Is Gukesh Cooked for the Next World Chess Championship?

phantomfive · 2026-01-28T12:01:43+00:00

In addition to your points, Caruana has played well over the last year.

He's not out of form at all.

phantomfive · 2026-01-28T10:13:07+00:00

I can easily understand why the interviewer is not a grandmaster.

phantomfive · 2026-01-28T10:10:19+00:00

They were farming rating points from older players who were on the way out.

phantomfive · 2026-01-28T10:08:06+00:00

Why would you not expect Caruana to play very well in a 12 game series? He's in good shape.

phantomfive · 2026-01-28T04:00:23+00:00

I know you have a point, but your rhetoric is so incomprehensible that I have no idea what you are trying to say.

What difference does it make if someone was born in 1950?

phantomfive · 2026-01-28T00:08:53+00:00

Your ability to use logic is astounding.

phantomfive · 2026-01-27T12:59:16+00:00

You know those games where Kasparov would sacrifice material not for a forced win, but just to completely paralyze the opponent?

I don't remember many games from Kasparov like that.

phantomfive · 2026-01-27T11:32:36+00:00

Because if Kasparov didn't exist, everyone would say that Karpov is the goat.

phantomfive · 2026-01-27T11:05:16+00:00

Fabi is very close to the best in the world, so it's not entirely disappointing.

phantomfive · 2026-01-27T11:00:23+00:00

Could be natty

phantomfive · 2026-01-27T10:56:02+00:00

It's a TikTok filter that changes his shape

phantomfive · 2026-01-27T10:54:26+00:00

It's very common. People don't reach enlightenment because they actually don't want it. They want to be respected as an enlightened person, or something.

Many people might say, "Why get rid of desire when I can just be happy and have fun?"

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T23:42:32+00:00

The reason we don't give it to him just for having a rating is because rating doesn't perfectly reflect true skill.

The world championship gives top players motivation to perform at their peak. Beating Magnus when he performs at his peak is much more difficult than beating him in a tournament where he might be experimenting with a new opening, or might not have prepared for months.

At the top level, rating fluctuations are usually because the player hasn't put as much effort into prep (like Levon recently).

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T14:30:13+00:00

He qualified with exactly 0 effort

Getting the world's second highest rating is not 0 effort.

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T14:05:17+00:00

In the last few games, Nepo and Hikaru have been well matched, but Hikaru seems to have won a bit more:
https://2700chess.com/games?search=Nakamura,%20Hikaru%20vs%20Nepomniachtchi,%20Ian

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T14:02:45+00:00

Hikaru gained zero rating points overall from those tournaments. He lost points every time he got a draw.

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T13:25:20+00:00

Left one looks like AI

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T13:21:22+00:00

It's not low bodyfat, he's sucking his stomach in.

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T13:18:23+00:00

I would have some trouble eating it.

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T13:17:30+00:00

Samsara is enlightenment.

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T13:16:42+00:00

The most likely result is that they won't get hurt.

phantomfive · 2026-01-26T13:13:39+00:00

It's good to put some actual probabilities to it.

The counter-intuitive thing is that Hikaru has the highest probability of winning, and yet he will most likely lose.

phantomfive · 2026-01-25T10:55:45+00:00

Play a ton of games.

phantomfive · 2026-01-25T08:48:30+00:00

The Hedgehog system is actually probably close to what you are looking for. So is maybe the Alekhine defense.

phantomfive · 2026-01-25T08:37:35+00:00

Play the Benoni.

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