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Award Winning Author, Chessable Author, and Noted Opening Theoretician, IM Christof Sielecki joins me to discuss the FIDE Candidates Tournament through 12 rounds. Topics include: Nepo's dominance, the important battle for 2nd place, Alireza's struggles, Nakamura's Quick Draw in Round 12, the Quality of Play, and whether Magnus might be enticed to defend his crown if the World Championship format were tweaked.
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Here are a few of the articles, and videos we referenced:
Chess by the Numbers Updated Probabilities
MVL's Interview with Chessbase
Tarjei Svenson for Chess24 on GM Kramnik's Comments
Nepo discussed a letter from FIDE in the postgame interview on Chess.com’s Broadcast
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