@Gyan49485 when did he mention "magnus was solely responsible for the chess boom"?
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xIsak606
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If Magnus was solely responsible for the chess boom and brought in the eyes, why have all his events - champions chess tournament and Freestyle went bankrupt/ shut down/ downsized within 2-3 years?
Sabharinath@MadhuSini39246
@Gyan49485 Gukesh vs Ding had more money in their WC matches because of the chess boom which happened during covid which benefited them and brought more eyes to their games not because they are more popular than Magnus. At least mention that fact.
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Matthias Bluebaum and Andrey Esipenko mogging where it matters 💯🥶
International Chess Federation@FIDE_chess
How tall are the candidates? 👀♟️ We asked the players of the FIDE Candidates 2026 — and these are the heights they gave us! Which one surprised you the most? 😄 #FIDECandidates #Chess #FIDE #Cyprus
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@gutsy_gambit He just doesn’t know this line with black, even I have it in my files for white, its practically lost.
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I know fuckall about chess but this seemed like Gukesh just walking into a positional strangulation. Very ugly move optically to me, black pieces have nowhere to go.
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@NepoWorldChamp Funny though that Naka would probably be something like 2770 without his games againts Fabi in the past 4 years
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@Gyan49485 The ironic thing is that Sindarov is hardly known for some godlike prep, Fabi for some reason couldn't remember his QGA file and Naka didn't know one of the main moves in a highly topical position
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Why is "prep" looked down upon? If someone is well prepared it means that they take the sport, it's fans, their own legacy seriously. It is a virtue.
Also the term is now used as "slander" against all players who excel in classical; even those with bad opening prep like Gukesh.
Ali Mortazavi@AAMortazavi
Sindarov is a fantastic player but he’s barely played a move, it’s all been prep. The one game he was out of prep he was lost… #chess
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@OnTheQueenside lower rated GM beat a higher rated GM in a freestyle event, are we supposed to freak out?
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Another castling mishap, perhaps?!
Harika may have beaten Awonder Liang because he didn't realize he's not allowed to castle out of check! 😱
lichess.org/broadcast/gren…
Women's Chess Coverage@OnTheQueenside
HUGE WIN!!!!!!!! GM Harika Dronavalli beat Super-GM Awonder Liang (2718) in the Grenke Freestyle Open today! 🇮🇳💪 lichess.org/broadcast/gren… 📷: Mark Livshitz; Lennart Ootes
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@chesseverapp why are you posting 0.X figured, round it to the nesrest whole number
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The April 2026 FIDE ratings are out, and here are the biggest rating gains among the top 100 players:
🥇 P. Eljanov 🇺🇦 | +22.5 (2681.5)
🥈 D. Navara 🇨🇿 | +19.6 (2645.6)
🥉 V. Pranav 🇮🇳 | +15.5 (2656.5)
4️⃣ M. Tabatabaei 🇮🇷 | +13.8 (2713.8)
5️⃣ P. Maghsoodloo 🇮🇷 | +12.3 (2720.3)
6️⃣ N. Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 | +9.3 (2780.3)
7️⃣ B. Amin 🇪🇬 | +8.8 (2630.8)
8️⃣ J. Sindarov 🇺🇿 | +8.5 (2753.5)
9️⃣ S. Sevian 🇺🇸 | +8.2 (2696.2)
🔟 H. Martirosyan 🇦🇲 | +7.3 (2633.3)
Who is your pick to cross 2700 or 2800 next?
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@AZSPORTSNETWORK @ReykjavikOpen don't need a comp to spot b3 lol. basic tact. just time-trouble unfortunately
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@ReykjavikOpen ok but still the point using a computer is using the computer-even Magnus talks about there is no more chess discussions it is all about going to the computers to tell people what the move was-
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Heartbreak for Vasyl Ivanchuk! He misses b3, plays Qb8, and it ends in a draw—but laughs when shown the winning move. #chess #reykjavikopen #ivanchuk
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@BishopPair Studying a whole new system like the accelerated dragon (which objectively just isn't at the level of Najdorf, when you consider the candidates) is highly impractical just to have something againts 2. Nc3.
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Even if I want to play the Najdorf, I always play 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6, because I find these Grand Prix positions unpleasant after 2…d6. I just let them ‘move order’ me into an accelerated dragon if they like, since they can’t play a maroczy.
Pragg - Giri feels like a vindication.
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@BishopPair Be6 is a second rate choice when he had many first rate choices to choose for. The problem was the knowledge gap, not opening itself. Prag is accepting a -0.2 pos simply due to knowledge gap.
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@isofarro @RenierCast Kramnik, Anand and Topalov were the big 3 in the 2000s. Hard to even consider Gukesh a part of the "big 10"
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@RenierCast Euwe, Botvinnik, Petrosian, Kramnik, Anand.
Many times the World Champion was not the strongest player in the world?
Endgame AI@EndgameaiChess
Garry Kasparov on the modern World Championship: “I’m not trying to take anything away from Gukesh Dommaraju or Ding Liren, but for me, the story of the classical World Championship ended with Magnus Carlsen. I’m a traditionalist. In my view, the world champion should be the strongest player on the planet.”
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Literally what am i supposed to do with this information
TMZ@TMZ
Jeffrey Epstein Guard Googled Him Less Than An Hour Before Death tmz.me/NZT8NQI
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Someone pull out that meme made by @gasipo_opinions 4 years ago about how people perceive 6.9 and 7.0 ratings
plumber_football@tichyburner
Someone help
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Nahhh he doesn’t want the best for the club. Who even is this guy?
Anfield Edition | æ@AnfieldEdition
Kenny Dalglish on Slot: "There’s a lot less patience these days and that’s a problem. If you don’t have patience, it’s unlikely you’ll have success. "Nothing just grows overnight. Nobody has ever walked into a club and won a trophy straightaway. Everyone has an opinion but things could be a bit more constructive at times."
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@evilcassieroll @levirelates he drew and lost the following game. MC lost 0.5 - 1.5.
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@levirelates 13 year old magnus showing up to beat the greatest chess player alive and still looking like he'd rather be anywhere else is peak gifted kid behavior
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The amount of effort needed just to be mid at this game is astonishing
Chess Master@xxChessMaster
13-year-old Magnus Carlsen getting bored while playing against chess legend Garry Kasparov. (2004)
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@abdullanayef @levirelates a 7-15 year old has never been the best player ever.
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@levirelates It’s one of the easiest most boring games ever thats why at any given point the best chess player is usually 7-15 years old.
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@SeanDOlfc mate that's not how it works, if anything he's worse off recently coming off a leg injury...
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@Sxne19iv2 bro typod, unfortunately that means you lose the argument
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Mourinho fan don't even debate anymore they iust look at you like this
Madrid Zone@theMadridZone
🚨 Mourinho: "I went to Arbeloa to tell him: "Look at this guy, Vini, he scores a great goal, and then he goes to the corner ACTING LIKE A FOOL." 🤮
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Salah has way more than that lmao
MessiXtra@MessiXtraHQ
🚨🏴 Most Goal contributions against Top 5 English Premier League clubs. 1. 🇦🇷 Agüero - 51 G/A (74 Games) 2. 🇪🇬 Salah - 50 G/A (51 Games) 3. 🏴 Vardy - 43 G/A (77 Games) 4. 🇸🇳 Mané - 33 G/A (60 Games) 5. 🇦🇷 Messi - 31 G/A (33 Games) A reminder that Lionel Messi has NEVER played in the Premier League. 🤯🐐
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