Whoever wins the chess world championship is 100% a legitimate champion. The fact that Magnus is #1 in rating means nothing in the context. It's the same if Magnus had played himself and lost; it'd be ridiculous to say that the winner wasn't legitimate because Magnus was still higher in rating. Carlsen didn't have it in him to defend his crown so it won't be his anymore in any sense. Simple. #Chess #FIDE #Chess24 #Ding #Nepo #Carlsen

Current chess news hot takes:

1) Alireza not playing because (presumably) not getting offered enough money is disappointing and ridiculous and makes him look bad. He's also probly regretting not being in Wijk aan Zee in a big way right now with such an excellent group of players

2) I miss the Tania Sachdev / Peter Leko commentator combo; they are the best. No contest. Makes me very sad not to see them working together; so wholesome and enthusiastic

3) chess.com's acquisition of chess24 sucks; chess.com and many of the people in that orbit are the most annoying chess dudebros. Also lichess is an infinitely better platform (and free / open-source). Fuck chess.com

#TataSteel #chess #lichess #chess24

Round 1 of Tata Chess
Later today.

#chess #tata #hoogovens
#Carlsen #chess24

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-masters-2023/1/1/1

I'm watching the World Rapid #Chess Championship

#chess24 #carlsen

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-rapid-championship-2022/3/1/1

• Schach - chess •

♟️ Champions Chess Tour Finals | Day 7 | Commentary by David, Jovanka & Kaja | engl | Live ♟️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzGo2uRRkCc

#Schach #chess #ChessChamp #chess24 #TourFinals2022 #Live
#MagnusCarlsen

• Schach - chess •

♟️Champions Chess Tour Finals | Day 5 | Commentary by David, Jovanka & Kaja | engl | Live♟️

#Schach #chess #ChessChamp #chess24 #TourFinals2022 #Live
#MagnusCarlsen

https://youtu.be/fUlb756ZGy4

• Schach - chess •

♟️ Champions Chess Tour Finals | Day 4 | Commentary by David, Jovanka & Kaja | engl | Live ♟️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk_UhpusSuU

#Schach #chess #ChessChamp #chess24 #TourFinals2022 #Live
#MagnusCarlsen

• chess - Schach | Feierabend •

Champions Chess Tour Finals | Day 3 | Commentary by David, Jovanka & Kaja | Live ♟️| engl.

#Schach #chess #ChessChamp #chess24 #TourFinals2022 #Live
#MagnusCarlsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHqshX1TEP8

#chesscom made a bid for ownership of the #playmagnus group today. not sure what that means? well, here's the breakdown.

magnus carlsen is famous chess man. gets many dollaroos. has comoany with his name on it and some ownership. starts buying out a bunch of chess services and publications (#chessable and new in chess) and has his iwn chess server in #chess24 in 2021. realizes that all that acquiring was actually kinda expensive and playmagnus is running low on money. in that regard, this move is not surprising.

chesscom, world's biggest #chess server by virtue of being for-profit and being called chess dot com, makes an offer to playmagnus. they'll probably accept due to having spent $$$ that they really kinda didn't have. here's what chesscom is currently running:

-chesscom (duh), world's biggest chess server
-chesskid
-speed chess championship
-titled tuesday
-pogchamps

Läuft nicht so bei chess24: Ab sofort werden die deutschsprachigen Angebote stark zurückgefahren, anscheinend fehlt das Geld.
https://holger-schacht.blogspot.com/2022/05/chess24-stellt-deutschen-dienst-ein.html
#schach #chess24