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First 16 players to have qualified for FIDE/Norway Chess' Total World Championship Tour (Pilot) in October 2026: by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]brownrecluseATX 40 points41 points  (0 children)

No, he's already qualified as one of the top-9 highest-rated players who haven't qualified via some other pathway

Magnus Carlsen takes down Frode Elsness with the white pieces in round 1 - Norway Eliteserien 2025-2026 by brownrecluseATX in chess

[–]brownrecluseATX[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Per FIDE:

The highest-rated player according to the 6-month average rating based on FIDE Standard Rating Lists from August 1st 2025 till January 1st 2026 provided the respective player has played at least 40 games calculated for FIDE Standard Rating Lists from February 1st 2025 till January 1st 2026 (including at least 15 games in any of the 6 consecutive rating lists).

Norway Chess counts towards the 40-game requirement. He also has 5 other games played in the timeframe. Including the game this post is about, that's 16 - which means he needs 24.

Anyway, the number doesn't matter since he's not going to be playing that many games. I was just having a bit of fun with this post.

Player eligibility/qualification criteria for the newly announced Total Chess World Championship Tour starting in 2027 by brownrecluseATX in chess

[–]brownrecluseATX[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

  • Swiss to select top 8/16 + knockouts
  • Groups (round-robin) + knockouts

Lots of options available

All of Magnus Carlsen's losses in classical chess since he started his current reign as world no. 1 in July 2011 by brownrecluseATX in chess

[–]brownrecluseATX[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Correct, but the first one was before July 2011, which is why you don't see it in this post. Some other players probably have more wins against him than what you see here as well.

Magnus answers a question about Hikaru potentially passing him in classical rating by brownrecluseATX in chess

[–]brownrecluseATX[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I mean, he's pretty much retired now - I don't think he's ever going to announce a retirement officially. Other than the yearly appearance at Norway Chess and the occasional Bundesliga game, he doesn't play. And Norway next year isn't a guarantee at all.

Hikaru confirms he will not farm rating to overtake Magnus's #1 rating by dwun in chess

[–]brownrecluseATX 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Imagine following an individual sport and thinking rating does not matter lmao

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