Dec-02-14 Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014) 
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| DaveK: The weaker player often wins. Before championships were 24 games. Tiring, yes. But 12-game championships are not statistically significant. From The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (a fascinating book by Leonard Mlodinow): "... if one team is good enough to warrant ... |
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Nov-17-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014
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| DaveK: "Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up to that point, not winning is just not an option." Magnus Carlsen once said. |
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Nov-17-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014
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| DaveK: <HowDoesTheHorsieMove> Thanks for that! |
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Nov-07-14 Tal vs V Veders, 1951
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| DaveK: I can't see why Verder doesn't take Tal's unprotected Bishop at 28. Can anyone illuminate me? |
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Oct-29-14 Tal vs Fischer, 1959
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| DaveK: <<playground player> As long as human beings let computers teach them how to play chess, we shall not see Tal's like again.> I think we should look to chess to help us develop skills for life & understanding the world, but not for chess itself. People use computers to ... |
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