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04:11:28StephenMaturin147:

Those poor people who can only memorize an 800 page phonebook instead of 1200 don't stand a chance here 😀

04:10:09StephenMaturin147:

That seems to be the strategy

04:05:36StephenMaturin147:

Phone book baby

04:02:14StephenMaturin147:

Now I understand why Magnus doesn't want to play classical and wants to enjoy life instead 😀

04:00:15StephenMaturin147:

Guess what, Bluebaum plays preetay preetay pretty good chess 😀

03:59:10StephenMaturin147:

In the great conflict between letters and emotes, i'm firmly against emotes 😀

03:57:38StephenMaturin147:

I can't believe @jaroniscaring sided with the rioters 😀

03:56:19StephenMaturin147:

Can we have a text-only mode in chat, inverse of emote-only?

03:53:40StephenMaturin147:

So Brother Javokhir apparently still cooking with water like the rest of us and capable of snatching a draw from the jaws of victory, that's something 😀

03:48:17StephenMaturin147:

It's a bit like learning the phonebook or those old KGB super-memorizers who could memorize the list of 300 thousand persons under surveillance so that KGB wouldn't have to steam open all foreign incoming mail in the USSR

03:46:21StephenMaturin147:

Apparently for a classical time control match, 6 months of memorizing opening lines unavoidable

03:42:05StephenMaturin147:

Magnus did slam the table after losing to Guk though, so there was some emotional engagement there 😀

03:40:26StephenMaturin147:

I think if Brother Javokhir wins WC from Guk in the falls, sponsors will want to finance a Magnus - Sindarov WC-style match if Magnus says yes (I assume Sindarov will say yes)

03:35:43StephenMaturin147:

This Candidates like the German soccer Bundesliga, 18 teams playing, Bayern Munich winning 😀

03:34:37StephenMaturin147:

Exactly!! 😀

03:33:42StephenMaturin147:

If Trump wins again I'll move to Europe... oh wait I already live in Europe 😀

03:30:03StephenMaturin147:

Chess is a zero sum game, for Sindarov to have the tournament of his life, the other 7 guys have to be disappointed in their hopes and dreams... unfortunately one of those 7 guys is my favorite player Hikaru. So I'm not rooting for Arsenal but for Tottenham, I guess I'll have to learn to live with it 😀

03:26:13StephenMaturin147:

I don't think Brother Javokhir's performance so far can be called accidental 😀

03:25:10StephenMaturin147:

Old Sigmund Freud was right, primates need a bit of coping mechanism 😀

03:23:25StephenMaturin147:

I mean Fabi playing much better here than Hikaru and still apparently if Brother Javokhir doesn't come down with a disabling stroke Fabi's very good game equally useless as Hikaru's somewhat uninspired performance, that's a bit of a comfort 😀