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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:16 pm

http://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/ ... 73516.html

watched the end here and understand now, the lady on comms almost cried :mrgreen:
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:20 pm

it seems everyone there could see the move he needed to make and he pulled a loss from the jaws of victory.

bottling of hamilton proportions it seems.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Sprocket501 » Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:35 pm

Darth Randall wrote:it seems everyone there could see the move he needed to make and he pulled a loss from the jaws of victory.

bottling of hamilton proportions it seems.
I saw it live and even I knew it should have been Bf1. I nearly fell off my chair when he shifted the Knight. A blunder of such magnitude.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:11 pm

Sprocket501 wrote:
Darth Randall wrote:it seems everyone there could see the move he needed to make and he pulled a loss from the jaws of victory.

bottling of hamilton proportions it seems.
I saw it live and even I knew it should have been Bf1. I nearly fell off my chair when he shifted the Knight. A blunder of such magnitude.
rattled clearly.

never thought he could win it seems to me.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:25 pm

after how many moves tomorrow can carlsen offer the draw he needs?

do they have to play dead rubbers?
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:55 pm

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seemingly carlsen was ok even if annand hadnt blundered, kingscrusher thinks so at least.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:34 pm

lovely stuff.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:06 pm

carlsen had annand sign the board :mrgreen:
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by doG » Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:41 pm

Draughts is a better game than chess.
Thread closed.
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Post by Cameron » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:14 pm

doG wrote:Draughts is a better game than chess.
Thread closed.
And Reversi is better than both of the above.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by doG » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:59 pm

I find this difficult to believe, Draughts have been played since 3000 BC it obviously the King of board games based on longevity.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Sun Nov 24, 2013 8:39 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25032298
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:38 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25491642

is this how sprocket spends his weekends away?
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Post by Justin Credible » Tue Dec 24, 2013 8:41 pm

sprockets spends his weekends slumped in a chair pissed rambling on about gambits
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:00 am

looks like a rematch between annand and carlsen is on the cards.
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Post by Noisycrowds » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:18 am

close this thread now sprockets done a runner
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Sprocket501 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:43 am

Darth Randall wrote:looks like a rematch between annand and carlsen is on the cards.
And if Anand plays as freely as he has done in this, he could win.

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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Noisycrowds » Thu Mar 27, 2014 11:47 am

ah the bj king returns
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Thu Mar 27, 2014 1:42 pm

Sprocket501 wrote:
Darth Randall wrote:looks like a rematch between annand and carlsen is on the cards.
And if Anand plays as freely as he has done in this, he could win.

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He blundered tha last match away.
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Re: TDF Chess Thread

Post by Randall » Mon Mar 31, 2014 8:24 pm

rematch it is.
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