2024 candidates thread
Seems like fairly good odds on Nakamura (although agree with Fabi having the best chance of winning).
Naka has not lost a
so it appears that vrael has won the wager, if there are any disputes from tuma, please post itt today
otherwise I'll be sending the monies to vrael later today
ok it's settled, shipping now
still unsent, dealing with some unforseen logistic issues that were taken to pm, will resolve soon as I believe i found a way through but awaiting confirmation he received the test penny (it's a weird thing that happened that I've never once ran into before)
i know this is not a good look with the "sending payment" and "whoopsies there's an issue" but I promise the money is there, has not left the Paypal account, and will be sent soon
still unsent, dealing with some unforseen logistic issues that were taken to pm, will resolve soon as I believe i found a way through but awaiting confirmation he received the test penny (it's a weird thing that happened that I've never once ran into before)
i know this is not a good look with the "sending payment" and "whoopsies there's an issue" but I promise the money is there, has not left the Paypal account, and will be sent soon
Yeah no worries. Might be problem on my side, I saw an e-mail from Paypal to confirm my identity in order to receive money, I will look into it a bit later.
Received the money from escrow. Delay was caused due to my account not being verified. After verification and informing rickroll, I received the money right away. Thanks!
Most exciting thing to happen on chess 2p2 in years!
The betting odds definitely are ridiculous though, i'd probably set up the lines roughly like this:
TLDR:
Fabi - fair price
Nepo, Naka - underpriced
Everyone else - massively overpriced
Then again, i'm your average 1700 FIDE club player so what do i know. 😀
Honestly I think this is very accurate, pretty much identical to what I'd have said before the tournament. And we all know what happened...
My predictions: Experience matters. The young Indians have likely never faced this level of preparation from players this good. This is when the Super GMs bring their best for three weeks of bulletproof Stockfish-tested battle plans. I would not be surprised if Vishy coached them a bit, but he can't second to all three of them. One of them will probably hold up to the pressure respectably well, but all three won't.
They'll do better in the future, but this is their "Act like you've been here
I was right that one of the Indians would hold up respectably well, at least. 😀
