Aman gives his Candidates predictions 

Really did for 1 person specifically ❤

Why

@@randomdude1134it’s a joke

Oh? I'm a gentle man huh.

Gentleman* That made different sense Haha

You called it right!

what are you high on?

You are absolutely right Gukesh can be extremely volatile where as Pragg will be steady headed

Gukesh likes to take risks so either win or draw ​@@vigneshsubramanian9507

@@thepiyush909that’s literally what Ary stated later in the video…

@@NarrativeCMBSports @vigneshsubramanian9507 so did u guys watch the match today...

Yeah i agree, I think Gukesh and Pragg should swap places

gukesh is better in classical

​@@just_alfaz wo watch the standings

​@@just_alfaz being an Indian if you can't support atleast you can keep your opinions to yourself.

@@just_alfaz 🥳🥳🥳

Yeah I actually really like Pragg as a longshot bet from a gambling perspective. His best chess is S-tier and he showed it a lot in the last year or so, so he must have a shot

Pragg better than Hikaru. Fact ✔

@@Neodynium.the_permanent_magnet That's a bold claim. We'll see in the upcoming days!

bro said Nepo or Alireza 💀

​@@B-fq7ffbro do be high on smth

nepo or alireza? 😂Nepo makes sense, but alireza lol... Why does he fall outside your logic for why Fabi or Hikaru won't win other than "something tells me"

Yeah but I kinda feel bad for Gukesh and Vidit, BUT chess is not about emotions.. BTW I'm aryan too🤣

fabiano is the strongest he was the closest out of all guys to defeat carlsen

Just feels like a lot of weird things are going on with him. Even with global politics aside (which is a factor), his meltdown vs Ding in the last Championship was insane to watch. In addition to his weird prearranged draw with Dubov that got both punished, his complaining of Magnus’s accommodations at tournaments felt very immature, his support of Kramnik’s unsubstantiated claims of cheating toward Hikaru was embarrassing. His mentality (major tournament meltdowns, excuses, whining, conspiratorial support) is just too questionable for me to think he’s going to do well this year. I think we’re beginning to see his decline.

@@NarrativeCMBSports good decline so far as he sits happily atop the standings

@@Matthew-bu7fg I’m taking a lot of L’s on my predictions right now haha

@@NarrativeCMBSports if it makes you feel better, all the "experts" went with Caruana/Nakamura and with 4 rounds left, neither are top let alone making it a 2 horse race so dont feel too bad 🤣

@chessbrah - egg1 on face (Nakamura loses to Vidit)

Ian so low is insane

Solid prediction, I'll go with that one also

Agree

Don’t support these guys!

Fr he underestimated prag so much prag is strongest Indian candidate aryan tier list kind of make sense

!plebs

First commenters are gay

You should wish for a higher elo. Someday you might crack 4 digits 🤡

Hikaru, Fabi, and Nepo have all played candidates tournaments before, but Hikaru and Fabi have been the two best players in chess outside of Magnus for a while. You think winning in the past is very valuable (fair opinion), they didn't discuss that as a factor, so that's a different standard being used by Aman and Aryan compared to yourself, not a double standard being applied.

@@timcannon5384 I do agree that Fabi is the strongest player besides Magnus, but I disagree that Hikaru belongs on that same tier. Despite Fabiano's lack of consistency at the past two candidates, my biggest pet peeve is not with how Fabi is considered the favourite, but with how they just lump Hikaru into those top two tiers. Sure, Hikaru is number 3 on the FIDE rankings, but besides the rating there's no other argument to be made for Hikaru. Based on these strange assessments and the cancellation of Russian players and culture the past few years, I think it's reasonable to make the case that this bias is indeed a double standard discriminating against Nepo simply because he is Russian. It seems quite plausible that Hikaru is getting the support because he plays under the U.S. flag. How can you discuss experience at the Candidates without considering who's won the past two Candidates? You can not. There is nothing more important for experience at the Candidates than having won it.

People like Nepo, he has lots of fans and they put him as the 3rd favorite in the video. Hikaru is 2789 and has the major tournament victories recently that come along with that very high rating, but most people still have Nepo 2nd or 3rd favorite. You might not be aware, but the betting odds are very similar between Hikaru and Nepo. Probably because they like Hikarus recent performance better, but Nepo, as you said, has won these before.@@mrflamingo1004

are you fucking serious lmao, even Magnus put them the same way (Fabi > Hikaru > Nepo > Alireza > the Indians > Abasov), pretty much every expert is ranking them the same way, so if you want to argue the opposite elaborate instead of accusing every expert of being "double standard", because you're the real fringe take

They are GMs bro, how are you yapping in a situation where you are not competent? You are playing favoritism here, get your head out your ass