GRENKE Classic
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I am duly amazed
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Carlsen - Anand Pfft! 56 Qe2?? My cat could have done better than that. At least it shows Carlsen is human. I was beginning to have my doubts
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What would your cat have played instead, and why?
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Some indications for cats and humans in the chess.com report
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I was quite impressed with Anand's defensive play. Unlike Kramnik, maybe he will not retire any time soon but will carry on at a high level for a while yet. Has Anand given any indications whether he is contemplating retirement, or winding things down on the competitive side?
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Thanks, Roger. Do you know of anything for desktops? My phone is Android but rather old and slow. Not sure if it will be able to access that.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:41 pmThere's an App for Android phones. It's called Lomonosov Tablebases and has the 7 man positions.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 3:05 pm
It has been a while since I looked up a tablebase position online - has that become more difficult now?
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My cat - she calls herself MoJo by the way - is not entirely sure she's ready to reveal all she knows, not on a public forum anyway.
But she did indicate when prompted that she'd have taken a more feline approach, purrhaps playing 56 Kg2 and awaiting developments. After all, 56 Qe2 is the kind of move she'd play if dodging behind the sofa. After a little further thought, requiring some patience on my part, she eventually conceded that 52 Kg1 and the following repositioning of the B was "quite good - for a human". But I was left with the impression that she's not especially awed by humans - or chess players; that she has it all in hand, frankly
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I think you would have to be smarter than the average cat to work out all of those lines.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:44 pmSome indications for cats and humans in the chess.com report
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https://syzygy-tables.info/Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:44 pmThanks, Roger. Do you know of anything for desktops? My phone is Android but rather old and slow. Not sure if it will be able to access that.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:41 pmThere's an App for Android phones. It's called Lomonosov Tablebases and has the 7 man positions.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2019 3:05 pm
It has been a while since I looked up a tablebase position online - has that become more difficult now?
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Nimzowitsch getting a right pasting from Aronian and Vallejo Pons.
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IM Keymer, V. (0) 2516 1 - 0 GM Meier, Georg (1) 2628
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I've only just seen the scoreline, that must be a huge relief to him. Looks like a real struggle from all the red on Chessbomb, but somebody tell me why people are playing this 5...b5 stuff.
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By coincidence, either the same day as these comments, or the day before, i followed a link on another site that took me to Spraggett's old website to look at book reviews and the page i started on was an explanation by him as to why he didnt rate Nimzowitsch and said russians generally didnt either. I had never realised he was not highly thought of.Chris Rice wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2019 6:28 pmNimzowitsch getting a right pasting from Aronian and Vallejo Pons.
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You can also find Jan Gustafsson laying into him here and there, if I recall.
Keymer draws with Aronian.
Keymer draws with Aronian.
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And since Meier lost to Carlsen (now clear first again) he is no longer last.
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