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Oct-16-15
 | | HeMateMe: <I have met a few intelligent people who liked that kind of work just because while earning money with a task they could do blindfolded they had the time to think about a lot of other things not workrelated during work.> It's funny you mention that. I used to think about chess positions from my games or from puzzle books, and try to work out lines, solve answers, stuff like that. It would keep me from falling asleep standing up. Other people came in drunk or smoked pot in the bathroom before going on the line. Whatever worked for the individual, I guess. |
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| Oct-16-15 | | Everett: <Jim Bartle: <Unfortunately, Waging war fits about 90% of this statement.> And there's more money available for war than for chess.> Too true. |
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| Oct-17-15 | | Overgod: <<Error again Bobby. People are more likely to reveal their true personalities online,> Why don't you actually look at what the research shows about that? Oh, I know why, you don't care about data and a scientific approach, only about what you feel is true. Right...
Welcome to my ignore list.>
Says the individual who has to date provided zero data/science to back anything he's uttered. Why do you think facebook is such a valuable commodity in the first place? It provides invaluable information as to the behavior and habits of real people! Why do you think intelligence agencies/governments can't get enough of facebook? Because it fuels confirmation bias? It's the best social science and wide-range statistics tool you're going to get. If you disagree, put up information/data that contradicts my statements. I know you won't, because it doesn't exist. Run along now, little one. |
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| Oct-17-15 | | jith1207: Looks like Facebook advertisements and promotions have crept into chessgames dot com as well. |
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Oct-18-15
 | | MissScarlett: <While I thought that preparing for MC2 would be a lot easier than that for MC1, I now realize that I concluded prematurely. This time around expectations are higher, the dreams bigger and thus the work has been much greater and the pressure, more intense. The result for me has been increased stress and strong feelings of prolonged depression. We all go through some kind of “hay leui (similar to discourage)” in life, the time when we struggle emotionally, feeling stressed or hopeless and some kind of “hay hui = sign” those times when we are on the brink of giving up. This is a project I have poured my heart and soul into, and it’s been difficult watching it struggle to gain real traction. Maurice and I want to effect change in the world of chess. We have many of the tools to do so and the most amazing concept for high stakes chess. Even now, from a strictly business standpoint, I still challenge anyone that doesn’t see the potential for growth in the game. So why am I frustrated today?> http://amylee.biz/onward-to-mc2-the... <That is impressive. You are a Chess Mom with no serious involvement with the chess world before. Why did you decide to organize Millionaire Chess? My children play chess. This was how I was introduced to the chess world. I became a believer in the benefits of chess. But in spite of chess being one of the most popular sports in the world, the potential is not even close to being fully realized. This is why I want to help brand chess to a bigger worldwide community. After all, I was told there are over 600 million people who play chess around the world, and this number is growing bigger every year.> https://www.fide.com/component/cont... The myth of the 600 million:
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogsp... |
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| Oct-18-15 | | thegoodanarchist: < Troller: <Investment bankers and lawyers will always work like dogs.> We had a dog once. I wouldn't mind working like that.> Like the way dogs lick their own balls? |
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| Oct-18-15 | | john barleycorn: <Investment bankers and lawyers will always work like dogs.> A completely misleading perception.
Dogs work in a lot of honourable ways. Guide dogs, watch dogs, huskies etc.. Investment bankers and many lawyers do not. |
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| Oct-18-15 | | diceman: <The myth of the 600 million:> 600 million play chess.
...out of those, 597 million mix up the board and king & queen. |
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| Oct-18-15 | | diceman: <Investment bankers and lawyers will always work like dogs.> When they have their own TV show.
<john barleycorn:
<Investment bankers and lawyers will always work like dogs.> A completely misleading perception.
Dogs work in a lot of honourable ways. Guide dogs, watch dogs, huskies etc.. Investment bankers and many lawyers do not.> Parasites, piranha, leeches, and sharks, sounds like a better analogy. |
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| Oct-18-15 | | john barleycorn: <diceman:...
600 million play chess.
...out of those, 597 million mix up the board and king & queen.> What? <LITEMASTER AJ> had so many students? |
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Oct-18-15
| | MissScarlett: <<While I thought that preparing for MC2 would be a lot easier than that for MC1, I now realize that I concluded prematurely. This time around expectations are higher, the dreams bigger and thus the work has been much greater and the pressure, more intense. The result for me has been increased stress and strong feelings of prolonged depression.> I think she's channeling Vishy Anand. |
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Oct-18-15
 | | perfidious: <john b> But none came close to equalling Le Grand Maitre, much less outstripping his achievements. Only shot one of 'em has is winning at least a couple of them there Chocolate Milk thangs. |
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| Oct-18-15 | | john barleycorn: <perfidious> no mortal can hope to emulate the awesome <LifeDolt> |
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Oct-19-15
| | perfidious: <john b> One of the fine things about playing this game has always been that we ordinary players can have moments to remember. I just don't remember any.... |
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| Oct-19-15 | | 5hrsolver: I'm wondering why not more super Gms are joining Millionnaire Chess. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | Absentee: <5hrsolver: I'm wondering why not more super Gms are joining Millionnaire Chess.> Perhaps because the swiss format is horrendous. |
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| Oct-19-15 | | morfishine: <Sally Simpson> Excellent game from the under 1200 section |
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Oct-19-15
 | | Sally Simpson: Sally Simpson: Hi morfishine:
It was a good game considering the grades.
Truth be told I don't think I could have been so patient waiting for the blunder and would have mixed it up a bit - probably unsoundly. I was showing that lad 'Overgod' if he thinks he can just turn up, look at the grade and play his net blitz game OTB then he may be in for a surprise. Especially as he, apparently, has never played an OTB tournament game before. His OTB vision will be zilch, he will thinks he's playing with giant pieces on a huge chequered carpet. He will lose his first game on time by forgetting to press the clock (the internet does that for him.) |
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Oct-19-15
| | perfidious: <Sally....(ovie) will lose his first game on time by forgetting to press the clock (the internet does that for him.)> rofl |
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| Oct-20-15 | | morfishine: <perfidious> Yes, <Overgod> is immensely "Overdone" LOL...I don't even bother to have him on ignore anymore, he's too entertaining. Here, he dribbles on-and-on and about money in chess, I got quite a laugh...I mean, its one thing to put on the pretense of someone elevated in society, yet to display such ignorance and stupidity...I hope he doesn't go away. Later, morf ***** |
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| Oct-22-15 | | sonia91: The arbiters <suddenly> entered Sevian in the tiebreakers of final four U2550 after Axel Rombaldoni had already secured a spot after 2 out of 3 rounds (originally between 4 players). Axel lost to Sevian in the blitz games and exited the event. I think this is very unfair, if this have happenend in Russia everyone would have shouted "These bastard Soviets!", "Old Soviet habits die hard" etc., but in this case an American was favoured, so it's ok, nobody say anything...what a hypocrisy! |
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Oct-24-15
 | | Richard Taylor: My rather tedious worded statement before that players never really "stonewall" was wrong, first as I meant "sandbag" ...but in any case I have second and more thoughts seeing the match-fixing in cricket, in particular Lance Cairns, who is clearly a crook, but who (with his father) is / was a great cricketer. I don't bewail this as I am a NZr, it just reminds me that I enjoyed watching sport (in particular I used to watch Halberg and Snell, in the 50s running before they got their gold medals, and I used to see John Walker* training in Auckland (running right across Auckland) in the 70s or so. But nowadays, with such big money available, and the use of steroids, and match fixing and the obsessive counting of medals: it has left me with no interest in any sport. I hope this doesn't happen in chess. Money is good, Lasker tried to keep hold of it, Schlecter who he "hoodwinked" out of their match, died of malnutrition after WWI...but these days it seems that power and money are taking centre stage. Chess is also degenerating under FIDE as it is these times and under 'pressure' from sponsors. People talk here about playing to get FIDE rating and they talk about rules at every tournament...it is not as good as it used to be. It is over-ruled and is also will be subject to "match-fixing" as players get bored with playing each other, and even bored with winning too many games (it can happen) so that the injection of money is setting it all up to rot. Chess, if it goes the way of other "sports" is knackered to say the least. It is dubious that it does anything for anyone's "spatial abilities" or whatever by the way. It is probably simply a fact that the better players, while they work hard, have, overall, a higher intelligence quotient. I doubt if playing the game does anything for anyone except to make them miserable when they lose, which is most common for most players most of the time including myself. It certainly did nothing for my mathematical or whatever reasoning as I could never do maths very well...what it did do, was to give pleasure in studying combinations and games and endings etc *Walker was the first person to run the mile in under 3:50. He won the Olympic Games 1500m in Montreal in 1976. |
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Jul-24-16
| | MissScarlett: <But it is difficult task to attract and retain sponsors. After giving out $1 million in prizes its first two years, and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars each time, Millionaire Chess is not able to live up to its name this year: It is offering no more than $510,000 and the total prize fund might be as little as $306,000, depending on the number of entries it receives.> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dylan... |
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| Aug-01-16 | | Kellius: Congrats Yangyi! I will be coming... some day :)) |
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Aug-02-16
| | HeMateMe: Is "millionaire chess" an oxymoron? |
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