I'm surprised by Sindarov's strength. He outprepared Fabi, one of the best opening theoreticians. Hikaru is not in form, he hasn't played many classical tournaments last year and even lost his training

Fide Chess Candidates tournament round 2 was peaceful with all games ending in draws. #chess #sports

Good game :)

It makes no difference to me. I lose to both of you consistently :)

How do you turn off beneficiary in dbuzz?

I miss a lot of those unfortunately. GG, it's tough to win against you. My only hope is the time odds after you berserk 😀

Thank you for hosting and see you in the next round!

He's having a great start this year. Won Tata Steel in January too :)

Thank you. I look forward to next week. :)

Well done to the winners and thanks again @sam.chess for hosting :)

Thank you. I have my moments but I also blunder terribly :)

Strong are Caruana and Hikaru but others like Sindarov might pull a surprise :)

Magnus pulls another rabbit out of his hat. Winning a losing game against Fabiano Caruana to take the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship title. #chess #sports

My best tournament so far. Thank you. :)

Congratulations. A strong performance :)

Awww....I missed this, I didn't get an alert that there was one. :(

Yes, hyper GM's know when they can get away with it. Some like Dubov better than others 😀

Qxh5 followed by g4 when you said mate in 2. :) I was watching Tata Steel. Great game by Jorden.

Thank you for organizing and looking forward to next Saturday. :)

A pleasure to find over the board. :)