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Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:58 pm

Paolo Casaschi wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:49 pm

Last move 54. Rd1 1/2-1/2

Were the last few moves recorded on lichess not played?

Just copied the position/moves from chess.com

Any interviews or hints as to why a draw was agreed between Adams and Gukesh in the final position? Is this one of those positions (could someone post it?) where Black's passed pawn is optically stronger than the computer evaluation suggests? [Event "13th London Classic 2023"] [Site "London ENG"] [...

It also makes you wonder why chess.com keeps that calculation methodology a secret. Because they know it's rubbish, why else? Anyone free to speculate, but we just don't know. However Kramnik seems to have confidence in those values. Paraphrasing, he mentioned that very often he can precisely guess...

I think accuracy is down to... You'd think something like that, but we really don't know. Kramnik extrapolates most of his conclusions by looking at that measure. It's such an key component of Kramnik construct, that I find surprising he does not question how that number is actually measured. It al...

Vladimir Kramnik on the C-Squared Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3lTBAi4Ps Who is going to take one for the team and sit through the whole two hours? Listen to a good portion of it. Kramnik conclusion is that online cheating among titled player is very frequent; he estimates that more t...

Tim Spanton wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 16, 2023 7:40 am

Paolo Casaschi wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 16, 2023 5:12 am

Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:09 pm

Are cash prizes worth having at all?

For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.

Try organising a tournament without any prizes and see how you get on

Only after you try playing chess as an amateur while making a profit

Ian Thompson wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:09 pm

Are cash prizes worth having at all?

For amateur players definitely not, that’s exactly my point.

Joey Stewart wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 12:22 am

where even the winners are likely to still be making a financial loss playing the tournament after all costs are deducted.

You enter an event for your own entertainment and you pay for it. What's wrong with it? Why on earth would you expect to be entertained and paid for it?

There have been two major topics of discussions in the recent weeks about recently escalating threats to organized chess: the recurring theme of computer cheating, with no less than Kramnik as the most recent accuser; and the stories of bullying, harassment and discrimination, up to the most serious...

Kramnik on chess.com wrote:
…quite a few titled players are using comp assistance during games according to my conclusions based on statistics and mathematical probabilities…

…but for now I will keep on publishing statistics…

Does anyone know where Kramnik might have published the statistical evidence he’s referring to?

WOW, just wow. Thank you for your effort for making the chess world a better place. The events you described should not be tolerated in the chess world or anywhere else. The people responsible for those actions should be hold accountable. I really hope this will eventually happen. Posting this for ...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66647445

It's on the BBC as well.

Perhaps the Good Law Project might lend a helping hand at some point They're the people who post on social media about the succulent enjoyment they have just taken in beating an animal to death with a baseball bat after first donning a woman's kimono, right? Your sort of people, not mine. I’m not f...

Yes! Canada appears to be in breach of that, so you seem to be in agreement with me that FIDE needs to draw up is own rules that do not necessarily mirror those of individual federations. That is a start. Well, happy to see you are concerned about Canada breaching the IOC recommendations. Hopefully...

[*]Toby, a bearded gravel-voiced man who is openly attempting to troll the tournament organisers by identifying as a woman for the duration of the tournament, and recording the resulting awkwardness for his YouTube show (no) Toby, aka Avi Silverberg, would be (yes) in Canada, because that has been ...