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Did anyone else notice that the scene where Fischer storms out because of Russian collusion (agreeing draws between themselves) was set at the Olympiad? I know there were other glaring inaccuracies, but for some reason that was the one that was the most jarring to me. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLe...

JustinHorton wrote:Isn't Black's 34th a capture, by the way?

I didn't think so - though I could potentially be persuaded.

I think it might just be possible to go a bit further with this (albeit with some speculative intermediate moves) as Black clearly promotes with check on move 49.

So if you're right, that might give us 29 ... B-B5 30 K-Kt2 P-R4 31 K-R3 P-Kt4 32 K-Kt4 and then the bishop moves, but to where? Based on seeing some 7s and 8s, some possible knight moves and the pawn captures on move 38, I've got the following written down: 32...B-R3 33. Kt-Kt5 ??? 34. Kt-[Q6?] ??...

I was just about to post this which I think is the same as (at least, very similar to) John's analysis above. I'm pretty sure move 24-28 are right - nothing else fits with the length of the moves. Similarly to John, I'm not sure where the black Rook goes on move 22 - also where the black Bishop goes...

Karjarkin is still the youngest ever GM, at exactly 12 years 7 months. Praggnandhaa was born on 10 August 2005 which I think means he has until 10 March next year to get there - he has the 2500 rating but my understanding is that (if he achieves it) this would be his first norm. [EDIT for incorrect ...

Whaat does 'resspectively' refer to? Studies using clustering algorithms, similarity/dissimilarity measures, and evaluation criteria reviewed in Section 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, respectively , are as italicized. Does it coves just its clause or the whole sentence? It means that section 2.1 reviews studie...

Is this grading record him or someone with the same name? http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/new/menu.php?file=player&PlayerCode=295297L Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the somewhat unusual name, it is the same person: This was also the debut for former presenter of TV science programmes, Adam Hart-Davis, ...

Tim Harding wrote: And in the case of ICCF correspondence tournaments, if the tablebase says there is a forced mate, it is adjudicated a win even if it would take more than 50 moves without pawn move or capture.

That's interesting - seems like TCEC are using the same rules.

Nick Burrows wrote:Why wasn't it a 50 move draw?

I don't know for sure, but I suspect it's somewhere in the rules of the tournament - ie as soon as you get to a tablebase position, the result is whatever the outcome would be with best play, regardless of move limits.

There was an interesting finish involving tablebases (actually 5-piece not 7-piece) in the TCEC Superfinal between Stockfish 7 and Houdini 5 in November last year. This is the final position, with Black to move: K5Q1/8/8/8/5bb1/6k1/8/8 b - - 0 72 Both computers had been evaluating the position as a ...

What's the difference between 'Black has played quite well' and 'Black has played very well'? it's a matter of *how* well, with "very" being more well than "quite" so if you think of "well-ness" as being on a sliding scale from 0-10, with extremely badly = 0 and brilliantly = 10 then "quite well" m...

What's the best choice for Jonathan to spend his time on: a) chess or b) the piano? I vote c) Jazz flute... 8) Anyhow, for what it's worth, I'd like to improve at chess because (within reason) I like to try and improve at everything I do - I find things much more fun that way. But (like many others...

I had a chess book idea a couple of years back that I don't think I've ever seen in quite this form - I don't think I've mentioned it on the forum before (but please accept my apologies if I'm repeating myself). My thought was that I'm graded somewhere round 180, so typically when I play people 190-...

Tan managed a draw from a position she was getting toasted in but that's the Armageddon finish for you. Not sure how anyone can take this event seriously. It's somewhere between a joke and a lottery (or maybe both). :roll: :roll: :roll: Remember when Svidler hung a rook in the final of the World Cup?

Matthew Turner wrote:Not really sure how this picture relates to the story.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connect/smal ... -scale-up/

Me neither, but I desperately want to reach in and twist the board that's just over his right shoulder...