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Feb-25-15 Kenneth Rogoff    Softpaw: <al wazir: Do you believe there really is a "sports gene," hitherto unidentified? > There is no "sports gene"--but there may well be a "straw man gene".      Apr-29-14 Gashimov Memorial (2014)    Softpaw: <The final standing of the players will be determined according to points. In case of sharing of places--the following criteria will be decisive for the tie break: *A greater number of wins. *The result of the direct mini-matches between contenders. *Berger *I tie-break match ...      Nov-21-13 Anand vs Carlsen, 2013    Softpaw: Respect for Anand. He went down fighting.      Nov-18-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)    Softpaw: <Pulo y Gata:...chess is no good for anything or anyone. It's just pieces being shuffled from square to square, with no real consequence to the world. It offers fleeting beauty which merely distracts us from our nothingness and the nothingness of everything> If chess creates ...      Apr-19-12 Kramnik - Aronian (2012)    Softpaw: <shach matov:... it seems Dostoyevsky could have communicated it in a much more compact manner, say 300 pages? Although then it wouldn't be classical literature anymore... > It's a great novel, with many oft-referenced scenes (e.g., The Grand Inquisitor parable)--but it does ...      Jan-13-12 Levon Aronian    Softpaw: <Normally in modern chess if you have positional skills you will find the theoretical lines yourself-> Then again there is the problem of time...it takes time to find the best lines.      Dec-12-11 London Chess Classic (2011)    Softpaw: David Howell...bye!      Dec-12-11 Kramnik vs Aronian, 2011    Softpaw: <Wild Bill: I also predict a draw...> Going out on a limb, are you?      Nov-26-11 Hikaru Nakamura    Softpaw: <shach matov: Carlsen will become a World Champion. But I wish everyone would stop ASSUMING that he will do it...> Yep. There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip.      Nov-25-11 Tal Memorial (2011)    Softpaw: <<Is he still the best player?> There is no simple "best player". Only a someone best *at something*. And you can't simply say "at chess", because there are many forms of chess. "Best at tournaments" (of a certain type); "Best at WC matches (of a certain type); Best at ...      Oct-11-11 Grand Slam Chess Final (2011)     May-13-11 World Championship Candidates (2011)     Oct-21-10 Viswanathan Anand     Oct-17-10 Grand Slam Chess Final (2010)     Oct-16-10 Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament (2010)     Oct-14-10 Vladimir Kramnik     Oct-10-10 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2010     Oct-05-10 Magnus Carlsen     May-01-10 Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010)     Jan-30-10 Corus Group A (2010)     Jan-27-10 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010     Dec-11-09 World Cup (2009)     Nov-30-09 Wang Yue     Nov-28-09 W So vs Kamsky, 2009     Nov-19-09 World Blitz Championship (2009)     Nov-14-09 Tal Memorial (2009)     Oct-10-09 Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (2009)     Oct-08-09 Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2009     Oct-07-09 Nigel Short     Oct-06-09 Carlsen vs Wang Yue, 2009     Oct-04-09 Leko vs Carlsen, 2009     Oct-02-09 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2009     Sep-13-09 Garry Kasparov     Sep-08-09 Grand Slam Chess Final (2009)     Aug-13-09 FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix (2009)     Jul-16-09 Donostia Chess Festival (2009)     Jul-12-09 Kramnik vs Naiditsch, 2009     Jul-11-09 Jakovenko vs Kramnik, 2009     Jul-10-09 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2009     Jul-10-09 Dortmund Sparkassen (2009)     Jul-06-09 Carlsen vs Naiditsch, 2009     Jul-04-09 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009     Jun-16-09 Bazna Tournament (2009)     Mar-21-09 Amber Tournament (Blindfold) (2009)     Mar-17-09 Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2009)     Feb-28-09 Linares (2009)     Feb-26-09 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2009     Feb-21-09 Kamsky vs Topalov, 2009     Feb-18-09 Topalov - Kamsky Candidates Final (2009)     Oct-29-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Oct-28-08 Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)     Oct-26-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Oct-24-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008     Oct-23-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Oct-21-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Oct-20-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008     Oct-18-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Oct-17-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008     Oct-16-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008     Oct-15-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Sep-23-08 Veselin Topalov     Sep-12-08 Grand Slam Chess Final (2008)     Aug-22-08 Tal Memorial (2008)     Aug-03-08 Chess Classic Mainz (2008)     Aug-02-08 FIDE Grand Prix (2008)     Jul-31-08 41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008)     Jul-08-08 Peter Leko     Jul-07-08 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2008     Jul-02-08 Kramnik vs Leko, 2008     Feb-29-08 Morelia-Linares (2008)     Jan-27-08 Anand vs Kramnik, 2008     Jan-27-08 Corus Group A (2008)     Dec-14-07 Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007     Dec-12-07 World Cup (2007)     Nov-22-07 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006     Nov-22-07 World Blitz Championship (2007)     Nov-21-07 Kramnik vs Anand, 2007     Nov-20-07 Tal Memorial (2007)     Nov-20-07 Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2007    Nov-18-07 Kramnik vs Mamedyarov, 2007     Nov-17-07 Jakovenko vs Kramnik, 2007     Nov-16-07 Kramnik vs E Alekseev, 2007     Nov-13-07 Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2007     Oct-08-07 Vassily Ivanchuk     Oct-08-07 World Championship Tournament (2007)     Sep-29-07 Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2007     Sep-29-07 Alexander Morozevich     Sep-26-07 Grischuk vs Kramnik, 2007     Sep-24-07 Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2007     Sep-22-07 Anand vs Grischuk, 2007     Sep-22-07 Svidler vs Kramnik, 2007     Sep-18-07 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2007     Sep-18-07 Alexander Grischuk     Sep-18-07 Grischuk vs Morozevich, 2007     Sep-17-07 Jose Gonzalez     Sep-16-07 Kramnik vs Svidler, 2007     Sep-15-07 Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2007     Jul-08-07 Ciudad de Leon (2007)     Jul-01-07 Dortmund Sparkassen (2007)     Jun-15-07 Kibitzer's Café     Jun-09-07 Kamsky vs Gelfand, 2007     Jun-08-07 Candidates Match: Gelfand - Kamsky (2007)     Jun-06-07 Adams vs Shirov, 2007     Jun-03-07 Candidates Match: Aronian - Carlsen (2007)     Jun-02-07 Candidates Match: Polgar - Bareev (2007)     Jun-01-07 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007     May-30-07 Candidates Match: Bacrot - Kamsky (2007)     May-29-07 Candidates Match: Ponomariov - Rublevsky (2007)     May-26-07 Candidates Match: Gelfand - Kasimdzhanov (2007)     May-23-07 Topalov vs Sasikiran, 2007     May-23-07 37th Bosna Chess Tournament (2007)     May-22-07 Sasikiran vs Anand, 2002     May-21-07 Teimour Radjabov     May-20-07 Mtel Masters (2007)

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