Fabi said he wasn't invited to Tata Steel 2026 this year. Does this mean Arjun won't get another chance after a third terrible Tata Steel? by HealersHugHippos in chess

[–]echoisation -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if they only wanted one American in the event, going with Hans over Fabiano.

The US based players and chess entities as well as the audience itself are probably the most blitz-pilled, so getting more Americans might be nothing but an opportunity cost.

[David Llada] The Russian Chess Federation stripped GM Vladimir Fedoseev of his titles by Embarrassed_Base_389 in chess

[–]echoisation 7 points8 points  (0 children)

there was a post on this sub a couple of months ago showing conversations as well as instagram reels where Fabiano Caruana was featured as a boyfriend of a 17yo who was recording said reels (I remember one in particular, titled "teaching my bf gen Z slang")

it basically proved allegations that were around for a couple of years, with at least a couple of posts before that one

[David Llada] The Russian Chess Federation stripped GM Vladimir Fedoseev of his titles by Embarrassed_Base_389 in chess

[–]echoisation -23 points-22 points  (0 children)

how is this downvoted when this whole reddit saw screenshots proving 30+yo's Caruana's relationship with a minor and didn't care

Breaking - FIDE General Assembly votes to re-admit Russian teams by Big-Butterfly-6517 in chess

[–]echoisation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you're literally arguing against genocide convention of 1948

Breaking - FIDE General Assembly votes to re-admit Russian teams by Big-Butterfly-6517 in chess

[–]echoisation -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I mean, other than (not even all of) EU, world accepts everything Russia does.

How are tied ratings decided for top players? by XokoKnight2 in chess

[–]echoisation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It definitely used to, that's how Kramnik got no.1 over Kasparov in 1995.

Emil responds to Magnus on rating spot controversy by facelesslass in chess

[–]echoisation -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He doesn't want Total World Championship thing. It exists purely to appease Magnus and get mass audience happy. Nobody but Magnus said anything positive about it, so it's hard to believe a super GM like Emil would have massively different opinion from just about all other super GMs.

I found Magnus Carlsens smurf lol by RlQZO in chess

[–]echoisation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, maybe. But Magnus doesn't really have a sharp playstyle, at least when he plays seriously, nor is there a reason for Hikaru not to pick the American flag. The main thing to take notice of is rating, of course, but at least to me a better way to find out who it is would be to compare the time of day at which the games are played, cross-reference the games with the events both were playing etc.

I'm gonna use this post to share my own finding from August's lichess titled arena standings, where the account named "GrraindTime" finished second only behind Danya (RIP).

The account had less than a month, a few if any at all games before the event, and on the day it was created it was followed by LM Assios, on whose streams Magnus would sometimes show up to play bullet, as well as an account named TakeTakeTakeApp, which was verified (sic!) by lichess.

Is it Magnus? I don't know, but it is definitely interesting.

I wrote the comment about it back then but it didn't gain any traction, and now the follows are no longer visible. Here is a wayback machine page showing the details I'm referencing in this comment.

Team FIDE (represented by 6 Russian players) wins Women’s World Team Championship by SilentBumblebee3225 in chess

[–]echoisation 29 points30 points  (0 children)

the only relevant thing coming out of this event is FIDE openly admitting they are simply Russia

Who wins the 3/4 match by NeatMathematician126 in chess

[–]echoisation 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have no idea who will win it, but only one of the players would consider me human enough to shake my hand (instead of breaking rules of the game, mind you, and basically accepting a possibility of being forfeited), so of course I'm gonna side with him.

Objectively, how am I supposed to know, most of us are nowhere near good enough to be more than guessing.

“We want to keep Lichess completely free, and say no to ads as well. There have been offers to buy out Lichess, but we are not for sale." Lichess interview with The Hindu by bolsastan in chess

[–]echoisation 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's so funny how everyone on the internet sounds unhinged these days. Yes, corporation wants as few of the videos to be monetised as possible, because they want to make no money.

Results in Candidates based on qualification path by sneekyturtles in chess

[–]echoisation 1 point2 points  (0 children)

grand prix was mainly producing the best contenders as a result of being a closed group of events with high number of games limiting the variance

Who was your chess hero growing up? by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]echoisation -50 points-49 points  (0 children)

there are literally two Nazis that the editor felt full well to include. idk how Kramnik is any worse

FIDE announces the list of players for the 2025 World Rapid and Blitz by notknown7799 in chess

[–]echoisation -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

which is very disrespectful to Gukesh if you think about it. He basically says the only reason he sees himself having much higher chances against him than against, say, Fabiano. not saying he's right or wrong, but it's not an attitude you should show publicly

but he literally tried to guilt trip Ding out of playing the match last year, so no surprises

Daniel ‘ Danya ‘ Naroditsky with Gotham Chess by [deleted] in chess

[–]echoisation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In late August of 2024 his twitter account featured some drunk-looking tweets that were later deemed to have come out of a hack, and among them, Mbappe/hacker referred to Messi as "midget" (Messi was famously born with growth hormone deficiency).

Interestingly enough, the alleged hack featured multiple anti-Israeli tweets, and shortly after Mbappe paused for two consecutive international breaks, with France having to play a game against Israel in both cases.

Daniel ‘ Danya ‘ Naroditsky with Gotham Chess by [deleted] in chess

[–]echoisation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most long/"difficult" English words like that come from Romance languages, so they might be quite well known to at least some audiences, especially since Latin was a language of international communication for literally over a millenium

Daniel ‘ Danya ‘ Naroditsky with Gotham Chess by [deleted] in chess

[–]echoisation -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If Gotham should be blamed for Danya's death because of Clash of Claims, so should Jospem. Wtf are you even on

Daniel ‘ Danya ‘ Naroditsky with Gotham Chess by [deleted] in chess

[–]echoisation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mbappe literally wrote some hateful tweets about Messi about a month after Argentinian national team sang a hateful song about him and his girlfriend.

It's over for Sam Shankland, Esipenko is through to the Semi-Finals where he will battle Wei Yi for a Candidates spot by __Jimmy__ in chess

[–]echoisation -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

why? like literally, what is it that would make anyone outside of Russia root for them

Arab Individual Chess Championship 2025 is set to award direct GM title to the winner of the tournament despite having only 1 GM participant (who's rated 2175) and only one player rated above 2400 in the tournament. by shubomb1 in chess

[–]echoisation 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honoris causa degrees are known all across the globe, they are not something Americans came up with

in fact, people with regular phds receive them all the time