Yes, it's funny seeing those who come up a lot. Andrew Tang's massive number of games also helps him feature a lot.

wilf's lichess account is 3 wins away from Magnus Carlsen

Turns out I have played that 1900!

Vaishali's win seals the candidates.

You have to feel for Zhu Jiner who was so often excellent but foiled chances over and over.

Vaishali deserves it for keeping a cool head in a wild tournament.

Impossible!

This would require Zhu Jiner to draw. I dont think she knows what a draw is.

*FOR EXAMPLE*

Maybe we need a bad Candidates Takes only thread.

We should require the commentary team to made up exclusively of people who are paid in schadenfreude.

There is 0% chance Zhu Jiner draws.

Zhu finishing on 7 with +5 -5 would be sadly poetic for her

Just don't let Jan jinx Zhu Jiner tomorrow! We need whatever coin she has been flipping to come up good tomorrow for maximum drama

This took a while, (kept putting the queen on the wrong diagonal).

Weirdly counter-intuitive

Looks like Sindarov is volunteering for defensive duties in order to clinch his title challenge today. Seems like both the odds-on approach and one that will be dismantled if it doesn't work, according to the law of hindsight sports analysis. #chess #Candidates2026

oh god oh fuck I took the metro to the Tisza rally and all these kids POURED OUT of the train at the stop and started running up the escalators chanting, and briefly held hands with the older people leaving the rally and going down on the escalator, and I think I may actually just cry

Here you go - Reeves was white, vs me, from a junior tournament (under 14) in 1993 lichess.org/5UNLcdun

I have wanted to see an actual game from Reeves for the past two years.

I am sympathetic to her lack of ideas against the French (no political pun intended)

i clicked through to check, but was sure there was bitter disappointment ahead, and no information on the game will be available. imagine my shock:

coryhazlehurst.substack.com/p/what-can-w...

that's how it's done, folks - much like one should always include a docket link

From Taketaketake: Chess.com has unfortunately terminated the broadcast partnership with TTT with immediate effect.

It seems TakeTakeTake have been asked to stop streaming Titled Tuesday in an apparent retaliation by Chess.com to yesterday's announcement?

I guess as of yesterday TTT is being a competitor, but pretty crazy this happened in the middle of an event.

This one makes me happy I think it's the geometry.

Chess fans: this is GM Jonathan Tisdall heading off to Cyprus. He's threatening to make a vacation of it, but he's worked for decades as a correspondent for top publications at big chess events. Definitely someone to follow

We have been spoiled by @polborta.bsky.social

alright alright pipe down

"I'm on Bluesky. I want people to move over." - @polborta.bsky.social

if any of you degenerates are still on twitter, let them know

I imagine Nodirbek is wondering how he is going to beat Yagiz Khan Erdogmus at the next candidates so he can face his countryman in 2028.

Well this seems rather more deserved than the Nakamura comment based on the article. Korchnoi sounds restrained given the context.

Are there any other examples of top chess players even suggesting that it was their seconds fault?

I feel like it's vanishingly rare?

I thought for 26 minutes in a 45 minute game if that counts?

Missed the whole round today. He won again? This is getting absurd

He has been doing cracking! (At least until today).

He has certainly got a good chance of being champion if he makes it through

r3/r4 roundup #candidates
in round three, we finally saw the deadlock broken in the women's group, and in the open, two of the pre-event favorites had huge wins, none bigger, ofc, than sindarov winning with black vs pragg - someone, coincidentally, who, prior to this game, had his number. 1/n

To put it in perspective how far ahead she is similar rated u20 girls are 5 or more years older than her! Extraordinary and exciting for English Chess.

(Except Gunawardhana, Devindya Oshini who is 14 and 2347)

Peter Svidler breaks down the best games from Round 3! YouTube video by FIDE chess

i might still do a thread, but i ended up talking for 25 minutes for the fide yt channel (note to self - you were asked to do a short recap, stfu) so this will do for now, maybe

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g_w...