Jun-12-21 Hans-Joachim Federer
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| HeMateMe: The Americans generally play better at Wimbledon and the US Open than at the French. I guess that's why I often don't know the names of the clay court players, seems like a French, Spanish and Italian group. Two unknowns in the lady's final this weekend. |
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Jun-12-21 Grischuk vs Deac, 2021
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| HeMateMe: White finding the timely g4 is the hard part |
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Jun-12-21 GCT Bucharest Classic (2021) 
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| HeMateMe: It's a bit like bug house or siamese chess--you can drop a piece anywhere you want on a second (or third) board. I like bug house, playing with friends. 3D is one too many boards. Giveaway is fun but games tend to repeat, move for move. |
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Jun-11-21 Jeremy Lim
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| HeMateMe: the bars of Cleveland beg to differ... |
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Jun-11-21 Kibitzer's Café
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| HeMateMe: what about mens and womens football (soccer) in England? the England women's team has been ranked as high as no. 4 in the world, but they claim to get no media attention in the UK. the world champion/gold medalist/world cup champs USA women are rock stars in the USA. |
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Jun-11-21 Kenneth Rogoff
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| HeMateMe: well, maybe. No one really knows what kind of cards Cy Vance Jr. is holding. Could be Aces, could be a pair of 3s. I actually think that Weisselburg is a sort of 'stand up guy' who would rather spend two years in jail than admit publicly that he was a criminal for forty years. It's |
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Jun-10-21 Lasker / Saulson / Rhodus / Wilcox vs Johnston / Uedemann / Phillips / L, 1902
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| HeMateMe: I get my Laskers mixed up sometimes. Wasn't Emanuel Lasker world champion for 27 years and his cousin Edward "Lasker the Lesser" a strong player but not in the same class as Emanuel? Were they both called <Ed> by acquaintances? |
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Jun-10-21 Lupulescu vs Giri, 2021
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| HeMateMe: I keep thinking I'm reading the credits for vampire movies.... |
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Jun-10-21 Benko vs W Addison, 1961
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| HeMateMe: A lively game, but Benko is too gifted in the endgame to be stopped. |
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Jun-10-21 Caruana vs Lupulescu, 2021
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| HeMateMe: a bad endgame to walk into. trading queens was a mistake for black. |
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