Jul-07-19 Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 
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| That Roger: woah, that was so nice |
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Jul-03-19 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2019
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| That Roger: Carlsen pokes many tiny holes all over the roof and while his opponent is busy patching he pokes more until it can no longer hold the raining from pouring through |
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Jun-07-19 Ding Liren vs Caruana, 2019
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| That Roger: Move 44 black has 2 passed pawns, 45. could have kept it taking with e pawn but don't know about any white near tactical combos why black did not, and dont know why 55. 56. gave up h pawn by blocking bishop defending with king |
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Jun-06-19 Norway Chess (2019)
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| That Roger: <Bureaucrat>
What about 2 for win, .5 for draw, extra .5 for winning extra draw-game? The system is pretty much a punishment for the bad blitz players for not doing absolutely everything they can to win the classical game. It is saying, draws are not that impressive, ... |
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May-09-19 Grand Chess Tour Cote d’Ivoire (Rapid & Blitz) (2019)
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| That Roger: <Sokrates>
You may be on to something however as the root of the concept of that term may be from the concept of the ancient handheld cooling off device 'fan', as in: I am a fan(ner) of Cleopatra. I am enslaved to her, I worship her, I work for her, I am lesser, I would ... |
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Apr-28-19 Svidler vs Carlsen, 2019
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| That Roger: <That Roger>
Maybe could have tried some other things, but his 2 pawn advantage on queen side actually slowed him a bit, because they kept his rooks in, if he made that passed d pawn, it would have to be worried about by black, and a file would be opened for his rooks to ... |
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Apr-27-19 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2019
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| That Roger: did white consider Qe1, Bd2 knight sac on a5? |
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Apr-26-19 G Meier vs Carlsen, 2019
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| That Roger: At move 30 white had an extra pawn and two connected passed |
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Apr-24-19 Carlsen vs Naiditsch, 2019
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| That Roger: ok, so hes trying to double attack the d pawn, if king approaches d5, Rook might go a4 preventing approach and attack f4, and then maybe takes d5 takes f4, and then I dont know, black may have the advantage, |
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Apr-22-19 Carlsen vs Anand, 2019
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| That Roger: <ChessHigherCat>
I first entered the game around the move 40s, and while I cant rate it out of 10, I think it is one of the more interesting games that have been played in the tournament so far, and the position in the move 40s I thought was very alluring, beautiful, sexy, ... |
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