Jan-19-10 Shirov vs Caruana, 2010 
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| LoFarkas: My computer tells me 34... c5 is bad because of 35. bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ra3 and the d3 pawn is dead. (Obviously, if Bc4 then Ra8+ and mate on the next move.)
Here's the rest of the line it spits out (after Ra3) h7h6 Ra3xd3 g7g5 Kg1f2 Kh8h7 Rd3a3 Rc5c2 Ra3a7+ Kh7g6 Kf2e3 Rc2a2 Ra7xa2 ... |
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Jan-16-10 Leko vs Shirov, 2010
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| LoFarkas: You are going crazy, Nimzonick...
The black pawns move towards the bottom of the board, not the top. So 60... Rg8 would be answered by 61. Kxg8. Oops.
What probably confused you is that the white king wandered across the board to the top, but it started out at the bottom, and ... |
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Mar-21-07 Magnus Carlsen
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| LoFarkas: Didn't you people see the large "PLEASE DON'T FEED THE TROLLS" signs at the entrace? |
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Mar-10-07 Peter Leko
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| LoFarkas: Caissanist FTW:)
I can't really imagine seeing him fire his father-in-law without a _very_ good reason. If he gets rid of Petrosian, it's likely to bring a whole lot of family conflict and that can't possibly help his cause. |
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Mar-03-07 Raymond Keene
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| LoFarkas: <How about this - before every game (in a match) the points for a win or draw are determined by drawing odds (e.g. 10 points for win, 2 for draw, or 3 points for win, 2 for draw). Then every game will have unpredictable importance and may cause players to want to win more every ... |
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Feb-24-07 suenteus po 147 chessforum
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| LoFarkas: Hey, suenteus, I'd like to get in on the GK mini-tournament. I was too lazy to check if have enough applicants, kick me out if you do.
I'm a patzer and a guest member at GK, with a GK rating of 1650 or so(currently way down due to a few dozen timouts).
My GK handle is the ... |
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Feb-14-07 Garry Kasparov
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| LoFarkas: <Russians are damn fortunate that a more forceful approach toward them has not been taken by the US. But that might change.>
Haha, no. Nobody can seriously think of attacking Russia in any way. It may not be a superpower anymore but it still has a lot of national pride, a ... |
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Feb-08-07 Hydra (Computer)
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| LoFarkas: The Hydra team should hire Vasik Rajlich to write a better program for them... and do it double quick before they get really badly embarrassed. |
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Feb-01-07 Judit Polgar
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| LoFarkas: <women are more proficient at languages>
I don't think so. Proof? |
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Jan-30-07 Viktor Korchnoi
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| LoFarkas: ... or Korchnoi could have acted like a gentleman as opposed to a pitiful sore loser. |
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