Oct-01-09 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2009) 
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cuendillar: <<"Kasparov can probably help Magnus to get 5% better than he is"> This means that his rating will rise to exceed 2900. Let's wait and see...>
It doesn't work that way. I'd hardly say a 2700 GM is just three times stronger than a 900-rated beginner.
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| | Sep-22-09 Samuel D Factor
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cuendillar: He was a D Factor from Poland though.
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| | Jul-16-09 Magnus Carlsen
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cuendillar: <ranting lists (coaches)> I bet Kamsky's father and Danailov are way up there...
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| | Jul-03-09 Dortmund (2009)
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cuendillar: <but Carlsen gets a little push at the start.> I didn't find it strange at all that the first-round game chosen was the one between the top seeds. I would have been surprised had they chosen any other game.
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| | Jul-02-09 Navara vs J Helbich, 1998
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cuendillar: I'm not convinced that autism, at least if you don't have it too badly, can't be an asset when playing chess.
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| | Jul-01-09 Nisipeanu vs Gelfand, 2009
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cuendillar: White can make no progress due to the opposite-coloured bishops. The g7 pawn falls but after that,black's bishop easily defends the pawns, as well as stops the h5 advance.
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| | Jun-30-09 John Pope
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cuendillar: I got a good laugh when discovering that one of the pope's titles is "primate of Italy". No wonder they seem to monkey around sometimes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope#T...
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| | Jun-18-09 Odd Lie
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cuendillar: <Deus Ex Alekhina: I make 10 cents a day sleeping & snoring> Move to Sweden and get 86$ for it.
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| | Jun-16-09 Freedom vs Chaos, 1974
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cuendillar: <Manequinho> That might be the case here too - after all, someone must move the pieces for the computer. I'm not sure engines back then had compatible interfaces for playing each other directly. If so, it's almost more amusing than if it actually though it best...
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| | Jun-16-09 Svidler vs Nakamura, 2002
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cuendillar: 18...Qxe3? 19.Nd5 Qxg5 20.Nxe7+ and black can't recapture due to mate, so white wins a piece. Neat trick.
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