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14 Aug '17 19:27

ketchuplover
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14 Aug '17 19:27
Round 1 draws Karjakin. Aronian wins brilliantly. Caruana collapses. Naka 1 Anand 0
sonhouse
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14 Aug '17 19:55
Originally posted by @ketchuplover
Round 1 draws Karjakin. Aronian wins brilliantly. Caruana collapses. Naka 1 Anand 0
Round 1 of what?
ketchuplover
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14 Aug '17 20:531 edit
round 2 draws nakamura.

st.louis rapid and blitz grand chess tour on youtube now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ketchuplover
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14 Aug '17 22:11
3 draws for Garry.
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14 Aug '17 23:51
Originally posted by @ketchuplover
3 draws for Garry.
no-one expected any more from Garry. He will finish in bottom third of standings
sonhouse
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16 Aug '17 10:20
Originally posted by @ogb
no-one expected any more from Garry. He will finish in bottom third of standings
With an IQ of 180 or so he will learn how the younger gen plays and the next time will be different. Remember, blitz and rapid don't require heavy thinking for hours on end, that plays to the older crowd.
64squaresofpain
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16 Aug '17 11:571 edit
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament

We're 2 days in so far, each day being 3 rounds of rapid games.

Here are both days in FULL, including commentary:

Day 1 - YouTube

Day 2 - YouTube

Both vids are around 4 and half hours, so make some time if you're interested in watching 🙂

EDIT:
The final rapid round is today at local time 1pm (GMT-5) which is 7pm British Summer time.
byedidia
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16 Aug '17 15:54
Originally posted by @sonhouse
With an IQ of 180 or so he will learn how the younger gen plays and the next time will be different. Remember, blitz and rapid don't require heavy thinking for hours on end, that plays to the older crowd.
I hope there will be a next time. He says this is a five day hiatus from retirement...
mlb62
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17 Aug '17 03:10
after 3 days of Rapid play Kasparov's rating has tumbled 29.4 points ha ha hahahaha. what a comeback !
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17 Aug '17 07:12
Originally posted by @sonhouse
With an IQ of 180
IQ is a near-meaningless number. IQs above 140 doubly so. IQ in the context of chess triply so. And unsources claims of stratosperic IQs entirely so.
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17 Aug '17 09:51
A 12 year lay off from competitive chess and to a certain extent age
took their toll. Five of the players, Nakamura, Karjakin, Nepo, Navara
and Quang Liem were not even born when Garry was World Champion.

He had good and even winning positions in some games but hesitation
and some excellent fighting chess from his opponents caught him out.

His loss v Nepomniachtchi was good chess at this speed.

Kasparov - Nepomniachtchi

FEN 4rr1k/7p/5ppP/p4p2/1bBP1q2/1P1Q4/4RPP1/5RK1 w - - 0 31
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[FEN "4rr1k/7p/5ppP/p4p2/1bBP1q2/1P1Q4/4RPP1/5RK1 w - - 0 31"]
31. g3 Qxh6 32. Kg2 f4 {Now White should play 3. Rxe8 Rxe8 4.Bf7 which pans out as equal. But Garry sensing a win falls into a neat trap set by by Nepo.} 33. Rh1 Qg5 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Bf7 {Played quickly and it looks so good. The g6 pawn will fall because the h-pawn is pinned. Then Rxh7+} 35... Re3 {Excellent.} 36. fxe3 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1 f3 {This had to be seen a few moves back whilst staring down the barrel of Kasparov's guns. Black is threatening two mates. Qg2 and Qc1. A smiling Garry resigned.}

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