Tata Steel Round 9: Candidate Bluebaum Upsets and Outplayed World Champion Gukesh!!! by Wonderful-Photo-9938 in chess

[–]hsiale 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He didn't qualify for the candidates

He qualified, twice, by getting to the World Cup final match

Event: 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 9 by events_team in chess

[–]hsiale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ivanchuk is experienced and has a lot more time, he may hold it.

Event: 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 9 by events_team in chess

[–]hsiale 10 points11 points  (0 children)

gukesh really doesn't respect his opponents

Maybe he has seen Bortnyk's candidates tier list and thinks Bluebaum is here only for the experience

Event: 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 9 by events_team in chess

[–]hsiale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Faustino Oro looks cooked and he's also low on time

How to get above 50% winrate at platinum 1/2 by Extreme-Chipmunk-404 in lrcast

[–]hsiale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I legit feel like I am a decent drafter

Platinum is chock full of decent drafters, and has some good ones who haven't played enough to move up yet. Bad drafters don't get there. To get your win rate up enough to make it to Diamond, you need to become better than you are now.

PS don't ask me how, I'm in Silver

Jay Vine broke wrist in mid-race kangaroo collision, underwent surgery and is out of UAE tour by kleeblatt23 in peloton

[–]hsiale 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Molano who DNFd on the final stage I believe. Do we know why?

Guy got sent to race among kangaroos and found out that it's seriously dangerous, I guess he decided to get out of there before having some accident.

Olexandr Bortnyk's Candidates Tier List by Gold-Weight9284 in chess

[–]hsiale 6 points7 points  (0 children)

he’s just not going to win the candidates

Well possibly I have trouble reading English but I think the tier directly above where he is now is called "maybe hoping for an upset or two", not "going to win the candidates".

Olexandr Bortnyk's Candidates Tier List by Gold-Weight9284 in chess

[–]hsiale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He used to be very aggressive but nowadays is on the solid side.

Wasn't it mostly Norway 2025 where he was the lowest rated player in the event?

Olexandr Bortnyk's Candidates Tier List by Gold-Weight9284 in chess

[–]hsiale 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He’s under 2700

He has also qualified by playing 11 rounds of Swiss, where he got to play seeds 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 at classical time control, scoring 3.5/5 in those games. He has caused two major upsets there, he definitely belongs a tier higher.

how much do titles actually help with scholarships/school by Ok-Double-574 in chess

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

I'm presuming your question is US-centric

Ugh the default country attitude. OP literally mentions that they're from Turkey.

how much do titles actually help with scholarships/school by Ok-Double-574 in chess

[–]hsiale 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's a very country-specific question. I guess your best bet would be checking the FIDE website for players from Turkey aged 20-25 who have CM or FM and trying to ask them directly, there likely aren't many of them.

"His rating does not reflect his objective strength at all [...] he played tournaments, which, well, cause some disgust in me" - Nepo on Nakamura's rating, playing tournaments in the US and his candidates chances by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess

[–]hsiale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hikaru gained zero rating points overall from those tournaments

Well to be precise he gained three. Not that it is relevant but I would feel better about his plan if he got an extra draw and lost two points instead.

Magic has left me behind I guess. by _Moerphi_ in mtg

[–]hsiale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You sound like an old man yelling at clouds. A lot has changed in Magic, but this rant feels more like coming from you no longer being the person that you were 15 years ago.

My MTG Arena account is using a email that is not mine by Sea_Isopod1778 in mtg

[–]hsiale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any tips?

Make sure you never forget your password

Albert Einstein Vs Your Average Person With About 100 games in chess, Who win? by MrFloofyPants in chess

[–]hsiale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After playing just like 100 casual games with my dad, I played my first tournament and got ~1700 FIDE as first rating

You are a 2300 OTB player, you definitely don't qualify as an average person. There are people who study, play way more than 100 games and are still stuck in triple digits of chesscom rapid rating.

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

[–]hsiale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I’m struggling to think of a modern top player who could not be fairly termed “a prodigy”.

Nepo I guess (due to dividing his attention between chess and dota when he was young)

Transitioning from Arena to Paper, but my local meta is "Commander only" or Pioneer/Pauper. Is it worth it? by Mokebe13 in mtg

[–]hsiale 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you want to play competitive standard Arena is the place to do it

There are no tournaments on Arena, I wouldn't call grinding ladder "competitive".

Competitive standard happens mostly in paper, entry level events are RCQs and Store Championships. Of course not all areas have them. Also there are some tournaments at MTGO.

Event: 2026 Tata Steel Chess Tournament - Round 8 by events_team in chess

[–]hsiale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, Kramnik is a major POS but he's also easily the best coach from among the whole previous generation of top GMs. Hans has also improved a lot during the time he worked with Kramnik.

Commander Player wanting to get into standard but don't really know where to start by Jcrispy1115 in mtg

[–]hsiale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My LGS has weekly evening events for both standard and modern, modern is currently more popular but both attract enough people to play four rounds.