The Chicken Chess Club verdict on the Candidates

Magnus Carlsen seconds Jan Gustafsson, Laurent Fressinet and Peter Heine Nielsen made their FIDE Candidates Tournament predictions in a one-and-a-half-hour podcast earlier this week. They assessed Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana, Alireza Firouzja and co. on current form, motivation, chances to win and openings, and also looked at the big questions: which winner would Magnus agree to play in a match, and who’s the biggest chicken?

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