alexmagnus Member since Dec-06-04 · Last seen May-22-13 Hobby player (rated 1634). If you feel misunderstood, feel free to say it. My favourite players are: Magnus Carlsen, Kateryna Lahno and Hanna-Marie Klek! My blog about my own solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: http://alexmagnus.blog.de (in German language) The domination list, based on the peak rating distance to the #10 player (official lists only, distance 50+ needed to "qualify": Kasparov 175 Jan 90 Fischer 160 Jul 72 Karpov 130 Jan 89 Kramnik 110 Jan 98 Carlsen 108 Feb 13 Mar 13 Tal 105 Jan 80 Ivanchuk 105 Jul 91 Anand 105 Jul 98 Korchnoi 95 Jan 80 Topalov 84 Jul 06 Spassky 70 Jan 71 Shirov 65 Jul 94 Aronian 63 Okt 12 Gelfand 60 Jan 91 Kamsky 60 Jan 96 Jul 96 Morozevich 57 Jul 99 Portisch 55 Jan 80 Jussupow 55 Jul 86 Timman 55 Jan 90 Adams 52 Okt 00 Bareev 50 Jul 91 #1 record distances to #2: Fischer 125 (1972) Kasparov 82 (January 2000) Karpov 65 (January 1982) Carlsen 63 (April 2013) Topalov 34 (July 2006, October 2006) Anand 23 (July 2007)

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May-21-13 Magnus Carlsen    alexmagnus: What is the biggest upset in the history of chess Ko competitions? (FIDE WC 1999-2004, Worldcup), in terms of rating differences? By "upset" I mean the stronger player being eliminated, not just losing a game.      May-20-13 Wei Yi   alexmagnus: It's also interesting to note the other group: players who were youngest GM <ever> at their times. This list is quite short, and so can easily be explored, with respect to both ratings and WC results. in chronological order, since the introduction of the GM title in 1950: ...      May-19-13 Herzog    alexmagnus: Is Herzog some new title for "a guy who lost a miniature"? :D      May-19-13 Lothar Schmid    alexmagnus: Yet another old player died short after celebrating birthday.      May-18-13 Karol Wojtyla   alexmagnus: The games are far from brilliant, why would somebody compose them as a hoax?      May-17-13 Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)    alexmagnus: ... And the deeper in history one goes, the bigger the chance the country the person was born into either doesn't exist anymore or changed its borders so that the place is now in a different country. Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if the majority of people born in 19th or 20th      May-17-13 McShane vs Kotronias, 2003   alexmagnus: This game never was GOTD? Hm...      May-16-13 European Individual Championships (2013)    alexmagnus: So, Istratescu and Zvjaginsev get the spots?      May-16-13 Norway Chess Tournament (2013)    alexmagnus: <Capablanca, Lasker and Rubinstein were the pioneers> Didn't somebody (Fischer?) say about Capablanca that his mastery was not in the endgame but in the middle game, and his masterpiece endgames were just conversions of the middlegame advantage?      May-15-13 Ruslan Ponomariov   alexmagnus: Pono was #6 in the world by the time he won that FIDE championship. Khalifman played regular Candidates before the title split. As for Kasim - well, most top players didn't play in that event (mainly due to the organizers' boycott of Jewish players).

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 29 OF 31 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: ...And another fact contradicting the "greedy expansionist" theory: Israel never annexed the occupied territories, with the exception of East Jerusalem and the Golan heights. Jul-10-11    Colonel Mortimer: I'm not sure where you get your facts from but they are wrong. I haven't looked at your blog, but if it's anything like your recent statements then you are simply a propagandist for Israel. http://www.btselem.org/settlements/... Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: <I'm not sure where you get your facts from but they are wrong.> Which of the facts exactly is wrong? 1) Israel gave up 84% of the territory occupied in 1967 2)Israel didn't annex any occupied teritory but East Jerusalem and the Golan heights; the rest is officially considered occupied 3) Israel left the Gza strip unilaterally 4)Israel considered giving the West Bank (without East Jerusalem) to Jordan during the peace talks in the mid-80s 5) 60% of Palestinian budget is financed by USA and Israel (25% Europe, 10% Arab states, 5% Palestine itself) As for the settlements: you have to differ between the settlements which exist and the settlements which, from Israeli point of view, must remain "forever". The latter are not so many, mostly the settlements around the narrowest way of the "1967 border" and in the Jordan valley. Jul-10-11    Colonel Mortimer: Read the link I posted. Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: Also, of the settlements existing, around 1/3 are actually illegal from Israeli point of view - that is, not sanctioned by Israel at all! Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: I read the link. I read it years ago, actually. But you still didn't say <which> of my facts is wrong. After all, you said my facts are wrong. Which of the concrete 5 facts? Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: And another thing: the link shows situation before the start of the politics of the "economy peace". Actually many ways closed to Palestinians before that politics are opened now, and the checkpoints are abandoned. Jul-10-11    Colonel Mortimer: Why don't you start by listing your sources. It is for you to prove the facts. Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: <1) Israel gave up 84% of the territory occupied in 1967> Look into any book listing the areas of the territoy occupied. Israel occupied 1967: the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza strip, the Golan heights and the Sinai peninsula. Israel gave up the Sinai peninsula (in 1979, to Egypt) and the Gaza strip (in 2005, to no state). <2)Israel didn't annex any occupied teritory but East Jerusalem and the Golan heights; the rest is officially considered occupied> This is easily prove if you look at the laws applied. In East Jerusalem and in the Golan, the civil law is in force - as they were annexed. In the West Bank it is the military law - as it was <not> annexed. <3) Israel left the Gza strip unilaterally> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel.... Together with the Gaza strip, four settlements in the West Bank were unbuilt by the way. <4)Israel considered giving the West Bank (without East Jerusalem) to Jordan during the peace talks in the mid-80s> Read the Wikipedia article on the Israel-Jordan peace treaty I posted above. <5) 60% of Palestinian budget is financed by USA and Israel (25% Europe, 10% Arab states, 5% Palestine itself)> Not that I can find the sources now, but it is easy to google :). Actually, for a similar reason there some pro-Palestinians were <against> Israel leaving the Gaza strip in 2005 - suddenly the Gazans had to build up an own economy, as most economical power came from the settlers.... Jul-10-11    alexmagnus: Just a randomly googled map of Israel with all territories occupied 1967. As I said, Sinai (look at how huge it is!) and Gaza were given up in 1979 resp. 2005: http://www.mideastweb.org/6daywar.jpg Jul-13-11    alexmagnus: Just finished writing my thesis (save introduction and some minor details like numbering the linked formulae) :) Aug-08-11    alexmagnus: Another way to measure dominance: expected score in a DRR against 5 best players who are not yourself. Just some values: Carlsen at the moment (July 2011 list): 5.42 Carlsen at his peak (in terms of this value): 5.56 Fischer 1971: 6.36 Fischer 1972: 6.86 Kasparov 1990: 6.70 Kasparov 1999: 6.42 Aug-08-11    alexmagnus: So one can do with any list... and any player... F.x. Polgar on the Jul 2011 list: "domiantion level" generally: 3.60 "domination level" among women: 6.76 Aug-15-11    alexmagnus: Talking about luck in chess, here is another example: making a right move for a wrong reason. Aug-26-11    alexmagnus: There are those debates on whether computers will ever solve chess. Not sure about chess, but there was a game, played in the 16th century, which - here I'm really sure - will never be solved. This game is Taikyoku Shogi. http://history.chess.free.fr/images... Played on a 36x36 board. Each side has 402 pieces of 209 different types. Each type of pieces has more than one way to move. There are also some new pieces appearing after promotion (each piece is promoted into some different, pre-known, piece - some of those exist in the starting position, some don't). Aug-26-11    OhioChessFan: I am harldy suprised your opponent disappeared. I have many years of experience online with such people, who always demand you prove everything you affirm, and fall back to such things as "It's reality", as you see above. Over and over and over and over. I can deal with most any political difference of opinion, but to side with the Palestinians is a deal breaker. I feel like it's a defect in a person's DNA or something. Sep-01-11    alexmagnus: Today's FIDE rating update: for the first time since I started monitoring it the list of 20 highest rated players ever didn't change (neither in term of players nor in terms of numbers). The highest rated player who improved his all-time high is Kamsky, who with his new all-time high of 2756 is shared 23rd on the highest rated players ever list. Sep-01-11    alexmagnus: As for domination level: Carlsen/all players: 5.44 Polgar/all players: 3.62 Polgar/women: 6.82. Sep-10-11    shivasuri4: If you have the time(and the inclination,of course),I request you to solve the following problems that have been nagging me for the last 6 days. If y=(ln(x+sqrt(1+x^2)))^2,find the nth derivatve of y at x=0. If y=1/(x^2+ x +1),find the nth derivative of y. Sep-13-11    alexmagnus: Hm... Didn't find anything immediate after just taking the derivatives and looking at them, so I guess there must be some "hidden hint" in the functions themselves... I'll take a look at it later (got to defend my thesis on 15th, so it's more important to me now :)) Sep-14-11    shivasuri4: Sure,no hurry.Thanks for the effort.I have given up on the problems,though. Oct-18-11    alexmagnus: Talking of rating inflation/lack of it: currently it's a good moment to revive the discussion. If Kramnik plays a good Unive tournament, we have for the first time four 2800 players. Now, inflationists will scream "Inflation!". But was it? See, Kramnik gets over 2800 in a tournament in which neither of the three other 2800s play. So why should his result affect their ratings? (which it would if we were to keep the number of 2800s constant). Or why should their ratings affect his rating (another way of avoiding four 2800s), no matter how good he plays? No inflation here, just Kramnik having a good tournament while the others in this rating group resting... Oct-20-11    alexmagnus: Slyusarchuk is not just a fraudster. He used his fraudulent documents to <kill> people. http://expres.ua/main/2011/10/20/52... (Ukrainian). Nov-01-11    alexmagnus: Carlsen's domination score now is the same as in the previous list, 5.44. Dec-10-11    alexmagnus: I wonder how those who trace rating inflation by the number of 2700+s explain that now on the live list we have only 40 of them, with the record being 49. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 31) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 29 OF 31 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Times Chess Twitter Feed

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