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Re: Chess
Well, whatever mistakes you made, the other guy did a lot worse. Any time you let your king get chased out to the opposite end of the board, you know you done farked up.
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Re: Chess
The Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Final, the culmination of a few months of online tournaments, is currently underway and is a lot of fun. It's a best-of-seven series, and Hikaru Nakamura currently leads Magnus 3-2. (Each point represents winning a day, and each day is its own mini-series of games.)
Today, they tied the first four games. Magnus won game five, Hikaru won game six to send the day to a tiebreaker. Which he won.
Today, they tied the first four games. Magnus won game five, Hikaru won game six to send the day to a tiebreaker. Which he won.
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Yeah, but then black is down to a queen, while white has queen + rook, so black is basically hosed.
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Re: Chess
Here is an online game I played as Black against a 2700 (I was about 1300 at the time). He thought he would run me off the board with his King's Gambit (click on the board to see moves):
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Chess DRAMA! After Armenia defeated St. Louis in the finals of the Pro Chess League, American GM Wesley So accused the Armenians of cheating. This prompted one of the Armenian players to respond:
Shortly thereafter:GM Tigran L. Petrosian wrote:Are you kidding ??? What the **** are you talking about man ? You are a biggest looser i ever seen in my life ! You was doing PIPI in your pampers when i was beating players much more stronger then you!
Chess.com wrote:The Saint Louis Arch Bishops are the winners of the 2020 PRO Chess League championship. The Armenia Eagles have been disqualified from the 2020 season due to fair play violations.
After a thorough investigation, Chess.com's Fair Play team determined that GM Tigran L. Petrosian, who played for the Armenia Eagles, violated fair play regulations during games in both the semifinal and final matches that took place on September 25 and 27, respectively.
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- Jaymann
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Re: Chess
Anish Giri crushes Caruana with Black in a beautiful attack to reach 7.5 out of 12. Assuming Nepo draws an equal position against Wang Hao, Giri will be tied for first with 2 rounds remaining.
Edit: Nepo pulled a win out of his game to maintain a 1/2 point lead at 8/12.
Edit: Nepo pulled a win out of his game to maintain a 1/2 point lead at 8/12.
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Re: Chess
Nepo draws against MVL while Giri lost to Greschuk, so Nepo stands at 8.5 to Giri's 7.5, and only needs a draw in the final round to clinch it. Will be nice to see some fresh blood in the WC match.
Nepo owns the tiebreaks over Giri, so he cannot be caught - he is the new Challenger! WC match starts November 24.
Nepo owns the tiebreaks over Giri, so he cannot be caught - he is the new Challenger! WC match starts November 24.
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Today was the opening ceremony. The first game of the Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi world championship match will be on Friday around 1 PM PST. Various sites will be showing the games, including chess.com.
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First game a draw with Carlsen playing Black. I messed up the time, Dubai is 12 hours ahead, so games start at 1 AM PST. At least I can get the results when I wake up.
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Re: Chess
I'm surprised either of them were still alive after the previous game.
No sig, must scream, etc.
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https://www.sixdegreesofhikaru.tk/
If you have a chess.com account and play blitz or bullet, this website will tell you your Hikaru number: you beat X who beat Y who beat Z... who beat Hikaru Nakamura.
My Hikaru number is a remarkably low 6, thanks to a 2100 FM who somehow beat Hikaru one time.
If you have a chess.com account and play blitz or bullet, this website will tell you your Hikaru number: you beat X who beat Y who beat Z... who beat Hikaru Nakamura.
My Hikaru number is a remarkably low 6, thanks to a 2100 FM who somehow beat Hikaru one time.
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Was watching a bit during work today. Fabi had a nice win as black.
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- Jaymann
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Nepo won again today. Appears he is a lock unless Caruana catches him. The question is whether Carlsen will defend his crown in a repeat match against either of them. His refusal would throw things into chaos.
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The chess.com livestream of the Nakamura-Caruana game going on right now is really engaging. Lots of tension, and you can tell that the commentators are having a great time exploring different lines. (Occasionally punctuated by really bad jokes.)
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Nepo with Black held Caruana to a draw today so still leads by a full point. Barring a monumental collapse, Nepo will win the Candidates Tournament. If Carlsen declines to defend his crown it will likely be a Nepo-Caruana match for the championship. Not since Bobby Fischer has a sitting champ declined to defend.
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I have trouble imagining Magnus declining, especially given the trash talking he was doing last week.
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Nepo won again, so with 3 rounds to go the fight is for second place. Ding beat Caruana to pull .5 points ahead of Nakamura. Ding was in poor form early but is coming on strong. Bizarrely he only got a spot in the tournament when Karjakin was booted for shitty comments about Ukraine.
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Re: Chess
Nepo wraps up the Candidates tournament with a game to spare, getting an easy draw against Rapport. The only decisive game today was Nakamura over Duda, so he has a 1/2 point lead over Ding for second place. This sets up an exciting last round game where Ding has White against Nakamura. A win by Ding would leapfrog him into second place, whereas Nakamura only needs a draw.
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Re: Chess
Wow, Ding Liren wasn't even in the candidates until he played (and won) enough rated games to qualify as a replacement, and now he has a shot at the world title. My understanding is Carlsen wanted to change the format so that every game would be contested at increasingly faster times until there was a winner. Apparently that was too radical of a change for FIIDE.
I guess Carlsen felt he had nothing left to prove and is going out on top. It would be hilarious if in the future he plays up through the ranks to become the challenger again.
I guess Carlsen felt he had nothing left to prove and is going out on top. It would be hilarious if in the future he plays up through the ranks to become the challenger again.
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Re: Chess
In the 2022 Chess Olympiad the USA super team of Caruana, So, Aronian and Shankland is only good for a fourth place tie at 14 points with 3 rounds to go. They trail Armenia and India (2) at 15, and surprising Uzbekistan at 16. The story of the tournament has been Gukesh on Board 1 for India (2) who won 8(!) straight games before surrendering a draw to Mamedyarov.
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