May-01-13 Alekhine Memorial (2013) 
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firebyrd: <mkrk17: Aronian, Kramnik and Svidler are too tired from the candidates.> More so than Gelfand? In that case even more kudos to Boris for being the oldest player and still being the freshest after a hard tournament.
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| | Apr-03-13 Magnus Carlsen
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firebyrd: <zx82: Carlsen gave comments on that question when asked in the PC. He said 24 matches would be ok for him.> Only after he had stated that with todays preparation and added pressure a 24-game match would be "last man standing" - eg endurance would be more important than chess
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| | Apr-02-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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firebyrd: <morfishine> If you would like Chess scoring to resemble Football scoring, but with the added feature that losses should incur a penalty (a negative point score), you might modify football's 3/1/0 system to a 3/1/-1 system. I have a hunch that this system may be just perfect ...
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| | Feb-24-13 Kramnik vs Anand, 2013
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firebyrd: It is how the DGT boards work: http://www.dgtprojects.com/site/ind... However, if the first king move is a legal one, the DGT board will at first interpret as a real move. Only after it has been verified to be a game-ending designation will the move be retracted.
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| | Jan-23-13 Tata Steel (2013)
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firebyrd: <<So Kortchnoi's 12/15 ...> <Who is Kortchnoi?>
Yey, another transliteration debate!!
Let's go take it somewhere else, and leave KВи́ктор Льво́вич ...
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| | Jan-22-13 Yifan Hou vs Carlsen, 2013
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firebyrd: <an otherwise poor tournament performance [for Hou Yifan] > At the end of round 8 Hou Yifan has performed according to her rating. You might say that as a young player she should be looking to improve and perform above it, but this being her first real super-tournament just ...
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| | Jan-20-13 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2013
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firebyrd: <andrewsjacks> How would a victory over Anand over 24 matches prove that Carlsen is better than Aronian and Kramnik? Inquiring minds want to know.
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| | Nov-30-12 FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent (2012)
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firebyrd: <brucejavier> The scores and standings are not entered, they are computed from the games in the database. Right now CG is missing the R5 game Mamedyarov vs Caruana, so Caruana's computed score becomes 4/6 rather than 4.5/7, and Shak's is 3.5/6 rather than 4/7. It will correct
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| | Nov-21-12 FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012)
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firebyrd: <no serious player I have met has ever thought that Pomomariev or kazinzadov were mens world champions> And among the public, many do not even remember their names...
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| | Jul-23-12 Biel Chess Festival (2012)
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firebyrd: <If Carlsen doesn't cross 2845 here, I'll be disappointed> MC needs +3 to gain rating here, that will net him 1.8. Each additional win will add 5 more, so from his current live 2837.0 +5 is needed to cross 2845, at 2848.8. +6 will be enough for MC to cross an arbitrary number
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