Apr-26-21 Caruana vs Giri, 2021 
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jussu: <For a several years now I'm seeking for some magical potion that helps me quitting chess. How did you manage to do it?> Don't play too well. All it took for me was one tourney where I was ruthlessly butchered by three teenage girls in a row, hinting that I was really getting ... |
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Apr-25-21 Capablanca vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922
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jussu: Wondering about Maroczy's "Obviously Black was afraid of Ba6" comment. After a random reasonable move, say, 15... Nhf6, I don't see what is to be gained by playing 16. Ba6, even if it did not lose a piece to 16... b5. |
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Apr-24-21 H Wang vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021 
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jussu: After move 6, we have transposed into French exchange: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ed ed 4. Nf3 Nf6 |
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Sep-03-14 Sinquefield Cup (2014) 
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jussu: <(Carlsen's) character: dull, arrogant and uninspiring> What?
Sure, such perception depends on one's cultural context. Some level of arrogance appears to be almost mandatory for chessplayers, but dull... Let's just infer that he's evidently not your type. |
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Sep-03-14 Caruana vs Topalov, 2014 
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jussu: Oh my, 12. Na4. I understand it's established theory, but what can possibly be the point? Meeting ...c5 with c4, I suppose, but is a4 really the place for this horse to sit? |
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Apr-05-14 Viswanathan Anand 
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jussu: Or maybe because he likes fish... |
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Apr-02-14 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2014 
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jussu: <epicchess>, The fact that Kramnik botched a bunch of wins and Topalov kept returning them is common knowledge. What makes you think that the people here don't read chess analysis? No, this game will not make it into Kramnik's best games collection. Doesn't make the result any ... |
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Mar-31-14 World Championship Candidates (2014) 
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jussu: <Arcturar> Yeah, sorry about that :) 1-0-0 is, of course, beyond idiocy, but I really have seen it suggested by enraged spectators after some not-very-inspiring draws. But yes, any non-zero-sum scoring is susceptible to collusion; even if two friends agreed to trade wins over ... |
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Feb-11-14 Robert von Weizsaecker 
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jussu: I can't believe what I just read. <whiteshark>'s avatar would be an appropriate illustration to that interview. |
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Nov-28-13 Magnus Carlsen 
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jussu: <The World Champions were Kasparov from 1993-2000 and Kramnik from 2000-2006.> 2007, to be precise. |
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