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[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't think you can convert social media prestige points to academia prestige points

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

The father is a failed Palpatine clone that escaped. The mother is a nobody. There is nothing more to their stories.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Star Wars is no fairytale! (well, actually it is)

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

They are the same rumor.

No they aren't. The cheating rumor started with a cryptic tweet of the World Champion at the moment, Magnus Carlsen, just right after losing against Niemann and withdrawing from the tournament. The tweet didn't say or insinuate anything about anal devices. The rumors increased when they played together a few days later and Carlsen resigned in move one, again without mentioning or insinuating anything about anal devices. And finally a couple of weeks later Carlsen explained why he thinks Niemann is cheating. You can count how many times he mentions buttplugs, anal beads or whatever. Yes, zero times.

These are the serious rumors. Serious as in if it were proven true, his career would end forever. Serious as, a large part of the chess community believe that they are true or at least contain some truth in them. Serious as in tournament organizers don't send him invitations and affect his chess career in a negative way. Serious as in that still today, some players (for example Vladimir Kramnik) refuse to play against him.

The buttplug rumor started in a twitch chat as a joke, and was popularized in the satirical subreddit Anarchy Chess as a joke (believe me, I was part of the subreddit and created a couple of memes myself). It was just making an absurd situation even more absurd, nobody actually believed that he cheated via anal stimulation.

People making memes on the internet isn't a serious rumor. Real life consequences is.

I don’t think there is a single person that has heard he cheated but doesn’t know about the butt plugg.

That doesn't mean that the buttplug thing was a serious rumor.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

and be honest about how serious those rumors are

The serious rumors were never about the anal beads thing, only about cheating.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 years ago

The thing is that the game was broadcast live. One-way communication was enough

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

At this point I think I prefer when Red Bull has a dominant car, so at least we can have a minimum semblance of respect for the rulebook. The minute things don't go their way, and FIA goes full 2021 to favor their golden boy.

This is not inconsistency in decision making. They are 100% consistent when Max is involved.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

That's on him for hiring two drivers from South America /s

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Quarterfinals

Results

  • Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 2896 vs Wesley So 🇺🇸 2765: 15.5-16.5
  • Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 3286 vs Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 2813: 18.5-8.5
  • Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 2689 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 2722: 11.5-19.5
  • Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 2887 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi 🏳️ 2785: 20.5-9.5

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can I interest you in some heated seats monthly subscription?

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Wow, Facebook is lobbying for a law that eliminates their position of monopoly and makes it easier for its users to migrate to other apps. Zuck must be playing some 4D chess.

That, or maybe Facebook has been lobbying AGAINST this law, and your comments in this thread are just fearmongering and conspiracy theories.

[–] jalda@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

No, it is a terrible assumption. English is the de facto lingua franca (wow, four non-English words on a row) of the world, and specially on the Internet.

 

Recap of games 3, 4 and 5 of the Women's World Championship

 

Levy Rozman aka GothamChess covers the first two games of the Women's World Championship

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After much speculation, both Carlsen and Nakamura will participate in the World Cup from July 29th to August 25th. The most notable absences are World Champion Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja and Levon Aronian. Aronian cited concerns about the tournament being held in Azerbaijan.

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The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz is the third tournament and midway point of the Grand Chess Tour, taking place in Zagreb, Croatia.

Format

10 players tournament.

The rapid portion takes part the first three days, consisting in a single round-robin with 3 rounds each day. The time control is 25+10. Rapid games count double.

The blitz portion takes part the last 2 days, in a double round-robin. The time control is 5+2.

Players

  1. Magnus Carlsen (2835, Norway)
  2. Fabiano Caruana (2782, USA)
  3. Ian Nepomniachtchi (2779, FIDE)
  4. Alireza Firouzja (2777, France)
  5. Viswanathan Anand (2754, India)
  6. Richard Rapport (2752, Romania)
  7. Gukesh D (2744, India)
  8. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2732, Poland)
  9. Ivan Saric (2657, Croatia)
  10. Constantin Lupulescu (2582, Romania)

Standings

(after round 9 Rapid)

Player Points W L D
Carlsen 26 4+15 2+1 3+2
Nepo 22.5 4+7 1+4 4+7
Firouzja 22 2+12 2+4 5+2
Caruana 21.5 4+7 1+6 4+5
Gukesh 19.5 3+9 2+8 4+1
Rapport 19 3+8 3+6 3+4
Anand 16.5 3+4 2+9 4+5
Duda 16.5 2+5 2+8 5+5
Saric 12 1+3 4+9 4+6
Lupulescu 4.5 0+0 7+13 2+5

Links

 

24 races, with some improvements in regionalisation: Japan moved to April between Australia and China, Azerbaijan in September, and Qatar before Abu Dhabi. Also, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will have races in Saturday to accommodate Ramadan.

Formula 1 press release
FIA press release

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The title of Women's World Champion will be decided from July 5th to July 23rd 2023. The contenders are Ju Wenjun (2566, current World Champion) and Lei Tingjie (2554) both from China.

Format

12 classical games: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30s increment per move starting on move one. Players cannot offer a draw before they reach the 41st move. Tiebreaks are:

  • Four games with 25+10 time control
  • Two games with 5+3 time control
  • Two more games with 5+3 time control
  • One game with a 3+2 time control until a winner is determined

Schedule

One match per day from July 5th to July 22th, except free days (July 7th, July 10th, July 14th, July 17th and July 20th). If needed, tiebreaks on July 23rd. All matches start at 7:00 UTC (15:00 Beijing time).

Results

Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total
Ju Wenjun 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 6.5
Lei Tingjie 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 5.5

Links

 

#chess #visualization

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Format

This tournament is a double round-robin between 6 teams of six players each, and the two best teams qualify to final phase. Each team is composed by one "icon" on board 1, two male players on boards 2 and 3, two female players on boards 4 and 5, and one junior on board 6.

Scoring

Each game is scored according to:

  • Win with black: 4 Game Points (GPs)
  • Win with white: 3 GPs
  • Draw: 1 GP
  • Loss: 0 GPs

The match is scored according to:

  • Team that scores most GPs: 3 Match Points (MPs)
  • Team that scores the same as rivals: 1 MPs
  • Team that scores fewer: 0 MPs

After the double round-robin ends, the two teams with most MPs qualify to the final. The final is a best of two match, with a blitz game as tiebreaker.

Time Controls

Rapid 15+10. Players cannot agree to a draw before 30 moves each.

Teams

Triveni Continental Kings (Avg Elo: 2613)

  1. GM Levon Aronian (USA, 2743)
  2. GM Yangyi Yu (China, 2734)
  3. GM Yi Wei (China, 2716)
  4. GM Kateryna Lagno (Russia, 2494)
  5. GM Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia, 2543)
  6. GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark, 2535)

Format

This tournament is a double round-robin between 6 teams of six players each, and the two best teams qualify to final phase. Each team is composed by one "icon" on board 1, two male players on boards 2 and 3, two female players on boards 4 and 5, and one junior on board 6.

Scoring

Each game is scored according to:

  • Win with black: 4 Game Points (GPs)
  • Win with white: 3 GPs
  • Draw: 1 GP
  • Loss: 0 GPs

The match is scored according to:

  • Team that scores most GPs: 3 Match Points (MPs)
  • Team that scores the same as rivals: 1 MPs
  • Team that scores fewer: 0 MPs

After the double round-robin ends, the two teams with most MPs qualify to the final. The final is a best of two match, with a blitz game as tiebreaker.

Time Controls

Rapid 15+10. Players cannot agree to a draw before 30 moves each.

Teams

Triveni Continental Kings (Avg Elo: 2613)

  1. GM Levon Aronian (USA, 2743)
  2. GM Yangyi Yu (China, 2734)
  3. GM Yi Wei (China, 2716)
  4. GM Kateryna Lagno (Russia, 2494)
  5. GM Sara Khademalsharieh (Georgia, 2543)
  6. GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark, 2535)

UpGrad Mumba Masters (Avg Elo: 2611)

  1. GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France, 2767)
  2. GM Alexander Grischuk (Russia, 2716)
  3. GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (India, 2665)
  4. GM Humpy Koneru (India, 2469)
  5. GM Dronavalli Harika (India, 2450)
  6. GM Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan, 2596)

Today's Schedule

Final Match 1

2nd July 2023, 13:15 UTC

Final Match 2

2nd July 2023, 14:20 UTC

Tiebreaks (if needed)

2nd July 2023, 15:40 UTC

Standings

Team MPs GPs W L D
Triveni Continental Kings 18 79 6 4 0
UpGrad Mumba Masters 16 83 5 4 1
Ganges Grandmasters 15 85 5 5 0
SG Alpine Warriors 15 78 5 5 0
Chingari Gulf Titans 13 80 4 5 1
Balan Alaskan Knights 12 83 4 6 0

Media

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