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Gustafsson: One very important question for Alexander - what's your take on Kanye West? Do you like him or do you dislike him?
Grischuk: What?
Gustafsson: You heard of Kanye West?
Grischuk: Ah, it's a... rapper? I don't know his songs.

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06-16-2015 , 02:12 PM

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Rei Ayanami

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06-16-2015 , 02:22 PM

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YouKnowWho

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So...?

It's not Naka I expect him to score against, with black.. admitedly, the lineup is not great for Hammer, if there were a couple more Russians I would say 2.5 is a lock. Now 2.5 might be pushing it, but I think he can do it

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06-16-2015 , 02:26 PM

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Rei Ayanami

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So...?

He's playing a match against Navara.

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The conclusion was funny: a gratuitous rook promotion, a rare checkmate finish. That was all.

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06-16-2015 , 02:47 PM

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The Yugoslavian

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Nakamura spitting hot fire at Caruana. They even made a joke about Nakamura defecting to Italy based on how he was blasting him. Man, does Nakamura have respect for anyone in the top 10? Top 100?

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06-16-2015 , 02:56 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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Yes, Hikaru Nakamura.

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06-16-2015 , 03:05 PM

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networth

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Good to bet against Aronian tomorrow. Will be up watching NBA finals.

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06-16-2015 , 03:16 PM

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The Yugoslavian

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Yeah, plus he has played horribly for the last however long (relatively). Dude just doesn't seem to have the WIM he had in the past.

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06-16-2015 , 03:28 PM

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TexAg06

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What did Nakamura say about Caruana?

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06-16-2015 , 04:16 PM

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ScottTK

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Yikes, Carlsen just lost on time.

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06-16-2015 , 04:17 PM

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The Yugoslavian

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They asked him how he felt about Caruana joining team USA#1 and he started by saying it's good for competition and Olympiad and then went on a relatively long thing about how Caruana is screwing over Italy, of which Nakamura is an expert as he has an Italian g/f and likely speaks more Italian than Caruana.

I mean, that is somewhat how it came off. Tbh I really am entertained by Nakamura's postgame, it's probably the best in the world at the moment besides maybe Carlsen b/c no one else is willing to spit hot fire or tell it how it is. At the same time, I can't help but feel he's better suited for trolling on an internet message board like 2p2 instead, lol.

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06-16-2015 , 04:17 PM

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The Yugoslavian

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Holy ****, Magnus just flagged in a won position. Unless they got the result wrong due to a glitch.

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06-16-2015 , 04:18 PM

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networth

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Crazy end. Announcers didn't know rules either. Said earlier they got 60 minutes more after 60 moves.

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06-16-2015 , 04:19 PM

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Fabian

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lol at the ending

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06-16-2015 , 05:24 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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"Wow, even I think this is bad."

- IM Donovan McNabb

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06-16-2015 , 05:46 PM

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RoundTower

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crazy fro Carlsen. is Topalov's 60th move otherwise the decisive mistake? Computer seems to think it might be (it can't find a win immediately after fxg3, though there's a lot of torturing left and surely Carlsen wins most of the time in practice)

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06-16-2015 , 06:17 PM

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Golfdish

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whats the best site for recaps of each day and/or videos?

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06-16-2015 , 07:41 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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chess.com has them but I think they take them down way too quickly. Click on "Play Live" and you'll see them highlighted in yellow.

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06-16-2015 , 07:50 PM

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Rei Ayanami

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Whenever chessexplained does recaps, they're the best ^{^{if you have an hour a day to burn.}}

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06-16-2015 , 08:03 PM

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BobJoeJim

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So just in case you hadn't noticed, tomorrow's schedule features the top six players in the world (by live rating) squaring off against each other (with the "underdog" having white in all three games).

#3 Caruana vs. #1 Carlsen
#4 Topalov vs. #2 Nakamura
#6 Giri vs. #5 Anand

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06-17-2015 , 02:22 PM

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TexAg06

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Last time Magnus started a tournament 0/2?

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06-17-2015 , 02:44 PM

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JSLigon

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My "Hammer to finish ahead of Carlsen" bet is looking good so far.

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06-17-2015 , 02:47 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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Setting up the rope-a-dope. Incredibly subtle.

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06-17-2015 , 02:49 PM

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TimTimSalabim

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Caruana ftw

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06-17-2015 , 02:58 PM

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The Yugoslavian

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Minimus Carlsen, amirite?

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