Jan-24-23 Tata Steel Masters (2023) 
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| fabelhaft: There is a sequence in the series The English Game where a Scottish guy suggests playing with only five forwards instead of six, which I think was seen as a bad and cowardly idea. Those guys knew how to play Manly Man Football, Messi, pfft. |
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Oct-19-22 Sevian vs Niemann, 2022
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| fabelhaft: That was one of the stranger things seen in a game... |
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Oct-12-22 U.S. Championship (2022)
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| fabelhaft: Aronian down to 17th on the live rating list after the last rounds, that’s the lowest he has been in 17.5 years. |
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Oct-09-22 Vladimir Kramnik
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| fabelhaft: <What's this?> A short clip showed in Russian state TV after Queen Elizabeth died. It was said to depict her in her younger days, showing the same racism as the current Europeans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zpa... |
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Oct-07-22 Sergei Shipov
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| fabelhaft: Shipov calls Alla Pugacheva typical liberal scum actively working for the west, after her saying that she is against the war: https://twitter.com/Chess__News/sta... https://theconversation.com/why-its... |
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Sep-25-22 Sergey Karjakin
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| fabelhaft: <I should think Karjakin is too old to be called up> To be too old to risk being sent to war he would have to be 50+ or 60+ depending on the regulations (which seem to be intentionally unclear), and he is only 32. |
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Sep-25-22 Julius Baer Generation Cup (2022)
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| fabelhaft: Apart from the Niemann game Carlsen has scored +17-1=7 |
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Sep-13-22 Sinquefield Cup (2022)
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| fabelhaft: When someone thinks another player has been cheating, it is rare that opinions change all that easily. Topalov said Kramnik was cheating and I don’t recall him ever questioning this himself even all these years later. The players that said Topalov was cheating, like Bareev, ... |
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Aug-09-22 Chennai Olympiad (2022)
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| fabelhaft: The age difference between the two first board gold medal winners was 43 years 1 month and 6 days. |
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Aug-09-22 P Cramling vs J Movsesian, 2022
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| fabelhaft: This win secured Cramling (60 in April) the first board gold. |
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