Can you still claim to be a Top 5 classical player in the world without playing? @FabianoCaruana on Hikaru’s Top 5 claim: “You have Magnus, Sindarov, Nodirbek, Wesley, Pragg, me... you can’t have seven top-five players. If Hikaru comes back and maintains 2780 playing 60 classical games a year, that’s fair—but recent results just don’t prove it.” Where does Hikaru rank on your current Top 5 list?

Finally can use my secret Plus plan for something. Also, Youtube PGN doesn't copy well, just send the cbv bro...

The Peter Leko interview is premiering right now on our YouTube channel, check it out! youtu.be/HtpugyzAy3Y?si=jHNa…

Kf7 is the best move AND was played by Nepo. Ridiculous #niemannnepo

After a long day of travel to his first tournament as Vincent Keymer's coach, Leko invited him to briefly discuss some chess. What happened next convinced Leko that Vincent is a special talent

$HPE lagging, that's where the action is tomorrow

Are you an old school type of guy?

Peter Leko explains how the young generation benefited from the explosive growth of online chess, at the detriment of the older generation "Online chess has its benefits, you become an incredible fighter...then he (Keymer) suddenly got the chance to play the Magnus Tour... These are incredible opportunities, I saw Praggnanandhaa grow as a player. His opening repertoire, thanks to all these events, became so much better... I remember, as an old school guy, I'm a little bit surprised by this that so many top players are playing on the internet...And then young players can catch the top guys and win games online, and you get the feeling that they are beatable..." Episode drops Friday, May 29th, 11 AM EST youtu.be/HtpugyzAy3Y

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There's a war between @TakeTakeTakeApp /@lichess VS @chesscom brewing below the surface. What exactly is the playbook here ? Caruana : "lichess has a very different business model than chesscom, which is much less aimed at trying to make as much money as possible... They cohabited pretty peacefully up until now, so this is a bit of a change. Now it's a bit less peaceful. For me the interesting thing is, from a broadcasting perspective, what will Take Take Take actually broadcast now?"

Full episode ▶️youtu.be/wmTnpTSLB60 We discuss the hot topics of the week, including: - Erdogmus becoming the youngest 2700 ever - Hans Niemann's return to the @GrandChessTour - The @netflix Untold Documentary - @TakeTakeTakeApp waging war against @chesscom

Did Erdogmus pick Topalov specifically to farm him? Fabiano Caruana: "Topalov was a juicy opponent...he was significantly overrated. When you haven't played for a decade, that's simply the reality of it. You can't keep a top level without playing."

Fabiano Caruana on Magnus' suspicion of Hans: "If we're talking about Magnus' Involvement and culpability...it's clear that it came from a place of genuine suspicion. People might have a problem with that, but honestly you can't really control whether you're suspicious or not. You can control if you act on it, and he did act on it...which caused him more trouble than he probably wanted."

Inspiring stuff

New handle, who dis? @Csquared 👋

This goes hard 👏