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metatron2
Member since Jul-03-07

My peak elo is 2300 but I haven't been active in classical chess tournaments for about 30 years.
My favorite (active/semi active) players are: Kasparov, Topalov, Carlsen, Grischuk, MVL, Mamedyarov, Firouzja, Aronian, Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Kramnik
Like most "inactive" chess lovers, I do play blitz on the Internet:
My handle on FICS is: "metatrony"
If you want to play, just leave me a message here on chessgames or on FICS.
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For years there used to a message here about Moro, following a bet I lost to slomarko, but since he left CG long ago, I figured the time has come to remove it..

metatron2 has kibitzed 2355 times to chessgames [more...]

Jun-28-25 Vladimir Kramnik

metatron2: While Kramnik is right that Navara's extra sensitivity doesn't give him automatic immunity from suing him (since he is an independent adult who is responsible for his actions, and he way way smart enough to understand his actions and their consequences), Still, suing Navara should

Jun-20-25 Kenneth Rogoff

metatron2: <Rdb: <nok> < <Israel is taking care of business without too much resistance.> Actually they took some bad hits> Then there is some hope. I hope that during Trump's presidency, neither Israel nor Iran gains a decisive upper hand> What do you mean that ...

Jun-19-25 Viswanathan Anand

metatron2: Anand just had an 2800 performance in the Fide Rapid Team World Championship.. Going +4-1=2, including a win over Erigaisi and draws with Abdusattorov and Aronian. Amazing performance for the 55.5 years old legend..

Jun-02-25 Norway Chess (2025)

metatron2: <Mayankk: Carlsen fell to an elementary 2-move tactics after playing a wonderful game till then> Not really.. Obviously Carlsen saw that after his 52..Ne2+ white has 53.RxN+ KxN 54. NxR, he just thought that his two connected passers, supported by his K that also cuts off ...

May-05-25 Hans Niemann

metatron2: Apparently Niemann waited for a full Month before publicly addressing his withdrawal from Paris, and even after all that time, he still couldn't give even a Hint about the reason, other than claiming that thinking that it was related to the strict anti-cheating measurements there ...

May-03-25 Ding Liren

metatron2: Just came across this game of Ding from 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcA... It refreshed my memory of what an amazing creative player Ding was. Too bad we lost him during covid times, with China's strict flight restrictions. He never got back to himself since then, even ...

Apr-27-25 Grenke Freestyle Open (2025)

metatron2: Hi <Teyss> <The mistake arouse from the fact Wikipedia starts with "Transcendental chess (TC) also known as pre-chess" which is wrong> Indeed.. I guess those chess variants are not popular enough to have Wikipedia users that watch the page and correct it.. <you ...

Apr-20-25 Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025)

metatron2: <keypusher: Am I right to think that she has never been the top rated woman in the world> Technically yeah, but she has been #2 in the world behind Hou Yifan many times, and Hou Y hasn't played in tournaments since 2018, and only kept her rating active with few league games ...

Feb-25-25 Magnus Carlsen

metatron2: Carlsen and chesscom (along with Caruana) managed to include chess as part of esports, which means much more popularity (and money) for the game: https://esportsinsider.com/2024/12/... Maybe a co-operation with fide will be just a burden for Magnus after all.. Seems like fide ...

Feb-11-25 Freestyle Grand Tour Weissenhaus (2025)

metatron2: <Atterdag: Thanks, <metatron2> for these interesting observations and notions. I fully concur> Thanks Atterdag.. We will see weather those observations will hold until the end of the Freestyle tour.. <stone free or die: Before engines there was opening books> I'm

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