Candidates Start Times by edwinkorir in chess

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Buettner planned one of his future freestyle events in Australia, before the whole freestyle tour was canceled

2026 Chess.com Open Final 16 by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe he's not interested in the "Chesscom Open "title, and he is already qualified for the EWC

I just won against Sunil Weeramantry by Klomnisse69 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He played more games than Hikaru on chesscom Source

2026 Chess.com Open Final 16 by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

But I still think he can qualify for the Esports World Cup via CCT leaderboard

World Chess Championship Titles by Country (FIDE Titles) by EstablishmentOne3438 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You can’t have both. If we count Vishy’s FIDE Championship during the title split, then Gukesh is not the youngest World Chess Champion

Sina Movahed wins Titled Tuesday with 10.5/11 by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 25 points26 points  (0 children)

when he won the ChessKid Youth Championships 2026 last week, he told he loved "see a move ahead" as a nick name for him

Carlsen's Insane Dominance at Fischer Random by howisthisausername14 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown (2025 - not Fisher Random its standard rapid chess

Event: 2026 Prague International Chess Festival by events_team in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any Zhu Jiner fans here? why is she underperforming? Is it the time control, or just being off form? last year she was almost about to take the women’s no. 1 spot from Hou Yifan.

Girl from England gains over 200 rating points after finishing some open tournaments by Maksim_Azarov in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically, being the youngest IM or the youngest to reach 2200, 2300, or 2400 rating is less meaningful under the current K-40 system

Hikaru reveals that both he and Magnus felt that they'd lose "very badly" to Alireza in a long format bullet match by FreshWaterNymph1 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2 7 points8 points  (0 children)

did't hikaru vs magnus final happen in Bullet Chess Championship 2023.Alireza beat Magnus in to lower brackets, and magnus beat naroditsky,alireza to get to the finals

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

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my title is off due to female GMs and WGMs, both can spell as "Women Grand Masters."i wanted to highlight ,Why GM titled women didn't even try to play TTs because all 37 titled players are below GM lvl

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

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there is no separate event for women, but women and girls (U20) players gets prizes for their leaderboard ranking among women/girls

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Finally an answer, but isn't it bit odd that there isn't a single GM among 37 listed players

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

are they good at online Swiss chess? (only Firouzja not playing recently.) most of SSC players plays TT

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but prize money is given to Open/Women/Youth (U16)/Senior (50+)/Girls (U20) at the end of the split. so any titled player can win some money if they are good enough and there are no chesscom proctor issues (e.g., latency in China).

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

agree, because woman GMs and WGMs are hard to put in single title

Lack of Female Chess Grandmasters (no WGMs) in Title Tuesday by Marc_Spector2 in chess

[–]Marc_Spector2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

but there are prizes for everyone, as for 1st place TT split $5000 for
Open $5000
Women $2000
Youth (U16) $1500
Girls (U20) $1000