cro777 Member since May-27-03 · Last seen Nov-25-19 cro stands for Croatia and 7 is a lucky number. Why 777? Something is repeated three times for emphasis. There are some occasions when 7 is not so lucky.

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Nov-02-19 Fischerandom Chess    cro777: The FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 is over! Ian Nepomniachtchi takes 3rd place by beating Fabiano Caruana 12.5-5.5 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIY_IzY...      Oct-30-19 Magnus Carlsen    cro777: Magnus Carlsen's goal: Four World Cup titles at the same time (in classical, rapid, blitz and Fischer Random chess)! https://www.time24.news/2019/10/mag... Fischer Random chess adds a new dimension. "I was really thinking this is why we play Fischer Random; you play g5, h5 and ...      Oct-26-19 Polina Shuvalova    cro777: Polina Shuvalova is the World Girls Junior Champion 2019! After winning the world girls U18 championship for the second time she also won the world junior (under 20) girls championship which was held in New Delhi, India from October 14-26. The winner receives the WGM title. ...      Oct-17-19 McShane vs Caruana, 2019   cro777: <AylerKupp> Thanks for the analysis and additional information about FinalGen. [DIAGRAM] White to win. (Last 60…g5) In order to win White must win the b4-pawn creating a passed pawn. (He will trade his h-pawn for the b4-pawn). But first he must restrict the activity of the ...      Oct-13-19 Alexey Sarana   cro777: "In Round two of the FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss the young Russian talent Alexey Sarana tested the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen. Pushing a pleasant position out of a prepared Sicilian line, Sarana secured a draw from a position of strength against the tournament's top-seed. ...      Sep-30-19 Shaun Press    cro777: At the Calvia Chess Olympiad (2004), when the doctor asked Shaun Press to submit to the doping control, he asked to the doctor if there was any evidence that he had used forbidden substances. When the doctor said no, he refused because he can not be obliged to produce evidence ...      Sep-30-19 World Cup (2019)    cro777: Like a fish out of water. <Sally Simpson: It does not matter if some people thought Shaun Press had no chance (a thought based solely on a number) the wonderful thing about chess and this format is the fact is he was given a chance.> Shaun Press: "While I wasn't entirely happy      Sep-23-19 J Xiong vs J K Duda, 2019    cro777: This was the first rapid game of the Fourth Round of the FIDE World Cup 2019. Duda lost a technical rook endgame. Position after 45.a6 [DIAGRAM] 45…Kc7? Duda committed the decisive mistake. Correct was 45…Ra1 first and only after 46…Kf4 Ra3 47.a7 to play 47…Kc7 leading to a ...      Sep-23-19 J Xiong vs J K Duda, 2019    cro777: This was the second blitz game of the Fourth Round of the FIDE World Cup 2019. Xiong won and advanced to the next stage. Some experts believe that the Four Pawns Attack is the most principled line against the Alekhine’s Defence. "I feel that the reason you see the Modern variation ...      Sep-22-19 Grischuk vs L Dominguez, 2019   cro777: Excellent endgame play by Grischuk (M. Jelic: "The greatest endgame from the World Cup 2019" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv-... ) Grischuk outplayed Domingez in a slightly better endgame with opposite-colored bishops and four pawns vs three pawns: Position after 67…Be1 ...

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