Nov-18-19 Kenneth S Rogoff 
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| soldal: Trump and Pompeiio has found a lawyer (probably Giuliani) willing to state that it's not in breach of international law for an occupier to export and resettle its inhabitants on ocupied land. (None of the three previous republican presidents managed this.) So now - after 40+ years! - |
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Oct-27-19 Kibitzer's Café
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| soldal: <<HeMateMe>: Dylan: "The sound [a recorded album] that comes closest to what I was hearing in my head at the time." 14 letters (don't count spaces).> Blonde on Blonde
"That thin, wild mercury sound" |
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Oct-24-19 Isle of Man Grand Swiss (2019)
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| soldal: <If you know that data (you can find them in https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t ..., among other places) then you can easily calculate his TPR using http://www.kosteniuk.com/EloCalc/el ...). The Kosteniuk ELO/TPR calculator indicates that So's TPR was 2713 (so he underachieved) ... |
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Sep-10-19 Wei Yi
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| soldal: In section 3:
21 Wei Yi - 108 Miguel Santos Ruiz draw |
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Jun-17-19 Norway Chess (2019)
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| soldal: Well, the first thing to realise is that the box called "Tournament Standings" at the top of the page does not necessarily reflect the real standings, and is not really meant to do so. cg.com is a database of chessgames, and the table is an automated result of the games put into it, ... |
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May-26-19 Magnus Carlsen
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| soldal: Carlsen 3.5/6
Ding 3
Karjakin 3
Anand 2.5 |
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May-11-19 Sergey Pekker
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| soldal: His coach, Ravinsky, was only interested in openings. Pekker was very talented, but didn't even become a master. Extract from
"For Friends & Colleagues: Volume 1: Profession - Chess Coach"
By Mark Dvoretsky
here:
https://books.google.no/books?id=Hp... |
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Nov-21-18 Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018)
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| soldal: Try this one:
Live Broadcast Page |
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Oct-03-18 Chess Olympiad (2018)
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| soldal: <USA could bump Nakamura down to board 4,...> Not in this tournament. |
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Sep-23-18 Georgios Makropoulos
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| soldal: <Following the ECF's rejection of Short, his bitter rival Makropoulos declared: “Not even his own country supports him... Thank you England!!”> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20... |
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