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@donkcheck Here's my conspiracy theory that either the @fischer_random 2022 WC ( WFRCC ) & the 2022 @chesscom global championship ( CGC ) was staged or the 2022 WFRCC is extremely unfair to Wesley So:
@donkcheck @fischer_random @chesscom NEW THEORY: FIDE lowered time controls in 2022 WFRCC as a conspiracy to favour Magnus / Hikaru over Wesley So, but WESLEY SO IS PART OF IT?!
Sergey Karjakin said in 2023 American Cup that Hikaru & Wesley So were pre-arranging. Also 2022 WFRCC & CGC?!
Sergey Karjakin said in 2023 American Cup that Hikaru & Wesley So were pre-arranging. Also 2022 WFRCC & CGC?!
@donkcheck @fischer_random @chesscom TL;DR
A - 2022 WFRCC was a conspiracy against Wesley So in its time control reduction from classical (60min) to rapid (32.5min).
B - FIDE reduced time to gain sponsorship & views from faster games & having a popular player like Hikaru / Magnus as 'world champion'. They knew
A - 2022 WFRCC was a conspiracy against Wesley So in its time control reduction from classical (60min) to rapid (32.5min).
B - FIDE reduced time to gain sponsorship & views from faster games & having a popular player like Hikaru / Magnus as 'world champion'. They knew
"The Immortal Game". it's one of the most famous #chess games ever played, and today...nobody in professional chess plays like this, or *can* play like this.
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Adolf Anderssen launches a direct sacrificial attack on his opponent's King, and wins.
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Adolf Anderssen launches a direct sacrificial attack on his opponent's King, and wins.
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this was from the so-called "Romantic" era of modern #chess, when grandmasters were still working out the higher-level rules of chess—the "heuristics" that govern what we think of as chess strategy. the concept of "the center", for example, is just such a heuristic.
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"the center" is a slightly vague term even now, in #chess. the sort of fool who thinks that everything has rigid definitions might draw a sharp line around the squares d4, e4, d5, e5 and define that as "the center", but center play *may* involve nearby squares as well.
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