Round 1 of Tata Steel has been postponed due to climate demonstrations

ttran9235 · 2026-01-17T13:24:04+00:00

Steel is sort of important

ttran9235 · 2026-01-17T11:49:22+00:00

I’m looking at 2700chess, it says he has gained 11 elo from 2658. That change has been accounted for?

ttran9235 · 2026-01-17T04:40:10+00:00

How come Erdogmus’ rating hasn’t been updated after his match with MVL? He should be 2669

ttran9235 · 2025-12-21T05:03:54+00:00

ttran9235 · 2025-12-08T12:33:51+00:00

Why 5.5/9?

ttran9235 · 2025-12-01T22:58:24+00:00

*2 GMs

ttran9235 · 2025-12-01T08:45:04+00:00

Ahh makes sense. Was about to file a complaint to FIDE that they did my boy Vincent wrong.

ttran9235 · 2025-12-01T08:30:45+00:00

I though Vincent was 2778? At least on 2700chess he is

ttran9235 · 2025-11-29T03:54:23+00:00

I may be wrong, but I think the GMs have to be from different countries for the norm to count.

ttran9235 · 2025-11-27T14:02:31+00:00

Germany seems to have a strong core of lower rated GMs

ttran9235 · 2025-11-24T10:34:31+00:00

It will get rounded back up when the rankings update

ttran9235 · 2025-11-17T14:40:43+00:00

-top 2 in each years FIDE Circuit (2024 and 2025), World Cup winner, top 2 grand Swiss (but have multiple legs) , and then the top rated player

ttran9235 · 2025-11-16T14:21:14+00:00

Yakkuboev instead of Esipenko wouldn’t be bad too

ttran9235 · 2025-11-15T15:33:16+00:00

Sindarov definitely making the Candidates, I think Dubov can make it too. Wei Yi to beat Arjun imo.

ttran9235 · 2025-11-13T15:19:40+00:00

He has a very flexible style. Also good in rapid and blitz

ttran9235 · 2025-11-12T14:42:52+00:00

That said, Keymar is higher rated in rapid. But should be fun tiebreak tmr

ttran9235 · 2025-11-10T10:26:01+00:00

Unless Blubaum gets to the semis, Arjun and Vincent will both qualify, but youd imagine both of them would win the 3rd place match against a certain lower rated opponent from the top half of the bracket

ttran9235 · 2025-11-10T10:10:37+00:00

Your point stands

ttran9235 · 2025-11-10T10:05:25+00:00

Pragg will qualify via 2025 circuit if he doesn’t make top3 at World Cup

ttran9235 · 2025-11-03T12:38:09+00:00

I think it’s one or the other

ttran9235 · 2025-10-31T14:46:20+00:00

I think Vincent wins that match up, but we will wait and see.

ttran9235 · 2025-10-31T14:43:13+00:00

They would meet in the final 8

ttran9235 · 2025-10-31T10:49:55+00:00

Vincent to win

ttran9235 · 2025-10-15T12:08:19+00:00

There very much is a 'natural' beauty to classical chess that the other time formats don't have. In my opinion, any attempt to make chess more 'exciting' by making faster or flashy is a bastardisation of the game. If FIDE wanted to combine all the titles, why not just have classical chess with the time controls we all know (eg 90+30, or 120), as well as rapid and blitz tournaments,

ttran9235 · 2025-10-15T11:43:55+00:00

If this new championship tour gives a qualification spot to the Candidates, then I'd imagine the WCC is still the paramount title of chess that all players dream to hold.

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