May-20-13 FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki (2013) 
| |
|
jsy: No one absolutely needs to go +5 to win this tournament. +3 might get it done. This I can see from Naka.
|
|
| | May-08-13 YouRang chessforum
| |
|
jsy: == Round 1 - Wed 8May2013
Carlsen - Topalov 1/2
Anand - Aronian 1/2
Nakamura - Wang 1-0
Svidler - Hammer 1-0
Karjakin - Radjabov 1/2
== Round 2 - Thu 9May2013
Carlsen - Anand 1/2
Topalov - Radjabov 1-0
Aronian - Nakamura 1/2
Wang - Svidler 1/2
Hammer - Karjakin 0-1
|
|
| | Mar-30-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
| |
|
jsy: Maybe we should retroactively award the world championship to Fischer to 1966 since evidently he was the world's strongest player well before 1972. Alas, Fischer (as great as he was) had to wait till he was 29 to be champ. If this can happen to Fischer, Magnus shouldn't feel bad. If it ...
|
|
| | Mar-17-13 Jennifer Shahade
| |
|
jsy: <HeMateMe> Just 5 or 6 years ago there were only about 11 women with the full GM title (including 4 who were "gifted" the title - Kosteniuk is 1 of the 4). Now there are over 20 - rating inflation happens for women also. BTW - I believe the "gifting" of Kosteniuk's GM title ...
|
|
| | Feb-20-13 lostemperor chessforum
| |
|
jsy: 1. Levon Aronian
2. Vladimir Kramnik
3. Magnus Carlsen
4. Vasily Ivanchuk
5. Boris Gelfand
6. Teimour Radjabov
7. Peter Svidler
8. Alexander Grischuk
|
|
| | Jan-24-13 Tata Steel (2013)
| |
|
jsy: <Based on a monte carlo simulation of results of players assumed to be of exactly equal strength, I found that the Elo distribution converged to a gaussian with standard deviation of about 30 points.> This Monte Carlo simulation assumes that the theoretical elo difference between ...
|
|
| | Jan-06-13 Magnus Carlsen
| |
|
jsy: Hey folks,
Let's cut that idealistic crap about money. Obsession with money is perfectly fine if that's what motivates you...as long as you are not an "ax murderer". I, for one, don't mind a money-obsessed Magnus driving for chess excellence. Money works. Greed works. What doesn't work
|
|
| | Jan-04-13 The Caissars chessforum
| |
|
jsy: Player of the Year = <Vishy Anand> What can be more important than defending the World Championship?
|
|
| | Dec-08-12 Hikaru Nakamura
| |
|
jsy: The live GM commentators at London Classic (and of course kibitzers on live boards everywhere) were delirious when Carlsen seized the early advantage. Shortly afterwards, when those GM commentators suddenly noticed that the computer eval was at 0.00, they were at first in denial - and ...
|
|
| | Dec-02-12 FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012)
| |
|
jsy: Did she suddenly become a GM because she earned her last norm or was she just given the title outright?
|
|
| | | indicates a reply to the comment. | |
