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May-30-12 Anand - Gelfand World Championship Match (2012)    aipragma: I will go away from the championship with an appreciation for commentators who dont have a habit of saying "Yeah, yeah, yeah..." and a big wish that it will occur to the organizers of the next world chess championship to have a truly realtime display of the chessboard (something ...      May-30-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012    aipragma: why the tournament organizers didnt design a "PIP" screen of a realtime overhead camera shot of the chessboard or even a "PIP" screen of the auditorium wide screen, than relying on non-realtime chessboard displays, is quite disappointing... (PIP = picture in picture)      May-22-12 Gelfand vs Anand, 2012    aipragma: Anyway... It's poetically beautiful to see chess come full circle into the hands of someone who derives from the country that ORIGINATED chess. Quite poetically beautiful...      May-18-12 United States Championship (2012)    aipragma: <Strongest Force: I wondered why Gata didn't play the more solid stuff with white pieces to play for certain draw.> Yes, drawing keeps him the lead, thats obvious, but playing for a draw against someone rated higher globally than you, in the end, doesnt allow him to be rated ...

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