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Postby LeopardLetang » Sun Apr 12, 2020 10:46 am

I've watched hand brain but forgot. Probably with Simon and his gal pal during an 8 hour stream.

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Postby crusherstasiak » Sat May 02, 2020 8:53 pm

fyi @Shyster @count2infinity @Tomas @LeopardLetang
the final of the the magnus invitational is tomorrow (sunday the 3rd) at 10AM EST on chess24
naka v magnus
format - 4 rapid games

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Postby crusherstasiak » Fri May 29, 2020 12:48 pm

@count2infinity @Tomas @Shyster @LeopardLetang
rubber match of semi-final of the lindores abbey tournament magnus v. naka tomorrow at 10AM EDT
40,000 people watching that on naka's twitch channel today
covid is one the best things that couldve happened for nakamura - thankfully something good has come from this ****
and a lot of the biggest twitch gamers xQc voyboy et al are turning their legions on to the game via naka's twitch channel

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Postby count2infinity » Fri May 29, 2020 12:50 pm

Used to think Naka was a whiney little dodint. Still kinda do, but I like him more than I used to.

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Postby crusherstasiak » Fri May 29, 2020 1:01 pm

Used to think Naka was a whiney little dodint. Still kinda do, but I like him more than I used to.
agree, sort of like sid :)
but he seems to have evolved as a person and i find hium to be quite relatable
i sub to his twitch and he's helped my patzer style

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Postby count2infinity » Fri May 29, 2020 1:25 pm

When he flipped out on Praggnanandhaa for not resigning in a lost position, I was like "f*ck that dude..." But he's become less annoying. Especially with his fight against elitism in chess. I'm a fan of a fight against elitism in anything.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:18 pm

I go one streaks where I play chess a lot (and by a lot, I mean 3-5 games a day) and then I go months without playing at all. All 5 min blitz stuff so games don't take forever. Anyways, was sitting on the commode at work, playing a game and I'm white in the following image. I can't believe I spotted this sequence and it actually worked. White to move, mate in 5:
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By far one of my best mating sequences I've ever had. My heart was pounding so hard when I found it.

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Postby Dickie Dunn » Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:19 pm

My heart often pounds during mating sequences as well.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Sep 01, 2020 3:20 pm

HA!

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Postby crusherstasiak » Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:57 pm

52,000 people watching Nakamura play chess on Twitch

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Postby Shyster » Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:04 pm

Most of me following chess is watching Agadmator's channel on YouTube. I was really impressed to see that in the Tata Steel, Magnus Carlsen lost in classical time to Andrey Esipenko. I don't think Carlsen has lost in classical format in years.

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Postby crusherstasiak » Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:06 pm

Most of me following chess is watching Agadmator's channel on YouTube. I was really impressed to see that in the Tata Steel, Magnus Carlsen lost in classical time to Andrey Esipenko. I don't think Carlsen has lost in classical format in years.
66,000 people watching nakamura today. esipenko is 18, alireza firouzja (world no 13 classical) is 17.
jk duda beat magnus at altibox norway back in jan. that was carlsen's first classical loss in over two years.

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Postby count2infinity » Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:32 pm

I've come around on Naka a bit through his streaming. Not too bad of a guy.

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Postby crusherstasiak » Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:51 pm

I've come around on Naka a bit through his streaming. Not too bad of a guy.
today he needed but a draw against sam shankland to advance in the opera euro rapid and was in a clearly winning position -nearly a plus 6- but he f'd up a move order and got buried and when he realized his mistake he went all @shafnutz05
me too btw ;)
when a letang giveaway leads to a goal. felt bad for him but hey, he made a couple million over the past year playing chess so...


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Postby Pavel Bure » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:13 pm

Well I’m terrible at rapid (10 min time control). Of the games I lose most are due to taking too long even though I’m up material. What a learning curve, I guess it’s good that the Chess app adjusts your rating and puts you against players of the same level.

Still fun but damn I need to play faster.

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:41 am

I've come around on Naka a bit through his streaming. Not too bad of a guy.
Nevermind... I hate him again.

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Postby crusherstasiak » Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:54 am

I've come around on Naka a bit through his streaming. Not too bad of a guy.
Nevermind... I hate him again.
yeah
more and more he strikes me as a big baby and i've tuned him out
there's no way out of the copyright strike thing with chessbrahs and to blame chessbae is garbage

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:56 am

Yeah... Hansen pretty much said "anyone that's at the top level in chess hates him, and for good reason... he's an extremely toxic person." He said Naka tried to literally fight Eric and Aman, and for whatever reason really really hates Aman.

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Postby crusherstasiak » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:00 pm

Yeah... Hansen pretty much said "anyone that's at the top level in chess hates him, and for good reason... he's an extremely toxic person." He said Naka tried to literally fight Eric and Aman, and for whatever reason really really hates Aman.
you didn't see this?

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:04 pm

lol....dafuq?

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Postby shafnutz05 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:10 pm

I am assuming some of yinz play chess matches online? I downloaded Lichess which seems to be a popular app. I used to play my dad a lot as a kid but man, I am getting my ass kicked for the most part. Need to practice.

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Postby count2infinity » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:12 pm

I play blitz (5+0) and do puzzles on chess.com

I have a lichess account if you wanna play though.

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Postby Pavel Bure » Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:25 pm

On chess.com app. Have been making slow progress. Started by dropping into the 800s then slow climb into 900s and 1000. High point was 1102. Now have been hovering in mid to high 1000s.

The more I study the worse I feel I am. Username is “ridicx”

Oh and I’m not shocked Nakamura is a ****** nozzle. Still good videos and insight though. Him and Gotham did a puzzle evaluation together that was very interesting.

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