Sep-17-19 World Cup (2019) 
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| aliasniamor: <But I wouldn't put chips on Karjakin in a must-win either.> World Cup 2015 says hello. |
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Feb-18-19 Alireza Firouzja
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| aliasniamor: And now has cracked the top 100 with a live rating of 2656.5 after having played 28 games in 25 days !! He'll next play the Aeroflot Open if I understood correctly. Hope he'll post a good performance there as well :) |
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Sep-27-18 Batumi Olympiad (2018)
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| aliasniamor: <Second, the individual players have to abide to a team strategy for each match. For instance: a situation may occur when the individual player might want to choose a risky winning operation instead of a safe draw - but if that would risk an otherwise secured team win, then ... |
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Sep-13-18 Parham Maghsoodloo
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| aliasniamor: <Currently the leader at the world junior championship.> And with a 8.5/9 run so far, no less ! With only 2 rounds to go and 1.5 point lead on the second (many) players of the tournament, he should be able to secure a first place win if nothing goes completely wrong. Not ... |
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Sep-11-18 Kibitzer's Café
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| aliasniamor: Why is there no chessgames page for the world junior champiosnhip ?? Many very promising youngsters battling it there, it's definitely a tournament worthy of being discussed ... |
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Mar-24-18 World Championship Candidates (2018)
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| aliasniamor: Ding is the only undefeated player ! |
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Dec-14-17 Peter Svidler
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| aliasniamor: GJ Peter on winning your 8th (!!!) russian superfinal. Quite a feat. |
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Dec-07-17 Magnus Carlsen
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| aliasniamor: I swear I can't tell if Tuttifrutty genuinely believes in what he writes or not. I'd prefer the later, for his own sake. About Magnus' game yesterday versus So, Magnus got to show a bit of his prowess when obtaining a winning endgame but "unfortunately failed to convert. It's ... |
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Nov-23-17 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
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| aliasniamor: He most likely needs 2 wins if he wants to become the World junior champion which would grant him the GM title. He already had a great event and a first GM norm is something he can be proud of. I'm sure he can grab a second norm before march and the deadline for the record, but ... |
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Oct-10-17 Isle of Man Masters (2017)
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| aliasniamor: "Thanks to Wesley...who had to scavenge for bread crumbs in terms of elo while closed invitational organizers turned a blind eye on him...instead...invited Giri who hasn't won a thing. Wesley was and still is, fearless in the open seas...one false move and his elo will nose dive |
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Kibitzing
