2024 Candidates qualification revised process

[Christopher Kreuzer]

You can just see a slew of lawsuits on the horizon, can't you?

[LawrenceCooper]

Alireza wins game 1 of match 2 as his opponent resigns, with seconds left on his clock, believing that Alireza had a winning tactic. For those who can speak French (or even those that don't) the commentary at the end of the game (around 3 hours 30) is entertaining.
https://www.chartrestv.fr/fr/8-videos/5 ... ere-partie

[Christopher Kreuzer]

So is his live rating rising quickly enough to achieve the desired result? I presume you would not go to the effort of arranging such a series of matches without the end result being what you want. At what point will FIDE confirm whether or not they will rate the matches?

[Mick Norris]

2754.9 after today's win; if he wins the next game he goes to 2756.7, with So on 2757.4

[LawrenceCooper]

So is his live rating rising quickly enough to achieve the desired result? I presume you would not go to the effort of arranging such a series of matches without the end result being what you want. At what point will FIDE confirm whether or not they will rate the matches?

If his live rating at the end of the matches remains below Wesley's they may allow them to be rated. If it's above then they have a decision to make. A further twist could be if (for whatever reason) the results aren't rated until the February list.

[LawrenceCooper]

2754.9 after today's win; if he wins the next game he goes to 2756.7, with So on 2757.4

2756.7 following his 33 move win with black.

[Mick Norris]

He plays white v Fedorchuk this afternoon, a win would take his rating above So; presumably he plays him tomorrow as black too, and will need to win that to avoid his rating dropping back below So

[Mick Norris]

Maghsoodloo finishes on 2740 so is out of the running for the rating spot

[LawrenceCooper]

Wikipedia has updated the live circuit scores:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIDE_Circuit

Gukesh 87.36
Giri 84.31
So 83.40
Erigaisi 81.24

[Mick Norris]

If the figures are correct, then Giri needs at least 13.52 points at the World Rapid or Blitz to improve his score to match Gukesh, more if Gukesh further improves his score

[LawrenceCooper]

If the figures are correct, then Giri needs at least 13.52 points at the World Rapid or Blitz to improve his score to match Gukesh, more if Gukesh further improves his score

I think there is an error lower down. So's score is listed below Arjun (who is showing as finishing second). I don't know if that means that Gukesh's score is higher than it should be but will leave it to those in the know to work it all out.

[Mick Norris]

Yes, there's an error there

I reckon Giri needs either top 4 in the Rapid or top 2 in the Blitz at a very rough calculation

[LawrenceCooper]

Alireza wins as black to move to 2758.9

[Mick Norris]

Wikipedia has updated the live circuit scores:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_FIDE_Circuit

Gukesh 87.36
Giri 84.31
So 83.40
Erigaisi 81.24

Confirmed by FIDE presumably as Gukesh first on tiebreak

[Mick Norris]

Yes, there's an error there

I reckon Giri needs either top 4 in the Rapid or top 2 in the Blitz at a very rough calculation

Chess by the numbers has Erigaisi needing to win the Rapid; Giri needs to win the Blitz or come in the top 3 in the Rapid; on rating, you wouldn't favour either

It would seem weird if a Candidates place was clinched with a performance at a faster time control