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@mahajanrohan99 @mikhail_golubev Candidates 1959 (8 players 4RR), Tal had 8 wins after 14 rounds, finishing with 16 wins in 28 games

@mikhail_golubev Obviously it's a Candidates record. As you already mentioned that was WCC

well, I believe that it's a record for the Candidates, but Topalov won 6 games in the 2005 FIDE world championship (the same format otherwise) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIDE_Worl…

@chesseverapp He isn't the most underrated Champion—he’s the most distant in time

Emanuel Lasker held the World Chess Championship for 27 years (1894 to 1921). No one else comes close. Not Fischer. Not Kasparov. Not Carlsen. Twenty-seven years as the best in the world. Is he the most underrated World Champion ever? Drop your pick #Chess #ChessHistory

@Sir_di_Corinto @Eurosport_IT Perché vince le partite, easy. Poi perde quelle che contano ma questo è un altro discorso

@Eurosport_IT Io mi domando come faccia l'italietta nazional- calcistica ad occupare il dodicesimo posto nel ranking FIFA . - Qualcuno me lo spiega ?🤔

Nonostante l'eliminazione nella finale playoff per mano della Bosnia, la partecipazione dell'Italia ai Mondiali 2026, che si disputeranno dall'11 giugno al 19 luglio negli Stati Uniti, in Canada e in Messico, non è uno scenario impossibile. Il nodo della questione è legato all'Iran che, a causa della guerra in corso con gli Stati Uniti, potrebbe decidere di dare forfait 'liberando' così un posto che poi la Fifa dovrebbe colmare. Secondo il regolamento, la scelta della Nazionale che prenderebbe il posto della selezione iraniana sarebbe a totale discrezione proprio della stessa Fifa 🌍 L'Italia, che occupa la 12esima posizione nel ranking, potrebbe essere in pole position ma - secondo quanto filtra al momento - l'opzione più probabile sarebbe quella di colmare il vuoto lasciato dall'Iran chiamando un'altra Nazionale asiatica (gli Emirati Arabi?). Esiste, tuttavia, anche un'altra possibilità al vaglio della Fifa: a rivelarlo è The Athletic ⚽️ 𝐋'𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐚 𝐞 𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 💡 The Athletic, nello specifico, rivela che la Fifa starebbe pensando di selezionare l'eventuale sostituta dell'Iran attraverso un playoff intercontinentale che vedrebbe la partecipazione di alcune Nazionali che non sono riuscite a qualificarsi alla Coppa del Mondo. L'Italia, che tra le escluse è quella col ranking migliore, sarebbe in questo caso certamente coinvolta. 🗳️ Va detto che l'ipotesi è piuttosto remota, ma in tal senso esiste un precedente piuttosto recente. In occasione dell'ultimo Mondiale per Club, giocato la scorsa estate proprio negli Usa, i messicani del Leon erano stati esclusi per avere violato la regola sulle multiproprietà: per stabilire la squadra sostituta era stato disputato uno spareggio tra il Club America (squadra messicana col ranking più alto) e il Los Angeles FC (sconfitto dal Leon nella finale della Concacaf Champions League). A spuntarla erano stati i losangelini. 📂 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚̀ 𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐚? ⏰ I Mondiali 2026 inizieranno tra due mesi, l'11 giugno ed è chiaro che l'Iran non potrà decidere troppo a ridosso. Un indizio arriva dal regolamento della Fifa secondo cui una Nazionale che decida di ritirarsi dal Campionato del mondo a meno di 30 giorni dalla prima partita sarà punita con una multa di circa 500mila euro. Entro il 13 maggio, quindi, una decisione dovrà necessariamente essere presa. 🔚

@GMJacobAagaard Tal had 8 wins in the first 14 rounds of the 1959 Candidates (8 players, quadruple round-robin), finishing with 16 wins

We had the same format in 2005 and 2007. When it was a World Championship tournament. But this changes little for the players. Topalov won six games in St Luis in 2005 as well. And dominated the event.

A great performance in Candidates usually leads to losing World Championship Nepo 2906❌ Caruana 2888❌ Karjakin 2860❌ Nepo 2855❌ Carlsen 2854✅ Anand 2850❌ Gukesh 2847✅ Guest Star Ding 2817✅ To perform like a future World Champion Sindarov needs 1/4 in the next round (2852)

@chess_insights @rpraggnachess

Even if Hikaru decides to play, Abdu needs Alireza to register too. Because in a Hikaru but no Alireza situation, @rpraggnachess can just choose to not play World Rapid and qualify to candidates. Very fine margins.

@chess_insights @rpraggnachess Are registrations for the Blitz and Rapid World Championships not closed?”

@Galactic_Vista @ChessbaseIndia @grok @AskPerplexity 99,9% Arimetically only Abdusattorov can surpass him

The FIDE Candidates list for 2026 is almost ready! 1. Hikaru Nakamura (2811) - World no.2 2. Fabiano Caruana (2795) - World no.3 *3. R. Praggnanandhaa (2761) - World no.7 4. Anish Giri (2760) - World no.8 5. Wei Yi (2755) - World no.9 6. Javokhir Sindarov (2726) - World no.22 7. Andrey Esipenko - (2686) - World no.34 8. Matthias Bluebaum (2679) - World no.43 * Pragg's qualification will be decided on 31st of December if he remains on top of the FIDE Circuit Leaderboard. The winner of this tournament will take on D. Gukesh in the World Championship Match in 2026 for the world chess crown. Candidates 2026 will take place in Cyprus from 28th of March to 16th of April 2026. What are your feelings about this Candidates and who are you rooting for? #chess #chessbaseindia #fidecandidates2026

@liang_zimi34491 news about The 16th China Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament?

@TarjeiJS For sure even if he subscrives ten minutes before the start 😁

@Megalovic I think he will play, and I think he will be allowed to participate even if he misses the deadline 🙂

@TarjeiJS Will Carlsen play the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships? He's not here, and there were just a few days left until registration closed worldrapidandblitz2025.fide.com/fide-world-rap…

@chess24com @MagnusCarlsen Will Carlsen play the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships? He's not here, and there were just a few days left until registration closedù worldrapidandblitz2025.fide.com/fide-world-rap…

"Looking at a bunch of exciting tiebreak games can cure a lot of conditions including morning tiredness. I love watching the World Cup and especially the first few rounds when you have tiebreaks galore and a lot of upsets. This is great!" - @MagnusCarlsen #FIDEWorldCup2025

@EmilSutovsky PS When asking for Elo average to qualify for FIDE events, with a minimum number of games played, you should only count games with a maximum difference of rating opponent of 400 Elo points.

@EmilSutovsky Talking about > 2650? 36 games (more or less 4 Tournaments) Opponent Elo max -400 1 Elo point less for each game played less (so at most he loses 36 points) Example, Carlsen would be losing 21 Elo points if he decided not to play any games until the end of the year

FIDE questionnaire was sent to 150 players couple of days ago, and we already got few dozens of answers. We expect to collect 100+ replies by the next week, and then FIDE will review it all before taking a decision if to change anything, and if yes, how to change it. Meanwhile, you are welcome to share here your opinion on the most critical questions: Do you think the ratings for top players shall decay? Shall there be a rating decay, what should be a minimum of classical rated games per year? What shall be a minimal average opposition for that player to count towards the total (no minimum/his own Elo minus 200/minus 400). Shall this minimum not be reached, would you find it fair to deduct rating points (if yes, how many)? Or maybe use a higher K-factor, but only for their negative results? To remind everyone: today it is enough to play one rated game per year in order not to be considered inactive. And even if you are inactive, and then resume playing, you get back with the same rating. Do you feel it should be kept like that?

@TarjeiJS Very nice statistics. It would have been useful to also see the players' birth year.

The biggest rating gains over 2300 from September to October.

@ChessProblem hikaru should draw a game, that way at least he wouldn't have gained Elo and wouldn't have farmed

tbh hikaru should just do this

@PHChess Without Carlsen, any system will generate a random World Champion 😁

As people write that Blübaum deserved to qualify, I generally agree and it is not what I want to discuss. But if we agree on the premise that it was deserved, why are we OK with it depending on the result in Erigaisi-Keymer? My point is that Swiss are too random.

Here is a breakdown of how the three top boards affect the Candidates qualification chances of all players with any hopes of a top two finish. Base odds going into the round, and how the odds shift based on results in the given game.

@ChessNumbers Thanks for the replies and congratulations on the good and useful work you do.

@Megalovic If Giri and Niemann draw, Giri has the better TB2 almost every single time. Here are the w/d/l odds the model is using for each game.