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I've only watched one of those lectures: Kasparov's immortal game, analyzed by Ronen. It's a great game, and I enjoyed his commentary--it's very animated. Peak Kaspy was a sicko.

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04-28-2014 , 12:50 PM

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DrElo

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Always forget about this forum, but I am celebrating the fact that after like 6 years and 100 straight tournaments of being between 2150 and 2199 with never once going over, I have finally become a USCF master.

It's nice to see 22xx next to my name!

And only 76 points to 2300! Easy game.

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04-28-2014 , 01:17 PM

#4053

Meditations

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Originally Posted by DrElo

Congrats man. Tremendous feat and must be nice to finally reach a new high point

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04-28-2014 , 01:52 PM

#4054

YouKnowWho

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Congrats man!

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04-28-2014 , 02:00 PM

#4055

DrElo

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thanks

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04-28-2014 , 03:05 PM

#4056

BobJoeJim

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Very legit brag, nicely done! And you should try not to forget about this forum, it's always nice to have more masters posting here, to show up the patzers like me

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04-28-2014 , 04:25 PM

#4057

TexAg06

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Congrats on passing 2200, that's fantastic. Very well done.

Here's a question. Anything specific that you think pushed you over the hump?

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04-28-2014 , 10:28 PM

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airwave16

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Anything that keeps BJJ from posting as much as possible is a great thing

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04-29-2014 , 05:55 AM

#4059

Rei Ayanami

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Me vs. Stockfish (lol, I'm a masochist):

I'm White. Thoughts on the best short-term operation? I find positions like these kind of flummoxing in that regard; I'm no Magnus Carlsen. (My long-term goal is to advance the queenside majority, obviously.)

I guess I want to stop the maneuver Nb4-Nd5 and buttress my position against ideas that my spring from ...Nc5, right?

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Originally Posted by DrElo

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04-29-2014 , 10:39 AM

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Rei Ayanami

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might spring from*

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04-29-2014 , 11:25 AM

#4061

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by vixticator

I keep winning games. It's almost inexplicable. Still dropping pieces. When it happens I don't fret and try to counter attack and it's been working. Just hit 1310 right now on Chesscube, first time ever over 1300. Chess.com is a different story since I decided to play a lot of games on my phone last night. Breaking news: you will lose under tight time controls playing on a phone. Haha. I don't think I've ever won a game on my phone. Probably doesn't help that I'm usually playing at 5am under the influence of sleeping meds. Oh my I lost 7 in a row on my phone last night, lmao.

Here's my latest winning position...

I don't need no stinkin' material!

Now thats a sexy winning position.

Superior thinking > Superior force

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04-29-2014 , 04:31 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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Baseball Reference has an Elo rating system for players who meet certain minimum criteria. Apparently the "matches" are voted on by people who visit the website. Kinda weird. They should just generate the winners via computer. Kinda neat, though no player in baseball history has even a 2500+ elo, which seems wrong. So there are no baseball "Grandmasters". Though it appears Babe Ruth was an International Master of baseball. Back when the game was played against white American men only. lol.

Juan Castro parlayed a 655 career elo rating into 17 years and $8 million in earnings. Unbelievable. -5 WAR in his illustrious career. Must be nice.

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04-29-2014 , 06:19 PM

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ScottTK

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Ever joined a correspondence tournament only to regret it a few days into it?

Correspondence games are great, but I don't think I handle a bunch at once that well. I feel like I might end up rushing moves just so the ball isn't in my court.

Also, the thought thought of a tournament lasting many months disturbs me a bit. One of my opponents went on "vacation", which means they have 2 months (!) to return to the game.

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04-29-2014 , 06:24 PM

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A-Rod's Cousin

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I registered for 1 tournament on a whim and yeah I didn't put much thought into it but it lasted over a month and that was just round 1. Kinda got tired of it but I played some pretty good games so I don't regret it. But 1 or 2 a year sounds about plenty for me.

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04-30-2014 , 05:39 AM

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Rei Ayanami

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Originally Posted by A-Rod's Cousin

The 2500 mark isn't intrinsically GM-like, and BR ratings can't be compared to FIDE ratings.

You could start a server called PhastDooshChess, have every newlyreg begin with a 5000 elo, and use a pretty high K-factor. And as the site gained popularity, the emerging ladder would make sense in relation to itself--the strongest figures, approaching 10,000 Elo, standing out as clearly superior to the puny 2750s--but not to FIDE or BBRef's Elo ratings or International Bass Fishing ratings (if they have them) or whatever else. Even on chess.com, blitz, standard, and correspondence aren't directly comparable.

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04-30-2014 , 02:27 PM

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RoundTower

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You need not just high k factor, but also to change the tables of expected scores. Otherwise everyone would just be rated 4000-7000. But yeah, different systems aren't generally comparable.

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04-30-2014 , 04:07 PM

#4067

ScottTK

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I started following chess early last year. Carslen's results since:

Tata Steel 2013 - 1st with 10/13

Candidates 2013 - 1st with 8.5/14 (better tiebreak vs Kramnik)

Norway Chess 2013 - 2nd with 5.5/9 (Karjakin won with 6/9)

Tal Memorial 2013 - 2nd with 5.5/9 (Gelfand won with 6/9)

Sinquefield Cup 2013 - 1st, with 4.5/6

Wch Match 2013 - won 6.5-3.5 over Anand

Zurich 2014 - 1st with 10/15 overall - 4/5 in classical (2x points) and 2/5 in rapid (the opening blitz event was just to determine the colors; Carlsen won 3/5)

Gashimov Memorial 2014 - 1st with 6.5/10

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04-30-2014 , 04:17 PM

#4068

TexAg06

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That's pretty freakin unreal. And the strength of those tournaments is through the roof too.

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05-02-2014 , 12:05 AM

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All-inMcLovin

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Carlsen is a boss, I enjoy his app "Play Magnus"

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05-05-2014 , 09:50 AM

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Rei Ayanami

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Mini-survey for everyone: Who are your five favorite players?

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05-05-2014 , 01:23 PM

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BobJoeJim

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

Mini-survey for everyone: Who are your five favorite players?

Using as my criteria a weighted average of three factors (1 - How much effort I expend to follow their individual results, regardless of my interest in the overall tournament they're competing in<50% weight>; 2 - How strongly I root for them to succeed <40%>; and 3 - How much I like their YouTube videos <10%>) my top five are probably:

Wei Yi
Hikaru Nakamura
Tautvydas Vedrickas
Magnus Carlsen
Hou Yifan

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05-05-2014 , 01:30 PM

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coon74

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^ I knew someone was going to include YKW

That's a cool idea!

1. Alekhine
2. Tal
3. Kasparov
4. J. Polgar
5. Chigorin

I just somewhat dislike (but still admire) players who were/are so genial that they either deprived their tactical talents to become positional bots (Carlsen, Capablanca) or felt entitled to do weird stuff irl (Morphy, Fischer). And I naturally favour my Russian compatriots

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05-05-2014 , 02:02 PM

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buffyslayer1

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1. morozevich
2. shirov
3. Petrosian
4. Tal
5. Karpov

Mixed bag of players but each of them creative genius in there own way.

Also love the games of capablanca/smyslov for their harmony and kasparov/ivanchuk as well for creativity dynamic play.

nakumaru gets a honorable mention and could replace one of these guys in the next year or 2

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05-05-2014 , 02:44 PM

#4074

ScottTK

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

Mini-survey for everyone: Who are your five favorite players?

You have to tell us yours too!

Mine:

Karpov - Beautiful style

Tal - Everybody loves Tal

Kasparov - GOAT

Kramnik - I'm also very fond of his style

Carlsen - Beast

As a bonus I would include Jerry (ChessNetwork), but more as a chess personality than a player, since his videos are very entertaining (esp. the bullet tournaments) and instructive (GM games, puzzles), and a big reason why I got into chess.

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05-05-2014 , 02:56 PM

#4075

BobJoeJim

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Oh man, obviously my list was active contemporary players. I never even considered using a historical perspective. That's a harder list for me, I'm not as well-versed in the classics as I feel I ought to be. Morphy and Tal definitely have to be on the list, but I'll have to think about it if I want to be able to list five...

And +1 to Rei needing to share his list with us!

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