Jul-08-17 FIDE Grand Prix Geneva (2017) 
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| activechess55: <Tiggler: <SometimesGood: and I heard there is Grand Prix somewhere in Switzerland... is it F1? LOL...>
F1 is in Austria. 8:00 EDT, 5:00PDT for quali on Sat and race on Sun. One sure thing: there will be no draws.> Grand Prix? F1? No Classicals/Rapids/Blitz over ... |
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Jul-04-17 Your Next Move (Blitz) (2017)
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| activechess55: At one stage, Magnus was relegated to the bottom of point-tally at Stavanger. After the event, he examined himself closely and drew the right conclusions. He trimmed his hair! And bang! He was back at the top in Paris and Leuven! Jobava, are you listening? |
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Jul-01-17 Your Next Move (Rapid) (2017)
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| activechess55: Congrats to So for standing first in Rapid and kudos to Carlsen for the Blitz. So beats Carlsen in Rapid, Carlsen beats So in Blitz. We are, probably, heading for the play-off. May be, we are already in the middle of Carlsen-So rivalry. |
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Jun-25-17 Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid) (2017)
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| activechess55: <Keyser Soze: Good post <active>. I agree.> Thanks! |
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Jun-25-17 Grand Chess Tour Paris (Blitz) (2017)
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| activechess55: Congrats Magnus for winning Paris GCT! |
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Jun-20-17 Norway Chess (2017)
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| activechess55: <john barleycorn: It is a long event for every participant.> Sorry, if I gave the impression that it’s a long event for Aronian only. My original intention was to suggest brain fatigue as a possible cause. So that I could offer some (unsolicited) advice to avoid the ... |
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Jun-13-17 Giri vs So, 2017
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| activechess55: Giri played a brilliant game and was in driver's seat. C as well as h6
pawn looked menacing. When white built up pressure on two such fronts, victory looked foregone conclusion. Giri must be kicking himself for letting this golden chance slip. Short's suggestion 34.g5 appears |
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Jun-09-17 Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017
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| activechess55: Bonne chance, MVL! |
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May-22-17 FIDE Grand Prix Moscow (2017)
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| activechess55: For a long time the letter 'Z' was neglected entity in the English dictionary. Letters such as 's' and 'a' boasted of thousands of words that stretched into abundant of pages. Letter 'z' could hardly stretch into a page or two. It seems a change in fortune is just round the ... |
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May-02-17 Gashimov Memorial (2017)
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| activechess55: It's remarkable, how Pavel Eljanov creates winning opportunities in his games. True, he doesn't convert many of them. But in a draw-prone game like chess, players struggle to create even winning chances. The striking aspect?: "winning opportunities with black". Apart from ... |
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