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After terrible predictions on day 1, I may as well go big for day 2 - four White wins

Looking at some betting odds there are some big prices on Black wins

Naka os 15/2

Esipenko is 10/1

Giri is 15/2

(Bet365)

I imagine there would be some smart money on Giri

I am going 3 draws and a win for Wei Yi

Nakamura to win the event

and Esipenko to do better than everyone expects

From BBC World Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQnwpl5wqjM

Christopher,
In terms of current football players this one is probably the best at chess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dejan_Jovelji%C4%87

https://ratings.fide.com/profile/9209233

Eze talking about chess https://www.instagram.com/reel/DS0JI1XD ... lja2p0Zmoy

Just including your last FIDE blitz tournament result for context

https://ratings.fide.com/calculations.p ... 1&rating=2

This is quite amusing https://x.com/haakonbe/status/1872788240367009905

This is a nice little story

https://x.com/i/status/1866254513902166360

Very sad news. Dietmar was a larger than life character who put a huge amount into chess. He was passionate about the game and it is perhaps difficult to underestimate his achievement as the driving force bringing the very best players in the World to a tiny island in the Irish Sea. As a player he w...

Just very randomly saw this Facebook post which I think will be of interest from a few months ago. Apologies, if it has already been mentioned here but I cannot recall seeing ot before

https://www.facebook.com/rachelreeves10 ... 5775275713

Not very good on the predictions front yesterday, so I'll go for a longshot and 4 Black wins today.

Incidentally, I would not (yet) jump to the conclusion that all of Abasov's White games will be like this. Even by candidates' standards, Nepo plays the opening very accurately, assisted greatly no doubt by having played two world championship matches. Some others will likely play less accurately o...