Chess candidates tournament

Who do we have winning the tournament?

As much as I want gukesh to win it all, I feel like nepo has a very good chance of winning it. I lost faith in Hikaru in 2nd round itself but he did play good after that but I don't believe in him. Overall the tournament was fun except that Iranian guy who was straight up bad.

Anyways the winner of this tournament will most likely be the new world champion. I'm very confident Ding li Ren cannot win against these guys after seeing his tata steel chess tournament performance. Almost feels like he lost interest in chess after winning the title last year.

Nepo

#CandidateDominator

hikaru or fabiano.
USA RAHHHHHHHHH

pls either gukes or nepo

Psion [#3]

hikaru or fabiano.
USA RAHHHHHHHHH

The chances of fabiano winning is way too low though

i want gukesh or nepo, but i feel like nepo is gonna win

nepo or naka are winning, gukesh might not be ready yet.
we said alireza would be the contender in WCC but he fell short last year, and this year he's not off to the best starts. I think gukesh is in a similar boat and needs more time b4 he can challenge in WCC. I still think he's an incredible player but idk if gukesh has the tenacity that Nepo and Naka have.

my pookie guky

Why is this discussion on VRL? But i would love to see Neop the third time on top

Psion [#3]

hikaru or fabiano.
USA RAHHHHHHHHH

Nvm I didn't expect nepo or Hikaru to draw. But idk man fabiano still has a low chance of winning it.

I feel like Ding Li Ren had lost interest in chess before winning the World Championship but only went on because he won it. Pretty sure he even stated that he was going to retire if he lost the match, which he didn't

geospliced [#11]

I feel like Ding Li Ren had lost interest in chess before winning the World Championship but only went on because he won it. Pretty sure he even stated that he was going to retire if he lost the match, which he didn't

Ohh
I wasn't aware of this
Who do you think will win today, geospliced?

openAI didn't dominate the scene?

It's a must win game for nepo, fabi and hikaru and gukesh just has to hold of hikaru, I feel like hikaru will try something crazy and loses against Gukesh

xixy [#14]

It's a must win game for nepo, fabi and hikaru and gukesh just has to hold of hikaru, I feel like hikaru will try something crazy and loses against Gukesh

i think this is going to happen

NexusNomad [#12]

Ohh
I wasn't aware of this
Who do you think will win today, geospliced?

I don't know, I haven't been chess recently. 😅

geospliced [#16]

I don't know, I haven't been chess recently. 😅

"haven't been chess recently"

xixy [#14]

It's a must win game for nepo, fabi and hikaru and gukesh just has to hold of hikaru, I feel like hikaru will try something crazy and loses against Gukesh

Definitely still worth tuning in, gukesh is 17 and could choke. Already seen him choke under pressure when he was in time pressure against alireza earlier in the tournament

NexusNomad [#10]

Nvm I didn't expect nepo or Hikaru to draw. But idk man fabiano still has a low chance of winning it.

USA USA USA USA USA

Psion [#17]

"haven't been chess recently"

Oh whopps haha I meant to say "I haven't been following chess recently"