Feb-04-23 Mamedyarov vs A Gadimbayli, 2022
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| sakredkow: Fun B+P v P ending |
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Feb-03-23 Letelier vs Spassky, 1960
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| sakredkow: How to win a won game. Lots of fun maneuvering in a 2R+2N v 2R+2N battlefield. |
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Nov-30-22 Anand vs Kasimdzhanov, 2002
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| sakredkow: <"Actually, I fed the position to the computer and went for dinner."> Would he get the same answer today? |
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Nov-24-22 Polugaevsky vs Gheorghiu, 1976 
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| sakredkow: 17. Nd5 was a shocker. I wonder how long he thought. Was Polu known for tactics and sacking? |
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Oct-19-22 Sevian vs Niemann, 2022
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| sakredkow: Seems like the kind of thing that could easily have happened in a tournament at my club. Doesn't seem like a big deal except Sevian did something to Hans's king on Hans's time. That's the only thing that's really strange to me - and wrong. Be scrupulous on your opponent's time, ... |
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Oct-16-22 U.S. Championship (2022)
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| sakredkow: <If Nieman *does* cheat and is caught at an OTB event, even if it's not a world class GM event, his chess career is over. He won't be able to get a job sacking fries at McDonalds.> He'll get a talk show somewhere commentating - or a highly successful twitch channel. |
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Sep-29-22 Julius Baer Generation Cup (2022)
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| sakredkow: <You know that Niemann already did that in the interview with him, right? He explained quite thoroughly that he had cheated twice in the past, but had learned a lesson and never did it again. He felt ashamed about it and had regretted it deeply ever since.> That's the ... |
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Sep-28-22 Hans Niemann
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| sakredkow: IANAL nevertheless I doubt that anything that Magnus has said is actionable at least I don't think it would be in a US court. |
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Sep-22-22 Niemann vs Carlsen, 2022
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| sakredkow: Whatever else you might think of Carlsen's behaviors, it's nowhere near Fischer's worse days. |
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Sep-15-22 Tarrasch - Schlechter (1911)
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| sakredkow: <FSR: As Schlechter's biography on this site makes clear, he drew <a lot> of matches> This makes a lot of sense, esp. as "Schlechter" is an anagram of the two names Giri and Leko. |
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