Jul-15-14 Jeremy Lim 
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unferth: I'm projecting that the guy who's been far and away the best player on the planet from age 22 to 29 will still be one of the best players on the planet at age 30. I'm projecting that a guy who was an all-star PG at 20 and 21 will be an even better all-star at 22. I'm projecting that
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| | Jun-20-14 Magnus Carlsen
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unferth: whoops, in that Herceg Novi list I missed Hort, #12 (and of course Fischer at #1)
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| | Apr-11-14 Viswanathan Anand
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unferth: it's "no" to a wager that doesn't reflect my views ... is it also "no" to one that does reflect yours?
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| | Mar-26-14 Nezhmetdinov vs Krogius, 1965
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unferth: <olinart: I think black has a nice counter and gave up too soon. From the position at the end of the game 45:Bb1xe4 .. Bxe4
Qxe4 Qe3
Qxf5+ Kg8
g3-g4 B-d4
Black has a winning attack and White will at least have to give back material.> 48 Rg2 (not g3-g4) stops black's ...
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| | Mar-21-14 Tal vs B Dudley, 1964
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unferth: Tal did this in a SIMUL?
I quit.
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| | Mar-12-14 Robert James Fischer
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unferth: <john barleycorn> that's one of ChessBase's annoying annual April Fool's pranks.
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| | Feb-22-14 Kenneth Rogoff
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unferth: The Soviets might have prevailed absent aid from the west, but they certainly would not have done so without British and American military participation on multiple fronts. the vast amounts of men and materiel tied down and lost in France, Italy, North Africa, and elsewhere would ...
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| | Feb-20-14 J Hanken vs Santasiere, 1957
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unferth: 38 Kg5 isn't forced. I think it's more likely that Hanken resigned because either Kf4 or Kg5 allows a knight check that picks up the bishop via discovery, while Kh4 runs into Be7#.
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| | Nov-20-13 S Foisor vs E Formanek, 2012
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unferth: <FSR> that must be his FIDE rating: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...
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| | Nov-18-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship (2013)
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unferth: <badest: <peddagunnu: Chess is now turning into tennis... I like to see shot making and winners in tennis, not unforced errors. I much prefer brilliances that take your breath away in chess than the trench warfare that we have now.> Unfortunately my friend, this is the ...
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