Oct-04-25 Chessgames - Politics 
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| dempun: <al wazir: <dempun: That is one monster of a bird.> I bet it beats SpaceX's $100/kg. And the best thing about it is that it doesn't have to be overhauled or junked after 6 (six!) flights.> Unless i'm mistaken, the Antonov 225 was built by the Soviets to be a support ... |
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Oct-03-25 Chessgames - Sports
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| dempun: <saffuna: Teams will take an intentional safety while leading by 6, cutting the lead to 4.> There was one game, the Ravens and the Bengals. The Ravens were up 7 and had the ball deep in their own territory. Instead of taking the intentional safety with time still on the clock, ... |
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May-03-23 Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023)
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| dempun: <Overgod: He will go down in history as a less legitimate claim to the title than Kazimzhanov, Khalifman or Ponomariov. Those guys actually managed to win *something!*> In that case, you need to add Karpov to that list. He didn't WIN the title, he was named World Champion based |
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May-03-23 Ding Liren
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| dempun: <Why do people insist on bringing tennis to a chess forum. It's a cheats bat and ball game And all of the players have about charisma as a soap dish.> Oh I don't know about that no charisma bit, though. Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Conners, John McEnroe, and Nick Kyrgios just to name a ... |
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Jun-11-22 Norway Chess (2022)
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| dempun: <@greed and death> Not that I've paid a lot of attention to Carlsen's interviews, but does he actually have the goal to raise his rating to 2900? I ask because the master level chessplayers I've known always said they didn't worry about rating. Maybe different at the world ... |
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Sep-16-21 0
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| dempun: Indeed, how many people post the first day they join? Probably not many. I'm no sockpuppet, though... Having read this and other pages for a couple of years before today. I do however apologize for breaking someone's unwritten law of message board etiquette. I shall cry myself to ... |
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