Apr-18-22 FIDE Grand Prix Leg 3 (2022) 
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| shach matov: <metatron2> I know ;-) I just had an hour to kill so I entertained the silly nonsense for a while. But no time to waste anymore so moving on to something more sane. Anti-Israel sentiment is a sickness of some people even when they benefit daily from the existence of that ... |
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Dec-15-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021)
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| shach matov: <metatron2>
True. Carlsen's dominance is not as impressive as GK's but if there is anybody who can get close to GK it's him. It's unlikely we gonna see any other human in the next few decades who will have as much potential as Carlsen to get into the top 3 all time best. ... |
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Dec-01-21 J A Torres vs R Gonzalez, 2000
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| shach matov: <al wazir: After the obvious 20. Kc1 Qxa2, there's a lot of play left in this game. (Stockfish confirms it.)> A totally nonsensical statement. 1. SF gives about -4, a completely won position. 2. Even if SF gave -0.8, it means little when two humans are playing. In millions |
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Oct-24-21 Robert James Fischer
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| shach matov: <Larsen was known for his "complex messy tactical" style> The point was not whether or not Larsen was a tactical player. Many other players were as well with whom BF had a plus score. The point is that Geller actually tried INTENTIONALLY to unbalance the positions against ... |
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Nov-15-14 Kenneth Rogoff
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| shach matov: <Because it is not going to happen. No chance.> That's hardly an argument, just an opinion, and a wrong one too. French have very low rate, about 1.3%, which historically impossible to reverse. While immigrants have rates many times that, which means many children, who ... |
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