It's nice to see that Lichess is here to stay. If somebody from Lichess is reading: a big thank you.

watching this vid has reminded how much the chess world is lucky to have MC as its flagship ambassador. He is almost the ideal WC. Caruana would be such a huge stepdown. Michal Krasenkow has compared Caruana to Euwe - "[Caruana] is an extremely pleasant young man and an outstanding player but lacking a unique personal style and a champion's charisma." I couldn't agree more.