Carlsen is the top seed in the 14-player round robin. I realize that I haven't been posting much lately. It's because there are not very many elite classical tournaments anymore. Blitz and rapid are taking over. Even at amateur tournaments, the time controls are shortening. Supposedly this will popularize chess. But after pushing blitz and rapid for decades, we're still having the same conversation about how to popularize chess. It hasn't worked.
