May-13-13 Kibitzer's Café 
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micartouse: <waustad> Those are cool songs! I'd never heard of him before, but he reminds me very much of Tim Buckley. The 1st song is standard tuning but with a bar on the 9th fret. This allows him to hold positions like he's playing in A-minor, but it comes out in a high pitched ...
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| | May-10-13 Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)
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micartouse: <Kirsan: Irrespective of what I tell people, I give them instructions on a sub-conscious level, a code. I do the same thing when I communicate with Russian citizens from other regions. I am creating around the republic a kind of extra-sensory field and it helps us a lot in our
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| | Apr-23-13 Louis F Stumpers
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micartouse: <micartouse: The solution Tiggler gives would work if the question were reworded to say up 5% or down about 4.7619%.> No, then the investor has a median probability of breaking even, but gets a large upside potential. He could pocket $99,000 of it and trade with the rest ...
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| | Apr-23-13 Patrick A Ballard
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micartouse: I take Anand's quote to mean that if you're not a GM by 14, don't try to make a livelihood out of playing chess. You may still become a GM nominally, but you won't be a real GM (contender to the throne). If that's what he means, I think it's sound advice. Chess is not lucrative. ...
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| | Apr-23-13 M Vachier-Lagrave vs K Grigoryan, 2012
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micartouse: Very sharp. It looks like Black started it.
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| | Apr-22-13 M Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013
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micartouse: <John Boy: Pairs well with this other recent MVL gem:> You're right, it really does.
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| | Apr-22-13 Chinese Championships (2013)
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micartouse: Wow, go Wei Yi. What incredible talent!
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| | Apr-17-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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micartouse: No thanks on the blitz. I think the way the tie was resolved in London was more dignified than blitz. I really would like FIDE to keep rapid and blitz play as far away from championship level chess as possible.
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| | Apr-14-13 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2013
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micartouse: <The Rocket: he can try an ordinary e5 game with Nc6, very playable> He probably wanted to avoid the variation 2. dxe5! with not enough compensation for the pawn.
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| | Apr-14-13 Aronian vs Kramnik, 2013
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micartouse: <polarmis> Your translating is much appreciated, thank you. <I calculated the ending, but I don't agree with all these assessments. You see everyone's sitting there with a beer on the table and an engine switched on, and they're amazed that someone didn't play that... In
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