Nov-21-09 Raymond Keene
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HeMateMe: Hi Ray, any thoughts on this year's excellant Tal memorial, or the blitz tournament? Any particular games or performances make an impression on you? When you were active in tournaments, were there any blitz players of the day that stood out, anyone you played skittles/blitz ...
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| | Nov-21-09 Kibitzer's Café 
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HeMateMe: Holy 1980s batman!
<Survive, and even hope to prevail, like we did in 1979, with The Kinks, "Superman"> I saw Ray Davies solo, just him and one other guy, acoustic show, 15 years ago at a small theater in nyc. Best small venue show I've ever seen. It got such good reviews he
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| | Nov-21-09 Salomon Flohr
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HeMateMe: I remember reading remenisences of players from Flor's era. Some said, at his peak in the '30s, Flohr was more feared than Alekhine, Capa or any other player at that time.
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| | Nov-21-09 World Cup (2009)
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HeMateMe: <DCP23: <PhilFeeley> What happened to Charbonneau, he's the best Canadian player I think? Why isn't he playing?> Canada must have some soviet or east Eur. emigrees that are gm status. Pascal C., barely a GM, is probably not their best player.
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| | Nov-21-09 Carlsen vs Kosteniuk, 2009
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HeMateMe: <I bet the girls you pick up in a bar when you have beer goggles make you cry in the morning LOL!!>> Hey, beer goggles contribute greatly to social networking! I'm just curious about something--guys have an old saying "They all get prettier at midnight!" (desperation to ...
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| | Nov-21-09 Kenneth Rogoff
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HeMateMe: The Polar bears are running out of ice. No satire can make that funny. Go green!
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| | Nov-20-09 Odd Lie
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HeMateMe: My own room was near the Scarecrow. Nice fellow, although he had no visitors. Definitely needed a wardrobe upgrade.
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| | Nov-20-09 Nigel Short
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HeMateMe: but MC had to be say, one of 5 people with a realistic chance of winning this. Wouldnt money pile on mc at 16-1? BTW, why are the paddies running the gaming? Doesnt' London have its own book?
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| | Nov-20-09 Zzzzzz (Computer)
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HeMateMe: its just a BEARD for another identity...
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| | Nov-20-09 Magnus Carlsen
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HeMateMe: The next Candidates tournament:
As things currently stand, the winner of the 2009 World Cup will gain entry to the 8-player Candidates tournament that will decide a challenger for the winner of the Anand v Topalov WCC title match in April next year. The other players in the ...
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