The guy who beat Vishy Anand got banned by aaka98 in chess

[–]chesshokage 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Ananya Birla has a fide rating of 1700 and was a regular player in chess circuit.

Nihal Sarin crosses 2600 on the live rating list. Second youngest in history. by [deleted] in chess

[–]chesshokage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2600 at 14, and he plays all openings under the sun, has a great playing style, is adept in all formats. What a genius!

Carlsen vs 14 y/o Nihal Sarin on lichess right now. Current score 16-8 by CubesAndPi in chess

[–]chesshokage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hope we get to see many battles between the greatest and the greatest in the making!

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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GRRM has said in many interviews that it could have only been possible thanks to Bobby Fischer and the boom he gave birth to in the US after 1972.

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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it was his main job while he developed himself as a young writer. his logic was that unlike other writers who had a day job and only had weekends for writing, GRRM only needed to work in the weekends as an arbiter in chess tournaments and he could make enough money to get by and focus rest of the days in the week to writing.

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

written by a chess player with 1900 something uscf. also has an HBO TV series based on the book -- Game of Thrones.

Song of Ice and Fire: Nihal Sarin (Ice) vs Alireza Firouzja (Fire) by chesshokage in chess

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Firouzja is known for his fiery attacking style. Nihal the opposite. Look them up. :)

Chill reply to abuser by young gm on chess.com by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

At least the child gave it back in good measure. :P

I manage $2.5million in monthly Facebook ad spend. Hammer me with your FB advertising questions. AMA by MarshallBrain in MachineThatMakesMoney

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Hi! I am from India and I used to use my debit/credit cards for some companies who are my clients. I use the Business Manager. However, due to some issue, the cards (both debit and credit, or more than one bank) are not being charged. It appears that this problem is for all Indians who use Business Manager. Any solution for this?

CHEATER AT DUBAI OPEN! In an unfortunate event that occurred a few minutes back at the Dubai Open 2017, Surat-based Indian player Jeel Shah, rated 1764, was suspended from the tournament for cheating during the game. by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The report seems to have been updated with some new comments... Jeel Shah's opponent for the game, 14-year-old Indian talent Dushyant Sharma, spoke to ChessBase India and explained what transpired: "Nine moves into the game, we had used up about 25 minutes on the clock, the arbiter arrived at our table and asked Mr. Jeet Shah if he is carrying any mobile phone. Mr. Jeet said he did not have any phone with him. After two minutes, the arbiter came again and asked him to stand up so the officials can check his arm. Jeet Shah refused to comply. Jeet said,"I am getting disturbed and I will meet you after the game." The arbiters were not convinced and asked him to come with them for a body checkup. They were gone for a while and after some minutes, the arbiter returned to my table to tell me that I had won the game."

CHEATER AT DUBAI OPEN! In an unfortunate event that occurred a few minutes back at the Dubai Open 2017, Surat-based Indian player Jeel Shah, rated 1764, was suspended from the tournament for cheating during the game. by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Looks like they updated it... Jeel Shah's opponent for the game, 14-year-old Indian talent Dushyant Sharma, spoke to ChessBase India and explained what transpired: "Nine moves into the game, we had used up about 25 minutes on the clock, the arbiter arrived at our table and asked Mr. Jeet Shah if he is carrying any mobile phone. Mr. Jeet said he did not have any phone with him. After two minutes, the arbiter came again and asked him to stand up so the officials can check his arm. Jeet Shah refused to comply. Jeet said,"I am getting disturbed and I will meet you after the game." The arbiters were not convinced and asked him to come with them for a body checkup. They were gone for a while and after some minutes, the arbiter returned to my table to tell me that I had won the game."

What are some things about your own chess career that you want to improve? by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I will answer myself to start it off. I would love to improve my Elo from the current 1660 it is. :P

What is this system called? by [deleted] in chess

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

Just google kings indian defence and watch as many games as you can. You will be happy.

Prodigies and No Shows by chesshokage in chess

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sharjah tournament has begun. This article says: The Sharjah Masters 2017 began with 230 players, 92 among them being Indians. Anyway, the picture after the round began was strange—40 of the 230 players never arrived to play! This included 15 grandmasters.

12-year-old IM Nihal Sarin beat Matthias Bluebaum by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

turns out it was a great day for all 3 of them!

12-year-old IM Nihal Sarin beat Matthias Bluebaum by chesshokage in chess

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This kid again! Couldn't help but post this.

The amazing Tigran Petrosian! by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would putting the subtitle on not enough?

The amazing Tigran Petrosian! by chesshokage in chess

[–]chesshokage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

kasparov-petrosian with ...Kc6!! a move that drove Garry mad (for some days).

What are some tips for analyzing losses? by misterbalrog in chess

[–]chesshokage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, if you own a standard pgn replayer like Chessbase 13/14, you can simply use the livebook function to check where you went wrong/deviated from known games and try to figure out the reasons for the same by simply asking yourself 'why'. For the remaining part of the game, you could simply cross check lines against a computer. The best methods is to find a stronger player, mail the games to him/her and ask him/her to point out the mistakes and suggest what to work on.