Nov-08-22 Wesley So 
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joeyj: Cogratz GM Wesley So for winning the Chess.com Global Championship. $200,000 richer !!! |
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Jun-16-18 Your Next Move (Blitz) (2018) 
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joeyj: Sergey Karjakin was the 2016 World Blitz Champion and runner-up in 2017. |
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Apr-03-18 Fabiano Caruana 
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joeyj: Here now Caruana's coach and trainers who helped him for the Candidates ... "My coach Rustam Kasimdzhanov was there, Christian Chirila was there, Leinier Dominguez was there, and for a few days near the end Alejandro Ramirez joined." https://www.chess.com/news/view/car... |
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Dec-11-17 Anand vs So, 2017 
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joeyj: no longer the dancing queen but dancing knights ? |
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Nov-27-17 Jennifer Yu 
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joeyj: If we count/compute her results counting only R2 to R10 (a 9-game) her results will be an IM norm (Rp= 2492 more than enough for an IM norm). Btw, this is permitted by the FIDE handbook "For 10 rounds or more it is possible that deleting a game that has been won could be ... |
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Nov-09-17 European Team Championship (2017) 
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joeyj: Just wondering why Russia did not field their best Team in R8 i.e. their Bd3 player Vitiugov who has the highest Rp in the team was rested despite winning his R7. They had lost the opportunity to win in the lower boards (bd3 & bd4) and a 2-2 score and possibly the championship. Hayyyz |
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Nov-07-17 Hamed Nouri
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joeyj: Congratulations IM Hamed Nouri !!!
FIDE had published the list of titles approved by the Executive Board held in Goynuk, Antalya, Turkey on 13-14 October 2017. http://www.fide.com/component/conte... |
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Nov-02-17 Ljubomir Ljubojevic 
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joeyj: He is still active playing in the Rapids & Blitz. |
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Nov-01-17 Vladimir Kramnik 
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joeyj: Well, i think it's the organizer's choice, the lesson is: "next time if you want to make your own choice aspire to be an organizer or the host/sponsor". The host country/sponsor don't have the 2725 rated players so it goes back to the organizer to make the choice. And Kramnik is the ... |
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Oct-16-17 Levon Aronian 
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joeyj: Aronian and Caoili tie the knot
http://en.chessbase.com/post/and-th... |
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