Chess - classic or dud?

bit disrespectful spinning it out that long tbh

Nepo leading the tournament. Would be a good challenger for Carlsen; he wouldn't win of course but there might be some fun games

I think Nepo has a pretty good record against Carlsen so it could be interesting. I still think Caruana will come through in the end - he's got experience winning the big tournaments.

6th round, Nepo in a winning position against Ding

FIDE stops #FIDECandidates

Official announcement - Starting March 27, 2020, Russia interrupts air traffic with other countries without indicating any time frames. In this situation FIDE President decided to stop the tournament.https://t.co/bnDDJhFuiG pic.twitter.com/YYo3SMidqj

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) March 26, 2020

They're taking everything away from us lads

ffs this has been keeping me going

Sad times!

maybe we can just give it to MVL lol

They're taking everything away from us lads

― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:10 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

ffs this has been keeping me going

― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, March 26, 2020 11:27 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

Magnus tasted what it was like to have the world's eyes on chess, and liked what he saw

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-launches-online-chess-super-tournament

As a non-expert, I'm curious how they're going to prevent cheating in an online tournament like this. Wouldn't it be extremely easy for someone to use a computer to suggest moves? Or would that be easy to detect?

they will probably have to reveal everything in their room and share screens etc. odd behaviour can be easily detected by ppl who play a *lot* i think?

also there's the matter of pride and reputation, these people don't want even a cloud of suspicion over them.

also, if someone went through a tournament playing computer first and second choice moves with the occasional suboptimal that maintains advantage then idk there'd be questions

enjoying hikaru’s rapport with the streamers

Candidates is on again and Fabi has already sacked 3 pawns and a piece

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/1

Ok they have the same number of pieces now at least. Must have been an inbetween move!

anyone watching the World Championship match at the moment? Looks like Carlsen is edging it

I'll tune in, but this (who is doing better) is one of those things I cannot possibly have an opinion on. Pure spectacle

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/carlsen-nepomniachtchi-world-chess-championship-2021/1/1/1

judit polgar and anish giri arguing is all part of the fun

me, an idiot: 'nepo is up a pawn, he must be winning'

oh that's absolutely my level too, but that's why the theory chat is so fascinating

game 6 looks like being more exciting

and is

carlsen dicing with the clock to unveil something that could be spectacular

but nepo has blundered under pressure to help

aaahhh the counterblunder!

Now its a bullet game.

magnus won it, then lost it, and may be winning it again now. what an epic

wooooow

GAME OVER

136 moves

awesome

gg