Magnus Mouse Slips But Nepo Premoves

#chess #magnuscarlsen #nepomniachtchi

[Dracleon]

"hes so disgusted with himself" bruh lmao

[manuman]

Seriously who premoves anything else than a recapture with 2:50 on the clock ??

[nicbentulan]

Nepo is the best overall as of 2023Apr30 in an equal combination of
-classical chess,
-rapid chess,
-classical 9LX &
-rapid 9LX

Being 2nd in

-2023 classical WCC (only by rapid)
-2022 rapid WFRCC,
-2021 classical & rapid WCCs
-2019 classical WFRCC score

And 14th in 2022 rapid WCC (ahead of Hikaru, Wesley So, Liren)

That's right: Nepo AND NOT MAGNUS is the top 2 classical 9LX player behind Wesley So!

- This is because Nepo's score is higher than Magnus'. Not just for a weighted average of the classical & rapid portions but even for both the classical & rapid portions individually. Nepo lost only 3x to Wesley So while Magnus lost 4x.

- Magnus & Nepo played the same opponents - Wesley So & Fabi. Both beat Fabi. Both lost to Wesley So. Nepo was just unfortunate to face Wesley So 1st. Imagine if the pairings were reversed or they played a double knockout.

Now let's take a look at the top1 of each.

-2023 classical WCC - Liren never even played 9LX ? ( kTGBSAR-lxE )
-2022 rapid WFRCC - Hikaru is lower in rank than Nepo in both classical chess candidates & classical 9LX and never won a classical 9LX game
-2021 classical WCC - Magnus sucks at 9LX and even cheated Nepo here
-2022 rapid WCC - Both Magnus & Hikaru suck at classical 9LX
-2019 classical WFRCC - Wesley So scored -2 in candidates.
-2021 rapid WCC - Nepo beat Nodirbek in 2022 rapid WFRCC via Magnus

I am Filipino / Filipina / Philippine, love 9LX and hate chess, but there is no shame in admitting that treating these 4 titles equally Nepo is the best overall.

-Au contraire there is actually arrogance rather than shame because Nepo is the top 2 in classical 9LX behind Wesley So and ahead of Magnus. Lol.

-And I know Bobby Fischer would value the classical WFRCC far more than all of the rapid WCC, rapid WFRCC & classical WCC combined and thus would consider Wesley So the 'real' world champion for 2019Nov - 2023Mar over Hikaru rapid WFRCC & Magnus classical WCC, rapid WCC, blitz WCC (and MVL blitz WCC & Nodirbek rapid WCC).

But Nepo Vs Wesley So in Bobby's opinion? Ummm...well let's say unresolved. Hehehe. After all Wesley So reached 2800, but Nepo is peaking.

2023Aug Update : Oh, there's a 2024 WFRCC. If it's classical, then we might be able to settle Wesley So Vs Nepo.

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P.S.

Please help get Bobby Fischer's successor Wesley So on Lex Fridman's podcast. See


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Pablo Mercado : So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players?

Bobby Fischer : My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random.

- 2004Oct11, 15 years before Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.