Feb-16-20 Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2008
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| csmath: Goes into my collection for Anti-Berlin. Excellent long-term strategic struggle. |
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Jan-24-20 Ju Wenjun 
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| csmath: Wenjun wins this one on experience. Goryachkina was a handful, possibly even a better player but experience takes this one down. |
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Jan-21-20 Tata Steel Masters (2020)
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| csmath: This is pretty much a standard winning play for Magnus. Full board press in a complex game. And that is pretty much the way you beat these guys unless you have some killer opening preparation.
Sort of chess one would expect from him. |
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Jan-10-20 Magnus Carlsen
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| csmath: Whole page without Nok making any disparaging remark about Magnus. I guess MVL's case is just hopeless even for French. |
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Dec-21-19 Grand Prix Jerusalem (2019)
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| csmath: Nepo will make Candidates completely unpredictable because he is a kingmaker. He will beat some unexpectedly and lose to others in the most profane way. I cannot imagine him winning the tourney but you never know. Him going 14 rounds without losing 2 or 3 would be a big surprise in ... |
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Dec-07-19 London Chess Classic GCT Finals (2019)
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| csmath: 14 of those advantage points came out of one match in St Louis 2017 between the two. After that, they are playing rather even chess. So ... yup I would not put too much stock on those numbers. It is obvious that Ding has become quite a beast in both rapid and blitz since than. I ... |
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Nov-26-19 GCT Kolkata Rapid & Blitz (2019)
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| csmath: Carlsen 27
Nakamura 23
27 is a record for GCT, I think, half a point more than what Magnus did in Africa. Both Naka and Magnus have blitz 12. |
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Oct-23-19 Alireza Firouzja
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| csmath: Persian mathematicians and astronomers were to be credited why we are an advanced western civilization now. Without them the Greek mathematics would have faded away and Indian mathematics would not be known to the West. Not to mention Al Kwarezmi, Al Kujandi and many more. Persia was |
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Oct-21-19 Isle of Man Grand Swiss (2019)
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| csmath: <Gotta feel for Levon Aronian not getting that seat in the candidates...> He had a plenty of chances in the new system and earlier and he missed them all so there is nobody to blame. He is just not strong enough. I am always of opinion that if somebody is stronger than ... |
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Oct-15-19 Carlsen vs Shirov, 2019
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| csmath: So ... as much as Shirov used to be considered a great endgame player he could not hold this against Magnus. And I knew right from the point when Magnus sacrificed the exchange that he sees the positional win no matter what Shirov does. I mean I trusted Magnus here more than my SF ... |
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