Who is the best Chess960 player in the world?

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Discuss

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Correct answer: Bobby Fischer

[ornate otter]

Ohio

[jaunty lance]

^This is correct

[native tusk]

chat make wesley so win

[haughty light]

It’s actually Levi Rozeman 🤓

[red fox]

Hmm.

[native tusk]

for the memes

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im better bc hes never faced me so I havent lost to bobby fiscer

if only there was more than a few opportunities for top players to do the format

[proven venture]

Leviiii

[wild estuary]

hmmmm, ima go with none of em and let's see which kid is the best in next 2-5 yrs 😂

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why is hikaru written in first

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Bobby Fischer is the best at being doodoo in the head

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obviouslymagnus

[snow ginkgo]

erm technically I have a better win rate against GMS than magnus so I'm better than him

[round matrix]

ridiculous

[native tusk]

levi rozman is a liability (he is rlly good tho just not on a global scale)

[crude kelp]

Magnus is yes

[snow ginkgo]

Bobby Fischer invented 960

[cosmic kraken]

What is chess960?

[runic wyvern]

clearly alirizza

[snow ginkgo]

pieces are placed randomly

[native tusk]

fabi getting shit on rn

[wild estuary]

prolly cause he won the last 960 thing by fide that happened

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nah i am im 500 rating

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ye but magnus is js good at everything

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I would assume magnus, cause it’s magnus, but I’ve never seen him play chess960

I’ve never even seen chess960

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i dont recall seeing wesley even play

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Not even heard of it

[runic wyvern]

magnus is always reigning

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there was a tournament some time ago

[severe egret]

Uh

[lyric elbow]

wasnt wesley so like the first?

and then hikaru

[tidal fern]

mosscreep jumpscare

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abdusattorov

[wild estuary]

but werent those events rapid?

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istg

wesley played chess960 tho

ive seen

levon aronian

won like a lot fo em

of em

sry

i meant peter svindler

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magnus having the most votes is so funny lol

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whoever that is

[lyric elbow]

its magnus bro

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??!

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everyone thinks that magnus is gonna win

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its chess 960 tho

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i swear to god

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not classical

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i know

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ik

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what prompted that

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but ppl just think

because magnus is the best

[wild estuary]

magnus makes sense given that he won weisenhhaus event

[lyric elbow]

thats hes the best at everything

[bold token]

magnus is still great at 960

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ofc ofc

[lyric elbow]

magnus is good at everything ngl

[glad swift]

honestly i might give it to fabi or wes

[lyric elbow]

hes a good all around player

no hikaru won a couple of em too

i think hikaru currently

[golden fulcrum]

why fabi lol

I don't think fabi is even close to the top of 960

[lyric elbow]

fr i havent heard of fabi play a single 960 game ever

[glad swift]

wait

[lyric elbow]

but idk i havent caught up on my news lol

[glad swift]

oh

chess960

[golden fulcrum]

like at least for magnus he's probably top 5

[glad swift]

i thought it was talking about osmething else

then maybe hikaru

[lyric elbow]

what do you think magnus rank is in atomic chess tho real

ion even know if he plays atomi

c

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probably not even top 100

[lyric elbow]

yea

who even plays chess variants

i rarely do but im boring :(

i also rarely play chess either

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if he practiced and took atomic seriously then he could easily become the best but

[grand rune]

bobby fischer

[lyric elbow]

used to do puzzles every day

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he just grinds classical and blitz

[candid glade]

me

[lyric elbow]

bobby fischer is dead 💀

[grand rune]

erm..

he's still alive in my heart

[lyric elbow]

ok fair point

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oh nah

[candid glade]

<500 rated

[high lava]

love using ai to solve these polls 😭

[lyric elbow]

but still he cant climb up the rank any more

[lean cypress]

Magnus Carlsen #1

[lyric elbow]

bruh im not that good lol

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in fide

ye but not at 960 i think

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in 960

[lyric elbow]

?

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quite a few people

[lean cypress]

Whose better than

[lyric elbow]

i believe either hikaru or wesley so

but thats my view

idk abt others

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hikaru, wesley and nodirbek are basically top 3 in 960

[lean cypress]

I'll let you have your views, though I respectfully disagree

[lyric elbow]

no thats fine

[lean cypress]

According to you

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no

[lean cypress]

Yes

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according to past results

levon is up there too

[lyric elbow]

well who do you think is #1

[lyric elbow]

ye levon is good

[lean cypress]

Where are these statistics?

[lyric elbow]

he won a lot of blitz thingies before

magnus started taking over

[lean cypress]

I literally said "Magnus Carlsen #1"

[lyric elbow]

in chess960

hes #1

[lean cypress]

Yes

I agree

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no

whoops

i meant

fide

not 960 💀

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lol

[lean cypress]

Who do you think is better in chess in general

Hikaru or magnus

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there is no way hes #1 in chess 960

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wesley so

oh

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currently magnus

[wild estuary]

i wonder wholl be the best at 960 in the newer generatin 🤔 maybe pragg or arjun

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gukehs

gukesh

hes good

he beat a lot of the seasoned gms

who've played for a long time

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gukesh only popped off in candidates tho

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gukesh has a really good chance

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I think it was a bit of a fluke

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its clearly magnus not even close and fabi and hikaru are close for second

[lyric elbow]

ding is gone 💀

ding used to be really good

but then after fide championship he just quit

idk why

[lean cypress]

Didn't Magnus literally win the last big chess960 tournament

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no

hikaru did I'm pretty sure

[wild estuary]

ye but he really needs to work on faster time controls still, and he likes practical complications and such, pragg on the other hand is very calculation heavy player, and arjun, well he is a madman 😂
arjun is playing in like some 960 rapid event at biel i think

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pragg is cracked tho

no joke

hes really good

he played really well

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pragg is actually the goat

[lean cypress]

I don't think so

[lyric elbow]

hes just not ready yet for the big stage i think

[golden fulcrum]

well you thinking doesn't have anything to do with facts

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but his playing style is pretty good

[lean cypress]

Magnus won the last freestyle chess, where he beat Fabi which I am pretty sure that was a chess960 tournament, like the last biggest one to happen

[golden fulcrum]

yeah hikaru won

nepo came second

then magnus

[lean cypress]

In what tournament

[wild estuary]

hmmm, id say he is defo ready, and tbh he has had more media attention than any other kids in india until before candidates even
he just isnt in full grinding mode like arjun for example, taking it a bit chill and slow and steady growth

well slow isnt really slow nowadays for the younger generaiton of chess player 😂

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960 championship

[lyric elbow]

ye he won freestyle

but in the latest fisherrandom

hikaru beat nepo

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yw

ye

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nah but the thing is he

did well in fidew

world cup

so that brought him national attention

and he also beat magnus at a really early age

[lean cypress]

Which was the last big chess960 tournament

[wild estuary]

wasnt that like 2022 or something, and rapid? id say freestyle event is much more accurate and predicting who is more intuned to 960

[lyric elbow]

true

[lean cypress]

As I said, Magnus is the goat

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ye

magnus might get dethroned eventually tho

[lean cypress]

Hikaru won the Fischer random championship basically chess960 in 2009

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its gonna be hard

[lean cypress]

More than a decade ago

[lyric elbow]

he won the 2022 thing too

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well if he's able to win it 15 years ago and sitll to this day then you could argue he's the best

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2022 FIDE World Fischer Random Championship

[wild estuary]

tbh i dont see anyone in magnus' generation dethroning him, altho id like to see levon win one of these freestyle events, he was really enjoying it

[lyric elbow]

ye

no i mean

that eventually

do to age

magnus is gonna have to step out

kinda like kasparov yk

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idk

[lyric elbow]

he aint gonna play chess at 70

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I think with age you have an advantage over younger players

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or who knows

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especially in long time formats

[lyric elbow]

nah these younger guys are doing really well rn

[wild estuary]

ye, but currently magnus experience and pure grinding strength really puts him at the top, i dont think hikaru or wesley would be that good in classical 960

[lyric elbow]

especially the indian prodigies

[lean cypress]

That's questionable, has its pros and cons

[lyric elbow]

ye

[wild estuary]

honestly, ding would prolly be gr8 at 960 too if he recovers well

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imagine

[lyric elbow]

ye i hope so

[lean cypress]

No one thought gukesh would win especially me, I was really voting Fabi would win

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pragg and his sister win the championship and womens championship in the same year

[wild estuary]

i wonder which non india prodigy could be good at 960 🤔

[lyric elbow]

magnus

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like

all of them

lol

[lyric elbow]

magnus was a prodigy

[wild estuary]

eh, i defo thought gukesh would win about r6/7, was still rooting for fabi to be top 3(also pragg), but it didnt really feel like he has any sort of pure domination, and tbf fabi wouldve been best pairing for gukesh in tiebreaks

[wild estuary]

well ye 😂 but im talking abuot new gen

[golden fulcrum]

you know whos actually the goat

wei yi

[wild estuary]

as much as i can see both of em be champions, think itll be tough for that to happen in the same cycle

[lean cypress]

I don't think anyone would have thought gukesh would win the candidates

Not even nepo though he was anything special before the tournament

[golden fulcrum]

biggest surprise was nepo not winning the candidates

[lean cypress]

I guess, nepo has always done really well in the candidates

I would have liked to see him beat ding but 🤷‍♂️

[wild estuary]

pre event, nope, i thought pragg was much more stable and had less swings
but then like after the loss to alireza, the way he regained his composure before leaving, and on top of that he said in the dinner video that he would rather lose before a rest day unlike others, plus he was still tied for the lead even after the loss
i thought that in the next round either he'll 90% win and go on to atleast tiebreaks, or 10% immediate tilt, and he didnt tilt

[wild estuary]

tbh i really dont care much for nepo's opinions 😂

[golden fulcrum]

gukesh vs ding is gonna be funny

I feel like it's an easy win for gukesh ngl

[lean cypress]

I have a feeling as if you know nothing about dings play, other than recently he has been not so good

[wild estuary]

ding shall recover even if not to absolute peak, he shall still recover

[lean cypress]

He has a 100+ game unbeaten streak, and in 2019 he was on another level, Magnus even saying that ding was the most challenging to play against

[golden fulcrum]

I mean yeah he hasn't been doing good recently

[lean cypress]

2019 ding was on another level

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he was full ghost mode for months after winning the championship

[lean cypress]

He was sick and had depression

[golden fulcrum]

bro has 4 months until the world championship

[lean cypress]

I think he will lose but I would like to see him at least put up a fight, and not blunder mate in 2 like he did to Magnus

[golden fulcrum]

he just gotta get on puzzle rush a bit more

[lean cypress]

Like how does a former world champion miss that honestly I even saw it and immediately knew why rxb2 was a blunder

[lean cypress]

Lol

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you saw it??

[lean cypress]

It's easy to spot

1000 elo tactic

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ballsack

[lean cypress]

Something I would see in puzzle rush

[golden fulcrum]

yeah when the commentators say it's on the board lmao

it's easy to spot

[lean cypress]

He beat hikaru in armageddon, I saw a video where he was smiling after the win

So he isn't totally gone

Though I do think he will lose

[golden fulcrum]

ok well yeah you didn't spot the mate

commentators literally called out the tactic a few moves before it was palyed

so unless you were watching the game on mute you didn't find it yourself

also

[lean cypress]

What?

[golden fulcrum]

you were watching live I presume?

[lean cypress]

No my friend sent me the puzzle and I solved it in less than 10 seconds

Then he said ding liren missed it and I was in shock

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a Monday chess.com daily puzzle

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ok buddy

[lean cypress]

?

[golden fulcrum]

from whites perspective being given a position and being told its mate in 2 is a lot easier to find

the first thing you're gonna look at is sacking your queen

it's only easy to find when you're told it's on the board

[lean cypress]

He didn't say mate in 2

He literally just said white to move

I am sure I would have noticed the threat in game

I have a brain

[fresh vessel]

don't ping me

[lyric elbow]

same

[mellow sail]

how did you misspell Levy Rozman

[haughty light]

How did you misspell Levi Rozeman

[hexed meteor]

Why tf am I not on the listM

?

[ancient wraith]

Magnus Carlsen would win

There's even a famous game that he had chance to take bishop at move 2

But he still won

[mellow sail]

look it up, his name is Levy Rozman

[ancient wraith]

Just say Gothamchess

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❌

It's Levi Roseman

You need to look it up

[mellow sail]

;-;

WAT

[mellow sail]

sure bt he said levi rozeman, and thats not his name lmao

[halcyon sequoia]

his name isc levy rizzman