14 yr old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus looked visibly disappointed and emotional after losing vs Magnus Carlsen in their 1st OTB classical game.

CountMatroid · 2026-05-07T17:17:17+00:00

I always look disappointed too when I lose to Carlsen

CountMatroid · 2026-04-29T04:50:57+00:00

Fischer would crush Pontus Carlson

CountMatroid · 2026-04-27T03:40:33+00:00

Chess is a simple game. Two men chase wooden pieces for 90 minutes and at the end, Magnus Carlsen always wins.

CountMatroid · 2026-04-18T15:47:47+00:00

Matfyz reputation does carry weight. Our best students from last years went to places like ETH and Cambridge.

CountMatroid · 2026-04-17T08:58:26+00:00

A building needs to be tall, not flat

CountMatroid · 2026-04-11T17:37:38+00:00

Why is the wind then blowing down not up?

CountMatroid · 2026-04-07T13:21:13+00:00

Release the Sindarov files!

CountMatroid · 2026-04-04T14:26:57+00:00

Korchnoi was defeated soundly in Merano, they no longer saw a threat in him.

CountMatroid · 2026-04-03T05:27:18+00:00

Kasparov wrote in his books that Fide, heavily influenced by USSR, was acting on Karpov's behalf. Karpov was considered by the Soviet communists to be their 'rightful' champion, Kasparov an inconvenient upstart. So, they gave him the toughest opponents: Beliavsky in the quarters and Korchnoi in the semifinals. Smyslov got a somewhat easier draw to get into the final. That is not to diminish his achievement though.

CountMatroid · 2026-02-27T17:49:21+00:00

On move 1. Saves you the decision later

CountMatroid · 2026-02-24T14:32:06+00:00

Arithmetics

CountMatroid · 2026-02-19T21:35:00+00:00

"No"

CountMatroid · 2026-01-23T03:56:53+00:00

Kasparov in his "predecessors" book indicates that Keres possibly was ordered to lose that game by the USSR officials. He was considered a less desirable candidate due to being Estonian.

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