Apr-14-15 Magnus Carlsen 
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| Thorski: <Check It Out> He's referring to an old YouTube video from Carlsen's high school days. The class is in recess and Magnus is shown trying to retrieve a beanie from behind a tile in the drop ceiling. He puts a chair on top of a desk and climbs up, only just keeping his balance. ... |
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Nov-16-14 Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014)
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| Thorski: For the people who seem to think there's bad blood between Carlsen and Kramnik [in Russian, with Norwegian subtitles] :
http://www.vgtv.no/#!/103820
Kramnik finds the rumours strange and insists that he and Carlsen have a very good relationship. He suggests that this idea of a ... |
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Aug-05-14 Carlsen vs N Djukic, 2014
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| Thorski: Carlsen made an appearance on Norwegian television after the game and offered his reasoning for choosing 20. Nf3 over Nf5. Specifically, he compared the position after 20. Nf5 g6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Ne3 Nc6 to the one following 20. Nf3 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Nf8 22. Nh4 Ng6 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Ne3 |
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Jun-07-14 Norway Chess (2014)
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| Thorski: VG, the Norwegian tabloid, one of Carlsen's main sponsors and the tournament's local coverage provider, just released a somewhat awkward video interview with commentator Nigel Short, addressing his infamous obit:
http://www.vgtv.no/#!/video/83142/h... It's not very illuminating, I ... |
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Dec-23-13 Santa Claus
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| Thorski: Dear Santa,
Please don't stuff me into a sack and take me to Spain! |
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Nov-15-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)
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| Thorski: <AT> I suggest Karpov's Strategic Wins, both volumes. Make sure you take your time. |
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Sep-27-13 chessgames.com chessforum
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| Thorski: Perhaps I'm in the minority on this, but I don't see why Chessgames can't deputize a few of its more reliable and active senior members by granting them the power to issue temporary bans to troublesome non-premium accounts. The site is plainly not staffed to deal with surges in ... |
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Sep-24-13 Caruana vs Fressinet, 2013
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| Thorski: Fressinet's been a world-class player for a while now. He made a bit of a splash in 2010, when he and his wife both won the French Championship. He's been one of the GMs assisting Carlsen this summer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY27... |
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Sep-17-13 Hans Arild Runde
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| Thorski: Mr. Runde, like so many of us, is probably a busy man unwilling to spend his free time making the kind of compromises necessary to enjoy this mostly wonderful site. My own premium membership is about to expire and I'm certainly not crazy about continuing to support CG until the ... |
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Aug-20-13 World Cup (2013)
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| Thorski: <4 ARMY ANTS> Not that I haven't come to appreciate the figurative, zoocentric brand of commentary we've cultivated here, but aren't army ants formidable precisely because of their overwhelming numbers? :o) |
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