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Is Hikaru below his best as in the candidates tournament?

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Ayan_space9802
Apr 3, 2026
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Hikaru is on a disappointing score of 1.5 in the candidates in the fifth day, and he just resigned against sindarov. Is playing Mickey Mouse tournaments taking a toll on Hikaru's play? And why the heck does FIDE allow people to be selected by this nonsense way?(no hate to Hikaru but seriously)..
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ChessClearBelt
Apr 3, 2026
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#2

Far below his best, sadly.

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nirmalnvaidya
21 days ago
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#3

Nice

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PrincessChloe42
17 days ago
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#4
He's clearly ready to retire.
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Ein-Schachspieler
16 days ago
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#5
PrincessChloe42 hat geschrieben:

He's clearly ready to retire.

He had a few bad Candidates in the past and then he suddenly started to have a lot of good tournaments again. I believe he can still compete among the world’s best elite players just like Vishy Anand.