Do people really think Magnus Carlsen has draw odds? Im a bit confused. Even if Caruana wins the tiebreaker 20% of the time that can easily be enough to be the difference between having a -EV bet a + EV bet.

Not sure where to post this, so hopefully this is ok.

I am currently playing a live game on a board with a guy at work (probably averaging 2-3 moves a day). The board has been altered more than once. We have caught this each time based on memory, but I have also created a few snapshots to keep track of the position intermittently.

https://lichess.org/editor/r5k1/5pp1...1/2R1R1K1_w_Q_

I don't want to take notation by hand like I did as a kid.

Is there a site online that allows you to notate and save games as you progress through them, and comes with a board? Basically creating a database of games. Obviously free would be preferred.

I have been outside of the competitive chess world since Junior High (late '90s), so if this is an lol-worthy question, please bare with me.

Thanks!

chess.com will do that - set up a game vs computer but choose human for both sides. There's an app so you can update it on your mobile as well.

Of course, if you both became members (it's free at the lowest tier), you can just play chess through chess.com instead. You can set up games however you like with several days for each move.

Thanks, I'll use it to notate.

I knew we could play on chess.com, but it is fun having a few other people walk by the board and comment on it. Might also get a few other people to play against one another so I can be a spectator.

imo lichess.org does this better, plus they have the better philosophy (free and open source, no ads using your bandwidth/hardware etc).

If you register on lichess, you will already be a "member on the highest tier" (because the highest tier is their only tier) and you'll have all features for free. Forever. (Feel free to donate to the site, but that's not required to have 100% of features).

Below is what lichess's founder had to say a few months back to someone asking how they can maintain such a service while being free. Of course they maintain it via donations. But their underlying philosophy is not to use you as a means to an end. Lichess also has a mobile app that adheres to the same philosophy.

Ask your boss to buy of these to hang on the wall:



https://www.houseofstaunton.com/blac...caAq5DEALw_wcB

That looks neat! My company is very cheap and would never go for that! If the chess playing caught on, I was thinking of getting one of these:


But if a board stashed away in the corner of an unused cubicle is getting messed with, I can't imagine what that would get.

^^^That looks like the one that the Backyard Professor uses (who btw is back on YouTube after a long absence).

Seems like the ideal would be some kind of electronic board that can be reset to a stored position, though I have no idea if anyone makes something like that.

Ah man, just got a huge nostalgia blast from that red and black hanging board. So many hours going over games, openings, etc. after school at chess club on one of those.

I'm a full time chess Coach in Australia. I use those many times on a daily basis

What would you estimate Alpha Zero's ELO at on the evidence we have so far?

I'd estimate about 3600

That's known. I mean I don't have the exact figure, but it's slightly stronger than Stockfish, so about 3500-3600.

Slightly stronger? Didn't it win a match like 155:6. It was a 1000 game match, so.. maybe that figures out to be closer than I thought, but...

That is slightly stronger. Its 58% performance. That translates to 60ish more elo points.

How are we getting Stockfish's rating?

Magnus rapping: https://youtu.be/ahtbecpKtOg?t=382

Actually pretty, pretty good.

Nice

You realize your own comment ruined that, right? It's a quantum-like situation where observing something alters it.

Scientists have yet to discover something Magnus isn't good at.

This is such an amazing song. Unfortunately it's so Norwegian it can't really be translated well because almost every line has a reference that would need to be explained to anyone who haven't grown up in Norway.

However - the title "Who stole the Spenol?" is asking the question of who stole a bottle of Spenol. Spenol is a Norwegian skin cream - while it was first used by the girls who would take care of cows to moisten their udders before milking, it was since discovered that such frequent use made the hands of those girls very soft and moisturized so it's now sold as a cheap (and actually very good) skin moisturizer.

Since it's so cheap, available and something you can keep in your house without raising suspicion, it's also well know (though we obv don't talk about it), that it's used as lotion when boys and men need some lotion for certain other activities.

So the song is about finding the guy who stole someone's bottle of Spenol (which is about as low as you can go, really). Luckily Magnus comes in at the end and solves the mystery so there's a happy ending.

"Associated Performer, Vocals: Ice Lube"

Magnus is currently playing chess and Despacito live:

https://www.twitch.tv/maskenissen

I glanced at the top ten players born since 2000. Iranian kids are in spots 1, 5, and 10. And the one in 10th place (Tabatabaei) just tied for first place with Wei Yi and Le Quang Liem at the Asian Continental Championships so will pop up over 2600 and would move to 7th on the list if those were live ratings.

Maghsoodloo was tied for 4th, half a point back, and Firouzja tied for 12th at one point off the lead. Both ratings held steady.

What I'm saying is that I feel the article I wrote a few years ago about the promising future of Iranian chess has held up well

World Rapid and Blitz Championships kicks off in less than an hour!

Hype!