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• Weekly Discussion & Tournament Thread Index - February 09, 2026 [Mod Applications Welcome]

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• Event: 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship

  Official Website

  Follow the games here: Chess.com | Lichess | Chess-Results

  The FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026 will take place from February 13 to 15 at the five-star Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort in Wangels, Germany. It is the first Freestyle Chess World Championship organized by FIDE in cooperation with Freestyle Chess Operations. Eight players will compete for the title and final standings. The total prize fund is $300,000, with

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• Hikaru: EWC and GCT conflict "is actually a good thing”

  From this, published here. submitted by /u/tweezerticle [link] [comments]

• Arjun Erigaisi beats Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026

  Game Link: https://www.chess.com/events/2026-fide-freestyle-chess-world-championship-round-robin/dashboard/06/Erigaisi\_Arjun-Carlsen\_Magnus submitted by /u/Interesting-Take781 [link]

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• One of them will be crowned as the inaugural FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion ♟️

  submitted by /u/Interesting-Take781 [link] [comments]

• Wei Yi’s Candidate Tierlist

  Source: https://youtu.be/TeQ-yS9EWRY?si=-Lr41YOQONdvGQuF Other Highlights: Wei Yi finds it highly unlikely he can win the tournament, but he will do his very best regardless Wei Yi believes if Hikaru or Fabi win the Candidates, they would be the clear favorite against Gukesh. Anish and Pragg have shown to be able to get good positions against Gukesh and for the others he said he has no clue Despite Blubaum and Esipenko being lower rated, he says they are not weaker targets and he was impressed by Bluebaum in Tata. He mentioned he hadn’t started prepping until last

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