Gollum Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 LINK More big news. Vidit joins Pragg in men's candidates, Gukesh or Arjun may join, let's see. Vaishali, who is Pragg's sister, wins the women's event. The #FIDEGrandSwiss has officially concluded with the closing ceremony!Congratulations to the winners! Open Vidit Gujrathi Hikaru Nakamura Andrey Esipenko Women Vaishali Anna Muzychuk Tan Zhongyi pic.twitter.com/9XorXTukev— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) November 6, 2023 Candidates Tournament 2024:1.Ian Nepomniachtchi2. Praggnanandhaa3. Fabiano Caruana4. Nijat Abasov5. Vidit Gujrathi6. Hikaru Nakamura7. The winner of the 2023 FIDE Circuit8. Highest rating for January 2024— agadmator (@agadmator) November 5, 2023 Vidit Gujrathi: "The entire family of Pragg and Vaishali will be over the moon, that is great! There is still one place in the #FIDECandidates; I don't know who will take it, but it could be an Indian - who knows!" #FIDEGrandSwiss pic.twitter.com/W5zYk9HzeJ— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) November 5, 2023 nikrulz and Mariyam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 (edited) Brother and sister in candidates. Who knows both may become world champs in their respective divisions. Vaishali also very close to GM title, narrowly missed it in the Swiss, needed a win in her final round but drew. Won FIDE Women Grandswiss and Qualified to Candidates 2024! Will be joining my brother in candidates:) @rpragchess Congrats @viditchess anna!! Great games! pic.twitter.com/6F0meogmbQ — Vaishali (@chessvaishali) November 6, 2023 "I think it all started from one man, Vishy Anand; he started everything. I think every chess player keeps him as a role model and follows his path" - Vaishali about the success of Indian chess players. Watch the interview https://t.co/KuunIxoD1r pic.twitter.com/O92iqlVVpY — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) November 6, 2023 This is Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali Rameshbabu. They just made history. For the first time ever, 2 siblings will play in the chess candidates tournaments. There is a chance we may have a brother and a sister as the two World Champions of chess. pic.twitter.com/3ga6QIjdaF — GothamChess (@GothamChess) November 5, 2023 Imagine how the parents will feel like. Their mom is already pretty famous in chess circles and rightly so. Edited November 6, 2023 by Gollum BacktoCricaddict, Mariyam, Vickydev and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I’m looking forward to the Praggnanandhaa vs Nepomniatchchi game. Other boards would have blitzed out 10 moves by the time these two write their names on the team sheet. Texan and BacktoCricaddict 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 1 minute ago, Mariyam said: I’m looking forward to the Praggnanandhaa vs Nepomniatchchi game. Other boards would have blitzed out 10 moves by the time these two write their names on the team sheet. Opposite no? These two blitz out while others write names on their sheets.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gollum said: Opposite no? These two blitz out while others write names on their sheets.... You killed my joke et tu @Gollum While these two play each other and are writing their names on the game sheet, on another board, say a So vs Vidit would be at move 10. Texan and Vickydev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 6, 2023 Author Share Posted November 6, 2023 7 minutes ago, Mariyam said: You killed my joke et tu @Gollum While these two play each other and are writing their names on the game sheet, on another board, say a So vs Vidit would be at move 10. Oops, yeah missed the joke completely. Good one yam !!!! Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Mariyam said: I’m looking forward to the Praggnanandhaa vs Nepomniatchchi game. Other boards would have blitzed out 10 moves by the time these two write their names on the team sheet. They are going to need someone to do a spell check. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 Congratulations to Vidit and Vaishali! Never expected Vidit to make it since he is not really a young and rising player at this stage. But, kudos to him to be able to clinch that coveted spot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillu Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 During the recent world championship finals between Pragg and Carlsen I came to know that Pragg is Carlsen's father. The chat window of Chess24 youtube live stream was full of "Pragg is Carlsen's father" messages. Pragg must be a proud father for having one of the greatest chess players as his son. Lord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikrulz Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Now want Gukesh to qualify. With Carlsen not interested in World title anymore....I think any of the candidates (Barring Nepo) will fancy their chance against Ding Liren. Note: Liren only qualified for the Finals due to Carlsen's withdrawal. Nepo also choked big time in that championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted November 7, 2023 Author Share Posted November 7, 2023 As much as I want one of the Indians to reclaim the crown, a world champ won't be respected as long as Magnus is active. Maybe Caruana will get some respect but not the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 5 hours ago, nikrulz said: Now want Gukesh to qualify. With Carlsen not interested in World title anymore....I think any of the candidates (Barring Nepo) will fancy their chance against Ding Liren. Note: Liren only qualified for the Finals due to Carlsen's withdrawal. Nepo also choked big time in that championship. Nepo always chokes in these kind of tournaments. His game works when he is playing different players within the same tournament but when it is the same opponent over a large number of games, he runs out of steam in later games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 19 hours ago, Gollum said: As much as I want one of the Indians to reclaim the crown, a world champ won't be respected as long as Magnus is active. Maybe Caruana will get some respect but not the others. Respected by whom? This is not the same Magnus as a few years ago. Pragg ran him close in the FIDE WC. And if he doesn't want to compete, what is one to do? It is actually the other way around, if Magnus still wants to be considered the best player atm, he should compete. That said he is an all time great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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