Jul-06-19 Edmund Beronio 
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| diagon: Still on track for fourth place. |
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Nov-27-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018)
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| diagon: That's why I don't comment at Wesley So page because I'm banned there. |
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Oct-05-18 Batumi Olympiad (2018)
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| diagon: It's absurd to break a tie upon the other players performance long after they had played the game. My suggestion is for tie break after match points should be to add rating gain/loss of all games of each board for the team. Then add weights like 30% for board 1, 26.5% for board 2, ... |
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Mar-12-18 World Championship Candidates (2018)
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| diagon: So fanatics are not worried yet as he is still in solo fourth place. |
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Dec-07-17 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017
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| diagon: And actually not just to evaluate but also plan a game strategy. |
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Apr-22-17 Gashimov Memorial (2017)
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| diagon: Wesley So possibly gone over his peak. The downhill trend in performance may have started in the US championship. |
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Nov-29-16 Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship Match (2016)
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| diagon: If a tournament winner in a Swiss event can be determined in just 9 rounds, certainly a world champion can be determined from 2 players playing just each other for 12 rounds. Someone suggested here that the tie break in it's current format must be played at the start of the ... |
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Aug-21-15 Sinquefield Cup (2015)
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| diagon: I think we have to distinguish non-master to masters when determining chess styles. For non-masters, I categorize styles as attackers and defenders. Most have no idea about openings; I once asked my opponent what opening he's using and he said it's "the snake in the eagles shadow". ... |
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Apr-21-15 Wesley So
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| diagon: After the painful loss yesterday, did the fake mother and Wesley, only the two of them stayed in the same room again? He wouldn't want to be accused to be a fake mother*fuc ker. This will be my last post (whether this handle or another) until Wesley reconciles (bare minimum respect ... |
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Apr-19-15 So vs Adams, 2015
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| diagon: 14. Nc1 is not among the moves considered by Stockfish 6.6 in lower depth but at higher depth it is actually equal. |
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