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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by JustinHorton » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:41 pm

I imagine so
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."

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Post by JustinHorton » Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:44 pm

Meanwhile this interview with the recently-retired footballer Esteban Granero describes him as a "talented chess player" which is pushing it.
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Roland Kensdale » Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:04 pm

Chess in final of Spain's Got Talent. A masked player whose identity is hidden ("Rey Enigma") played Karpov. 3 mins no increments. Karpov left opponent with just a king so that when Karpov's time ran out the result was a draw.

For some reason no English subtitles on the video I found ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSHm2didVVM ) so much of the preamble and celebration at the result is unintelligible to me. One of the judges apparently may have been a player, holding up a a Chess book.

Karpov spoke in English other than "Tablas" at the end. ("Draw", explanation at https://spanishviaskype.com/chess-vocab ... n-spanish/ ).
You can't follow full game in above video, but
some cursory analysis at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVcdcD5x5M (game score in description).

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Dec 21, 2021 6:08 pm

Oh how interesting, this had completely passed me by
"Do you play chess?"
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Post by Nick Burrows » Tue Dec 21, 2021 9:51 pm

David Anton?

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Post by Tim Spanton » Wed Dec 22, 2021 8:02 am

From the BBC:

5. Seven days of isolation
Photographer Richard Tymon and his family were holed up in a hotel room in Sweden after one of them tested positive for coronavirus. He decided to capture their seven days of isolation in which his wife Claire worked every day, and "playing chess, watching Christmas movies and card games all helped to pass the time".

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Stewart Reuben » Thu Dec 23, 2021 5:45 pm

THE MAIL ON SUNDAY (only just seen)
PETER HITCHENS. A Ukraine war is not our concern
Will there be war in Ukraine? It is an incredibly valuable piece of territory, a vital square on the Giant Chessboard of Europe.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by JustinHorton » Thu Dec 23, 2021 6:12 pm

Roland Kensdale wrote:
Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:04 pm
Chess in final of Spain's Got Talent. A masked player whose identity is hidden ("Rey Enigma") played Karpov. 3 mins no increments. Karpov left opponent with just a king so that when Karpov's time ran out the result was a draw.

For some reason no English subtitles on the video I found ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSHm2didVVM ) so much of the preamble and celebration at the result is unintelligible to me. One of the judges apparently may have been a player, holding up a a Chess book.

Karpov spoke in English other than "Tablas" at the end. ("Draw", explanation at https://spanishviaskype.com/chess-vocab ... n-spanish/ ).
You can't follow full game in above video, but
some cursory analysis at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVcdcD5x5M (game score in description).
The Reddit thread on this (which may be where Roland got this?) has a couple of suggestions as to El Rey's identity: Miguel Santos and Alvar Alonso Rosell. Another poster says that Pepe Cuenca (who leads Chess24's Spanish-language coverage) has played him and thinks he is a bit weaker than those players, maybe an IM or FM.

(According to this interview he says there are eight people in the world who know who he is.)
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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by LawrenceCooper » Thu Dec 23, 2021 10:05 pm

Anuurai Sainbayar is on a Channel 4 quiz being shown between 22:00-23:00 tonight.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Keith Arkell » Thu Dec 23, 2021 11:41 pm

Congrats Anu! It takes me more than 6 months to earn that kind of money :mrgreen:

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Joey Stewart » Fri Dec 24, 2021 12:41 am

Roland Kensdale wrote:
Tue Dec 21, 2021 5:04 pm
Chess in final of Spain's Got Talent. A masked player whose identity is hidden ("Rey Enigma") played Karpov. 3 mins no increments. Karpov left opponent with just a king so that when Karpov's time ran out the result was a draw.

For some reason no English subtitles on the video I found ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSHm2didVVM ) so much of the preamble and celebration at the result is unintelligible to me. One of the judges apparently may have been a player, holding up a a Chess book.

Karpov spoke in English other than "Tablas" at the end. ("Draw", explanation at https://spanishviaskype.com/chess-vocab ... n-spanish/ ).
You can't follow full game in above video, but
some cursory analysis at https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVcdcD5x5M (game score in description).
What a clown, did he really think he could take down a world champion? Even a very out of practice Karpov was able to easily overcome him and had it been a proper tournament he would have been disqualified for multiple illegal moves made during the time scramble.
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by JustinHorton » Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:10 pm

"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Roland Kensdale » Sun Dec 26, 2021 6:43 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:10 pm
How chess saved my mental wellbeing
Very good read. Coping with mental illness, the psychology of chess, chess and education, etc.

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Re: Media comments on chess

Post by Nick Ivell » Mon Dec 27, 2021 9:26 pm

Mention of Nottingham 1936 on Corrie. Amazing!

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