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Old 05-26-2009, 01:28 PM   #121
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lol, awesome
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Old 05-28-2009, 09:10 AM   #122
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anyone here goin to vegas for the national open?
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Old 06-22-2009, 10:03 AM   #123
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Old 06-22-2009, 12:05 PM   #124
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Awesome, Neil. I laughed.
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Old 07-01-2009, 10:15 AM   #125
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woooo finally broke 1900 on WCL, was my 1 min rating but still feels good

beat WIM navastarr 3 times in a row to get it
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Old 07-01-2009, 11:38 AM   #126
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The World Open is starting, I'm not playing this year, and that makes me a sad panda.
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Old 07-05-2009, 05:13 PM   #127
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how is the sicilian wing gambit so terrible? it seems like a long lost cousin of the benko, but it's terrible while the benko is at least reasonable. I guess it's because in the benko the center is typically closed whereas in the wing gambit it often opens up pretty quickly.
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Old 07-05-2009, 06:31 PM   #128
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random interesting chess news: Obama to meet with Russian opposition groups as Russia is starting to be spelled Russr. One of these groups includes is the one being led by Kasparov.

Grischuk is doing well at the WSOP and will be shipping the main event soon.
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Old 07-05-2009, 06:36 PM   #129
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how is the sicilian wing gambit so terrible? it seems like a long lost cousin of the benko, but it's terrible while the benko is at least reasonable. I guess it's because in the benko the center is typically closed whereas in the wing gambit it often opens up pretty quickly.
most of the positions give White some play in return for a pawn, it's just that there are one or two specific refutations that make it look really bad.
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Old 07-06-2009, 09:07 AM   #130
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Grischuk is doing well at the WSOP and will be shipping the main event soon.
That would be freaking awesome. He basically ditches chess for poker, then he comes back for a while and ships Linares, all the while looking like it's not really work for him.
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Old 07-06-2009, 12:33 PM   #131
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Pardubice is getting closer and closer, WHO'S GOING?!?!?!

To all of you U.S chess players who probably don't know what it is - you are missing out

But so are we, as we miss World Open and etc. At least I played in the Miami Open last September, it was supposed to be pretty epic but it really wasn't that big
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probably, haven't found anyone to go with yet but I might just book it anyway
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Old 07-08-2009, 06:10 AM   #133
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OK I booked Pardubice, see you there
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Old 07-08-2009, 06:24 AM   #134
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Which tournament are you going to play?

Also, have you ever been there? There are a couple of casino's there in case you wanna play some poker, action is pretty juice during the tournament
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Old 07-08-2009, 08:06 AM   #135
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playing the B tournament. I played once, 2005 I think, certainly before the poker boom.

I hardly ever play live poker any more but might take a look.
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