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Bilirubin posted:isn't it listed in the OP? I thought that was the chess.com team 
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D34THROW posted:I thought that was the chess.com team challenge sent!
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Dec 7, 2021 23:01
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i've heard people complain that caurana should have pushed more and risked a loss for the chance to win before entering the rapid tie breaks, but i think this match is a bit of a rebuttal to that argument
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Dec 8, 2021 04:46
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Play safe against Carlsen and you'll lose. Play sharper lines and take a risk and you'll still lose.
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Dec 8, 2021 05:01
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The only one on the front foot was Karjakan went up a game didn't he? But that was after Carlsen missed winning chances in one of the others if I recall.
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Dec 8, 2021 05:09
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algebra testes posted:The only one on the front foot was Karjakan went up a game didn't he? But that was after Carlsen missed winning chances in one of the others if I recall. From memory, Carlsen was really off form against Karjakin in 2016. Had very strong near-winning positions in three games where he uncharacteristically failed to convert his advantage in the endgame before Karjakin won a game as black where Carlsen played recklessly pushing for a win in an equal position. Carlsen did play exceptionally well to level the match with his win in game 10 (I think?) and then obviously dominated the tiebreaks, but really he should've won the match at least 2-0 in the classical portion, if not by more.
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Dec 8, 2021 05:24
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this is sad to watch now. game 6 broke nepos brain
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Dec 8, 2021 08:45
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Magnus not wearing his white suit.
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I noticed in the post game interview after game 9 that Nepo first commented that he thought his position was, paraphrased, maybe not crushing but very good before The Blunder but then after Carlsen commented that he thought it was slightly better for white/drawish even after dropping a pawn, Nepo said "okay maybe it wasn't as good as I had stated" which really said it all to me. I think he's completely lost all confidence in his play and has already acknowledged Carlsen as just the better player (which he is) and basically given up on the match, but can anyone really blame him?
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Dec 8, 2021 17:27
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The next Candidates will have the 3 previous world championship challengers. wonder if we'll see someone get to run it back against magnus or if firouzja (or someone else) just stomps through it.
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Dec 8, 2021 20:07
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Spokes posted:The next Candidates will have the 3 previous world championship challengers. wonder if we'll see someone get to run it back against magnus or if firouzja (or someone else) just stomps through it. i don't have anything solid to base this on, but i really want to see ding liren have a go
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Dec 9, 2021 03:19
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totalnewbie posted:I think he's completely lost all confidence in his play and has already acknowledged Carlsen as just the better player (which he is) and basically given up on the match, but can anyone really blame him? Magnus has 74 more Elo points than Ian. That implies an expected score of 0.6 per game, which over a 14 game match is a pretty solid favorite. In my opinion it's not an otherwise-even match where one guy just happened to crack under the pressure, it's that Magnus really is significantly, measurably better than everybody else. Good on Ian for fighting his hardest. I'm not sure anyone else could have done better. In a couple years though? We'll see. Firouzja is a walking buzz saw.
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Dec 9, 2021 04:33
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just played a game where i was down two pawns, had slightly more activity, but trash pawn structure i was hoping there were drawing chances, but pretty i was just worse i play a random waiting move and my opponent thinks for 4 minutes and then resigns. computer confirms i had nothing, still sitting here scratching my head about it maybe they didn't feel like slowly grinding out the win, but surely you try offering a draw before resigning? i guess i'll take the win
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Captain von Trapp posted:Magnus has 74 more Elo points than Ian. That implies an expected score of 0.6 per game, which over a 14 game match is a pretty solid favorite. In my opinion it's not an otherwise-even match where one guy just happened to crack under the pressure, it's that Magnus really is significantly, measurably better than everybody else. Good on Ian for fighting his hardest. I'm not sure anyone else could have done better. Of course, but I don't think you can, or that Nepo, went into the match thinking "meh, I already lost." He knows, obviously, what he's up against but it's not a defeatist attitude that you go into a world championship match with. That's what I'm saying changed.
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Dec 9, 2021 05:29
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:i play a random waiting move and my opponent thinks for 4 minutes and then resigns. computer confirms i had nothing, still sitting here scratching my head about it Some games your boss calls or the tow truck arrives or w/e.
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Dec 9, 2021 06:07
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Playing puzzles does seem to be helping me. I just did one on lichess that now was an obvious M3 for white. Two weeks ago, even, I probably would have missed the obvious: Black king castled kingside behind 3 pawns with rooks on a8 and d8, white has a rook on the d-file and a queen and rook on the e-file. 1. Rxd8+ Rxd8 2. Qe8+ Rxe8 3. Rxe8# 1-0. I feel like I used to be so much more concerned about material and would have given up an obvious mate to keep my queen.
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Dec 9, 2021 17:52
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I'd like to quote a post from Finegold's club. If I ever go back to competitive OTB play, I'll remember this.quote:On the most recent episode of the Perpetual Chess Podcast, founder of the Charlotte Chess Chess Center, FM Peter Giannatos, speaks highly of his relationship with Ben. More interestingly, Peter recalls a great piece of advice that Ben gave him.
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Dec 9, 2021 20:39
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ulmont posted:Some games your boss calls or the tow truck arrives or w/e. My 7 week old baby has a habit of waking up screaming in the midgame...
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Dec 9, 2021 23:30
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tilp posted:My 7 week old baby has a habit of waking up screaming in the midgame... yep, I'm not fast enough for blitz and I don't get enough uninterrupted time for longer controls, so daily chess it is.
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Dec 10, 2021 04:59
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Anyone want to play a daily correspondence game on chess.com? My username is REustace and I hover between 1250 and 1350. I have an entire day to make a move and still make them instantaneously no matter how hard I try not to.
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Amanda Huggensuck posted:Anyone want to play a daily correspondence game on chess.com? My username is REustace and I hover between 1250 and 1350. I have an entire day to make a move and still make them instantaneously no matter how hard I try not to. Do you have a lichess? I’d prefer that if it’s all the same to you but up for it either way.
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Amanda Huggensuck posted:Anyone want to play a daily correspondence game on chess.com? My username is REustace and I hover between 1250 and 1350. I have an entire day to make a move and still make them instantaneously no matter how hard I try not to. I'm currently just over 1300 daily on chess.com so sounds like a good match-up! I'm Maugrimmau on there E: looking at your rating for other modes I suspect you're decently better than me so I'll just have to rely on the aforementioned instantaneous decision making to give me a chance Maugrim fucked around with this message at 09:12 on Dec 10, 2021 |
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Anand's stream seems dead today, or maybe he went paid only. What is the next best stream? e: and now they are back. VictualSquid fucked around with this message at 13:53 on Dec 10, 2021 |
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smiling giraffe posted:Do you have a lichess? I’d prefer that if it’s all the same to you but up for it either way. Yeah! I’m Reustace there as well. Maugrim posted:I'm currently just over 1300 daily on chess.com so sounds like a good match-up! I'm Maugrimmau on there I think my rapid rating is deceptive since I’ve only played a few games there with people I know. I accepted your game thanks!
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Dec 10, 2021 13:51
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Looks like Nepo did it again.
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Dec 10, 2021 15:39
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I've been looking at chess.com insights. I've been playing 15 years (off more than on) have over 4000 games logged and am rated 1000 blitz. That is awful right? What to do...
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Dec 10, 2021 16:13
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Hand Knit posted:Looks like Nepo did it again.
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Dec 10, 2021 16:24
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It's done.
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Dec 10, 2021 16:51
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Nepo never recovered from losing game 6, it's gotta be frustrating playing against someone that just draws if you play safe and exploits any little weakness you might create trying to win instead.
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:i don't have anything solid to base this on, but i really want to see ding liren have a go Alireza of course would be interesting, because he absolutely believes he will beat Magnus every time he plays him. This is not true so far, even when they play many bullet games Magnus comes out soundly ahead, but it's a very different mindset from others. A year from now he will barely be 19 which means he will likely improve significantly between now and then, and with his recent grab of world #2 and breaking 2800... 2022 could be an unprecedented breakout year for him. Hand Knit posted:Looks like Nepo did it again. Khorne fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Dec 10, 2021 |
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Dec 10, 2021 18:30
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I could use some help analyzing this loss where I made a lot of blunders but ones that didn't immediately lose material, and I didn't really feel I was losing until I found myself is a really bad position. I'm a pretty bad player but usually my mistakes are more obvious to me. https://lichess.org/m3zhAfl0 code:
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Dec 10, 2021 20:06
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I'm a worse player than you, but just following the best moves at each of the big eval jumps shows why they were bad. h3 means black, who hasn't castled yet, is free to push their h and g pawns, and then has a knight, queen, and rook ready to take advantage of your weakened kingside. Talking Re1 in lieu of another move means you don't give your bishop any escape squares and you're eventually forced to sac it too.
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Dec 10, 2021 20:32
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Wow Carlsen had Dubov on his team.
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Esposito posted:I'm a worse player than you, but just following the best moves at each of the big eval jumps shows why they were bad. h3 means black, who hasn't castled yet, is free to push their h and g pawns, and then has a knight, queen, and rook ready to take advantage of your weakened kingside. Talking Re1 in lieu of another move means you don't give your bishop any escape squares and you're eventually forced to sac it too. Thanks, I'm way overrated because I don't have many rated correspondence games. I'm probably like 1200 which on chess.com would be like 600/700
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Those engine analysis comments are garbage.... I wouldn't say you had "a lot of blunders" -> just one and it was getting your bishop trapped. When you played Nb3, you took away the escape for your bishop. When you played Re1, you ignored the threat and left your bishop with nowhere to go... d4 would have opened up the diagonal so that your bishop could escape. However, you should have kept playing because your opponent would have made a mistake just like you did, and you might have been able to turn the game around. I would actually suggest you resigning was your biggest blunder 
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Apsyrtes posted:I wouldn't say you had "a lot of blunders" -> just one and it was getting your bishop trapped. I hear even some pretty good players do this once in a while. Really though, I agree with the "resignation was the blunder" A 2-point material deficit early in the game is at worst a learning experience, and more probably there'd be an opportunity to take advantage of an opponent mistake at some point.
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I hope that for the next championship they embed a documentary crew with each camp as they do their prep and analysis. That could end up being really, really fascinating.
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Captain von Trapp posted:I hear even some pretty good players do this once in a while. When you're below 1000 Elo, they're not blunders, they are positional sacrifices in a line your opponent is going to blunder into.
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