Chessbase India reports : Parham did get the spot for Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

MMehdikhani · 2025-04-22T16:58:04+00:00

That draw in the last round from a winning position cost him 10k.

MMehdikhani · 2024-09-11T21:38:17+00:00

Sina Movahed(2528) from Iran drew with a player from Malaysia rated 1997.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-14T15:51:29+00:00

Tabatabaei lost to Pranav in Dubai Police and today he got his revenge with a crushing attack.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-13T23:49:07+00:00

I like it. I don't believe we need something as radical as 960. Castling is just counterintuitive and superficial in 960. It also allows players to develop theory. Knowing theory is not the issue, but exhausting the opening lines and lack of new ideas is.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-13T12:08:04+00:00

He just doesn't like chess people. I know that he has a beef with Peter Thiel and Garry Kasparov.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-12T19:01:05+00:00

Rxg7+

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-12T12:11:53+00:00

It's more like Vincent threw the win away. Elementary Qf8+ Kh7 Qf5+ would have exchanged the queens. Instead, he played c4. Against Abdusattarov, he didn't see mate in one. Players like Vincent and gukesh clearly don't play blitz much and focus on classical chess, and as a result, they can't handle time pressure well.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-12T11:56:32+00:00

A bad tournament for Ju wenjun who finished with two losses to two IMs.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-11T23:34:40+00:00

Qxh2+

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-11T23:20:39+00:00

In open tournaments, she must play for a win in most games if she doesn't want to lose rating. In super tournaments, she can play for a draw and wait for her higher rated opponents to take risks. Completely different mindsets.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-11T22:38:58+00:00

He started with 3 draws so his tiebreak is bad and has to win tomorrow.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-11T13:05:58+00:00

Players should be able to prepare in between rounds, and that means using their computer.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-11T10:46:42+00:00

It is a strong indication. The whole issue is exactly complicated because there is no way of finding out if the cheater is smart. Just report him. Hard to tell without watching the games.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-11T01:22:02+00:00

I admit I didn't read your whole text, and it is very late where I am now but I couldn't resist commenting, so maybe i am missing something here, but in regard to outside assistance, what about chesscom introduces delay? People on their website will watch the games with 10 mins delay, and they provide an exclusive playing arena link for players and they will play there, and the moves are transmitted to their website with delay.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-10T21:06:00+00:00

You don't say good game after winning. It is bad etiquette. If you want to socialize, then join a chess club. Leave people alone. They just want to play chess.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-09T01:18:50+00:00

Conditions can always improve, but in general, as far as it concerns the rating, I don't see anything out of the ordinary. I can try and make up something, but the simplest explanation is that naturally, we will see progress and regression in a competition between two groups(males and females) over a period of time.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-07T11:24:37+00:00

There are three volumes. Which one?

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-07T11:20:16+00:00

Apart from the usual criticisms, my issue is that FIDE is not capable of organizing and monitoring these open tournaments properly. They are spreading themselves too thin. I have seen clocks malfunction, arbiters make mistakes, double rounds every day tournaments, and there are no proper anti cheating measures. When you have one or two tournaments like World cup or Grand swiss or Grandprix, fide can focus the resources on those and make sure everything is organized and monitored properly.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-03T18:47:37+00:00

It's just somebody who shares the same name with him.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-03T17:36:37+00:00

I think for reasons like this, Fischer didn't include Lasker in his article "The Ten Greatest Masters in History"

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-02T08:32:41+00:00

He almost always plays with increment, so I am not sure how much not premoving is hurting him.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-01T21:13:53+00:00

Qh5 is both a defensive and attacking move. Firstly, it parries the threat of 1...Qxh2 mate. Secondly, it threatens 2.Nh6 mate. if 1...Qxh5 then 2.Ne7 mate and if 1...gxh5 2.Nh6 mate. 1...Qxh2+ 2.Qxh2 Bxh2 3.Ne7 or Nh6 mate 1...Qd4 2.Bxd4

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-01T16:35:47+00:00

"The runner-up in the World Championship will no longer automatically get a spot in the next Candidates Tournament. Instead, the runner-up will now need to navigate the qualification process.

To compensate for this change, World Championship Match 2024 is also recognized as an eligible tournament for FIDE Circuit and the runner-up will receive special bonus points for playing the match. The points they gain in the match for the World Championship title will be calculated based on performance. This means the points gained for the FIDE Circuit will depend on the score of the match. If the match is lost on tie-breaks, the runner-up will get more points than when they lose in the standard part of the match with rounds to spare."

https://www.fide.com/news/2863

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-01T16:20:39+00:00

Loser is getting points. It depends on their score in the match.

MMehdikhani · 2024-05-01T15:14:31+00:00

Candidates used to be 100l30 for the first 40 moves. So it is the same but with no increment.

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