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1. Weekly Discussion & Tournament Thread Index - April 22, 2024 [Mod Applications Welcome]

   r/chess Weekly Discussion Thread

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2. Gukesh has won the 2024 FIDE Candidates! The new challenger for the World Championship!

   https://preview.redd.it/94q9wuu1dxvc1.jpg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27b373e309dc1681cb66967a1d279cfe48bd00fb History has been made! We have a new challenger for the World Chess Championship: Congratulations to 17-year-old Gukesh for winning the 2024 FIDE Candidates - the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship match! Round 14 games:

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3. On gambling stream, Hikaru says "Kramnik won. He took away my enthusiasm for chess."

   Most of you probably know from the post that blew up yesterday that Hikaru started doing a sponsored stream for the gambling website Stake. I was very disappointed by his decision to do this and lost so much respect for him. Today, during another gambling stream, Hikaru voiced his immense frustration at the chess world and how he's been treated and accused of cheating, and how he feels that others in the chess world get away with so much scummy stuff. He kept repeating, 'Why should chess be held to such a high standard? Why do I have any responsibility to hold it to a higher standard? Let's be real here, I just want to do what's best for myself."

   Honestly, it was depressing. Hikaru seems like he's in a bad place emotionally right now, and it's sad to see him spiral like this. He has obvious resentment built up and it feels like he's just given up. In fact, he eventually admitted that 'Kramnik won. Let's be real here, he won. He took away my

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4. [Emil Sutovsky] Fide CEO's comment on reactions to Hikaru promoting gambling

   submitted by /u/NoponicWisdom [link] [comments]

5. Why does some people say Ding Liren got lucky at the 2023 championship?

   I mean he did beat Nepo. Just because Carlsen didnt play doesnt mean he got the championship out of luck

   submitted by /u/-_XAspectX_- [link] [comments]

6. Biggest Hikaru’s L in career, promoting gambling.

   submitted by /u/nekoizmase17 [link] [comments]