Hikaru is now the great Mr 6 7 for that deep think.

>>97830814
He should have waited 5 more minutes to beat Grischuk's record.

>>97830814
Would allowing the players to have a paper and pencil to do calculations or take notes reduce the amount of time that players take on thinking? Would it increase the level of play? Would it lead to more draws?

>>97831258
I would lose time writing things properly.
>Would it increase the level of play?
I don't see how you'd find the best move by writing.
>more draws?
Impossible at this level, they maxed out already.

>>97832596
My thought is that it would probably reduce thinking time. My IQ is 80, so it might just be me, but I think Hikaru would have done a bit better if he just wrote down all the possible moves and the different branches that could arise from them. Just to organize his thoughts, you know? It could have reduced his thinking time.

What's the likelihood of Mossad false-flagging the fuck out of the event?
Just think of the implications.

>>97833277
they could probably get more victims at a bus stop

Had a question as a beginner. Are there good youtubers (or books/text-based sources) that cover their thought process for chess games in minute detail, turn-by-turn? I know of Chess Vibes so I guess I'm looking for some more in that vein that go from first turn to last talking about their options and how they're approaching everything. Thanks.

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>>97830814
Sindarov status: not amused

>>97833993
Hanging Pawns by Stjepan.

>>>/vg/562471764

>>97834339
surely /tg/ is more fitting for chess than /vg/, even if this board is dead as fuck

>>97834501
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4lhdw7fuyY

Candidates round 6 is starting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8gyL05ilUw

Fabiano Caruana - Andrey Esipenko
Hikaru Nakamura - Praggnanandhaa R
Anish Giri - Matthias Bluebaum
Wei Yi - Javokhir Sindarov

Who can stop Sindarov? Maybe Magnus will return to classical to take this new challenge.

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Why does no one on Chess.com play Chess960 compared to say Lichess?

>>97836829
Did you try the tournaments?
https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/arena/chess960

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pic of the day

>>97837179
thanks bro, but its kind of hard to practice with just tournaments

>>97837521
Why didn't he just ask her to put the phone away?

Why are fide tournaments so sus?
Random nobodies can rack up a ton of draws, make it to the finals, and win the last game out of sheer luck. Why are people ok with watching 50 draws? Surely the rules need to change

>>97839297
It's not a FIDE rated event, and the game didn't start yet, so it wasn't a big deal. He did ask the arbiter to keep the phone, to prevent any problem for the girl.

>>97834818
Round 7:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSAymeoGiU

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>>97840752
my man scored!

>>97834009
I love this Balkan warlock.
Any Nocti users here? I can't tell if it's worth a subscription.

>>97833993
Inside the mind of a grandmaster:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFzVKZL5ZLmemWBW5MhyJPvBpaNU6mLIu

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>>97837521

final round of the Chess960 tourney with Magnus, Keymer, Abdusattorov, Nieman and many others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXrLwcBJCqo

It annoys me that people even play classic chess at all nowadays, Fischer already invented the best form of chess, I fucking suck at it but I enjoy it way more than predetermined read 1 million books of no value chess, if you enjoy memorization games thats great but chess isn't supposed to be that, it's supposed to evolve and has evolved over time, it's also no fun to beginners that someone who memorizes a few moves nukes them, who would want to play a board game like that? It's like history has ended, regardless, chess960 will eventually replace classic chess anyway, praise Fischer.

>>97847163
I partially agree but what do you do once people start memorizing lines for common 960 positions and history repeats itself?

>Magnus pussied out
married man taking no risk

>>97847163
just play blitz/bullet and go for wacky lines. that's what even top players do. nobody can memorise everything, by playing off hand stuff. you can eliminate prep very early into the game, and go from there.

>>97837521
That girl definitely can play. She finished just behind Harika.

>>97847760
Can't happen unless people can memorize 10,000+ different opening lines, for now it's a brand new game, Fischer was a genius, but if it ever gets stale again somehow people can just reinvent the game again, as has happened to chess many times in history already. People aren't supposed to neurotically gatekeep a game that was invented for fun and to exercise the intellect, to prove how good they are at memorizing and regurgitating vast swathes of theory, it's very symptomatic of modern intellectual affairs in general, it has to change, I believe even the best player ever Magnus said that 960 is the future. Just imagine when 960 is more popular the huge variation of games that will be played, how interesting it will be to see totally new games, I think that's what chess is supposed to be about, not just seeing the same 10 or whatever openings played over and over and over again, its enough to drive all but the most boring to insanity and probably why many beginners get so frustrated and just quit, and why wouldnt they? But if a beginner knew that they could find new and creative ways to win that possibly no one has ever found before, that makes it a lot less mind numbing and dare i say, fun!
>>97849853
Yeah i'm starting to do that more and more and it's at least more interesting even if a little annoying, it seems like it's hard to improve like that though, plus someone who knows more theory than you is probably still at a major advantage, much more fun to just play 960 where you actually think about the moves and get the checkmate, really wish 960 was played and promoted more.

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>>97850774

>>97840752
round 8:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGadB2D4UuU

What's the deal with Sindarov's preparation leaking? Is that like, some file with all the opening moves he has memorized?

>>97853470
some players use lichess studies as preparation because it's free and allows you to work remotely with other people, but the studies are public by default so sometimes they leak their prep by accident.

>>97853477
What is the content of that study, every opening line he's ever memorized?

>>97853527
every reasonable move his opponents might make and his response to it. not every line he's ever memorized, you typically only choose one response to keep down the complexity. the best move or some direction you want to carry the game.

>>97853470
Meaningless. He'll still win the tournament with only draws.

>>97852552
Another world championship*** with 3 asterisks.

i really want to watch the netflix docu without subscribing. is such a thing even possible

>>97859435
yeah, someone already uploaded it to mega
https://mega.nz/file/usF2GS6a#wG0wt4i5G0oGaXfZQfKQsLya5xpQoki31PhzMNfDjtc

>>97859441
wow thanks that's one fast and helpful answer

>>97859533
no problem, btw. check out the /vg/ general, it's much faster than this one.

>>97853470
Ding's prep leaked during his WC match. Someone was looking at his games and found exactly the same lines played on some smurf accounts.

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/dings-prep-has-been-leaked

>>97853382
Round 9:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDBZJ3i_4fs

>>97859897
Fabi’s imploding

>>97860849
He needs a mental coach.

>>97859897
I have this feeling that Giri can swindle this.

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Alright you pricks, pop quiz.

How long have you been playing, and what is the most important lesson you learned when you started to really get good?

>>97862297
5 years
playing is better than studying

>>97859897
round 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEwWeI7FWj8

Someone posted an over-the-board game recap some IM did of a Scandinavian he played against a GM, I can't seem to find it in the archive now, I'm pretty sure it was posted here. Anyone know who I might be talking about? I felt like it might be Hanging Pawns or John Bartholemew because you guys mention them alot but I can't find it.

>playing any competitive game other than chess
>win
>"dude im the best"
>lose
>"he just got lucky im literally ten times better than him"
>play chess
>win
>"i didnt really deserve that win, my opponent misplayed there"
>lose
>"im the worst chess player ever and ill never improve im a stupid fucking cunt"

having no rng, fog of war or bad teammates to blame is taking a toll on my mental health and confidence

>>97867849
maybe this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxW8Myw-vM

>>97868156
No it was a live recording like in real life, the view was of the board as if you were playing him OTB. There was an entire playlist of these IRL OTB recordings.

>>97868075
It should be the reverse in the long run. Chess is safe haven, it's constant, it's where you get for self reassurance. Everything else is fraught with variables that you have no control over, or they give you doubt. There is nothing like that in chess. It's also a deep pit of time spent poorly, probably.

https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026-open/round-10/G3oSxPgs/RN9BrHlK

absolute destruction, dude is on another lvl. next gen engine prep immortalised

>>97859617
Supposedly all the top players are aware of that.

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After playing a rapid game I wanted to check my opponent's profile and saw this prompt. I didn't even use the chat or try to message the guy. Is it safe to assume he reported me? I didnt know Kramnik was 1400 elo

>>97871469
I do that all the time just to unblock everyone every other month.

>>97871469
ITT baseless cheating accusations are a compliment rather than an insult.

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>>97868635
checking

>>97873285
now we know why's overperforming so hard. he gets to smash bibisara in a tropic paradise, that's his entire prep. he already has everything he needs, winning the candidates is just extra for him.

>>97865145
Round 11:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4pYj7bn6XA

I'm happy to see Richard Rapport playing in Menorca: https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1258119.aspx?lan=1&art=2&turdet=YES&flag=30&SNode=S0

>>97868075
>bad teammates to blame
You have to try Bughouse then.

did anybody notice cheaters on lichess bullet 1 minute (I'm around 1400-1500)? they play very badly for the first 40 seconds, dropping pawns and even losing pieces, and then suddenly turn into magus carlsen and beat me in 10 seconds, almost invariably having left ~10 seconds on their clock
never seen such phenomena a week ago

>>97876966
I don't see it. Don't play too much bullet anon, it's bad.

>>97878727
why? i can get away without learning openings

oh damn it's not a rest day at the Candidates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3JEa9qV6Es

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What's a good way to learn how to play properly if I know the rules and how the pieces move and all but don't know any strategies or moves and keep getting clapped when I wing it?

>>97880610
it's not too late anon just quit

>>97880610
>strategies
It's too early for that. Learn the principles first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXyJdetptXg

>>97880610
Read "How To Win At Chess" by Levi Rozman aka GothamChess.
Not even meme-ing, it's literally designed for casual beginners like yourself.

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BlueGOAT will win the last two games

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aesthetic!

>>97880671
>quit
good advice

>>97882492
It has been like 25 years since humans mattered in chess
All the real serious chess players moved onto hobby abstracts, like hive, Santorini, yinsh, etc.

>>97882492
I want to know the answer.
Also, why is the top rated woman like 500 Elo below the top rated man?

>>97885055
Smaller brain with less synapses.

Have computers and Chess engines been the worst thing that has happened to Chess in the history of the game?

>>97886698
They improved it. The cancer is FIDE.

>>97873789
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDxAOVgMp5g

>>97884668
>abstracts
When I'll retire from chess I'll do Tibetan mandalas.

>>97880540
Round 13:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YetaLdC9aBw

I was teaching myself Queen's.Gambit opening, but like 50% of the games in the Candidates were QGD. Is it that popular/meta right now? I don't want to be a boring Mary Sue.

>>97891611
any opening is playable on the online shitter and club player level. just play whatever you're comfortable with and gets your pieces in nice squares. what's popular on the super gm level changes like fashion.

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winner

>>97891970
>spoilers
lmao, there wasn't any doubt

>>97891611
>meta right now
By playing C4 after your opponent played D5 to your D4 is Queens Gambit. Accepted or declined is choice of black. Accepted is considered weaker since middle ages, literally, and this was confirmed by supercomputers, but top players still need to be prepared for it, since there are some traps later in the lines. QGD on other hand offers a million of fighting positions both for black and white. That's why it's so popular for both sides. Black can go for reti, indian, modern, queen's pawn, benoni... if he wishes to avoid Queen's Gambit, but every one of those is much narrower in opportunities and scope (or they transpose into a known line of Queen's Gambit), so a quality white player will be able to remember the lines and lead the match into, to him, known positions, offering him advantage.

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White completely misses my idea

>>97891018
Round 14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odd2bVZ_cv8

>>97894110
Coincidentally, the season 29 TCEC superfinal also just finished today. A new challenger displaced Leela Chess Zero, but still Stockfish still defeated Reckless +41 =36 -23 (59%). Quite a few more decisive games than the usual Stockfish-Leela battles (up to 78% drawn one year).

>>97895175
>decisive games
I believe it depends on the openings that they select.

Sindarov's coach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5TJMiHqiwc

>>97891611
It's a great opening. 1.e4 is boring.

>>97896957
1.e4 is best by test

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Central Asians are rising in Chess, even the amateurs are good, it seems like the soviets suppressed them.

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>>97898318
they are cute!

>>97891611
Candidates metas are weird and don't apply top 2600 GM games, let alone at the amateur level. If I had to guess, Queen's Gambit set-ups were most popular at the candidates essentially because the players were hesitant to allow their opponent to unleash some super deep engine prep in the Sicilian or French. See e.g. https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-candidates-open/04/Esipenko_Andrey-Giri_Anish. And QGD was the most popular response because it's probably the best objectively, alongside the Nimzo-Indian which also gets very theoretical and can be avoided via move order shenanigans.

As for d4 vs. e4 it's really just personal taste. In general, d4 is more positional and e4 more tactical but of course there are some very sharp d4 lines and very positional e4 lines. I will say that e4 has more variety in responses, as a lot of d4 responses transpose or lead to very similar structures.