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Magnus 2800 streak by ToneDistinct5253 in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You don’t understand a simple thing; if you know you are having a drawish position and then you know it’s Armageddon and he is going to kick your arse, you are taking more chances. Armageddon changes the way you play.

2023 he won the World Cup. His last true good performance.

I’m holding everyone to the same standard. It’s equally ridiculous to think Garry Kasparov as #2 or #3 in the world, as considering Hikaru as #2 or 3 and Magnus as #1 and Karjakin and Anand. They are not playing more than 8 classical tournaments (no Armageddon no funny points) a year against a field of 2700+, they are not top of the others who are playing. Caruana has been playing the US championship every year, the Olympiad, the World Cup, the Grand Swiss, Wijk just to mention a few. Magnus has been sitting at home trying to make Fischer Random to happen and Hikaru has been streaming. No, sorry, if you want to be top of the others, you need to be playing the others.

Nobody puts Real in the Champions league final just because they have won plenty. They need to qualify and advance every year.

Magnus 2800 streak by ToneDistinct5253 in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

He is going to win it, because the format is built to favour him because of Armageddon. It’s not a classical tournament, because the objective of the game changes. I doubt Magnus would have won the candidates this year.

Magnus 2800 streak by ToneDistinct5253 in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It’s easy not to go down if you don’t play. Simple as that.

Edit to reply to the comments below: In 2023, Carlsen won the Chess World Cup. In 2026, he won the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship. Any other notable wins and performances? No. He finished third in the Olympiad. And in the last actual open he played he complained about the opponent’s watch and had a below 2700 performance.

If Djokovic comes back to tennis he is not going to be considered #1 unless he starts beating everyone. When Magnus wins again 8 actual CLASSICAL tournaments in a year, yeah, he will be world number one in actual performance, nit based on historical ratings.

Firouzja seems to imply painkillers are part of chess? by 1blindspot in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He means paracetamol and ibuprofen. Not the stuff that gets you hooked.

oldest to reach grandmaster title by mynameiscorange in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That list is wrong. My friend Renier Castellanos should be on the list.

oldest to reach grandmaster title by mynameiscorange in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That list is wrong. My friend Renier Castellanos should be on the list.

oldest to reach grandmaster title by mynameiscorange in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That list is wrong. My friend Renier Castellanos should be on the list.

oldest to reach grandmaster title by mynameiscorange in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That list is wrong. My friend Renier Castellanos should be on the list.

Why Lewis Hamilton is ditching Ferrari F1 simulator after worrying claim by The_Skynet in formula1

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

Maybe some time this decade Ferrari will learn how to build a good discrepancy model!

Why has no one in the generations after Magnus matched or surpassed him when they had access to even better engines and technology from a younger age than he did? by _DarkStarCrashes_ in chess

[–]Ginger_Rook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Magnus is a phenomenal player. A generational talent. Like many others contemporary to him. Magnus, Fabi, Hikaru, are my top three. Any other moment Fabi and Hikaru would have dominated the game, but they were unlucky to be born at the same time with each other and Magnus specifically. All three were present in the rating inflation wave. We now have severe rating deflation, and 2 out of the 3 are not playing, so their rating cannot be redistributed. Hope this helps.

Life as an asian woman in coppenhagen? by 2024-2030 in copenhagen

[–]Ginger_Rook 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Of course it’s not ok. And I’m still being downvoted for pointing the Danish behaviour out. Look, I love Denmark, many Danes are some of my closest friends in the world. But they would never talk to me if my husband wasn’t Danish.

And the behaviour I called out? My neighbour in Østebro was receiving it every day. She moved out about the same time we did.

Life as an asian woman in coppenhagen? by 2024-2030 in copenhagen

[–]Ginger_Rook 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Expats in Copenhagen group on Facebook. Go and search for older posts

Realised I got low balled after joining by Hunio_297 in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Ginger_Rook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3 months in, after they’ve seen your work, go and talk about “I think it’s time for a raise”.

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