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“Sindarov is among the five most talented players in chess history"

Nodirbek Abdusattorov on Javokhir Sindarov's talent and how his success has inspired him:

"We know his potential. He's incredibly talented, more talented than me. Until 2021–2022, he spent less time on chess and was involved in other things as well.

In my opinion, he's among the five most talented players in chess history, alongside Kasparov and others. His talent is no less than theirs. He simply couldn't realize his potential, so he remained somewhat in the shadows."

"In 2022, I was the first to cross 2700, and until 2025, I was among the top players by rating. But I never managed to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. Sometimes youth held me back, and later it was inexperience.

For many years, I was the one leading the way for him. Now he's overtaken me and reached that level first. His successive victories have given me a second wind. He showed that it was possible, opened the door, and gave me confidence. He's the one leading the way now.”

source: https://x.com/endgameaichess/status/2109313894837604617?s=46&t=ABzoet-4dMkjDH66O\_a54Q

I have been going over Kasparov's games and jesus christ how did this man find this stuff before engines existed?! Between his d5 pawn sac in his octopus knight game, his Bc2 novelty against Anand in 95 and many others I am just amazed at how he found all these vicious correct continuations. The better I have gotten at this game the better I think he is. His chess is beautiful!

Nobody posted a thread this year yet so here one is I guess

I'm a 700-800 Elo scrub, as casual as it gets. I looked at what it takes to reach 1500 and it's honestly a bit concerning.

It got me thinking: the only people who can sink that much time into chess starting from zero are kids, the unemployed, or people with no other hobbies and nothing else going for them. Every time a beginner asks for help, the level of study people recommend is mind-blowing, and that's for a mere 1500.

To be clear, there's nothing wrong with staying right where you are. I'm perfectly happy at my rating. I'm just saying this sub has a warped sense of what "casual" means and it just blows my mind.

Edit: 15+10 1-2 times a week I’d consider casual. That’s what I’m saying, the perception is so warped here for most of folks.

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It's 1997 and IBM Deep Blue is ready for the rematch against Kasparov.

But instead up steps a 2026 top 10 player. Maybe it's Fabi or Sindarov or Nordibeck or Pragg.

They retain all they know including what they already knew about Deep blue but they didn't specially prepare. Deep blue team has nothing on the 2026 player

Would the 2026 player be favourites to win the match? If so by how much.

What would be expected score?

Scenario B : Deep Blue team is given a file of the most recent 3 year classical games by the 2026 player 3 months in advance.

Hey guys, I’ve recently reached 1700 elo in rapid but I kinda brute forced my way through it. Basically every area of my chess needs improvement, so I wonder if any of you guys have a learning system for chess or use certain learning techniques.

Maybe dedicating a certain amount of time to one aspect of chess, improving time management, or practicing specific puzzles or positions on a website, or reviewing specific errors with an objective system, etc.

Or maybe using spaced repetition to learn openings or review mistakes? Has anyone tried Anki, or is there a specific chess space repetition system?

For the people who reached 2000 elo, what did you do to improve along the way?

Any tip is welcome!

I'm wondering if there exists a time control like tug of War where each player has like a min on the clock to start, and when it's your turn your clock goes down and your opponents clock goes up at an equal rate, and vice vera? So the total time on the clock would be constant, but each players time on any given move would depend on how long they have been taking relative to their opponent. It sounds like it would be a fun way to try to press a time advantage.

Sorry if this is a repeat, but I've looked around online and can't find what I'm looking for.