May-08-23 Magnus Carlsen 
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| shach matov: <beatgiant>
I appreciate your clarifications as well.
My last point to clarify is that any of my above statistical arguments (sample sizes, likelihood of wins, etc) apply only to show that a hypothetical argument can virtually always be opposed with another hypothetical |
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Sep-28-22 Kenneth Rogoff
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| shach matov: <JimCrow Joe Biden, the colostomy bag of the Democrat party> And here we thought that the whole modern democrat party was just one big colostomy bag. Or maybe the bag is our own life long libtard useful idiots like <perfagious> who decade after decade blindly march ... |
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Sep-27-22 Julius Baer Generation Cup (2022)
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| shach matov: Getting caught three times means that in all probability the actually number of cheating games played is much greater than that. Often a player will play dozens of games before he is banned. Ugly behavior to say the least. Of course, being very young at the time, one could ... |
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Sep-12-22 Sinquefield Cup (2022)
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| shach matov: Well it's better to try to be proper than to be like <Check It Out>, who likes to accuse people of serious offences when he has absolutely no proof thereof. And that's exactly why this whole thing has turned into a dumpster fire. Such behavior has a very offensive odor. It |
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Jul-09-22 Vladimir Kramnik
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| shach matov: Hi SS,
The point still remans that if you choose to play blitz no increment, you either have to use every possible means at your disposal to try to win, or be ready to lose. Knowing full well about premoves and the rest, Kramnik still chose to participate; then after losing, he |
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Jul-03-22 World Championship Candidates (2022)
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| shach matov: <metatron2>
It remains to be seen. 2-0 for Carlsen is a very plausible result. It's possible that it's not his chess or psychology improved as much as him using the previous match prep; it's much easier not to lose steam and be composed when you win many games because of ... |
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Apr-18-22 FIDE Grand Prix Berlin (2022)
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| shach matov: <metatron2> I know ;-) I just had an hour to kill so I entertained the silly nonsense for a while. But no time to waste anymore so moving on to something more sane. Anti-Israel sentiment is a sickness of some people even when they benefit daily from the existence of that ... |
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Dec-15-21 Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World Championship Match (2021)
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| shach matov: <metatron2>
True. Carlsen's dominance is not as impressive as GK's but if there is anybody who can get close to GK it's him. It's unlikely we gonna see any other human in the next few decades who will have as much potential as Carlsen to get into the top 3 all time best. ... |
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Dec-01-21 J A Torres vs R Gonzalez, 2000
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| shach matov: <al wazir: After the obvious 20. Kc1 Qxa2, there's a lot of play left in this game. (Stockfish confirms it.)> A totally nonsensical statement. 1. SF gives about -4, a completely won position. 2. Even if SF gave -0.8, it means little when two humans are playing. In millions |
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Oct-24-21 Bobby Fischer
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| shach matov: <Larsen was known for his "complex messy tactical" style> The point was not whether or not Larsen was a tactical player. Many other players were as well with whom BF had a plus score. The point is that Geller actually tried INTENTIONALLY to unbalance the positions against ... |
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