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The FIDE World Cup was a complete success, as top players fought for spots in the Candidates, both in the open and in the women’s section. Magnus Carlsen and Aleksandra Goryachkina were the winners. As ever, GM Karsten Müller compiled the most interesting positions from the tournaments. Find here five instructive endgames from the open category! | Pictured: Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | Photo: Stev Bonhage

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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja will throw down in the Division I Winners Final of the 2023 Julius Baer Generation Cup.

[-] jalda@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Round 5

Standings

Rank Team Round BP MP
1 WR Chess 5 24 10
2 Team MGD1 5 21 9
3 Armenia 5 20.5 8
4 Germany and Friends 5 19 8
5 Chess Pensioners 5 18 7
6 Berlin Chess Federation 5 17.5 7
7 Freedom 5 17.5 7
8 ASV AlphaEchecs Linz 5 20.5 6
9 Kompetenzakademie Allstars 5 19.5 6
10 Chessbrah OFM 5 19 6
11 Rishon LeZion Chess Club 5 18.5 6
12 Six-pack 5 18.5 6
13 Columbus Energy KingsOfChess Kraków 5 17.5 6
14 Team Chessemy.com 5 16.5 6
15 Ukrainian Amators 5 13.5 6
16 Ashdod Elit Chess Club 5 16 5
17 Schachverein Hemer 5 16 5
18 Düsseldorfer Schachklub 1914/25 e.V 5 15 5
19 Aachener Schachverein von 1856 5 14.5 5
20 Deutsche Schachjugend 1 5 14.5 5
21 FIDE Management Board 5 15 4
22 Africa 5 14 4
23 Chess Wizzards 5 13 4
24 Neustadt Weinstraße 5 12.5 4
25 Mitropa Chess Association 5 12.5 4
26 Wensing & Pöbel 5 11.5 4
27 Kenya Commercial Bank Chess Club 5 11 4
28 École Polytechnique Française de Lausanne 5 13 3
29 The Sharks 5 12.5 3
30 Doppelbauer Kiel 5 12.5 3
31 PhileKhoob Chess Club 5 12 3
32 Heilbronn Hustlers 5 11.5 3
33 Blerickse Schaakvereniging 5 11.5 3
34 MagdeBurg and Friends 5 6.5 2
35 Deutsche Schachjugend 2 5 5.5 2
36 Unischach Bayreuth 5 8.5 1

[-] jalda@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

One important piece of information is that Magnus Carlsen has confirmed (once again) that he has no intention to play the Candidates, so the other three semifinalists, including underdog Nijat Abasov, should be directly qualified for the Candidates.

[-] jalda@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Link to the document (which is also linked in the article).

The article has a couple of inaccuracies and unjustified assumptions:

First of all, there is no Men's category in chess, only Open and Women's. The Open category is, as indicated by its name, open to everyone, men, women, cis, trans and anyone else, and it is not unusual that women compete in it (the most prominent case was Judit Polgar). This new FIDE document doesn't change that, so a trans person is allowed in competitive play, contrary to what the title suggests. The Women's category is restricted to only women, and this document explains how these restrictions are applied to trans people. Note that the existence of a Women's category is controversial on its own.

Similarly, there are not Men titles and Women titles, only General titles (Grand Master, International Master,...) and Women titles (Women Grand Master, Women International Master,...), with the Women titles having lower requirements (again, very controversial). All the top women players are GMs, not WGMs. The FIDE document states that trans men will have their women titles abolished (unless they transition back), but they retain their general titles, and in case they don't have one, their women title will be transferred to the general title of the equivalent level. The article incorrectly states that trans men "are set to be stripped of any titles if they were won pre-transition".

Now, to the meat of the topic: the eligibility of trans women for the Women category:

Article 2.3 states that any person who has legally transitioned can certificate so to their National Rating Officer to change their gender in FIDE's database. Once that that change in the database is done, trans women are restricted from Women events until a decision is made by FIDE Council "at the earliest possible time". In these cases where the transition is backed up by legal documents, the decision by FIDE should be a formality and take little time.

Of course, this is only possible for countries who recognize gender changes. In case the National Rating Officer rejects the change, article 2.4 allows an appellation to the FIDE QC, and after that to the FIDE Council. In these cases the decision by the FIDE Council may take up more time, and FIDE sets a deadline of two years for that decision (but it doesn't mean that every case will take two years).

And finally, just to be clear, all of this only applies to trans players who need to change their gender in FIDE's database. Trans players that always have played under their post-transition gender, or that have changed their gender before this regulation, don't need to go through this process. This is the case, for example, of Yosha Iglesias, the player mentioned in the article, and that is listed as female in FIDE's database, and consequently she can play in any Women's event she wants.

All in all, I think there is much unnecessary red tape, especially for the trans people more at risk, those who live in countries where they are persecuted. And that the excessive red tape is most likely based on transphobia. But the situation is not as extreme as many other sports that have directly banned the participation of trans players.

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Recap of the games of Hikaru Nakamura, Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh D, Fabiano Caruana and Pragg

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18-year-old Azerbaijani GM Aydin Suleymanli won an epic match as Magnus Carlen and Hikaru Nakamura prepare to join the 2023 World Chess Cup.

[-] jalda@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Begun, the AdBlocker Wars have.

[-] jalda@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The word you're looking for is sustainable, not profitable

[-] jalda@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Antichess, the truly anarchic variant, where en passant is really forced

[-] jalda@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

What a sad day. Reddit is doing PiPi in their pampers.

[-] jalda@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Then, we'll wait for that random-ass user to actually subscribe to any new sub/community over there, which they'll only do if it's any good

[citation needed]

[-] jalda@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

"Explain how Google would impact XMPP servers if they defederate from Google Talk"

Spoiler: They can

[-] jalda@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

[Google got] into open source software and it seems those survived the experience

Not really. Google is responsible for the open source browser Chromium, which is the base for Google Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc. They dominate the browser market, and they use their position to implement features outside the web standard. Their competitors (mainly Firefox) are not able to implement the non-standard features, driving them out of the market. Classic Embrace-Extend-Extinguish.

Google got into the Linux space

Technically, both Android and Chromebok are Linux-based. But Google has done everything possible so that they aren't part of the "Linux space", to the point that Android uses a fork of version 3.x of the Linux kernel (regular Linux is now at version 6.x).

[-] jalda@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I was expecting a community about Donald Duck, but it is even better.

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