Mariyam Posted June 20, 2025 Posted June 20, 2025 22 hours ago, Gollum said: Definitely good chances. Indian chess is well supported now, these ladies seem to have high ceiling. Competition is also lesser than it was 10-15 years ago when Hou Yifan, Anna Muzychuk, Humpy were steady 2600+ players. How cool will it be if both Pragg and Vaishali become world champions!!! Would love if Gukesh can defend his title a few times. That way it’s clear that it’s not a fluke WC win. I mean we know it isn’t, but the detractors are silenced. After that Pragg and Vaishali can both be World Champions simultaneously. And Nihal win the bullet world championship. Gollum, Tillu and Lord 3
Gollum Posted June 20, 2025 Author Posted June 20, 2025 47 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Would love if Gukesh can defend his title a few times. That way it’s clear that it’s not a fluke WC win. I mean we know it isn’t, but the detractors are silenced. After that Pragg and Vaishali can both be World Champions simultaneously. And Nihal win the bullet world championship. Can happen since these guys are so young. Both, maybe more can win multiple titles. Mariyam 1
Gollum Posted June 28, 2025 Author Posted June 28, 2025 Pragg continues his amazing 2025 run. Wins UzChess cup (classical) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Btw Tashkent will host the next Olympiad in 2026. Super strong field: GM Arjun Erigaisi (IND) GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (IND) GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (RUS) GM Aravindh Chithambaram (IND) GM Richard Rapport (HUN) GM Parham Maghsoodloo (IRI) GM Javokhir Sindarov (UZB) GM Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB) GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (UZB) Mariyam and Tillu 2
Gollum Posted June 28, 2025 Author Posted June 28, 2025 Pragg also reaches a career high ranking of #4, within striking range of Caruana (6 points difference). Gukesh #5, Arjun #6. 2026 world title match, Gukesh vs Pragg/Arjun, please make it happen. Mariyam 1
Gollum Posted June 28, 2025 Author Posted June 28, 2025 Pragg beat Arjun and Nodirbek back to back. Nodirbek isn't talked about enough, always feel he is the main threat to our next gen, not Firouzja/Wei Yi/Keymer. Mariyam and Tillu 2
Gollum Posted June 28, 2025 Author Posted June 28, 2025 Half the year over. For me, Pragg is the player of the year till now, winning the big supertourneys which @rangeelaraja often talks about. Mariyam 1
New guy Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 @Gollum brilliant by Gukesh, 5 wins in a row in rapid including defeating Magnus now. This is after Magnus called Gukesh the weakest player in the entire line up. velu, Tillu, Gollum and 2 others 5
Gollum Posted July 3, 2025 Author Posted July 3, 2025 (edited) 1 minute ago, New guy said: @Gollum brilliant by Gukesh, 5 wins in a row in rapid including defeating Magnus now. This is after Magnus called Gukesh the weakest player in the entire line up. Saw the entire game bro, outplayed him from a worse position. Best part was Kasparov commentating. Edited July 3, 2025 by Gollum bouncers, Mariyam, Tillu and 2 others 5
Gollum Posted July 3, 2025 Author Posted July 3, 2025 Wignats lose it when Viking Carlsen loses to Indians. Gukesh must be living rent free inside their tiny brains. Love their meltdown. Lone Wolf, Tillu, bouncers and 1 other 4
New guy Posted July 3, 2025 Posted July 3, 2025 This is what Magnus had said @Gollum https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fofmjdg8i1paf1.png Tillu, Gollum and Mariyam 3
Gollum Posted July 3, 2025 Author Posted July 3, 2025 (edited) 26 minutes ago, New guy said: This is what Magnus had said @Gollum https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fofmjdg8i1paf1.png We all get it that Gukesh is a work in progress in speed chess, but the way these guys go on and on, clear case of jealousy and insecurity, maybe even some subtle racism. Gukesh has never made boastful claims about his chess, never claimed he was some legend in rapid/blitz. Humble kid going about his work, always graceful in victory and dignified in defeat. And he is the world classical champion, not rapid/blitz champion. Sucks for his haters that classical chess has all the big titles (world championship, Olympiad, World Cup, Candidates, Grand Swiss, Wijk aan Zee etc.) and legacy, no other format comes close. Gukesh will figure out all formats eventually, may take a couple of years, may take even 5, kid is just 19. But he will seal his legacy before the eyes of his critics. Edited July 3, 2025 by Gollum Mariyam, Lord, New guy and 1 other 4
rangeelaraja Posted July 4, 2025 Posted July 4, 2025 (edited) Gukesh wins 5 games back to back against top 5 ranked players in rapid chess. Performance rating 3000+ so far. @Gollum @Mariyam Edited July 4, 2025 by rangeelaraja velu, Gollum and Mariyam 3
Mariyam Posted July 4, 2025 Posted July 4, 2025 Apart from his first game, Gukesh has had a stellar Rapid Tournament. Lets hoe he carries this form into the Blitz rounds.
Mariyam Posted July 5, 2025 Posted July 5, 2025 Gukesh wins the Rapid event. He is on 14 points. Second placed Duda on 11. Now 18 games of Blitz over today and tomorrow to determine the overall winner. Tillu and Gollum 2
Gollum Posted July 5, 2025 Author Posted July 5, 2025 33 minutes ago, Mariyam said: Gukesh wins the Rapid event. He is on 14 points. Second placed Duda on 11. Now 18 games of Blitz over today and tomorrow to determine the overall winner. Doubt he will win the whole event but proud to see the strides he has made in rapid. Let others do the talking, our youngsters will quietly make gains in all formats. Mariyam 1
Gollum Posted July 5, 2025 Author Posted July 5, 2025 (edited) When Anand used to dominate speed chess in 90s, goras would bring up classical to hype up Kasparov.....Kasparov was #1, Anand #2 and gap was quite comfy for Kaspy except in 1997 and 98 (only years Kasparov didn't win Chess Oscar that decade). Not that I disagree with that, because for me classical is the ultimate format, like test cricket. But imagine if we had rapid ratings or yearly world championships in rapid/blitz, how much Anand would have won compared to the Russians. Kids these days have no idea how good he was in speed chess back in the day, heck as a 47-48 year old, he won the world rapid in 2017 ahead of Carlsen and co., beating Carlsen with black in their H2H, and bronze in the blitz. Now when an Indian is world champion, they go on and on about his results in faster time controls, while downplaying his classical achievements. Hypcorisy of these guys is amazing. Edited July 5, 2025 by Gollum Mariyam, Lord and Tillu 3
randomGuy Posted July 5, 2025 Posted July 5, 2025 (edited) Gukesh 0/5 in blitz so far, still joint lead at 14poiñts with magnus. If this continues gukesh will be out of top 3 soon Edited July 5, 2025 by randomGuy Lord and Mariyam 2
randomGuy Posted July 6, 2025 Posted July 6, 2025 No need for sad smiley :D . It is what it is... Indian players are no match for magnus in lower time controls.
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