FIDE Senior Trainer. ECU Senior Coach. FIDE & ECU Lecturer. International Master.

Joined March 2013
If you're not a GM by 12, you can forget about it.
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Who said? "Most of my chess students, they don't play video games."
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A brilliant move by a 2000+ rated.
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Orange - the fruit. They call it Portugal.
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Wow. A major benefit of being a member of your Olympic team.
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This horror never happens @ chess.
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A 2383 undefeated with a +2 score against 4 GMs, 2 IMs, and 1 FM. Enough for an IM rating norm!
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Did you know? There are no two people @ chess who define "blunder" in the same way.
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Only journalists can come up with such questions. No wonder the FIDE Journalists' Commission was dissolved soon after it's birth. "Its rapid demise and eventual dissolution is widely viewed by historians and writers as an explicit attempt by FIDE to control the narrative." ~ AI
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Great idea. But ... three boooring seasons. "While Netflix's Dark Season 3 received widespread critical acclaim for its conclusion, it also faced significant backlash from viewers and critics who felt it was the weakest installment."
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Ancestral vs Modern Developments: If you have the advantage (vs a higher-rated), you have not only the right to offer a draw, but also a duty to propose a draw, otherwise there is the risk of losing the advantage. Cheers and have a nice day.
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It's confirmed. Chess performance rating is the rating you will never have,
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