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Its arguable that, metaphorically speaking, that is exactly what he did

As someone who gets annoyed by people offering draws when they are clearly worse (even if it's not my game!), I would welcome any ideas to put a stop to it. At the moment there is no downside If it happens just once, smile and play on (you don't even *have* to say anything) Anybody who does it on a...

Well this looks like being a short thread

I assume he wrote that unaware that Eliskases was an enthusiastic Nazi (even compared to the somewhat more ambiguous Alekhine) Is there any evidence for that? Mere survival under the local regime won't do. Well he was on record as saying that Spielmann shouldn't be picked to play for the Austrian s...

I assume he wrote that unaware that Eliskases was an enthusiastic Nazi (even compared to the somewhat more ambiguous Alekhine)

Apparently the Russian chess federation still hopes he can play for them in next year's Olympiad.

That might be a more satisfactory way to bow out, always assuming that he felt up to it.

Wasn't expecting that, might help explain his recent result though!

I note that the two female players in the Challengers failed to win a single game between them.

(which is a bit sad, and something I can't remember happening before)

Yes, turning down a totally trivial draw in the hope of spurious "winning chances" summed his tournament up

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:12 pm

Giri catches Carlsen after Shankland resigns in a drawn position

WTF happened there?!?

Wasn't expecting them for another week or so, nice work

What is Kramnik's worst ever tournament performance previously? Asking for a friend :oops: Well? Nepo meanwhile gets whupped by van Foreest (even if he somehow dragged it out to move 60) In the final game going, Carlsen is trying for a classic grind against his old sparring partner Anand.......

He died in the closing days of the war, when just about any able-bodied German had been enlisted in Nazism's futile last stand.

Had he lived his affiliations would surely have been brushed over as with most "ordinary" Germans who had supported Hitler.

Radjabov's turn to "do a Kramnik" (ie self-destruct) today.

Nobody else following this?

Yes, its not for nothing that people thought he might be a real contender going into that WC cycle.