Jan-01-25 Hans Niemann 
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| theagenbiteofinwit: Can't help but think a contributing factor to Magnus and Neop splitting the blitz world championship was just how mad it would make Hans. |
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Jan-01-25 World Blitz Championship (2024)
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| theagenbiteofinwit: Well this isn't the first FIDE world title Magnus has devalued by not playing. Glad the practice of sharing world titles wasn't allowed when the Soviets were around. |
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Dec-29-24 Magnus Carlsen
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| theagenbiteofinwit: Let's be real, this rift between Carlsen and FIDE has been a long time coming and if it weren't over pants, it would have been something else silly. I hope older wiser heads can get together and work this out before we get some redux of the FIDE/PCA rift on the 90's. |
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Dec-29-24 World Rapid Championship (2024)
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| theagenbiteofinwit: Very happy to see Sasha Grischuk having a world class performance. I never thought the sanctions on Russian players was fair. They didn't actually invade Ukraine, well aside from Karjackin who technically did. But you get my point. As far as the Magnuspants controversy, ... |
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Nov-25-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024)
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| theagenbiteofinwit: <offramp: Can we <PLEASE> have an embargo on puns on the name Ding?> I've been waiting my entire life for Wang Hao to blunder so I could submit "Everybody Wang Hung his Knight" as a game caption. |
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Jul-21-24 Kenneth Rogoff
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| theagenbiteofinwit: Trump is going to be President, and the people working hardest to that end are democrats. They should maintained media discipline and aired their concerns against Biden in private. Biden isn't going to drop out. He will take any criticism of him based on his age or mental |
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Jul-21-24 Vladimir Kramnik
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| theagenbiteofinwit: <HeMateMe: Is Vlad angling to be the curmudgeon that replaces Viktor Korchnoi? More curmudgeon than Viktor the Terrible?> Kramnik's arc is profoundly interesting. He went from being a legendary player who actually defeated Kasparov when it was assumed such a feat ... |
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Jul-21-24 Nakamura vs A J Goldsby, 2003
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| theagenbiteofinwit: <Sally Simpson> There is a reason for this, and it wasn't necessarily because of the popularity of the game. At the time chessgames allowed AJ to rule over his player page with an iron fist, and therefore any comment on his player page that fell short of unbridled ... |
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Jul-21-24 Korchnoi vs Carlsen, 2004
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| theagenbiteofinwit: One of the most impressive things about Korchnoi's life is that he was the only person who had wins against Botvinnik and Carlsen. |
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Apr-30-23 Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023)
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| theagenbiteofinwit: I can't help but think that if Neop spent some time on physical training he would have better results. At the beginning of this match as well as the one with Carlsen, he started out strong. In both of them by the end he was not playing his best chess. It is also obvious ... |
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