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In a couple of days the World Chess Candidates tournament will start, eight players will "fight" to be the Magnus Carlsen challenger in November, more detail here.
Levon Aronian (Armenia)
Fabiano Caruana (USA) formerly Italy [:(]
Wesley So (USA)
Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
Ding Liren (China)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
I don't know if someone can be interested but it will be a top notch tournament!
It has also been live streamed on the Twitch Chess Channel - including w/ commentary by GMs / IMs. If it is not live, you can also watch VODs of past broadcasts.
I would add another site to follow the games: Chess24
There are a GM and a IM as commentators.
The old player Kramnik (in chess standards of course) is leading with 2.5/3, Caruana e Mamedyarov follow wih 2/3.
Only one game has been a quick draw.
Today turn 4.
With 1 game left Caruana leads Mamedyarov and Karjakin by a half point. Chinese player Ding is a half point point further back but still has a chance to win on tiebreaks.
I am an avid 2000 rtd chess player and follow this with great interest and enthusiasm. Having said that, if you look back on the history of chess, many times, the new world champion was expected to become it before he became it. ie Fischer. Kasparov. Also Carlsen. I remember when Kramnik became world champion, he was expected to take over Kasparov's crown.
Of all the 8 players attending, and also the ones not attending, MVL, Naka even Ivanchuk, my favorite player, no one at the moment comes close to Carlsen in classical chess, he is just a genius. (The only other true genius active at this moment is Ivanchuk, but that;s another story entirely.)
Karjakin might have almost beaten Carlsen a couple of years back, but still Carlsen, according to Giri, is a piece stronger than the rest.
So my prediction: No matter who wins, Carlsen still outclasses everybody else at the moment.
I know a couple of years back Caruana had the Italian flag going for him, but in Chess circles, the story is, he was born in America and was there his entire life?
