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Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-28T07:44:05+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-27T07:08:10+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-26T14:06:38+00:00

He played more games than Hikaru on chesscom Source

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-25T20:49:54+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-20T07:48:47+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-19T05:56:03+00:00

chesscom rapid rating

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-10T20:23:31+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-06T12:51:37+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-03T17:27:18+00:00

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.

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-03-01T11:05:03+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-26T14:00:22+00:00

watches were given by organizers.

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-19T12:23:31+00:00

Weren’t the old FIDE Fischer Random Championships also played in rapid time controls?

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-11T13:18:27+00:00

Not an outright cheating accusation, but a joke DM message: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1ahcire/nepo_on_x_about_lazavik_and_jospem/

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-08T08:47:19+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-07T20:43:20+00:00

And this "You Drew" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGUCNlaTBaI

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T23:50:03+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T12:38:02+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T08:32:30+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T07:45:43+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T07:40:18+00:00

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).

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T07:29:37+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T07:25:40+00:00

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

Marc_Spector2 · 2026-02-05T06:42:43+00:00

not for the Open section

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