blueofnoon has kibitzed 824 times to chessgames   [less...]

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.      Nov-16-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)     Sep-22-13 FIDE Grand Prix Paris (2013)     Sep-04-12 Istanbul Olympiad (2012)     Jul-16-12 ACP Golden Classic (2012)     Jun-17-12 Tal Memorial (2012)     Jun-17-12 Anand - Gelfand World Championship Match (2012)     May-01-12 Nakamura vs Sutovsky, 2012     Dec-10-11 London Chess Classic (2011)     Nov-25-11 Tal Memorial (2011)     Oct-18-11 Viswanathan Anand     Jul-30-11 Dortmund Sparkassen (2011)     Jul-30-11 Ponomariov vs Nakamura, 2011     Jul-18-11 World Team Championship (2011)     Jul-10-11 Euwe vs Menchik, 1930     Jul-10-11 Rybka (Computer)     Jun-15-11 Bazna King's Tournament (2011)     Jun-05-11 XXIV Magistral de Ajedrez Ciudad de Leon (2011)     May-29-11 World Championship Candidates (2011)     Apr-04-11 Chinese Championship (2011)     Feb-08-11 Tiviakov vs Kasparov, 2001     Jan-29-11 Tata Steel Group A (2011)     Jan-14-11 Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2009     Jan-01-11 Reggio Emilia (2010/11)     Dec-23-10 Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2010)     Dec-20-10 London Chess Classic (2010)     Dec-01-10 Bobby Fischer     Nov-26-10 Svidler vs Nakamura, 2010     Nov-22-10 16th Asian Games (Men Teams) (2010)     Nov-18-10 NN vs Lucena, 1497     Nov-18-10 World Blitz Championship (2010)     Nov-16-10 Grischuk vs Nakamura, 2010     Nov-05-10 Ivanchuk vs Nakamura, 2010     Oct-30-10 Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament (2010)     Oct-08-10 Grand Slam Chess Final (2010)     Sep-03-10 Shanghai Masters (2010)     Aug-14-10 J Piket vs Kasparov, 1989     Jul-26-10 Dortmund Sparkassen (2010)     Jun-06-10 Jose Raul Capablanca     Jun-06-10 Kosteniuk vs Y Dembo, 2005     May-14-10 United States Championship (2010)     May-11-10 Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010)     Apr-11-10 Vladimir Malakhov     Feb-22-10 Linares (2010)     Jan-28-10 Dominguez Perez vs Nakamura, 2010     Jan-24-10 Corus Group A (2010)     Jan-16-10 Naiditsch vs So, 2010     Jan-04-10 Reggio Emilia (2009)     Dec-05-09 London Chess Classic (2009)     Nov-30-09 BNbank Blitz (2009)     Nov-26-09 Vasyl Ivanchuk     Nov-21-09 Carlsen vs Kosteniuk, 2009     Nov-17-09 World Blitz Championship (2009)     Jun-03-09 Chinese Championship (2009)     Feb-26-09 Linares (2009)     Feb-24-09 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov     Feb-18-09 Veselin Topalov     Feb-18-09 Topalov - Kamsky Candidates Final (2009)     Feb-15-09 Fischer vs E Mednis, 1971     Feb-11-09 Raffael     Jan-18-09 Spassky vs Geller, 1959     Jan-12-09 Anatoly Karpov     Dec-24-08 Yue Wang     Dec-21-08 Pearl Spring Tournament (2008)     Dec-17-08 Elista Grand Prix (2008)     Dec-15-08 Jobava vs Bareev, 2003     Dec-07-08 Levon Aronian     Dec-04-08 J Polgar vs Aronian, 2003     Nov-16-08 Dresden Olympiad (2008)     Nov-08-08 Gata Kamsky     Oct-29-08 Anand - Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)     Sep-12-08 Grand Slam Chess Final (2008)     Aug-21-08 Tal Memorial (2008)     Aug-20-08 Morozevich vs Karpov, 2008     Aug-20-08 Leko vs Shirov, 2008     Aug-20-08 Alexander Morozevich     Aug-19-08 Miyoko Watai     Aug-15-08 World Junior Championship (2008)     Apr-09-07 Azmaiparashvili vs Kasparov, 2003

indicates a reply to the comment.

You are not logged in to chessgames.com. If you need an account, register now; it's quick, anonymous, and free! If you already have an account, click here to sign-in.