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Jan-21-11 | | hand banana: 2682.2 live rating today.
if he keeps this up, might get over 2700 before the end of the tournament :)he made 18.2 points in 6 rounds, still has 7 left to play. |
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Jan-30-11 | | fisayo123: Congratulations winning Corus B on tie-breaks.Although i knew he was very talented,i was suprised he won after 13 rounds and with such a strong field |
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Jan-30-11 | | radicalcation: Congrats for winning Tata Steel B! |
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Jan-30-11 | | rclb: Great tournament for Luke after his very successful London Classic. Hopefully he will be able to stand up to the big boys next year. Maybe a bit more opening prep will see him 2700+ by then. |
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Jan-30-11 | | FISCHERboy: Congratulations GM Luke McShane for winning Tata Steel Group B. Fantastic games! |
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Jan-31-11 | | BobCrisp: <Keats> ahead of his rivals. |
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Feb-01-11 | | talisman: Congratulations Bang Bang Lucas McShane a direct descendent of The Rifleman Lucas McCain. |
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Feb-02-11 | | bronkenstein: The gyu with the epidemic smile B) |
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Feb-08-11 | | Maatalkko: Luke is an interesting case. We see someone who was talented enough to be a top competitor abandon chess in favor of other activities in his early 20's. Personally I think he is young in chess years and being a more rounded person might not hurt him. When did Carlsen say McShane is already over 2700 in strength? Bang Bang's last two tournaments seem to agree. |
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Mar-09-11 | | JRJN: Chess magazine, March 2011 issue, features a long interview I did with McShane. Thought it might interest some of his fans.
http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant... |
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Mar-09-11 | | GalileoPiccolino: Is he a full time Goldman Sachs stockbroker, or a part time professional chessplayer? Oxford grad. Economics, I believe. Neat credentials.
Pursued his education first, tried the market, then moved on with his chess plans. Impressive against the likes of Carlsen, Nakamura, and So.
Tata Steel 2011 Gp B top, and will play next year's edition in Gp A.
Currently England's No.2, as Nigel slipped to third. |
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Mar-10-11
 | | Troller: Luke is playing in the pretty strong Reykjavik Open now. Live games:
http://dl.skaksamband.is/mot/2011/M... Also on chessbomb. |
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May-25-11 | | Caissanist: Of the world's elite players, McShane appears to be the one least inclined to take a short draw, averaging 56 moves per draw with the white pieces: http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt.... |
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Jun-05-11 | | cbpatzer: A great game by McShane played this year, not a draw at all http://blip.tv/chess/chess-luke-mcs... |
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Jul-29-11 | | ceebo: An interesting tidbit from http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/201... "recently McShane has reverted to a full-time job and is not competing in the current British Championship, which reaches half-way at Sheffield this weekend" |
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Sep-16-11
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Oct-26-11 | | Ezzy: Luke qualified to play in the Tata Steels 'A group' and declined due to work commitments. How sad is that. He must be making lots of money on the stockmarket. |
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Dec-02-11 | | Squares: Good luck Luke. I think with your chess skills it is a safer bet to play chess than be a banker |
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Dec-02-11 | | bubuli55: If I had known that Mr McShane is not a full time professional chess player, I would not have bet 500 of my bookie money on draw with Aronian. I need a better scouting report :( |
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Dec-03-11 | | bubuli55: GM McShane! My apologies. Nice game there. :) |
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Dec-05-11 | | Ladolcevita: Wow,now I see why I found him,at first sight,particularly impressive or perhaps even handsome(though actually maybe one cant say he has very impressive or handsome features,but these two words just emerged themselves)...At first I thought it was just something about British fashion,like British accent, posh and gentleman,but then I realize it is also something personal.And indeed,he seems quite successful everywhere...(But of course no one is perfect,so I used the word"seems") Anyway,I guess if he had concentrated on chess,he should have well been a 2700+ or 2750+ player(according to his game versus Magunus yesterday),but then he has such a broader life,and its very successful too. |
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Dec-05-11 | | Atking: <Anyway,I guess if he had concentrated on chess,he should have well been a 2700+ or 2750+ player(according to his game versus Magnus yesterday)> and many other games. McShane is inspired. He has some up and down but he could challenge the top in the world. |
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Dec-05-11 | | knighterrant999: Is there a doctor in the house?? We have a choking man here! |
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Dec-05-11 | | Ladolcevita: <Atking>
Yes,I also notice that he was the world champion under 10,which quite proves his remarkable talent for chess. |
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Dec-06-11 | | Atking: <Ladolcevita> You proved to be right as yesterday McShane won vs the "best" (By rating) English player, M Adams. |
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