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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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Now everyone's tied with 3.5/7.
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Apr 28, 2016 21:15
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When I posted that link above, I didn't know this had already started! Any place to see (play through) the completed games?
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Apr 28, 2016 23:01
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Try chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/ultimate-blitz-challenge-garry-kasparov/
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Apr 28, 2016 23:26
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Here we go again! https://www.twitch.tv/saintlouischessclub
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Apr 29, 2016 18:56
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Wow Wesley.
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Apr 29, 2016 19:11
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Huh, speaking of blitz chess, did you guys know that apparently Carlsen and Nakamura played a 40-game blitz match (3+1) in the middle of the night in Moscow in 2010? Background: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/10889/611 Results: http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2011/1/5/the-carlsen-nakamura-match-results.html Carlsen 24.5-15.5 totalnewbie fucked around with this message at 16:41 on May 4, 2016 |
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May 3, 2016 15:32
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I had heard that, and it seems reasonably likely they could play another blitz match in the chess.com tournament going on. One of the quarter-finals (Nakamura-Harikrishna) is starting in a few hours, I believe. I'm glad that major blitz and rapid events seem to be gaining popularity. Screw purism, it's more fun that way.
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May 4, 2016 10:28
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lmao https://www.facebook.com/chess/videos/10154267742909571/
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May 25, 2016 22:59
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The new season's Grand Chess Tour is starting up today with a rapid/blitz tournament in Paris. Games/coverage here. First round is in the books. Carlsen lost to So on time despite being up a queen, and Caruana beat Topalov quite soundly. Also the US feed has Kasparov kicking around.
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Jun 9, 2016 14:32
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Is this for real, that Magnus just dropped his Queen for nothing?!
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Jun 17, 2016 20:37
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So Nakamura drops the first 3 games in a row today, but he'll probably consider today a success because he beat Carlsen.
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Jun 17, 2016 21:35
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MrMojok posted:Is this for real, that Magnus just dropped his Queen for nothing?! More or less embarrassing than when he flagged against So while up a queen? e: This has not stopped him from clinching Leuven with three whole rounds to go. Dude is for real, I guess. Hand Knit fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Jun 20, 2016 |
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Jun 17, 2016 22:17
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http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1826191 From Dortmund just now. Kramnik sacrifices a piece, then another piece, then his queen. All on speculation.
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Jul 13, 2016 11:03
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Naka just beat Carlsen in a game of chess at classical time controls! And with black! 
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Jul 14, 2016 00:03
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So wins Sinquefield. Current standings of the "Grand Chess Tour" (is this a new thing?) 
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Aug 19, 2016 02:46
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I'll make a new thread in November, in time for the Carlsen-Karjakin match.V for Vegas posted:Current standings of the "Grand Chess Tour" (is this a new thing?) Last year was the first one. Last year was all classical chess, but they added blitz and rapid this year. There's only the London Classic left on it this year, so catching So will be pretty hard — Only Lev and Naka can do it, and that would require them winning the tournament while So finishes no higher than third last.
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Aug 22, 2016 19:01
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The Olympiad starts today. It's an interesting year for Canada, which is putting forwards its strongest team yet thanks to recently converted Evgeny Bareev. The team isn't without controversy, though, as the CFC decided to pick Alexandre LeSiege as the fifth player. LeSiege is a GM, but he's been almost entirely inactive for the past seven years. He showed up to the Quebec Open this year and didn't completely embarrass himself, so he was appointed to the team probably under the hope that this would keep him playing. That has to be the reason — otherwise picking him over Preotu is just baffling.
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Sep 1, 2016 11:29
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Great day at the Olympiad today. Wild game between Shirov and Rapport, but I'm more a fan of the pawn endgame between Kovalyov and Bruzon. Rxa5 bxa5 and now white will queen with check on c8.
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Sep 6, 2016 18:07
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Hey, the US is playing Canada in the last round of the Olympiad for a chance to win the gold medal. e: the US has the chance to win the gold medal, that is. gret fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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Sep 12, 2016 19:48
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gret posted:Hey, the US is playing Canada in the last round of the Olympiad for a chance to win the gold medal. Yes. They're currently tied with Ukraine, but hold the tiebreaker. I'm not entirely sure how Canada is fourth right now. Kovalyov is playing well, but nobody is having an especially miraculous tournament. But they've been in every game, and even their losses are matches they could have won. I guess they have gotten somewhat lucky on pairings to now, missing some top teams (India, Russia), and having other theoretically top teams turn out terrible tournaments (looking at you, France).
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Sep 12, 2016 20:14
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Yeah I was really surprised when Bareev popped up on first board for Canada. That's a blast from the past. Also haven't heard about Lesiege for a while.
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Sep 12, 2016 22:06
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gret posted:Yeah I was really surprised when Bareev popped up on first board for Canada. That's a blast from the past. Also haven't heard about Lesiege for a while. Him being on the team was, uh, "controversial."
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Sep 12, 2016 22:17
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Why is Eric Hansen board 4?
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Sep 13, 2016 05:06
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singe posted:Why is Eric Hansen board 4? Probably a strategic decision along the lines of "have LeSiege hold the draw on board 3 while Hansen plays for a win on board 4." See also Russia's board order, with Kramnik sitting below Karjakin, and Grischuk theoretically being the fifth board, but being higher rated than both Tomashevsky and Nepomniachtchi and also playing every game.
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Sep 13, 2016 09:06
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This is pretty maddening waiting for tiebreaks to resolve itself based on how your past opponents are doing this round.
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Sep 13, 2016 14:01
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gret posted:This is pretty maddening waiting for tiebreaks to resolve itself based on how your past opponents are doing this round. US wins. Kinda want to make fun of LeSiège for punting the last game, but he would've been in tough to hold it anyway, and Nakamura probably could have pressed on against Kovalyov.
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Sep 13, 2016 14:18
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Sep 14, 2016 00:20
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Yo Magnus, we may have an opening on board 4 for you to fill in 2018, that is if Jeffery Xiong isn't 2800 by then.
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Sep 14, 2016 01:46
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lol Given that even Shankland was talking like he was unhappy with Caruana and So fed switching, I wonder how much poo poo they got for it.
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Sep 14, 2016 08:55
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I'm a bit behind on my chess news reading it seems, as I just found out today about Mark Dvoretsky passing away last month. Sad year with both him and Korchnoi passing away. Everyone ready for the match in November?
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Oct 28, 2016 05:05
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I would say yes, but I haven't made the new thread yet. I'm not expecting the match to be so close, even if Magnus isn't at his best.
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Oct 28, 2016 11:11
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What makes you say that? At least yesterday Magnus was in a great form during the blitz battle against Quackamura.
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Oct 28, 2016 11:15
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Pretty sure he's saying Magnus will beat Karjakin comfortably. Which seems the most likely result, but Karjakin is no joke and 12 matches isn't all that long, so who knows? And yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
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Oct 28, 2016 16:00
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To be fair, is there anyone who really has a chance to beat Magnus in Bo12?
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Oct 28, 2016 17:28
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Maybe Caruana if he gets into the form he showed at last year's Sinquefield Cup? So is also still very young and has made a significant step up this year, so maybe him for the next cycle.
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Oct 28, 2016 17:33
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Josh Lyman posted:To be fair, is there anyone who really has a chance to beat Magnus in Bo12? I think there's a few people who have a chance to do it. I mean, Anand could have conceivably won the last match. But Carlsen most likely holds the title at least until Wei Yi comes through.
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http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3797706 new thread honk honk
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