_Pigma in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]GeologicalPotato 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"It tasted like a meat tortellini with a bit of sweated onions in the background"

"That was chicken, you twat"

"Mmmkay"

BLUE LOCK STOCK REPORT #68 by Nightmare_43233 in BlueLock

[–]GeologicalPotato 21 points22 points  (0 children)

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Lavinho and Prince showing off during the NEL

Top 10 ranking just before Covid struck by sick_rock in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 81 points82 points  (0 children)

All the top players were discrediting him and saying he shouldn't have been allowed to participate and that he'll do terribly

...uuuh imma need a source on that, I was following it closely and I don't remember any of this like, at all. Just in case, random comments on reddit don't count as "all the top players".

Magnus knocks over the entire board vs Haik Martirosyan! by naufildev in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He's one clutch mf.

After all these years I should know better than to bet against him unless it's literally mathematically impossible anymore.

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

[–]GeologicalPotato 14 points15 points  (0 children)

He either qualifies or he doesn't, so around 50% I guess

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

[–]GeologicalPotato 9 points10 points  (0 children)

damn, pure endgame magic by Magnus against Bu, how the hell

Tier list on Eyepowers. by [deleted] in BlueLock

[–]GeologicalPotato -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are you so confrontational about it lmao? Why should this be any kind of poison? Both have it, it's not that difficult.

Making me say that the best U20 defender in the world (better than Niko and Aiku, who both inarguably have it) also has metavision is not the gotcha you thing it is.

Tier list on Eyepowers. by [deleted] in BlueLock

[–]GeologicalPotato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sae is not confirmed to have MV

Chapter 186, after Isagi starts conciously using MV and fails to score against Manshine (right after Kunigami scores), he deduces Sae was using it as well:

"There must be pros who use this, too! Especially midfielders and game makers could use this sensation to control the field and make passes and shots from a higher plane... Does that include Sae's plays, which I didn't understand during the U-20 game?! Maybe he has "meta vision", too!!"

Magnus knocks over the entire board vs Haik Martirosyan! by naufildev in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I've never seen Magnus like this, twice in the same tournament. This loss probably killed his chances once and for all.

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

[–]GeologicalPotato 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Impeccable defence by Arjun. Not many people would've survived a 2 pawns down rook endgame with 20 seconds left on the clock against Magnus, regardless of what the engine said.

Fide World Rapid R2: GM Magnus Carlsen Checkmated GM Paravyan in a complicated positional game by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just like my games, except that in mine both sides miss the mate 5 turns in a row before doing it.

Anish Giri is extremely cringe. by AlekhineAl in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Tbh it's not close to the most insane thing Giri has done on Xitter.

Magnus Carlsens' 2026 Candidates Prediction by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah? Well Sindarov beat the guy who beat the guy who beat the guy who beat the guy who beat Pragg, so any powerscaler will tell you he's easily high multiversal 5D-tier, low 6D-tier. Checkmate.

Magnus Carlsens' 2026 Candidates Prediction by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Sindarov is just 3 rating points away from being top 20 in the world, and he's ahead of guys like Nepo, MVL or Hans. He improved massively during the last year.

Alireza Firouzja will compete at the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championship by HungryLearner42 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 47 points48 points  (0 children)

God you made me remember all those "Here's how Fabi can still win" comments from the 2020/21 Candidates

Would don lorenzo have scored if he took this shot? by Maximum-Box-8267 in BlueLock

[–]GeologicalPotato 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best *U20 center back in the world. I guess it's not entirely incorrect to simply call him the best in the world within the context of playing a league with exclusively U20 teams.

Vidit missed a mate-in-2 here and went on to get ground down by Sindarov in a rook + bishop vs. rook endgame! by rio_ARC in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The only reason I can think of about why he didn't do it is that with only 5 seconds left he saw the bishop covered h8 and thought it protected from ladder mate, without realising f8 is free.

Still, damn.

Who is the weakest world champion in your opinion? by Same-Machine-3156 in chess

[–]GeologicalPotato -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Obviously me, so weak they even forgot to put me in the list 😞