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Apr-14-15
 | | perfidious: <Tomlinsky> Not one of Alekhine's better days. |
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| Apr-14-15 | | jamesmaskell: The BBC is reporting the cheating story too. Fair to say here this is a done and dusted cheat caught red handed. |
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| Apr-14-15 | | Tomlinsky: <perf> I'm hoping that it won't be one of Fedoseev's either. :) 19...axb6:
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| Apr-14-15 | | jphamlore: The moves are going to come fast and furious now in Fedoseev - Howell ... |
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| Apr-14-15 | | Tomlinsky: It looks as though Fedoseev has squeezed a draw out of the scramble. Full credit to him but Howell will be disappointed if that is the case. |
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| Apr-14-15 | | kellmano: Great save from Fedoseev. Howell will be feeling a touch sick I imagine (unless it was drawish despite the huge material deficit all along). Still, joint first must be considered a good result. |
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| Apr-14-15 | | Appaz: <<jamesmaskell> The BBC is reporting the cheating story too.> The biggest paper and on-line news source in Norway, vg.no, with two chess related articles lately: the Georgian guy and the Wesley So drama. Hey, we are in the news! |
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| Apr-14-15 | | jphamlore: At least 6 players by my count scored 7.0. If I understand the regulations correctly, they split the prize fund approximately $5,000 USD apiece? https://www.fide.com/images/stories... |
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| Apr-14-15 | | Lambda: <Not one of Alekhine's better days.> That seems a bit of an exaggeration. OK, a loss is never a good day, but 1924 Lasker is about as strong as chess-players get, so it's not particularly remarkable. |
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Apr-14-15
| | perfidious: <Lambda> Really? Alekhine did not play the cited game particularly well by his standards. If you wish to label my view as an 'exaggeration', something resembling evidence would be welcome. |
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| Apr-14-15 | | fgh: Good article on the Nigalidze affair:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/... |
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| Apr-14-15 | | jphamlore: <fgh: Good article on the Nigalidze affair:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...> It's articles like this that have almost convinced me those arguing that Wesley So should go back to college are right, since the governing officials of chess are so incompetent and corrupt it is quite possible that much of higher-level competition, with prize funds that enable professionals to make a living at the sport, will simply have collapsed within 5 years. |
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Apr-15-15
 | | kingscrusher: Nearly a 2800 FIDE Rating performance at the Dubai Open 2015: British GM David Howell I video annotated some of his key games here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMu...
Cheers, K |
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| Apr-15-15 | | PhilFeeley: Although I have no doubt about the cheating, the iPhone notation in the Petrosian-Nigalidze game (from the photo in the WP story) doesn't match the scoresheet, and the final position doesn't match exactly either. |
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Apr-15-15
 | | tamar: <PhilFeeley> That is strange. Read <offramp>'s comments on the game page T L Petrosian vs G Nigalidze, 2015 Either it shows the position Nigalidze was analyzing, or the arbiter in the process of seeing whose account the iphone was in, put it back on a spot they thought matched up. Since the opening on the iphone is a transposition of the game, it might be possible to tell where the first position Nigalidze consulted it. |
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| Apr-15-15 | | ajile: <Appaz: <boz> Three years is one year more than the general doping ban in sports and there are always the principle of a second chance.> If you are caught red-handed like this guy and there is no doubt he cheated then IMO it should be a lifetime ban PLUS you lose all your rating points for life. No second chances and no forgiveness for cheaters EVER. |
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Apr-15-15
 | | OhioChessFan: Agree 100% with <ajile> |
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| Apr-15-15 | | Appaz: <ajile> I have a hard time disagreeing, but I try to make up my mind on principle in this case. Kick him out for some time, then give him a second chance. Bigger names than this guy has successfully "rehabilitated" after being caught cheating and then contributed a great deal to chess. But in cases like this: strip them of their titles and wins, and prosecute them in a court for fraud. |
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| Apr-15-15 | | ajile: What about all the people that lost REAL MONEY in past tournaments because of this crook? Do any of these players get any of their prize money that they should have earned? Weeks and months and years of study all wasted because of a cheater who took a shortcut to fame and fortune. I realize my dream of lifetime bans is just a wild fantasy and these scammers will continue to scam so at the very least this guy should have to return all the money he has made in the last few tournaments to qualify for his weak and lame 3 year suspension. |
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| Apr-16-15 | | PhilFeeley: Another bad standings table. The winner was #19, Dragan Solak from Turkey. There were 6 with 7/9. |
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| Apr-16-15 | | Catholic Bishop: lolllll meanwhile
The number one ranked computer Go program Crazy Stone just got slaughtered in the 'Denseisen', an annual Japanese man-vs-machine match, by a semi-retired Pro... ...on a three stone handicap. |
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| Apr-16-15 | | Catholic Bishop: Former World Champion Yoda Norimoto's assessment of the current state of the art in Computer Go: 'On FOUR stones they are quite competitive with average Pros. On THREE stones, the Pro may expect to lose 1 game out of 100.' |
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| Apr-16-15 | | Appaz: <<ajile> What about all the people that lost REAL MONEY in past tournaments because of this crook?> That's why we should put them to court for <fraud>, because that is what it is. Same goes for cheaters and dopers in other sports. The swindled players would probably still not get their money back, but at least it sends a message to other potential cheaters of how serious this is. |
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| Apr-16-15 | | MagnusVerMagnus: Yes, but that is how us Professional Sports "Handicappers" make our money...because we know or can deduce when some one/team is gonna let us say not play their best. That is sports, that is why I can see when something is crooked, I have been doing it for a long time and it has paid for a lot of good stuff, sadly much of it went up my nose and veins... |
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Apr-16-15
 | | offramp: I am in total agreement with <Appaz>. |
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