No one should ever qualify for the Candidates again without finishing first place in a qualification tournament. No more 2nd/3rd place. No convoluted points system. Win a tournament or you don’t play.
In all seriousness, one big reason this is bad is Hans is by no means a lock to make the final 8. If he makes it by half a point or point over someone, that person has a very legitimate grievance. Magnus forfeit doesn’t only affect him and Hans and IMO he should be disqualified
Wild loss in
@chesscom
#titledtuesday
event. I took his rook and made a queen and he completely ignores it! And then he gets to underpromote on me. Bravo
Have known about this for years, have seen some of the texts in question and have informed various authorities. It has been so frustrating how little has been done up to now.
@EmilSutovsky
@PHChess
@FIDE_chess
Nigel said absolutely disgusting comments to me when I was a child about my sister who was also a child. I have also heard multiple stories about how creepy has been to woman and young girls.
You have to be willfully blind to not know his reputation.
Just played a game on
@chesscom
. In the middle of the game I was like “wow I’m a genius, can’t wait to put this game on Twitter”. A few minutes later I lost 😭
@EmilSutovsky
@PHChess
@FIDE_chess
Lol he said sexual things about my underage sister to a young boy (me at the time.. I was about 17?). At the time he knew we were both young. He’s a total unrepentant creep.
But keep defending him all you want🤷🏻♂️
@lularobs
1500 in a year or in 20 years or 2000 in 25 years is all great. No one should ever say anything negative about anyone because of their chess rating.
We all just love chess and are tryin our best out here.
@mornings0da
If you can reverse colors each game maybe you can do it pretty quickly, because you can just copy him and he can teach you what to do next time.
But ok maybe there’s some flaw in this thought process
A kid just applied to the
@USChessSchool
and wrote this in his application:
"I'm the type of player that would rather push for the win in a slightly better position and lose 10/10 times than offer a draw. I would definitely describe myself as "the opposite of Anish Giri"."
Ok listen chess nerds: you’re all out of your minds. Of course there should be eval bars in the broadcasts.
Personally, I’d love if there weren’t, but watching a bunch of masters, IMs and GMs argue this while ignoring the throng of sub 1000 rated ppl who watch is hilarious.
@EmilSutovsky
As l the Director-General of FIDE, I don’t think you should be tweeting things like this that personally attack another player.
FIDEs reputation is shaky enough as it is. If you have issue with short draws, it would seem more professional to express it in another manner.
No one except the
@USChess
and
@STLChessClub
believes their method of doing almost nothing, but suddenly jumping into action the day after the WSJ publishes an article is “timely and appropriate”
How no one has taken any responsibility for such a massive failure of is beyond me
Ramirez is not the only one. According to interviews and documents reviewed by Lichess, another prominent American GM has also been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, raising troubling questions about how chess orgs deal with such matters.
After my disastrous loss to
@GothamChess
in bullet chess,
@RadaNotSay
flew out to Barcelona to hang out with me on the beach 🏖. This makes me the biggest winner of the
#IMSCC
Despite what I say in this video, the new book “Evaluate Like a Grandmaster” is a really good book!!! Great work
@EugenePerel
and
@natesolon
.
Special cameo by
@JenShahade
Happy Polyamory Day! 🌈 ❤️ ☀️
Hope that everyone who has relationships outside of society’s norm feels safe and comfortable expressing their love today and every day
#polyamoryday
Early prediction:
Gukesh will win the World Championship Match. So much mental toughness and composure and he is improving every day. He will be a stronger player in 6 months than he is today
@FPLCaro
I’m saying Magnus should be disqualified. You can’t play god in a tournament like this with qualification spots for other people at stake. As the strongest player, gifting a point to another player harms everyone else in the event.
Tiviakov tells Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten that he considers himself to have the "world record" with 110 games without a loss. "Real chess players know that I have the record"
This is how it should be. The large majority of players are not masters. For chess to thrive there have to be broadcasts that cater to all levels of player, especially rank beginners (less than 1100!)
I came across Naka's twitch/you tube chat...An 1100 elo level chat.
Naka than knocks out Carlsen and back to 1100 elo chat.
Impressive!!
Than tense match with Dubov and immediately earphones on and back to 1100elo level.
Impressive!
Those elements are normally not compatible.
Everyone with a brain knows that it would be better for Jen if she never said anything and just let Alejandro keep doing everything he was doing. She knew it was risky to do the right thing and she did it anyway.
Can’t imagine why anyone would come forward to help USChess again
I’m on the sidelines but it feels like the community doesn’t grasp the extent of the tragedy taking place? Jen has spent her life literally making progress happen, building safe, exciting spaces, and is being abused by the powerful people whose abuse and neglect she exposed.
Wow I’m minding my own business on Instagram, when my opponent tomorrow,
@CarissaChess
, VICIOUSLY starts trash talking me.
You know what Carissa??? Ur going down!!!!!
Magnus, who has never lost a tiebreak in his life and is far and away the best rapid and blitz player in the world, is a clear favorite tomorrow. Any attempt to try to twist this obvious truth with psychological nonsense is silly.
#CarlsenCaruana
I’d like to apologize to all of my fans and backers today. In one of the most disgraceful performances of my career, I beat
@LawrenceTrentIM
by only 3 points.
@chesscom
#chess
Hey twitter chess people, people are constantly asking me about resources to get better at chess and tbh I have no good advice for anyone rated under 1500. What are all the best resources, so I can sound smart in the future?
Sometimes I wonder why an IM like me is higher rated than half the GMs in the U.K.
Now that I see they prepare for chess matches by punching ten year old photos of their opponents, I’m starting to understand why.
Amazing. I also called them and let them know of the allegations and they basically did nothing and showed very little interest in following through. After our initial conversation I never heard another word from them or any interest in learning more. (1/4)
Drama again! Carlsen probably made a huge mistake, as Sesse announced mate in 36 moves. After Caruana's Nf3 it appears to be no longer winning.
#CarlsenCaruana
@ChessProblem
Can we just all agree that Kramnik can accuse anyone he wants of cheating since we have all stopped taking it seriously about a year ago?
@olimpiuurcan
It wouldnt dent his legacy, its just one Round Robin. He doesn’t win every RR he plays in. And theres a very significant chance he wouldnt win and thats totally normal and not embarrassing
He wont play because he doesnt want to, not because hes scared of what other people think
A young kid who’s been saving up for college came to me today and said “hey Greg, I know you’ve been successful financially, can you give me some advice?”.
I told him “take all the money out of your college fund and put it on Greg Shahade +260”
#teamscandi
Please don’t insult me by calling it a rivalry. I consider this more of a light sparring exhibition.
Appreciate
@LawrenceTrentIM
helping me get in some practice before the later and tougher rounds.
@vishrut_krishna
Because it actively harms the other 14 players. You don’t get to decide that it’s ok for you to do that when you agree to play in an event like this.
My mind is blown by
@JenShahade
new book 🤯
Super cool layout of chess puzzles and themes, with chapters on some of the most inspiring women in chess history.
Also includes an example of
@LawrenceTrentIM
getting crushed. And me by
@alexandrabotez
😞
I dislike Biden so much.
He’s super creepy. He’s been accused of sexual abuse. He has a temper. He raises his voice when arguing with people. He has a problematic past on so many issues. Treated Anita Hill like crap.
But I’m voting for him anyway because Trump is the devil 🤷🏻♂️
Congrats to Wesley So on winning the
#SkillingOpen
. Can’t wait for his post tournament interview where he talks about how everyone in the tournament is much better than he is and how he’s thankful they just weren’t playing so well this tournament.
Have spent the last year learning Trivia. I started as a total noob/beginner, and have become pretty good since then (top 10% player on
@LearnedLeague
the most elite Trivia contest online). Here is my my process and journey😎
#Trivia