Mar-17-10 Magnus Carlsen 
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| protean: <i am reading all the interview now and i have to say it's the first Carlsen interview i find really interesting.> Same here. |
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Mar-14-10 Veselin Topalov
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| protean: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
<"Topalov will not accept or offer draws with Vishy Anand" in their title match in April. "It will be effectively the application of the Sofia rules."> Fascinating. |
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Feb-14-10 Einstein vs Oppenheimer, 1933
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| protean: <Question #3: All my life I've been myopic (nearsighted) and there have been times when I had trouble reading something at a distance, because my spectacles weren't handy. So I learned a trick: I make a tiny pinhole by pressing three fingers together in a tight triangle, then I ... |
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Feb-14-10 Kibitzer's Café
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| protean: Con Air! The Rock! |
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Feb-14-10 Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)
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| protean: <Everett><Why does Topalov, after losing to Kramnik in 2006, get a crack at Anand in '10? It makes no sense outside of the twisted world of chess politics.> Because he bitched about it very loudly. |
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Feb-14-10 0
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| protean: <Jim Bartle> <"Wasting huge majorities." Including a 59-41 majority which is not enough to override by far the greatest number of filibusters ever seen in the Senate. The point is that the Republicans are saying "no" over and over without putting out any ideas of their ... |
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Feb-09-10 Garry Kasparov
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| protean: <a most interesting read> Yes it was - not much of a book review though! |
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Feb-08-10 Nigel Short
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| protean: <<Is the Superbowl widely simulcast in England, in the pubs?> Superwhat??>
Superb owl. I assume it's some kind of zoo attraction. |
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Dec-09-09 London Chess Classic (2009)
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| protean: Kramnik - Hua: looks torturous for black. |
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Oct-02-09 Natalija Pogonina
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| protean: You know Natalia, your English is excellent. I don't know how you foreigners do it. More than one language in the same head - it can't be done, surely? ;-) Regards,
A lazy monolinguist |
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