Dec-05-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021) 
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| carelessfills: The problem with WC chess matches, whether 12 games or 24 games is that you can always get a tie. And then what do you do?
Tie to the champion worked in the old days. Some don't like that. Or the defeated champion's right to a rematch, a la Botvinnik. 6 to win had its obvious ... |
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Nov-28-18 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018
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| carelessfills: white should get king in front of his own pawns. end of game |
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Aug-25-15 0
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| carelessfills: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/b... <Kenneth Rogoff has long warned of a potential financial crisis in China. Mr. Rogoff, a professor of economics at Harvard University, accurately predicted the eurozone debt crisis and for years has been telling anyone who would listen ... |
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Jan-05-14 S Williams vs The World, 2013
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| carelessfills: <GoldenKnight: <Pedro Fernandez: <<zsoydd>>> "more unique" is another good one. Unique means one of a kind - so what is "more unique" than one of a kind? |
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Dec-28-12 The World vs V Akobian, 2012
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| carelessfills: <DcGentle: Preparing an article about the instructional value of this game, I searched for some Caro-Kann games with 5... Nd7 and noticed that our game already has an influence on the scene, look at this game for example:
[Event "SportAccord Blindfold Men 2012"]
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Dec-12-12 Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1970
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| carelessfills: Gligo himself analyzed this game in his monthly Chess Life and Review column shortly after it was played. It converted me into a frequent KID player from both sides. |
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Nov-30-12 Louis Stumpers
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| carelessfills: assuming the barrel is regular symmetrical one, simply tilt it very slowyly more and more with one point on edge always touching ground until the rum is about to spill. if any of the bottom is exposed, then the barrel is less than half full. |
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Apr-14-12 J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975
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| carelessfills: While White would be in zugswang after exhausting his pawn moves after 24...Rxd2 25 Rxd2 Rd1 26 Rd1 c5, Black can actually accelerate White's demise with his own Pawn storm, since White will not be able to prevent c6 after a5 and b4. |
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Nov-30-11 V Akobian vs The World, 2011
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| carelessfills: It's one thing for the team not to offer a draw, after all there are lots of people with varying viewpoints and agendas and it might be hard to agree. But if GMA offers it, a concensus should be much easier to reach, since I think he would want to play on a little for the ... |
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Jun-06-11 H Tirard vs A Silvert, 2000
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| carelessfills: Interesting defelection for clearance of e7 square to allow discovered checkmate after a pawn move. I wonder if this has ever been demonstrated in a two move composition problem before!? |
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