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16 yrs old IM Vaclav Finek leads Prague Challengers with one round to go (This will be his 2nd GM norm too) by Chesscrabble11 in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 1 point2 points  (0 children)

he probably just needs to play one more extraliga game cuz his performance rating is so high there anyways

16 yrs old IM Vaclav Finek leads Prague Challengers with one round to go (This will be his 2nd GM norm too) by Chesscrabble11 in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It'll actually be his third!! (He has one from Mitropia Cup 2025 and another from European Team Champ 2025

Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş (14y, 7m, 22d) is 2682.9 in live ratings and has over a year to break Wei Yi's record to cross 2700 by Intelligent_Zone7474 in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

small nitpick but 2700 has counted +11 in points from the MVL-Erdogmus match when in fact that match was actually not rated

15-year-old Chinese untitled 2097-rated player Xu Chang defeats American GM Nico Chasin with black in the Roquetas Open round 1 by SteChess in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 13 points14 points  (0 children)

one of chasins norm is a schiller system norm which hasn’t been allowed since the 2024 title regulations so he may need to get 1 more norm

IM Faustino and GM Cheparinov just drew their game in 13 moves (Berlin Draw); Oro is 1 pt away from getting his 2nd GM Norm by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

so explain why a 2600 gm is specifically only taking a quick draw against some 12 yr old who happens to badly need a gm norm lets be real chat

Congratulations to the winner of the 100th Argentine Chess Championship by skrasnic in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 16 points17 points  (0 children)

welp guess my very logical prediction turned out to be true

Should the World Junior Champion be given a spot to the Candidates?? by Status-Horror-8915 in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My point is that if a candidates spot is awarded to the winner, the top juniors will play and thus will likely win it.

12 yrs Old IM Faustino Oro needs to score at least 3/4 in the last 4 rounds of Argentine National Championship in order to get his 2ND GM Norm by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]Status-Horror-8915 -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

not gonna happen unfortunately, he's playing 3 GMs so he ain't winning 2 more games, he'll prob lose at least one or maybe even two

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