Anand Nair

Mostly here for chess, which I’m hoping to play in at least 6 continents this decade.

[Anand Nair @anair64]

Impressive performance indeed by @HansMokeNiemann! Wonder if he’ll be the next to land on a 2800 rating? Or @anishgiri? Or @MagnusCarlsen (why put restrictions on directionality)? Or one of the Indian kids?

[Endgame AI @EndgameaiChess]

🇺🇸 Hans Niemann on his match against 🇷🇺 Ian Nepomniachtchi:

"I think after playing Nepo, who is low-rated by his standards right now, we should not forget that he almost became World Champion. He's a two-time Candidates winner, two-time challenger, and has won many tournaments.

Showing this level is a great sign. I definitely think I left a lot on the table, especially in the white games.

This was not an easy match. This was not someone that you could expect to farm.

I definitely think he's underrated. It was a great challenge, and being challenged in this way was a great learning experience."

[Anand Nair @anair64]

Is he talking about killing the other 959 too? Surely then Magnus will retire from #chess for good?

[Anish Giri @anishgiri]

Thinking to record an 80 hour long @chessable course.

5 minute per a 960 position.

Should be doable.

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@anishgiri “Anish worked hard when Gukesh was doing his victory laps and shooting his ads. But got so distracted by thoughts of what he’ll post on X after beating the world champ that he missed Ng4! Inability to stay calm & maintain concentration & intensity was the biggest differentiator.”

[Anand Nair @anair64]

Yup, after years of folding, FIDE finally has a world champion who outperformed Carlsen at the Olympiad top board, and finally call Carlsen's bluff. Not bad PR too, since Carlsen wasn't going to be able to defend his World Rapid title, and now this just comes across as a tantrum.

[Hans Niemann @HansMokeNiemann]

If you think what happened today has anything to do with “jeans”. You clearly aren’t paying attention

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@chess_insights @Chennai_GM And which of Arjun’s 7 results will this one replace (if you assume he doesn’t play any more for the rest of the year)?

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@atwell_rose @1000GMorg Nice! You seem to have good visualization skills reading a chess book without a board. Hope you do well and keep improving and break into the Olympiad team in 2026 and help the team improve on this year’s bronze.

[Ryan Mendis @ryanmendis76]

Overall a decent job by @Chessentials_ but last line best!!😀

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@mustreader *in such events* yes, great idea because of the drama it brings. But in all of chess no, Gukesh-WeiYi Budapest’24 being the biggest argument against no increment. Chess will be poorer and it’d be blasphemy against Caïssa if such endgame performances cease to exist.

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@chessninja @TarjeiJS Couldn’t agree more. The chess world would be a poorer place without endgame masterpieces like Gukesh-WeiYi Budapest ‘24. And there’d be no such masterpieces without increment unless time controls are drastically altered to impractical levels.

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@FabianoCaruana thinks @DGukesh has a 30% chance against @MagnusCarlsen in a classical match. Which means he rates Carlsen's chances to at least hold Gukesh to a 6-6 draw much higher than 70%? Wonder how he'd rate chances for himself, @anishgiri, @lachesisq, etc against Carlsen?

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@EmilSutovsky Allow viewer to pick board (for WRB in NYC) and camera (for WC in Singapore).

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@ryanmendis76 @phoenix669056 @GMJacobAagaard @Bennyficial1 Chess needs @MagnusCarlsen in these tumultuous times though, and so I hope he finds the motivation for classical. Gukesh could go past Magnus on the classical rating list, but hard to see him standing up to Vishy and @FIDE_chess when it comes to ethics around Russia, for example.

[Anand Nair @anair64]

As @GMJacobAagaard recently mentioned to @Bennyficial1, Carlsen's last classical tournament win was Wijk '22. And Gukesh has been winning everything he sets out to win, including the Candidates and finishing ahead of Carlsen at the Budapest #ChessOlympiad.
https://t.co/bL1HpMbULB

[Tarjei J. Svensen @TarjeiJS]

DISCUSS: If Gukesh beats Ding to become world champion, will that make him the best player in the world?

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@phoenix669056 @GMJacobAagaard @Bennyficial1 So as the representative of planet earth against a hypothetical alien in a classical match without the possibility of speed chess being used for TB, I’d ignore the 35 Elo difference and pick Gukesh ahead of Magnus today. If speed chess is involved then Magnus still best.

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@ryanmendis76 @DGukesh @ArjunErigaisi @polborta @ChessbaseIndia @WacaChess @vishy64theking @parimarjan And not just the double team golds but also the 4 individual gold medals for @DGukesh @ArjunErigaisi @DivyaDeshmukh05 and @vantikachess!

[Anand Nair @anair64]

India at the (open) Budapest #ChessOlympiad2024 like Secretariat at Belmont Stakes 1973. Complete domination! @DGukesh and @ArjunErigaisi a class apart from everyone else!! Excellent commentary by @polborta and good content by @ChessbaseIndia

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@ryanmendis76 @DGukesh @ArjunErigaisi @polborta @ChessbaseIndia Yes, also great mentorship by @WacaChess and @vishy64theking, and cannot not mention @parimarjan who led from board one a decade ago to the first ever Olympiad team medal!

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@ryanmendis76 Yeah, and the best performing dude didn’t even play the candidates!

[Anand Nair @anair64]

Perfect #ChessOlympiad Saturday!😃

[Anand Nair @anair64]

@ryanmendis76 Yeah, not just team gold a possibility if they play well today, but also 2-3 individual golds.