Jun-14-13 Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013) 
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Lambda: <Just want to bring this post back to Anand Vs Carlsen discussion, just wondering what are your guys' thoughts around what would it take for Anand to be considered in the same bracket as Kasparov, Fischer, Steinitz, Tal etc.. and same goes for Carlsen. Please dont say Carlsen is ...
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| | May-24-13 Anatoly Karpov
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Lambda: I'd say Karpov's peak would be about 1973-1990, and he was still almost as good (or as good, but not quite so consistently) in 1996. For an absolute peak, I'd say the 1987 match.
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| | May-17-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013)
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Lambda: Radjabov: Before the Candidates, I was thinking "this is where we find out whether he's the real deal or not". The answer has been pretty emphatic.
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| | May-17-13 Magnus Carlsen
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Lambda: Basic courtesy demands that you not 'bash' anyone without very good reason. They need to have done something seriously wrong. Whatever your opinions of Kramnik, I don't think you can accuse him of having done anything seriously wrong.
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| | May-07-13 J Negro vs Manuelli, 1983
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Lambda: I was staring at 32. Qh4 trying to work out the catch, so obvious and un-puzzle-like it is.
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| | Apr-30-13 Fischer vs Fine, 1963
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Lambda: "One of the three leading American chess masters of the twentieth century" would be quite reasonable, since he's one of only three who you could credibly call the best player in the world at some point during that century. (Making the case for Pillsbury ahead of Lasker at any point ...
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| | Apr-27-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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Lambda: <If Carlson is upset, he should have complained back at the last round of negotiations.> For Carlsen to complain about the hosting of the Anand-Gelfand match would have been a touch presumptuous.
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| | Apr-22-13 Anand vs Adams, 2013
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Lambda: A couple of Chessmetrics observations on older Korchnoi: He has two 2800+ performances past the age of 45. (The 1978 WC match, and the candidates match against Polugaevsky while getting there.) By comparison, Smyslov and Petrosian only have two 2800 performances in their entire ...
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| | Apr-18-13 Fischer-Spassky (1992)
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Lambda: +2 over 56 against the greatest player never to become world champion at the height of his powers is not to be sniffed at. This is a guy who for <four> successive candidates cycles beat everyone he played not called 'Karpov' or 'Kasparov' and destined to become champion. By the
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| | Apr-18-13 C Thomson vs A Magalotti, 1988
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Lambda: After 29... Kg6, I went with 30. g4, with an unstoppable deadly 31. Qh5+ coming.
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