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It's official - Hikaru has qualified to the 2026 Candidates by rating (provided that Magnus does not change his mind last minute which is virtually 0%).

They may have to play their own match, or they may just award it that way, I'm not too sure. Similar to how Abasov qualified after Carlsen withdrew his spot maybe. We'll find out soon.

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@tpr said in #2: > It is a bit elementary. It may be elementary for stronger players, but I do want to vary my content once in a while so that some of the club level/amateur players are also gaining i…

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If you guys want to learn more about basics of Chess960 I recommend viewing this post https://lichess.org/@/BigBrainChess_08/blog/fischer-random--chess-960/Ntnr2ZaM

@Leo-Skrypachov said in #6: > Could I ask? How can I calculate the number of the starting position, or on what it depends? This is tricky --- there is a specific formula that is used to calculate the …

Wobbly Demon, My intention of this post was not to introduce combinatorics as a whole, but rather to put it into perspective with chess. When I say that maths and chess are so interconnected, I'm tryi…