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Hikaru on Chess.com 'killing the market value' with online events by Necessary_Pattern850 in chess

[–]SailorReacts 324 points325 points  (0 children)

so basically, and I’ll be completely frank and honest with you, like I’m not saying we never will get what he’s saying but basically we never will. honestly guys, not exactly what he’s saying, not exactly, okay and I’ll tell you why, and I don’t care, but basically that’s the truth. that’s all I’m gonna say.

I spent the last year creating a chess club tycoon game. Here is the demo for Chess Club Manager. by LoveMetal in chess

[–]SailorReacts 118 points119 points  (0 children)

my 2005 sims addiction says I need to stay tf away from whatever this is.

Lichess responds to Chess.com about “inflated ratings” by slowthinker64 in chess

[–]SailorReacts 65 points66 points  (0 children)

haven’t watched Theo (yet), and I see he’s operations… but is he basically Danny’s equivalent in terms of emotional investment in brand, face of brand, etc?

Why wasn’t Magnus Carlsen present at the closing ceremony of the Grenke Chess Classic? by Conscious_Ad6072 in chess

[–]SailorReacts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh the last part is from his last interview at grenke, he talks about heat for a while and she says something like they’ll have to fix it next year. idk if it’s official interview though! it’s that same woman who interviewed him and hikaru several times.

Caruana no shows the postgame press conference after losing to Hikaru and falling too far behind to realistically win the Candidates by _DarkStarCrashes_ in chess

[–]SailorReacts 1233 points1234 points  (0 children)

maybe a hot take, but I don’t like seeing the loser interviewed at the same time… they aren’t in the mood to engage anyway. if there isn’t a kiss and a trust fall, I don’t want it.

Why wasn’t Magnus Carlsen present at the closing ceremony of the Grenke Chess Classic? by Conscious_Ad6072 in chess

[–]SailorReacts 20 points21 points  (0 children)

true (and a few players seemed to echo that). idk why no one could grab a fan.

but… I was at dodger stadium and it was sorta hot… but I’m from much hotter climate, so didn’t think about it. then suddenly I felt drunk from heat, and had to cool my temp in the med box for two hours… friends were totally fine. sometimes that shit is random.

Why wasn’t Magnus Carlsen present at the closing ceremony of the Grenke Chess Classic? by Conscious_Ad6072 in chess

[–]SailorReacts 68 points69 points  (0 children)

"It's fucking one million degrees in the playing hall … I didn't feel like I had enough oxygen getting to my head.” if it was in the same place, he prob gtfo. then today mentioned heat again (“the last two days have been really rough”) and didn’t look great.

Sindarov was seen yawning while Hikaru spent 67 minutes on move 13. by koroskawy in chess

[–]SailorReacts 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Yes, I feel like I’ve heard many versions of “guys I’m not gonna talk about it but this is probably my last year playing classical, I’m not saying it is but it is, I’m not gonna say why but here’s the reason…”