May-13-25 Kenneth Rogoff 
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MrMelad: Let me tell you why I’m a big believer in giving credit where it’s due. Back in one of the companies I worked for, we had this IT guy. You know the type always buried under a pile of tickets from people forgetting their passwords, complaining their hard drives won’t boot, or ... |
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Apr-21-25 Grenke Freestyle Open (2025) 
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MrMelad: Honorable mentions:
Firouzja, Polgar, Nimzowitsch |
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Apr-20-25 Freestyle Grand Tour Paris (2025) 
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MrMelad: Thanks <MissScarlett>. <each game has to have its ECO code manually> Sounds like a prompt for
https://www.cursor.com/
to me.
If you want my help (with the implementation, not just the prompt) let me know… |
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Feb-05-25 Magnus Carlsen 
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MrMelad: <perfidious: I could take this lot with one hand; what are you nattering about? They may consider themselves fortunate that I will be playing elsewhere starting the day after and have no need to trifle with them.> LOL!
The so called “elite” of the chess world have ... |
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Jan-01-25 World Blitz Championship (2024) 
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MrMelad: This feels so right and so wrong all at once. Like picking up a piece of cake you dropped on the floor. Deep down, you know you shouldn’t… but come on, it’s still cake, and cakes don’t judge. :) |
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Dec-28-24 World Rapid Championship (2024) 
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MrMelad: Who is this arbiter? Is he one of those well known and highly respected arbiters with decades of distinguished service? I wonder if there’s more to this situation than just a simple clash of egos. Don’t like conspiracy theories though.. The simplest explanation is that Carlsen ... |
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Nov-16-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024) 
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MrMelad: In the past, when the champion went through a rough period, they referred to it as “saving prep”. I’m glad we’re finally past that, at least. |
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Oct-24-24 Vladimir Kramnik 
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MrMelad: I call “he who smelt it, dealt it” on Kramnik |
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Oct-14-24 Kirill Shevchenko 
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MrMelad: He just won titled Tuesday a week ago. Hmmmm |
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Aug-26-24 Hans Niemann 
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MrMelad: Hi Evan, sorry for the banter. No worries, me and <nok> go back a long time. You can almost say we are BFF. |
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