Jul-12-23 Kenneth Rogoff 
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| valiant: "An awkward silence hangs over the board. The young guy, wearing what looks like a very expensive college jersey, moves his knight. He looks at me, almost shyly.
- Checkmate.
I have just lost my first game in a chess tournament at the indoor pub Spy bar, in the middle of central ... |
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Sep-16-22 chessgames.com chessforum
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| valiant: <Messiah: I As I live in an oppressive regime, I am practically never doing online activity without VPN or TOR.> Finland?? |
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May-11-22 Gothenburg Interzonal (1955)
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| valiant: <The fraternization was so great that at a meeting in Lödöse in 1257 it was decreed that:> "If any one mock a Norwegian, or call him norrbagge, or by other revil names, he shall lose nothing but his throat bone!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%... |
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Apr-24-22 FIDE Grand Prix Berlin (2022)
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| valiant: <Atterdag: Locally in Åsle, have you found relicts, weapons or other stuff from the battle?> Well it didn't happen on our land :-) I looked at
https://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/s... , but couldn't find anything medieval. My family's farm is located a few miles away from ... |
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Feb-25-22 0
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| valiant: <fabelhaft: Well, the truth is that Putin would win any 100% free election. The only politician that can compete with him in popularity in Russia is Stalin (even if western media likes to mention the dissenting voices). There are many reasons that this is the case, but it ... |
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Sep-19-21 whiteshark chessforum
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| valiant: It's so good to hear from you again! |
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May-04-21 Hans-Joachim Federer
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| valiant: <meaningless> ? I was just surprised to see Laver play so well at that age. |
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Mar-16-21 Kibitzer's Café
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| valiant: I liked the film Midnight Run very much https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midni... <Yaphet Kotto remembers the film being a difficult shoot. DeNiro is very spontaneous and it always helps to work with an artist like that. But Marty Brest! "Herr Director" shot so many takes of the ... |
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Feb-01-21 keypusher chessforum
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| valiant: <Everett: I see the comments were turned off. Must have been quite the flame war going on in the comments section...> Well, I had no idea about the rivalry until I read Zarg's comment some years ago ... Magnus Carlsen (kibitz #35775) https://www.quora.com/What-do-peopl... |
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Oct-23-20 Norway Chess (2020)
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| valiant: <AylerKupp; The drive is particularly pretty if you take the coast road. Great scenery, particularly with good weather (which we always seem to have, at least in spring through fall), with the mountains coming down to the sea.> I have always loved the song Pacheco by Robin ... |
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