Nov-10-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 
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| benjinathan: <Carlsen has almost 20 min to take 20 moves.> I think they get 30 seconds per move from move 1. so maybe 30 minutes for 20 moves. |
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Mar-03-16 playground player chessforum
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| benjinathan: <PP> I haven't been at the site for a long time. But I saw this and thought of you and discussions we had in the past - so I thought I would make a brief return. Hope you are well. http://news.nationalpost.com/news/a... |
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Apr-22-14 0
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| benjinathan: <I recall asking why scout troops traditionally have scout leaders of the same gender, and <benjinathan> claimed not to know. I guess someone else may believe that, but I don't.> Thanks for calling me a liar.
I have no bleeping idea why scout troops traditionally ... |
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Apr-01-14 Phony Benoni chessforum
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| benjinathan: ADDED
http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/vi... |
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Mar-27-14 World Championship Candidates (2014)
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| benjinathan: <<Absentee> <The problem with comparing chess to football (or boxing, etc) is that chess isn't football (or boxing, etc). Carrying over rules or dynamics from one to the other will have side effects.>> In other sports they do it to a degree. In match play golf ... |
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Mar-25-14 Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2014
Mar-24-14 Anand vs Topalov, 2014
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| benjinathan: Really- h6 was just an incredibly stupid move. It must have spawned from a need to take chances in order to win in a drawn position. |
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Mar-21-14 Karjakin vs Aronian, 2014
Mar-18-14 Anand vs Karjakin, 2014
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| benjinathan: <Anand seems to be chessgames.com's favourite for this event.> My understanding is that they show the tournament leader's game. |
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Mar-17-14 hms123 chessforum
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| benjinathan: The weird thing is that it is both hard to play the French and hard to play against it. In the last two weeks I have messed up both sides. |
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