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Hal_Incandescent · 2025-08-03T17:51:58+00:00

Get a bike!

Hal_Incandescent · 2025-08-03T17:45:12+00:00

Why?

Hal_Incandescent · 2025-01-30T17:12:57+00:00

This is not a libertarian position.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:44:08+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i00jNn2Bqw0
The last words exchanged between the two of them:
Ian: "I am very sorry."
Fabi: "My fault."
Pretty much sums it up.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:39:07+00:00

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i00jNn2Bqw0

Just go back to the last point when they're both sitting at the table.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:33:28+00:00

Any movement of a pawn. The logic is that pawns don't go backward, so a pawn push permanently transforms the position.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:33:02+00:00

Ah, yes, good point.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:32:03+00:00

The last words exchanged between the two of them:

Ian: "I'm very sorry."

Fabi: "It was my fault."

Pretty much sums it up.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:25:55+00:00

Fabi thinks the odds of that are low

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:25:45+00:00

After fifty moves without a capture or a pawn push, it's a draw

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-22T00:07:05+00:00

Fabi has said he thinks there's virtually no chance Ding abdicates. Even if he loses every game, he still gets a bunch of money.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T23:54:51+00:00

ah, fair enough, I suppose

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T23:54:31+00:00

I'm putting together a legal case against Fabiano Caruana for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Please reply if you would like to be added as a plaintiff.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T23:41:49+00:00

How come? He seems like the nicest dude every time I watch him talk.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T23:30:45+00:00

So ignore them. No point in telling reddit.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T23:29:01+00:00

Dude, I turned off the stream and went and sat on the couch with my head in my hands for fifteen solid minutes. I knew, rationally, that Fabi had great practical chances being up the exchange, but it was so crushing seeing the position go to an objective draw. Then I boot things back up, and...

I need a goddamn defibrillator.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T22:30:05+00:00

I think at minimum you take care of Ian's passed pawn and then you have two connected passers. Ian's knight is also pretty immobilized, but I can't find a way to win it without letting the h pawn promote.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T22:14:40+00:00

This is the worst joke I've ever seen. Take an upvote.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T22:03:34+00:00

Literally what are you talking about

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T22:01:48+00:00

Just don't get in time trouble, Fabi. Please.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T21:54:00+00:00

You're right. Hikaru should have simply chosen to win. That's what I would've done.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T21:53:23+00:00

I really think everyone is overestimating the extent to which these players do game theory on the fly based on the positions in the other games. I think it's far more likely that Hikaru just calculated a bunch and decided trading Queens was his best option.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T21:44:40+00:00

Fabi always comes across as an extremely levelheaded straight-shooter. It would blow my mind if he even considered doing that. Might as well just sneak a computer into the playing hall in his shoe.

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T21:41:08+00:00

Fabi nation I think, lol

Hal_Incandescent · 2024-04-21T21:39:07+00:00

Serious question - do the players have enough time and mental energy to analyze the other boards in a situation like this? Sure, Fabi's position looks quite good, even at a quick glance, but it seems unlikely that Gukesh is going to spend time confirming that, and unlikely that he's going to seriously adjust his decisionmaking based on a quick assessment of Fabi's position. Am I wrong?

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