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SERENOS set twice last year so I think this is their third outing in the Guardian.

Rumoured to be an established setter.

There’s a known setter (Jeremy Mutch) who sets with similar names/anagrams… ORENSO in the FT and EL SORENSO in the DT.

With the FIDE Candidates tournament starting this weekend, can anyone suggest a good place to tune-in online?
And who do you think will prevail?

Depends on the commentators you prefer.

My favo(u)rite lead commentators are (in alphabetical order) Jan Gustafsson, David Howell, Alojzije Jankovic, Peter Leko, Evgenij Miroshnichenko ("Miro") and Peter Svidler.

I expect the official FIDE broadcast to include Jankovic or Miro. Although I am not a fan of FIDE I often follow their broadcasts via their Youtube channel. I'll find the link by Googling "2026 FIDE Candidates live" or some such.

There may be a chess24 broadcast on their youtube channel, which I hope will include Jan G and Peter S. Link can be found by Googling.

Chess.com will probably have more than one broadcast: a "Pro" stream with more hard chess analysis (I'm hoping for Leko here) and a "Community" stream with more explanation (probably with David Howell). I like chess.com coverage, but have trended to FIDE or chess24 because chess.com often erratically hiccups, maybe due to server overload. You can find links by clicking on "Events" at the chess.com site. They probably have a youtube channel as well.

Chessbase India if you root for "Pragg". I don't know so much about them, but the presenters are extremely enthusiastic. Samir Shah will likely be involved.

If you have a preference for the (usually female) sidekick/2nd commentator, the main ones are Keti Tsatsalashvili (probably on FIDE), Jovanka Houska (probably on chess.com Community) and Tania Sachdev (probably on chess.com Pro). They're all pretty good.

The above is English language only!

I don't have a serious prediction for the tournament itself. No strong preference, but will pull for Wei Yi to an extent. Also Esipenko and Bluebaum, because I like underdogs. If forced to make a prediction, I'd go for the young Sindarov, who has been on a major up trend.

Sorry...for the chess.com broadcasts, chess.com->Watch->Events (hover and click), then click on the display for FIDE Candidates Tournament.

Wonderful - many thanks, geeker.

I've rediscovered an interest in the game recently; your considered response is most helpful.

(It'll be interesting to see how young Sindarov copes; I even considered a bet on him a while back but he's shortened into odds of 7/2. Nakamura too, given the context of his challenge.)

Ahead of time, link to FIDE live coverage (youtube):

https://www.youtube.com/@FIDe_chess/live

I was all wet on my commentator predictions.

I'm watching Gustafsson and Svidler on FIDE channel https://www.youtube.com/@FIDe_chess/live

Chess24 has Arturs Neiksans (who I like) and the less good backups Anna Rudolf and John Sargent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JavCGCJcaQ

Chess.com currently seems to have an inferior (IMO) broadcast from Nakamura's Kick channel with J L Hammer and Fiona Steil-Antoni. They are solid commentators, however. Hammer's explanations are very clear.

Waiting to see if lichess has a worthy broadcast.

lichess is just relaying the FIDE broadcast.

Thanks - I eventually settled on the Fide channel.

Thoroughly enjoyed the access to Sindarov's thoughts in the studio immediately after his win against Prag with the black pieces there.