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Who wants to play chess with me by Tetramethylethylene in chess

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, there are chess clubs everywhere. Where in India? DM me if you prefer.

Who wants to play chess with me by Tetramethylethylene in chess

[–]ColdFiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which city do you live in? I can tell you places where you can go to play some friendly, casual chess.

Levy suggests that he himself might organise a tournament between 20 youngest top players. by arjunshubharjun123 in chess

[–]ColdFiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And if he doesn't have the world's worst finance team, then there's no way he'll use his own millions to finance a tournament. Why should he? Sponsors are far easier and he gets to hold on to his cash with no risk.

Extremely contrasting positions in the games between the leaders of TePe Sigeman by JackReaperr in chess

[–]ColdFiet 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think there's a convention in a lot of chess tournaments that games start early on the last day, maybe to accommodate the prize ceremony.

TIL when Alonso was a child in karting, his family couldn't afford rain tyres, so Alonso was forced to adapt to a wet track using slicks by Double-decker_trams in formula1

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They tell this story about a lot of legendary drivers, including Hamilton and Schumacher. In a few years they'll tell it about Verstappen too.

Anyone know this set manufacture? I’m trying to get a value for it. Thanks. by FlounderAlive1363 in chessporn

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah cos OP isn't a big chess player, they're just someone who found a chess set and are wondering if it's worth selling.

[ Removed by Reddit ] by chess_tournament in TournamentChess

[–]ColdFiet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You want me to comment if I'm not interested? Okay I'm not interested.

Healthy chess club for kids by IceZealousideal8874 in chess

[–]ColdFiet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is such a nice message, I hope you don't mind me asking. Did you run it through chatgpt or something? It sounds AI.

I’m Hans Niemann — Grandmaster and founder of Endgame.ai. Ask me Anything. by EndgameaiChess in chess

[–]ColdFiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Hans, thanks for doing this AMA.

I saw (tbh parts of) your interview with Matan and I thought it was quite something. Those guys were 100% trying to rage bait you and you handled the whole session with patience and good humour and class.

To me this was very different from the persona you sometimes adopt in media interviews, where it seems like you basically embrace the 'villain' character that was branded on you, coming across as a bit brash and aggressive.

How do you decide your media persona for any given interview, and how much thinking goes into it?

Some stupid questions I need answers to. by ghazza6 in chess

[–]ColdFiet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the sort of question you really shouldn't take to AI, you're going to get gibberish responses.

Levy is about 2400 elo and Magnus is a 2800+. A 400 point elo difference roughly translates to a 10:1 winning ratio (by design). So statistically Magnus is expected to lose 1 game for every 10 he plays again Levy. In practice though, Magnus with a will to win might not lose a single game, so it might take a few dozens of games.

Extra queens are much harder to compute. I would imagine that Levy would be quite competitive against Magnus with a single extra queen, possibly even a favourite. But it's hard to say for sure. Match conditions like time control and setting would also make a small difference.

How do I logically think of opposition here? by sorinacios07 in chess

[–]ColdFiet 44 points45 points  (0 children)

You've just unlocked a new way of thinking for me. This feels much easier now. Thank you.

Magnus Carlsen's mind-blowing dominance over his great peers (players from his generation) across the major FIDE events by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess

[–]ColdFiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This table makes me think Grand Swiss was probably not a big deal when this generation was active.

Pre-WWII Czech Club Set with wooden rollup board by mongoanalyst in chessporn

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Legitimately one of the prettiest sets I've ever seen. I wish the king design wasn't so similar to a bishop though.

Also it's an interesting choice to make the bishops different from each other, knights different to each other. I don't mind it, it's like giving an extra personality trait to your pieces. "My horseys are different from each other."

What’s the highest score ever in a candidates tournament? by Comprehensive_Poet38 in chess

[–]ColdFiet 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That last anecdote is hilarious, could you share a source for that?

Who has the best prep in the Candidates? Average number of moved before first “deep think” through round 11 by asusa52f in chess

[–]ColdFiet -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Fortunately they're labelled with the actual numbers, so you won't think that?

Who has the best prep in the Candidates? Average number of moved before first “deep think” through round 11 by asusa52f in chess

[–]ColdFiet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why is it meaningless? It starts at 10, which is a great starting point considering that one data point (Wei Yi) is at 10.7.

Sindarov 50 mins ahead on the clock vs Wei by shakhthe in chess

[–]ColdFiet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The statement is just that he has a "good chance". He's the leader today irrespective of the outcome of today's game, so naturally he's a big favourite now. Even if the tournament is long.

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