Our second Candidates preview special is here! Ahead of Monday’s resumption we assess the winners and losers so far, and make some earnest predictions. (We may also get distracted and work out who’d win in a cage match) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Each person has to make their own decisions. Mine is I will no longer follow or subscribe/re-subscribe to Twitch channels where chessbae is a mod. I respect those who feel differently, and am sad to lose time watching GothamChess, but we all gotta do what we gotta do, capisce?

This is obviously a must-listen! Listen to Griffin!

Gotta do better than deez... right here.

Fabi vs MVL makes clear just what a different game classical chess is and the high level of play. It's like suddenly remembering during the exciting play of March Madness that even the weakest pro is a level or three ahead of almost all of those players!

Caruana-MVL was a masterpiece. MVL's save today was masterful. #FIDECandidates

As time passes, it looks more and more likely GothamChess, Alireza Firouzja, and Alexandra Kosteniuk aren't going to do the right thing with chessbae. As Hobbes of Calvin & Hobbes) said, "I don't know what's more sad, that every man has his price, or that it's always so low."

Who else at MVL's level, historically, has so stubbornly stuck to one opening?

Remind me: Who left FIDE in 1993 to play a private match in order to earn extra money, and left us with Kirsan and Russia to clean up the mess?

Props to Magnus for his "death matches" -- so different from previous world champs in his willingness to stream, play so many events, and just be out there, to our benefit!

That was a TENSE game. Dubov came to play!

This is why lichess.org will always be free and open. It's also why it will likely always be my favorite and most recommended chess site: lichess.org/blog/YF-ZORQAA…

Wow, Ian moved up over Ding to take the #3 spot in the world and is edging up to 2800! - 2700chess.com #FIDECandidates

If I were a rich man...

Young ELO may be my favorite chess figure now.

Types of Chess Book

Doping is a legitimate danger to chess, and will only become more so. I take chess seriously and this is what happens when the sport grows up.

I miss Linares and Mar del Plata.

Congrats Magnus Carlsen - let’s make it 2 in a raw!

Does this mean Mr. Beast won't be invited to the next PogChamps?