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by Jon Tait
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:55 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Opponents who "helpfully" write their name on your scoresheet
Replies: 32
Views: 2109

Re: Opponents who "helpfully" write their name on your scoresheet

And it seems no one has any argument with that.
by Jon Tait
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Opponents who "helpfully" write their name on your scoresheet
Replies: 32
Views: 2109

Re: Opponents who "helpfully" write their name on your scoresheet

Everything about my opponents irritates me.
by Jon Tait
Tue Nov 01, 2022 6:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FIDE Dress Code
Replies: 21
Views: 2926

Re: FIDE Dress Code

John Upham wrote:
Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:54 pm
Please omit myself from your list of "everyone". I find it oppressive to be included.

Who does everyone include?
Okay, "potentially everyone", if you're going to be dick about it.
by Jon Tait
Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FIDE Dress Code
Replies: 21
Views: 2926

Re: FIDE Dress Code

Brian Egdell wrote:
Tue Nov 01, 2022 3:12 pm
Separate dress codes for women and men is outdated and offensive because not everyone falls into one of those two categories.
Yes.

And also because gendered dress codes are oppressive to everyone.
by Jon Tait
Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: FIDE Dress Code
Replies: 21
Views: 2926

FIDE Dress Code

only just seen this... (via Susan Polgar)

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searching on here, seemingly it's not news, but all the same... wtf?!? :roll:
by Jon Tait
Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:28 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

Matt Bridgeman wrote:
Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:52 am
An article looking into Han’s cycling claims; https://cyclingtips.com/2022/10/chess-o ... he-really/
yeah, probably best to leave out the teenage braggadocio when it's going to be subjected to rigorous scrutiny :wink:
by Jon Tait
Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stephen Moss
Replies: 100
Views: 8589

Re: Stephen Moss

You may use Opening Explorer or other books without engine evaluations in Daily chess Hmmm. Not sure what they mean by "books without engine evaluations". All books nowadays use engine evaluations. Indeed, there seems little point in publishing analysis at all if it's not been evaluated by an engin...
by Jon Tait
Tue Oct 11, 2022 9:52 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

To understand the suspicions of the top players better, consider the following storyline: Personally I think the whole notion of "cheating" in relationships is ridiculous, especially in marriage. That you can now only ever have sex with one person for the rest of your life... :roll: :roll: :roll: R...
by Jon Tait
Thu Oct 06, 2022 2:24 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

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by Jon Tait
Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:17 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

I think you are getting hans confused with this guy https://twitter.com/pacificwondrlnd/status/1572649290006417409/photo/1 who is a known troll who tries to get everyone to block him. I deliberately have not blocked him so as not to play his game. :shock: yes, just Mute them, let them shout into th...
by Jon Tait
Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:40 pm
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

Rather than not good enough to play those moves, it would be more a case of not good enough not to make those mistakes. Is that the same thing? ah... Danny Rensch has given a little information on how chess.com detect cheating. In summary, they're looking at: How often a player plays one of the top...
by Jon Tait
Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:17 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

The Regan method supposedly uses rating as an input. So there's an implicit statement it makes that "you must be cheating, because you aren't good enough to play those moves" Rather than not good enough to play those moves, it would be more a case of not good enough not to make those mistakes. Is t...
by Jon Tait
Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:46 am
Forum: International News
Topic: Carlsen resigns on move 2
Replies: 1113
Views: 82073

Re: Carlsen resigns on move 2

the kind of subtle cheating that improves play by 50 points rather than a 1000 - indicating the comp evaluation at critical moments rather than moves Using an engine solely as a blundercheck would improve play considerably, particularly at lower levels. For instance: I had a single season (2014/15)...
by Jon Tait
Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: CHESSLE - WORDLE FOR NERDS
Replies: 8
Views: 2253

Re: CHESSLE - WORDLE FOR NERDS

bit disappointed that today's wasn't 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 g3 0-0 5 Bg2 d5 :P
by Jon Tait
Tue Sep 06, 2022 11:51 am
Forum: International News
Topic: 2022 Sinquefield Cup
Replies: 223
Views: 22025

Re: 2022 Sinquefield Cup

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