Apr-03-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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uncleostrich: Yourang: I understand that any scoring system is subject to tie breaking rules... but in this tournament, they were essentially using a 3-1 system in this tournament to determine the winner, then why not just use it.
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| | Dec-06-12 Judit Polgar vs Nakamura, 2012
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uncleostrich: yes, other females would definitely give her a good run for the money right now.
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| | Sep-07-12 Wesley So
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uncleostrich: I guess those five Nakamura's would have to emigrate and grow up in a more serious chess playing culture like in US than in Japan? And how about India? where is their five Anand's?
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| | Aug-29-12 Wang Hao vs D Jere, 2012
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uncleostrich: almost disastrous for Hao. His opponent simply made more terrible mistakes over and over again and Hao almost squandered the gifts with his mistakes too. Some of the moves for both sides after 33 were really perplexing.
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| | Aug-18-12 Paul Morphy
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uncleostrich: So what is your point, Morphy is not a good chess player because he didn't offer odds to players of international reputation? He played and lived mainly in the US. He went to Europe seeking the best of the best, and one of them avoided him. There is debate about that, but from ...
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| | Aug-09-12 Russian Superfinals (2012)
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uncleostrich: Wang already said in his interview, because it was 3-1 system, he played more aggressive for the win because it was worth more points. For poster to suggest that Magnus would have won under a traditional scoring is purely guessing because who knows how they will play and the ...
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