#11 - The Candidates Continues!
The eleventh episode of the Chicken Chess Club by GMs Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet & Peter Heine Nielsen.https://linktr.ee/chickenchessclubThe FIDE Candidates rumbles on and after 9 rounds, Ian Nepomniachtchi is the man to beat. He's a full point ahead of Fabiano Caruana with Ding Liren & Hikaru Nakamura trailing on 50%.There's a lot to discuss at the Candidates from Nepo's impressive performance to Rapport's risk-taking."What are you going to fix in FIDE this week, Peter?" continues to provide few answers on what Peter will fix. This week Emil Sutovsky was challenged to a debate and there will now be an epic battle to find a suitable date. Nigel Short has resigned as VP of FIDE and has gone to war with (one of) the US Virgin Islands Federation.Dvorkovich has a new website and was recently interviewed for chess24 but have we learned anything new?We end on Chickens of the Week, with a special birthday chicken!