Chess

[mae west]

I have chess fever. So if anyone else is taken with the game, here's a place to discuss it.


The world chess championship is on right now – Magnus Carlsen vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi. Thus far, we have 5 games, 5 draws, but there have been glimmers of possible breakthroughs for both players.

[rischka]

if i remember right, some members here were junior chess champions of canada. including curtis

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nepo is p much the only contemporary that carlsen hasn't been overall better than in their head-to-head history

if nepo wins it will be before the tiebreakers. he would get smashed in rapid/blitz. so he's gotta take more chances. i wonder to what extent carlsen is playing it safe

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if i remember right, some members here were junior chess champions of canada. including curtis

to clarify due to my autistic dread of receiving praise i dont deserve: the best i ever did at nationals was 2nd ):

both flabrezu and holymanm won titles

[mae west]

if i remember right, some members here were junior chess champions of canada. including curtis

to clarify due to my autistic dread of receiving praise i dont deserve: the best i ever did at nationals was 2nd ):

both flabrezu and holymanm won titles

Wow, this is amazing! Had I known that, I wouldn't have hesitated to start a chess sub-forum

[mae west]

if nepo wins it will be before the tiebreakers. he would get smashed in rapid/blitz. so he's gotta take more chances. i wonder to what extent carlsen is playing it safe

Yes, I'm surprised that Nepo isn't playing more to win, especially in this morning's match where it seemed like he had a chance around move 30 if only he pressed more for victory. Hopeful that we see a win soon, though I confess I still quite enjoy draws.

[mae west]

Hopeful that we see a win soon

And what a win! Carlsen just won a 136-move thriller – the longest game in Championship history – and with it has skyrocketed his chances for winning a fifth title. I won't be able to watch the full games for the next week or so, but I'm glad I made time for this one – as good as it gets.

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yep its over. magnus unstoppable

[mae west]

Yes, I don't see Ian making a comeback. At least we'll get a champ victory via classical chess.

[sally]

https://twitter.com/fromthereel/status/ ... 7706205185

[mae west]

Oh, that's very cool!

[sally]

chess fever italian style!

https://vimeo.com/155357957

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oh yeah - in the 1966 soviet crime caper comedy BEWARE THE CAR there was this interaction



there was no reason to be, but i was kinda taken by the specificity of this throwaway moment. just like, wow, these mfs really just followed chess back then back there

[MrCarmady]

Who doesn't love Tal, tbf? Idea - that stoned podcast thing you were suggesting a while ago but we're playing chess at the same time.

[mae west]

We're always rooting for Tal.

[MrCarmady]

this is the wildest world chess championship match in decades

[Jürka]

CLOSED CIRCUIT (Rudolf Thome, 1983)


i expect he ↑ is speaking about this ↓
https://youtu.be/SmFPoOznUPI

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nepo poised to be second alltime behind only alexander freaking khalifman on the list of laughably meaningless world champ titles

[rischka]

i fell in a rabbit hole. after reading about tal and bobby fischer i discovered norman t. whitaker who ran a family of car thieves and was involved in the lindbergh kidnapping. why are they all so odd k wait i found some boring ones

[MrCarmady]

nepo poised to be second alltime behind only alexander freaking khalifman on the list of laughably meaningless world champ titles

Bit harsh, if Nepo wins he'll be 2800 or within touching distance, Khalifman peaked at 2700. It is weird to have the obviously best player in the world be more interested in drunk streams and poker but to have the clear #2 (how many people have won back-to-back candidates?) as the champ wouldn't be bad.

[mae west]

I haven't had time to actually watch the broadcasts ( ) but this seems like one of the most entertaining WCCs ever. If this is just battling to be the world's No. 2, I'll take it over no-suspense failures to dethrone Carlsen.

[rischka]

How are u guys feeling abt the result

Has Carlsen forfeited permanently now or can he make a comeback

[mae west]

Haven't followed it closely. Feel bad for Ian, but happy for Ding. That said, would be interested to know if people feel that Ding won the WCC or more that Ian lost it?

[sally]

move that piece there you idiot!

[sally]

[sally]

[Jürka]

a chess game, Canterbury, 1170




all i can say (based on my meager knowledge of the game) is that casting was already a popular move then


and the main strategy of the players was persistently babbling nonsense (in T. S. Eliot style) to distract the opponent and make him make a mistake

[Jürka]

chess played bagdad style
https://www.kinometer.com/?id=12659

[Jürka]

https://scfzforum.org/phpBB3/viewtopic. ... 793#p47793

"checkmate" perceived as something like a "free kick"