Laura

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@FleissigeHummel @benonibaloney Hikaru posted that his wife gave birth several days ago and it sounded like he was there when she gave birth. So he didn´t miss it and therefore we can end this discussion

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@FleissigeHummel @benonibaloney All I was saying is that I would not understand the decision if he would have left the country to play chess for two weeks. He would have not only missed the birth but also the first days of his sons life.

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@FleissigeHummel @benonibaloney But there is a different between not being in the room were your wife gives birth and not being in the country when your wife gives birth

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@tianadiva6 @SirIgor82 @ChessbaseIndia @MagnusCarlsen @GMHikaru But what does Magnus want? 8 rating spots? Every qualifcation paths requires time. And the players should take that time if they want to qualify. If a player doesn´t want to invest that time that´s fine. But then they shouldn´t get a spot

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@EdgarKab @chess_insights critizised by people much longer. Other people think it is more exiting the way it is. No matter what you preffer. Stating that the next candidates are weak for candidates level, is a fact.

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@EdgarKab @chess_insights but didn´t qualify because 5 out of the 8 spots come down to your performance in one tournament. That is not necessarily a bad thing. It is a matter of taste. Some people would prefer a system were it doesn´t come down to one tournament. The 3 spots from the World Cup have been

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@Sayan_64 @PHChess @chess_insights There are five in the candiates. 3 more would be for example Arjun, Vincent and Nodirbek. (And Magnus obviously but he isn´t interested.

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@dil4ttant @PHChess @chess_insights Who is PHN?

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@4k0n1u5 @PHChess @chess_insights 5 out of 8 spots come down to your performance in one tournement. 3 of them to a knock out tournament. Performing well in one tournament doesn´t mean you are a better player then the once who didn´t perform that well in that one tournament.

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@chess_insights It is weak for candidates standarts. We have 3 out of 8 players outside of the top 20. How many times did that happen in the candidates? Did that ever happen?

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@Kangaskhan6 @EmilSutovsky Especially because FIDE could have done something about Kramnik. It´s not clear, if anything that FIDE could have done, would have changed Kramnik´s behavior, but they had to try. His friends could only offer him moral support

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@VBkramnik @chesscom @freestylechess1 @GmNaroditsky He decided himself that he didn´t want to comentate for https://t.co/UIGozfsYI6 and freestyle chess. He didn´t get kicked out.
He didn´t talk about https://t.co/UIGozfsYI6 and freestyle destroying his life.

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@chess_insights @DivyaDeshmukh05 But why? Vaishaly did´t get the GM title for winning the Women´s Grand Swiss. Word Cup is not a stronger tournament then Grand Swiss

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@Ghassanareyli @chess_insights Why? What is wrong with double elimination?

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@LP6TALOSCHARIS @chess_insights @PHChess But he didn´t say players who are good at freestyle are also good at classical. He said that the three winners of the freestyle tournaments dominate the classical. And he said that based on three tournaments

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@HerminePotterxx @dagilp_lbh "Recht jung"? Sie soll eine 11 Jährige spielen. So jung sieht sie definitiv nicht aus!

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@ph8basically @HansMokeNiemann You think Hikaru cares that much about Hans´s standings? With a win Hikaru would have been second. Because of the draw he was fifth place. If he would care that much he would have lost to garatie a Sindarov win. He couldn´t know that Sindarov would win on tiebrakes.

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@Bg_Bailey @HansMokeNiemann Still a bunch of pawns missing but at least my eyes don´t hurt loking at this one like with the other one. But it would make sense to arange the pieces different because it is 960

[Laura @Laura88971069]

@Schmerzerkaltet @Dronning__Maud He also decided to wear Jeans to the world blitz after that just because of principle which is just stupid