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Mar-23-22 Sergey Karjakin    blueofnoon: Sorry, but I find it amusing when people say "FIDE is too western" when the current president is from Russia and managing director is from Lativa. I also find it amusing when people say "FIDE is full of cancel culture". If anything, they are very tolerant on chess players remarks      Mar-21-22 Tal vs Najdorf, 1970    blueofnoon: Haha, comparing Fischer with another chess player always invites controversy. I cannot say who was better, Fischer or "healthy" Tal, but I would think the latter would be more "modern" player, with his wider opening repertoire and versatile playing style (as shown in this game). ...      Jan-20-22 Karjakin vs Giri, 2022    blueofnoon: I understand Karjakin could have done better than this, but how is Giri responsible for this game? A draw with black pieces agains 2700+ is a good result for any player and if the opponent plays for a draw from move one there is not much can be done about it.      Jan-11-22 Hikaru Nakamura    blueofnoon: According to chessmetrics, Zukertort was the highest rated player for as long as 56 months. Most of the modern players would be proud if they were called modern Zukertort.      Jan-03-22 Alireza Firouzja    blueofnoon: <4. Companies like Tata and their sponsorship parties and little luxury vacations, dining at the most expensive restaurants have an enormous budget, needless to say> Actually this validates Nakamura's point btw. Firouzja is big in the chess community, but that does not mean      Jul-07-19 Magnus Carlsen    blueofnoon: Kasprov achieved 2851 rating in 1999, but during that year he participated in only 3 classical and 1 rapid tournaments. Carlsen, on the other hand, already played 5 classical, 1 rapid and 2 blitz events this year. *according to chessgames.com Someone said the best way to remain ...      Apr-30-18 US Championship (2018)    blueofnoon: It's funny that while United States is one of the strongest chess countries in the world right now with 4 2700+ players, yet none of my friends from U.S. knows the fact that one of their compatriots is playing for the world championship this year. Chess deserves more attention in      Jun-14-14 Hikaru Nakamura    blueofnoon: Nakamura will play in the world rapid and blitz championships as a rating favorite. Looking forward to see how he will do in these events.      Dec-09-13 Vladimir Kramnik    blueofnoon: Once thing you can see from Kramnik is that he got a tendency to complain AFTER the competition. You often hear him or his fans saying "I hate KO format, I hate round robin, I hate tie-breaker rules" and all sort of blah blah. But those rules were there when he signed the ...      Nov-25-13 Magnus Carlsen    blueofnoon: Usage of words like "understanding", "exciting", without giving definition to them, adds no value to one's argument.

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