R9 #ChessOlympiad highest combined ELO Gukesh-Abdusattorov Carlsen-Fedoseev Caruana-Rapport Tabatabaei-Wei Yi Ding Liren-Maghsoodloo Erigaisi-Vokhidov Sindarov-Praggnanandhaa Leko-So Vitiugov-Le Quang Liem Navara-Duda

In addition to India's first time, these #ChessOlympiad marked the (final?) decline of the European, off the podium for the first time in history. Serbia, who was able to field the russians Predke and Sarana, was 5th After all, there are only 3 Europeans in the world's top 15

Saint Louis Chess Club official statement regarding the expelling of GM Christopher Yoo from the 2024 U.S. Chess Championship.

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Why isn't the Qatar Master part of the FIDE Circuit? It's incredible! Qatar Chess International Chess Federation chess24 Chess.com

Abdusattorov and Gukesh join International Chess Federation World Rapid & Blitz Championships! Top average Elo Carlsen 2864 Firouzja 2814 Nakamura 2808 Caruana 2781 So 2771 MVL 2770 Nepomniachtchi 2764 Duda 2758 Aronian 2747 Wei Yi 2740 Dubov 2731 Abdusattorov 2724 Erigaisi 2722 Yu Yangyi 2713

Can we call this World Chess Championship Match "The Art of the draw"? Not all draws are boring. Very exciting! #DingGukesh

Ding Liren is now leading FIDE Circuit 2025 with 40,64 points!

18 must to be the lucky number of Gukesh!

India joins the very small group of nations that have had at least two undisputed World Chess Champions USSR US (Steinitz Fischer) India (Anand #Gukesh) Russia (Kasparov* Kramnik) *doubt Formally in 1990 Kasparov was USSR but he decided to play under the flag of Russia

Who did the most damage to the timeline of the World Chess Champions?

FIDE Circuit 2023 - Fabiano Caruana wins FIDE Circuit 2024 - Caruana wins There is no doubt about who has been the most "consistent" player at high levels in this two-year period.

. Alireza Firouzja will decide "elegant minor deviations" allowed

Bluebaum and Firouzja are the only sure to qualify for the Candidates if they win The others have the same ARO_1 so if so if 3 ends at 8/11 Buchholz would decide! ARO after 11 rounds Bluebaum 2695 Firouzja 2684 Niemann Giri Keymer 2668 #FIDEGrandSwiss

Only these players with 6.5 points have a chance of qualifying for the Candidates. Of course, they must win and hope that at most only one of the 7-points players wins. ARO_1 Mishra 2730 Erigaisi 2687 Woodward 2686 #FIDEGrandSwiss

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.

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)

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