donkeyfish
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Nihal has no shot in rapid. Blitz he might get a top 10.Nihal, or one of the other young guns, finishing top-3 would be very cool indeed.
I am curious to see how Fabi does in rapid, he has put in a lot of work since his WC tiebreak loss.
Nihal finished T8 (11th on tiebreaks) at blitz as a 14-year old, not finishing in the top 10 would be a bad result for him if his recent form at the SCC in blitz is any indication.Nihal has no shot in rapid. Blitz he might get a top 10.
Yeah agree on Nihal drawing some weird positions. I think he still needs to mature though. Arjun hasn't had a good start either I think.Nihal finished T8 (11th on tiebreaks) at blitz as a 14-year old, not finishing in the top 10 would be a bad result for him if his recent form at the SCC in blitz is any indication.
Agree that he is worse at rapid and someone like Arjun or Nodirbek might be a better shout there. Biggest issue with Nihal is he takes draws in strange positions (where you would expect someone of his potential to press for a win), including just now against Fedoseev.
Obviously, not including Alireza in all of this when talking about the next gen.
Scratch that. He's board 8Yeah agree on Nihal drawing some weird positions. I think he still needs to mature though. Arjun hasn't had a good start either I think.
Nodirbek leading after Round 10 after beating Magnus in an endgameNihal finished T8 (11th on tiebreaks) at blitz as a 14-year old, not finishing in the top 10 would be a bad result for him if his recent form at the SCC in blitz is any indication.
Agree that he is worse at rapid and someone like Arjun or Nodirbek might be a better shout there. Biggest issue with Nihal is he takes draws in strange positions (where you would expect someone of his potential to press for a win), including just now against Fedoseev.
Obviously, not including Alireza in all of this when talking about the next gen.