Nov-05-23 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2023 
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dagwood2005: Could be Caruana's Waterloo here. Nakamura is like the final boss at the end of the videogame for him. |
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Oct-20-23 A Puranik vs Carlsen, 2023 
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dagwood2005: What a disaster this game was for Carlsen.
Hard to tell if he's just having a rough patch or if he is just done with chess. Whatever it is, I hope he gets it figured out soon. |
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Oct-12-23 A Suleymenov vs Carlsen, 2023 
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dagwood2005: Really just the latest example why the Queen's Indian has almost totally faded from top flight chess. White has more space, a 0/0.5 eval and a small initiative almost the entire time which can (and did here) at any moment threaten to ignite. |
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Nov-26-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
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dagwood2005: Magnus offered a draw.
He ought to be ashamed of himself. He'll win it in the rapids/blitz...but he's completely lost my respect, for however little that's worth. A complete disgrace. |
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Mar-31-18 Caruana vs Carlsen, 2018 
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dagwood2005: Carlsen playing the King's Indian! Really nice to see this defense get some respect from the champ. |
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Dec-30-17 Carlsen vs E Inarkiev, 2017 
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dagwood2005: Have completely lost all respect for Inarkiev now. |
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Mar-24-16 World Championship Candidates (2016) 
Mar-03-16 Muzychuk - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2016) 
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dagwood2005: Hou is, at this time, not strong enough to play with the men of the 2700-club...but this could change if she decides to devote herself full-time to chess upon completing university. Will be interesting to see what she decides. In the meantime, we are treated this spectacle in ... |
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Sep-20-13 Ushenina - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2013) 
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dagwood2005: My god what a massacre.
The sooner we stop pretending as if the paper tiger champions produced by knockout tournaments are legitimate, the sooner we can get back to real candidates cycles which stand a far greater chance of pitting the two actual best players against each ... |
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Sep-11-13 Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2013 
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dagwood2005: ...e5 then ...e4 should decide things in Naka's favor. Am I missing something?? |
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