Sep-15-25 FIDE Grand Swiss (2025) 
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| greed and death: Qualifying for the Candidates hasn't even finished yet and already there are complaints about the players that will be there. I for one prefer the system where qualification is based on concrete results rather the manipulatable ratings (the qualification spot that has been ... |
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Aug-21-25 Rubinstein Memorial (2025)
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| greed and death: Michael Adams is old enough to be the father (or grandfather!) of several of the other players here (he isn't, of course, or his name would be Michał Adamski) and I'm wondering if age is beginning to show. He had a successful run at the British Championship but a quick ... |
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Aug-19-25 Sinquefield Cup (2025)
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| greed and death: Glad to see Duda back after his most recent appearance in 2023 saw him withdraw after Round 1 due to illness. I keep hoping that he will return to his 2021 World Cup form, its hard to believe that he's the second-lowest ranked in the field by now, how quickly the youngsters ... |
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Aug-16-25 Chennai Grand Masters (2025)
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| greed and death: Keymer clinched with a round to spare and then won his final round game anyways where many players would've simply played for an easy draw. He's had an impressive run across several tournaments since mid-2024 or so. |
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Aug-15-25 Nino Batsiashvili
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| greed and death: She scored a perfect 7/7 at the Spanish Team Championship that ended yesterday. |
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Jun-26-25 Praggnanandhaa vs A Erigaisi, 2025
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| greed and death: A piece of advice that has rarely steered me wrong is "don't give up a fianchettoed king's bishop unless its for the opponent's same-color bishop". Erigaisi opts to ignore this with 15... Bxc3 and while it may not have been a decisive mistake in and of itself, by the final ... |
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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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