We’ve got 6 rounds in the books and GM Ian Nepomniathchtchi and GM Fabiano Caruana are comfortably in first and 2nd place, respectively. GM Jonathan Tisdall is an American born, Norway based author, journalist and is the 3 time champion of Norway. Jonathan has been covering high level chess for decades, so it was great to get his thoughts on the first 6 rounds of the Candidates. Is he surprised by Nepo’s dominance? What has gone wrong for Firouzja and Ding? Do the current leaders make it less likely that we will see Magnus defend the crown? It has been a fascinating tournament so far, and it was fun to discuss it with GM Tisdall!

03:00- GM Jonathan Tisdall joins the show.

Mentioned: Chess by the Numbers Blog

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16:00- Will Magnus defend against these guys?

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30:00- Do we like the fact the clocks don’t have increments for this tournament?

39:00- Why does Nepo excel against everyone but Magnus?

45:00- Double blindness! We were referencing this moment in Anand’s game”

https://twitter.com/norwaychess/status/1534982377293893633?lang=bg

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2288820

53:00- When will Jonathan’s next book finally come out?

Mentioned: Nick Doody

57:00- We almost forgot to talk about GM Ding Liren!

1:00:00- Thanks to GM Tisdall for joining the show! You can follow him on Twitter here:

https://twitter.com/GMjtis?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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