Jun-05-10 Kasparov vs The Times, 1998 
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| deshad: <Once: For that matter, how come the former colonials insist on the perpetual geography lesson with "Paris, France" and "London, England", when I've never heard anyone refer to "New York, USA"?> Here in Texas we have cities named London, Paris, Florence, Rhome, Italy, New ... |
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Jan-22-07 Corus Group A (2007)
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| deshad: FIFA's own words: "FIFA strongly opposes any kind of cheating action, including diving, which goes against the spirit of fair play." Furthermore, their statement implies that actions which go against the spirit of fair play are, in essence, cheating. I think that's reasonable, and it |
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May-31-06 Carlsen vs Adams, 2006
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| deshad: <Hongkonger> Nothing is stupid about that comment other than PP's response. One of the most exciting things about watching young prodigies is that you never really know what they will amount to. You only have a vague idea of their real potential. |
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Jan-18-06 Alexander Morozevich
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| deshad: <Jim Bartle: By the same criteria, if Kasparov doesn't understand anything about chess, then Einstein didn't understand anything about physics, or Freud about psychology.> Compelling arguments on both of those points are common nowadays! Moro's is a simple statement saying that |
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Sep-20-05 N Popova vs T Zaitseva, 1974
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| deshad: <Frankly> Von Neumann fatalists may disagree, but I say there's definitely a psychological element (including occassional bluffs) in over-the-board chess, even at the highest level. That's part of the fun. Unlike computers, people can get distracted, angry, overconfident, etc. ... |
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Sep-15-05 Kibitzer's Café
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| deshad: <Richard Taylor>
You say you are the enemy of rich and powerful Americans. Do you believe being rich (or becoming rich) is evil? I'm just trying to understand your worldview, which appears to be almost the antithesis of mine. Also, do you personally know any rich, powerful ... |
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Sep-12-05 Jude Acers
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| deshad: Glad to hear he made it. I had the pleasure of playing him on Decatur Street about a year ago. We spent about 10 minutes playing (mostly me thinking). Despite being quite charmed and distracted by my wife, whom he was busy entertaining, he easily beat me in about 20 moves. He then ... |
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Aug-09-05 J M Lopez Martinez vs S Collins, 2005
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| deshad: Why wait to fianchetto the bishop until move 10? Putting off castling also seems to have been a bad idea. |
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Jul-25-05 T Haimovich vs V Slovineanu, 2001
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| deshad: I think the early week puzzles have actually improved my game more than the later week, more difficult puzzles. I recently won a blitz game with this exact combo, and I saw it coming well in advance--precisely because of puzzles like this one. You won't hear me complaining about ... |
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Jul-22-05 Lev Alburt
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| deshad: <mahmoudkubba>: Alburt is a coach and writes chess books now. His book Pirc Alert (co-written with Alex Chernin) has probably the best format of any chess book I've ever seen. |
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