Mariyam Posted April 22 Posted April 22 Haven't been following it, but its all over my feed. Magnus wins the Grenke freestyle event with a perfect 9/9. Only the second person (after Fischer) to do so.
Mariyam Posted April 22 Posted April 22 The unsung doyen of Indian chess: Sagar Shah being on the other side of the interview for once: Tillu 1
Gollum Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 (edited) 6 hours ago, Mariyam said: Haven't been following it, but its all over my feed. Magnus wins the Grenke freestyle event with a perfect 9/9. Only the second person (after Fischer) to do so. Only one 2700+ opponent though. In the modern era nothing comes close to Caruana's 2014 Sinquefield performance. 7/7 run against Carlsen, Aronian, Naka, Topalov, MVL. Edited April 22 by Gollum Mariyam 1
Gollum Posted Friday at 02:53 AM Author Posted Friday at 02:53 AM (edited) 2024 was Gukesh and Arjun's year. This year will be all Pragg the way things are going. Playing so well in Bucharest. Gukesh shouldn't be disheartened, dip after such a high is common only. He will bounce back soon, and then stabilize. Edited Friday at 02:54 AM by Gollum Mariyam 1
Mariyam Posted Friday at 10:29 AM Posted Friday at 10:29 AM 7 hours ago, Gollum said: 2024 was Gukesh and Arjun's year. This year will be all Pragg the way things are going. Playing so well in Bucharest. Gukesh shouldn't be disheartened, dip after such a high is common only. He will bounce back soon, and then stabilize. Gukesh has far more resilience and control over his emotions than the rest of our guys. He is still world #3 and the world champion. So what dip are you referring to?
Gollum Posted Saturday at 04:05 AM Author Posted Saturday at 04:05 AM 17 hours ago, Mariyam said: Gukesh has far more resilience and control over his emotions than the rest of our guys. He is still world #3 and the world champion. So what dip are you referring to? His performances since Wijk.
Gollum Posted Saturday at 04:11 AM Author Posted Saturday at 04:11 AM Follows up Wijk win with a win here in GCT, Bucharest classical. Elite field, apart from these 3 guys also had Caruana, Gukesh, Aronian, Nodirbek, Duda, So. 2 supertournament victories for Pragg in WC year. Let's go boy....world number 7 now and within striking range of number 3. This is his and Aravindh's year.
Gollum Posted Saturday at 04:15 AM Author Posted Saturday at 04:15 AM #3 Arjun #5 Gukesh #7 Pragg #11 Aravindh Chithambaram (biggest gainer this year) This can be a kickass world beating starting team in next year's Olympiad. With Vidit/Hari in reserves. PS: Top 2 Carlsen, Naka have hardly played classical this year, this protected rankings crap should go. If you don't play you should lose points like in ICC ratings.
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