Dec-21-14 Santa Claus 
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| firebyrd: Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is a rock'n'roll electric guitar
(... but I'll settle for a CG PM) |
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Nov-19-14 Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014)
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| firebyrd: <jphamlore:
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951
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In the comments discussing this game there are claims Bronstein accidentally touched the King.> That would not force a king move, at least not with today's rules which says that a piece move is required: <if the player ... |
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Nov-19-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014
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| firebyrd: <Bother! I left out the "a" before "long tournament"...> You might have more reason to be bothered about the rest of your message, though. |
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Nov-17-14 Carlsen vs Anand, 2014
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| firebyrd: <Oh yeah, <US> praise Carlsen for not continuing on with a bare Knight> Actually one cannot continue with a bare knight. If the position cannot result in checkmate the game ends immediately. Which is completely different from the 3-repetition and 50-move rules where the |
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Feb-02-14 Hikaru Nakamura
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| firebyrd: <"Starting to realize that I am the only person who is going to be able to stop Sauron in the context of chess history."> ... meaning he feels like a hobbit among kings, elves and wizards (... Levon Aragornian, Vishy Elrond and Boris Gandalf)?? |
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Jul-06-13 FIDE Grand Prix Beijing (2013)
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| firebyrd: And another Beefheart youtube gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRlm... - Ads like that might not have sold millions, but fair chance that anyone that liked the ad also loved the album (Beefheart's finest IMO) |
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Jun-19-13 Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2013
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| firebyrd: <The fact that it wins a piece?> Well that would probably do it then. Not that I see how now, but I will study it more closely later. Thx. |
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Jun-17-13 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2013
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| firebyrd: <They almost always pick one of the leaders, but this is the obvious choice.> It is, as it features not only one, but two, of the current leaders. |
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May-01-13 Alekhine Memorial (2013)
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| firebyrd: <mkrk17: Aronian, Kramnik and Svidler are too tired from the candidates.> More so than Gelfand? In that case even more kudos to Boris for being the oldest player and still being the freshest after a hard tournament. |
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Apr-03-13 Magnus Carlsen
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| firebyrd: <zx82: Carlsen gave comments on that question when asked in the PC. He said 24 matches would be ok for him.> Only after he had stated that with todays preparation and added pressure a 24-game match would be "last man standing" - eg endurance would be more important than chess |
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Kibitzing
