Mar-21-16 World Championship Candidates (2016) 
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MaxFischer: According to section 3.7 of the Rules and Regulations document: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/... First tie-break is head-to-head record, followed by # of wins, and then S-B. |
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Sep-01-15 Sinquefield Cup (2015) 
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MaxFischer: Interesting that MVL is the only one in the top half of the standings who will play white today. |
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Nov-14-14 Anand vs Carlsen, 2014 
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MaxFischer: Except that's impossible because Rxd1 places the white king in check.... |
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Sep-04-14 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2014 
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MaxFischer: Too early to say, but was that O-O Fab's worst move of the tourney so far? |
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Aug-14-14 Tromso Olympiad (2014) 
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MaxFischer: <I didn't hear anything about a player killed, but one player - Kurt Meier from the Seychelles - died of a heart attack which he suffered during the last round game.> According to chess-results.com, he WON that game. What a trooper! On second thought, perhaps his opponent ... |
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Mar-29-14 World Championship Candidates (2014) 
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MaxFischer: Not that it really matters, as anything can happen tomorrow, but I was curious to know. If I calculated the tiebreakers correctly, here are the current standings: 1. Anand
2. Kramnik
3. Andreikin
T4. Aronian/Mamedyarov (these two are tied on everything down to S-B) 6. ... |
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Nov-15-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013) 
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MaxFischer: So, who thinks there will be 7 more draws to wrap things up? |
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Sep-18-13 Ushenina - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2013) 
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MaxFischer: Ah yes, Hou is playing the the old "draw as white, win as black" strategy. ;) |
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Sep-02-13 World Cup (2013) 
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MaxFischer: Man, Houdini REALLY wants Andreikin to play Na4. |
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Apr-01-13 World Championship Candidates (2013) 
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MaxFischer: Four players at the top finishing within half a point of each other, pretty amazing. |
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