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if you have time, check by yourself as much as you can, but if you do not check with the engine you may come to wrong conclusions, fatal in the opening. One criterium beyond today's opening theory jun…

Observation: top players start thinking from move one, as opposed to standard. Conclusion: in standard, there are possibly the most alligators in the water with the kings smack dab in the centre and a…

while waiting for a game I see games where it is clear that it will be all about making the time cutoff or terrible blunders in the remaining time, as due to the Highest Rated game policy we tend to s…

960 has not been raised by you, but it is an obvious solution to get established older players such as myself to take part. South Africa also often has tournaments with up to 3 classical games per day…

At first I was mad about FIDE letting them share, then I realised that because of history and incidents they would both happily draw another x until FIDE would start to look inhumane. Yes FIDE is usel…

Blitz being anything except a last resort tiebreak exposes FIDE's mercenary attitude. These are the guys that bring us titles like FIDE Arena Candidate Master. Hybrid is needed to make chess accessibl…

I feel it is important to implement hybrid tournaments with a very few exceptions, making chess a lot more affordable. Classical also carries higher costs than rapid if it is physical. If FIDE does no…

the headline is not so appropriate. you show that Carlsen was within the rules, then say "rules are rules" as if it means maybe just do whatever FIDE says.

it is not chess that has a dress code, it is FIDE

...as to Qd3, one certainly cannot fault one of the top engine moves, although good point that black can choose whether to swap queens or not according to her style, still at the Hans level we should …