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A couple of important rating lists were released yesterday. There was the FIDE list, as well as the Australian Rating List. The release of the FIDE rating list results in some extra work for me (due to my roles as QC Secretary), not so much the ACF list (having stopped being the ACF Ratings Officer long ago).
A lot of the extra work is due to people 'chasing' numb...
The 2025 FIDE Congress is happening right now. The various commission are meeting online, but the meetings have been recorded. If you wish to see me talk for far too long, then the QC meeting is at data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://youtu.be/M_azwPqcS1U&source=gmail&ust=1764496111004000&usg=AOvVaw3VwRXpmZ3PioDVziuK9c4R" href="...
Javokhir Sindarov is the winner of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. He defeated Wei Yi in the 2nd playoff game to win the match 2.5-1.5 After 3 fairly even games (2 standard and one 15m+10s) the 4th game exploded into tactics with both players running short of time. Yi actually held an advantage, but having to move with 1 second on the clock (which he did a few times) eventuall...
GM Jacek Stopa has won the 2025 Vikings Weekender, finishing on 5/6. After starting with a round 1 HPB, he scored 3 wins, before drawing with 2nd seed FM Fred Litchfeld in round 5. He then faced Masaki Horikawa in the final round, needing a win to overtake Horikawa. He managed to do this in style (winning in 27 moves) to reach 5 points. He could have been joined by CM H...
The 2025 Vikings Weekender (hosted by the Tuggeranong Chess Club, Canberra) has proved very popular, selling out a few days before the start. I missed the start of the event (still in transit from Goa) but turned up for Day 2. Top seed GM Jacek Stopa also did the same, taking a half point bye for the Friday round, but then went 3/3 in today's round. He was joined ...
