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04-22-2020 , 02:00 AM

#7276

tchaz

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 14,832

Magnus interview

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04-26-2020 , 07:21 AM

#7277

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,400

Anish Giri is literally being sacrificed to the gods today.

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05-01-2020 , 02:52 PM

#7278

Josem

human chemical weapon

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 18,190

Do physical chess boards exist which can be used to play online? I'm having difficulty finding anything on Google through the morass of advertising and spam for online-only services and offline-only chess board retailers.

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05-01-2020 , 03:33 PM

#7279

NajdorfDefense

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 17,563

Naka proving he is really the world's elite at this fast chess stuff.

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05-01-2020 , 05:01 PM

#7280

TimM

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 9,767

^ I thought we already knew that.

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05-01-2020 , 07:39 PM

#7281

grando1.0

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 17,111

I haven't found a board to play online with that I'd trust enough to spend a few hundo on. There was one brand that recently started advertising but there were several inconsistencies with who they were and whether the product worked

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05-02-2020 , 12:46 PM

#7282

Sugar Nut

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Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 20,891

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Originally Posted by grando1.0

but there were several inconsistencies with who they were and whether the product worked

That's putting it mildly.

There's a high probability it was an outright attempt at a crowdfunding scam.

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05-03-2020 , 03:00 PM

#7283

The Yugoslavian

STTF HUC II Winner

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 25,040

The square off chess boards (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...obotics-and-ai) seems to be legit. Although no idea when they will actually start shipping since the development of these boards was based in China.

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05-09-2020 , 07:18 PM

#7284

Jion_Wansu

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 420

We need to have a tournament where there are 3 events to determine who the real champion is. The 3 events will be:

1. Classical chess (FIDE rules of tournament chess)

2. Magic: The Gathering standard format (WotC sanctioned tournament rules for Standard)

3. No limit Texas Hold 'Em (same rules as the Main Event at WSOP)

All of those 3 tournaments listed above at the same event!!!

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05-13-2020 , 12:13 AM

#7285

Onuzq

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Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 8,038

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Originally Posted by Jion_Wansu

1. What time control?
2. Haven't played standard since Theros - origins
3. Fair

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05-22-2020 , 03:24 PM

#7286

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,400

Carlsen Chess Tour is much better than the GCT. I like the consistency of the schedule.

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06-11-2020 , 12:06 PM

#7287

RichGangi

Laughable false & highly douchey

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 9,546

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

I also don't want to get into a big discussion but there certainly is luck and variance in chess.

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Originally Posted by cocacola2

There is luck in chess. If you moved a piece 12 moves ago and it so happens to be supporting a rank which you didn't intend it to. You got lucky. It's insane to think every single move you come up with, is deliberately going to effect every path of the tree of all moves in a chess board.
But the human brain can't do that. Professionals do it on a much, much smaller scale. And sometimes they get lucky, one of their pawns is blocking a bishop 20 moves in advance.

By your logic, Bo7s will be useless, as it's entirely skill and the next 6 games will be obsolete.

Anyone have thoughts on this subject? Curious....

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06-12-2020 , 02:56 AM

#7288

All-inMcLovin

Wholesome Mod

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49,569

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Originally Posted by RichGangi

Anyone have thoughts on this subject? Curious....

Here's my reply to you in that thread:

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

Since you asked nicely:

First off if both players evaluate a position as "unclear" then basically anything can happen within reason (win/loss/draw are all more or less equally valid) and there is an element of chance with the result. I've heard top players talk about this in videos on chess.com / youtube.

There is also something called "trends" in chess, that GM Jonathan Rowson talked briefly about in his book 7 Deadly Chess Sins. That one side could have the initiative and be making progress and then suddenly for no apparent reason he runs out of good moves / moves that make tangible progress and then it's a sharp turn for the other side and he/she makes progress. The other side now has the advantage and it's a peculiar thing that has been described as "getting lucky" by strong players that again I've heard on chess.com / youtube videos.

Also there are things like you study the Sicilian (A very popular and counter-attacking defense to 1. e4) for XX hours in preparation for your upcoming chess events and in the next 5 tournaments no one plays 1. e4 vs you.

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06-12-2020 , 04:26 AM

#7289

Jion_Wansu

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2015 Posts: 420

There is no winning in chess. Perfect chess between to players is always a draw.

You don't win in chess. Your opponent loses in chess. Chess is a long waiting game. Whoever makes the 1st mistake, loses.

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06-12-2020 , 10:52 AM

#7290

Sugar Nut

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Originally Posted by Jion_Wansu

Whoever makes the 1st mistake, loses.

This is wrong.

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06-12-2020 , 12:21 PM

#7291

TimM

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The saying is "whoever makes the second-to-last mistake wins".

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06-13-2020 , 02:33 AM

#7292

All-inMcLovin

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Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49,569

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Originally Posted by TimM

The saying is "whoever makes the second-to-last mistake wins".

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06-16-2020 , 12:27 PM

#7293

pucmo

adept

Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,187

I rather be the one who makes the last mistake than the first one (!). The Sveshnikov got busted (!) and he still continued to play it (though it did well with white !?); a miracle (!) he won this match, what a luckbox (!!), as he so often is (!), making me to wonder if there is some cheating going on (?).

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06-18-2020 , 01:38 AM

#7294

goofball

Beat Nate Silver

Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 20,424

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Originally Posted by Josem

Yes, it connects to chess.com - I have no other leads for you I saw it in a sharper image type store at the mall back when people were allowed to go places

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06-18-2020 , 01:51 AM

#7295

Tuma

Worships Amon-Ra

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 16,400

I saw an ad for a board that moves pieces automatically and connects to chess . com.

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06-27-2020 , 11:32 AM

#7296

tchaz

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Wolfy pop-in to record Giri winning a match by making seven draws.

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06-27-2020 , 12:43 PM

#7297

grando1.0

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Magnus thoroughly handling Caruana

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06-28-2020 , 01:53 AM

#7298

All-inMcLovin

Wholesome Mod

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 49,569

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Originally Posted by grando1.0

Magnus thoroughly handling Caruana

It’s like they’re two different species.

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06-28-2020 , 02:10 AM

#7299

grando1.0

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I still love Magnus outright proclaiming "hey Fabi I'm such an overdog to you in rapid and blitz that I'm going to snap take a draw with a better position" in game 12, with countless GMs saying how stupid it was and Magnus just trolling the whole way.