Jul-15-16 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 
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piyushranjan: On a comic note, I found out from http://www.urbandictionary.com/defi... that
<<va chier
(fr.) Litteral translation : go to @#$%. Could be compared to the english expression ''@#$% you''.>> I have zero knowledge of French and I am hoping va chier and vachier end up |
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Jun-15-16 Anand vs M Sharif, 1993
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piyushranjan: 39. ...Rxb2 followed by 40.g4+ Kxg4 41. Rxb2 and black loses a rook |
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Jun-26-15 Hikaru Nakamura 
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piyushranjan: nakamura must be the highest rated 4th ranked player @2814 |
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May-11-15 Magnus Carlsen 
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piyushranjan: Has anyone ever done an analysis of how Carlsen's ratings would have looked like had the lists been updated annually? Any links welcome! |
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Nov-23-14 Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014) 
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piyushranjan: An old article
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/... Things have changed since..
Anand is an opening expert now..
He is older and his speed at calculating as dimmed a bit. He could have chosen more promising continuations at least twice, but got in time trouble and did |
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Nov-06-14 Alexander Grischuk 
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piyushranjan: congrats grischuk for breaking the 2800 mark. Ivanchuk and Moro will probably never be here; a pity considering how narrowly they missed it. Radja, Naka and Karja still have a more than decent chance. |
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Sep-25-14 Bilbao Masters (2014) 
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piyushranjan: <Absentee> Wow!
You mean to tell that Nakamura Vs Carlsen blitz match in a private hotel room <Obviously> bears the same weight as <Game 24 in 1985 and 1987> Perhaps its better if you agree that chess games in general have a ZERO weight for you and your ... |
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Sep-18-14 Anand vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014 
Aug-04-14 Fabiano Caruana 
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piyushranjan: I wonder if we will have the same situation in the current and near future of elite chess as was in the past with Kasparov being the no.1 while Anand and Kramnik occupying the no.2 slots. The old guard has not yet fallen completely and still there is no absolute no. 2 . The ... |
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Jun-20-14 Carlsen vs Le Quang Liem, 2014 
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piyushranjan: id expect better sportsmanship from wc! |
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