Nov-30-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024) 
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| SymphonicKnight: The new prize fund distribution process ($200,000 for each win with the remainder of the $2,500,000 total purse split 50/50, or the total split $1,300,000/$1,200,000 in case of 8-6, 7.5-6.5, or a tiebreak victory), really incentivises the leader to push for every extra win ... |
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May-20-24 J Xie vs A Galliamova, 1999
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| SymphonicKnight: Dazzling game. The position through 14...f5 was given in R6 of the Casablanca Chess 2024 tournament/exhibition where Magnus Carlsen picked up from there the white side against Hikaru Nakamura. Likewise, Viswanathan Anand had white against Bassem Amin. Carlsen drew from a ... |
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Mar-12-24 Kenneth Rogoff
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| SymphonicKnight: <al wazir: We're all related> Indeed. The first segment on "Not the only woman" just means that all mitochondrial DNA is more stable than nuclear DNA, pointing to the one origin, but the nuclear DNA just confirms that there were more women that survived on the Ark, and |
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Mar-12-24 Alekhine vs V Wahltuch, 1925
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| SymphonicKnight: <Kingscrusher: Marvellous outpost example - the 10.d6 flicked in means the pawn on e6 is kept which means outposts later are safer on e5. Nimzovich would be proud.> I don't see it creating any superiority in an e5 outpost for a N, but a clearance of the d5 square so ... |
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Mar-12-24 Kibitzer's Café
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| SymphonicKnight: Each song a context, but I seldom remain in the same one, so enjoy by mood a range of songs. Innocent childhood favorites, the Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens, and Happy Together by the Turtles, and Vivaldi, Handel, and Haydn concertos can almost always have a soothing ... |
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Jan-26-24 Tata Steel Masters (2024)
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| SymphonicKnight: Pre-tournament expected final scores given their colors and schedules roughly: Ding 7.7/13, Nepo 7.4, Firouzja and Pragg 7.3, Giri 7.2, Vidit 7.1, Maghsoodloo and Wei Yi and Gukesh 6.9, Abdusattorov 6.7, JVanForeest 6.1, Donchenko 5.3, Warmerdam 4.9, and Ju Wenjun 3.6. ... |
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Aug-24-23 FIDE World Cup (2023)
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| SymphonicKnight: Should one's dad be somebody other than one's father? |
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Aug-24-23 Caruana vs N Abasov, 2023
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| SymphonicKnight: Fabi does look a smidgen more innocent than Nijat, but whether that is a sign of ignorance or inviolability remains to be seen. |
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Aug-23-23 N Abasov vs Caruana, 2023
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| SymphonicKnight: And sitting there with a phone in your hand would also be obvious. |
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Aug-23-23 Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2023
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| SymphonicKnight: For the record, in yesterday's interview, Carlsen said he had food poisoning and had not been able to eat for two days, giving him not enough energy to be nervous, so he had played calmly in game 1. Today he said, after game 2 of his match with Praggnanandhaa referenced ... |
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