Nov-25-09 Smyslov vs P Cramling, 1996 
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jussu: English is not my mothertongue - could a bridge be "crumbling down"?
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| | Nov-19-09 Vladimir Kramnik
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jussu: <If you expect +3 or 4, then +5 can only be so "crazy."> +3 is twice as many draws as +5. If some of the underdogs decide to do "draw bully" with wite pieces to the favourites, there will be a draw. And since ELO costs much more than it should, many of them will probably go for ...
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| | Nov-18-09 Tal Memorial (2009)
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jussu: What, we should be whining our intestines out, not a single participant made less than six draws!
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| | Sep-25-09 I Hatem
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jussu: ...those people who use to go to operas and concerts with the sole intention of coughing in the middle of every pause.
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| | Sep-15-09 Kibitzer's Café
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jussu: I have a question about the word "kibitzer". It seems to be a rather neutral term in English, is it so? In my mothertongue, the corresponding (and similar) word is extremely derogatory, bringing in mind a smelly old man who gets thrown out of everywhere where chess is played, ...
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| | Sep-09-09 Viswanathan Anand
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jussu: <chess needs rating system that's more like that of ATP tennis> May I disagree. This is merely a matter of taste, of course, but I have always thought about ELO as a number intended to reflect player's strength, not as a reward system designed so that FIDE could announce the ...
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| | Sep-03-09 Anatoli Karpov
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jussu: I agree that hilarious conspiracy theories would fit Fischer's page much better.
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| | Aug-31-09 Carlsen vs H Carlsen, 2007
Jul-31-09 NN
Jul-23-09 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921
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jussu: <maxi>, quite the contary. When black can grab a white central pawn without immediate tactical disaster, this is usually the best move. As <Shams> pointed out, 4...Nxe4 is by far the most popular move. The same applies for e.g. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. 0-0?! Nxe4,
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