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Will Anand Win a Game? This poll is closed. |
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| Putin has managed to become a threat to both Russia and World Peace because Obama is not a strong leader like Ronald Reagan |
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22 | 44.90% |
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V for Vegas posted:All hail our new champion - Quackamura! Magnus wishes he could play as well as Quackamura.
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Jun 25, 2015 22:35
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Interesting post from Magnus on reforming the WC https://www.facebook.com/magnuschess/posts/716100188495958 quote:In advance of travelling to the US to prepare for the Sinquefield Cup, I felt it important to share with you something I have been thinking about a great deal: the World Championship cycle format.
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Aug 11, 2015 23:39
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Not that I'm against the general logic of reforming the championship system, but I don't like the motivation he's giving. If a knockout system makes it less likely that the strongest players will both challenge for and win the title, that to me is a negative.
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Aug 11, 2015 23:41
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How do you deal with Russia in a 'regional' competition that is at all fair?
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Aug 11, 2015 23:47
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V for Vegas posted:How do you deal with Russia in a 'regional' competition that is at all fair? I imagine that that would be covered by the rating spots. And, as odd as it is to say, it's actually the US that risks losing more now. With fed switches, they're the only country with three top 10 players (although Russia has five in the top 14). I actually really like the current GP system in concept, but are there criticisms that it shuts out non-European players? Maybe an expanded GP system would help accommodate the fact that China now has 8 >2700 players.
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Aug 11, 2015 23:54
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Sinquefield Cup is just kicking off now. Chess24 continues to have the best interface burdened by a Jen Shahade/Yasser Seirawan/Maurice Ashley crew.
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Aug 23, 2015 19:02
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So Caruana-Carlsen just played an extended sequence with under a minute on the clock (no increment), which ended with Caruana punting an equal position on move 40. With Topalov-Nakamura still going, Anand and Caruana are 0/2, and if Topalov (or Nakamura, I guess, but he ain't looking so good) wins he'll be the only person with 2/2.
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Aug 24, 2015 23:07
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If you want some chess to watch this afternoon, there's a lot of post-championship silliness happening in St. Louis now as part of the "Ultimate Moves" day. You get to hear grandmasters accuse each other of ruining positions in team games, and then Magnus say "no, that's bullshit!" http://www.twitch.tv/saintlouischessclub
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Sep 3, 2015 19:24
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LOL Naka plays Randy Sinquefield with rook odds, and Randy hangs his extra rook on move 2.
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Sep 3, 2015 19:46
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gret posted:LOL Naka plays Randy Sinquefield with rook odds, and Randy hangs his extra rook on move 2. Naka then benefits again in the next blitz game against Carlsen: the rules require Randy and Rex to take over for their GM teammates for 5 moves at move 21, and Randy again blunders a rook. Edit: This is all very silly and fun. I might have to try to get out to the Sinquefield Cup for at least the final few days next year.
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Sep 3, 2015 19:59
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OrangeKing posted:Naka then benefits again in the next blitz game against Carlsen: the rules require Randy and Rex to take over for their GM teammates for 5 moves at move 21, and Randy again blunders a rook. I went last year (hey, I live here and wanted to see what all the Caruana fuss was about) and it's great: $10 for admission, you get free access to the Chess Museum, free food and drink in the viewing/commentary rooms, plus there's a bar attached to the Chess Club with games always going on and $4 pints of good local beer.
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Sep 3, 2015 20:03
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Yasser ragging Kasparov might be the hardest I've ever laughed at anything chess related.
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Sep 3, 2015 22:03
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haha, another one. Jesus, what's the top prize for a tournament like this - a thousand euro? As if you're not going to get caught beating GMs.quote:An Italian chess player has been expelled from one of Italy’s most important tournaments after he allegedly used Morse code and a spy pendant containing a hidden camera to communicate with an accomplice.
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Sep 8, 2015 07:57
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Anyone doing the London Classic this year? I'm definitely going, but haven't decided on which events just yet. By the way, if you're a UK resident and under 25 then all the tournaments are free, which is an absolutely insane deal. fe: link
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Sep 8, 2015 18:27
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V for Vegas posted:haha, another one. Jesus, what's the top prize for a tournament like this - a thousand euro? As if you're not going to get caught beating GMs. It's one of those things that makes you wonder "why don't people cheat more subtly?" and then sadly note that while people don't talk about it much, there must be some who are cheating without making it so blindingly obvious. Hand Knit posted:Anyone doing the London Classic this year? I'm definitely going, but haven't decided on which events just yet. That's an amazing deal. I'd love to go, but I can't make it happen this year.
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Sep 9, 2015 16:19
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World Cup starts tomorrow. Who you got? Very strong field this year.        Bracket winners: 1 - Svidler 2 - Ding 3 - Tomashevsky? Probably the toughest since So hasn't been playing very well. 4 - Giri 5 - Caruana 6 - Yu 7 - Ivanchuk 8 - Nakamura Overall winner - Giri
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Sep 10, 2015 13:10
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Is anyone reading this? Anyway, actual bracket winners: 1 - Svidler 2 - Yi 3 - Vachier-Lagrave 4 - Giri 5 - Mamedyarov 6 - Karjakin 7 - Eljanov 8 - Nakamura Top 8 is Svidler - Yi, Mamedyarov-Karjakin, Eljanov-Nakamura, and MVL-Giri. Looks like Eljanov and Mamedyarov are going to win with white game 1, and the other two have already drawn.
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Sep 23, 2015 15:44
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Course we're reading this.
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Sep 23, 2015 16:02
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Hand Knit posted:Is anyone reading this? Anyway, actual bracket winners: Do you only post when Nakamura loses?
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Sep 23, 2015 16:30
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gret posted:Do you only post when Nakamura loses? Can't post without inspiration.
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Sep 24, 2015 01:04
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Top 4 is set, with Giri-Svidler and Eljanov-Karjakin. The top 8 was decently interesting. Giri and Eljanov both advanced in the classical section. Karjakin, meanwhile, had to save a losing position to make tiebreakers where he beat Mamedyarov in the short rapid game. Svidler punted strong advantages against Wei Yi like four different times before finally winning in blitz, in a game where he was ironically quite a bit worse out of the opening. Svidler won in 2011, and were he to win he would follow Anand as the second player to win multiple world cups. This is Karjakin's third time in the semifinals, though he's never made the finals. Giri would be the youngest player to win by quite a bit, passing however old Aronian was when he won.
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Sep 26, 2015 18:08
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Svidler-Eljanov final would be OK. Rather see Giri though
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Sep 27, 2015 23:40
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Svidler-Karjakin it is! Interesting set of players lining up for the Candidates, for sure. Looks like Topalov and Giri are the favorites to get the rating-based spots, though that could change if there were dramatic shifts in the last three months of the year (Giri is more vulnerable, but even he is well ahead of Kramnik/Grischuk/Aronian in the monthly averages for 2015 right now). It will be really interesting to see who the wild card selection might be, seeing as how Kramnik and Aronian would be very attractive alternatives to a local favorite. Unless they are the local favorite - I still haven't read anything about a site for the Candidates yet.
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Oct 1, 2015 06:31
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I've always found it kind of awesome that Svidler was such a huge cricket nerd. (case in point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAjaeGMB51c) I love his chess commentary, so now I'm hugely excited this actually happened! (TMS - Test Match Special, the BBC cricket commentary show with the legendary Aggers) 
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Oct 1, 2015 08:17
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Big shock today as Karjakin blundered a very good position and is suddenly down 2-0 in the finals. Svidler now only needs one draw over the last two games to win.
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Oct 2, 2015 14:35
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Go Svidler!
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Oct 2, 2015 19:38
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So this continues to be the weirdest final. In a position where Svidler could win a rook, he instead hung a rook and lost. So now Karjakin goes into the last classical game with white needing a win.
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Oct 3, 2015 14:13
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GM Dan King thinks that the real prize for the tournament is the 2 contenders berths they already have, so there was less preparation for the final.
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Oct 3, 2015 19:00
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Jonny Nox posted:GM Dan King thinks that the real prize for the tournament is the 2 contenders berths they already have, so there was less preparation for the final. Possible. I'd bet that fatigue is playing a part as well. Also, after 15 1/2 moves Karjakin has a healthy lead. We might actually get a tiebreak out of this 
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Oct 4, 2015 12:44
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All I know about what's happening is that Svidler was a pretty good co-host for Sochi 2014.
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Oct 4, 2015 12:59
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Random stuff just mentioned on air: (1) The next title match will be in the US (2) The candidates will be in either the US or Baku (3) If Baku, the organizers nominees will be Mamedyarov and Radjabov (4) The Women's title match will be in Monaco Also, while the computer eval is still ugly, Svidler's position is looking more and more savable.
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Oct 4, 2015 13:38
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Hand Knit posted:Random stuff just mentioned on air: If the title match really does come to the US, and it's at a time I can travel, and I can afford it, and... Well, basically, I'll go if I can.
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Oct 5, 2015 05:40
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OrangeKing posted:If the title match really does come to the US, and it's at a time I can travel, and I can afford it, and... It would have to be in St Louis, right? Like, if it's not Sinquefield/Polgar putting up the money then who?
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Oct 5, 2015 12:15
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If you guys aren't watching (and shame on you if you aren't), we're headed into the fifth game of the tiebreaker. There have been no draws yet, and the last two games featured black winning in inexplicable fashions. This is already the best WC final ever. e: So, yeah. Karjakin won both of the blitz games and, consequently, the World Cup. The first blitz was pretty amazing. Svidler got a winning position out of the opening in the black side of a Marshall and promptly flubbed it into a strong advantage for white. Against all odds he managed to win an exchange and was soundly winning when he hung his rook. Karjakin then carried the next game into easy equality, which led to Svidler losing when he was forced to overpress in an attempt to equalize. So Karjakin wins the final 6-4, with zero draws. Amazing. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Oct 5, 2015 |
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Oct 5, 2015 14:32
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Hand Knit posted:It would have to be in St Louis, right? Like, if it's not Sinquefield/Polgar putting up the money then who? I would assume that it will be in St. Louis, yeah. You never know about a surprise bid coming in from somewhere, but...no, it's gotta be St. Louis, and it's almost certainly Sinquefield putting up the money. And yeah, that World Cup final was amazing. Sorry if you missed it, because it was thrilling!
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Oct 6, 2015 04:23
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Just incredible that Karjakin managed to win after being down 2-0, although I'm sure fatigue really affected the play of both players. Not that you needed another clear sign that having the World Cup winner being declare the World Champion was a horrible idea.
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Oct 6, 2015 04:32
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The 4-play Millionaire Chess final is today and can be followed on https://millionairechess.com. Le Quang Liem, Yu Yangyi, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alex Lenderman are the four finalists.
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Oct 12, 2015 16:48
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From a Zurich Chess Challenge press release:quote:The oldest chess club in the world and its honorable member Oleg Skvortsov suggest a most important innovation for the future of new classical chess with a new time control of 40 minutes per game with additional 10 seconds for each move. We think that in the future classical chess could pass to one hour control for each player. We have come to the conclusion that the game needs to become faster. There has to be some point where they stop shortening the time control for classical chess, right??
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Nov 2, 2015 18:58
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vyshka posted:From a Zurich Chess Challenge press release: God drat it, no. If you want people to pay more attention to chess, make it so the best players have time to make the best moves.
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Now Greg Shahade is arguing for the death of slow chess: https://gregshahade.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/slow-chess-should-die-a-fast-death/
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