Casual chess players wonder about the jockeying for positions in the present professional super-GM chess tournaments leading to the next Candidate's tournament. Magnus Carlsen is still the world's number one ranked player yet in live chess his ranking has dropped 20 points. Carlsen is experiencing something of a slump during the Norway 2015 Super-Tournament losing a few games. Fabiano Caruana who was won seven in a row at last year's Sinquefeld has also dropped a more than 40 points from his second-highest-ever rating. With the candidate's tournament to determine who will play Carlsen in the World Championship in 2016 not being held until January 2016 there are some tactics that be be a factor in immediate wins and losses, world rankings and standings. Does Carlsen have much reason to show anything new the rest of the year to his potential challengers?
Another chess Grandmaster of very high rank Levon Aronian has dropped about 40 points since the last candidates tourney. There may be a lesson in being a very high second ranked player before the candidate's tournament; all the other players pay especially attention to you and it is difficult to win the tournament (unless you are Magnus Carlsen). So Caruana and others may be conserving their play once they have already earned a place in the candidates' for 2016. Carauana and American Hikara Nakamura have already won places in the 2016 Candidates with wins in the FIDE Grand Prix series this year.
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It is very difficult to say who will make it to the Candidates Tournament besides those already qualified. Vishy Anand, former World Champion has an auto-slot for winning last time. There are a few open invites for high ranking players and Americans hope that Wesley So is selected; So and others that might go because of high world chess ratings need to keep their scores as high as possible.
China's Wei Yi is at this stage seemingly another Magnus Carlsen. At age 16 he is already a Super GM and it is theoretically possible that he could surge in rankings and be at the Candidate's Tournament too. At about 2730 he would need to rise another 70 points the rest of the year to have much of a chance. The top ten in World Chess rankings will probably win spots and Yi is presently 29th ranked. One wonders if Yi will be the first player to reach 3000. Carlsen fell just 15 points short of that.
Another chess Grandmaster of very high rank Levon Aronian has dropped about 40 points since the last candidates tourney. There may be a lesson in being a very high second ranked player before the candidate's tournament; all the other players pay especially attention to you and it is difficult to win the tournament (unless you are Magnus Carlsen). So Caruana and others may be conserving their play once they have already earned a place in the candidates' for 2016. Carauana and American Hikara Nakamura have already won places in the 2016 Candidates with wins in the FIDE Grand Prix series this year.
http://www.2700chess.com/
It is very difficult to say who will make it to the Candidates Tournament besides those already qualified. Vishy Anand, former World Champion has an auto-slot for winning last time. There are a few open invites for high ranking players and Americans hope that Wesley So is selected; So and others that might go because of high world chess ratings need to keep their scores as high as possible.
China's Wei Yi is at this stage seemingly another Magnus Carlsen. At age 16 he is already a Super GM and it is theoretically possible that he could surge in rankings and be at the Candidate's Tournament too. At about 2730 he would need to rise another 70 points the rest of the year to have much of a chance. The top ten in World Chess rankings will probably win spots and Yi is presently 29th ranked. One wonders if Yi will be the first player to reach 3000. Carlsen fell just 15 points short of that.
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