Wei Yi’s Candidate Tierlist Source: https://youtu.be/TeQ-yS…
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Wei Yi’s Candidate Tierlist
Source: https://youtu.be/TeQ-yS9EWRY?si=-Lr41YOQONdvGQuF
Other Highlights:
Wei Yi finds it highly unlikely he can win the tournament, but he will do his very best regardless
Wei Yi believes if Hikaru or Fabi win the Candidates, they would be the clear favorite against Gukesh. Anish and Pragg have shown to be able to get good positions against Gukesh and for the others he said he has no clue
Despite Blubaum and Esipenko being lower rated, he says they are not weaker targets and he was impressed by Bluebaum in Tata.
He mentioned he hadn’t started prepping until last week because of psychological issues he had been facing the whole year and it affected his performance at Norway Chess and other top level events he played and he felt he played below his standard
He skipped the Grand Swiss for the World Cup for those psychological reasons as well
It sounds like Ding might be on his team or will be because when asked the question and with it prefaced he can decline to answer, he just kept laughing and basically said maybe
Regardless of how the Candidates goes for him, he doesn’t think he will play many tournaments or matches for the rest of the year
#games
Source: https://youtu.be/TeQ-yS9EWRY?si=-Lr41YOQONdvGQuF
Other Highlights:
Wei Yi finds it highly unlikely he can win the tournament, but he will do his very best regardless
Wei Yi believes if Hikaru or Fabi win the Candidates, they would be the clear favorite against Gukesh. Anish and Pragg have shown to be able to get good positions against Gukesh and for the others he said he has no clue
Despite Blubaum and Esipenko being lower rated, he says they are not weaker targets and he was impressed by Bluebaum in Tata.
He mentioned he hadn’t started prepping until last week because of psychological issues he had been facing the whole year and it affected his performance at Norway Chess and other top level events he played and he felt he played below his standard
He skipped the Grand Swiss for the World Cup for those psychological reasons as well
It sounds like Ding might be on his team or will be because when asked the question and with it prefaced he can decline to answer, he just kept laughing and basically said maybe
Regardless of how the Candidates goes for him, he doesn’t think he will play many tournaments or matches for the rest of the year
#games
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