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| Mar-14-13 | | L13: I noticed that McShane was back on 2700chess's list of 2700-rated players prior to the release of FIDE's March ranking, but his official rating of 269x didn't change on March 1. Anyone know why that might be? Do rating changes/rated games sometimes take longer than a month to process? Or is the switch to monthly rating updates too recent for us to draw any conclusions yet? |
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| Mar-27-13 | | Osbourne Cox: I read here that McShane is a trader. Does anybody know what kind of goods he trades ? Is he one of the persons that trade food for speculative reasons, without thinking about the consequences ??? |
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| Mar-27-13 | | pawn to QB4: <Does anybody know what kind of goods he trades ?> I gather he's one of a gang calling themselves Goldman Sachs. Did well betting on the collapse in subprime mortgage bonds. |
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| Mar-27-13 | | Jim Bartle: Goldman Sachs was big on subprime mortgage bonds but reversed itself shortly before the collapse, avoiding a total disaster. They also insured their mortgage investments with AIG, so AIG owed GS $13 billion to cover losses. The US govt. ended up paying this money to GS via AiG. |
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| May-18-13 | | Intrepid Spiff: Luke, I am your father. |
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| Jul-08-13 | | Everett: <Jim Bartle: Goldman Sachs was big on subprime mortgage bonds but reversed itself shortly before the collapse, avoiding a total disaster.
They also insured their mortgage investments with AIG, so AIG owed GS $13 billion to cover losses. The US govt. ended up paying this money to GS via AiG.> Convenient timing for GS. |
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| Dec-11-13 | | cbpatzer: Luke McShane dropped a winning positions vs Vishy Anand in round 1 of London Classic and lost in the end http://bit.ly/1cAWEKz |
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| Jan-07-14 | | brankat: Happy Birthday Luke! |
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Jan-07-14
 | | Penguincw: Happy 30th birthday to one of my favourite players, Luke McShane. :) |
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| Dec-18-14 | | TheFocus: Luke, come to the Dark Side.
We have cookies. |
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Jan-07-15
| | Penguincw: Happy 31st birthday to GM Luke McShane. I hope he's able to play in the next LCC. |
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| May-03-15 | | TheFocus: <Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy> - Luke McShane. So, basically, chess played are actors.
Hence... The Chess Oscars.
Although, I consider Oscar the Grouch to be a better actor than most of these GM chumps. |
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| May-09-15 | | TheFocus: <In my own experience, the main benefits are often realized when the endgames you have studied never make it onto the board. Endgames often arise in variations, and it's important to develop a good 'feel' for which ones are likely to pose practical problems for the opponent. Likewise, the confidence to simplify into an inferior but tenable endgame safe in the knowledge that you know how to handle it is invaluable> - Luke McShane. |
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Jul-03-15
| | Penguincw: Luke McShane recently competed at the DC International Open, scoring a decent 7/9 (+5,-0,=4) against 2421 opposition. Then, one <day> after the June 30th end of that tournament, on July 1st, he competed at the World Open, starting with 2.5/3. |
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| Oct-10-15 | | Jambow: Probably a top ten player if it was his profession instead of a part time passion. Capable of beating anyone alive on a good day. Glad to see him at the board again. |
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| Oct-11-15 | | King Radio: Easy to be a fan of Luke. Such a strong player, and always so gracious. It would be a great world if everyone could be as classy as he is. |
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Jan-07-16
| | Penguincw: Happy birthday to Luke McShane! |
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| Jan-16-17 | | diagonal: time is flying :)
<LAUSANNE Young Masters (LYM), held from 1999 to 2006, list of winners:
1999 Bacrot
2000 Grischuk
2002 no tournaments
2001 Bruzon
2003 McShane (5. Karjakin)
2004 McShane (5. Carlsen)
2005 Volokitin (5. Carlsen)
2006 Vachier-Lagrave
plus Open Festivals 1999 - 2013>
http://www.chessdiagonals.ch/431660... with some rare pics from when they were young (in the attached pdf) |
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Feb-24-18
 | | tpstar: A nice win by Luke McShane over Graham Lee from 1997, not in the database yet: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 b6 8. 0-0 Bb7 9. b3 Be7 10. c4 0-0 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Qc6 15. Qe5 Rfd8 16. Qg3 h6 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Bc1 Nh5 20. Qh3 Nf6? 
click for larger view21. Bxh6! gxh6 22. Qg3+ Ng4 23. Qxg4+ Kf8 24. Qf4 1-0. 
click for larger view"Black, a strong player, lost this game without making any obvious mistakes. White, having gradually built up an attacking position, had to crash through Black's defense with a sacrifice. If this ploy had been miscalculated, then Black may have ended up the winner." Gareth Williams, "Chess" - Paragon Publishing, Bath, 2002. |
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| Apr-18-18 | | PhilFeeley: Missing this interesting game, admittedly a blitz, but nevertheless, an uncommon opening: [Event "NED-ch op 5'"]
[Site "Dordrecht"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. Re1 g6
9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. N1h2 c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Be3
Nf6 16. Rad1 h5 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Nhf3 Ng4 20. Bf4 Nc4 21. e5 dxe5
22. dxe5 b5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Ncxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bd2 Qc7
28. g3 Bd4 29. Bf4 Bxf2+ 30. Kg2 e5 31. Bg5 Bxe1 32. Rxe1 Qc5 33. Rf1 Rfd8 34.
Qf3 Rd7 35. Bb1 Rcd8 36. Ba2 Rf8 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Kg2 e4 39. Qe2 Qc6 40. Kh3 e3
41. Bf4 Nf2+ 42. Rxf2 exf2 43. Kh2 Qc5 44. Qf3 f1=B 45. Qxf1 Qc2+ 0-1 |
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Feb-24-19
| | Penguincw: Wow, he's already 35 years old!
Anyway, McShane will be on Board 2 for Team England at the World Team Championship. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo... In other news, the 5th best player in England was used as a wild card for the top team, Team Guildford, at the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). |
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| Oct-18-19 | | Kapmigs: Good luck to you Luke! |
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| Oct-18-19 | | oxoginkaput: Luke McShane vs Wesley So
"How the Wes was Won" (game of the day Nov-07-2014)
Tata Steel Group B (2011), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-29
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Tal Variation (B12) ยท 1-01.e4c62.d4d53.e5Bf54.h4h55.c4e66.Nc3Nd77.Nge2dxc-
48.Ng3Nb69.Be2Bg610.Bg5Be711.Nge4f612.Bf4Nd513.B-
g3Qb614.O-ONxc315.Nxc3Qxb216.Bxc4Qxc317.Rc1Qb218-
.Bxe6Rd819.d5fxe520.Re1Bf621.Re2Qa322.Bxe5Bxe523-
.Rxe5Kf824.Qe1Qd625.Bxg8Kxg826.Re6Qxd527.Rxg6Rh6-
28.Rxh6gxh629.Qe3Rd730.Qxh6Rg731.g3Qd432.Qe6+Rf7-
33.Qe2Kg734.Rf1Kg635.Rd1Qf636.Qe3b637.Rd4Re738.Q-
d3+Kg739.Rf4Qe640.Rf5Rf71-0 |
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| Oct-18-19 | | Kapmigs: KAYA pa yan!
Joke!!! hehe |
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Sep-10-22
 | | Dionysius1: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand... Kasparov: I'm probably the strongest amateur chess player in the world Luke: Hold my beer |
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