Nov-20-19 Kibitzer's Café
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| diceman: <HeMateMe:
skilled in killing controversies.>
Yes they are.
<billionaire who killed himself> Heh, heh, rrrrrrrrrright! |
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Nov-20-19 Botvinnik vs Denker, 1946
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| diceman: <According to Arnold Denker, beating the Soviet chess machine during that era was all but impossible.> Denker: The Russians fixed chess! |
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Nov-20-19 playground player chessforum 
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| diceman: <playground player: <diceman> Didn't they just throw another $3 billion at it, last week?> This was the last I heard:
<California’s high-speed rail agency announced Tuesday it is suing the U.S. Department of Transportation and its senior officials over the Trump ... |
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Nov-18-19 Grand Prix Hamburg (2019)
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| diceman: <parmetd: Right now the guaranteed candidates participants are: 1. Caruana
2. Ding
3. Wang Hao
4. Radjabov
5. Giri
6. Grischuk >
Current live rating:
1. Caruana--#2
2. Ding-------#3
3. Wang Hao-#18
4. Radjabov-#10
5. Giri---------#8
6. Grischuk---#7
I ... |
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Nov-18-19 thegoodanarchist chessforum
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| diceman: <thegoodanarchist:
So in my mind, a better pun would be
"Browne versus Bored of Education".
Let me know what you think of it.>
I like it!
However, it should be remembered, I'm not much of a barometer, because
I come up with stuff like this: :)
"Ulrik suffered the ... |
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Nov-15-19 U Rath vs Larsen, 1978
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| diceman: Ulrik suffered the Rath of Bent's Larseny. |
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Nov-15-19 Kenneth S Rogoff
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| diceman: <saffuna:
How about Trump attacking Yovanovitch today?> Hey, jimmy-boy, which ambassador was "attacked" more? Yovanovitch under Trump?
...or John Christopher Stevens killed in Benghazi, under Obama/Clinton? |
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Nov-12-19 Browne vs Belle, 1978
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| diceman: <HeMateMe:
I was a college student in Minnesota, and our calculus professor said that he was part of a group who set up the exhibition where Browne played these 50 movers against computer programs. The instructor spoke to the computer people and said "Which GM would we ask to ... |
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Nov-06-19 Magnus Carlsen
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| diceman: <tamar: Magnus has to come away thinking he was handicapped by the computer prep before and between the games. So adapted wonderfully to the format, playing the most common sense openings suggested by the computer, but Magnus seemed torn between dodging the suggestions or blindly |
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Nov-06-19 Count Wedgemore chessforum
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| diceman: <Count Wedgemore: Thanks, <moro>. Yes, this is going to be a lot of fun. And of course, Magnus will win in the end :)> Count, remember this one?
<diceman: The Re-Assignment?> In my usual style of milking a motif for all it's worth: Since the FR-WCC was held just ... |
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