2016 Candidates Moscow 10-29 March

[Jonathan Bryant]

It is also on chess24 who are ignoring the ban.

Good lads.

[JustinHorton]

What chess24 don't have is move times, though in some ways that might be just as well...

[EDIT: though they do seem to have a couple of them now. Hmmm.]

[JustinHorton]

I have an excuse to be watching as off work but blimey not sure what all the rest of you do

Well today I have the day off. Yesterday was a bit tougher though.

[Mick Norris]

What chess24 don't have is move times, though in some ways that might be just as well...

[EDIT: though they do seem to have a couple of them now. Hmmm.]

TBH, I have never found the move times on chess24live to be entirely accurate, although I agree they are useful to know

Anyway, good to be able to follow the games, or at least it would be if I hadn't got too much work to do

Any surprise with any of the opening choices?

[Peter Shaw]

Commentary started on chess24 now.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2016/1/1/4

[JustinHorton]

Can't say I've seen the Nakamura-Caruana line in a top game before but given that Naka likes the English I'm not sure it's a surprise as such.

[JustinHorton]

Chessdom, by the way, don't seem to be following today's game at all.

[Jonathan Bryant]

So to recap,

an entirely predictable outcome and Agon / World Chess have achieved nothing more than a public relations fiasco.

[LawrenceCooper]

The official site seems to require a refresh to get new moves where the NRK one doesn't.

[JustinHorton]

Yes, I noticed that.

[Matt Mackenzie]

So to recap,

an entirely predictable outcome and Agon / World Chess have achieved nothing more than a public relations fiasco.

Who would have thunk it, eh?

Maybe that nice Mr Dylan (or whatever his name is) can let us know what he thinks again

[Jonathan Bryant]

So to recap,

an entirely predictable outcome and Agon / World Chess have achieved nothing more than a public relations fiasco.

Who would have thunk it, eh?

Maybe that nice Mr Dylan (or whatever his name is) can let us know what he thinks again

Actually, there is something else that they’ve achieved. They - Dylan McClain and others - have revealed themselves to be deeply unpleasant, bullying arse hats.

[Paolo Casaschi]

Maybe that nice Mr Dylan (or whatever his name is) can let us know what he thinks again

It's not entirely doom & gloom: their lawyer will finally be able to afford the high-end BMW they always wanted

[NickFaulks]

Seirawan and Dlugy entertaining on ICC.

[MartinCarpenter]

Chess 24 happily pointing out that they're doing it in three languages (German and Spanish too) which doesn't seem to be something the official people thought of?

I imagine someone is probably doing Russian commentary somewhere.