The Golden Age of 2800s - July 2017 is the only month with 6 players with rating in the 2800s1yr ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz - Standings after end of Rapid section (end of day 3)6mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Did you know: Alexander Grischuk is one of only 2 players to have won the World Blitz Championship more than once? He won in 2006, 2012 and 2015. He also has a peak classical rating of 2810 and played in 5 Candidates - 2007, 2011 (runners-up), 2013, 2018 and 2020/212mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Hans Niemann passes Shankland and Robson in live ratings (on way down) as the US#8 and is now #34 in the world at 2703.9. With 3 more games in the tournament, this post is as worthless as yesterday's one.1yr ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Alireza Firouzja returns to classical chess 8 months after winning Sinquefield Cup 2022 (and with it - Grand Chess Tour 2022). He will play Superbet Chess Classic Romania (May 6 - May 15) and Norway Chess 2023 (May 30 - Jun 9). How do you think he will perform?1yr ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Alireza Firouzja confirms that with Magnus Carlsen no longer as World Champion, he prefers being #1 ranked player to becoming World Champion.6mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
[Ding Liren] withdrew from the GCT because of medical reasons. - Hikaru Nakamura8mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Computer evaluation of Firouzja's last 3 wins vs top SuperGMs (Mamedyarov, So & Ding)1yr ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Did you know: Veselin Topalov won FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 which was an 8-player double round robin tournament. He won 6 games in the first half and drew rest of the games to finish with 10/14, ahead of Anand & Svidler at 8.5pts. Then Classical Champion, Kramnik, did not participate.1mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
2700chess.com now shows Top 50 of every FIDE rating list (which started from 1967). Previously, only top 20 was available.3wk ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
Candidates 2024 Schedule - Round 1 on 4th April. 2.30pm EST, 6.30pm UTC, 8.30pm CET, 12.00am IST1mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
FIDE Circuit's wikipedia page updated with Anish Giri in 2nd place behind Fabiano Caruana after his 7.5/11 in Grand Swiss 20237mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
[Player Spotlight] Viktor Korchnoi - The greatest player to never become Champion?9mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz - Standings after end of day 4 (Blitz round 9 of 18)6mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess
[Player Spotlight] Rashid Nezhmetdinov a.k.a. No Reverse Gear Rashid - One of the Greatest Attacking players in Chess History8mo ⋅ sick_rock ⋅ r/chess