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Jun-23-16 Viktor Korchnoi    isemeria: I just realized that Korchnoi (b. 1931) was born was 5 years before Tal (b. 1936).      Jan-22-15 The World vs Naiditsch, 2014    ...      Jan-19-15 Arno Nickel    isemeria: <AK> I dont have hard data either, and I could be wrong. I'm just thinking of those endgames. For example R+P vs R is either win or draw with current rules. But in Lasker chess some/many/most of those draws are 3/4 wins if the stronger side can force excange of rooks. This ...      Dec-21-14 AylerKupp chessforum    isemeria: Thanks for your reply <AK>. Helpful as usual.      Dec-12-14 Mikhail Tal    isemeria: Last weekend we were on holiday in Riga. So I took the opportunity to visit the cemetery where Tal is buried. It's called Jaunie ebreju kapi (New Jewish Cemetery), and it's located about 9 km northeast from the Old Town. The grave itself is not marked in any special way. Luckily we      Dec-12-14 Magnus Carlsen    isemeria: There has been some discussion about what Carlsen has brought to the game, compared to other greats from history. IMO, there's one important aspect which has not been appreciated enough: the value of endgame play and the decrease of short draws in top tournaments. I think it's ...      Nov-07-14 Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014)    isemeria: My prediction: The first and second game of the match will be safe draws. Final result: Carlsen wins 2 games, Anand wins 1 game.      Oct-17-14 jepflast chessforum    isemeria: "Only move" category would be helpful, when there's only one legal move. For example: http://www.jepflast.com/chesstree/n... Of course, 38...Ke7 is "Best" as well "Candidate". But having the Only move tag would clear things, because then it would be instantly obvious that there's ...      Aug-27-14 lostemperor chessforum    isemeria: My prediction for 2014 Sinquefield Cup: 1. Carlsen 2. Caruana 3. Nakamura 4. Aronian 5. Topalov 6. Vachier-Lagrave      Aug-06-14 Leko vs Y Wang, 2014    isemeria: This game was annotated by Mihail Marin at Chessbase: http://en.chessbase.com/post/marin-...

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