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Good result, hope Shreyas can continue to be successful

He's off to a good start

Wins for Gukesh and Adams

Shreyas needs 4/9 for a GM norm?

Would joint first help Gukesh?

There's a reasonable suggestion that Giri didn't want to beat Caruana, so Fabi stayed ahead of So in the tournament; it's possible Giri had worked out that 3rd would keep So behind him in the FIDE Circuit, thus negating any need to lose to Nepo I assume Giri is thinking about whether to play again t...

FIDE Circuit leader board updated

Giri 84.31
So 83.40
Gukesh 79.50 (playing London)
Erigaisi 71.56 (playing Gashimov Memorial)

Nepo - Giri, MVL- Firouzja, Aronian - Giri drawn

Caruana- Rapport ongoing

So will be 3rd at worst, 2nd equal at best

Will those questions be put at the next meeting? The next meeting of the ECF Council is not until April, if that's what you mean by "next meeting". It's supposed to be a Finance meeting and it can be difficult to get other matters discussed. Disputes at Director's Board meetings are usually kept un...

9 places still left

19 so far in the open, including GM Nigel Davies, last year's winner IM Artur Davtyan and FM Paul Macklin

23 in the u1950

59 in the u1650

Finals The finals for the UK Open Blitz Championships 2023 will be held at the Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa on 2nd December. The Championships will include an Open and a Women’s final, each event having 16 players with 15 rounds of blitz games in an all play all format. The winners will become U...

The World Rapid and Blitz are in the FIDE circuit; you can count 1 event in your best 5 that isn't at standard time controls

Where was this, in England, or further afield, maybe Monte Carlo or Vietnam?

I assume it's too much to hope it was an actual Queen playing the Queen?

Yes, worth a reminder we have Nepo, Pragg, Caruana, Abasov (expected to replace Magnus), Vidit and Nakamura as the first 6 qualifiers

FIDE Circuit

Rating, highest non-qualified eligible player, January 2024

England 74th, Scotland 93rd, Ireland 103 out of 105

Lots of work to do

Thankyou for keeping us up to date with this, Lawrence. It all seems a bit artificial as a method of determining who shall compete for the World Championship, but still. At least it involves people playing chess, not sitting at home to protect their rating as we have had previously when average rat...