Jun-10-25 Sovtorgsluzhashchie Championship (1928)
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| greed and death: "Sovtorgsluzhashchie" (Совторгслужащие) are members of a trade union for workers in the trade/retail/sales industry, coming from mashing together the phrase "sovietskiy torgovyy sluzhashchiy"(советский торговый служащий) |
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Jun-07-25 Norway Chess (2025) 
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| greed and death: <Check It Out> I too hope that the trend of just rapid and blitz tournaments subsides at the top level. Sometimes I think it is a pity that the modern elites do not seem to have the same attitude as Botvinnik <"Yes, I have played a blitz game once. It was on a ... |
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May-13-25 Vachier-Lagrave vs Abdusattorov, 2025
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| greed and death: Embarrassing |
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Apr-13-25 Reykjavik Open (2025)
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| greed and death: <dehanne: Where's Hans?> Perhaps Tristan Niermann has a surname similar enough to Niemann that his games will suffice. |
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Mar-04-25 Aeroflot Open (2025)
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| greed and death: There are some good games in this tournament so far. S Drygalov vs Rapport, 2025 is one of them, very elegant finish by Riczi |
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Nov-26-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024)
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| greed and death: The "Ding Liren" vs "Liren Ding" debate obscures the fact that the challenger likewise suffers(?) from the same affliction. Dommaraju is a patronymic, the player should be referred to as Gukesh. Of course the chess world should be at least somewhat familiar with patronymics ... |
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Oct-24-24 United States Championship (2024)
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| greed and death: Aronian and Niemann will almost certainly qualify to the World Cup via rating even if they don't via a tournament placing. In 2023 Wang Hao was the final rating qualifier with an Elo of 2709, which both Aronian and Niemann are currently above. |
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Sep-22-24 Budapest Olympiad (2024)
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| greed and death: Earning GM norms at this tournament were:
Sumiya Chinguun (MGL)
Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina (MEX)
Jegor Lashkin (MDA)
Thanh Tu Tran (JPN)
Congratulations to them! |
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Aug-28-24 Russian Championship (2024)
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| greed and death: Looks like Artemiev edged Esipenko in the tiebreaker. Nesterov, Dubov, and Najer will receive the remaining World Cup spots |
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Aug-22-24 Rubinstein Memorial (2024)
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| greed and death: Except Polanica-Zdrój is in Silesia :P
-- Keymer now at 5.5/6, an accomplishment that is likely flying under the radar due to sinquefield happening at the same time |
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