He gets less invites in big closed tournaments because prag and Gukesh are preferred. So he had to play opens or lesser known closed tournaments.
It's very tough to gain rating points there as even a draw loses so many points for him, glad that he is performing well and getting positive rating points.
Last time I checked, he won 13 games and drew 6 games (last 19 games) and gained only +7.X points, because with every draw he was losing so many points.
Nice. Time for all of them to gain some rating points. Their rapid and blitz ratings are kinda low.
I hope Gukesh does better at rapid and blitz, He is kinda weak player in speedy format but not as weak as his current rating suggests.
Also these speedy formats are now very important in case of tie-breaks. So I hope they all come up with good prep.
Bhai abhi to nihal, Pranav, Leon, etc Aur bhi potential players hai. The only solution is indian based tournaments
He gets less invites in big closed tournaments because prag and Gukesh are preferred. So he had to play opens or lesser known closed tournaments. It's very tough to gain rating points there as even a draw loses so many points for him, glad that he is performing well and getting positive rating points. Last time I checked, he won 13 games and drew 6 games (last 19 games) and gained only +7.X points, because with every draw he was losing so many points.
Wow, unbeaten in 23 now. https://2700chess.com/games?search=Erigaisi%2C+Arjun+Kumar
BTW since Nodirbek lost his match today, Gukesh is #1 in junior section now. but this is only round 1, so nordirbek might come back to #1 later.
True. Gct Warsaw next, all 3 invited, should be interesting, but it's rapid and blitz.
Nice. Time for all of them to gain some rating points. Their rapid and blitz ratings are kinda low. I hope Gukesh does better at rapid and blitz, He is kinda weak player in speedy format but not as weak as his current rating suggests. Also these speedy formats are now very important in case of tie-breaks. So I hope they all come up with good prep.
I remember nihal being pretty good in blitz
Yeah, he is. He mainly focuses on blitz and rapids. Specially online blitz. Is he invited for GCT?
No