Garry Kasparov Returns to chess in the GCT Rapid/ Blitz
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Re: Garry Kasparov Returns to chess in the GCT Rapid/ Blitz
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Re: Garry Kasparov Returns to chess in the GCT Rapid/ Blitz
Watching Nakamura playing with a captured pawn like a poker fiche is so annoying. Don't understand why they allow that.
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Re: Garry Kasparov Returns to chess in the GCT Rapid/ Blitz
+1Henk wrote:Watching Nakamura playing with a captured pawn like a poker fiche is so annoying. Don't understand why they allow that.
Really annoying !

Like players shaking their foot under the tables and shake everything around !

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Re: Garry Kasparov Returns to chess in the GCT Rapid/ Blitz
Underpromotion to knight was possible in Kasparov's game ->
Stockfish / Komodo think it's winning, but i'm sure humans have difficulties converting this.
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Stockfish / Komodo think it's winning, but i'm sure humans have difficulties converting this.
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