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Feb-03-21 Hastings Online All-Play-All (2021)    Rumor: It is rather striking, though not entirely surprising, that the one youngster Matthew Wadsworth massively outperformed his ELO in this quick play format.      Jul-05-20 Chessable Masters (2020)    Rumor: <beenthere240: Carlsen lost only1 game (not counting his 4-mover to Ding).> Actually, he lost one to Dubov and one to Giri. Still a very impressive, nay dominant, performance however.      Jun-29-20 R Kiuttu vs Giri, 2005    Rumor: How is this “very easy”? Ok, I had 15...Rxg7, ahead of 15...Nxc3 or 15...Qxc5, which turns out to be correct. But after 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Qxe2 Qb7 18. Rf2 Rc8, et seq, this isn’t exactly a two-move Monday puzzle, is it?      Jun-10-20 So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2020    Rumor: Darn well hidden, I would say.      Jun-10-20 Clutch International (2020)    Rumor: The consolation is, apropos the scoring system, that it has changed the outcome of precisely none of the quarter finals. Let’s hope this remains the case with the SFs and Final.      May-17-20 FIDE Online Steinitz Memorial (2020)    Rumor: Noteworthy that Carlsen scored a dominating 5.5/6 with white, and a mere 2/6 with black. A little more cautious prudence with the latter might have been beneficial.      May-10-20 A Graf vs Tiviakov, 1997    Rumor: I think it’s a combination of these ideas. 25...Nxh3, with the threat of 26...Bxg4 and 27...Qf3 to follow, creating all sorts of carnage. I’m not smart enough to figure all the variations.      Apr-09-20 N Riumin vs Ragozin, 1934    Rumor: Rumor: 14...Nb5 is indeed a thing of beauty. By the way, can anyone explain the pun? Wholly lost on me. Oh and by the way, it isn’t even really appropriate. Black’s neat final move doesn’t truly ‘win the queen’ - it wins the knight.      Sep-21-19 Capablanca vs E Penteado, 1927    Rumor: White just needed to interpose 29. Bxf7+ before 30. Qxb7, and he’s comfortably winning.      Sep-08-19 Edinburgh CC vs London, 1826    Rumor: Nope, still confused. What does ‘Irish pawns’ even mean? And why would you use it to describe the Scottish?

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