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05-01-2009 , 01:22 PM

#101

ATrebek

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Lol

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05-14-2009 , 08:27 PM

#102

YouKnowWho

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Flying back home to Europe for summer.. Anyone planning to play some big opens in Europe during summer, like Pardubice and etc.? If so, let me know, would be nice to meet some of yall

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05-15-2009 , 07:01 AM

#103

Ajezz

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I am going to play in the Vienna Open (Homepage) in August probably. I won't know for sure until the beginning of August, though.
Fwiw, this is the playing venue: Wiener Rathaus. Very stylish.

But it's not as big as Pardubice, obviously. Based on the two last Vienna Opens, I'd guess there will be about 200 participants, 30 of whom are GM or IM.

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05-15-2009 , 07:16 AM

#104

Noir_Desir

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I might be playing the B-open at pardubice. Probably depends on if players from my club go there too.

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05-17-2009 , 07:41 AM

#105

Ajezz

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Based on the success of some recent threads in the Chess forum, I have some ideas for new interesting threads:

"Chess vs Yahtzee, which game is more complicated?"
"Chess vs Connect_Four, which game is more complicated?"
"Chess vs Tic-Tac-Toe, which game is more complicated?"
"Chess vs Monopoly, which game is more complicated?"
"Chess vs Football, which game is more complicated?" (Real football, not American)

I wonder which of these threads would have the biggest trainwreck potential. Seriously, this absurd "Poker vs Chess" discussion is tilting me.

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05-17-2009 , 01:08 PM

#106

SinK

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Originally Posted by Ajezz

I am going to play in the Vienna Open (Homepage) in August probably. I won't know for sure until the beginning of August, though.
Fwiw, this is the playing venue: Wiener Rathaus. Very stylish.

But it's not as big as Pardubice, obviously. Based on the two last Vienna Opens, I'd guess there will be about 200 participants, 30 of whom are GM or IM.

I was looking at the prizes for this. It seems you have to win a tournament just to cover travel costs. Does the money in chess only come from the prize pools or are there sponsorship opportunities or something else along those lines? If it doesn't do people fly in at a cost just for the joy of playing?

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05-18-2009 , 02:03 AM

#107

deucegame

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chess on facebook - i'm just learning so having the 1,3,5+ day clock works well (makes it like correspondence basically)

anyone else doing this?

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05-18-2009 , 02:57 AM

#108

Noir_Desir

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Originally Posted by SinK

GMs normally get conditions, i.e. the organiser pays their expenses. Everyone else basically has no shot at winning anything and plays for fun. It's not like a poker tournament where every decent player can expect a positive ROI.

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05-18-2009 , 05:57 AM

#109

All-inMcLovin

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Originally Posted by Ajezz

DITTO x 1mirrion

I really wished the "Poker vs. Chess" thread would have died when it started, or even better yet Locked.

Couldn't pull through on the latter as I am not a Mod

/vent off

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05-18-2009 , 09:52 AM

#110

Neil S

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Fortunately it can be ignored as long as it's contained to ONE THREAD.

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05-18-2009 , 10:18 AM

#111

RoundTower

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Originally Posted by Noir_Desir

I might be playing the B-open at pardubice. Probably depends on if players from my club go there too.

I will probably also play this

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05-18-2009 , 10:53 AM

#112

garcia1000

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Boom headshot, played a game where the opponent mangled the opening, but then played a decent middlegame, but then got owned in the endgame

Will post in my games thread soon

It was worth mentioning because I think he got tilted and wouldn't resign and then was sort of mad afterwards

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05-20-2009 , 08:57 AM

#113

JoshK

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When using CB10 none of my boards in the "text" show pieces? Anybody know how to fix this?

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05-20-2009 , 01:08 PM

#114

Dire

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Originally Posted by JoshK

When using CB10 none of my boards in the "text" show pieces? Anybody know how to fix this?

You need the chess fonts. I BELIEVE you can get them if you download/install chessbase light.

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05-20-2009 , 03:36 PM

#115

JoshK

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fixed thanks dire.

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05-22-2009 , 05:26 AM

#116

SuperSnort

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is it a bad or good thing that i tilt more when playing chess than poker?

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05-23-2009 , 03:41 PM

#117

Dire

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Originally Posted by SuperSnort

is it a bad or good thing that i tilt more when playing chess than poker?

standard imo

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05-25-2009 , 02:31 AM

#118

All-inMcLovin

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This forum seems pretty dead lately.

Too bad there aren't any hot female chess players or I would post pics of them.

/fail

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05-25-2009 , 05:19 PM

#119

RoundTower

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05-25-2009 , 10:23 PM

#120

All-inMcLovin

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lol n1 RoundTower

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05-26-2009 , 01:28 PM

#121

Dire

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lol, awesome

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05-28-2009 , 09:10 AM

#122

oh-nahhh

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anyone here goin to vegas for the national open?

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06-22-2009 , 10:03 AM

#123

Neil S

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06-22-2009 , 12:05 PM

#124

swingdoc

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Awesome, Neil. I laughed.

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07-01-2009 , 10:15 AM

#125

SuperSnort

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woooo finally broke 1900 on WCL, was my 1 min rating but still feels good

beat WIM navastarr 3 times in a row to get it

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