Kramnik Rematch's rematch with a GM whom he accused of cheating, how chess.com screwed up the match, and how this can be fixed for future events. Why your ratings are so differnt in blitz vs rapid.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/polish-number-1-refuses-handshake-with-russian-gm?ref_id=27826370https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/fide-anti-doping-test-urine-same-nihal-sarin-magnus-carlsen-world-rapid-championship/article67686313.ecehttps://en.chessbase.com/post/it-s-official-carlsen-will-not-play-in-the-candidateshttps://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/51st-rilton-cup-2023-24https://www.fide.com/news/2828https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-cheating-tuesday-vladimir-kramnik-comes-new-cheating-allegation-chess-com-s-titled-tuesdayshttps://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/ian-nepomniachtchi-daniil-dubov-draw-world-blitz-championship-controversy-knight-moves/article67689905.ecehttps://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/fresh-complaints-at-fide-rapid-and-blitz-anna-maja-kazarian-fined-100-euros-for-sports-shoes-nihal-sarin-wait-3-hours-urine-samples-thrice-9087302/https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RhvNHPCZXKU
https://en.chessbase.com/post/way-to-candidates-firouzja-is-getting-therehttps://en.chessbase.com/post/gukesh-wins-chennai-grand-masters-2023-arjun-erigaisi-second-and-harikrishna-thirdhttps://www.chess.com/member/kingslayersloanhttps://new.uschess.org/news/letter-fide-concerning-events-candidates-cycle-qualificationhttps://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-set-to-implement-drastic-rating-changeshttps://www.chess.com/member/kingslayersloan?ref_id=27826370
We talk all the chess news of the week, including Kramnik vs Hikaru and what that means IRL, plus all th opinions of the weeks.NM John MacArthur and I talk the chess cheating scandels.https://www.twitch.tv/masterchessdojoI am KingSlayerSloan on twitch, kick, and Youtube.
In part one of this episode we talk about Pogchamps 5, DDOS attacks on chess.com. Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh being granted Spanish citizenship. And lastly what drives people to be good at chess.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iranian-chess-player-who-competed-without-hijab-granted-spanish-nationality/ar-AA1erZGRhttps://dotesports.com/chess/news/ddos-attacks-nearly-checkmate-chess-com-ahead-of-pogchamps-5-event
In this episode, we talk FIDE WC, Womans world championship, and introduce ourselves to the podcast world. And all the drama of the chess world.
This week, we cover the biggest clash in world chess right now — USA vs India in Texas, where Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Gukesh, and Arjun Erigaisi battle it out under a no-draw format designed to make chess more mainstream.We also run through the quick hits:Magnus Carlsen welcomes his first child (yes, even FIDE chimed in 👶♟️)13-year-old Kai Hanache stuns three Grandmasters in a UK blitz qualifierFIDE scraps the “400-point rule” — dubbed the Hikaru Rule — changing the rating landscape for top GMsAnd the Speed Chess Championship 2025 is officially on the calendar, with Carlsen, Nakamura, and Niemann all confirmed
Abhimanyu Mishra makes history — at just 16, he becomes the youngest player ever to defeat a reigning world champion in classical play, toppling Gukesh in the Grand Swiss.Magnus vs. Hikaru — Carlsen calls Nakamura “shameless” for farming smaller events to qualify for the Candidates. Is it smart strategy, or an insult to tradition?The Israel chess controversy — after organizers in Spain attempted to ban Israeli players from competing under their flag, FIDE intervened. In protest, several Israeli players later withdrew from another event, sparking debate over politics in chess.We also round up other hot headlines: Carlsen winning Titled Tuesday, the US Championship 2025 fields announced, and the latest FIDE rating shake-ups.
We talk about the Kramnik lawsuit and I can't keep up with who Kramnik has accused of cheating, who is actually a genius in chess vs just being drilled sinse childhood, my mic is not amazing, sorry.
All the best bits of news we can all mull over, we love to see it.
This Episode covers Magnus Carlson's attempt to make the freestyle chess brand calim a world championship title,and all the stuff that goes with it. we also talk about Hikaru's hints of a possible retirementWarning, when I say play magnus group I mean freestyle chess.
National Master John MacArthur, and I discuss the basic updates, goals and various aspects of improvement.
There is recent updates to this story, more to come soon, this podcast cover the Magus "jeans" story with other things.
Accusations of match fixing, How its simular to Kramnik's outbursts, How FIDE has a tough fight ahead to retain its base and maintain legitimacy, what Magnus Carlson's goal could and should be, and how this effects the chess world. Plus some spicy takes from john.
All the chess events, and all the non news news.
All the fun chess stuff and all the stuff mentioned, also for the search engine.- Gothamchess- Niemann- Kramnik- Martinez- FideOnlineArena- Pia Cramling- Alien Gambit- Carlsen- Shankland- Fabiano- Dragon- Fedorowicz- Victor Frias- Touch move- Blunders- Tournament recap- Dutch Defence- Openings- Marshall CC- Chess Club activities- Marc Arnold
This is more of a concept session mixed with some news, we try and pull apart how this related to chess cheating. Much love to you all.
Covering all the news we thought was worth covering, we will try for three 45 mins podcasts a week this week was just a test. WGM wgm Jennifer Shahade gets sued by US chess, and we do a breakdown of why we think this happened and why now, we also cover alleged attempted murder, and john gives his insight on the latest botez chess camp.
This podcast was a shitshow of a comeback, sorry about all the quality issues, we love you guys, we will be back stronger than before.