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11-08-2014 , 04:08 PM

#4626

Rei Ayanami

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Spoiler:

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11-09-2014 , 11:56 AM

#4627

Rei Ayanami

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Grischuk 4.5/5. Beasting.

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11-09-2014 , 06:19 PM

#4628

Fabian

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And he ended with 3 straight wins in the last tournament too. When was the last time you saw someone have a 7.5/8 streak??

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11-09-2014 , 06:47 PM

#4629

BobJoeJim

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Originally Posted by Fabian

And he ended with 3 straight wins in the last tournament too. When was the last time you saw someone have a 7.5/8 streak??

Caruana at the Sinquefield Cup, obviously.

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11-09-2014 , 07:17 PM

#4630

ScottTK

journeyman

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 355

But which is more intimidating?

"eto mne?" (- Grischuk)

"sono io?" (- Care-you-wanna)

"it's Gelfand." (- Carlsen)

"Boom!" (- Gelfand)

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11-09-2014 , 07:40 PM

#4631

Judit Bowlgar

centurion

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Originally Posted by ScottTK

But which is more intimidating?

"eto mne?" (- Grischuk)[/IMG]

does grischuk rent his head to birds?

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Originally Posted by ScottTK

"Boom!" (- Gelfand)

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11-09-2014 , 09:07 PM

#4632

coon74

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

Spot Black's best idea.

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Originally Posted by Rei Ayanami

Spoiler:

Last edited by coon74; 11-09-2014 at 09:18 PM.

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11-10-2014 , 05:57 PM

#4633

coon74

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Originally Posted by BobJoeJim

To be determined whether he'll end up with a *published* rating over 2800 or not...

Now we know that he [Grischuk] is going to

because he is 2810.2 after the draw with Aronian and has only 1 classical game left (the last round tomorrow) that counts for this month's rating list (the Russian championship counts towards the December one).

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11-11-2014 , 07:41 AM

#4634

ScottTK

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Quick draw against Kramnik today, Grischuk wins the tournament 5.5/7.

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11-11-2014 , 07:43 PM

#4635

ASPoker8

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Whatever happened to Curtains? How'd he get banned on 2+2?

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11-11-2014 , 08:40 PM

#4636

Rei Ayanami

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His account got hacked. He has a new one.

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11-11-2014 , 11:30 PM

#4637

The Yugoslavian

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Dude too busy crossfitting and jetting around the world on his honeymoon. Has no time for the little people at 2p2. Although I don't think it'd be hard to get him back to comment on something. I have a feeling he likes 2p2 just doesn't sink his time into it like he used to as a daily thing.

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11-16-2014 , 06:48 PM

#4638

Rei Ayanami

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Okay, I tapped into the brains of all the top GMs and discovered how they rate the rest of the world's elite.

Quality: Highest (Honorable Mention), Lowest (Honorable Mention)

Calculation: Caruana (Grischuk), Kramnik
Positional understanding: Adams, Mamedyarov
Tactical vision: Aronian (Mamedyarov), Kramnik
Openings: Caruana, Carlsen
Endings: Carlsen (Kramnik), Svidler
Mental resilience: Grischuk, Nakamura (Aronian)
Time handling: Grischuk, Grischuk
Non-chess impact on opponent: Topalov (Carlsen), Giri

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11-16-2014 , 08:05 PM

#4639

Mayo

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Grischuk: He is the best of times; he is the worst of times.

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11-17-2014 , 02:42 PM

#4640

TimTimSalabim

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God ‏@TheTweetOfGod 42m42 minutes ago
"Church of England Formally Approves Female Bishops". Congratulations British women! You can now move diagonally!

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11-17-2014 , 02:58 PM

#4641

coon74

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Did you forget that queens can move diagonally too?

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11-18-2014 , 04:50 AM

#4642

Rei Ayanami

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I learned that Anand wears a toupee. Maybe as a psychological tactic, Carlsen can bring a couple of suitcases containing midgets into the playing room, and have them pop out, yank Vishy's toupee, and run away.

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11-18-2014 , 06:28 AM

#4643

Yeti

Abominable

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 23,208

i can't believe i have never noticed that. i am so unobservant.

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11-18-2014 , 05:11 PM

#4644

Rei Ayanami

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All,

Try composing quirky or bizarre chess games. Make the moves for both sides, use an engine to avoid silly blunders; they should be reasonably plausible. This is my first composition; I could have spent longer on the endgame, but I like it anyway.

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11-18-2014 , 05:25 PM

#4645

EddyB66

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Interesting set up.

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11-19-2014 , 08:24 AM

#4646

wlrs

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My dream analysis (literally) from some time back is probably relevant: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=932 Here's the game: http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=97811