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Dec-23-23
 | | tamar: In a way, Firouzja is just unlucky. Gukesh and Erigaisi had a tournament organized just for them as well, but because they had government support, they could have a regular prize fund and top class players. Gukesh talks about his uneasiness about the whole concept in an interview after Chennai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICB... and how his trainer and supporters overcame his doubts, and got him to try one last time. |
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Dec-23-23
 | | MissScarlett: If Alireza does play again and pips Wesley to the post, scoring *only* 5.5/6 in Chartres might be seen to have been the smartest course of action. But what's stopping Wesley from entering a Christmas tournament of his own? |
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| Dec-23-23 | | stone free or die: Hasn't Wesley always spent his Christmas holidays with friends and family and off the circuit? (Not sure of this, but I have the impression...) |
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| Dec-23-23 | | goodevans: <... what's stopping Wesley from entering a Christmas tournament of his own?> Back in the day - mid-80s - we were encouraged to invest our spare cash in the stock market. No spare cash? Never mind, why not get an endowment mortgage, a back door into stock market investment? <"But remember, the value of your investment can go down as well as up."> "Sod off. Maggie's telling me I need to invest in stock and shares so that's got to be be right. What have I got to lose?" In my case it was around 70% of the value of my house. <"Remember Wesley, the value of your rating can go down as well as up."> Once bitten, twice shy. Don't do it Wesley! |
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| Dec-26-23 | | goodevans: From the World Rapid (2023) page: <EvanTheTerrible: Firouzja is playing an open that started today, so if that gets rated he still has a chance> Playing in an open is an honest way to try to boost your rating IMHO. I'd still be enraged, though, if his pipping So also relied on points picked up in the Chartres farce. Did FIDE decide yet if they're rating that event? |
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Dec-26-23
| | MissScarlett: Alireza is presently 2/2 in the <Open de Rouen> and leads Wesley in the ratings: Rouen Open (2023) See: https://www.europe-echecs.com/art/a... |
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Dec-27-23
 | | ketchuplover: Wesley should take note |
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Dec-27-23
 | | northernfox: It looks like Firouzja won against Tirad for his 4th win at Rouen, which would put his rating above So if the Chartres event is counted by FIDE. Interestingly, someone on Reddit claims to have done a rating calculation for Firouzja that shows that Firouzja can pass So's rating, even if Chartres is not counted by FIDE, if he wins his last 3 games at Rouen for a 7-0 score there. |
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Dec-27-23
| | MissScarlett: Alireza has Li Min Peng in round 5. Kamsky is also in the field. |
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| Dec-27-23 | | Bobby Fiske: As stated in my previous posts here, I find the Chartres event not trustworthy, and I hope FIDE disregard those 6 games. The Rouen tournament, however, is the real deal. If he scores 7/7 he certainly deserves the Elo points, IMO. |
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| Dec-29-23 | | goodevans: Firouja duly did get 7/7 in the Rouen Open (2023) and thus qualifies for the rating spot in the Candidates regardless of what FIDE decide to do regarding the Chartres Noel Match Series (2023). Since he gained sufficient points from a legit event I don't think anyone can argue that he hasn't earned his place at the table but the fact that he took part in the Chartres farce in the first place somewhat diminishes him in my eyes. |
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Dec-30-23
| | tamar: Firouzja definitely deserves to be in the Candidates. 7/7 is not easy in any open, and should erase the taint of the arranged tournament which was never a good idea. |
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| Dec-30-23 | | stone free or die: Peace & harmony & agreement breaks out on <CG>!? A feeling of portent of doom breaks over me! |
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Dec-30-23
| | tamar: Alireza’s Road to Rouen! |
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| Dec-30-23 | | stone free or die: Ha - good one! |
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| Dec-30-23 | | Atking: <tamar: Firouzja definitely deserves to be in the Candidates. 7/7 is not easy in any open, and should erase the taint of the arranged tournament which was never a good idea.> My opinion too. And for the match organized by his Chess Club, I can understand his Chess Club tried to give to their main chess player a chance. It isn't that easy to do 6-0 even against GMs passed their prime nevertheless strong enought to play around 2500 Elo. |
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| Dec-30-23 | | fabelhaft: In a way it is strange if Chartres is not counted as having been played. When Ding Liren got his quadruple round robin quickly arranged where he scored 3.5/4 against all his opponents and all other games in the event were drawn, there were no discussions at all concerning if the event shouldn’t be counted. With Firouzja the outrage has been different level. |
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Jan-03-24
| | ketchuplover: GL at the candidates young man |
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| Jan-28-24 | | tuttifrutty: This guy has .0001 chance of winning the candidates. |
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Jan-28-24
 | | fredthebear: Firouzja recently defeated the world champion Ding Liren in classical chess:
Firouzja vs Ding Liren, 2024 |
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| Jan-28-24 | | tuttifrutty: He beat a rusty Ding. |
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Mar-10-24
 | | offramp:
<ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?>DATELINE: Toronto.
What does "dateline" mean? Does that mean the date? The Candidates' will probably run from April 4th to 22nd April 2024, in Toronto (Somalia). <IF YOU WANT TO GO> along here are the prices (prix):
"General Admission
General Admission, one day (weekday): $64
General Admission, one day (weekend)[le week-end]: $75
General Admission, all rounds: $750"
But <ARE YOU EXPERIENCED>?
Here are the VIP prices (prix):
"<<*VIP Experience*>>
VIP, one day (weekday): $199
VIP, one day (weekend)[le week-end]: $219
VIP, all rounds: $2400."
The tournament begins in less than a month (mois). |
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| Jun-12-24 | | fabelhaft: Nice combination in the ongoing bullet championship. It’s only one minute for the whole game and Firo spent in all 34 seconds in this game against Bortnyk, where he found this pretty queen sac as black:
click for larger viewNxd4 Bxd7 Rxe1+ Rxe1 Nf3+ Kh1 and the nice Bg2+ followed and Firo won the game, and eventually also the match: 
click for larger view |
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| Jun-14-24 | | fabelhaft: Firouzja won the final against Nakamura, who called Firo and his family <crazies> together with a bunch of other statements :-) https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... Maybe he literally did care |
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Apr-12-25
| | offramp: I am organising a tournament similar to this.
<"Alireza Firouzja finally logs off of Lichess at 5:45am after spending 12:45am to 5:45am the night before his game against Ian Nepomniachtchi (3pm) playing 30s bullet chess. This included a 3.5 hour 250 game match against Daniel Naroditsky that Firouzja lost 108-142."> The tournament would be exclusively online. The first prize is $25,000, with 100s of minor prizes. Can you imagine it??! It will have 14 players, and held over a fortnight; every night 12:45am to 5:45am.
Yeah, you read right!
Every night they contest a 250-game match of 30 sec games. Over the fortnight the players would enjoy playing 45,000 games!!! This would be the second-biggest chess tournament of history!! It would be <SO> interesting! I am <IN>!! |
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