Apr-21-13 Kenneth Rogoff 
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theagenbiteofinwit: The official reaction to the bombing in Boston went beyond cowardice, it was tactical insanity. Whether the bombers were real terrorists or not, real terrorists learned a valuable lesson from this. If terrorists want to destroy the U.S. economy, all they have to do is ...
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| | Apr-03-13 Vladimir Kramnik
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theagenbiteofinwit: I was disappointed and yet not disappointed how the candidate's match turned out. In a way I'm sympathetic to Kramnik. I think most chess players would rather have his record in the tournament than Carlsen's insofar as that I think it's preferable to lose only one game in
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| | Mar-24-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)
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theagenbiteofinwit: <Complaining about Ivanchuk's "lack of professionalism" sounds a bit like comparing Salvador Dali to an accountant. Definitely true, but missing the point.> Nah, Dali was very good with his money. When he went out he would draw on the checks he'd write to pay for ...
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| | Mar-19-13 Wesley So
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theagenbiteofinwit: <Manny's not even close to these guys who made the cut from the 2013 Forbes list.> It's true that Manny isn't as rich as those guys, but I think his involvement would raise more attention and promote chess more than anyone on that list.
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| | Mar-19-13 Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2013
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theagenbiteofinwit: Tiiiime is on Carlsen's side, yes it is.
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| | Mar-17-13 Kibitzer's Café
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theagenbiteofinwit: <Shams>
The fight is going to Nick.
The portion of the match where the steroid-powered Frenchman holds down the fighter is going to George.
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| | Mar-07-13 FSR chessforum
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theagenbiteofinwit: Ah talking about the old Golden boy brings back memories. If I recall you were dubbed an alcoholic patzer who was utterly incapable of comprehending chess at the level of a Life Master. My best contribution in that whole fiasco was when I calculated that the master in ...
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| | Mar-07-13 Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1859
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theagenbiteofinwit: <Anyone here think he could beat Morphy with knight odds?> Since I've memorized about 100 of his games, I'd say I could give him a run for his money if I'm a knight up :)
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| | Mar-07-13 theagenbiteofinwit chessforum
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theagenbiteofinwit: I've been reading Anthony Evritt's biography of Augustus. Its a fairly informative read, the prose is rather clumsy for a modern book, especially when compared to several fluid English translations of many contemporaneous Roman historians of the approximate period. I ...
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| | Feb-22-13 Robert James Fischer
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theagenbiteofinwit: <If Fischer was anything, it was HONEST.> Well, except for when he was being crazy.
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