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Jan-12-12 Hans Arild Runde    bmulligan: Good morning, frogbert, I'm running an elo-rating thingy for my high school chess team. Floor is 1200. I use the FIDE ratings change calculator. I've been told that my ratings will "go flat" unless, at intervals, I inject points into the system somehow. If that is true, how would      Jul-31-11 Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2011    bmulligan: What does plus 15 at the depth 16 mean? --Susan has the charming habit of posting computer variations while claiming she's not using a chess program. Ray does her one better by claiming he doesn't even know HOW to use a chess computer.      May-16-11 World Championship Candidates (2011)    bmulligan: "Colluding" to cheat other players by throwing tournament games is criminal and violates chess rules. "Colluding" to achieve short draws is annoying, but follows the rules of chess. Glibly equating the two situations is typical of folks who want to give a certain world ...      May-06-11 Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2011    bmulligan: Thanks, Pyke.      Apr-21-11 B Finegold vs Seirawan, 2011    bmulligan: 50. c4??      Dec-14-10 London Chess Classic (2010)    bmulligan: anand-kramnik      Dec-01-10 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974    bmulligan: And it doesn't hurt to have the line analyzed to mate before you sit down, either.      Dec-01-10 Magnus Carlsen    bmulligan: Arpad Elo would spin in his grave if he knew how obsessed people have become with chess ratings. To counter this unfortunate tendency I'm planning to set up a new website: worldchampiontoday.com. Just click on the link and it'll tell you who's the world champion today. While ...      Oct-03-10 Chess Olympiad (2010)    bmulligan: Sam Sloan is the world's most passionate player, but VI is certainly up there, too.      Sep-12-10 Vladimir Kramnik    bmulligan: "Anand has shown his superiority over Kramnik already, absolutely no point for them to play again." So there was no point in Euwe-Alekhine? Smyslov-Botvinnik? Tal-Botvinnik? Petrosian-Spassky II? There would have been no point in a Kramnik-Kasparov rematch? Okaaaaay.

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